mostly because he reminds me of Tamoh Penikett and I kept having to remember that it wasn't him.

I thought he looked sorta like Richard Armitage's blander and more boring brother. He's got one of those unmemorably handsome faces. Like whasshisbucket that plays Big Dick Paul in Orphan Black.

Is it at all canon somewhere that Bucky was in SHIELD, or did they totally make that up?

I assume it was the point of the backstory about how SSR became SHIELD.

So Bucky wasn't in SHIELD because there was no SHIELD, but the organization he was in, as a Howling Commando, later became SHIELD and SHIELD adopted him as one of their own, long after he was dead.

I'm not clear on why Skye would know the name, unless she's a major Cap fangirl, though.

I was figuring the SSR connection too, like this is part of the Winter Soldier run up.

I thought it might have been more effective (storytelling wise) to just see his name, rather than have Skye read it out loud with no context.

I thought SSR was more Howard Stark and Peggy Carter, with Howling Commandos being a separate thing. But ehhh, I don't know anything beyond the first Captain America movie when it comes to comics canon.

Yeah, it made no sense for Bucky's name to be something Skye would single out. Clumsy.

Also, I remain confused as to precisely what the hell happened to Coulson. Yeah, yeah, numerous painful surgeries and mindfuck, etc, but he was DEAD FOR DAYS. SHIELD can bring people from the dead, since when? The so-called reveal did not address that at all. I am starting to get real irritated by the whole thing and that makes me lose charity with Coulson, whom I used to love. Bah.

Well, Coulson's not too pleased, either. Blame Fury. Though "dead for days" is meaningless. Brain dead? Maintained on life support? He was dead because they zipped up a body bag? Hysterical doctors don't impress me.

Ooh, Tor.com guesses they're building up to the Thunderbolts, with Blizzard, Graviton, and Mike Peterson as Deathlok.

Hysterical doctors don't impress me.

?? I have no idea what you mean with that.

"Maintained on life support" = not dead. I am taking "dead for days" as it's usually meant, meaning no brain or cardiovascular activities, full stop. Sure, Coulson's frustrated. But the intention of the writers, I think is for us to remain *intrigued* by Coulson's resurrection. Instead, I find the whole thing frustrating and coy on an out-of-story, meta level. Others may feel differently.

I was just thinking this morning that both of Quinn's appearances have resulted in super-villains receiving their powers. No idea if that's intentional or coincidental (since the two accidents didn't seem remotely staged.)