Ahh!! Mom of May! Who knows stuff! And people separated and running schemes of their own! And Skye may yet have a purpose in life!

And Trip's Grandad!

edit: And now the secret base is empty, how are they getting back in? And I liked Eric! Pudgy and badass.

I was honestly expecting May to be lurking where Skye could find her. Nicely twisted.

Need more Amy Acker! Awww, I have all the feels for Coulson.

HOLY FUCK I DID NOT EXPECT ANYONE TO FIND OUT ABOUT WARD ALREADY AND ESPECIALLY NOT SKYE. I was so fucking tense for the last half of the episode, wondering where they were going to go with it, and "Ward fucking takes Skye on the Bus to get intel about artifacts while she knows he's evil" is nothing I would have expected from this show.

Nor would I have expected May to leave, call her mom (who works for some OTHER agency), and GO AFTER MARIA HILL.

Nor would I—okay, most of the stuff with the rest of the team was fairly standard, but it was nicely personal with Coulson.

Good goddamn, this show.

There's just something sweet about when May needs serious help, she calls her mom. Her badass mom. "*My* agency didn't fall apart." I suspect many "my agency is better than your agency" snits in the past.

I love how they drop bits of Marvel backstory into things, like Gabriel Jones being Trip's grandfather. And "Fury designed this thing. He wanted something even Romanov couldn't beat." "Did she?" "Like Fury would say!" Surprisingly subtle, the way his injuries were established, then the injuries being useful for working against the polygraph--and Ward having to scramble for something to cover him. Not as good as Romanov, are you, dude?

I do not think Ward is in a place where Skye can redeem him with love--even if she wanted to, which I don't think she does anymore. Euw, she's going to have to play along with his moves now. Heck, Ward even looks different know that we know he's evil.

Still miss Eric the surprisingly badass agent.

Good goddamn, this show.

It's like the writers said, "Wow, finally, Winter Soldier's out and we can tell the *real* stories now." Almost as good as a sudden reveal of a villain, complete with "Of course, now I'll have to kill you" sprinkles.

It's like the writers said, "Wow, finally, Winter Soldier's out and we can tell the *real* stories now."

That's exactly it. I saw Dollhouse. I knew Mo and Jed could tell complex, twisted, emotional, character-based stories. NOW THEY HAVE BEEN UNLEASHED.

I do not think Ward is in a place where Skye can redeem him with love--even if she wanted to, which I don't think she does anymore.

NOPE. Which is awesome. I loved her breakdown in the bathroom. Her entire world is collapsing, it's such a betrayal on so many levels. I hope Skye takes him down.

I loved her breakdown in the bathroom.

Me, too. I thought Chloe Bennet did a good job.

Yeah, quiet, terrified, knowing exactly what's going on, knowing she's alone with a cold-blooded, ruthless killer. I bet the actor who plays Ward is having more fun, too--though I bet the first time he read that script he went WTF? Unless they warned him?

They called him in one day to have a Talk. He thought he was being killed off. Instead they told him he was evil. He was excited.

"Oh, BTW? You're evil." "Yes!!"

edit: I was so pleased to see the guards at the Fridge saying "Nope, can't come in, protocol. Feel free to call Fury, protocol say you can't come in." Too bad the one guard didn't get to say to the one who opened the door: "See? See? This is why we have protocols!"