I was just so sorry for Cal ... he's crazy and he's bad, but he wants to be Skye's (Daisy's) daddy.
And - slightly off-topic - I came across some YouTube videos from Dune with a young (and very pretty) Kyle McLaughlin.
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers
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Toddson - Apr 23, 2015 6:25:12 am PDT #5379 of 5827
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Connie Neil - Apr 23, 2015 6:25:23 am PDT #5380 of 5827
brillig
I don't believe a word that comes out of Jiaying's mouth. "No one must know you're my daughter--except this guy I'm sending out to stalk you while you're with your father, because I think you're wasting your time protecting the sub-creatures who aren't as cool as we are."
Connie Neil - Apr 23, 2015 6:26:45 am PDT #5381 of 5827
brillig
I was just so sorry for Cal ... he's crazy and he's bad, but he wants to be Skye's (Daisy's) daddy
Pretty much all his crazy has been focused on reuniting his family. I think even Skye is realizing that there are a few extenuating circumstances going on, and Cal might have reasons for going off.
He reminds me of the Hulk, in ways.
edit: Though the glee in insane murder is hard to excuse.
sj - Apr 23, 2015 6:28:46 am PDT #5382 of 5827
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
KM is really good at playing scarily unstable and pathetic and powerless all at the same time.
-t - Apr 23, 2015 7:11:15 am PDT #5383 of 5827
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So my inability to keep track of who knows what is working to my advantage this time. Nice!
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 23, 2015 7:54:48 am PDT #5384 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
To be fair, I can see how being vivisected might polarize one's "us vs. them" distinctions.
Toddson - Apr 23, 2015 8:03:00 am PDT #5385 of 5827
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
But it seems to hold true even among her "us".
Theodosia - Apr 24, 2015 1:01:14 am PDT #5386 of 5827
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
She came back wrong?
Wolfram - Apr 24, 2015 6:34:39 am PDT #5387 of 5827
Visilurking
What I didn't remember is when did Lincoln find out that Jiaying is Skye's mother?
I had the same issue. I remember thinking last week that Lincoln seeing them together at dinner was going to get Jiaying in trouble because it seemed obvious that she was Skye's mom. Guess we were supposed to figure out he was in the know?
I was just so sorry for Cal ... he's crazy and he's bad, but he wants to be Skye's (Daisy's) daddy.
I thought this episode did a great job of conveying that with both Cal and Skye. When Skye tells Jiaying that she started to empathize with Cal, it actually rang true to the point that it was annoying to see her call Shield, although in hindsight that made sense too.
I don't like the cheap tv trick of characters catching glimpses of Coulson with Ward with no explanation. It happened at least twice, once where May and Gemma hack Mike's feed and once where Skye runs out and sees them. Though to Skye's credit, it didn't seem like she automatically jumped to the wrong conclusion before Gordon Teleport-blocked her.
Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2015 7:27:07 am PDT #5388 of 5827
brillig
I don't like the cheap tv trick of characters catching glimpses of Coulson with Ward with no explanation
Exactly, it's all "Oh, I can never trust this person I've know for years again, they've done something I don't understand and it must be the worst possible thing! And I can never, ever ask them to explain, because they're bad!"