Holy shit, that was two hours of holy shit. WHERE TO EVEN BEGIN.

Bobbi was fucking amazing, although I was confident she'd make it out alive given the spinoff hopes. I'm sad to see Agent 33 gone; I liked her and Ward together as a psycho couple. But Ward putting together a Hydra team is pretty awesome.

So that Jaiying, good goddamn, huh? I am all for her as a PROTECT THE INHUMANS AT ALL COSTS character, but Dichen Lachman's performance didn't do it for me, even though I thought she was fantastic on Dollhouse. They did some really great and interesting things with her and Cal (it was fun to finally see Mr. Hyde), though I'm not a fan of non-consensual mindwiping. (Hell, in a way it negates his "I'll live with this so you don't have to" kill because, nope, he doesn't have to live with it either.)

Skye has become implausibly badass but I'll take it. She's really grown as a character.

Is the redhead a known Inhuman or someone made up for the show?

Mack was wonderful, though I do wish The Guy Who Kills Gordon got to kill Gordon. Instead he got to cut off Coulson's hand, which, did I mention this episode was just full of HOLY SHIT? (And yes of course he's getting a robot hand. Also OH MY GOD AHAHAHA OH MY FUCKING GOD GODDAMN YOU KEVIN FEIGE.)

Are all the health nuts going to become Inhumans now???

WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED WITH JEMMA NOOOOOOOOOOO.

We don't know for sure what happened to Jemma but I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that getting engulfed by a tar-like blob and entombed in an apparently solid monolith isn't good for one's health.

I don't know if the redhead was an existing character or not. Her powers were similar to Madroxx from the X-Men. I did like Mack's line about "a horde of ginger ninjas" or whatever it was. I'm disappointed that Gordon turned out to be in on Jia Ying's evil plan from the beginning, I actually liked him.

I'm glad Mack is sticking around.

I'm trying to decide if Cal getting a mind-wipe was kind or cruel. He seemed genuinely happy and got to forget about all the evil he did and having to kill his wife to save his daughter, but on the other hand the daughter he sacrificed so much for is now a stranger to him.

I liked how May was just shutting Skye down at the start of their fight without effort and the only reason she lost was Skye sucker-punching May with her powers while May was trying to get her to stand down.

Not thrilled with Jemma suddenly deciding she's in love with Fitz after all, or her getting eaten by the black goo.

LOVED Cal going completely batshit crazy - he was so totally gleeful about it. And I kind of liked that he can be happy, even though the non-consensual mindwipe is an issue. I'm hoping Jemma comes out of the black goo (any relation to the black oil in X Files?) and continues on the show.

One question - with Gordon gone, are any Inhumans left behind stuck up in the mountains (are they near Nanda Parbat (however you spell that) which seems to have a truly amazing transportation system)?

We don't know the mindwipe was non-consensual, perhaps it was presented to him as an option to being in a cell for the rest of his life. Regardless, I shall miss his "Yup, I'm nuts, and it's kind of fun" approach. His arc is fascinating, Jaiying, too, because she had a damned good reason for going off the rails. Hydra must have been feeding her people to heal her, probably prisoners from her own village, just to make the horrific torture even worse.

But I did not expect Cal to be the woobie in that situation.

And I think Gemma's going to come out of that goo, but how and in what condition will be iffy.

HOLY SHIT THAT WAS FUCKING FANTASTIC.

Still processing it all.

So much HSQ!

I need a Fitz "Science, Beeyotch" T-shirt. right now.

A tiny part of me is going "what the hell kind of alien technology enclosure is flimsy enough that it falls apart when Fitz leans on it?" But most of me is curled up in a ball in the corner JEMMA NOOOOOOO.

Cal was just so delightful. And Clark Gregg had some wonderful expressions on his face of being bemused how gleefully crazy he is.

Stark is pretty good at cybernetics. I'm just saying.

Also: you can tell how important Skye is to Coulson when he lets her drive Lola whaaaaaaat.

OK, loved the show ... but at the end ... he lets Skye drive LOLA???

ha, we're on mind meld, Toddson and I.