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None of the characters on the show want to redeem Ward, unlike Buffy wanting to save Angel. Everybody at SHIELD just wants to shoot Ward in the head.
It's kind of ballsy, when you think about it, that the hijacking of a plane is practically a throw-away scene. I can see the writers' meeting: "OK, Ward needs to get to Germany, how do we do that?" "Why doesn't he just hijack a plane that's going in the right direction?" "Oh, yeah, we can spend a good twenty minutes on that--" "No, no, he just shows up on the plane, throws some charm around, terrifies a bunch of people, then does a D.B. Cooper, and we're done!" "Yeah, we've got a lot of stuff to do anyway."
They truly appreciate that they're doing a comic book show--never explain, never slow down.
And Ward taunting the henchmen about how he was going to torture them was very Angelus taunting Giles in S2.
One of the things that I love most about Evil Ward is that it makes horrible, boring S1 Ward so deliciously perfect. It's like, "Awww, boo boo. You really had no clue how to be good did you? So you just turned into the blandest, least interesting person you could." Ha!
I remember complaining in season 1 how Ward was really crappy at his job for supposedly being such a great agent, so it was great to learn he was potentially screwing up on purpose. He is so much fun to watch now that he's given up any pretense of being a good guy. Competent villainy for the win.
I loved Fitz and Simmons. It took me awhile to buy into them being more than friends, but last night sold me on their attraction and their anguish.
My one quibble is I thought Andrew's container was their way of finding and breaking into that particular base, but then it wasn't there. Either I missed something or things don't line up.
Yeah, I found Iron Chef Inhuman a little distracting. "Tonight's secret ingredient is: TELEKINESIS!"
Seeing Dacascos anywhere always gives me a warm fuzzy feeling because ita was so fond of him.
Brett Dalton is a fantastic villain, so calmly yet gleefully sadistic.
He just seems so contentedly self-actualized. All he needs is to destroy SHIELD and make Phil suffer, and he'll be content with the world. Oh, and make May hurt.
And maybe make Skye love him, if he's still on about that.
My one quibble is I thought Andrew's container was their way of finding and breaking into that particular base, but then it wasn't there. Either I missed something or things don't line up.
That confused me as well.
Yeah, I found Iron Chef Inhuman a little distracting. "Tonight's secret ingredient is: TELEKINESIS!"
I got used to him on Hawaii Five-0. So, it really doesn't bother me to see him in other things anymore.
You are all making very interesting points, but I just want to sing "Monolith" and do jazz hands like I'm in that episode of the Simpsons.
FITZSIMMONS! oh my heart. these two. yeah the rest of it and evil Ward is 8000 times better than fake good Ward, but WHATEVER. FITZSIMMONS!
