The end of the episode spoke directly to this. Yo-Yo saw the chance to save the world by killing Ruby, and took it with no real hesitation. This may have had the effect of driving Hale directly into the arms of her alien allies, though, who may now come and do the job of destroying the Earth (or trying to). It's possible that this is "the way things happened" all along, save that it makes Future Yo-Yo's advice to herself even more obtuse than it seemed in the beginning. We've come a long way and we're still really no closer to seeing how "letting Coulson die" would be the key to avoiding disaster. But perhaps the real advice should have been "don't kill Ruby." Maybe? I guess we have to see how this all shakes out in the season's last few episodes.
Speaking of Ruby, actress Dove Cameron sure was entrusted with a lot of challenging material this week. The bulk of the episode, where she taunted and threatened FitzSimmons -- that was pretty rote for the character. But the total meltdown after partial infusion with the gravitonium was tough stuff: pained, terrified, desperate, and unhinged all in the span of just a few minutes. It was a strong way for the character to go out, and a fun thwarting of expectations that there was no big knockdown fight between her and one of the main characters to settle things.
Meanwhile, back at base, Coulson, Mack, and Deke had to deal with a brainwashed Talbot as he took Robin hostage and threatened to kill both her and himself. I liked that they were in fact able to talk him down (well, enough to ice him, anyway), because I hadn't yet really been sold on the transformation of Talbot from antagonist to hero. For certain, he deserves sympathy for everything he's been through in the last season or so, but he spent a lot of time being a thorn in the side of our heroes (and not much time on screen since then). It's hard for me to totally flip the switch yet.
I suppose one big question mark now is whether the show is going to be acknowledging Infinity War in any specific way in the next few weeks. The show used to tie-in to every Marvel movie that came along (to varying degrees of effectiveness), but hasn't done so for a while now. Also, the unexpected move of the movie's release date to a week earlier might mean that whatever plans the show made are now mistimed anyway.
In any case, I found this a largely satisfying episode. I give it a B+.
No comments:
Post a Comment