What I’m Watching: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Season 1, Episode 12 “Seeds” (B)

There was something fun about this episode at the start, with Fitz Simmons returning to their alma matter as celebrities and being so pompously excited about being popular while getting to throw their scientific nerd status in Ward’s face. Dylan Minnette, who I remember as Rex in one of the realities on NBC’s short-lived “Awake,” was the friendless student who Ward recommended Fitz get to know better, and it was good to see him experience some remorse when he realized that his ice-heavy creation was going to inflict some major damage on the world. The storm itself wasn’t all that fulfilling, especially since May effortlessly piloted her way into and out of it without any turbulence whatsoever. This episode did introduce a new villain for the show, who showed his lack of compassion and vile nature before revealing that he knew Coulson and had a taunting message from him from the Clairvoyant. Coulson and May’s secret trip to Mexico was quite productive, though this episode once again dropped a major dramatic bombshell that doesn’t quite jive with its usual lighthearted tone. Finding out that an entire village was massacred, in Coulson’s words, while protecting Skye is an alarming and unsettling discovery. The fact that she apparently had powers, something Coulson seems to have neglected to tell her, is far from intriguing, and I’d love to see them materialize at some point soon. Skye is a decent naïve ingénue, but it would be nice to see her take on a new role and more hands-on role in S.H.I.E.L.D. missions.