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

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Season 2, Episode 5 “A Hen in the Wolfhouse” (B)

A lot happened in this episode, changing the landscape of things in a major way and confirming some rumored untruths that now can’t be taken back. Skye’s father went from being a virtually unseen phantom to something much more tangible as he lost his temper and demonstrated what he could do, which led to Skye seeing the results and calling him a monster. What that created was something unexpected and intense, which is an alliance between him and Hydra with the express goal of taking down Coulson. That can’t be good, and let’s hope that Skye can appeal to her father’s humanity, even if neither of them is particularly human at all. Simmons’ cover got blown pretty easily when she rather publicly passed a covert message on to S.H.I.E.L.D, and that photo Raina took of her did some pretty terrific damage. Her rescue was made somewhat implausible by the fact that we saw Bobbi intimidate Simmons when she was herself rather than coming clean so that they could more easily extract her. The addition of Adrianne Palicki, onetime “Friday Night Lights” star and the would-be Wonder Woman, is definitely welcome, and I think she’ll add plenty to the show, especially considering the bombshell that she’s Lance’s ex-wife. Fitz reuniting with Simmons just as he finally came to terms with the fact that he was hallucinating her was sweet, and let’s hope that he return is something positive for his recovery rather than a troublesome step in the wrong direction.