by Kayla Kenney, Writing Intern
Agents
of S.H.I.E.L.D. returned, after a week off, with a bang. In the previous
episode, Phil (Clark
Gregg) and Skye (Chloe Bennet) encountered Skye’s father (Kyle MacLachlan).
They witnessed just how disastrous and crazy he really is. Also, at long last,
the S.H.I.E.L.D. team discovered the location of the alien city they’ve been searching
for.
“Ye Who Enter Here” begins with an
obvious dream sequence—Skye’s. She’s haunted
by the encounter with her father.
The
episode continues with Fitz-Simmons (Iain De
Caestecker
and Elizabeth Henstridge) on eggshells. The two have failed to reunite as the
dynamic duo they once were. Now, they barely even speak to each other. Trip (B.J.
Britt) pushes Fitz to talk to Simmons. Meanwhile, Simmons discusses the
complications of their relationship with Bobbi (Adrianne Palicki). Eventually,
the two break their silence. This only leads to more awkward tension, after
Fitz says he wants to stop working in the lab and hand it all over to Simmons.
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Meanwhile,
HYDRA finds Raina (Ruth
Negga). Phil sends in a team, including Skye and May (Ming-Na Wen), to retrieve
her before Whitehall (Reed Diamond) does. Phil believes Raina will open up to
Skye about the Obelisk. She does. She informs Skye that the Obelisk will lead
whoever can touch it to the alien city. She also informs Skye that the city and
the Obelisk will reject whomever it deems unworthy.
Skye
tries to warn Phil and the rest of the team. She can’t reach them. Mac (Henry Simmons) goes underground, into the
city. He lands and comes in contact with a surface. He becomes infected. After
failing to kill the rest of the agents, he falls into the 100-foot hole. Phil
retreats without reluctance. He claims that that was no longer Mac.
HYDRA
catches up to the other half of Phil’s
team on their plane. They tracked Raina there. They threaten to blow up the
plane if S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn’t
release her. In the twist of the show, Ward (Brett Dalton) comes aboard. He ends up leaving with Raina and
Skye.
Whitehall
wants the S.H.I.E.L.D. plane shot down.
“Ye Who Enter Here” opened with a
really dark scene. Skye’s dream introduced
a new side of the show--a darker side. The opening is unexpected. Then,
the episode sort of drifts off into its normal tendencies. Someone’s
captured. Cool fights happened. The
Raina retrieval exemplifies this.
Raina’s
character stays true. She’s always misleading.
No one knows where her loyalties lie. During the retrieval, she attempts to
give herself over to HYDRA. Then, once S.H.I.E.L.D. has her, she apologizes.
When Ward comes to take her, she gladly goes with him. She remains mysterious.
Though
the episode drifts into predictability, the last half of it punches you in the
gut. The parallelization of Skye and Raina talking about the Obelisk with Phil
and his team going down into the alien city was beautiful. Then, the show
bounces between locations.
At
the city, electricity doesn't work. Mac’s lowered down into
the hole that reaches the city. It’s
pitch black. Raina tells Skye how the city will reject those who are unworthy.
Skye rushes to contact them, but the signal is blocked. Then, Mac touches the
ground. Everything turns for the worse for Phil’s team. The entire sequence is played
out perfectly. Nothing’s given away too
soon. Nothing’s too predictable.
Equally
unpredictable--Ward’s appearance on the
plane. They won’t be killing off this character anytime
soon, if they haven’t already. He’s a good guy turned
evil. No one saw it coming. No one liked it. They deserve credit for keeping
Ward so malicious. He isn't even an ounce of
the good guy everyone once thought him to be. Or is he? Whatever the case, he can’t
get over Skye. She left with him. The whole scene blew my mind.
The
episode ends, as always, with a cliffhanger. The shock came in two parts.
First, Ward was supposed to destroy the plane. He didn’t.
Maybe there is a shred of decency left in him after all. Second, it ends with
an order to blow up the plane. Frustrating. Now I’ll have to tune in
next week to find out what happens.
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