Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: The Hub

Can you really trust the system? That was the theme of last night's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. when a mission that only clearance Level 8 was allowed to be aware of  came to head, Skye began to wonder if "Big Brother" could actually be trusted.

1. Operation Over Kill: S.H.I.E.L.D was on a mission to over ride an overkill machine that would use their own weapons against them, if they it was not stopped. This mission's information was classified to those whose clearance level was less than Level 8. So, in this situation only Agent Coulson and Agent May were allowed to know the full details of the mission; while they sent Fitz and Agent Ward out into the field. Skye became extremely concerned about where Fitz and Ward were being sent off to. So she decided to team up with Simmons to help hack into the system that was designed to, protect those who were not cleared to receive such a level of information. Meanwhile Fitz and Ward had to work together to not only survive but to disarm the Over Kill weapon and try to make it out of their location as safely as possible. The only problem is Agent Shaw who was in charge of this operation did not set up an extraction plan, essentially meaning they were on their own to survive and make it back to safety.
   
   
2. Skye's Family: The main reason Skye asked Simmons to help her hack into the system was to find the retracted document on her parents. When Coulson discovered what she was doing he was less than impressed. He told her that he would help her if she could just trust him. I feel like Coulson is going to need her down the road to keep a secret, and she could potentially cause mayhem if she doesn't learn to be patient. Coulson tells Skye that an unidentified S.H.I.E.L.D Agent dropped her off at the orphanage. There is a possibility that the agent was her mother or maybe it was just a random agent, but I highly doubt that this wasn't coincidental. I assume the Agent was her mother and did not want her child to have to grow up in this life. In the later scene with Agent May, it appears that Coulson is obviously hiding more to the story, but what is the question and why is it so dangerous for them to uncover the truth.
   
   
3. Agent Coulson: I honestly believe that Coulson out of all of the characters has the most dirty laundry. Considering he died at the hands of Loki but is alive because of Nick Furry, which is probably the biggest of all but there's so much more. In the pilot Maria Hill says that he can never know about what really happened in Tahiti, but like I really want to know what the hell happened in Tahiti. I want to know how Nick Furry got his heart to start beating considering he was dead for 8 seconds. How has Coulson changed personality wise since his death, because I feel like everyone has pointed it out that he's different. Also at the end of last night's episode when he went to get more information on the retracted document he wasn't allowed. In order to receive information on retracted documents you must have a clearance level of 8 or higher, which he has. So why can he not access these files? Was his clearance level revoked? If so, why? There is so much more to know about Coulson which I hope they get to somewhere within the next like 15 episodes or at least tell me what the heck happened in Tahiti, because Coulson believes it's magical but I'm thinking the magical place he remembers was heaven and Tahiti was his hell.

Quotes:

• “Don’t do anything rash while I’m gone like jump out of an airplane.” - Fitz

• “I don’t want to be a part of your bad girl shenanigans.”- Simmons

• “This is a mission not a picnic.” - Ward

• “Barton and Romanoff never have an extraction plan’’ - Agent Hand 

I thought this week brought so many questions to head and casually barely answered anything. But if we found everything out now, would we really keeping coming back for more. No we would not, in true Whedon fashion you want to come back again and again. I think this show is heading in the right direction and i'm loving it. Let me know what you think, you can also hit me up on Twitter or Tumblr. I don't bite I promise you... I hope you all have a fantastic week and I will see you next week.