Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: The Magical Place

It has taken me over 24 hours to partially wrap my head around what the hell happened last night. Nothing like starting 2014 off with a bang. What happened to Coulson after being killed by Loki in the Avengers, was finally revealed and my jaw is still on the floor. The episode was awesome, the acting by Clark Gregg was outstanding and my anxiety levels skyrocketed through the duration of the episode:

• Can we take 30 seconds to talk about how Ward was shot at in the winter finale AND NOBODY SPOKE OF IT THIS WEEK. I spent all winter break wondering if he was critically injured and nothing. Was I just seeing things or is this just another plot hole floating in space, I tweeted Brett like three times and was like ummmm sir. Not that he writes Ward's scenes but come on now. Literally the only thing that bothered me in this episode... minor details I'm sorry.
  
• Agent Hand was back this week and I went into the episode not excited about her return and her actions furthered my complaints. I don't know what her issue was but I felt as if she did not care about Coulson at all. Like I understand she is higher up in S.H.I.E.L.D. but Coulson is probably one of the most important people in the force. Let's be real here. And when she kicked Skye off the plane I was super upset because ... it's Skye.
  
• Poor Coulson never gets a holiday (bad pun I know), he wakes up to see Poe wanting to know what happened in Tahiti. Everyone wants to know, Coulson however does not... which when we find out what happened in Tahiti, we regret wanting to know what happened in Tahiti.
  
• My love for Skye grows every week, I'm waiting for her initiation as a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent. Even though she's better at hacking than being "in the field"... we can make it work. Her acting as Agent May was the cherry on top of the sundae of amazing that was this episode. They look alike for one thing which helps with my theory that May is her mother. Which seems predictable but then why is May trying so hard to cover up the truth? (Now you're thinking about it too, don't lie).
  
• Ah, the Girl in the Flower Dress I'd love to get rid of you. By the way I apologize for calling her Rena in my recap yesterday when her name is clearly Raina. That was just lazy research skills on my part.. So I do apologize. She is wrapped around the finger of the clairvoyant, which we need to figure out who that is asap, because we just do. Raina took some LOW BLOWS at Coulson. Bringing up the cellist was just sad, you could see Coulson's heart literally breaking. I think this episode was AMAZING for Clark Gregg, I was crying along side him.
  
• The truth was revealed about Coulson and we are left wondering WHY NICK FURY WHY. Coulson was dead for DAYS not seconds like they've shoved in our faces since the pilot. DAYS. What a huge difference, if you're jaw was not on the floor you're lying to me. Technology that was unheard was used to operate on his brain. It was a very scary scene with Coulson losing his will to stay alive which was heartbreaking.
  
• I saw a theory on tumblr floating around with the beliefs that Coulson is a clone. That the real Phil Coulson died and because he was the best agent Fury had they recreated him.  The more I thought about it, the more I started to believe it. That our he's a robot. A real realistic robot. Whichever would be really interesting.
  
• So I figured the Coulson twist would be the biggest one... but it wasn't, MIKE PETERSON IS STILL ALIVE. And missing his leg, and burnt all over AND has the technology behind his eye that controls him and if he disobeys he dies. So that's just great.

Favourite Episode Quotes

• "Is that a Rumba?"
• "Dolla bills yo." - Skye
• "No special agent is that important." "Coulson is." - Hand and Ward
• "I bet there aren't any flower dresses where she's going." - Simmons
• "I wanted to die." "We should have let you." - Coulson and the Doctor
• "You lost your will to live, we tried to give it back."

This episode was amazing, I just can't even believe what transpired and I've watched it twice. I might watch it again before Tuesday's episode which also looks AMAZING. This show is quickly becoming my favourite television show on the air right now, and I hope it continues in the direction that it's going.

And because this is how we all we're last night....