busies itself with an elaborate plan to shut down the bomb, scramble Hive’s brain, then freeze it indefinitely in a gel-matrix chamber, à la Han Solo in carbonite. Hive is very, very close the final phase of its plan: Detonating a nuke above the Earth, which would turn most of Europe into those creepy Alpha Primitive monsters. While Daisy treads water, the rest of our heroes make some big moves. Though the material gets repetitive, Chloe Bennet deserves credit for managing to sell every tear: “I deserve the blame,” “Keep your forgiveness and your pity because I don’t deserve either,” “Just leave me alone,” and on and on.

makes sure we know how depressed and guilt-ridden she is by having every single character visit her cell so she can break down about it. As she sleeps it off in a containment tank, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It starts with Daisy, who’s struggling through withdrawal and shame following her time as Hive’s minion. The scripts for “Absolution” and “Ascension” don’t hold any surprises, but the finale still manages to connect on an emotional level. Unlike Daisy’s nightmare, the season finale plays out almost exactly as expected - right down to the character who dies. It was just a nightmare, so we’re back to business as usual.

will burn it all down - until Daisy wakes up. Daisy is busily attempting to fix their shuttle so they can get back to Earth, then Coulson drops the second crazy twist: “Daisy … this is Earth.”įor a moment, it looks like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The duo are apparently stranded on Maveth, the deserted alien planet on which Hive spent thousands of years. I just didn’t know everyone was gonna go,” Daisy says. finale opens with a staggering revelation: Everyone is dead, except for Daisy and Coulson.

Luke Mitchell as Lincoln, Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Yo-Yo, Henry Simmons as Mack, John Hannah as Holden, Ming-Na Wen as Melinda.

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