shrewd.buddha

Yes, but those are not the scenes they chose to show us. We have to fanwank the extent of his resourcefulness and can-do attitude. For the most part, all I can recall are misty-eyed scenes of getting a sandwich packed for him as he went on his first big-boy mission. Scared to open the hatch door when May had a gun on him until Coulson ordered him to do so. Whining about things 'changing' when Simmons and Trip started their eye-flirting, instead of speaking up. And his almost teary defense of Ward because he found denial more comforting. It seems as if Simmons is always having sort him out or mommy him. So the PTB may be attempting to portray Fitz as naive, but it's coming off as wimpy to me. It could just be me. I'd rather him be more can-do and kick-ass. But maybe that's not the character they want in the mix. And maybe they don't want that character around anymore.. No one was standing by his bedside at the end of the episode the way they did for Skye-flake a while back. And I agree that the show is portraying Ward as victim of child soldier indoctrination. ...But I am not sure this is the type of show that can handle that type of complicated tragedy without royally screwing it up. They are better off sticking to more black and white versions of good and evil and leaving the other stuff to L&O:SVU. Ward has killed a lot of people now. If someone gunned down your loved ones, I don't think your first instinct would be to contemplate the murderer's possibly tragic backstory..

I do appreciate that the season ended without lame cliffhangers (such as Coulson "dying" or Skye being kidnapped). The stuff they did hint at with Coulson and Raina was okay .. but not exactly riveting.. Apparently when Shield was destroyed, all whiteboards and markers were also lost... I was irritated - very much - by Fitz's reaction to being stuck on the ocean floor being "We're going to die, so let's just cry and wait for death." That has been his personality for most of the season - a defeatist. You would expect a tech geek to be tearing open every container in the pod to find something that would get them out. And he still couldn't openly confess his feelings for Simmons. Use your words, dammit. The "only one of us can survive" option felt very contrived. I did laugh when Garret blew up. Thanks for not dragging that out. Let's move on to new villains and new adventures. I really hate the shows that have same villain in a never-ending cycle of confrontations. (Tomorrow People, Nikita, Once Upon a Time, etc.) And Tripplet seems just a boring as Ward was, and sort of like a forced diversification effort.

The Octavia, Lincoln scene was unintentionally amusing. "You can speak!" "Too bad I'm not going to ask you any relevant questions.." "You're filthy. Here, let me clean you , starting with your abs... I'm going to leave some of the blood around your face, 'cause that's sort of hot.." Also, wouldn't the guards notice if the guy who was tied up suddenly became clean? Never mind -- I forgot who I was talking about.. The whole situation of Bellamy keeping Octavia in time-out and away from from her noble savage seemed really silly. All these guys who survived the drop to Earth are so willing to be Bellamy's underlings? Bellamy hasn't demonstrated any real leadership skills, and I don't recall any show of physical dominance. I don't know how long this show can last, but I am curious as to how long they can stretch out keeping the adults separated from the kids. The CW begs to differ... And now they have automatic weapons .. Ugh. I was hoping for more primitive-meets-sci-fi, not a re-hash of 'Lost'.

Even though ABC stopped promoting this as a Bryan Singer production (due to his current scandal), it reminded me of his other show - House. The main character is considered a magical genius, resulting in everyone excusing their horrible, reckless behavior. I don't think I'll be getting on the crazy train again... Will Catherine go off her meds every episode, resulting in delirious twirling with arms outstretched? Each time her boyfriend has enjoyable sex with her, will he ask, "Are you off your meds?"

Bellamy is the worst leader. Ever. His motto's : "Whatever the hell we want!" "Give the people what they want - like, maybe a lynching!" "We should use fear and secrecy to control the mob .. errr, my people." If I cared more, I would rant more. The teen logic is mind-boggling - the way it evolved from discovery of murder , to the confrontation, to the lynching , to the angry mob wanting Charlotte's blood, to Bellamy scared of his own 'people', to the banishment of weird-face-guy -- do the writers think they are capturing authentic teen reactions? You just know weird-face-guy is going to show up as leader of the Morlock Grounders in a couple of months. And Clarke just had to get naked with Hair-boy before his girlfriend shows up. And from the look of next week's promo, Raven(?) manages an impressive pin-point accurate landing. But on the plus side, I enjoy watching a good sci-fi television train-wreck.