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Bonita Friedericy! That would be General Redhead from Chuck.

But of course. Spies wear tactical turtlenecks. Tactlenecks, if you will.

They're connected to Hive but are still individual entities. According to Simmons, there's an infection in the brain, but it should be curable. So the Hive spores kill humans and hijack the minds of Inhumans, but the Inhumans aren't walking corpses like SquidWard. Regular humans are just food to him.

No, a team of four is fantastic.

He just assumed it was about Hive. But he actually described it as being torn apart from the inside, which fits with how Daisy killed him. So from the instant we knew he was dead, we actually had a huge clue about who did that to him, yet no one caught it. Well played, Show, well played.

Have we been told anything about Chloe's dad? I have a hard time imagining she's fallen herself unless she was somehow reincarnated. Otherwise she and her mom were both given a whole bunch of false memories. But I can buy that her dad was part of the Host or was some other type of supernatural critter. I think it's just part of him playing it more safely around Chloe since he knows there's something going on with her.

Easily my favorite episode so far. Show, you're much more interesting when dealing directly with Lucifer's story than passing the time with the case of the week. Dang Amenadiel, you messed up with Malcolm. That is one crazy mofo. They've done a nice job bringing the plot together, and I'm ready for more effects of the divine on the mortal world. On the shallow side, Tom Ellis's (non-blond) hair was very pretty tonight. And beyond that, he gave a fantastic performance. Follicular hue aside, he's perfect for the role. His horror at the depravity of the murders was so well done, and at times I feel like I'm seeing Marc Hempel's interpretation right there on the screen. Super excited for next week.

Gotta say, I didn't hate it when JLD ripped Taran's shirt open.

It's never been outright stated. The closest we got was the implication that she was going to try to tell Aurora until she found out Aurora was pregnant. There's just enough wiggle room to claim that Mulan was going to tell Aurora that she was in love with Philip (even though we know that's not the scene's intention). But Mulan's never explicitly confirmed that she was in love with Aurora.

It was a hyperbolic "everyone" for sure, but I remember a lot of criticism of Mulan from season 2 (although I think some of that was from people annoyed that they were introducing new characters instead of having quality Emma/Snow/Charming time). Many posters also noted the less the angry Mulan and began warming up to her. So not everyone, no, but it was a noticeable contingent (and for what it's worth, I liked her from the beginning as well). On a totally different subject, there was a part of me that really wishes Hook had written Rumpel's name on the tombstone. I know that it wouldn't be right to force that on someone without their consent, and there's no use in poking that bear, but it would have still been satisfying.

Everyone hated Mulan for the same reason when she was first introduced, and now she's a fan favorite. So maybe there's hope for Dorothy.

I get that, and I definitely want Mulan to have a happy ending, but I also really like that they had two gay characters (presumably, in Mulan's case) that don't automatically get together. That's fairly rare on shows that aren't predominately about gay people. So I'm OK that Toto has two mommies.

Was definitely implying a different actor. And doing right by one of my fave characters.

Is it too soon to hope we get to visit an alternate universe where we meet Dinah Lance, a florist who only shares a name and nighttime interest with the Arrowverse's BC?

But does Non realize that Kal is under Myriad's influence? I imagine that all of those minds are like a big ocean to him. He can concentrate on interacting with a particular molecule of water if he wants, but it's not like he's actual aware of every individual molecule at one time. I think Kara and Cat are the only ones who know that Kal showed up, and they haven't shared that knowledge with Non, so it's possible Non doesn't realize he has that tool in his arsenal (insert own Superdickery joke about Kal being a tool).

Well, their mission at this point is to deal with alien/Inhuman crises. That's the understanding that Coulson and the President seem to be under. Just like any other enforcement/investigative organization, those are fuzzy boundaries (which is why jurisdictional battles are such a common trope). The Watchdogs are specifically about combatting Inhumans, and their use of nitramine shows that they are clearly a real danger, so that would fit within Coulson's purview. Plus they actually destroyed an ATCU facility.

Just after SHIELD fell, Coulson and Co still had to deal with Garrett, who was still an immediate threat that only Coulson's group knew about. And he had to figure out what was up with TAHITI. After taking care of Garrett, I'm not sure Coulson's group would have kept going after season 1 if Fury hadn't given Coulson the keys to the kingdom. At that point Coulson was tasked with getting the Helicarrier ready in case of a global emergency. He also used those resources to try to take out Hydra, which he (I think kind of rightly) considered their responsibility, as well as figure out what was going on with the alien messages in his head. And again, his group were the only ones who even knew about the alien writing to be able to do anything about it. And luckily they did go down that road, as no one else was pursuing Whitehall. Basically, it started out dealing with threats only they knew about from before the fall, threats they knew more about than anyone else, and instead of just calling it a day, they decided to do something about it. They've continually been propelled by specific objectives that have led to scope creep. And by the time Russia happened, SHIELD actually was working, off the books, for the US. They were pursuing Malick with the blessing of the President and unintentionally got caught up in a coup that would have destabilized Russia and made it a centralized point for Malick to consolidate his Inhuman power, which would have been bad for everyone.

I'm really enjoying the main plot, but getting a whole new group (even if the leader is familiar and they ended up working with Malick in the end) was a welcome breath of fresh air. Plus, while I miss Bobbi Hunter, I think we've already started to see the benefits of bringing down the cast size a bit. Yay for Mack getting some love, and double-yay for meeting little brother, who I dug. I'd be absolutely fine with seeing the two of them working together in the hangar. So many little things peppered in through the episode. Nerd Herd and the Shotgun-Axe, as have already been mentioned. Damage Control is now officially part of the universe. And I thought they handled the Watchdogs really well. It feels exactly like the MCU version of a right-wing militant organization should. I haven't read any of the Captain America comics on which they're based (that was an era of Cap I just wasn't interested in), but they fit in well with the show and the current state of the larger universe. I know some people would like more ties between the movie and TV portions of the MCU (which I get, and yes, in a perfect world that would happen), but I really do enjoy how the show fleshes out the universe. This feels like a warm-up for the main event, which I think is fun in itself.

The story of this superhero team-up is that Supergirl worked with the Flash.

But Killian's, what, early 20's in the flashbacks? 25 max. Lots of people spend that time period drinking, goofing off, messing up, until they decide or are forced to actually do something with their lives. I see him kind of like Logan from Gilmore Girls (or any man-child from a Judd Apatow movie). Getting out of indentured servitude and joining the navy actually gave him real direction and something to achieve. Between that and his idol worshipping of Liam, I can see how Killian would buy into the "Good Form" idea so whole-heartedly. But as others had mentioned, it wasn't actually really internalized in him, so he was able to discard it pretty easily once he felt betrayed by the kingdom. He had learned enough in the intervening years, though, to not go back to his old directionless ways.

While I've found some Punisher stories entertaining (mainly some of the Ennis/Dillon run), this is the first time I've actually ever cared about Frank Castle as a character, so huge kudos to the creators and Jon Bernthal for that. His relationship with Karen was really a high point of the season for me. If they can successfully mix his humanization here with the Ennis's dark comedy, I would be 110% all in for a Punisher series. That would be all kinds of epic. One of complaints from the first season was that Matt was so isolated, both story-wise and emotionally, from Foggy and Karen. I was disappointed that we had more of the same this go around, but I was glad that they actually did end up separated by the end of the series. I'm hoping that means season 3 will be about them rebuilding their relationships and having them actually work together in a meaningful way. I also find ninjas and prophecies to be a bit more entertaining than mobs and the Kingpin, so that was also a welcome addition. Elektra was amazing, and Elodie Yung just owned that role. And nice job with tying her origin in with Matt and Stick instead of relying on cosmic coincidence. So while it still had its problems, I enjoyed it as a while more than season 1. My only big fanboy complaint is that I really would have loved for Matt to meet Jessica or Luke. Oh well, it'll happen soon enough, and we did get some Claire love, so it's not all bad.

The ep thread seems to be locked due to daylight savings time, so starting this one. Better late than never, I guess? Hopefully we'll never hear the words "Mary Margaret" ever again, but she didn't have a problem being Snow White in the first half of season two. I still don't get why they ever had her look back after that, but it seems that our long national nightmare is finally at an end.

I agree with you, katie9918. I look at her relationships with her cast mates, and she seems to care about them all very much and takes them just as they are, even though I doubt most of them share her conservative leanings. And they seem to care about her and enjoy being with her, so I think that says a lot. Plus she likes to drink wine (she even owns a winery), so there's that. She reminds me a bit of my sister, who's a conservative evangelical (I'm the family gay). While we disagree on so many points, she's also a compassionate and loving person, and we've learned to not define our relationship based solely on our differences.

I've been surprised how OK I am with Megan Fox. I mean, they have pretty much just heaped every piece of Megan Fox paraphernalia on her -- bisexual aloof hot bit-of-a-user Megan Fox. But she's deliberately constructed to be the Anti-Jess, so that works. If anything, I feel it keeps Jess's presence around because it's obvious the affect she's had on Cece and the guys. It's a bit like when Coach came back and the dynamic had changed due to Jess, causing him to adjust and open up. I wouldn't want it to permanent by any stretch, but I like the opportunity to see how things have changed since Jess first moved in.

I also doubt that he didn't come visit the hospital as Barry, and it would have been nice to actually see it, but the episode was pretty full already. As it was, the final showdown with Tarpit came off as fairly rushed. I don't think they could have shoe-horned in an extra scene, and I have a feeling that they're keeping Barry and Wally away from each other for now on purpose. Flash and Arrow seem to compartmentalize storylines quite a bit, which can be a bit frustrating as a viewer.