A review of tonight's "Marvel's Agents of Shield" coming up just as soon as I cook while you debrief... "Shield" season 2 has had to push nearly all the regulars into new roles, from Coulson as spymaster to Ward as a more square-jawed Hannibal Lecter. "Making Friends and Influencing People" focuses on how three members of the team are faring in these new positions, and does really well by two of them, while maybe putting the emphasis on the wrong place with the third. In the clear win column: Simmons going deep undercover with Hydra. Like so many of the shifts, this is a much better use of her than as Fitz's cheerleader — and the Ghost Simmons device allows the show to have its cake and eat it too on this front — and Elizabeth Henstridge sold the idea that Simmons could do well in this gig, because her lack of guile...
- 10/8/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
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