精彩与期待

　　1.幸好Will死了。并不是说Will不好，只是如果他在的话，就会有三个有着深色头发和胡子的男人在这同一部剧里了，着实会让部分人分不清他们。Will，Ward和Joey的同时存在，真的会使这部剧变成Orphan Black的克隆俱乐部的。

　　2.为什么那个外星球和九头蛇的怪物一直都没有名字呢?就算有个简单的昵称也好呀。那么我们就叫那个星球为蓝精灵，那个威胁到全世界的怪物叫格格巫，怎么样?

　　3.Coulson在那个蓝精灵星球上掐死了Ward之后，把他的手也留下了，就像他发泄出了所有的愤怒和复仇之心，他也为重新好好理智地掌管神盾局而做好了准备。那么，在下一集Ward重新出现在他面前的时候会发生什么呢?

　　4.精彩台词：“神盾局就是这样行动的，制定计划，计划泡汤，再制定新计划。我还是说清楚，现在就是原计划泡汤的时候。”除此之外，Hunber的诚实还体现在当被问到格格巫逃出传送门并且无法被杀死的话怎么办时，他的回答是：“我嘛，大概会跑吧。”

　　《神盾局特工》下一集在3月8日，周二，ABC台回归。

　　Warning: This recap for the “Maveth” episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. contains spoilers.

　　The good news: Coulson got his revenge and killed Ward. The bad news: Not even death can keep Ward from wreaking havoc on S.H.I.E.L.D. and its agents.

　　The Plot

　　Back on Earth, Mack and Team S.H.I.E.L.D. storm Hydra’s castle. Simmons escapes and runs into an incarcerated Andrew. He convinces her to let him out and returns the favor by helping her escape. The remaining sleeping Inhumans aren’t so lucky; he murders them all.

　　S.H.I.E.L.D. barricades itself in the portal room, and Mack sends everyone but Daisy back to the plane as the duo wait for Fitz and Coulson to return. On the planet, Ward forces Fitz to lead them to the exit portal, but he leads them to Will instead. They all head towards the portal, but Will kills most of Hydra in a storm, and Coulson kills Ward. Will reveals that he’s actually the demon, and Fitz sets him ablaze with a flare. Mack orders the castle destroyed, and he, Daisy, Fitz, and Coulson make it back to the Zephyr in one piece. What they don’t know is: The demon made it back, too, in the guise of Ward.

　　Amazing Grace

　　Again, we see how this show has mastered the graceful art of the Obvious Plot Sidestep. There was always a very good chance that Will was the demon — the fact that Simmons fell in love with him would make the reveal even more dramatic — and his behavior this episode made it clear that he was, in fact, possessed/duplicated.

　　A lesser show would simply give the audience what they expected: Will is the demon, always was, and Simmons was a dummy who fell for it. By making the smallest tweak to expectation — Will was real, but died saving her — Simmons isn’t a dupe, Will’s sacrifice is more meaningful, and you still end up with the same result of the demon loose on Earth. Comic book shows suffer the scrutiny of nerds endlessly speculating and theorizing, which is a special kind of pressure, and Agents gives them what they want without sliding into predictability.

　　Amazing Laughs

　　One of the hallmarks of a Joss Whedon joint is the use of snarky asides to make the fantastical feel more down-to-earth. The lack of humor in the first two seasons was a big part of why many episodes fell flat. Agents has been pretty good about it this year — in particular, the interplay between Coulson and Rosalind.

　　They’ve had some difficulty fitting Lance Hunter into the role of the guy who calls out the weirdness, but he is on fire this episode. As a blustering tough guy fighting other tough guys, he’s annoying, but when he’s outclassed and outgunned by telekinetics and alien planets, his snappy comebacks have an edge of desperation that make him positively endearing.

　　Ward, You Jerk (Continued from Last Recap)

　　When we talked to Brett Dalton about Ward, he said, “I can’t really think of anything else that I would also like to do on the show that I didn’t get a chance to.” And if you think about it, we’ve seen him flush with victory, crushed in defeat, madly in love, and scrambling to survive. It sounds a bit like they’ve taken the character as far as it can go, and now they’re giving him a serious overhaul. Whatever’s left of Ward may simply be leftovers after the demon has consumed him.

　　Amazing Inhumanisms

　　* Thank heavens Will is dead. Not because he wasn’t great — just because three dudes with dark hair and beards on the same show gets really confusing. Between Will, Ward, and Joey, the show was starting to resembleOrphan Black’s Clone Club.

　　* Why don’t either the planet or Hydra’s demon/Inhuman have a name? Even a placeholder name? Let’s all agree that it’s Planet Smurf, and the world-destroying menace is called Gargamel. Cool?

　　* Coulson leaving his hand behind after spatchcocking Ward on the Smurf Planet seems like he got all the rage and vengeance out of him, and he’s ready to reassume command of S.H.I.E.L.D. What happens when Ward shows back up next season?

　　* Line of the Night: “This is how S.H.I.E.L.D. works. We make a plan, the plan turns to rubbish, we make a new plan. Oh, just to be crystal clear? This is the part where the plan turns to rubbish.” Honorable mention also goes to Hunter for his line about what he’ll do if Gargamel comes through the portal: “I’ll probably run.”

　　Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns Tuesday, March 8 on ABC.

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（编辑：何莹莹）