Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: A Life Spent (2017)
Season 5, Episode 3
8/10
Daisy the Destroyer
13 December 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This episode creates more interest with the introduction of an inhuman (Abby) who has a remarkable ability to control the molecules of her body. After a contest between an experienced arena fighter and Abby, a woman of some importance (Basha) buys Abby from the Kree, probably for nefarious purposes. It appears the Kree intends to use Jemma to help train Inhumans.

The scene in the Trawler helped move the narrative along in a dramatic way. There's a nice moment of intimacy between Coulson and Melinda in the trawler. Then Mack is his usual annoying pacifist self when Tessa wants to kill Zev after he attacks them. I guess Coulson's team is not supposed to have double-O authority, but Mack's skewed code of ethics put the team in jeopardy. Tessa stepped up to take the blame, but the writer found another way to get rid of Zev, as roach bait.

Deke raises the issue again of Daisy as the cause of earth's destruction and throws in another likely red herring of multiple universes. I hope that possibility isn't repeated. AOS doesn't need to borrow the concept of parallel universes from Star Trek or Flash/Supergirl. Daisy gets upset at being called Quake, but it looks like she gets a new title from the Kree, "Destroyer of Worlds."

This episode concludes with the scene from the end of the last 4th season episode, so that now it is in context. The question is, who was on the other end of that radio transmission? How could they have been expecting Coulson's team? Lots of questions still to be explained.
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