But Daisy isn’t a LMD. I’m not sure I understand the logic of trying to create one of her either. LMDs wouldn’t be able to replicate her powers as an Inhuman. So wouldn’t she be spotted right away? Maybe by that point it wouldn’t matter and that’s why there were thirty or so of her.
Anyways, it was fun to watch the cat and mouse game throughout SHIELD HQ as the LMDs tried to get rid of the last two team members. It was a little disappointing that they were so obviously robotic. I mean, even cylons are more believable. I guess it isn’t a huge deal since everyone who needed to know already did.
Simmons easily stole the show though. The scene early on in the episode as she and Fitz realized that one of them could also be a LMD was brilliantly done and I have to commend Elizabeth Henstridge and Iain De Caestecker on their acting. There was no telling who it could really be at first. Even Fitz – who wound up the LMD – realized that everything that had happened was his fault. Simmons even admitted that she blamed him, and that she couldn’t bring herself to feel sorry for him, LMD or not.
It was pretty chilling to see the reaction to Fitz cutting himself. From the LMD switching over to its survival programing and stabbing Simmons in the leg to Simmons getting on top of Fitz and hacking him to pieces when she took the advantage. She continued to remain a badass after that, leading the team to rescue their friends in the final moments of the episode.
Despite that, Daisy received the majority of action scenes. She fought against the Mace LMD in an awesome fight that took place in the lab. Seconds later she demolishes the Mack LMD in an impressive show of force. It really goes to show how far she’s come since season two, when she first received her powers.
The rest of the episode concentrated on Aida, as we learn that she was going to be the powerful going forward. Radcliffe had more or less outlived his usefulness and the idea that he worked with the Russians in order to get the submarine is insane. Why not just build it underground or something? Either way, Aida killing him was predictable as well. It was time for Frankenstein’s monster to shine.
The last bit of plot came from the May LMD, who had more of the original May in her than she realized. In talking with the Coulson LMD, we learned more about the Framework, that it was built to be a paradise. That everyone’s regrets would be washed away. For Coulson, he regrets… joining SHIELD? That part didn’t make a whole lot of sense. Coulson has always been a company man and never once expressed doubt about that. He’s never mused about what life would have been like out of SHIELD.
Also, the idea that the idea of the perfect world (in the Framework) is under Hydra is confusing. Not only does this mean that Ward is coming back, though not for real thankfully, but it means we’re wasting time as Simmons and Daisy try to rescue their friends. This story simply feels like a sequel to the LMD pod than an entirely new one, like moving from the Ghost Rider story to the LMD one. I’m curious to see how it pans out, but also concerned. I was hoping that by the end of this, both Radcliffe and Aida would be dealt with. Alas, we still have Aida to deal with.
AGENTS OF SHIELD returns in five weeks! So I’ll be back on the reviews beat soon!
Written by Peter Freeman, TV & Animation Writer -- Click to read Peter's posts
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