User Reviews

Yet another awesome episode of Agents of SHIELD. So many brilliant moments in this episode: action, comedy, movie references, tension, mini-heartbreaks, surprises, sadness and etc. In spite of so many fantastic moments that I enjoyed very much, the one scene stood out for me the most was Radcliffe's death, or deletion.

One word to describe that Radcliffe scene: 'bittersweet'. Poor chap was just trying to make his Agnes well and recovered from her illness while also making the world better, but unfortunately got corrupted by the Darkhold that made him turn everything worse then rightfully redeemed himself towards the end.

Agents of SHIELD is so different from other comic book shows because the things it does are well thought and not stupid. An instance would be not bringing back Trip, Ward and Hope using the Darkhold machine. They can't just bring them back or it will be Ghost Rider on AIDA all over again. I hope they do the next season's title opening with space background!

People keep saying quality over quantity, but AoS has both! I always see fans trying to defend shows for having shitty quality struggling with 22 episodes, whereas AoS is struggling with 22 episodes because there are ONLY 22 episodes! Too much quality but too few episodes. With the writers' strike averted, i am really excited to see what more craziness the writers can bring to this already awesome show! it will be a huge challenge to top this season.

This was an amazing ending for an amazing season.

From the beginning, the season was quite different than the others and in the end I was glad the writers took that way. The end of the previous episode was very clear: the Ghost Rider comes to save the day, but in this episode we see that's no correct, the team saves the day, all together like the old times and I loved Daisy's speech about that.

I really like the way that turned Mack's story, but I feel a lite bit sad for him and the scene when Hope disappears broke my heart in million pieces. Great work from the both, Henry and Natalia.

In the other hand we had Radcliffe, a character that in my personal opinion changes from love to hate in seconds, and I love that he interferes in the season finale and he's "death" was absolute beautiful: he falls apart along side his creation.

+ Robbie and Daisy fighting together (and maybe in a future too).

+ Possible connection with the incoming Inhumans show.

+ The "Avengers" scene.

+ The Team united again.

+ End of the Framework and LMD's arc.

+ Mallory Jansen.

• I was expecting more for the Aida vs. Ghost Rider fight

9.2/10

Well, we certainly ended this awesome season with as good an ending as we could hope for. This episode features Aida making her last attempt to destroy the characters and SHIELD. It's hard to even get into much detail without talking that much about the ending, but we'll see we can do. The best thing is of course Ghost Rider. I feel bad for not going to look up that the newest incarnation of the character is in fact Robby Reyes, whom I was unfamiliar with at the start of the series. It's great that I'm aware of an important character from the comics. He really shines here, or should I say burns here.

It turns out Aida does in fact die in this episode and I guess she was simply beyond redemption. She does seem genuinely sad when she's finally slayed. I wasn't expecting Agent Coulson to actually let the Ghost Rider spirit possess him! It's great to see more being done with the plot of the characters' robot duplicates. We get to see them confront each other, even though it doesn't last long. It's hard to tell who's a robot and who isn't. It ends with Radcliffe talking about silence and then it just shows silence itself. The last scene is just Coulson walking around. It doesn't set up the next season. It's just quaint. ****

Definitely in my top three episodes! The season as a whole is my favourite season so far! Seeing Radcliffe's death was super sad. When Hope died, my eyes were watering slightly. I absolutely love this episode!

I have mixed opinions about season 4 of Marvel: Agents of Shield. On the one hand, I really enjoyed watching it. There was a lot of fun to be had here, and we feel Mac's pain when he loses his beloved Hope. The introduction of Ghost Rider is well done here; the embarrassment of the Nicholas Cage movies is only amplified when we see the character get the treatment he deserves. Episode 15 (Self Control) is possibly the best single episode of the series so far. Aida is a character I won't soon forget.

But on the other hand, we have the "our heroes replaced by identical robots" meme, which is such a tired theme that it was mocked decades ago in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey! We have the "alternate universe" meme, done by Star Trek Discovery in a long stretch of season 1, by Fringe in much of seasons 2-4, and in episodes of pretty much every other science fiction series which has been on for more than a single year. And more than one movie.

The trouble with the alternate universe meme, here represented as a virtual universe, is that the show is kind of stuck in the other world until the storyline is over. The direction the show can take is dictated by the setting, and this remains the case until the story arc resolves.

So, this creative show kind of put itself in a box this season with these familiar science fiction motifs and I believe this kind of inhibited the creativity. On the first hand, again, I had one heck of a good time watching it! I like these characters and I care what happens to them. Overall, I recommend season 4 for those who enjoy escapist television... but be prepared to roll your eyes occasionally, because you've seen some of this before.