A dangerous new alliance is formed as Coulson and Hunter turn to the last person anyone would expect, Grant Ward! As the war between S.H.I.E.L.D. factions continues, Skye and Lincoln will find themselves drawn into this conflict.

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is daughter/daddy night as Skye and her father get to know each other. They still haven’t quite explained who Calvin is for non-comic fans (ie what makes him special), so watching actor Kyle MacLachlan is pretty entertaining as he bounces around his mood.

But really, the episode is about bringing storylines together. Coulson decides he has to make a deal with the devil to figure out what’s going on and get closer to take on Hydra. That involves recruiting Grant, and of course things go wrong and there’s double-crossing, and Skye gets whisked away. The episode was just a way to get a lot of major players together to lead into the end of the season.

There’s also a lot of advertising tying in the episode to Avengers: Age of Ultron. I haven’t seen the movie, so can’t say how well it does that, but it definitely doesn’t have the connection we saw in the first season, and feels a bit more forced.

Overall, the episode just is. There’s lots of action. The acting isn’t as horrible as it has been the last few episodes. It told a somewhat entertaining story. It just…. was.

Overall Score: 7.25