Gonzales and Coulson must find a way to put their differences aside and work together against HYDRA, even if it means teaming up with someone they don’t trust.

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. got a bit better this episode as Coulson lays the cards on the table for Gonzales as to what’s up and why Gonzales should trust him.

Just like old times the team comes up with an over the top scheme to get in and get the job done, but can they really trust each other? Really the episode is more about Ward and his attempt to find some redemption for all of the things he did. It comes up over and over, and it’ll be interesting to see where the series goes from here for the character.

The bigger thing is Gonzales, who clearly has some greater plans for the enhanced beings and has some things going on we don’t know about.

For the last couple of weeks Marvel has been hinting that there’s a bigger tie-in to Avengers: Age of Ultron, and this episode we finally get that. There’s some small teases about twins, but the last ten minutes of this episode is what we’ve been waiting to see, the lead in to the movie, and it has me excited. Hopefully they continue with it, because acting as an extension of the movies is where the show is the strongest.

Overall Score: 7.75