If you happen to at all times wished Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D. to really feel like an ’80s motion film with ridiculous outfits and tacky one-liners, then your dream lastly got here true with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 Episode 7.
As aligned with the earlier episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7, this hour leaned into its time interval by completely summing up the ’80s.
And whereas the episode included epic scenes like Mack suiting up and Deke performing his personal model of “Do not You (Overlook About Me),” it additionally confirmed the complexities of grief and the ability of friendship. I, too, am leaning into the cheesiness.
Mack turned a complete new individual after the dying of his mother and father on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 Episode 6, and it is arduous in charge him for shutting the world, and Deke, out.
There have been occasions when he was merciless in direction of Deke and the brand new S.H.I.E.L.D. brokers Deke recruited. And there have been occasions when he adopted a superior complicated.
Deke: I misplaced my mother and father early too. Okay? And I nonetheless give it some thought on daily basis. If you wish to speak, I am right here.
Mack: I am good.
Deke: Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! We want a recreation plan right here. What if the Chronicoms are nonetheless on the market? Possibly that is why we’re right here.
Mack: You work it out.
Deke: Mack. Mack! You do not have to undergo this alone!
We had been proven a facet of Mack that we’re not accustomed to seeing, and it’s a good factor that we had been.
Mack is usually placed on a pedestal due to his robust morals and his selfless want to avoid wasting others. All of us wanted to see him like this to remind us of the truth that he’s human, and he does fall typically.
Mack had already misplaced a lot in his life, after which he needed to come to phrases with the homicide of his mother and father, a tragedy that was by no means speculated to occur.
It took Mack a yr and a bit assist from Deke and Roxy, however he lastly determined to rejoin the combat proper after they, fairly conveniently, wanted him probably the most.
He wanted the time to replicate and grieve, and that was what the Zephyr gave him when it stranded him and Deke in 1982.
Although the circumstances had been terrible, possibly being left behind was what was needed for each Mack and Deke.
Mack: Good work, D.
Deke: Thanks, Mack Daddy.
Mack: Nope.
Deke: Roger that.
Time is the one factor that may heal grief, and time is what granted Deke the expertise of changing into a group participant. Mack misplaced his mother and father, and Deke went rogue when he killed Freddy Malick.
It was genius to pair these two characters collectively to be stranded previously. They may not be extra completely different, however their friendship grew exponentially in consequence, they usually had been precisely what the opposite wanted throughout this time of their lives.
This episode proved that Deke is loyal to his group and is keen to assist them it doesn’t matter what.
Deke by no means gave up on Mack as a result of he knew what it felt prefer to lose mother and father. And whereas Mack was going by way of the motions of grief, Deke took cost of the state of affairs and set to work.
It was virtually as if the roles had been reversed, and Deke and Mack obtained to stroll in one another’s sneakers.
Mack: Did not you inform me that dude was shady?
Deke: Yeah, however that was earlier than I came upon he had a gradual job.
Mack: Doing what?
Deke: Promoting coke. Though, I’ve by no means seen him drink any.
Deke put collectively a group that at the beginning had extra talent musically than they did as operatives, however that they had a ton of coronary heart. And he found out a strategy to deliver Coulson again!
The grandson of Fitzsimmons stepped as much as the plate when the state of affairs known as for it, and he greater than proved his price as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
Can we discuss that efficiency of “Do not You (Overlook About Me),” although?
Deke put his personal spin on the ’80s basic, and it was epic.
With lyrics like “or if the night time stabs into your coronary heart, Daisy,” it was arduous to not squeal together with the remainder of the gang as The Deke Squad carried out.
It was the introduction to a brand new group of individuals that may fill the spots of the opposite characters for a complete episode, and they didn’t disappoint.
It is a dangerous transfer to usher in new characters in the midst of the final season of a tv present, nevertheless it was arduous to not love Roxy, Olga, and the Chang Gang. We cannot point out Cricket since he was actually only a drummer — R.I.P.
Plus, it’s extremely unlikely we are going to see them in outstanding roles once more after Mack and Deke depart 1983 with the Zephyr because the group will get again to their commonly scheduled programming of defeating the Chronicoms.
However Roxy, Olga, and the Chang Gang had been a breath of recent air.
Deke: So what’d you assume? It appears like the gang actually responded to my new materials.
Mack: I am fairly positive that final tune was from The Breakfast Membership.
Deke: Not till 1985 it is not. Proper now it is a Deke Shaw unique.
Mack: Deke, this is rather like you! You steal one thing from the long run and also you faux you created it.
Deke: Oh, let’s not bicker over whether or not or not these are literally my songs.
Mack: They are not.
It was a pleasure, and hilarious at occasions, to look at them come into their very own as S.H.I.E.L.D. brokers, and there’s no doubt that they’ll go on to perform superb issues for S.H.I.E.L.D.
A spin-off, anybody?
Fortunately Mack and Deke solely needed to wait twenty months to meet up with the Zephyr, whereas Enoch needed to wait forty years.
The reasoning behind all these time jumps escapes me. We actually want Fitz again to elucidate all of it to us.
Sure, they’re following the Chronicoms, however why did the Zephyr leap proper after leaving Mack and Deke in 1982? And why did it solely come again after the combat with the robotic Chronicoms and Sibyl?
Ultimately, Mack and Deke being stranded may need been a very good factor for each of them, however one can not assist to surprise the strategy behind Fitz’s insanity.
There are positively issues that we’re not but conscious of, and I’m so anxious to get Fitz again and get all of the solutions we’re on the lookout for.
Coulson’s again — is anybody shocked?
After his “dying” on the final episode, it was arduous to consider it was true. And the writers didn’t waste any time to guarantee us that the destruction of his LMD physique was solely a minor setback.
Deke: You already know, he single-handedly demolished the Chronicoms, proper?
Coulson: Really, it value me each fingers.
The Zephyr is bound to construct him a brand new one and it will likely be like he was by no means gone.
The one downfall to Coulson’s survival is that Sibyl made it out of the blast as effectively.
These Chronicoms don’t go down simply, and with Nathaniel Malick now on their facet and the time stream of their possession, they’re getting down to be a formidable pressure.
What did you assume, Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fanatics?
Did you’re keen on the present’s concentrate on Mack and Deke? Was anybody shocked that Coulson, but once more, rose from the useless?
And the place did Mack and Deke discover the cash they wanted to restart their lives in 1982 fully?
Let me know within the feedback, and don’t forget that you could watch Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. online proper right here through TV Fanatic!
Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D. airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on ABC.
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