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The team assists in the clean-up of London in the aftermath of the events of Thor: The Dark World and look into a plot to find and assemble three parts of an Asgardian Berserker Staff which imbues the holder with super strength and an uncontrollable rage. They are opposed by a pagan hate group led by Jakob Nystrom and Petra Larsen who have already discovered the first piece of the staff. With Thor currently off the grid and unable to help, Coulson's team is assisted by a professor in Spain named Dr. Elliot Randolph. While retrieving the second piece of the staff, Ward touches the staff and relives a traumatic childhood memory involving his abusive brother and a well. He becomes irritable, aggressive, and possesses increased strength. The team discovers that Randolph is actually an Asgardian who has lived on Earth for centuries, and he gives them the location of the third staff piece where the team recovers the Asgardian artifact in a battle with the pagans, who Ward and May defeat. In a hotel, Ward declines Skye's invitation to talk, instead following Agent May into her room. Later, Coulson has a nightmare about his recuperation in Tahiti.
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A much more interesting episode than last week. Though the Thor tie-in was weak, the reveal about the professor was interesting.
Even more so was Ward's struggle with his rage - though I wasn't exactly clear whether it was Ward in the water, or who rescued the boy from the well.
And a fascinating ending - May inviting Ward into her room with a bottle of something. The initial impression is a relationship developing between them. However, I suspect that there may be more to this - perhaps relating to HYDRA, or Coulson's missing memories.
Either way, despite the sometimes cheesy action sequences in this sequences, one thing it's done really well is develop this character team with individual motivations.
The team assists in the clean-up of London in the aftermath of the events of Thor: The Dark World and look into a plot to find and assemble three parts of an Asgardian Berserker Staff which imbues the holder with super strength and an uncontrollable rage. They are opposed by a pagan hate group led by Jakob Nystrom and Petra Larsen who have already discovered the first piece of the staff. With Thor currently off the grid and unable to help, Coulson's team is assisted by a professor in Spain named Dr. Elliot Randolph. While retrieving the second piece of the staff, Ward touches the staff and relives a traumatic childhood memory involving his abusive brother and a well. He becomes irritable, aggressive, and possesses increased strength. The team discovers that Randolph is actually an Asgardian who has lived on Earth for centuries, and he gives them the location of the third staff piece where the team recovers the Asgardian artifact in a battle with the pagans, who Ward and May defeat. In a hotel, Ward declines Skye's invitation to talk, instead following Agent May into her room. Later, Coulson has a nightmare about his recuperation in Tahiti.
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A much more interesting episode than last week. Though the Thor tie-in was weak, the reveal about the professor was interesting.
Even more so was Ward's struggle with his rage - though I wasn't exactly clear whether it was Ward in the water, or who rescued the boy from the well.
And a fascinating ending - May inviting Ward into her room with a bottle of something. The initial impression is a relationship developing between them. However, I suspect that there may be more to this - perhaps relating to HYDRA, or Coulson's missing memories.
Either way, despite the sometimes cheesy action sequences in this sequences, one thing it's done really well is develop this character team with individual motivations.
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