The only plot contrivance was Mack taking Yoyo to the Lighthouse, supposedly abandoned the year before in the original timeline, as a kind of “date night,” but it actually came across as quite sweet even though it was designed to place them in a convenient position to start noticing the changes the Chronicoms had made to the history they remember. On the surface, the mention of 1976 as the launch date of Project Insight, the offhanded comment about Wilfred Malick’s estate in River’s End, and the detail about the windowless office in the bar allowed for the investigation to proceed in close quarters without feeling expository or claustrophobic.Īgents of SHIELD Season 7 Episode 4 Review: Out of the Past By Michael Ahr Agents of SHIELD used masterfully subtle hints from Stoner’s dialogue with “Chastity McBryde” (another comics tribute) as well as that of young Nathaniel and Gideon Malick with Coulson and Daisy to logically show what our heroes were dealing with. The more obvious callback came in the form of Patrick Warburton’s return to the role of General Rick Stoner, who we last saw as the voice of the decommissioned Lighthouse in season five. The first was Coulson wondering whether Dooley had a reserved booth, giving a nod to the SSR New York Chief from Agent Carter, and the next was a clear closeup on the Bendeery English Ale can which has become the fictional beer of choice in Agents of SHIELD ever since Lance Hunter imbibed it back in season two. The bar setting also brought us our first two deep cut references, letting us know we were in for an episode filled with Marvel Easter eggs. The simpler decade could perhaps explain why the secure safehouse saloon still has the same password after 40 years, but allowances must be made for the fact that it was a celebration with a more relaxed mood. Adding to that yet another mysterious malady for a third member of the team has us worrying for Simmons and being grateful for the return of Enoch on several levels. The Chronicom plot this week increased the stakes considerably and the consequences for the decisions made in the episode had significant impact. The sheer depth of the Marvel references in this week’s Agents of SHIELD episode, “A Trout in the Milk,” distinguishes it from all others before it, and MCU and comic fans are likely ecstatic about everything from the retro blue jumpsuits to the mention of Daniel Whitehall in the epilogue. This review contains spoilers for Agents of SHIELD.
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