The Ghost
- Episode aired Sep 20, 2016
- TV-14
- 43m
Daisy has left S.H.I.E.L.D. and is trying to solve the mystery of a bunch of serial killings in the Los Angeles area. At the same time her old friends suspect her for the killings and are fo... Read allDaisy has left S.H.I.E.L.D. and is trying to solve the mystery of a bunch of serial killings in the Los Angeles area. At the same time her old friends suspect her for the killings and are following her trail in an attempt to find her.Daisy has left S.H.I.E.L.D. and is trying to solve the mystery of a bunch of serial killings in the Los Angeles area. At the same time her old friends suspect her for the killings and are following her trail in an attempt to find her.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSeason 4 introduces the Robbie Reyes version of the Ghost Rider who drives a Dodge Charger instead of a motorcycle.
- GoofsAt around 15:03, Davis says, "Inhuman asset will be waiting on the tarmac." The parts of an airport (that are paved) are the runway, the taxiway and the apron (or "ramp" in North America and a few other places).
There is no official definition of "tarmac" as it applies to airports, and the surfaces are not made of tarmac, anyway, as it could not handle the traffic.
This is another one of those ambiguous terms thrown about by those (such as the news media, government sources and scriptwriters) who are not familiar with aviation terminology that is actually correct.
- Quotes
Alphonso 'Mack' Mackenzie: [seeing one of the upgrades to Coulson's prosthetic hand] Not fair.
Phil Coulson: You want tech like this, you should've cut off your own hand.
Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) is now just a field agent partnered with Agent Alphonso "Mack" MacKenzie (Henry Simmons), and they've spent most of their time trying to track Daisy Johnson/Skye/Quake (Chloe Bennett) down. She went MIA at the end of season three. Agents Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) now work in S.H.I.E.L.D. 's science division. Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) heads up the "muscle", Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez (Natalia Cordova-Buckley) an inhuman, must report to S.H.I.E.L.D.for regular check ups and check ins.
With Daisy on the lamb, she encounters a new powered individual,Robbie Reyes / Ghost Rider (Gabriel Luna), who has been hunting and killing several bad people throughout the L.A. area. With Daisy wrongfully accused of some of Ghost Rider's murders, her S.H.I.E.L.D. "family" tries to intercept her before the new Director, law enforcement, and the Government find out.
Meanwhile, Fitz meets up with Dr. Holden Radcliffe (John Hannah) who despite his role in season three's events has been pardoned, albeit, he's on a short leash. He has created a female android (because they're always attractive women.) named AIDA (Mallory Jansen) in an effort to 'aid" S.H.I.E.L.D. Fitz is none too happy about this, and he decides to not only keep this new development not only from S.H.I.E.L.D., but also from Simmons as well.
Aside from Fitz and Simmons relationship evolution, these characters more or less kind of bop around life; one assignment to the next, and this new shake up in the S.H.I.E.L.D. hierarchy feels more like a step backward. Don't get me wrong-- I do like a show that's not predictable, but AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.feels more like Marvel's middle child Captain America, The Avengers, Iron Man, and even Thor have all had a direct effect on the show. While Marvel's Netflix universe remains relatively untouched by the MCU (For now.), AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D isn't so lucky. It gets tossed from one story to the next like a pinball.
With episode one, of season four, THE GHOST, we're off in a new direction .again. Over all, the individual episode flows well, action, drama, even a little comedy. The show, and it's constant bopping around still has me worried. How the Ghost Rider fits into all of this is anyone's guess. The character seem out of place.
Anyhow, I'm still curious to see how the season pans out.
- jedly
- Sep 21, 2016