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the framework was handled SUPERBLY.
Aida has got to be one of the most formidable baddies they've ever faced. possibly worse than Hive. she's fucked with them in almost every way imaginable. and she STILL draws sympathy from me when she's in her 'human' body and explaining her seemingly altruistic motives. it's kinda hard to tow the line b/w her rogue behaviour vs her programming, kudos to the actress playing her for that.
they even managed to redeem WARD. that hasn't really been discussed yet, tho i know he remains pretty unpopular among most of u here, but Brett finally humanised him, played him as a regular guy. dude was charismatic, affable & LIKEABLE lol. that initial scene of Daisy trying to quake him in bed, and Ward doing the hand thing back at her like "rarrg, is this a thing we do now?". and i love how we, as audience, kept expecting another heel-turn. i was so glad it never came.
these framework eps really did highlight how much we all fucking miss TRIP tho, right? i'm still mad they killed him off when they did.
HOW has anyone not mentioned how dirty Mace got done??! inadvertently destroyed by May and Fitz. and then having whatshisface robo-Russian "bash his corpses bones with a hammer" to make it look like he was quaked to death. ...FUCK. dude really grew on me this season, and to have him go out in the framework like that was both cool and tragic. R.I.P Patriot.
i love Yo-Yo echoed my feelings EXACTLY when Daisy came back w/out Mack ("hit him over the head, knock him out" etc). she shoulda just quaked his delusional ass through the portal, but Yo-Yo confronting him and getting to learn about his past a bit more, or about the man himself, will only strengthen their r/ship going forward (i'm assuming Mack survives, cos if he doesn't, i don't care how good this show is, i will fucking stop watching).
with the season finale looming, and clearly a showdown brewing b/w Aida/Ophelia and GR (what a freaking cool entrance, btw), the one main thing that stuck with me this season? the intense amount of character development, which finally elevated this show from being a slave to the MCU and allowed the time and space for us to truly get to know these people. they took em to some dark, but cathartic, places. once the story served to focus on exploring THEM (while telling its larger arc and tying it into the Marvelverse in general), the characters began to POP. tbh that's what i've always expected from any Whedon-related property, this just took a little longer to get there. but it feels totally natural and earned, and i'm so glad we get do it all over again for season 5 (judging from how AoS has gone from strength to strength, s5 should be its best yet).
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