Culturess
Fansided

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD season 7 episode 9 review: Time after time

By Christina Roberts

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. - "As I Have Always Been" - A time storm ravages the Zephyr, propelling it toward destruction while simultaneously forcing Daisy and Coulson to relive their failed attempts to save the team over and over, until they find a solution or are swallowed by the storm. Making it to their next destination will take trust, courage and sacrifice from everyone on board, but it will all come down to having enough time on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," airing WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. - (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)ELIZABETH HENSTRIDGE, JOEL STOFFER
MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. - "As I Have Always Been" - A time storm ravages the Zephyr, propelling it toward destruction while simultaneously forcing Daisy and Coulson to relive their failed attempts to save the team over and over, until they find a solution or are swallowed by the storm. Making it to their next destination will take trust, courage and sacrifice from everyone on board, but it will all come down to having enough time on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," airing WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. - (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)ELIZABETH HENSTRIDGE, JOEL STOFFER /
facebooktwitterreddit

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD runs us through the same time loop over and over again. But someone’s sabotaging their attempts to escape before it’s too late

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD takes on Groundhog Day in this week’s episode. Let’s dive right in and see how things unfold.

Daisy wakes up into chaos. Deke lets them know they’re trapped in a time storm; they jumped within a jump and if they get sucked into the black hole of the thing, they’ll cease to exist.

Radiation flares cause Mack to go blind and get burned. There’s fires popping up everywhere. Elena gets stuck in the quinjet, and they jump again.

And it starts over. Everything rings familiar to Daisy. She calls the shots, confuses everyone. And it starts over again. She quickly tells May and Mack what to do and starts up Coulson. “How long did it take you to figure it out this time?” He asks upon reboot. “If you forgot everything we went through, it must mean you died again.”

Agents of SHIELD
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. – “A Trout in the Milk” – After a bumpy landing in the disco decade, the team – Daniel Sousa in tow – reunites with more than one familiar face at the S.H.I.E.L.D. hangout and discovers exactly how to dismantle the Chronicoms’ latest plan. But when they get too close for comfort, the Zephyr unexpectedly leaps forward again, this time to a date pivotal to not only the future of S.H.I.E.L.D. but to the future of Director Mack as well on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” airing WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. – (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)CLARK GREGG /

Each loop resets them, but they keep getting closer to the vortex. They need to solve it faster, and finally, Deke winds up spilling the truth about Simmons. Take out DIANA and figure out where Fitz is because he will know the answer. Except there’s gas. Deliberate cuts to a gas line to murder Daisy and Simmons before they can take out DIANA.

And we start all over from square one. We’re down to 41 kilometers from the vortex. Their suspects initially are mainly Deke and Enoch. Next order of business? Using Elena to take the implant out of Simmons quickly.

Another issue? The scanner’s drawer has been tampered with. Someone’s trying to kill Simmons.

Coulson has a meltdown in the middle of the episode. He’s sick of watching his team die and he has no idea if he has a soul and what is this if not a metaphor for his new existence? Clark Gregg does so well with these emotional beats.

He also figures out that it’s Enoch. Simmons programmed him to protect her and her secret, even if it means killing everyone on board.

They use a couple more time loops to figure out how to get Enoch out of the equation, including using Sousa to distract him by asking what time dinner is with the crew. And also the entire crew. Daisy also takes one loop to just sit and talk with Sousa. And not the one where they kiss!

The fix? Enoch’s heart.

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. – “As I Have Always Been” – A time storm ravages the Zephyr, propelling it toward destruction while simultaneously forcing Daisy and Coulson to relive their failed attempts to save the team over and over, until they find a solution or are swallowed by the storm. Making it to their next destination will take trust, courage and sacrifice from everyone on board, but it will all come down to having enough time on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” airing WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. – (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)JOEL STOFFER
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. – “As I Have Always Been” – A time storm ravages the Zephyr, propelling it toward destruction while simultaneously forcing Daisy and Coulson to relive their failed attempts to save the team over and over, until they find a solution or are swallowed by the storm. Making it to their next destination will take trust, courage and sacrifice from everyone on board, but it will all come down to having enough time on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” airing WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. – (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)JOEL STOFFER /

He just straight-up rips it out of him and offers it to them. “I would like to think Fitz would do the same for me,” he says. Daisy and Coulson stay with Enoch as he dies. Coulson even gives a pep talk about death!

Enoch has seen the future—this will be the team’s last mission together.

Post-Credits Stinger

We’re back to emo Magneto and the new Brotherhood of Mutants, training Daisy’s older sister to use her Havoc-esque powers.

Badass Moment of the Week

Let’s go with Sousa sacrificing himself in one of the time loops—the one where Enoch messes with Deke’s drawer of stuff.

Best One-Liner

“I’ve been thinking about it like a record skipping. Every time I say that you give me the same look. Vinyl’s back! You’re supposed to know records again!” Coulson says, exasperated. I agree Coulson! My vinyl collection also agrees with you!

I really enjoyed Daisy’s heart to heart with Sousa. Him calling her out on her personality, how she’s pretty much a 21st century Peggy. And how he wants to be there to help pick her back up and let her know she’s not alone. Will they be able to be a thing now?

Enoch’s death was heartbreaking but not surprising. It’s a good pep talk for LMD!Coulson and his thoughts on his own humanity.

Also… with that gasp of Simmons’ on recalling where Fitz is… he’s dead, isn’t he?

Related Story. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD season 7: Fitz’s return is imminent. light

Next week’s Agents of SHIELD will bring us back to Nathaniel Malick and the rest of the Inhumans. At least we won’t be stuck in a time loop in space anymore!

Home/MCU TV