MARVEL'S AGENTS OF SHIELD 2x18 "Frenemy of my Enemy" April 21, 2015

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF SHIELD
Air Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#218) "Frenemy of my Enemy"

GRANT WARD MAY BE COULSON'S LAST HOPE, ON "MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D."

"The Frenemy of My Enemy"

A dangerous new alliance is formed as Coulson and Hunter turn to the last person anyone would expect - Grant Ward! As the war between S.H.I.E.L.D. factions continues, Skye and Lincoln will find themselves drawn into this conflict, on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," TUESDAY, APRIL 21 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on ABC.

"The Frenemy of My Enemy" was written by Monica Owusu-Breen and directed by Karen Gaviola.

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Promo pics for episode 2x18:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4-cukCcHkA

Wait ... is that the fake 'May', who has had her face restored by some plastic surgery? Well, good work then .... ;-)

I really liked this episode, it seems Fake Shield doesn't see Coulson as that big of a threat anymore, especially since he is going after Hydra. I love Ward being back, I really want him back on the team so maybe this is a step in the right direction.

Ez wrote:

I really liked this episode, it seems Fake Shield doesn't see Coulson as that big of a threat anymore, especially since he is going after Hydra. I love Ward being back, I really want him back on the team so maybe this is a step in the right direction.

Another good ep, looks like things start to heat up now. Regarding Coulson "turning himself in" to the "Real/Fake" Shield I'd say he finally realized that they have to join forces to stand a chance against HYDRA. I think they all will come to reason pretty soon. It was a bit unlucky though, that when Simmons hacked into Mike's optical system, the first thing she had to see, was Coulsen working together with Ward. But ok, I think that will be cleared up quickly.
As for Ward, I also liked the twist around him in season 1, but I have difficulties to see him back as a "good guy" working with Shield again like in old times.
I mean, they showed too much pretty evil and cold-blooded murders and all kind of violence to just forget and forgive. Even in this ep, again without hesitation he shot two already knocked out HYDRA agents, and though they were HYDRA, that doesn't justify such methods at all.
Maybe Coulson's idea to wipe out Ward's memory by the Tahiti protocol might be a solution, but to be honest, not a good one either imho ...

I hope they some how fix Fitz before the end of the season too, I am ready for smart Fitz again

I love Ward being back, I really want him back on the team so maybe this is a step in the right direction.
I hope they some how fix Fitz before the end of the season too, I am ready for smart Fitz again

I agree on both, fitz is better already, so I think he get back to normal or close to it.

@ tscc, this is a tv show !! lol ward can be evil and then good again lol!
I look at it like he wasnt himself before, he had been brainwashed by garret for years, and
now is growing out of that and becoming a new person with both good and bad in him.
so he isnt the totally evil guy, nor is he totally good.

T5000 wrote:

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@ tscc, this is a tv show !! lol ward can be evil and then good again lol!
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Well, sorry, but even from a TV show I could expect at least some consistency. So if the showrunners wanted Ward as a Shield member on the long run, then they just shouldn't have compromised his character beyond redemption in the first place. It would be kind of cheap, to see for what Shield fights and who they put down for much less, and then Ward in a miracle switches back to the good guy, just because viewers want to ignore his bad deeds ... TV show or not ...

I can look past Wards mistakes, because like T5000 said, he was brain washed his whole life by Garrett. Besides, he doesn't seem fully redeemed yet, but maybe by the end of the season.

@ Tscc I agree they went too far with ward, and what they had him do, but I still would like to see him
come back from the dark side.
They can always kill him in the end.