Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D hasn't been what most comic book fans such as myself were expecting since the show began airing last year. It's been a string of constant disappointments with few good episodes, which brings us to the question, will we see a season 2 of the show? Or will this be the end? Concerns aside, last week Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D returned from its holiday break with Episode 11: "The Magical Place", and it allowed us to understand more about Agent Coulson and why he's still alive after being stabbed by Loki in the Avengers.
For those not aware, Coulson actually died; his body was lifeless, which means he should not be back with us. However, "Tahiti is a magical place."
While the episode tends to some unanswered questions, some things were still left to our imagination. The episode showed that Coulson is alive because Nick Fury allowed it to happen. Frankly, Fury appeared to have used some dark forces to bring Coulson back from the dead, but at the moment, we are not sure what was done to him. What the episode told us though, is that Coulson was dead for days before the procedure was done on him. At one point, S.H.I.E.L.D had him on an operating table with this robot doing strange things to his brain. We later learned that it was removing Coulson's memories along with planting new ones.
Strangely enough, we have to wonder why director Fury chose to resurrect Coulson. If S.H.I.E.L.D possesses the means to bring people from the dead, then why hasn't it been used very often? We'd like to think that the reason for this might be some secret side effect, and Fury will try to keep this from Coulson for as long as he can. Furthermore, why choose to resurrect Coulson? What's so special about the guy? All these questions need an answer before Season one comes to a close.
That was the best part of the episode; the rest was fairly OK. There was a scene where Skye was posing as May, which was designed to be comedic. However, it wasn't funny because we are not truly invested in these characters that much. Basically, we like May and tolerate the annoying Skye.
By the time the episode ended, we still had no idea who the Clairvoyant is, but that's OK because, at the end of the day, this episode was decent. Hopefully Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D will pick up pace because the ratings are low and it's being eaten alive by Arrow, a far better comic book TV series.
