SHIELD was called to the school to investigate a mysterious assault on some of the school’s top students. Ward, Fitz, Simmons, and Skye investigate the assault involving a device that freezes moisture in the air. Marvel fans would have realized right away that Donnie Gill was responsible, but the show plays the reveal close and would have been a nice twist for those not in the know. Blizzard was never exactly an a-lister with anything near an iconically established origin, so this episode’s origin worked as well as any. The best part of the reveal was the character work done with Fitz who saw a great deal of himself in Gill. “Seeds” other story arc deals with Skye’s past, and even though Skye has been the least interesting character thus far, this episode’s reveals brought her character to a much needed next level. Turns out Skye has a mysterious power and many SHIELD Agents died protecting her when she was an infant, making Skye a fascinating piece of SHIELD’s history. It also brings Skye’s parentage into question which could provide some more interesting story fodder down the road. By the time this episode ended, Skye was a very different character than the somewhat irksome rebellious hacker. She is now a piece of SHIELD history with Coulson carrying on the tradition of her protection. A responsibility that snapped him out of the naval gazing ennui brought about by last episode’s reveals. All in all, a good episode with some good plot progression, it would just be nice if Agents of SHIELD would wholeheartedly embrace some of the more comic book elements that fans are expecting. The films certainly do, and look how that worked out. Marvel moments: Bucky Barnes on the Wall of Valor. That might be important around, oh, April 4th. Shout outs to HYDRA and AIM. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
