When two very Nordic looking white supremacists find an Asgardian artifact, the Agents must race to discover the truth of the weapon and stop the Asgardian-powered villains. Once again, the antagonists are overly generic, just a bunch of angry white folk out to cause some chaos. There is no motivation beyond them being bad so the threat does not seem all-encompassing. The villains are more inconvenient than they are frightening and the show still needs to ramp up the threat factor. We are also introduced to Professor Eliot Randolph, an Asgardian disguised as a simple literature professor on Earth, a fact deftly sussed out by Agent Coulson. Randolph is a fascinating character, a former simple Asgardian mason who came to Earth to see other realms. He becomes a mighty berserker warrior but hates the loss of control his staff forces him into. Randolph stays on Earth because, by his own admission, he was horny and wanted to bed down with some naïve Earth girls. Randolph is a rich character that exists in a nice shade of grey, a sensualist of the highest order who hated being a rage machine, something Ward must fight the entire episode. The coolest part of “The Well” is when Agent May grabs the staff and remains in control despite her magic-fueled berserker rage…because like another certain Doctor associated with SHIELD, she is always angry. The last image of her going to her room with a bottle of booze to be alone with her secrets is a powerful reminded that we truly don’t know much about the usually in-control Agent May. But please Marvel, you have nine realms to choose from, BRING ON THE BAD GUYS! 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!
