Marvels Agents Of SHIELD Episode 13-14 Recaps: What Happened In TAHITI Stays In TAHITI

"T.R.A.C.K.S." and "T.A.H.I.T.I" were the best two episodes thus far in the series IMHO. I like action as much as the next person (maybe more) but if a show wants to keep me coming back, I need some emotional connection to the characters. And "Agents of SHIELD" finally brought it.

Skye was VERY close to death but she's back thanks to GH-325 that healed Coulson. Speaking of the " blue juice", how did you like the big reveal as to where the drug came from? And was anyone else upset that the source of the miracle juice was most likely killed when the Guest House was destroyed? Uh wouldnt that have been one of the most important medical breakthroughs of the 21st century? I guess no one cares but me.

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For the record, Skye's injuries were two shots to the stomach which perforated her stomach, large and small intestines. Coulson's hear was ripped in half and I'm not sure what else.
What effects will the "alien juice" have on Skye if any? Will she suffer like Coulson did (which is why he tried to stop her from being given it in the end)? We really dont know anything about her past so maybe she wasnt all human to start with.
Having Skye in a medical pod that was then just forklifted onto the plane was a cool visual. They should have those in all hospitals (for easy shipping).
And who else was cheering when May beat the crap out of Quinn. You go girl!!! And Quinn getting progressively bloodier with each new "visitor" was funny.
Bill Paxton as Agent Garrett was a breath of fresh air. I just love seeing him in everything he does. He should be a regular.
I dont really care about the Clairvoyant story line. How bout you?
I can't wait to see what Lorelei is up to.
Is anyone shipping Simmons and Skye now? Case Simmons had a lot of teary eyes, hair stroking and a declaration of love this episode. Someone quickly put this on YouTube!
See Wikipedia episode overviews below because they're much better in detailing the complicated story lines than I am.

From Wikipedia:

Episode 13: T.R.A.C.K.S

In order to find the Clairvoyant, the team boards a train in Italy on which a Cybertek Inc. security group led by Carlo Mancini (TJ Ramini) is shipping a package to Ian Quinn. They take over the mission for an Italian police member named Luca Russo (Carlo Rota). The team splits into groups, with Coulson and Simmons posing as a father and daughter while Fitz and Skye work with Ward and May to track down the package. However, the group is exposed, leaving Coulson and Ward to flee the train. May also goes missing, but when Coulson and Ward track her down, they learn the team was sold out by Luca Russo, who is killed by May. The team finds the train and Simmons, but Fitz and Skye are gone, having disembarked to track the package to Quinn's mansion. In the basement, Skye is confronted by Quinn and Mancini, who reveal that Mike Peterson is alive, having been kept in a hyperbaric chamber. Mancini opens the package which a high-tech prosthetic leg that he fits onto Peterson's amputated right leg. To test Peterson's obedience to Project Centipede, Quinn orders him to kill Skye. He refuses, stating that Skye is not who the Clairvoyant wants him to kill. Instead, Quinn then shoots Skye twice in the stomach and leaves her for dead stating that he has his own orders. Peterson then executes the Cybertek security team because they led S.H.I.E.L.D. to the mansion. Quinn walks right into a S.H.I.E.L.D. raid on the mansion. Quinn is arrested, but Skye is left near death and Simmons can only sustain her temporarily by placing her into Peterson's hyperbaric chamber. In the final scene, Peterson secretly observes his son at a playground and requests the Clairvoyant to let him see his son by writing on a piece of paper for the Clairvoyant to read. The Clairvoyant says "not yet". The view zooms in on his new prosthetic leg which bears the name "Project Deathlok".

Episode 14: T.A.H.I.T.I

Skye is rushed to a S.H.I.E.L.D. medical facility to save her life. The doctors are only able to stabilize her, forcing Coulson to bring her to the S.H.I.E.L.D. location where he was revived. Agents John Garrett (Bill Paxton) and Antoine Triplett (B.J. Britt) board the Bus in order to claim Ian Quinn, who Garrett's men had been pursuing, and bring him to the Fridge for questioning, as Coulson refuses to turn him over. Garrett compromises with Coulson when he realizes he is keeping Quinn until he can save Skye. Through interrogating Quinn, Coulson and Garrett learn that the Clairvoyant made Quinn shoot Skye, so he could learn how Coulson came back from the dead. Fitz and Simmons, who are looking over Coulson's medical files, realize that S.H.I.E.L.D. did not revive Coulson, rather a place known as the "Guest House". They realize a specific drug would be there to help Skye. At the "Guest House", Coulson, Ward, Garrett and Fitz enter and find the place rigged with explosives after taking out the only guards. Fitz is able to find the drug, while Coulson finds a room marked "T.A.H.I.T.I." Inside, Coulson finds more of the drug as well as discovering that the drug is coming from the upper half of a blue-skinned humanoid corpse. Everyone is able to get out before the facility implodes, with Fitz getting the drug to Simmons in time to save Skye, despite Coulson's reservations, based on what he saw. In the final scene, Lorelei (Elena Satine) arrives at a motel in Death Valley and comes across a newlywed couple. She mesmerizes the man, who drives away with her, leaving his wife at the motel.

Grade: 4 1/2 Monster (out of 5). My two favorite episodes so far. Far like these please!