"Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." Season 2

So, Raina was after the Obelisk because she sought answers to the power it possessed. Hydra wanted it for world domination. Coulson and Company want it to keep it from falling in the wrong hands. Couslon's obession with the alien writing that he keeps doing is linked to the Obelisk. Skye continues to search for her parents. Her dad had the Obelisk. The Obelisk enhanced powers in Skye and Raina. Their powers brought in the discount X-Men, which led Skye to her parents. A separate S.H.I.E.L.D. squad is in the shadows wanting Coulson to step aside. Simmons posed as a Hydra agent before getting saved by Bobbi, a higher ranking Hydra agent that is actually a member of the real S.H.I.E.L.D. Skye's mother wants to kill all humans for Mutant, err I mean, Inhuman injustice. Does any of this make sense?

Slowing rebuilding from the ashes, Coulson and the Gang continue to clean up Hydra while recruiting new agents. This season brings in Hunter, Hartley, and Reinhardt, three mercenaries for hire until the latter two get killed. Mack, a mechanic, makes his entrance by asking for a peek under the hood of Lola, Coulson's car. Simmons, however, makes her exit off camera by leaving for reasons unknown. Fitz, alone and broken from his trauma, continues to have conversations with her in his head.

Skye continues her search for her parents, and she makes headway this season because her thought-dead father resurfaces to rebuild his family. More details are unveiled from her mysterious past, but it's not enough to satisfy. The village allegedly destroyed was a Hydra base. Skye's mother was a special enhanced human being who didn't age. A Hydra scientist, Agent Carter put away, had cut her open and extracted everything he could out of her and dumped her body. He was able to de-age himself and continue the Red Skull's work. Skye's father found her, vowed revenge, and destroyed the base. But now he wants to reconnect. Especially after Skye went through the mysterious mist, emitted from the Obelisk, that allows her to tap into the vibrations of...everything. I guess? 

This calls the attention of the Inhumans. Nothing says company dispute like "I'm gonna make my own X-Men with blackjack and hookers." Let's see: a secret organization of gifted youngsters run by an aging individual with a tele-power and a crippling side effect that he overcame. Yep, that's X-Men alright. And guess what? Skye's mom is alive. And she wants to keep her baby safe. Aww, blech.

Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. has its own problems. Simmons left to pose has a Hydra agent to gather intel, which lasts a mere three episodes before she's been made. While running, she encounters the scary ass second-in-command leader with two guards, and the leader took out the guards. Turns out she's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent too. But that's not the only thing she's hiding. On the day S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, Bobbi was among a group of individuals, alongside Mack, Hartley, and led by the origami dude from Blade Runner. They were trapped on a helicarrier awaiting death until they got the upper hand and swore to rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D. The problem is, though, Nick Fury appointed Coulson as the new director. They felt Fury was hiding secrets from S.H.I.E.L.D. and Coulson was doing the same. So they recreate the day they almost died to get Coulson to cooperate. Coulson did indeed hide secrets on Theta Protocol, which was to green light Avengers: Age of Ultron. Speaking of which, did you guys see We're Back! An Avengers Story? 'Cause the show certainly did, and it hates you if you didn't.
Grant Ward was locked in their basement until he was sent to be transferred when his brother requested him. Between the two, there was no knowing who was telling the truth. But it doesn't matter because the brother is dead. Grant meets up with Agent 33, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent kidnapped by Hydra. She became cursed with a Nanomask burned into her face with the likeness of Agent May. Together they scour globe to find closure when all they needed was Bobbi. She was responsible, posing as a Hydra agent, for the torture inflicted on her.
Everything comes to head and an epic showdown across three fronts. Skye's mother is all about never forgive, never forget, and plans to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. with the Kyber crystals that create the most of Terregenesis. While she's sucking the life out of Skye in a Rogue kind of way, and Skye trying to force her away, Dad comes in and crushes the mother. Coulson, Fitz, and Mack trap Discount Charles Xavier and clobber him until he teleports into Fitz's rod. He drops a Kyber crystal, and Coulson catches it, losing an arm in the process. May and Hunter go to rescue Bobbi. 33, now her face fixed, engages in May's face only to be plugged by Grant. Bobbi gets shot too, saving Hunter.
Everything is fine and dandy now. Coulson is recovering from losing his arm, Bobbi is recovering from being shot, Skye's dad's memory is wiped and now runs a vet clinic, and Skye is in charge of the Gifted Index with intentions on keeping it anonymous.
Fitz and Simmons struggled throughout the season with betrayal and lies, but they finally got together to discuss dinner. Simmons accepted before getting sucked in by the mysterious rock in the helicarrier's hold.
This season kind of fell short on villains like the second installments often do. It seemed at one time that the writers were just making sh*t up as they went along. But some of it still manage to create shock and awe. There were times when I thought Bobbi was really Hydra, and then Mack was in on it too. We almost got a surprise that General Talbot, in the U.S. Government, was Hydra. You know they say about yelling the loudest. But alas, he was not.
The Inhumans were a complete mess. There was no helping them. I can't believe Marvel even tried to give them their own movie. Or show. In IMAX. You wonder why they suck? Their narrow mindedness. Skye's mother did make a point, however, that Gonzalez would dare compare his scars to hers. She was dissected on. He just broke his leg. But her stupidity and uncaring ways is the downfall of the Inhumans.
Grant is still on the run, and now he's acquiring his own team to go after S.H.I.E.L.D. for the death of Agent 33, even though it really was his fault. Grant is a really complex man. One minute he could kill without batting an eye. The next his heart is out on his sleeve. There's no knowing what to expect to happen. That goes with everyone. With Simmons now gone, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s problems may be far from over.

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Aired: September 23, 2014 – May 12, 2015
Rating: TV-14
Stars: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Nick Blood, Adrianne Palicki, Henry Simmons
Directors: Vincent Misiano, Jesse Bochco, Bobby Roth, Kevin Tancharoen, Holly Dale, Ron Underwood, Milan Cheylov, Billy Gierhart, Michael Zinberg, Roxann Dawson, David Solomon, Kevin Hooks, Garry A. Brown, Karen Gaviola

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91% Certified Fresh
IMDb Score: 8.6/10 (Average)

Awards

Primetime Creative Emmy Awards

• Outstanding Visual Effects "The Dirty Half Dozen" - Nominated

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