![]() ![]() AIDA attacks and kidnaps the original May, and replaces her with an ‘LMD’ android copy that doesn’t even know it’s a fake.Īgain, it’s impossible to get bored when the show is packing in this many twists and turns. The first such decoy is a copy of Ming-Na Wen’s Agent May. To get the book, Radcliffe builds Life Model Decoy androids in the likeness of core agents, and programs them to infiltrate the base, locate the book and bring it to him. It turns out that Radcliffe is desperate to get his hands on the Darkhold, intending to use it to save his dying ex-girlfriend (the original human that AIDA was physically based on). The focus shifts away from Ghost Rider onto a new mechanical menace. Once Morrow is despatched and Robbie out of the picture, AIDA and Radcliffe emerge as the new villains of the season. In actuality, AIDA is an example of the Agents Of SHIELD showrunners planning ahead with some real finesse. This plan succeeds, playing out like a fan-pleasing rescue moment, but the introduction of AIDA is far more than a ‘deus ex machina’ device to save our heroes. The decision is made that AIDA should do it, because she doesn’t have a human mind for the evil book to corrupt. Someone has to read the Darkhold book to save Coulson, Fitz and Robbie from being trapped in a dark dimension (in episode 7, during the conflict against Eli Morrow). Instead, Agents Of SHIELD made the wise choice to move onto something else… Other superhero shows might’ve tried to drag it out to a full season arc, but that would’ve run the risk of going stale. Eight episodes felt like the natural amount of time in which to tell this story. Ghost Rider is very much a killer, and his episodes definitely aren’t filler.Īnd it helps that they didn’t overdo it. There’s no time to get bored when there’s a bunch of new characters, a whole new dark mythos and twisty personal narrative being unravelled in front of you. The episodes delved into Robbie’s family history and how it connects to Eli Morrow and the dangerous experiments conducted on the magical text known as the Darkhorld. The first eight episodes played out like a Ghost Rider-centric miniseries in which the SHIELD crew were more like supporting characters. The effects work was amazing (especially on a TV budget), and there was a deep emotional core to the Ghost Rider’s arc as well. They decided to adapt the Robbie Reyes version of the character, and cast Gabriel Luna in the role. When he turned up in the season 4 premiere, Luna’s Robbie instantaneously became the show’s coolest guest character yet. Since Nicolas Cage’s days of tormenting criminals with a flaming cranium are done, Marvel regained the live-action rights to the Ghost Rider mythos and opted to hand it to the Agents Of SHIELD team. ![]() Not wanting to stagnate after the strengths of season 3, showrunners Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jeffrey Bell threw another huge concept into the mix to kick off season 4: Ghost Rider. Straight out of the gate, you could tell that Agents Of SHIELD had got another kick up the backside. The 22-episode thing no longer seems to be a problem at all… If season 3 was a belated proof of concept presentation for a show that struggled to find its footing at first, then season 4 was a master class in how Agents Of SHIELD can thrive going forward. ![]()
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