Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season 3, Episode 16 Review

This week on Agents of SHIELD, Coulson deals with finding out that Ward is still alive, Malick believes that Ward is going to murder him and Daisy and Lincoln visit some strange Australian person to recover forgettable SHIELD mystery box No 1,171. It's a shame that the plot provides basically nothing to talk about, as the episode fails to actually provide a proper resolution or even a proper cliffhanger. The plane is taken over by Giyera and crashes(?) in...some place... Daisy is reluctant to form that super team that she set up to fight against Hydra because of her having a vision of someone wearing a SHIELD badge in a crashing spacecraft... Urm...was this the first part of a two-part episode or something?
Now, let's talk nitpicks.
Early in the episode, the Agents mention how Giyera can only telekenetically move objects in his sight. So how is it that he can start levitating objects with his eyes closed in one scene? I know its a nitpick but if the show is going to set up rules and then completely ignore them a few minutes later it seems a bit dumb. Also, why did they put Giyera in a normal container with a seat-belt that could be used to open the door?
The Aussie guy mentions how Lincoln killed his ex-girlfriend, something that Lincoln says he is deeply ashamed of, proceeds to casually mention having been an alcoholic some time ago as if we the audience should know that and then vaguely mentions his girlfriend being killed...and then mentions something about her being brought back? Where was that idea going exactly?
Why did Ward/It bring together all of the main heads of Hydra to meet with their god only to just reveal he has an octopus head? There's no new goal for Hydra, nothing in the meeting about how this really changes anything at all, and we don't even get to see Ward's octopus head!
Getting away from nitpicks and general problems, I enjoyed the ever-so-brief glimpse into Malick's past involving his brother, and Ward's subtle manipulation of events. Reed Diamond had a cool little cameo, and the younger actor playing Malick was pretty darn good in the role. It's just a shame that section of the episode didn't go anywhere.
Overall, "Paradise Lost" falls into the category of 'maybe it'll be better in retrospect', as on its own its not nearly as strong as "Spacetime" and left me going "oh, is that it?" It was a pretty nothing-y episode, and I'm beginning to feel the drag of this season's many story arcs. 6/10

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