I'm not so keen on the whole Ward/Skye thing, mostly because I find him to be a bit too emotionless.. I just don't think it'll have the effect they are after. Ward/May wasn't exactly high emotion either with them both being quite reserved but it held some interesting ramifications due to the effects to the team if it got out. Ward has been seeming a bit hostile towards Coulson since he saw him helping May after she got stabbed in ep13 so I was expecting that to be the team issues rather than this... whether Skye/Ward will go anywhere is unknown, as Skye knows nothing about his 'relationship' with May.
Fitz/Simmons clearly have unspoken feelings (I think the actors themselves said "love but would never say it/realise it") but I very much doubt it will ever be explored in a romantic sense, whilst they have chemistry in a way that would make a relationship work, it would not provide any drama. The best way to use it is as they are already doing, with the pair of them occasionally blurting out odd things and seeing the reaction from the others (for instance, Simmons talking to Peterson). Hopefully it will prevent there ever being any involvement from that Triplett guy though, he was a bit of a creep
It was cool seeing Coulson go outside his normally calm attitude, very aggressive with Simmons about the drug. Very interesting that they said it disappeared completely from Skye's blood stream yet continues to act - I wonder if she will have accelerated healing from now on?
May being there to spy on Coulson is an interesting development, but more to the point if they were afraid of Coulson finding out... why did she help get them to the facility in the first place? Unless we are looking at it from the wrong angle and the "he knows" is less about his own revival and more about the Alien's existence, but I suspect it's the revival that they are referring to. I was surprised she made him tell Skye even if just to find out, but perhaps she's been playing a long game and SHIELD wants to know more about the Alien protein/enzyme/whatever's effects, so was encouraging the usage on Skye too.
Until now, I have been of the mind that people were taking Skye's 0-8-4 status too literally, I expected that was how it was referred when it was called into base and until they arrived no one actually knew it was a baby - for instance an agent in the area heard people talking about something strange coming from an unknown place. The theories I've seen since the alien reveal are that she is an Inhuman - something apparently created by the Kree - which would help for future introduction in movies. Rewatching the previous episode I realised that GH was actually written on the aliens tank, rather than it being for Guest House. Most people seem to be speculating it's the initials of the Kree, I can't remember exactly what it was but the initials of Captain Marvel or something, which coupled with the idea that the "Let me die" was the Alien and not Coulson, would suggest he is now taking on that role. Personally I'd rather he just stayed as a normal person, ESPECIALLY if Skye was to become Inhuman. I like the shows current premise of normal people in a super world, even if some of the comic fans are peeved there's no big supers in it.
Oddly, that's all to do with the last 10minutes or so, the rest of the episode regarding Lorelei I didn't actually find that interesting oddly enough. It was nice to see Sif get some screen time although imo she sounded very different, like the accent was more forced. I was surprised Fitz actually fixed the necklace for her given he was under Lorelei's control. The CGI on the truck push was a bit iffy, it looked like a regular kick at first and then suddenly jerked forwards after moving a little bit at regular speed. The "ICER" arsenal was a nice addition and hopefully see's more use. I get that the episodes story was essentially there to turn Ward evil and give him some character development but sadly I just didn't feel the story itself was that exciting. Great to hear him called "Phil, son of Coul" again
Nice to hear mention of whether Thor knew about Coulson (although technically Thor was off the ship before he got to see if he was revived/died.. and he DID die so it wasn't a lie) and interesting that Sif doesn't know about Odin, so yes quite possible Lorelei will show up in Thor 3. There was mention of Sif/Thor romance which I approve of, as I don't really like Jane Foster and mythologically it's correct (and I believe in the comics too?), but I doubt it will go anywhere.
Cool episode but majority of the interesting stuff was in the last 10 minutes, I imagine most wanted the episode to be about finding more on the Alien. Sif screentime was good, character development good, potential TV characters crossing into movies and not just vice versa, all in all a good episode from a progression standpoint.
Why does this show torture us?