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Agents of SHIELD - Season 2 Discussion Threads. (Spoilers Likely)

Faustus was often part of the modern American fascist movement(s), when he showed up. So setting him up as part of Zola's early crew would make some sense.
 
You may have to elaborate. Nash's death was actually extremely cold-blooded, I'd agree with that, but it was part of the mission. But I don't think he gained anything personal there, it was to put everyone off the trail of Garrett.

He did it partly for Skye too. It caught Garret off guard.
 
May and Lance

Who I might add Gill was in the middle of trying to kill, which is probably the main reason Skye shot him.

Yes. But he wasn't in control of his actions.

Which doesn't change the fact that he's still trying to kill people and the only way to stop him at that point was to shoot him.

I don't have any problem whatsoever with Skye's decision (I got the impression Skye was more bothered than I was). But it's still a matter of perspective and value. Certainly, some think SHIELD is a reprehensible organization.

Mostly becuase people think their all HYDRA.

My only point was that ever kill that Ward had was done in service of his mission. None were for fun or enjoyment or personal gain. We disagree with his actions because we disagree with his mission. If we agreed with his mission, the actions would be seen as justified.

HYDRA was planning on murdering millions of innocent people as part of taking over the planet, SHIELD does questionable things to protect people and doesn't try to take over the world.

I thought the Winter Soldier covered this with Fury pointing out how full of crap Pierce was. Also Ward pointing out the SHIELD typical waits to make sure someone is a threat to other people before deciding if they have to kill them, and HYDRA just kills them becuase they won't join HYDRA.

Plus again HYDRA is a terrorist organization bent on world domination. SHIELD was an international law enforcement/spy agency. Kind of majorly different here.
 
Hydra took over 40 years ago.

In Winter Soldier they were finally given permission to shape the world into something worth ruling.
 
You may have to elaborate. Nash's death was actually extremely cold-blooded, I'd agree with that, but it was part of the mission. But I don't think he gained anything personal there, it was to put everyone off the trail of Garrett.

He did it partly for Skye too. It caught Garret off guard.

That makes no sense. The only way he would be doing it for Skye is if he thought Nash's threats were real. The only way he could think Nash's threats were real is if he didn't know Garrett was the Clairvoyant. That contradicts everything we know. The only evidence he did it for Skye was what he said while undercover and what Garrett said while trying to explain his actions. Both of them had every incentive to let others think he did it for Skye when it was apparent the plan was to take them off the trail of the Clairvoyant.

I have no idea how this idea has lasted past Turn, Turn, Turn.
 
Because women think that he is handsome, and men think that he is the key to Skye taking her top off on camera.
 
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You may have to elaborate. Nash's death was actually extremely cold-blooded, I'd agree with that, but it was part of the mission. But I don't think he gained anything personal there, it was to put everyone off the trail of Garrett.

He did it partly for Skye too. It caught Garret off guard.

That makes no sense. The only way he would be doing it for Skye is if he thought Nash's threats were real. The only way he could think Nash's threats were real is if he didn't know Garrett was the Clairvoyant. That contradicts everything we know. The only evidence he did it for Skye was what he said while undercover and what Garrett said while trying to explain his actions. Both of them had every incentive to let others think he did it for Skye when it was apparent the plan was to take them off the trail of the Clairvoyant.

I have no idea how this idea has lasted past Turn, Turn, Turn.

That's speculation. At no point was it said Ward shot Nash for Garrett and there was no point where Garrett had time to tell Ward to shoot the Clairvoyant.
 
I thought it was rather obvious that the plan was to take them off the trail of the Clairvoyant.
 
He did it partly for Skye too. It caught Garret off guard.

That makes no sense. The only way he would be doing it for Skye is if he thought Nash's threats were real. The only way he could think Nash's threats were real is if he didn't know Garrett was the Clairvoyant. That contradicts everything we know. The only evidence he did it for Skye was what he said while undercover and what Garrett said while trying to explain his actions. Both of them had every incentive to let others think he did it for Skye when it was apparent the plan was to take them off the trail of the Clairvoyant.

I have no idea how this idea has lasted past Turn, Turn, Turn.

That's speculation. At no point was it said Ward shot Nash for Garrett and there was no point where Garrett had time to tell Ward to shoot the Clairvoyant.

It was said, however, that shooting Nash was just an attempt at distracting them and taking them off the trail of the real Clairvoyant. It's certainly no more speculative than the alternative that he thought Nash was the Clairvoyant (keep in mind Garrett didn't tell him to shoot the Clairvoyant, he told him to shoot Nash).

Do you think Ward didn't know who the Clairvoyant was?
 
I never said Ward thought Nash was the Clairvoyant.

Coulson speculated that Nash was killed to throw them off. He couldn't have known Ward shot him for Skye so that's all he could speculate. The point I was making was Ward didn't do everything for the mission. There were a few malicious acts he made.
 
I never said Ward thought Nash was the Clairvoyant.

I didn't say you did. But you didn't say the opposite either. You still haven't actually answered my question. Do you think Ward didn't know who the Clairvoyant actually was?

Second question, you said he did it for Skye. How did what he did help Skye?
 
Skye was labouring under some false assumptions that she thought were facts.

By pretending her "fantasy" was valid, with a grain of salt, since he was part of the conspiracy that constructed it, Ward could change her emotional state from "scared" to "happy" by applying resolve to he correct triggers: Removing the bastard making her scared.

This is not abnormal behaviour for men in general practice.

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How things worked out, was it's Garrett's idea that "Ward murdered the guy for Skye" before they found the fake clairvoyant?

Ward was playing to script from his superior?
 
It's been awhile since I seen Angel (though I won't forget the finale's "I call the Dragon") but Spike gets a soul, right?
Right. So a real-world equivalent example would be a brain tumor compromising the area of the brain that controls moral judgments-- such a person would have no conscience. If the brain tumor is removed (or the soul restored), the conscience returns. Ward has no such excuse that we know of.
 
No such excuse that he knows of either, even allowing for Garrett's influence. I'm beginning to think he'd say flat out that he made the first choice by agreeing to leave that prison with Garrett to begin with.
 
I never said Ward thought Nash was the Clairvoyant.

I didn't say you did. But you didn't say the opposite either. You still haven't actually answered my question. Do you think Ward didn't know who the Clairvoyant actually was?

Really? No, Ward knew Garret was the Clairvoyant. Now let me ask you a random ass question. Do you think Coulson is Santa Claus? (Failure to answer question means you do).
 
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I don't. Clark Gregg, maybe, but not Coulson.

But I really still don't understand how you said he did it for Skye. Can you please explain how killing Nash helped Skye?
 
That was all part of the role Ward was playing. It was set up earlier in the ep when Garrett fed Skye that "now he has something to fight for" line.
 
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If Ward didn't have feeling for Skye, he would have shot her along with the cops to stop her from escaping, and tortured her when she didn't tell him and Deathlok how to unlock the drive.
 
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