And Adrian Pasdar / Talbot is the only actor /supporting character to appear in all five seasons.
Oh. Somehow I had the impression he didn't show up until season 2 or so. But now that I think about it, I guess he came in after the Hydra reveal, didn't he?
Loved seeing Talbot again and how loyal he's become towards SHIELD and Coulson in particularly, as well never believing that Daisy actually shot him. I felt sorry for him that Ruby managed to break him over six months. I wonder if there's any way for him to recover from that kind of humiliation, especially as a POW. His career was already over, as noted by Hale, but that kind of shame isn't something someone can easily overcome, especially someone as prideful as he is.
I gather from something I read once that the military understands that people can't be expected to hold up forever under torture, that staying alive is ultimately a more important goal than keeping secrets. Of course, even if the military doesn't blame Talbot, that doesn't mean he won't blame himself.
Sitwell! Even though I knew Whitehall was returning, I didn't expect to see a young version of Sitwell. I love continuity nods like that, especially for someone who originated in the movies.
More precisely, whose MCU version originated in the movies, because Jasper Sitwell has been around in the Nick Fury comics since 1966. Although the comics' Sitwell is a true-blue good guy.
Agreed. I was sicken (but utterly unsurprised) by Whitehall's desires for her and Alyssa Jirrels' reaction conveyed all the right emotions in a single moment. Disgust, fury, disappointment. It was then I understood Hale and her motivations, and suddenly she became a three-dimensional character. Nothing against Catherine Dent, who has done a good job with the limited material she's gotten, but Jirrels really sold the character in that scene.
Thanks for her name. Looks like she's a relative newcomer -- although, like Dove Cameron, she's a veteran of a show on one of Disney's cable channels.
Really, I wonder why Hale even considers her group to be Hydra, when she pretty much turned her back on everything Hydra had been. I mean, she's basically Kylo Ren in
The Last Jedi here -- urging her enemy to abandon the failed power structures of the past and join her in building a new future. But I guess she sees it as reforming Hydra into what it should be rather than renouncing it altogether. And that inability to completely let go of her indoctrinated beliefs is what limits her thinking.
I feel the same way. For one brief moment, I thought she and Coulson would work things out, but she completely dismissed Coulson's claim of visiting the future. A bit ludicrous sounding, as he said, but surely it's something she would be willing to hear out considering all the things she's seen over the years.
Well, look at it from her perspective. If it had come from an unbiased source, she might have listened, but in this context, it just sounded too much like an excuse Coulson would make up to refuse her offer and protect his agent.
Also, consider it in light of what we now know about her backstory. For the second time (that we saw), she strove to convince a man she respected that her point of view had merit, only for him to shut her down completely, refuse even to listen, and insist that she had to conform to his agenda. We know that Coulson had good reason to be so adamant in rejecting her proposal, but she doesn't know that, so it just feels like another arrogant male refusing to take her seriously. She would've seen Coulson's claims about seeing the future as more of the same gaslighting and mansplaining she's been getting from the Hydra boys' club her whole life.
HYDRA owned a prep school.
Let that sink in a moment.
HYDRA owned a prep school.
That actually does not surprise me in the least.
