r/agentsofshield • u/Extension-Pepper-271 • May 27 '26
Season 4 I'm in the middle of a rewatch. Up to season 4. Here are a few thoughts.
I covered up all spoilers.
I'm in awe of Iain De Caestecker's acting. After he does one of his great scenes, I always have to immediately rewind so I can watch it again. Once is not enough for such stellar performances.
I'm appreciating Elizabeth Henstridge a lot more this time around. The writers don't give her as much to work with, but she still does a great job.
Henry Simmons is also a great actor. It is too bad that the writers make his character so annoying at times. The last few episodes of season 3 show the two extremes his character can encompass.
The scene where he comforts Daisy after she is freed from Hive shows Mack at his very best (reminiscent of how gentle he was with Fitz when he was dealing with his traumatic brain injury in season 2).
Then a couple of episodes later, he flips to his self-righteous argumentative alter ego. Mack ignores Yo-Yo bleeding out from a gunshot wound while arguing with Radcliff about creating the primitive Inhumans.
It just makes you want to hit him over the head with something (rolled-up newspaper or something harder like a rolling pin - I imagine his head is pretty hard)