Another workday, but I managed to wake up with enough time to make something to eat and watch an hour episode.
What I watched:
Agent's of SHIELD S4.E2 - "Meet the New Boss"
What I saw:
We learn that Daisy is on a quest for penance, as Robbie aka Ghost Rider described it. The fact that Daisy continues to decline to rejoin the team, and her death wish, shows that she has not forgiven herself for her actions last season, even if everyone else has. I think the biggest reason she has a death wish is because she not only hurt her teammate and her boyfriend died, but she at one point had begged to be taken back in by Hive despite what she did under his influence. She alone knows the truth of it, and can no longer look at her teammates in the eye.
So true to Joss Whedon's style of storytelling, a lot of things are told through context. With the "ghosts" they mention a book and another person in play who trapped them in the boxes, and Ghost Rider has the supernatural ability to touch and even kill the ghosts.
The real interesting contextual storytelling is with the new SHIELD director. He was introduced slowly; with all the clues as to what kind of person he is slowly being revealed. He is charismatic and meticulous as shown by his ability to joke with the committee taking the tour and the varying levels of clearance shown in the last episode. But the real big clue came when Mae finally falls prey to whatever infection the ghosts give and goes ballistic. When she fights the director, learn he is an inhuman, with strength and possibly invulnerability. Slow and steady wins the badass storytelling award.
What do you guys think about telling a story through context? Does it make it more enjoyable or does it give the audience too much work to be able to enjoy it? Let me know in the comments below.
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