I just got a chance to get caught up on AOS and all i can say is wow.
Skye really came into her own when she refused to give into Ward and all the revelation about who was running TAHITIE was something I didn't see coming. One thing I have to wonder is what does it take to get Fitz to make a move?! I mean come on that scene by the pool,could Simmons have made the signals any more clear? Oh well.
Oh and seeing Culson and May act like FitzSimmons was just great.
I have to say I like Trip more then I ever liked Ward and I hope he sticks around.
I have no idea how they are going to get out of this cliffhanger.
Still as amazing as these episodes have been I think the writers screwed up on one point. They want us to think Ward is still a good person so they had him spare the dog but the problem with that is he has killed or allowed hundreds of people to be killed all so he wouldn't end up serving time for a crime that when all was said and done he would most likely only spend five to ten years in prison for. The Ward is still a good person trained sailed along time ago and it's like the writers are trying to back track it in the cheapest way possible. His sparing the dog only makes him a good person if you assume the life of one dog has more value then the life of dozens of people,that is the only way you can say it proves he is a good person. What it tells me is that he only cares about life that he has an emotional connection to and that isn't being a good person. he doesn't care about people or animals that have no effect on him,he only cares about the ones that he has a bond with,if he doesn't have a bond with someone he will murder them in cold blood and he will not feel bad about it. That isn't being a good person that is being selfish. he is not protecting life for it's own sake he is protecting life because he doesn't want to feel pain. The whole dog thing was a really cheap attempt to manipulate the viewers and I am afraid that in the next episode we are going to get more of the same and the magic reset button will be hit on Ward and he will be welcomed back into the team no questions asked and the show will act like none of the people he murdered were of any value and it will just ignore them because "hey he saved a dog and that makes him a hero!" If they end this season with such a cheap trick right about of the Star trek Voyager play book then I am done with this show and will not return for season two.
Still aside from that fear I am looking forward to the next episode.