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"&amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s time you know the truth.&amp;quot; Skye is dying and her friends are going to extreme lengths to save her as Marvel&amp;#039;s Agents of SHIELD continues - little suspecting that events around them are being orchestrated by at least one higher power... and possibly more. The shooting of Chloe Bennet&amp;#039;s snarky hacktivist in last week&amp;#039;s superb standalone &amp;#039;TRACKS&amp;#039; was shocking in its seeming randomness, but &amp;#039;TAHITI&amp;#039; neatly links the actions of vile villain Ian Quinn (David Conrad) back into the ongoing mystery of Agent Coulson&amp;#039;s resurrection.  Coulson is seeking to uncover and then replicate the operation that brought him back in the hopes that it will heal Skye, unaware that this is exactly what this season&amp;#039;s Big Bad, the Clairvoyant, wants him to do. Our heroes&amp;#039; siege on the Guest Home not only provides the episode with a welcome injection of action, but also allows the show another opportunity to tantalise the viewer re: Coulson&amp;#039;s fate - though as loyal viewers might have come to expect, &amp;#039;TAHITI&amp;#039; poses as many questions as it has answers. Who or what is the blue-skinned humanoid serving as the source of the miracle drug? Could it be the real Coulson, somehow transmogrified - revealing our Phil to be some form of replicant? Skye defied medical science and is on the road to recovery - but does her continued survival have anything to do with her 0-8-4 status?  Jeffrey Bell&amp;#039;s script also expands the fictional world of SHIELD with the introduction of Bill Paxton&amp;#039;s John Garrett. A prominent figure in the Marvel universe, Garrett has been around since 1986 but you don&amp;#039;t need to possess an encyclopaedic knowledge of comic lore to appreciate Paxton&amp;#039;s turn. The cult favourite brings a heavy dose of charm to Marvel&amp;#039;s Agents of SHIELD and Garrett is an immediately arresting character - a more grizzled alternative to the cool Coulson. One SHIELD veteran who is much-discussed in &amp;#039;TAHITI&amp;#039; but remains off-screen is Director Fury. Samuel L Jackson&amp;#039;s near-absence from Marvel&amp;#039;s Agents of SHIELD is unfortunate but inevitable, so credit to the show&amp;#039;s writers for doing their best to turn a problem into an asset. The big-screen blockbusters have cast Fury as a steadfast ally to Marvel&amp;#039;s heroes, but on television, having the character remain invisible makes him enigmatic and unknowable - so aloof as to almost be an antagonist to Coulson and his team. It&amp;#039;s not the first time I&amp;#039;ve made this request, but I&amp;#039;d absolutely love to see Jackson make a triumphant return to Agents of SHIELD - finally exposing Fury&amp;#039;s endgame and answering at least a few of the questions that the series has posed up to this point.  Marvel&amp;#039;s Agents of SHIELD is still transitioning from a procedural structure to a more serialised format and that means that right now the show&amp;#039;s awash with unresolved plot-points. To a certain extent then, it&amp;#039;s difficult to judge an arc-heavy episode like this - which heaps more questions onto the existing pile - without knowing its place in the overall season arc. Will the pay-off at season&amp;#039;s end be worth it? That remains to be seen, but what I&amp;#039;ve seen so far has me sufficiently hooked. Taken in isolation then, the diverting &amp;#039;TAHITI&amp;#039; - with its spectacle and engaging guest stars - can be considered a qualified success.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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