Saffron Burrows

(Warning: After the jump, this review will contain spoilers for the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier.)

“Turn, Turn, Turn” is the first episode of Agents of SHIELD to directly tie in its full story with the events of a Marvel film, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Unlike its last supposed tie-in with Thor: The Dark World in “The Well”, which takes place after the events of the film, the events of “Turn, Turn, Turn” take place in the same timeline of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Without spoiling too much of the film or the episode, it is revealed that SHIELD is full of double-agents, and Coulson no longer trusts that May is on his side. Victoria Hand sends drones to take out Garrett, but Coulson takes out the drones with his sharp-shooting skills. After saving Garrett, Coulson makes his way back to the Hub with Garrett, Ward, Skye, Fitz, and May. Together, they formulate a plan to save Simmons and Triplett and then stop Victoria Hand, who they believe is the real Clairvoyant. As the saying goes, however, the best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry, and in Coulson’s team, there is at least one friend working with the enemy.

In an early scene of “The Magical Place”, Fitz yells out to Simmons, his better half/Wonder Twin, “It’s time, Simmons. Embrace the change.” It is a strange bit of dialogue that feels more like a message to the audience of Agents of SHIELD than a line meant to move the plot along. For a show that is still in its first season, Agents of SHIELD has been oddly stagnant. There are only two episodes left in the season, and the mystery of what happened to Agent Coulson has still not been solved. Fitz is signaling to the audience that change is coming and to brace themselves for revelations, but the question is whether those revelations are too little and too late.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Season 1, Episode 7, “The Hub” Written by Rafe Judkins and Lauren LeFranc Directed by Bobby Roth Airs Tuesday at 8 PM ET on ABC In “The Hub”, Agent Coulson and the team meet their first long-term adversary, and this character is far more dangerous than anything they have faced because technically, …