Sweet and Tender Hooligans
Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
First off, that was an awesome little Empire Strikes Back exchange at the end of "Rewind." The whole "I love you"/"I know" scene, as Fitz got placed into cryo-freeze, was wonderful. And nicely timed with Last Jedi's release too. Off by one week, yes, but it still landed just right. I even asked actor Nick Blood about the moment when I briefly chatted with him about this week's adventure.
Secondly - and this isn't a critique or compliment - it's interesting to note that this is the second Marvel TV episode this season called "Rewind" and the other episode with that title, from Marvel's Runaways, also showed us what was happening during a certain length of time already covered in the story from a different character's perspective.
Anyhow, weird factoid aside, this was a really fun chapter. Not only was it nice to play catch up with Fitz and see what the other side of the grand equation looked like, but Fitz and Hunter have great chemistry as a slightly-over-their-heads action duo. There's an exciting "seat of their pants" feel, and the combination of Hunter's ability to barely escape situations with his life and Fitz's glum determination to find Jemma (off in space again, no less!) just made for a really entertaining outing ("Release the ferrets!").
Plus, the mystery deepened in a way that helped connect everything back to the here and now on Earth. Off in space, in the future (for crying out loud), there's a detachment. Sure, our heroes can get killed out there, over there, if they make a wrong move, but everything we know about time travel TV tells us that timeline is mutable. It's not set. Therefore, neither are the supporting characters. In "Rewind," we basically cycled back to the world we knew, the world full of actual consequences and characters from the first four seasons of the show, and saw how things connected to Space Plot B.
What was up with overseer Enoch and the return of Polly Hinton and young Robin? Robin's drawings seem to be driving Enoch's actions and the prophesy itself, but what's fueling all of it? She's able to see the future, but does it not fully become the static future until she draws it? Also, what was up with General Hale killing Lt. Evans and Lt. Lucas right at the end? Is her story more SHIELD-oriented or is she actually synced up with the cosmic story in the future? There was a lot of cool stuff going on and it all, basically, helped re-energize the separate Kree/space arc.
And again, Hunter and Fitz made a hell of a team. The episode too, while sort of speed-shooting us through six months of incarceration at the start, worked as important background programming. Fitz's Framework guilt weighed heavily on him (as it's also weighing down Mack) and so his months in solitary helped service his need for punishment. He was happy to pay for his sins, as he stated. Then though, by the time Hunter sprang him (with the help of his boy "Rusty" - #RIPRusty), Fitz was in a somewhat better state of mind - though he was still intense enough to get a bit dark here and there on the mission.
The Verdict
Not only was "Rewind" a lot of fun, but it managed to tether the distant, future space story to a more relatable present-day arc on Earth involving familiar faces and more tangible stakes.
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