‘Agents of SHIELD’ Review S1/E18 ‘Providence’

Warning: Major Spoilers!

Last week on “Agents of SHIELD” was chaos, with the beginning of questioning who to trust in this whole HYDRA ordeal. Ward switched sides and is now fighting with Agent Garrett, all thanks to their evil plan to disguise as SHIELD agents. Coulson has now been able to tell the truth, which causes Victoria Hand to fight for him – even taking a bullet. When events turn tragic, who is left to trust?

Raina is in a holding cell, making origami of some kind. She sets it out the window, and just when the racket outside becomes to much, she quickly sits down. Hello, Raina, I have a gift, courtesy of the clairvoyant –  a red flower dress.

Back in a SHIELD office, Coulson is looking over the events of HYDRA and Skye is monitoring what is going on with a few that are safe and secure, or at least they hope. The hub, on the other hand, could be in HYDRA’s hands before too much longer. Coulson notes that there is a marker where they are located and that they are safe, for now.

In Cuba, Raina is ready to do some work and Ward is with her. Raina was expecting to meet the clairvoyant in a fancy location but instead, it’s John Garett. Garett doesn’t have much to give, persuasive personality included, but he isn’t clairvoyant. Garett begins to rant more and, after getting Raina into a chair, down she goes. Welcome to HYDRA.

Fitz and Gemma are communicating about what will happen next. Fitz asks for power and, when all fails, he blames Gemma for all the ranting. Inside, May reports that the hallway has been repaired and there is more to be done. A hub turns up and HYDRA has been flushed out. Colonel Talbot comes on screen for a brief telecommunication. Questions on the horizon soon. With Talbot coming within the next ten minutes, May is ordered to get them off the ground. Triplett requests a ride with them. Coulson refutes the idea, but Gemma is able to put him on her watch.

On the plane, Coulson is working on checking off everything necessary to get them off the ground for a few days. This includes Fitz working on wires and Coulson staying off radar, but that is not possible. Their food supply will only last a few days. Coulson gets word that there is a fuel line busted, but it can be fixed when they land. Coulson goes over to Skye, wanting to hear good news. Internet is up, allowing them to do anything to help keep them off radar. All HQ support systems are gone and Coulson orders Skye to go through all known files and delete them. Skye wonders if Ward has touched down, but Coulson gives her a phone. Also, collect badges, that’s something they don’t want.

On the phone, Skye hopes that Ward is okay and she can see him soon. Ward is able to pull off the slick maneuver and trick her into thinking that he is SHIELD. Garett is not happy that Ward fell for the girl, when the only plan was for them to blend in with SHIELD, gather data and provide answers for the assignment. Good news, they’re close! Garett orders Raina to jump back onto project Centipede and Garett is glad to have her curious. Ward and Garett provide her with all the necessary tools, funding and such to get her going; in the meantime, they are off to take over the Fridge.

Skye hands over all the badges and it turns out that May had a hard time, too. Just when Skye finally felt like a part of something, her badge was revoked. Coulson puts the badges into a safe and then all of a sudden, Coulson’s badge lights up with coordinates. The coordinates are in Canada, in the wilderness and Coulson is determined it is Fury. But could it be HYDRA?

Garett is gathering men and supplies for the next raid, and Raina is supervising. Raina is curious as to how Ward was able to hold them off for so long. His sacrifice was jumping out of a plane for Gemma. Skye was an unknown variable, and May was a side project. Ward owes Garett everything, no matter what has surfaced.

May walks into Coulson’s office and demands to have his weapon, and May is over the edge. Fury is supposed to be dead and May is second guessing the motives. Fury was never behind the T.A.H.I.T.I. project. Coulson is livid and May doesn’t know anything more, but she was ordered to be on the plane to watch Coulson.

Fitz and Triplett are gathering a few things and Triplett has a hunch that they are heading in the wrong direction and Fitz is a firm believer that you stick with the guy you trust the most.

Ward and Garett approach the door and ask to be let in. They hope they will make a change of planes. Ward pulls out his walkie and gets ready to radio Victoria Hand when then a helicopter rises, shooting at them. After it heads around for a better position, Ward is able to get in and all four men head into the elevator. Ward pulls out his pistols, killing them both. Garett declares that the air is fine and that the last time he was at the Fridge was when Johnny Horton was locked up. Entertaining. Garett opens up the door and allows the men to gather anything dangerous and alien. Garett finds the weapon he was looking for and fires it up.

On the bus, the team is gearing up for a seven mile hike up the mountain. All of them gear up and head out for the journey. As they venture up, Fitz is monitoring the area and there is nothing in the area that would make the trip even worth while. Gemma questions Fitz to ask if he means what he said awhile back and yes, he did. May and Skye are together and Skye wants to know why May was even assigned on the plane. Fury was assigned to watch him and all seemed well until today. Is this a side affect? Coulson reaches the spot and whatever it is, he orders them to keep an eye out. Oh yeah, we’re not going to the bus, they used the last of their fuel. Coulson looks at the coordinates one more time and throws his badge in the air, then a turret appears. They all hide and after Coulson stares at the turret, it’s a SHIELD facility. He gets up and stands there. A radio voice comes through to identify himself. It turns out that he has been expected for sometime at the secret base.

Back at the Fridge, several of the prisoners escape and Garett is glad to have them on board to follow their dreams. Ward wants to see what is below with the fancy weapon of Garett’s and Garett doesn’t think there is anything underneath. Loser buys dinner. Deal. Also, Raina has had issues with the database and this could be bad news, no one likes bad news.

Back at the secure location, Coulson and the crew are inside, and they want to know what’s happening. The important note is that Fury is alive and well but he went rogue, meaning no one knows where he is.

Ward is getting off the phone with Skye and he now knows their location. A secret location and it sounds like Fury is dead – one less distraction. Ward will cut off all ties with Skye after he gathers intel with Skye and brings the girl. Garett slaps a few punches around and makes sure that Ward looks well beaten.

Ward arrives to the base and Skye is happy to see him. Time to doctor him up and grab that drink. Back at a HYDRA location, Garett has a special gift just for Quinn, the gravatonium. This stuff will come in handy.

“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” airs Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. on ABC. “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” stars Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson, Ming-Na as Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Iain de Caestecker as Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Gemma Simmons and Chloe Bennet as Skye.