Board Thread:Television/@comment-1713281-20131004113215/@comment-1895174-20140515005558

We know that Coulson was working on this TAHITI program to bring back a dead Avenger, which used the GH-drug thing with alien origins that drives people crazy. Which really isn't all that much, since we have no idea what any of that means. What is this alien corpse? Where did it come from? Why does SHIELD think they can bring people back from the dead with it? Did his revival via Kreesus Juice have any nasty side-affects on Coulson? Or on Skye? It almost turned Garrett into an Akira reference, so why wouldn't it?

Moreso than the Centipede conflict or any of the crap with Skye, the mystery behind Coulson's revival was the centerpiece of Season 1. To end the season without answering that is to end the season without telling the full story.

And audiences who didn't see the Winter Soldier would've understood what was going on in Turn, Turn, Turn. Not at all. Hydra was mentioned so sparingly prior to Episode 17 (two episodes. two.) that its existence barely even qualifies as a plot point. No one can really be expected to remember the WWII-era evil organization that hasn't been mentioned since Episode 2. What is Centipede? Hydra. What is Hydra? Watch the two Captain America movies. And if you have seen TWS, the reveal that Centipede is Hydra comes at no surprise.

You know what sucks? Required reading. Agents of SHIELD made the Cap movies required reading.