Board Thread:Television/@comment-1713281-20131004113215/@comment-3317214-20140515044757

No, not exactly. We don't know much at all. We have more unanswered questions now than we did at the beginning of the season. If the reveal of the Guest-Host was the final shot of the season, it would be a different story, but they've been letting us sit on that reveal for 8 episodes now. Inexcusable.

But the only reason we have more unanswered questions than before, is that we've found out enough to ask those questions. It's undeniable that we've learned a lot. It's just that there's still a lot more to learn. And I think hanging that mystery over to the next season is okay, particularly because it very likely ties into the mystery about Skye's heritage.

They don't. They drop Hydra on the viewer followed by a rushed explanation of what Hydra is.

So, what? They explain everything we need to know after they drop the Hydra twist on us. That doesn't matter. We still understand what's going on. Of course it's a relatively sloppy way of having a twist. That's because the twist wasn't told on the show's terms, but instead the terms of the MCU as a whole. If you've been keeping up with the MCU, there's no problem: you've done the recommended (not required) reading. If you haven't, your idea of the show's quality probably dips a little, but you still understand what's going on.