AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Call in the Cavalry; Skye Moves Mountains — LEVEL ELEVENTY-SEVEN #54
S2E17 “Melinda”
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. finally delivers the story we’ve wanted since the beginning of the first season: how Agent Melinda May earned the nickname “The Cavalry” and what happened to make her leave field work for a desk. It’s emotional, and Ming-Na Wen gets plenty of moments to deliver Melinda May at her finest — happy wife, skilled field agent, broken soul, angry tactician — it’s all here.
Plus, Skye learns the identity of her teacher, and we learn just how her story intersects with May’s as the two plot threads intersect in an unexpected way. Except for the part where we saw some of it coming.
Now, if we can just find out what happened in Budapest…
The Panel: Maia Ades, Dan Handley, Timothy Harvey, Jason Hunt