S4:E22 - Jess and Jared recap and discuss “World's End."
As Jess puts it so well in the recap to the finale of this final third of season four, the show sort of loses its connection to reality from now on, and it changes fundamentally.
Yo-yo is in the Framework and trying to save Mack before the Framework goes down for good, and Radcliffe's ghost in the machine is there to help. Robbie shows up to stop Ivanov's stupid robot face in his tracks, and uses his hellfire and badassedness to put Aida in her place, and really gets under her skin. He seems to be able to hurt her, but appears impervious to her. And this wraps up the season perfectly, connecting AIDA and Robbie's arcs with the Darkhold and the Ghost Rider curse in a full circle. Talbot has some hard news for Coulson, there is no S.H.I.E.L.D., and he needs him immediately to argue on its behalf. Robbie and Daisy quasi-flirt, and we were ROBBED. Mack doesn't recognize Yo-yo, and Radcliffe tries to help bridge that gap, but the dissolving Framework and Radcliffe's vibe are making the Framework Hope figure out what's going on. Jared is slightly confused by Ivanov and his Russian analyst LMD buddy's strategy, but we're happy to move on and not delve into Ivanov any more than we have to. At the meeting with Talbot Ivanov drops the Darkhold on the U.N. task force and Talbot calls "a load of L. Ron Horsecrap!" before being shot in the face by a Daisy LMD, framing S.H.I.E.L.D. and making Inhumans look bad. AIDA is a weirdo, reveling in torturing Daisy as Robbie destroys the hell out of the Daisy LMD. Daisy and Robbie tag team fight a buttload of LMDs and Coulson is super bummed to have missed the superhero team up of his (and our) OTP.
We digress slightly because we lost Robbie's Ghost Rider spin-off, and that SUCKS. Coulson has a sweet, but difficult moment with Fitz and Simmons trying to get them to push through their issues and get them back to working in tandem. Yo-yo understands Mack's difficulty letting go, but can't let him die for Hope's framework self. Coulson mentions Robot May being more supportive, tipping May off to Coulson and Robo-May's connection. Daisy hacks the crap out the Framework to save Mack and Yo-yo, and makes some goo-goo eyes with Robbie. Yo-yo debates leaving with Radcliffe, and Hope's fears are confirmed, she knows she's not real (violating the first rule of Early Childhood Education). Fitz tries to reason with AIDA, and Jemma won't have coddle her, and AIDA doesn't respond super well. Coulson can't quite explain almost getting with Robo-May, but May agrees that they both deserve a do-over with each other. We have a JemmAndroid death fakeout, and AIDA is stopped by Coulson possessed by the Rider. Ghost Rider Coulson burns the crap out of AIDA, and puts an end to the Darkhold's creation once and for all.
Mack looks for Hope in the Framework and tells her that she's the most real thing in the world, and Yo-yo won't leave him. Framework Hope begins to disappear, and we watch her die, erased from the program in Mack's arms, and we are destroyed. They go through Daisy's back door, and Mack remembers both Yo-yo, and his Framework life with Hope, and hopes to have that life with Yo-yo now. We go on for a bit about Mack's amazingness, and how is the perfect S.H.I.E.L.D. Director, and Jared's perfect choice for Captain America one day. Ghost Rider has an amazing exit as he opens a gateway to another dimension with his hellfire and chains, and we're so sad to him go. Daisy forgives Fitz on the team's behalf and Coulson decides they need a break and a meal, so they go out for dinner. We hear our favorite sentient Chronicom and trusted friend Enoch for a moment before everyone but Fitz disappears, and then Coulson's in space, and that's it!
Also, congratulations to S.H.I.E.L.D. alumnus J. August Richards for coming out to his audience and the public as the proud Gay man he's been privately his entire life. We love our Deathlok!
And other than our fictional law enforcement agency, fuck the police. Now as always, Black Lives Matter. You can visit transgenderdistrictsf.com/donate for ways to help San Francisco's Transgender District, a community founded by three Black trans women in 2017. The Transgender District is the world's first legally recognized transgender district, created to establish an environment that fosters the rich cultural legacy, and history of the empowerment of transgender people, rooted in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood.
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