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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - 4x6 "The Good Samaritan" Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2024-03-25 10:23:09
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Christopher simeon

Ok. So the darkhold is connected with Ghost Rider but not Robbie. Last episode the place they found the book belongs to the first ghost rider. There were Eastereggs on the posters that point to Johnny Blaze. He is the one that gave Robbie the powers this episode. The show will never tell you this as it is more for fans of Ghost Rider lore. The show suggested that he gave his powers to Robbie but it is different in the comics. There can be multiple ghost riders at a time.

Laurel

One of the production values I love in this arc is the designs of the skulls, how they're different. Robbie's has cracks in it because he died on impact when he hit the street, and the other Ghost Rider's skull has a bullet hole in it because that's how he died. Just little details that aren't necessary but make things cooler. It's such fortuitous timing that your last reaction was the SPN season 2 finale, because there are lots of similarities between Robbie and Dean. Both made a demonic deal with shitty terms to save their brother's life, both felt immense and misplaced guilt (yeah Robbie shouldn't have brought Gabe along, but there was no way he could've known), Gabe and Sam tell Robbie and Dean that the deal was selfish, and so on. And of course, the angel Gabriel comment lol. Which in this show aside from the Gabriel/Robbie-Gabriel/Lucifer meanings has a third, meta meaning — the actor who plays Robbie is named Gabriel, so him telling Lucy that's not his name is a little funny. Eli was the bad guy in Robbie's comics run (even worse than he is in the show, actually) which explains his heel-turn here. The flashbacks showing Robbie's origin story always make me so sad. Not just the deal itself and the futility of the whole thing — Gabe was on the money there, it was bad luck that they happened to take the car the same night the gang members attempted a hit on Eli — but how different he was beforehand. Which you pointed out, how much happier and lighter he was. So much smiling! Now that's all gone :( Largely an expository episode, but I greatly enjoy it. And ooh boy, that cliffhanger! No stinger scene at the end because the Doctor Strange trailer aired in its place IIRC.

Isaac Thomas

Exactly. According to Gabriel Luna, there were specific legal reasons why they couldn't outright say who the previous Ghost Rider was, but he is clearly meant to be Johnny Blaze. His motorcycle, his leather jacket, the Quentin Carnival poster, and the bullethole in his skull, which is a reference to when he was sent to hell after being a dying shot in the head with a silver bullet in Ghost Rider Vol 5 #5.

Isaac Thomas

Yup, while this season doesn't have any major ties to the films released during its run, the suggested of including Ghost Rider in this season was a perfect way to acknowledge the MCU introducing more mystical elements.

Isaac Thomas

One of my favorite moments in the show is when Robbie just punched his way out of the containment pod. SHIELD designed those pods specifically to contain Hulk, one of the strongest guys in the MCU. In the first Avengers film, Loki couldn't even magic his way out, and had to resort to trickery to be let out, and Thor was pretty much helpless when he got trapped in it before Loki drops it from the Helicarrier. And here. Ghost Rider escaped simply by punching his way out under such burning determination. As you said, Ghost Rider is no joke.

Laurel

Apart from Ghost Rider's sheer strength, I imagine part of the problem was that the materials compensate for *Inhuman* powers. Which means the module was pretty much useless in this scenario because Ghost Rider's powers are not Inhuman, so there was nothing it could adapt to.

AdoptDontShopPets

Love your connection of parallel elements in the stories of Robbie and SPN Dean

Kelly Parks

"zero matter" is first introduced in Agent Carter.

Kelly Parks

"Roy G. Biv" (Fitz's joke about clearances) is a science joke about the spectrum. Roy G. Biv = Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet.

Kelly Parks

The book wants to corrupt you.