I'm loving it. I think the faster pace is more of what the complainers wanted. Normally, I'd worry about being able to maintain that kind of pacing but they are a comic book show, comic books are basically like a more violent, alien filled version of soap operas.

I had no problems with Skye, but I never really had problems with Skye? She's been through a lot of stuff this year and in order to deal with it, I think she has reverted mentally in a lot of ways, including making Phil and Melinda into surrogate parental figures. However, she needs to know at some point about the origin behind the carvings is Phil himself because of the alien blood. He said that stuff was between the two of them and now he's keeping secrets and that's going to make her abandonment/mistrust issues even worse later on.

Jemma is totally trying to be undercover and not on Phil's orders apparently?

I kind of wish we knew whether he actually confided in May or she figured it out. I still think it's related to the Terrigen Mists which is why Skye's dad wants it so much. I want to see what would happen if Phil or Skye touched the obelisk...the best theory feels it's the psyche-magnetron...the same device that gave Captain Marvel and others their powers.

Oh, that reveal at the end with the cloaked bus and Quintjet was awesome!

I never made that connection to Hartley's death but I guess they did do that in Thor: The Dark World. Lance seemed like he was more of a good mercenary anyway. My headcanon...and neither show disproved this...is that Hartley and Victoria Hand were together.

Yes, I like that Fitz is able to have small improvements, it feels more believable.

I'm excited about Mockingbird but I hope they haven't changed her Hawkeye plotline to Lance...everyone thinks she's the ex he keeps referring to.