"Seven seasons. Thanks to Coulson Lives. Thanks to the greatest fans in the world. Thank you for going on the ride with us."
Life got way too busy three years ago. I've been behind on tweeting all season and right now I'm trying to finish "Brand New Day" before the finale tonight. So, I have no time to write extensively about how much this show has meant to me these past seven years, the way I wanted to. But you have only to read posts about the first three seasons (and some of the fourth) to know how I feel about it.
"Time is not fixed. It’s a fluid, ever-changing, beautiful thing."
tl;dr Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been an amazing, fun, often heart-wrenching ride. Coulson Lives Forever and his code name should be Phoenix. Clark Gregg is precious. This cast is irreplaceable. I’ll miss this show so much.
I already wrote one of these “It’s almost here! Can you believe it?” type posts a few weeks ago. But this show meant so much to me that, like the best of the best that have gone before it, I’ll never run out of praise. So here we are. Six lovely seasons behind us. One season ahead that I'm sure will leave us more than satisfied, with a bittersweet ache, jaws on the floor and tears streaming. They've done it before.
"So, you're saying to save S.H.I.E.L.D.–"
"We have to save Hydra."
I am not ready for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to end. I'm not even ready for the Beginning of the End. We've been waiting quite a while for it to start, but can we wait even longer, please? Then it doesn't have to end any time soon.
It was such a devastating past couple seasons, and so well done, so sad. Everyone involved did such a great job. There were great things about every season and each improved upon the last. The story continually expanded, the characters changed and grew, some were tragically lost, and the performances got deeper with every struggle and heartache they went through.
I haven't had the chance yet to say more than a few things about the season 6 finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., even though it was weeks ago now. Finales always seem to get away from me. I don't know if I tend to get busier at this time of year or if I keep putting it off because there's plenty of time before the next season. It's really annoying that I do that when I love a show this much. S.H.I.E.L.D. should have all my attention until I've run out of ways to praise it or it's all over.
"I can feel the rage churning underneath my skin...It's all coming back to me. The memories, the pain, her song ringing through every bone in my body."
I knew they weren't done with Sarge after May unexpectedly shot him last week. His story can't end there! We need to know why he looks like Coulson, why they have the same DNA. It would be quite the coincidence that the team just happened to meet the doppelganger of their leader and friend after his death, and that one had nothing to do with the other. The writers wouldn't do that, I hoped all season. Thankfully, they didn't and it looks more epic than I could have imagined.
"Give us what we want and we'll let you live to cry about it."
Oh, yeah, Jemma! I loved sweet, innocent Simmons, but tough Simmons makes me want to cheer. At first I didn't realize this was a clip from the first episode of the season and assumed Jemma and Daisy were looking for the Coulson clone, imposter, parallel world mercenary, whatever. Let's just say menacing doppelgänger for now. Then I thought about it for a second.
Until the series ends, I'll always be behind adding to this playlist. I had to stop for quite a while, so there's a big gap. Still, there are 170 songs to enjoy.
This is the essence of The Blacklist. Probably my favorite is Disturbed's cover of "Sound of Silence." The scene it played over was one of the most devastating ever in the series.
Clark Gregg | © ABC Network and Marvel Television
