![]() When Mack arrives at the warehouse, he rushes in with guns blazing, and it’s pretty horrifying to behold - S.H.I.E.L.D.’s most devout Christian possessed, more or less, by the devil. Of course, the final confrontation is deadly serious. (I’m all for Robbie Reyes and his Charger, but I have to admit, it feels good to see Ghost Rider on a motorcycle again.) The ensuing chase sequence is every bit as fun as it sounds: Daisy drives Robbie’s car while he rides shotgun as an unseen ghost, wincing at every dent and scratch. Newly infused with the spirit of vengeance, Ghost Rider Mack hops on his bike and heads out to confront the gang that might know where Eli is hiding. So mad, in fact, that Ghost Rider vacates Robbie’s body to possess Mack and his shotgun-axe instead. Daisy, displaying her usual compassion for orphans, seeks to comfort Robbie’s brother Gabe, who just lost his entire family in a single shot. In a rare and telling departure from her measured stoicism, May contemplates using the Darkhold to bring Coulson back. It creates distinct emotional stakes for each character: Coulson, ever the pragmatist, analyzes the problem and hunts for a solution Fitz frets over the idea that he might disappear before he gets to see Simmons again and Robbie finds himself afflicted with a strange kind of exhaustion, as Ghost Rider fights the new reality he has been dragged into.įor all the intrigue of the spirit world, the biggest surprises come in the real one. This narrative trick requires both deft writing and deft performances, and “Deals With Our Devils” is largely up to the task. allies, trying (and failing) to influence the real world and engineer their own rescue. ![]() Next, we see the same exact scenes play out again, but with the ghostly versions of Coulson, Fitz, and Robbie standing right next to their oblivious S.H.I.E.L.D. tries to figure out what to do without Coulson, Fitz, and Robbie. ![]() ![]() First, we see scenes play out as normal, while S.H.I.E.L.D. Doyle and directed by Jesse Bochco, who helmed the all-time great “ 4,722 Hours” - is built around an artful structure. The rest of the episode - written by series mainstay D.J. If they’re ever going to get back to our plane of reality, they need to act fast, because some strange force is attempting to drag them out of existence altogether. They can see everything and interact with each other - but they can’t interact with anything in the physical world and no one can see or hear them. agents scramble to find the mad scientist, Coulson, Fitz, and Robbie realize an unexpected side effect of the explosion: They’ve been shoved into a liminal space between dimensions, which effectively makes them ghosts in the real world. “Deals With Our Devils” begins by explaining what happened after Eli’s experiment. has had a few standout episodes, but none that so completely encapsulate the stuff I’d like to see from a Marvel series every week. So it’s a relief that this week’s “Deals With Our Devils” is the best episode of the fourth season: clever, smart, fun, and surprising. A cliffhanger is a good way to ensure viewers will return after a long break, but it’s also a risk: If the resolution doesn’t justify all that anticipation, viewers will come to distrust the show. kicked off its month-long hiatus with a genuinely suspenseful cliffhanger, as Robbie’s uncle Eli Morrow developed the ability to generate matter from nothing.
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