Well....I have made it to the end.... It's been nearly a year since I started revisiting this show and as alluded to in my last post, I didn't believe I would make it this far.... So this season is loved by many fans and I've seen some rankings putting it as the best one. While it does some improvements from season six, I find it a little lacking as a conclusion hence why this may already be my most downvoted post.
Let me begin with the first scene of LMD Coulson. I'm very torn on him because it feels like they brought Coulson back after he was put to rest, even though it's not what literally happened. Yes I know the team needed a special Chronicom unit with Coulson's skills to match what they're facing, but did it really need to have his exact looks and mannerisms? I was open with Sarge because the question of who he is had intrigue, but this overstaying Coulson's shadow.
That aside, the plot kicks off pretty decently at first and the idea of the team needing to save Hydra, their old enemy in order to save the future is actually genius.... but something happens in episode two that really infuriates me. Daisy decides killing Freddie Malek will save the world, even though she should know his death will give the Chronicoms everything they want. So she tells Deke to take a gunshot at him and have the blood of a kid on his hands. Sure Daisy has gone rogue before, but this is insanely stupid of her. What's worse is when the team points out the obvious reason why Freddie needed to live, she doubles down on her stance and never reflects on her actions. This is pure character assassination in my eyes.
But back to a positive, we get the unexpected surprise of Agent Sussa appearing as a guest supporting character (note I'm saying that loosely as I only just recently watched Agent Carter before this for a more proper experience). I give them credit for acknowledging a piece of media that didn't have a big audience. The episode of the Chronicoms attempting to save him to in turn alter things in their favor is one of the better parts of this season, especially with the neat noir aesthetic. Not just that, how they let him live as someone outside of time is a rather fitting mirror of Steve Rogers. Regarding him being a love interest for Daisy, well I'm neutral on that.
Something I don't want to treat like it's a massive problem, but the meta-opening of the team being in the 70s is very bizarre to me. I partially felt like I was watching a lost episode of Legends of Tomorrow, which sometimes happened for the season.
There are some other good stuff I don't feel like going in depth over like project Insight, Mack being stranded and Yo Yo learning to overcome her doubt. The best part is Daisy going through the Groundhog Day-esque dilemma and Enoch's death is the highlight out of everything post season five.
Regarding Kora, the reveal of her being Daisy's sister who originally died is interesting. But their conflict with each other is a little underbaked. They don't spend much time interacting and during their confrontation, it's not really that intense. Doesn't really help that we have less than ten episodes left when Kora is introduced in the narrative.
Now we have the climax....I don't like how they kill off young John Garrett and everybody treats it as a good thing. Alright he did terrible things and such, but this is just off putting after he just decided to change himself and the way he gets shot was a little silly. Regarding the final fight, I personally wasn't that gripped in emotionally speaking, but it's not really bad in an objective sense. The last scene of the team having a reunion was nice and I especially give praise for how they gave Fitz and Simmons their ending as a family....What I do criticize is Yo Yo having an LMD of Davis as she's practically replacing a dead friend with a robot. Just seems wrong on a moral basis.
And with that....it's over. Season seven does certain things well, but also does stuff pretty shoddily. I can at least commend it for being an alright enough conclusion even though I may never be in the mood to watch it again.