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Warning: this article contains spoilers forAgents Of SHIELDs season 4 finale,Worlds End.

But the show has been on an uptick since then.

Finally,Agents Of SHIELDfelt like the show that was living up to its potential.

They decided to adapt the Robbie Reyes version of the character, and cast Gabriel Luna in the role.

There were actual ghosts, too, sort of.

Ghost Rider is very much a killer, and his episodes definitely arent filler.

And it helps that they didnt overdo it.

Eight episodes felt like the natural amount of time in which to tell this story.

In actuality, AIDA is an example of theAgents Of SHIELDshowrunners planning ahead with some real finesse.

The focus shifts away from Ghost Rider onto a new mechanical menace.

The first such decoy is a copy of Ming-Na Wens Agent May.

Again, its impossible to get bored when the show is packing in this many twists and turns.

This approach has other benefits beyond staving off boredom, too.

By moving through stories so quickly, the actors are really allowed to shine.

Rather than plodding slowly through one drawn-out arc, theyre going from one emotional disaster to the next.

You get all the action that Wen is great at, as well as some really deep character material.

you’re free to see the internal conflict all over her face.

Its terrific stuff from the writers and from Wen.

arc came to a head in the truly tense 15th episode of the season.

By the time the duo work this out, the odds are truly stacked against them.

And thanks to a mix up in an earlier episode (feat.

), theyve also got the Darkhold.

From here, we enter a new strand of the season dubbed Agents Of HYDRA.

to get to keep the S.H.I.E.L.D.

Unfortunately, in doing this, AIDA has created a reality where HYDRA overthrew S.H.I.E.L.D.

and our central gang of heroes never assembled.

May is working at HYDRA with Grant Ward.

Fitz is the evil scientist at the top of the evil regime, egged along by his absent-in-real-life father.

Coulson is a schoolteacher, shilling HYDRA propaganda to kids.

Mace is leading an underground resistance movement with Antoine Triplett.

Mack is a family man, staying off the radar with his daughter Hope.

In real life, Hope died young, making Macks arc here particularly tragic.

A running gag about Coulson making his own soap to avoid being brainwashed is a particular highlight.

Gee, this really was a brave season, wasnt it?

But here, within the Framework, he evolves into the lead character in his own heart-wrenching story.

Hes clearly overjoyed in this reality.

Yo-Yo refuses to give up, and goes in to save Mack just before The Framework shuts down.

WouldAgents Of SHIELDbe able to wrap up this brilliant, barmy season in a satisfying way?

Her Russian robot army is a little less thrilling, but it gets the job done.

Together, these villains present a threat that Coulson and company simply cant beat.

That was the perfect way to wrap things up.

Everyone involved in this run deserves a big old pat on the back.