Hold on tight. It’s time for the midseason finale

When Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. began this season, we were posed a question: “What Will They Become”. After a heart pounding, nonstop Fall Season, that question was answered on the midseason finale appropriately named “What They Become”. So, what happened? What did they become? This and more as we take a closer look at storylines, symmetries, and overarching structure of this mind-blowing episode.

Kidnapping, Love & SkyeWard – Season 1 Juxtaposition:

When last episode “Ye Who Enter Here” ended with Skye being taken captive by Ward, you probably got a huge Déjà vu feeling to last season when Skye was kidnapped by Ward and brought before the crazy person he was helping – her father & Whitehall. Heck, Ward even directly compares Whitehall to Garrett. Though as Coulson reminded us when he learned the new, Skye isn’t the same person she was…