A Trout in the Milk

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

After a bumpy landing in the disco decade, the team, Daniel Sousa in tow, reunites with more than one familiar face at the S.H.I.E.L.D. hangout and discovers exactly how to dismantle the Chronicoms’ latest plan. But when they get too close for comfort, the Zephyr unexpectedly leaps forward again, this time to a date pivotal to not only the future of S.H.I.E.L.D. but to the future of Director Mack as well.

Our Take

The 1970s setting is mostly an excuse for fun wardrobe choices, but Sousa slotting into the team gives the hour some real spark, and his deadpan reaction to future tech carries several scenes. The Chronicom plot advances in fits and starts, though, and the episode ends right when it starts getting interesting. A solid middle chapter that leans on charm over momentum.