Who You Really Are is essentially the second part of last week’s Aftershocks, as Skye’s secret is revealed to the team and the origin of the Inhumans is explained, all while Mack and Bobbi’s secret gets more mysterious.

We open with Lady Sif, in human attire, emerging from the sea and looking for “Kava”. She wanders off after harassing some locals and we have the team getting on with their day-to-day until they’re notified of Sif’s arrival and go to meet her.

Via some sleuthing, they discover that she came to Earth to hunt a Kree agent who is here to deal with the Inhuman menace and he, Vin-Tak, is responsible for her memory loss. It’s always a pleasure to see Jaimie Alexander in her role as Sif, she such a warm personality, despite often playing the stoic. Vin-Tak is played by Eddie McClintock and it’s always a delight to see Warehouse 13 alumni in similar works. While he’s not playing goofy, McClintock’s inherent schoolboy charm is present and we see little flashes of his goofy side in his performance.

We get some outstanding performances from the main team too! Bobbi and Mack are still acting shady but are insistent that they’re NOT Hydra… Interesting… Skye performing a fine balance of terrified for her life and keeping her composure but ends up crumbling in front of Coulson, May, Sif and Vin-Tak. The concern from Coulson and May is just as parental as we’ve come to expect and while Sif is being somewhat considerate, Vin-Tak is a tad more aggressive, knocking a few folks around before Fitz reveals the “bambino”.

YOOOOOO! Always happy to see the cannon and I love that Coulson gave it a nickname and that the kickback physically sends Fitz reeling!

Mack, Bobbi and Jemma all respond like assholes about Skye’s new powers with only Hunter and Fitz coming out of the argument looking like dickheads while Skye bunkers down in the Bus’s vibranium interrogation room. Pretty clever! May and Coulson also say their goodbyes to Sif and a mind-wiped Vin-Tak. I hope they both return, as Sif is a delight to have around and apart from being a little gung-ho, Vin-Tak was a cool enough guy (helps that his actor is just awesome!)

In the stinger, MACK PUTS HUNTER IN A FUCKING SLEEPER HOLD WHAT THE BALLS!?
Seriously though, what secret is so bad that he is willing to silence Hunter at the minimal utterance of their super-secret plan. I hope it’s good because nothing short of astounding then he’s for the shit list and I don’t want to put Fitz’s best buddy on my shit list with Ward… Where the fuck is Ward anyway?

A fantastic followup to Aftershocks which keeps the ball rolling and the intensity rising but we may see that all bubble over next week as the team faces Skye’s father and a team of his own in One of Us.

First up, LADY SIF!

Awww, yeeeeeeah! Jaimie Alexander reprises her Thor role in this episode and she’s clearly a highlight. Asgardians interacting with humans always makes for great entertainment and while there is plenty of ass-kickings to hand out, Jaimie also brings her sly sense of humour and Jaimie looks like she’s having fun in the role again. Her reaction to a now living Son of Coul is understandable and has some words with her human counterpart, Melinda May. In the final showdown with Lorelei (played by Elena Satine), as she’s being taunted about her former lover falling under Lorelei’s sway, she thinks better of herself and slaps on the Asgardian brass cone of shame and delivers one of my favourite lines of the episode.

Lorelei is the stockest of stock villains. Don’t get me wrong, Elena Satine plays it to the best of her ability but the character is the most generic super-powered female character you could have. What’s really interesting are the events AROUND her. She escaped during the Dark Elf invasion of Asgard in The Dark World and her capture was ordered by “Odin”. Now, as we all know from the end of Thor: The Dark World, Odin has been replaced by Loki so to have Loki want Lorelei brought back alive could tie into the next Thor movie. From the comics, Lorelei is the sister of Amora The Enchantress and was a lover of Loki’s at one point so could we see a power couple as the main antagonists of Thor 3? Mayhaps…

Coulson/Skye Watch!

Skye is recovering well, with the entire team doting on her, especially Simmons who wants to test her blood constantly for answers to the GH325 but its denied by Coulson’s refusal to let the blood go to SHIELD Medical. Coulson is defensive about the subject and wants it dealt with “in house” before doing anything else. He calls in a favour from Agent Sitwell and is clearly on the hunt for Fury and as a cheeky nod, Sitwell asks “How was Tahiti?” and Coulson simply answers “It sucked!”. He asks Lady Sif about any alien species she has encountered that are blue (after finding one last episode) and she name drops a fair few species, even some I’m not entirely familiar with but Jaimie puts a strange emphasis on “Kree” so I’m still considering that the odds-on favourite. Coulson eventually reveals the source of GH325 to Skye and she’s unfazed byt the idea, much to his bafflement. He’s clearly freaking out and she’s non-plussed. He’s had the serum inside him for months(?) and is fine and however it will interact with her nature as a 0-8-4 is still a better alternative to death. Coulson decalres that the two of them will be going renegade to get answers from Fury and to, in Coulson’s words, “make him pay.”

In the stinger, it’s revealed that someone is listening in on the above conversation and it’s none other than Agent May, who reports into someone that “Coulson knows.” YOOOOOOO! Any sympathy you may have earned this episode is out the fucking airlock now, May! BETRAYAL!

A pretty good episode all in all, with a great guest star and some more drive into this mysterious “Uprising” event that is coming. Can’t wait to see how this all plays out!