What a bombshell!Ĭoincidentally, at a nearby (and poorly guarded) ATCU facility, the anti-superhuman terrorist group Watchdogs attack, using a substance similar to Nitramene (designed by Howard Stark prior to Agent Carter season one) to implode the building after taking something from it. Though their parents split up and moved out, they left behind a rather tacky collie statue – and there is no way this was intentional, but did you know Marvel had a collie hero back in the day? Sure, Blaze the Wonder Collie may have been a blatant Lassie rip-off, but still, animal heroes were in vogue back in the ’50s.
It seems Mack’s family (who call him “ Alphie“) are under the impression he works for an insurance company (though which one isn’t clear) rather than SHIELD. The episode opens in Illinois (or is it Indiana?), where Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie is catching up with his little brother Rueben, who inherited the family home but has had trouble making the bills. Comic Connections in “Watchdogs” Totally not Lassie. The Story Thus Far: Inhumans are popping up all over the world, and after the major catastrophes from the Marvel movies, everyday people in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are getting jumpy, so the domestic terrorist group Watchdogs is ready to pounce on that fear.
Sure, several of the plotlines seem only tenuously connected, but overall, it works. Seriously fun episode with a lot of character development (both good and bad) for the main team.
Agents of SHIELD brings on classic Captain America bad guys, hints at an upcoming Marvel TV show, and drops references to comics and episodes’ past – Good dogs!