BEWARE, SPOILERS AHEAD
Yes. That's right, its another FitzSimmons appreciation post.
I didn't write a post like this during season 4 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, there didn't seem to be a need. The scientist duo were cannon, a couple, whatever you want to call it, it was solid. Except they barely had any screen time together and next to no scenes showing that were even a couple! The fans were cheated out of this happy period and thrown straight into the fire of the Framework part of the show. The terrible soul sucking Framework that was actually great for the TV show itself but the worst that could happen to the pair, thus proving they really are cursed.
With a tiny slither of hope at the end of the season, there was hope FitzSimmons could build up what was nearly destroyed. BUT as the writers of the show literally have nothing better to do than to use the most unoriginal plot device in the world, break a couple up then have then try get back together, again, the beacon of hope that was once FitzSimmons is now hurtled into the unknown. With Fitz being the only character left behind (oh for f***'s sake!) the couple are once again separted by time and space and all that alien crud in between. Seriously, will our scientist geniuses ever catch a break? And I don't mean in fan fiction or the excellent tumblr blogs but within the show.
Having now seen the opening two episodes of season 5, I have to say, although I'm super excited to see everyone in space and SPOILER the post apocalyptic future no less, I'm still sad to see Fitz not amoung them. I'm not the only one disappointed that there is one team member left behind. Cries out across the fandom and Twitter in general, all wondering where Fitz is. Iain De Caestecker wouldn't let much slip in an interview teasing that Fitz would return after episode 2, whichw as in a double season opener, so Fitz could literally turn up at anyone moment. But seeing as the next two episode titles echo what has already been mentioned in the opener 'A Life Spent' and 'A Life Earned' I don't see Fitz turning up yet (annoyingly) but as the 5th episode is called 'Rewind' it might be a Fitz heavy episode back in present day Earth with Fitz tryin to find out what happened. Speculating even further, the show might be going the same way season 3 did with Jemma in her own episode having her own adventure/nightmare alone on a strange planet. Now it's Fitz's turn? Half of me hopes this is the case, half me hopes Fitz shows up sooner.
With even more speculation already taking over that new character, Deke, is a relation of FitzSimmons, there is hope that Fitz and Simmons reunite and actually stay together to have a family... Deke built his own framework (yep, that old nightmare chestnut isn't dead yet) and seemed to know quite a bit about the engineering behind it. Plus, a notebook with calculations was found in short lived character Virgil as well as a postcode saying 'Working on it - Fitz'. Ties might be closer than expected.
Either way, seeing Fitz in similar clothes to the rest of the team gives hope, but with way more questions that answers I really just want to see what happens next. But I do long for the days of season 3, can we bring back that excitement minus the silly 'Will' story? Why not a FitzSimmons solo mission? That would be amazing to see.
We'll have to see FitzSimmons fans - we can beat this curse yet!
