My Thoughts on T.A.H.I.T.I

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You have been warned....

btw super sorry about my prolonged absence.

PS btw T.A.H.I.T.I is the name of the latest Agents of SHIELD episode that aired tonight.  So... yeah.  That's what that means.

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OK.  So, at first I was like, OMG IT'S SKYE DYING.

And then I was like, OMG THEY'RE GOING TO PULL A COULSON ON HER!

Then I was like, WEIRD MOUNTAIN BASE THROWING UP RED FLAGS!

Then I was like, DON'T GO INTO THE TAHITI ROOM COULSON!

Then I was like, DON'T INJECT SKYE WITH THE DEATH JUICE GUYS!

Then I was like, WHAT THE HECK

I'm going to skip the actual transcription of the episode, because YOU REALLY NEED TO WATCH IT, not read about it online.  But for the truly desperate, here's a link: http://www.examiner.com/article/r-e-c-a-p-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s01e14-t-a-h-i-t-i

So I have some theories about the whole "WHAT THE !@#$% WAS IN THE TUBE" thing.  Hold on to your seats, guys and gals, because, personally, I think I'm on to something...

The Thing in the Tube

First off, I read this article on the Marvel Wiki, which got me thinking.  What exactly did they do to heal Coulson in the first place?  This "Guest House" facility is nonSHIELD, mind you.  The information in Coulson's file is probably bogus, or represents their failed attempts to revive him, since they ultimately sent him away.  Also note that the brain-reprogrammer machine was inside the Guest House.

I also noted that Coulson's body bears very few signs of actual surgery.  Besides the scar over his heart where the spear went through... he's basically whole.  Then again, they basically split his skull in half with no scar there, so... anyways.  So I'm thinking that there was no actual "surgery" involved with Coulson's revival.  This GH-325 drug business basically did all of the work.

So... wha?

That's when I read the above article on the Marvel drug known as "Mutant Growth Hormone" (MGH).  Apparently, this substance is sucked out of mutants and, when injected in regular humans, gifts them with superpowers.  At least, that's the case in the regular Marvel world (Earth 616).  This Marvel movie world is already markedly different (Coulson, Tesseract, Aether, JARVIS, etc) than the comic world Earth 616.  

So here's MY theory:

This facility specializes in healing extremely sick/dying/dead people by injecting them with Mutant Growth Hormone (MGH, aka GH-325 in this continuum).  This drug gives the user "superpowers" which includes rapid healing/regeneration of damaged tissue.  However, for non mutants, the process is EXTREMELY painful and unpleasant, which makes them lose the will to live, as in Coulson's case.  EVIDENCE FOR THIS:

• Coulson was obviously not under surgery when he was begging for death in his flashbacks.  No doctors were working on him, no blood or open surgery wounds were present. He appeared to be already healed.  Thus he had already been injected with MGH and was in the midst of suffering the consequences during the flashbacks.
• The "Guest House" facility keeps the brain reprogramming machine in their main surgery room.  Apparently it gets a lot of use.  As in, every patient they see needs the brain reprogrammer after the operation.

If this is true, than the blue monster inside the tube is a dead mutant that the facility is sucking MGH (GH-325) from for use in their operations (for those of you who said they were "growing the body..." um, hello? Did you notice the autopsy scars?  It's dead).  Coulson realizes this, and realizes that Skye is about to be subject to the exact same treatment he was subject to when he had "died."  However, this time there will be no brain reprogrammer to return her will to live, as the facility is about to go boom-boom.  Skye will wish she was dead.  Permanently.

HOWEVER!

This is not the case.  Skye is injected with MGH and, after some minimal thrashing about and body freak-outs, she stabilizes and is fine.  So what the heck?

If the rest of my theory is true, then there can be only one explanation.

Skye is a mutant.

Ergo, the MGH is compatible with her body, so it doesn't induce the extremely painful will-sucking phenomena it produces on regular humans like Coulson, it just enhances/expounds on her already-present mutant powers, which were not enough to heal her initially.  We already know she has "special powers" (though they were never observed) and was/is being hunted by an entity we all assume is the Clairvoyant.  Perhaps these "powers" arise from her being a mutant?

THERE IS MORE

Technically, the next bit is my good e-friend Mel N. Choly's contribution to my theory, so thanks to him/her.

We know that Marvel/Disney is hinting that the whole Agents of SHIELD thing will eventually tie into their movies in a big way.  The next big movie is the Winter Soldier coming out next month.  If you've seen the commercials, you've probably recognized Bucky as the mega-boss ninja assassin guy that is presumably the main villain.  He was dead awhile ago.  How did they bring him back?

*coughcoughMGHcoughcoughGuestHousecough*

Evidence? Of course.

• The facility guards comments that they're "not expecting anyone for a couple of weeks," meaning that they ARE expecting someone after a couple of weeks.  Bucky?
• Bucky fights with a reckless disregard for his own life, as evidenced in the commercials.  Lack of a will to live?  Weak, I know, but it's something...
• Bucky somehow gains superhuman abilities.  Perhaps regular injections of MGH?  Coupled with the above, this could be a real possibility...
• This episode airs exactly one month before the release of the Winter Soldier.  As in, a couple of weeks...
• AND
• At the end of the Agents of SHIELD episode... A CAPTAIN AMERICA SHIELD IS FLASHED BRIEFLY BEFORE THE REGULAR AGENTS OF SHIELD LOGO.
• YES, REALLY.

After combining my theory with Mel's, I'm convinced it's the truth.

Now watch me be totally, completely, hilariously wrong.

Ideas? Problems with my theory? Leave them in the comments, faithful viewers!

That is all.

Wattzit Tooyah

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I'm sticking with this.