“This whole time he's been doing everything good and shiny... it makes it more believable watching him coldly kill someone.” Reddit · r/shield · 12 years ago
The episode is aptly titled; it marks the end of the show's initial world-building phase and the beginning of the explosive Hydra storyline that tied directly into Captain America: The Winter Soldier . [S1E16] End of the Beginning
" End of the Beginning " (Season 1, Episode 16) is widely regarded as the definitive turning point for , shifting it from a "case-of-the-week" procedural into a high-stakes serialized thriller. The Turning Point “This whole time he's been doing everything good and shiny