The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and the D

Great episode!! It manages to balance a lot of emotion with a lot of humour. This was one of the wackiest episodes in the show, and that's not a bad thing. This episode may be the best episode of Mack and Deke as characters. Truly great episode, with lots of fun!

Deke's singing of the iconic Breakfast Club song gave me the feels. Had to go back and watch the Breakfast Club. Classic!

That being said, this episode was a great mix of retro 80's feel, camaraderie between Mac and Deke and depth of character study of just these 2. Not to mention, nice twist for the '80s agents getting in Shield.

It might not be everyone's cup of tea but it was a clever mix of fun, timeless classic reminiscence and storytelling without stepping away too much from the series plot.

Up until this episode, Deke was no where near my top 20 list of favorite characters. But his character has redeemed himself (some) after having a whining third wheel feel through the previous season.

As far as the 80s references go, if you don't laugh at least once then you are either too young to remember the 80s or have never watched an 80s movie in your life.

Yes a lot 80s movies are cheesy by today's standards, but you gotta love how they hit every 80s genre possible in this episode. This was truly fun to watch.

I feel behind the times because I didn't start popping my collar until 1989-90. But what this episode is, is a very comprehensive snapshot of 80s culture, to the extreme. I can't even think of a movie or cultural touchstone they left out (maybe D&D? royalties). So this episode was a frantic patchwork of 80s cliches which was done so well, you didn't even have time to absorb the story (which was good itself). I think all modern kids should watch this to understand the 80s. It's more accurate than Stranger Things and more fun!

One of the worst episodes ever and I've seen all seasons...just skip to the last 5 min and watch the preview for the next one. Or rewatch episode 6 - seriously it wasn't funny, to me anyways, and it tried WAY too hard to be.