Wow, what a ride. You know my feelings on Agent Coulson. This season alone changed those feelings. Everyone wants to know how Coulson lived after being stabbed by Loki. Guess what, so does Coulson. I can't believe they would lead us on a wild goose chase because of one question. But they did.
One element to the show is Skye. Skye is the Logan of the group. She has no memory of a family but somehow is related to S.H.I.E.L.D. It turns out she was sent to the orphanage by a former agent who died keeping her safe. She was related to a group of monsters that destroyed an entire village coming after her. And she doesn't know that last part.
Agent May is living proof that not only can you be a Disney Princess (Mulan), you can be a badass super agent. However, I feel her character was wasted a bit with every bad guy coming up to her thinking she can take her. Then there was a bit of a twist to find out she was monitoring Agent Coulson on his recovery and him figuring out how he recovered. Then when Hydra rose, it was a little hard to believe her when she admits she isn't an agent to Hydra.
Agent Ward is a man who prefers to be alone until he has a secret relationship with May until it blows up in his face. More on that later.
Then there are Fitz-Simmons, the comic relief. The scientist duo is always arguing to our amusement. But after every adventure, they make up. This includes the season finale when Fitz admits his feelings to Simmons.
The end of the season was outright stupid. Mike Peterson, the horrible tease that could have been Luke Cage, snaps out of his eyeball camera orders and attacks Bill Paxton by stomping on what I thought was his head. But then the next shot, we see Bill's face in pristine condition. That was so we can have a cheap gag of Bill getting the upgrade only to be casually obliterated by Coulson. Then it ends with a reminder of a snide comment that Coulson has seen the past, present, and future, and Coulson started drawing the message the Voyager probe has been carrying since 1979. And it ends.
While it isn't as loud as the movies in the MCU, the show is a little disappointed if you're not watching the movies. It's a bit passive aggressive about it. In fact, the show starts with the rumor that Coulson was dead and he steps out of the shadows to prove that he is breathing. That's mild, though. Even if you haven't seen The Avengers, you would still be confused as to why he is alive. But it's worse if you HAD seen the movie. We saw him die. We watched Loki stab Coulson in the back. He was DEAD! HOW IS HE ALIVE?
Other parts include mentioning names of people who don't show up ever in the show, like Romanoff and Alexander Pierce, secondary characters from other adventures making their appearance, like Lady Sif. Then it does a sort of one-eighty by tying episodes to the movies, such as cleaning up Greenwich after Thor: The Dark World and Hydra reemerging. That last part is affected more in the show than in the movies. It gives a new perspective on the issue.
In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Cap, Sam, and Natasha were on the run but they took down Hydra. End of story-ish. I mean Hydra is still out there, but it's no longer the main plot of the story. In the show, however, you have thrust in with the others that Hydra is a very real threat. The USS Coulson-prise was tractor beamed to the Hub to be eliminated. But the show did something that the movies would never do, despite any possible rumors and storylines if you catch my drift. The show made a character we've learned to care for a member of the enemy. We're approaching the second anniversary of Bill Paxton's death, so I was surprised to see him show up, and he was awesome. Every word out of his mouth was hope, from "knock-knock" to "surprise party." But he's not only the enemy, but he's also the guy Coulson and Company were chasing the entire time. In retrospect, it should have been a warning sign that the most charismatic character would be the psychopath they are looking for.
Then they go one step further by making one of their members a Hydra agent. My God. I was bewildered and full of questions. I wondered if Ward was a double agent for S.H.I.E.L.D., posing as a Hydra agent. Then I thought that maybe he was a Hydra agent posing as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent but was going to bring down Hydra from the inside. They played with that a bit, I believe because he seemed to feel remorse looking at the body of Agent Hand. Then we dig into his past, to find that he was picked up from juvie by Hydra, but he seemed not okay to kill those he cared.
Overall this was a decent start to an MCU TV show. I'm very excited to start the second season.
I hope you liked this. Be sure to subscribe and leave a comment about what you thought or if you want to recommend a movie for me to review. Thank you for reading. I'll return next week with another movie. See you then.
Aired: September 24, 2013 – May 13, 2014
Rating: TV-14
Stars: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge
Directors: Joss Whedon, David Straiton, Milan Cheylov, Roxann Dawson, Jesse Bochco, Vincent Mizziano, Bobby Roth, Jonathan Frakes, Billy Gierhart, Holly Dale, Kevin Hooks, Kenneth Fink, Paul Edwards, John Terlesky
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87% Certified Fresh
IMDb Score: 8.2/10 (Average)
Awards
Saturn Awards
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
(Click here to view awards for "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." Season 1)
One element to the show is Skye. Skye is the Logan of the group. She has no memory of a family but somehow is related to S.H.I.E.L.D. It turns out she was sent to the orphanage by a former agent who died keeping her safe. She was related to a group of monsters that destroyed an entire village coming after her. And she doesn't know that last part.
Agent May is living proof that not only can you be a Disney Princess (Mulan), you can be a badass super agent. However, I feel her character was wasted a bit with every bad guy coming up to her thinking she can take her. Then there was a bit of a twist to find out she was monitoring Agent Coulson on his recovery and him figuring out how he recovered. Then when Hydra rose, it was a little hard to believe her when she admits she isn't an agent to Hydra.
Agent Ward is a man who prefers to be alone until he has a secret relationship with May until it blows up in his face. More on that later.
Then there are Fitz-Simmons, the comic relief. The scientist duo is always arguing to our amusement. But after every adventure, they make up. This includes the season finale when Fitz admits his feelings to Simmons.
The end of the season was outright stupid. Mike Peterson, the horrible tease that could have been Luke Cage, snaps out of his eyeball camera orders and attacks Bill Paxton by stomping on what I thought was his head. But then the next shot, we see Bill's face in pristine condition. That was so we can have a cheap gag of Bill getting the upgrade only to be casually obliterated by Coulson. Then it ends with a reminder of a snide comment that Coulson has seen the past, present, and future, and Coulson started drawing the message the Voyager probe has been carrying since 1979. And it ends.
While it isn't as loud as the movies in the MCU, the show is a little disappointed if you're not watching the movies. It's a bit passive aggressive about it. In fact, the show starts with the rumor that Coulson was dead and he steps out of the shadows to prove that he is breathing. That's mild, though. Even if you haven't seen The Avengers, you would still be confused as to why he is alive. But it's worse if you HAD seen the movie. We saw him die. We watched Loki stab Coulson in the back. He was DEAD! HOW IS HE ALIVE?
Other parts include mentioning names of people who don't show up ever in the show, like Romanoff and Alexander Pierce, secondary characters from other adventures making their appearance, like Lady Sif. Then it does a sort of one-eighty by tying episodes to the movies, such as cleaning up Greenwich after Thor: The Dark World and Hydra reemerging. That last part is affected more in the show than in the movies. It gives a new perspective on the issue.
In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Cap, Sam, and Natasha were on the run but they took down Hydra. End of story-ish. I mean Hydra is still out there, but it's no longer the main plot of the story. In the show, however, you have thrust in with the others that Hydra is a very real threat. The USS Coulson-prise was tractor beamed to the Hub to be eliminated. But the show did something that the movies would never do, despite any possible rumors and storylines if you catch my drift. The show made a character we've learned to care for a member of the enemy. We're approaching the second anniversary of Bill Paxton's death, so I was surprised to see him show up, and he was awesome. Every word out of his mouth was hope, from "knock-knock" to "surprise party." But he's not only the enemy, but he's also the guy Coulson and Company were chasing the entire time. In retrospect, it should have been a warning sign that the most charismatic character would be the psychopath they are looking for.
Then they go one step further by making one of their members a Hydra agent. My God. I was bewildered and full of questions. I wondered if Ward was a double agent for S.H.I.E.L.D., posing as a Hydra agent. Then I thought that maybe he was a Hydra agent posing as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent but was going to bring down Hydra from the inside. They played with that a bit, I believe because he seemed to feel remorse looking at the body of Agent Hand. Then we dig into his past, to find that he was picked up from juvie by Hydra, but he seemed not okay to kill those he cared.
Overall this was a decent start to an MCU TV show. I'm very excited to start the second season.
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I hope you liked this. Be sure to subscribe and leave a comment about what you thought or if you want to recommend a movie for me to review. Thank you for reading. I'll return next week with another movie. See you then.
Aired: September 24, 2013 – May 13, 2014
Rating: TV-14
Stars: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge
Directors: Joss Whedon, David Straiton, Milan Cheylov, Roxann Dawson, Jesse Bochco, Vincent Mizziano, Bobby Roth, Jonathan Frakes, Billy Gierhart, Holly Dale, Kevin Hooks, Kenneth Fink, Paul Edwards, John Terlesky
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87% Certified Fresh
IMDb Score: 8.2/10 (Average)
Awards
Saturn Awards
- Best Network Television Series Release - Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
- Outstanding Special and Visual Effects "T.A.H.I.T.I." - Nominated
(Click here to view awards for "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." Season 1)
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