The Chronicles of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

From excitement, to frustration, to embarrassment and to love. Agents of SHIELD has been a roller coaster of a series.

Editorial Opinion
By Lantern - Jan 10, 2015 04:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Agents of SHIELD, the extremely divisive television series from the divine Marvel has been called both a failure and work of genius by various fans and critics. I hope to recount my own journey through Agents of SHIELD in the hopes that more people will give it the chance that it truly does deserve. It's not a perfect show, but it is not the waste of space that some people believe it to be and, over time, has become one of the best comic book television shows of all time.

The build up to Agents of SHIELD's premiere was intense. I remember comic con reaction videos to the first episode hailing it as awesome and television advertisements on every major network. The first episode recieved a very strong 4.6 rating. I remember watching the first episode and feeling good about it. I wasn't blown away by it but it was classic Marvel fun and so I bought it. Agents of SHIELD looked like a potential success.

However I made the mistake of watching (approximately) episodes 5-13. The story was too far strung out and uninteresting for me. I was convinced that the series had spiraled out of control. I dropped the show. Even the seeing stellar Captain America: The Winter Soldier could not convince me to rewatch the show. Being an avid viewer of the site, I even saw people hailing the show's back half of the season and did not want to retry watching it.

I became an advocate against the show. My friends would ask me about it because they know that I follow the Marvel Universe and I would tell them that the show was garbage and not to waste a single second on it. I did not think ABC would even give it a second season. It was a dark time.

HOWEVER, I then saw all of the articles titled "Inhumans on Agents of SHIELD?!?!" and I became intrigued. Why would Marvel introduce a movie within the steaming pile of crap known as Agents of SHIELD? The Inhumans have always interested me and are one of the phase 3 films I am most looking forward to. And so, after a long stretch of being one of the shows worst critics, I decided to give it a chance, a good God am I glad I did.

I began at episode 16 and finished the first season within two days. Needless to say, I was hooked. The way they were able twist my own expectations of the series, expectations that I had thought made the show terrible, and made them into something cool (GRANT WARD nuff said) was extremely rewarding and made me feel almost bad about actively working against the show.

Season 2 thus far has been a ride as well. As any member of this site knows, the midseason finale was probably the biggest payoff to coming back to Agents of SHIELD. I have high hopes for the series going forward and high hopes for more crossover. I would even like to Skye in a movie as a supporting character. That is how attached I have become to her character (She is definitely within the MCU's top 5 female characters now).

If you abandoned Agents of SHIELD for its terrible first half of the first season, please give it another chance. The payoff is massive even if you restart at episode 16. I hope this show stays on the air and continues to supply the viewers with its incredible new narrative and interesting characters.

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Kurban
Kurban - 1/10/2015, 5:58 PM
I agree wholeheartedly. Most of the first season was pretty bad, but the Cap 2 tie-in really brought the series back on-track from 'mediocre' to 'mostly entertaining'. Season 2 upped it's [frick]ing game though and now AoS has earned my full attention to whatever it decides to do in the future, provided it maintains the same level of quality.
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 1/10/2015, 7:33 PM
I love the show. I liked season one too, but I did cringe at a few moments. The raft and the hole in the plane, and certain scenes where they tried so hard to keep the whole team relevant to the point it felt forced. But I didn't give up on it. Glad I didn't.
tokens
tokens - 1/10/2015, 7:37 PM
I agree wholeheartedly. Most of the first season was pretty bad, but the Cap 2 tie-in really brought the series back on-track from 'mediocre' to 'mostly entertaining'. Season 2 upped it's [frick]ing game though and now AoS has earned my full attention to whatever it decides to do in the future, provided it maintains the same level of quality.

Kyos
Kyos - 1/11/2015, 2:32 AM
It's good you gave it another chance!



;)
WinterSoldier33
WinterSoldier33 - 1/11/2015, 6:14 AM
I agree

Most of season one crap
cap 2 tie ins good
last episode crap
season 2 good and ok
Nutmeg
Nutmeg - 1/11/2015, 6:35 AM
It took season 1 a while to find its legs, but once it did it's been amazing. Keeps getting better.
sikwon
sikwon - 1/11/2015, 6:39 AM
I have lived it from day one out of pure trust. I knew they had a plan, even if they had to tap dance around it for a while and wait for the green light.
MileHighRonin
MileHighRonin - 1/11/2015, 12:18 PM
I never bailed on the show, I knew it would be great. Marvel is committed.

Absorbing Man was awesome.

And I love that Hyde and Quake have joined the MCU.

I have always loved Agent May, Mockingbird is great as well.

As you said, Ward, just wow.

And Couslon's growth as Director is great.

Can't wait for Hawkeye to make his appearance.
Jazzy4
Jazzy4 - 1/11/2015, 1:03 PM
This is something i will never understand : i can understand someone hating on a show but why deliberatly trying to sabotage it to others by advertising against it when one hasn't even gone through a full season through to really measure it's potential ?

That's an attitude i will never understand : talking against a show after months of stopping seeing its first season, a season traditionally known for launching and finding its feet, the sophomor being the one when it start to really build its reputation.

It's like John CAmpea, always talking shit about it till this day while he reveald months ago that he had stopped watchhing it after the first three episodes !

For a so called professional blogger analyst, that's a very short span of attention he has and some severe intellectual laziness
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 1/11/2015, 7:36 PM
This is so true for so many on this site. I was actually one of the people who stuck with it through the hard times. It was difficult but I'm really into the MCU. I'm glad it has paid off, and it should continue to do so.
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