JamesPicard
Since: Jun, 2012
06/02/2014 00:00:00
Good to know it improves. I fell off after episode 6, so I need to catch up. Thanks for the reassurance.
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Wryte
Since: Jul, 2010
06/03/2014 00:00:00
It does definitely pick up, especially in the final third following Winter Soldier.
What matters in this life is much more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win, too. - F. Rogers.
Gaon
Since: Jun, 2012
07/16/2014 00:00:00
I agree with this review.
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Definitely Grew its Beard
I found the beginning of the series so-so, but "The End of the Beginning" put the first stubble on the show, and it only got better from there. The episodes were more exciting, and the characters became fully fleshed-out. I know some people have issues with a certain character's surprise villainous status, but I thought it was a great twist (especially since I hadn't originally found that character very compelling). The pacing improved, and it still managed moments of lightheartedness in the middle of the increasingly dark episodes.
Yes, it still has its flaws, but I think the pros outweigh them. I've become emotionally invested in the characters now in a way I really wasn't in the earliest episodes, and I really love Triplett's inclusion to Team Coulson: he's a character I enjoyed from his introduction. The stakes started raising fast, and I don't think any of the characters went OOC to meet them. Now that the show has an air of real urgency to it, I've come to love it.
I think it's kind of funny that, for a series called Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, it really hit its stride once there was no more S.H.I.E.L.D. The characters now have to act, rather than react, as they did earlier in the season. In a way, it's moved from being a procedural to a dramatic thriller, and it's much better for it.