Agents of S.H.I.E.LD.

The_Architect

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I think there biggest issue was just starting the show in the fall. They had to have known going into the year that they would have this massive twist in April that they had to work around. Why not just wait until the mid-season mark in January to debut the show so you aren't treading water for your first 6 months?

I hope they clean up their story plotting a little bit for season 2 in the absence of any movies to work around, although Buffy tended to have seasons start slowly as well, so maybe that's just a Whedon family writing weakness. Looking at some articles about ABC's fall upfronts this week, it sounds like SHIELD is going to take an extended break at mid-season with "Agent Carter" about the early days of SHIELD in the 50's with Cap's old girlfriend airing in it's place for 13 weeks. If I was writing the show and that was the schedule, I think I'd just split the season into 2 completely different stories to keep the plots moving fast and cut down on case of the week filler episodes.

Interesting I thought the Agent Carter was going to be in the present and star the girl who played Sharon Carter in CA 2?
 

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Interesting I thought the Agent Carter was going to be in the present and star the girl who played Sharon Carter in CA 2?

Everything I've read makes it sound like it's going to be a time period show with Hayley Atwell from Captain America 1. That would make more sense because a) Emily Van Camp is already doing a series on ABC (Revenge) so I'd imagine she'd be too busy for a second show and b) Having a second present-day SHIELD show would be pretty redundant and pointless.
 

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Was just about to bump this thread after seeing the Gotham one..

Agree, I am really excited to see where they go and what new Marvel cameos are going to be introduced to or from the MCU. Sounds like there is already going to be a crossover with Agent Carter (maybe even in tonight's episode).
 

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I am looking for a site that has the first few seasons streaming so I could catch up. Been wanting to watch them and now trying to find them.
Thanks
 

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Was just about to bump this thread after seeing the Gotham one..

Agree, I am really excited to see where they go and what new Marvel cameos are going to be introduced to or from the MCU. Sounds like there is already going to be a crossover with Agent Carter (maybe even in tonight's episode).


Didn't they say that they might do a Agent Carter mid season show?
 

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Yeah, I can't remember where I read that, but it definitely makes sense to do a flashback to Agent Carter as Phil is trying to rebuild shield from scratch (as it was in her time period).
 

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Not trying to be spoilery, but what's the future of Simmons on the show? (pretty sure that's the chick scientist's name)
 

RayShimley

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Not trying to be spoilery, but what's the future of Simmons on the show? (pretty sure that's the chick scientist's name)

No idea, I assume she will be back eventually.

That was an awesome episode. Nice cameo from Agent Carter and Dum Dum Dugan at the beginning (and Red Skull name drop). Absorbing Man is a pretty cool antagonist for the season as well (and a pretty major Super Villain in the marvel universe).

Any guesses as to what the original 084 is?
 

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Does anyone know of a good synopsis of season 1 out there, I didn't find much in a brief google search. I watched the first 5-10 episodes but couldn't get into it. I heard it got good over the last quarter of the season, but I just don't have time to get caught up to start season 2.
 

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Does anyone know of a good synopsis of season 1 out there, I didn't find much in a brief google search. I watched the first 5-10 episodes but couldn't get into it. I heard it got good over the last quarter of the season, but I just don't have time to get caught up to start season 2.

Wikipedia has a pretty short synopsis of each episode: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D._(season_1)#Episodes

Also, if you've seen Captain America 2 you should be pretty much caught up on the major plot twists.
 

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I like the show but..... Sigh
So now Skye is a badass because she got her hair done? I guess it's so easy to be an expert special forces operative.
And the hack anything from anywhere with your movie laptop theme is equally annoying.
But what shook my head the most was the standoff with the guards and running away in the open field.
Might be overcriticle, but I remember just shaking my head. I guess I was never crazy about Skye's character to begin with and show is basically centered on her.
 

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I like the show but..... Sigh
So now Skye is a badass because she got her hair done? I guess it's so easy to be an expert special forces operative.
And the hack anything from anywhere with your movie laptop theme is equally annoying.
But what shook my head the most was the standoff with the guards and running away in the open field.
Might be overcriticle, but I remember just shaking my head. I guess I was never crazy about Skye's character to begin with and show is basically centered on her.

Agreed. She is the worst character on the show. At least after the Ward double cross, which made his Straightjaw character a whole lot more interesting. Skye is everything wrong wth modern television.
 

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