We are
well into the Fall TV season and there are some clear hits and some misses, but
where would you put Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D?
It’s not really a huge hit like ABC thought or hoped it would be, but
its ratings don’t necessarily make it a miss either. So why isn’t it the end-all, be-all of shows
that every nerd thought it would be?
Personally,
I enjoy the show, but it’s not exactly what I was expecting either. To me, it just doesn’t feel like a Joss
Whedon show, at all! The plot lines are fine, but there is no, let me say it
again, no character development. This is
the core issue with the show. Coulson is
my favorite character and even he’s not the same. I know there’s more to him than we know, but
I wonder sometimes, if Loki didn’t kill him in the Avengers, Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D would have been a different show.
I miss the old Coulson and I hope when we finally discover what is
different with him, that he can be more of his old self.
The other
characters are enjoyable sometimes, at best, but I haven’t connected with any one
of them. There’s just nothing there to
care about. We’re getting drips and
drabs of backstory for each of them, but I just don’t find myself caring like I
want to. It feels a bit forced and
that’s never happened to me with anything that has Joss Whedon attached to
it. Honestly, I loved all the characters
from Buffy and Serenity instantly. The cast
for both just worked and I believed in them.
Dollhouse took a few episodes, but I fell for them too. Why can’t I
connect with this group?
Maybe it’s
the actors? I just haven’t found one that
I look forward to seeing every week except for Clark Gregg! Maybe it’s the scripts? I mean Joss doesn’t
write them, his brother does and perhaps his voice just doesn’t resonate with
me the way Joss’s does. Maybe it’s the
lack of superheroes? Hmmm…
Bottom
line: I’m sticking with the show. This
past week’s episode was one of the better ones and not because it tied into “Thor:
the Dark World,” although I did appreciate the Fangirl gushing over the God of
Thunder and the nice tie-in of Thor being on Earth but off the grid. Jane Foster is a very lucky woman!
I hope
with the midseason break coming that Joss gets in there and reevaluates this
show. It has so much potential—and I
wish I could put a finger on what I truly want from it—I just know that the way
it currently is is just not enough.
What do
you think? Are you still watching or
have you thrown in the towel? Let me
know what you think below.
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