If the plane on "
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." went down with the loss of all souls aboard, I would not care. In fact, I would welcome it.
Unfortunately it's hard to see how any measures short of a total reboot could get this adventure drama to straighten up and fly right.
The "S.H.I.E.L.D." pilot was a competent and energetic opening gambit, and my hopes for the show were high. But perhaps that's why my Hulk rage has been inflamed by the shortcomings of the show, which thus far appears to be an infomercial for the interior of Agent Phil Coulson's increasingly claustrophobic plane. I tune in each week wanting to love it, but it comes up woefully short in all of the areas that matter.
Seven episodes in, I care not a whit for any of the characters. Shockingly for a drama with which Joss Whedon is involved (he's one of several executive producers), I don't care
at allabout the relationships between the characters. The stakes for the individuals, for various character pairings and for the team as a whole, don't add up to much. And thus I must conclude that, as is so often the case with J.J. Abrams dramas, Joss Whedon has only passing familiarity with what is transpiring on this show because he is off making movies.
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