By Ken Parker
If you are a fan of Marvel's Agents
of SHIELD then you know the brief rocky history it has. Most
people would agree that the show did not impress right away. The
show failed to live up to Joss Whedon's normal standard (Firefly,
Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and certainly didn't live up to the
Marvel Avengers universe level. The show was sub par with most
everything under achieving from writing, effects, character
development and so on.
Now the show was not garbage but a lot
of people online state that they gave up after a few episodes. Most
people have also heard that April 8 was the turning point for the
series with “Turn, Turn, Turn” The show's plot led directly from
the happenings of Captain America Winter Soldier and dealt
with the Hydra uprising. This basically took the bland feel of the
show and jumbled it up. For the next few weeks the stories were
frantic, suspenseful and exciting. Taking our SHIELD agents out of
their comfort zone was the best thing for them. It showed more
emotion and character, especially for Agent Ward.
The show had been slowly improving
before this episode but this was the moment that really made the
first half of the season worth the wait. So what about season 2?
Well, I would expect this change of story structure will continue to
help the show. Fans will tune in to see if the series can keep the
sustained quality. New viewers might have heard of the turn around
for the show and start watching it for the first time or resume
again.
The first episode certainly has some
great action and the tension level of the Hydra and SHIELD situation
is front and center. The humor, which finally started to click in
the second half seems to be doing well. I would say that the passing
of time and introduction to new characters right in the middle of a
mission was a bit jarring but seemed to settle down toward the end.
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I will say that the ratings for this
series have been a bit odd. The show started with a 12 million
viewership but dropped to between 8-6 million until right before the
series really started to increase in quality. The “Turn, Turn,
Turn” episode was 5.37 million which ties it for the last of the
season. The show managed to increase slightly and stabilized in the
mid to high 5 millions. The season 2 premiere got a 5.98 so despite
all what was said about the show and how it has gotten better, the
ratings are still low. Of course the show does better with males
18-49 and this may be a more appealing number that the network looks
at.
Marvel is a cash cow and so I think the
series is safe for now so I wouldn't worry. Hopefully all those
people thinking about watching it will hop on board for season 2!
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