29 November 2015

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD S03E01 (ABC, 2013–)

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I've been enjoying The Flash and Arrow so much that I've totes forgot that this rival comic-book show is being broadcast at the same time.

Per this post's title, I did start watching this season opener and… I dunno. Meh. Meh enhanced humans meh super meh conspiracy meh Nick Fury meh meh meh. According to my viewing diary, I've watched the first fifteen minutes of this ep twice and I couldn't tell you the first goddamned thing about those lost thirty minutes of my life.

I think I can safely and responsibly say the cause of my apathy is that this show has been, despite the involvement of Joss “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Whedon, consistently underwhelming. Remove Clark Gregg's quippy Agent Coulson and this ensemble piece implodes without trace.

I'm almost tempted to wonder why I sat through the first two seasons of this show.

Almost tempted.