About the character/development comments - I only half agree. I think the characters have potential for development, but haven't been directed properly or are just poor acting.

The Cavalry is just terrible acting - which is weird since I though the actress did OK in SG-U, might be they just casted the wrong actor - but could have been a compelling story to tell (great field agent despit already having the other field agent dude, PTSD, strong female, Coulsen's lieutenant).

I felt the same with Ward in the first two episodes, but he's been developing into his role (both his character, and the actor) and it'd be nice to see him develop as the prime Coulson protegee (although they seem to be setting Skye as that).

FitzSimmons pair are kinda cliche, but it's nice they broke the "scientist" role into two separate characters. Also am I the only one who thinks the female scientist is hotter than Skye (hard to fully tell though since she's in rags most of the time).

Clearly though Coulson carries this show, and I don't think it would be very bearable with out him involved.

You are probably the only one that thinks that chick is hotter than sky. But just to be fair, I hope we get a scene with her in her undies

I agree that without Coulson, I doubt I would watch.

Also, I have trouble understanding FitzSimmons. And I lived in England for a year...

Some of the characters have grown some, like Skye and Ward specifically. The Calvary also has grown since the first episode. She has been engaging more with the team slowly and gotten more involved.

http://latino-review.com/2013/10/exclusive-saffron-burrows-cast-agent-victoria-hand-marvels-agents-shield/

Also this bit of news

This show is terrible yet I'm still watching, which I chalk up to the fact that Coulson is so likable, and Skye is so hot.

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Also, I have trouble understanding FitzSimmons.

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Cant understand a word that either says.

Yep, lets bring in a new agent before we develop all the current cast.

Showing the pilot tonight? Why?

Not sure, maybe they want to drum up new interest? Don't want to fight the world series?

Holding out on an episode to coincide with Thor next week?

The World Series takes a day off to switch locations back to Boston. No baseball tonight.

Last nights episode seemed like it had been done before. They are just getting lazy.

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Last nights episode seemed like it had been done before. They are just getting lazy.

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Nice attempt at sarcasm.

Glad they replayed the pilot as I had not yet watched this series...will give it a shot in the rotation.

It wasn't a nice attempt at sarcasm. It was a lame attempt at humor.

What's everyone's opinion so far? Generally speaking just about the only aspect of the show I like is Coulson. It probably doesn't help that I watch this right after Homeland and Walking Dead, but it just seems like a mediocre-to-poor show.

I'm in the minority but I like the show.

You found a show worse than TWD?!? [/TAs]

The show needs to quickly introduce us properly to a main bad guy: an "Anti-SHIELD", as it where. This group that has been f-ing with the Extremis project has potential, but they need to just go ahead and officially call themselves A.I.M.

I mean, Iron Man 3 handed this show a company full of brilliant scientists who do nefarious things for money and power. With their leader, Aldrich Killian, dead...they need to bring up a new head honcho who will pick up where Killian left off and start trying to gather together super-powered people to try and create an army.

AIM doesn't even need to be some underground secret society like HYDRA: make them a huge corporation with legitimate business dealings who SHIELD knows is dirty....but just can't nail them for anything. Didn't Fringe have something like this?

This show NEEDS a face of evil with an overarching story. Without it, it'll just be another "super villain of the week" show and I'll tune out.

The problem is the villains arent super villains. Just crappy guys taking advantage of others.

Well, the heroes on the show aren't super heroes, either.

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touché

With the Marvel movies going outer space/supernatural with the bad guys, how could this show tie in a human organization? What I mean is, what can the show do to set up something for a future movie that either the Avengers or one of the super heroes individually has to deal with?

That is the question, nothing they have shown has given us anything that is close to danger for America or SHIELD or the Earth,just the fear that it may lead to something bad that we wont show you.

Most unrealistic character in the show so far: the world's greatest hacker who's built like a male fitness model.

Was waiting to get caught up till I chimed in, but as a whole I'm enjoying the show. It's not stellar but it's good popcorn tv and I enjoy the random Marvel bits.

Agreed that the character development isn't quite there yet, but I feel like there's some more character backstories waiting to be revealed as well. I think the last episode with Scorch pretty clearly alluded to the idea of a larger enemy looming, Whedon shows can sometimes take a bit to get going (i.e. Dollhouse) so I've got high hopes. We'll see...

Dollhouse died with 2 seasons.

Maybe his formula isnt perfect.

Firefly didn't make it one season, and most agree it was his best

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And we only got one glance at the "hands of blue" villains that were suppose to be the shows villains.

I will agree that the main villain needs to be outed soon enough.

Also, the show doesn't need to be dealing with world-ending or earth shattering villains since it has the Avengers and Fantastic 4, etc. They just need the sort of powerful but not super powerful villain that isn't worth the big boys' time.

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One of the biggest annoying things for me was this in Firefly. I know Joss didn't think they'd get cancelled before season 2 but they could have brought these guys up at least twice.

Judging when a show got cancelled as your basis for success, particularly a show on Fox, is some seriously flawed reasoning.

Dollhouse actually got really interesting towards the end, you could tell they were rushed to fit everything into the last few episodes but the show really started to come into it's own in the second season (and I'd say about halfway through the first it got pretty darn good).

If only they fit a Dexter S1 timeline.

Starting out with a WTF occurrence, and dealing with other weird things like Scorch along the way until the hunter becomes the hunted.

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One could argue Buffy was his most successful. Seven seasons with a spinoff that has 5 seasons.

Firefly and Serenity are legit, but didn't get a chance to really get going.

IMO, Buffy > Firefly

So an episode airing two weeks after Thor the Dark World will directly tie into the movie in that they will be dealing with the after effects.

From IGN

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The network description reads, "In the aftermath of the events chronicled in the feature film Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World, Coulson and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. pick up the pieces–one of which threatens to destroy a member of the team.”

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Great, now I'll have to keep these episodes on dvr until I can go watch Thor.

Good episode, I enjoyed it.