Agents of Shield - Joss Whedon, Marvel, and ABC

Good news, everybody!

It’s been renewed for a seventh season, even before Season 6 airs. I’d say that’s a solid vote of confidence in the quality of the upcoming season. That, or Disney wants more content for its upcoming streaming service. Pourqoi pas les deux?

Finally getting to watch season 5 on Netflix. God, I forgot how awesome this show can be. About 7 or 8 eps in and it’s amazing. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the earlier seasons so I’m not getting all the callbacks but wow!

This is one of those rare series that just got better each and every season. The last two seasons in particular have been fantastic.

This couldn’t possibly be more accurate to my own experience. I’m actually looking forward to a full second viewing/binge but I want to wait until the show wraps up first.

I agree with that. The Brett Dalton character arc is pretty amazing when you think about where it started and where it ended. I still remember the bitching and moaning in season one like it was yesterday. By the time he was done, I was super pissed he had to go!

One thing this show has done that few before it have, is introduce so many really cool characters that simply don’t exist anymore for various reasons but at one time were integral to the plot. Even better is that there are a handful hanging around out there that you just know you’ll see again and will make you so happy when you do, both heroes and villains and people somewhere in between.

Just a heads up AOS is back this Friday. Strap in because it looks bonkers!

I am so effing ready for this!

I’m so excited for this. AoS has been my favorite show every week since the back half of season 1. It just seems to get better and better every season.

Mmmm, can’t wait to get back into those bland, repetitive, generic sci-fi corridors! Is it their base? A spaceship? A government installation? The enemy compound? Does it matter?

Not really?

We’re back! And it’s bonkers!

It’s been bonkers for years now!

That’s a great return for the series. Edgy Gemma was pretty cool. Effects were high quality. Obviously something weird is going on with alter-Coulson but the teaser for next week seems to indicate maybe it’s really him somehow?

What really makes this show is the people on it. They’re all in on these characters. It really is smaller scale Marvel Cinematic Universe stuff and I love it.

Yes!

Yes!!

YESS!!!

I love this show so much, and every episode is just better than the one before it. It’s been my favorite show on TV for like 4 years now.

(I didn’t watch the teaser for next week, so I have no opinion about that bit)

2 episodes in, I’m kind of meh.

This might’ve jumped the shark.

Well, entertainment is subjective. Myself, I dont see any shark jumping here. It advances last season and what’s going on now is pretty consistent. I’ve liked it so far.

Really?! No way this jumped the shark. It’s still a damn spy show… in space, and across dimensions?! Enoch is awesome. I loved his responses to Fitz on Friday. Obviously there’s a lot more going on with Sarge/Coulson than we know right now.

Also, we know Deke will be back thanks to the season preview and he’s nowhere to be found yet. I have always thought this show was at its best when there are as many questions as answers and they do a really good job of giving us both each week. The show moves forward all the time in a way many serialized programs do not. Things happen on Agents of SHIELD and I love that.

Also… that May fight?! How can you not love this episode if only for that?!

Yeah, his face is in the logo, so I kind of wondered where he was…

Man, what a great freaking show, episode 2 knocking it out of the park and the season started really strong. I love both stories that are being told, and while they’ll merge soon enough I’m sure it’s been cool to have effectively two neat episodes of sci-fi comic book goodness to bounce between. I wish I’d saved this episode for next Friday to watch them back to back, though, in hindsight.

Ok Daisy and Gemma on acid in a casino?! Hilarious.

First one I’ve enjoyed a lot this season.

Probably because we had a Fitz and Enoch, Daisy and Gemma buddy movie, and not the Colson’s a bad guy plot line…