Amph Agents of SHIELD Discussion Thread (and Slingshot)

I'm really enjoying this season of Agents of SHIELD and I'm not missing Ward at all.

Ghostrider has definitely made a difference on the show. I just wish he kept the chain. Robbie could have wrapped the chain around his shoulder. I feel Ghostrider will make it until the mid-season finale.

I didn't think Ghostrider could break out the containment cell. I thought it was strong enough to prevent the Hulk from busting out. Robbie's little brother is annoying me after the last episode. You'd think he would have his brother's back despite being an agent for vengeance. They're family. I don't like that aspect of the story, but I'm sure it's the typical trope drama just to have them see eye-to-eye. That tiresome.

As for Daisy, I hope they're done with the solo act. I like the show better when she's working with the team.

 

Robbie's brother is upset because he didn't want him to sell his soul to become a demon, much less kill people. Not every family member would be cool with that. Hell, look at Anakin and Padme Skywalker.

 

It always seemed like November and February were Sweeps Months, yet this program has next to no episodes this November. Has network thinking changed?

 

They got a big cliffhanger-y Sweeps episode in right at the start, but I think the show's either ending this year or going one more year max so it didn't really matter.

 

Yeah I didn't know we had to wait this long, guess election and magic specials got in the way. But at least when it comes back they seem to be airing it in straight chunks.

The announcement of a Inhumans TV show I think may signal ABC is looking for different Marvel programming but Inhumans is only an 8 episode mini series. However, the integration of AoS continuity to the Inhumans show may be easier now than if Inhumans was a film.

As for this season, more Ghost Rider doing Ghost Rider stuff is always good and his origin story was really well done because we got the OG Ghost Rider running around too. I don't think Quake and GR will officially be Agents of SHIELD but more independent contractors. And I'm still holding out hope that Ghost Rider somehow is involved in dragging Ward's soul from Hell or something.

 

I do wonder if season 5 of AoS, assuming it happens at all, will end up being a shortened season instead, say 13 or so episodes.

 

I'll be very surprised if AoS gets another season, honestly think at best it's going to spinoff/lead into Inhumans with maybe Daisy being the audience pov character for it.

 

Well, ABC did scrap Marvel's Most Wanted so I don't think ABC is too keen on having multiple Marvel shows in their line up. But they're perfectly fine with having multiple Shonda Rhimes shows..... I could see ABC deciding to shorten episode orders for AoS to 10 or 13 episodes for future seasons if they should choose, but AoS ending around Infinity War would be a good bookend for the series like you mentioned.

AoS ending may also be the best way to incorporate events from the show into the MCU as a whole now given how it's been noted how the development process between the two media types differ. The vagueness in the movies that refer to more and more enhanced people in the world could lend itself well enough if/when Inhuman characters show up in the MCU.

 

As noted, ABC cancelled MMW because of a change at the network. So it is likely that "Inhumans" comes in as a mini and might lead to more shows.

 

AoS has always done well with viewership in DVR numbers since season 1, often times doubling it in the seven days. The last week of October for instance had an increase in viewership of about 110% in the +7 category. I know you've mentioned this before, as I have as well.

 

the plot disconnect between Agents of SHIELD and the movie side of the MCU is getting a bit bigger with every movie and every season. Like I can buy that SHIELD is out in the public again because post-Civil War all we've had is Doctor Strange and May is Guardians (end of the season) which is set in outer space. But with Spider-Man: Homecoming you'd figured a powered high schooler in an urban area would be right up SHIELD's alley (to toss into a containment unit and have Coulson and or Mack chew him out). Heck, I'm already doing mental gymnastics as to how Killgrave completely got past them. so while everything is connected, like in the comics, sometimes things start to stretch plausibility to "why don't they call The Avengers" / "why don't they call SHIELD since they're literally having the director on TV talking about how he's an Inhuman" Like I think a good series ender would be SHIELD gets disassembled again but, final post-credits scene, Coulson and Co. meet up with Nick Fury for a nebulous undercover important "out there" operation.

 

I also feel like AoS has this huge disconnect with the movies in its overall mood and feel, with the movies being rather light and cheerful and AoS being much more dark and grim.

 

They stretched the character Ward as far as was feasible (questionably) and now hopefully that is that for "Ward"

 

Both AoS and the Netflix shows feel distinctly different from the movies.

 

Separating itself from the plots of the movies was the best thing AoS ever did after the Hydra twist ran its course. Season 1's desperation of riding the coat tails of the films got old in a hurry (pre-Hydra twist anyway). I like how it is now where events of the films aren't necessarily focused on in a major way.

By the way, Kilgrave is like the easiest one to explain away. Any SHIELD agent he encounters is just told "you never saw me". The end

 

There is an odd feeling that maybe it went down like "holy Hell, we have all of this Black Bolt Inhumans stuff in Infinity War but we kicked the movie to the curb." "Uh, the TV guys are doing Inhumans." "Great, quickie mini-series, chop chop!"

 

I just want to see Lockjaw.

 

Oh my god I never thought I'd live to see Ghost Rider Mack on a motorcycle with an axe shotgun wtf is happening omg I'm turning into a 13 year old Tumblr fangirl teehee

 

So, giving AIDA the Darkhold... do you want Ultron? Because I'm pretty sure this is how you get Ultron...