TV of the Week: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season 5 – Episodes 1 and 2

When Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was first announced as an expansion on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I was doubtful that it would work, and they proved me right during the first half of the first season. However, I was eating humble pie when it returned after the mid-season break, when it suddenly escalated in quality and intelligently crossed over with the films, specifically at the time Captain America – The Winter Soldier, the downfall of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the TV series. The subsequent seasons focused on rebuilding the organisation with Colson as the director, and the introduction and development of a new element within the Cinematic Universe, the Inhumans.

Each season after the mid-season break of season 1 has only but increasing in quality, and now it’s a show that I cannot afford to miss. All the characters have developed massively, and dealt with incredible challenges, but none as massive and complex as in season 5. They discover they’re in the future, after the world had been obliterated by Quake. This storyline can be placed in a separate timeline altogether, when the Avengers lost the to Thanos in Infinity War – however, more details will come together and that speculation may change as we learn with the characters.

The moment when I saw that this show is only but getting better and better is when Daisy and Mae both went out into space to get an idea of what’s going on, and saw the ruined world, completely and utterly destroyed, with only but chunks remaining. That was truly a jaw dropping moment, and one that I wasn’t expecting in the slightest.

It’s understandable if you’ve quit watching the show either at the mid-season break of before, because it was dreadful. However, I do highly recommend picking up where it restarting and following the show from there, and if you can, catch up.

There are a couple of storylines that need resolving, either in this series on the next, but the one that stands above the rest apart from the main and that’s the deal Colson made with the Ghost Rider at the very end of Season 4. It will be interesting to learn what exactly that deal is, and how it affects Colson and the team as a whole, and what it means going forward.

I will be glued to the TV when each episode comes around, because I don’t want to miss an episode during this season, especially now considering that the big event is looming around the corner, Infinity War. This is what all the films have been building towards – with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. playing a closer role than any other TV show set in the same universe, it’ll be interesting how they crossover as subtly as they have in the past.

Thanks for reading

Antony Hudson

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