'Agents of SHIELD' Review of S1 Ep 7, 'The Hub' and The Series So Far

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'Agents of SHIELD' Review of S1 Ep 7, 'The Hub' and She Series So Far

In this episode of Agents of SHIELD, we watch Ward and Fitz bond, sort of.  We watch Coulson coming to grips with a few angles of his own, and Skye and Simmons sort of go rogue, sort of.  Oh, and we get to see SHIELD's super secret facility called The Hub.

The theme is that SHIELD agents are told to trust the system, while it's obvious that they actually can't.

And yet one more time producer Mutant Enemy and distributor ABC continue to show that they have no faith in the intelligence of their viewers as they make THREE new reminders to the viewers about Coulson's mystery.

This lack of faith about Coulson's mystery MUST be an overall directive to creative teams.

This ep was written by Rafe Judkins and Lauren LeFrance.  Not any of the Whedon clan, but folks who have cut their teeth on shows like Chuck and Hemlock Grove.

In 7 episodes, we've seen content from 11 different writers.

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The episode opens to what looks like Agent Coulson being led in handcuffs to an intelligence questioning.  But rather it's an extraction of a deep undercover agent in whatever organization that's located under a layer of ice.

The agent had intel for SHIELD that they took to "The Hub" of SHIELD, a centralized center for the org.

Turns out they need to go after a new item, a doomsday like device called the Overkill Weapon and only two agents are needed.  Ward and Fitz.  No one is fully confident that Fitz is truly right for the mission, but they have to trust the decisions of the Hub.

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We had YET ONE MORE reference to Tahiti and it being a magical place.  But this time Coulson stutters while saying it. 

While Ward and Fitz are gone, Skye is acting like an annoying, nosy little girl trying to find out what the "top secret" mission their friends went on.   It's a level 8 mission, well above their pay grade, but people always

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Despite the craziness of the mission, I'd swear Fitz and Ward are bonding.

Coulson seems to be having reservations of withholding some kind of information from the team.

Then there's the raging stupidity of Skye having convinced Simmons to break into the SHIELD network for her and also stun-gunning another agent.

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Trust the system and some great interaction between several of the characters led this episode down a path of more secrets.

The mission itself that Ward and Fitz went on felt like filler, and weak filler at that, considering the ramifications of this device they're looking to snag.  You'd think something this important would involve so much more detail.

We now have more details on the mystery of Skye's mother (A SHIELD agent?), and that Coulson does not have access to exfil records of one SHIELD agent from Tahiti.

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This latest episode felt like another mix of desperate and good story telling.  The communications between the characters is icing on a cake that has yet to be made.  The situations and actions being executed in the stories are seeming to deteriorate.

The opening sequence felt slapped together and vague.  It was like some kids in 6th grade ran out to the sandbox and started to pretend play.

And the "overkill weapon?"  Seriously?  That's the name they came up with?

We hear about the magical place of Tahiti, and Skye, in questioning his state of mind, says he isn't acting like himself, but rather,

"A robot version of himself."

And a third reference later on about recovering.

YES ABC, MARVEL TV, your fans are complete morons and can't remember about the mystery in the background of the show from week to week.

Their complete lack of faith in their viewers is discouraging and I would not be surprised if that alone was a part of viewers leaving and not coming back.  It's akin to laugh tracks that 'tell' viewers when something is supposed to be funny or when you're supposed to laugh.

Folks I know are slowly signing off on the show and leaving.  They'd rather watch anything else but Marvel's Agents of SHIELD.

This is supposed to be a Whedon clan production and the inconsistencies and blatant spoon feeding (boxed outline writing) is getting embarrassing.

But at least next week, the show might get an influx of viewers while marketing the new Thor movie, the true purpose of the show.  Next week the team deals with an artifact from Asgard or something relating to things or places that took place in Thor: The Dark World.

I watch the show because it's Marvel and it's from the genre and universe I enjoy.  I keep hoping for more references of our favorite heroes, or even hints at new ones.  But instead, we seem to be getting filler content until they hit a certain point in time to market their movies.

I'm not enthused and if this keeps up, I may not return to the series next season, if I last that long.  I can just read about the repeated clues dropped each week.

Then again, if they tell us what's up with Coulson, which many think he's an LMD, (Life Model Decoy), the what will they dole out every week to us?

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As it stands, this latest episode of Agents of SHIELD was almost a chunk of time I'll never get back.


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