(Hammer)Time to go
(This review contains
spoilers!)
I’m just gonna cut right to the chase
here: I thought this episode was terrible. Like, full blown awful. The whole
story about collecting gravitonium wasn’t really interesting, the character
dialogue was pretty cringey, and the subplot with the return of Werner Von
Strucker was just plain sad. I’m not even sure what purpose he and Dove
Cameron’s character serve in this season aside from being a new Hydra or
Watchdogs that Team S.H.I.E.L.D can fight their way through while trying to
complete an objective as well as a way to tie up any loose ends the show has
left hanging.
So today instead of recapping the
episode and talking about a few specific things I did or didn’t like, I’ll
instead be talking about why I think it’s time for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D to hang up its lanyard and join Agent Carter on the big broadcast
network in the sky.
I am proud to say that I have never
missed an episode of S.H.I.E.L.D. The
show has had its ups and downs over the years, but I have always been there to
see what Coulson and crew were up to next. I remember that when the show was at
its best I would literally count down the days until the next episode would be
on. I adore this show.
But with the announcement that the
writing staff are going to be deliberately designing the season finale as a
potential stopping point for the series, I think it’d be in their best
interests to leave the show there. I have a few reasons for this.
First of all, the MCU has changed
dramatically since Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D premiered
back in 2013. Initially designed to tie in with the epic shakeups to the Marvel
world brought in by Captain America: The
Winter Soldier, once Hydra had finally been removed from the fold once and
for all this show was kinda left as a rebel without a cause. Season 4 was quick
to solve this problem by bringing in three separate storylines that capitalized
on the fun and adventurous parts of S.H.I.E.L.D,
but after what I can only assume to be a dramatic budget slash Season 5 has
been little more than talking in dull grey hallways with barely any fun to
speak of.
Why not end a show based on an
organization that has barely even been mentioned in the MCU movies since Phase
3 started and replace it with something that ties in closer with the films that
seem to be getting more and more successful with each passing release? Why not
have a show set in one of the wilder parts of the Marvel Cosmic Universe or in
Wakanda or somewhere we can’t see anywhere else but in a Marvel property? Just
because Inhumans stank like a rotten
egg on a summer’s day doesn’t mean that a Marvel galactic-themed show can’t
work with a different creative team.
Plus with Infinity War and its sequel next year the MCU as a whole will be
changing dramatically, and that means having to let go of some of the stuff
from the past. I think S.H.I.E.L.D will
fit comfortably being remembered as the MCU’s first and most popular TV show in
a pre-Infinity War world.
And that leads me to my last point:
this season has been so disappointing that I’d rather see one of my favourite
shows go out with some dignity left than have another season twist the knife
even harder. I want to remember S.H.I.E.L.D
as a show that had our heroes fighting Ghost Rider, evil Inhumans and Grant
Ward, not a show where they stand talking in a hallway with no discernible end goal
in mind.
So, yeah, that’s my thoughts on why a
show I love so dearly should end. This episode was crap, and I’ll see you next
week.
FINAL SCORE
2/10
Awful
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