….That Time People Cared About Agents of SHIELD Again

This is monumental because this is something that hasn’t happened since the first episode….which was 16 episodes ago (once everyone realized Joss Whedon was only directing the first episode). Part of the newfound buzz is mainly thanks to it marginal tie-in to Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I wouldn’t have guess that movie would be such a resounding success all across the board, it’s curative powers would trickle down a show that has spend the better part of it’s opening season like a Dawson’s Creek character trying to find itself. This show was always something of an experiment from the start. It’s meant to be 50% a stand-alone series and 50% a supplemental Hype Machine powered by the latest addition to the Marvel Cineverse (Winter Soldier, Thor: The Dark World, Phil Coulson). The problem is that the second wave of Avengers related films, despite their success in the box office, were met with questionable results among the eight cylinder engine of fanboys that are a necessary Hype Machine all their own. Thor: The Dark World was immensely fun and entertaining, but after all that destruction of Nondescript Alien/God Stuff, it had a fiercely unmemorable villain (which is tragic considering how awesome Comic Malekith is) which just leaves the remnants of Nondescript Alien/God Stuff which isn’t the most interesting springboard to branch off into varying plotlines with. Even if you go with Phase One…is Phil Coulson an entertaining character? Sure. Were we sad to see him d…