Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents of SHIELD - S02E14 - "Love in the Time of Hydra"

[Doppelganger]

This NuSHIELD subplot is a perfect example of why longer seasons can hurt a TV show.

Shorter TV seasons are better for stories like this.

And how exactly has that plot "hurt" the show?

 

[TheVileOne]

And how exactly has that plot "hurt" the show?

NuSHIELD.

 

[Mike Murdock]

The question was "how has NuSHIELD hurt the show?"

Particularly since it's basically just been one episode. Hard to judge it just based on that.

 

[metaphysician]

It takes time away from the more interesting Inhumans plot, I suppose? I'm not hugely bothered, so long as the show doesn't try to convince me that NuSHIELD aren't hypocritical *******s or some such.

 

[iambranded]

The question was "how has NuSHIELD hurt the show?"

Particularly since it's basically just been one episode. Hard to judge it just based on that.

I agree.....you cant judge it based on one episode and the build up leading to it.....
I mean someone on this forum said it was necessary to have a split with in SHIELD since so many people think that Fury is dead and some people think Coulson is dead also...so i guess it make sense...
I'd like this wrapped up quickly because there's to many loose threads around like Grant Ward and his intentions.....Graviton?
Is the Centipede program dead? - Deathlok? -

 

[Mike Murdock]

It takes time away from the more interesting Inhumans plot, I suppose? I'm not hugely bothered, so long as the show doesn't try to convince me that NuSHIELD aren't hypocritical *******s or some such.

I don't think this plot took time away from the Inhumans plot, I think the Ward/Agent 33 plot did. But sometimes this kind of pacing is a good idea. We're building suspense because we get a week off for things to percolate (plus, Skye hadn't quite caught up to where everything else Inhuman-wise had gone).

 

[HFK]

I think a season should be 52 weeks straight.

 

[Seb]

I think a season should be 52 weeks straight.

On the one hand, if they could pull it off I'd be 100% on board. However, sadly, I think that it takes more than a week to make an episode, so the quality would nose-dive (also no-one would get time off, so the actors and writers would burn out badly. Also the crew, but I think that the crew could be bolstered to allay that.)

 

[Seb]

I think she'll end up being a triple agent. I think her orders might be coming from Fury and she'll end up being on Coulson's side all along... even if he didn't know it.

I think it is more likely that she'll just switch sides due to nuSHIELD doing something she doesn't agree with or in some other way showing themselves to be hypocritical a**hats. I dunno if I want this to be resolved with 'she was on our side all along.' It's kinda already been done with May last season.

 

[David_99]

I think in the end it will bring FitzSimmons back together as their new BFFs have become untrustworthy and they will be left with only each other.

Also, just think; this could mean Coulson SHIELD inherits an aircraft carrier for Season 3!