Board Thread:Television/@comment-1713281-20131004113215/@comment-1713281-20150201042733

Jessanna Stansu wrote: I don't see why Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. had so much hate before and is still getting a little dislike.

Honestly, until the end of Season 1, I really didn't feel like AoS could stand on its own. The characters and storylines were pretty weak. Sure, they kinda winked and nodded at the audience with references to the movies, or cameos with support characters like Sif, but otherwise it was a fairly standard (or maybe even lackluster) action TV series with a Marvel Comics drizzle on top. It was just a bit of a bore.

I personally feel like that was a two-fold problem. On top of the usual pitfalls most series face during a first season, it's also a consequence of having to wait for the Hydra reveal in the plot of The Winter Soldier, which really seemed to put the long-term story for AoS on hold. However, since SHIELD broke up, the AoS crew is no longer restricted to just SHIELD business, and has had a chance to explore their own plot lines, introduce new facets to the universe's storylines, and develop the casts as actual characters instead of just "agents".