Luke Owen reviews the fourth episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D…
After a pretty above-average third episode, it seemed as though Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was starting to find its feet in producing a show that was at least watchable. Episode 4 ‘Eye-Spy’ however returns us back to what made the show grating to begin with – lame characters interacting with a sub-standard story in a lazy fashion.
As a show, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. treats its audience with a real massive level of disrespect and distain to the point where it feels like it has forgotten TV is a visual medium. On more than one occassion, they show something visually but then feel the need to explain to the audience what’s happening through dialogue as if they’re too stupid to follow along. There is a theory within the medium that you should always write for the lowest common denominator, but even the densest of country bumpkins can work out that the van the camera is looking at is the one with the Agents are in without Fitz explaining it.
Luke Owen is one of Flickering Myth’s co-editors and the host of the Flickering Myth Podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @LukeWritesStuff.