With great power comes ... a ton of weird crap that you are not ready to deal with.
"Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D" is an ABC show created by the always brilliant Joss Whedon and is based on the Marvel franchise (comics and movies featuring Thor, the Avengers, Iron Man, etc). "SHIELD" picks up right after the "Battle of New York" in "The Avengers" movie. A team is assembled by Agent Phil Coulson to fight various unknown baddies. SHIELD stands for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (who knew). In the pilot episode the team encounters a man (Mike Peterson) who has superhuman powers due to Extremis (which we learned about in "Iron Man"). We don't know who make him superhuman. We do know his powers are unstable and he could explode at any time. Mike is incapacitated by a magic bullet so he will live to see another day.
Per Wikipedia the SHIELD team includes:
- Agent Phil Coulson- if you thought he was dead at the end of " The Avengers" you would be wrong.
- Agent Melinda May: An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. who is an ace pilot and weapons expert.
- Agent Grant Ward: An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. who is a black ops specialist. He is a gruff, asocial manly man in his early 30s who is great at his job but not so great at getting along with his coworkers. Ward has a strong moral foundation and is not without his charm.
- Skye: A civilian new recruit and computer hacker, described as "bubbly and goofy" but "also warm, edgy and witty." She can more than hold her own in any situation. Skye is obsessed with superheroes.
- Agent Leo Fitz: An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. who specializes in weapons technology.
- Agent Jemma Simmons: An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. who specializes in life sciences (both human and alien) and is the close partner of Agent Leo Fitz.
Grade: 4 Monsters (out of 5). It was a little slow in places but I enjoyed the show much more than the premiere of "The Blacklist".
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