So three episodes in and the characters are finding their footing (and I can name three others as well as Coulson. I hope to have memorised the other two by the end of the series ;D), and the over-arching plot for the season is intriguing (this episode brings up the rather simple, but maybe important question; why can't Coulson disarm a handgun like he used to? If it used to be all muscle-memory for him to do it does that mean that he is not who he thinks he is?).
But..
Okay I know Joss Whedon's involvement in this is heavy (he co-wrote and directed the pilot after all), but it doesn't quite snap or pop like his other projects. There are moments (most of them Coulson's) when you can sense more clearly Whedon's influence, but it's not quite there..
Of course that's not to say I'm hating it. Far from it- it's the sort of "weekly event" I've been missing (despite a plethora of shows that have tried to fill the void) and I'm more engaged by it then I have been by Doctor Who in recent months (which, I'm hoping with Peter Capaldi at the Tardis helm will regain some of it's bite).
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