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Agents of SHIELD: "F.Z.Z.T." Review
Nov 6th 2013, 04:32, by Eric Goldman

Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.

In the two weeks since the last new episode aired, I think I've read at least four different "Ways Marvel's Agents of SHIELD could improve" pieces. And while I agree that the show certainly has room for improvement, I don't think the situation is nearly as dire as others seem to – This is a fun series that is working some notable kinks out, but the past couple of episodes have me hopeful we're on the right track.

That continued in "F.Z.Z.T.", which was a pretty focused episode and certainly the most emotional one yet, as far as the core cast is concerned. This show is still way too into evoking the Avengers when it can and I was concerned when it turned out a Chitauri helmet was key to the story – This show has to stop feeling so limited by continually returning to things established in the previous Marvel movies, rather than introducing more of its own elements. The Marvel Universe is so huge. Couldn't the virus here have come from something we haven't seen before? Thankfully though, the MacGuffin that was the Chitauri helmet was used to launch a much more interesting storyline than this appeared to be at a glance.

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