It makes you wonder if Buffy aired on Fox/ABC/NBC/CBS today, if it would have survived past its first season and go on for another 6 seasons after that.
This is still your basic Whedon-paced show with similar well-worn Whedon storytelling tropes, with the big bad simmering under the viewers' noses, and then the past 3-4 episodes have paid big dividends in how the Scoobies have reacted to such a betrayal. But I'm pleasantly surprised because the...
No ratings bump with the tie-in the Captain America 2 film for this week's episode.
http://www.newsarama.com/20801-no-winter-soldier-ratings-bump-for-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-maria-hill-to-return-apr-29.html
I never got the early buzz for this show, and the pilot failed to light a fire under me. Will give it a few episodes, but I just can't quite get into it yet.
I have no major pre-conceptions about this show, at all. Avoided most of the promo stuff, with the exception of some of the commercials for it. So, I hope it'll be entertaining and not just genre fare.