Yup.

Watching that pilot, I felt exactly what I felt 12 years ago when Smallville debuted : somewhat mediocre, but it should last a while on the CW.

Eh, that's classic Chris Chibnall. The guy doesn't really know
what "subtlety" means, whether in Torchwood, Who, Camelot or Broadchurch
: what's probably intended as "shades of grey/subtle characterization"
ends up feeling like "broad caricatures of unlikeable people", which is kind of counter-productive, especially…

Had they gone with a stronger lead actress, it might have survived
longer than it did. Shit, can you imagine what someone like Tatiana
Maslany could have done with Echo as a character?

That and the fact that he's constantly playing with his lighter.

I'm of two mind on the werewolf front : on one hand, John Logan can be pretty heavy-handed/unsubtle at times, and it could very well be that Chandler is simply a werewolf, and that all the obvious clues we've had so far are just that : obvious clues.

"Take for example the whole Frankestein storyline, if you think about it
what does it really have to do with the rest of the show?"

Despite the obvious, predictable, uninspired writing and the numerous usual flaws, both episodes managed to survive on Emma & Hook's chemistry. However, it was still a fanservice-heavy finale that relied mostly on shippy stuff, didn't always make sense, and, in the end, went right back into the status quo of Emma vs…

It was, indeed.

Even more hilarious was the fact that his french was just as good, if not better than Jane Levy's. :p

Eh… I don't know. To teach him a lesson ? If in a future episode, we see Ward going to Garrett, and lying about the dog's death, Garrett will probably be pissed off, and explain to him that if Ward doesn't get rid of his weaknesses, Garrett is gonna do it for him, and it won't be pretty (ie if Ward ends up not taking…

Oh, man, the core values of the show are so whacky it's hilarious to watch :
- the skeptical soldier is, of course, wrong for being skeptical.
- the god-fearing, superstitious, hypocritical puritans who torture, humiliate and kill are, of course, justified in doing so, since everything they're afraid of is real, and…

"This show has to solve the mystery of Coulson’s resurrection by the end of the season, because there’s still the off chance that it’s not getting picked up and fans are going to be pissed if that thread is left dangling"

A close up of distraught Ward on the plane, head down, while we barely hear
the muffled voice of Garrett droning about in the background ; Garrett's voice slowly fades out before Ward looks up decisively. Plus at some point a vague close up shot of Hand's hand + strand of hair with some blood.

Eh. I expected more from Juge, to be honest. Mostly because Betas is the exact same show, only with less money, but a more likeable cast (imo), and thus I've already seen most of what's probably in store for this SV team of geeks, with the first season of Amazon's show.

"sad to see the show go, but also pleased that it left before it ever got to be truly horrible and/or a shadow of its former self" Too late for that, as far as I'm concerned.

There's absolutely no mention of the Clairvoyant in CA:TWS.

Yesterday, I went to see Cap Am 2 in theaters (European, here) with a friend of mine. The kind of friend who likes everything he watches, and can find positives in even the worst movie or tv show ever. The guy has no critical mind at all, he doesn't really read reviews on the web, he doesn't really take part in any…

Nope. There's absolutely no Agents of Shield reference in Cap Am 2.

IIRC, the monologue isn't written per se, aside from bullet points on the prompter to list the topics, and sometimes a couple of jokes Craig thought ahead of time/points he specifically wants to mention. Same goes for the banter w/Geoff : Josh is in the writer's room when they bullet point it, so he knows what Craig…