Iain De Caestecker *CARRIED* that show. Fitz was one of the few (if not ONLY) characters that had great storyline every season. A lot of the characters in seasons 6 and 7 just became stoic.
Another highlight of the show : It's a great spy show with cool gadgets, surprising plot twists and clever mysteries. Combine that with superheroes and a parade of entertaining guest characters. The story arcs moved at lightning speed and episodes were never bogged down with filler.
Right? So who cares if its connected to marvel? It can totally stand on its own! It does not need the movies! Yes some of the episodes tie heavily into the movies, but they also create the next fase for the show. Im a fan of the movies and the show and i honestly dont need the show to be cannon, because its still a great show regardless
Another reason why AoS got renewed past season 5 was due to the unexpected flop of the Inhumans. ABC originally wanted to cancel AoS in order to move Inhumans into their time slot, but then the Inhumans premiered and was utter garbage and abc started freaking out like "Nevermind! We can't put this dumpster fire in one of our prime slots! Bring back that Agents show, the ratings were at least better than this." If Inhumans had been a success, I guarentee you, we would not have seen seasons 6 and 7 of S.H.I.E.L.D.
@@kennethsmith6367 Incorrect. The Inhumans debuted in September 2017; Agents Of Shield Season 5 debuted December 2017. So the timeframe the OP mentioned works. ABC could've planned for Inhumans to move into Shield's timeslot in 2018 (season 6), then dumped those plans into the same dumpster fire as The Inhumans.
The main reason I want the characters to return in the MCU is so that the people who never watched the show but keep parroting “SHIELD bad” will actually have to watch it and see what they missed.
A criminally underrated show Great cast Great characters Great relationships Awesome action and visuals Entertaining story full of smart surprising twists Intense emotions and... What else do you want?! btw thank you so much for making this video
tbh its my favorite show but action scenes are so shit. agents who are trained so well misses pistol shots in close range and aftet 1-2 bullets they decide to fight by fists especially agent may
The show itself just understands marvels DNA. Skye is an innocent kid like Peter parker and evolved into her own hero. May is the not smiling very serious character. Which is so difficult to pull off in live action. Look at brie larson I hate to hate but may did the serious badass better. Then you have fitzsimmons they are the science aspect of the marvel universe. Which is just so crucial to stan Lee formula using as much real life science as possible to make the world more grounded. Not to mention fitz has that whole mad scientist thing hank pym had WITH multiple personalities as well. Couldon himself is like a nick fury Steve rogers Peter parker hybrid. This show is not about any one big character. It just understands what marvels actual DNA of story telling is. But people will say its not cannon like it matters. Its writing is unparalleled. Daredevil is the best adaption series. Agents isn't based on a comic. But just like coulsons he was birthed somewhere unique outside of comics. Like Harley or x-23. The show itself is one of the coolest thing marvel and Disney ever did with original characters. People got mad when Barry Allen was savitar. Because he's a super old character. Daredevil season 2 ruined the hand. Or the new spiderman is too childish. Understand these aren't my criticisms. These characters are almost 100 years old. They are subject to so much disappointment. Where as shield had true freedom to the point where they ignored the snap. And they were right too!
I'd say the show can very much be considered canon/part of the Sacred Timeline up until season 5, where the timeline diverges. Of course, there's the alternate future 2091 where the planet is destroyed by Graviton, which obviously didn't happen because Infinity War happened. Here's where the timeline splits. Seasons 6 and 7 don't address the snap at all, which means to me that the Avengers defeated Thanos in that timeline (by Wanda destroying the Mind Stone, and this timeline being split by Thanos' use of the Time Stone), in addition to Daisy defeating Graviton. This creates a new timeline, separate from the alternate future Earth, and the "Sacred Timeline."
Arguably there are things in seasons 3 and 4 that are big enough to warrant a mention in the movie timeline, but yes, end of S4/beginning of S5 is when it obviously becomes Not This World. Which isn't to say that seasons 5-7 are bad, they just aren't part of the movie storyline anymore.
I agree with everything you said in this video. I have been a devoted fan of this show since the first time I saw an advertisement for the PILOT. I watched it faithfully, live, every single week for all seven years, and I cannot for the life of me understand why so much of the broader MCU treats this show like the ugly stepchild. The characters were fantastic, the storytelling was bold and enthralling, the acting was top tier, the fight scenes were awesome, the music, and editing, and special effects were all lightyears ahead of any other marvel shows. How Iain DeCaestecker somehow managed to end his tenor on this show WITHOUT an Emmy is just a personal affront to all the acting gods. I love this show so much, and I will always recommend it to everyone. When the show was airing, it was frustrating to see how little respect it got from the MCU. Originally, we all thought that there would be this two-way street between the Marvel television universe and the theatrical universe, but after season one, it became very clear that that street was more of a one-way street than a two-way. AoS tried to keep the ties between itself and the greater MCU strong by including the helicarrier story in season 2, but after that, it felt like they just kind of stopped trying to tie in to the movies. And honestly, I was all for that. The movies had every opportunity to acknowledge what was going on in the show, and they refused to do it. So as far as I'm concerned, when AoS stopped extending the olive branch and just committed to telling their OWN stories I really feel like we got some of the stongest arcs of the whole series, like the Framework storyline and time travel stuff. It was just such a good show.
Honestly seasons 5-6-7 were weaker than the rest. It was original and outside of mcu storytelling but was weaker than seasons 1/2/3/4, specially 4. And i think AoS dont get any highligts because kevin feige and his marvel division doesnt want give any spot to marvel television division products, they give room to daredevil and kingpin because they are very famous but AoS isnt in the same level of importance (eventhough AoS being a greater show then daredevil)
This show went against all the odds, delivered 7 fantastic seasons with some of the best characters/ character development and storylines I have ever seen. Most importantly it delivered a satisfying finale, which most shows fail at. It should have failed, yet it didn't.
Rebooting or recasting would be the worse decision Fiege would ever make. After seven glorious seasons with glorious development and acting, to have it be reduced to non canon would be killing Quicksilver off in Age of Ultron levels of bad. Chloe Bennett is Daisy Johnson same as Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool. I would rather it be revealed they live in another universe then have this show be reduced to be snapped away.
They have had actors from Marvel TV reprise their roles in MCU movies and Disney+ shows, there is no reason to not do the same with the AOS characters. I mean Spoilers they got the guy from the inhumans TV show to reprise the role and be murdered. The worst show out of Marvel TV got a chance.
apart from Quake, there is no agent coulson, melinda may, fitz, simmons, ward and mack on the comics.. so those actors are really those original characters.. if kevin feige wants to make another show about shield, he should use other characters, because there is no sense at all in using those agents that we love rebooted. And nowadays there is no way to include a normal grounded agents of shield series on MCU with all those magic cosmic timetravel multiverse plots that they're exploring, so we probably will have a series about SWORD and nick fury on space.. but they could bring for sure at least Quake or some of the agents of shield from the multiverse, that would be amazing. Imagine a scenario where every hope is lost and then the team of shield pops up to save the day? that would be amazing.. and would be inteligent for disney to promote a show with 120 episodes already done on their own plataform
AOS is one of these shows, people who have never watched talk shit about it non-stop, but everyone who gave it a fair chance and got through the rough part of season one adores it.
AoS is my favorite show ever, let alone favorite piece of Marvel content. Incredible characters, great storylines, and some of the best acting I’ve seen. I would die for Fitz or really any of the characters 11/10 show :))
Agents of SHIELD, the little show that could. The show's existence and success is like the classic Hollywood underdog story. So many people gave up on it and thought it wasn't gonna last, and there they were in the end, the last show standing and going out on a high note and sticking the landing in a way that few shows have been able to do successfully in the last few decades. It doesn't nearly get enough credit in how well the stories and characters they've created.
Definetly. Season 1 ep 1-10 move at a moderate pace but don't be put off after that every single episode is great. Like every says, each character has an amazing character arc.
@@k1988smith Well they are big spoilers when you watch it after that fact. At least by the time you get round to the episodes you will have forgotten the shotgun blast of spoilers.
I love how when you created this people still thought that phase 4 was going to have good quality content, both in the movies and shows. I honestly think that it was just too much for Kevin to take on so many different things at once, and he crumpled under the load.
AoS theme >>>>>> Avengers theme AoS villains >>>>>> Avengers villain AoS cgi is as good as of the mcu movies even with less than half budget🤯 AoS has done so many things that marvel coudn't even imagine at that time and now when marvel want to do it in their movies they cancelled the show😔 THE BEST SHOW ON THE PLANET❤❤
AOS was doing DarkHold storyoine before any of this MCU Wanda Vision, Feige just straight away pulled the DarkHold into MCU from AOS, and frankly AOS did a much better job by exploring what the DarkHold does to regular people and from where it actually comes and connects to all, it would be amazing if they showed that somehow Agatha stole Darkhold from Ghost Rider as we last see the said book with him, and the AOS are brought back to help retrieve it only to find out that Wanda is the one using it now, it would be really amazing to atleast get a AOS Easter egg during Wanda's scene with DarkHold showing that she is slowly getting corrupted due to the effect AOS showed in season 4, and instead of going crazy she is causing chaos across the whole multiverse and she might be using the same spell that Aida used in AOS to materialize herself from her abstract form, similar thing Wanda can do to materialize her sons, in fact she created a sort of hex dimension around her using her chaos magic to bring back Vision and give birth to her sons and when that world stopped receiving chaos magic power it stopped working, doesn't it ring some bell to what happened to all those in Framework ,as they disappeared, Framework was in itself a coded dimension built using the knowledge of DarkHold (chaos magic spells), which was studied by Fitz and Aida and the Dr who built her to put her dying wife's consciousness into the Framework so that he could live with her forever (massive similarity to Wanda Vision whole plot, considering this was done before Wanda Vision), it's really stunning to see that AOS has done much of the aspects already that MCU is going forward with.
Actually shields viewership is higher than any marvel show. Disney just doesn't account for international viewers. That's why it's "passionate fan base" would bully abc into another two seasons. It's because it has a HUGE following. Just not in America
COULD NOT AGREE MORE. Plus, I don't mind people saying that they haven't watched/didn't like AOS or even that it's not cannon MCU anymore. But what makes me so mad is when people try to discredit it and say it's a bad show BECAUSE it deviates from the MCU timeline. Like, it had to do that because the movies wouldn't acknowledge its existence. And not having Avengers cameos doesn't make the show bad. I just wish more people were willing to judge it on its own merits.
I watched this show as it premiered and every Tuesday night since. By the end of each season, I was frothing at the mouth for the next one. Thanks for showing the love.
I love this show so much. You hit the nail right on the head about the range of acting shown. Season 4 is my favorite. All the little details that are there to be found, and the TREMENDOUS acting done by basically the entire cast that season. SO GOOD!!!
I binged all of AoS after getting Disney + around christmas, and it is one of the best shows i've ever watched, the happy moments gave me so much joy, and the sad moments, Spy's goodbye, Season 5.s end, trip, davis, talbot, kreel etc, i was crying multiple times a day during it due to how heartbreaking some of the sad scenes were, and the cast was amazing. I'd love to see Deathlok, Quake, fitz, simmons, Mack and YoYo or any of them return.
Been a fan of this amazing show since it first came on the air and thank you so much for this video, definitely need more voices out there reminding people it’s more than worth their time. Oh and by all means do that 5 hour video on Shield or any longer version of this, I’m sure a lot of people would love it.
I honestly saw the Honest Trailer for this first and thought I would hate it. Then I watched Wandavision and during the theorizing people mentioned Agents of Shield, and it occurred to me that there might be something I needed to know for the MCU. Then I watched it and realized on the first episode that the setup was great. I kept watching, digging the premise and the characters. Then the Hydra reveal and I realized, this was a good show But the funny thing is, I kept thinking back to that Honest Trailer asking myself what was it about that sum up of the show that made me think I would hate it? I didn't want to return to it in case of spoilers, but I was wondering "Are the first seasons good and the later seasons bad?" So I kept watching ready to put down the remote if the show lost it's staying power. I almost got there at the beginning of season 6, but I stuck through. And absolutely loved it. Rewatched the Honest Trailer and realized they made a joke that they didn't watch it past the first half of the season. EXPLAINED
I LOVE this show. Just watch it. They did lots of elements in TV Show RIGHTS. From story plots and characters developments. They know how to use good writing, new perspective, and limited sources to their own fields and make it into their own shows. They also didn't fail to teach the viewers the importance of chosen family. AGENTS OF SHIELD IS A MASTERPIECE
AoS was and is my childhood. When I first saw a trailer for season one, I was 10 years old, and I watched it until the end. The seven years the show ran, I dedicated my time to it. AoS has had a tremendous effect on my life and I am proud to be a fan. The actors, creators, staff and crew all played pivotal roles and I thank them for creating such a beautiful show.
AOS is my favorite part of the MCU! I was high key upset they didn't get any mentions in the movies! It's the character development for me! There is so much I could say but it all really boils down to the characters and thier development!!
I wish they would have brought Hunter and Bobbi back after their pilot wasn't picked up. They were a great addition to the show. Hunter was great with Fitz and Coulson and Bobbi's fights were some of the best.
I know some people don't consider it canon which I find odd since it directly references things from the movies (the only real reason it never was considered canon was because 0:51-1:23), but I didn't know people considered it underrated in general. It also does things before the MCU movies did. It can be argued that since they did it first Coulson's death unintentionally created an in-universe situation where he didn't tell the movie character useful information they could have used. There are more ways to consider this canon even without _Loki._ But with _Loki_ it is easier than before. I think we have a connection to the MCU still even now that the series is over. Its really a head canon situation until anything is official and all the shows give fans things to work with.
One of the best shows out there, amazing effects, actors, character growth, and you can really tell how much the show meant to not only the cast but the fans who watched it. Great video!
Even though AoS didn't have a big visual crossover with the big screen MCU, there were a few visual cross references to the Hulk and Captain America in the first episode, and Coulson and other cast characters have made verbal references to Peggy Carter, the SSR, Howling Commandoes, Tony and Howard Stark, Red Skull and other characters to tie AoS and MCU together in the same universe. There's even an episode where Coulson goes to a diner, puts down a newspaper that has a photo of Peggy Carter and her obituary.
You’re so right! Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is my favourite show of all time and I love the fact that everyone who has seen all 7 seasons loves this show as well ❤️🍋
After watching most of mcu phase 4 on Disney + hotstar I decided to put my D+h subscription to better use and began watching AoS again from season one episode one. Even though the quality of the first season is far below the heights reached in seasons 4 and 5, after most of mcu phase 4, it is like watching Shakespeare. By the end of the series you care more about its main characters than anyone else in the mcu. Somehow it goes to the heart.
Thank you so much for making this video. This is my favorite show of all time. Not only should it be respected for accomplishing what no other Marvel show could do, but also for being the best example of doing the best with what you're left with. The managed to be a great show under incredibly difficult surcumstances. In the age of bad endings like Game of Thrones, Dexter, Lost, Sopranos, Himym or overstated welcomes like Simpsons, Supernatural, Grey's Anatomy and the Arrowverse. I'm glad Agents of Shield got to last for a long time, just long enough to have a wonderful ending to these wonderful characters.
Started it for Coulson. Watched the first few episodes for Ward. Watched the rest 7 seasons for Fitzsimmons and I stand by that (not that I don’t absolutely love the other characters too). This show is amazing
Dude from the quality I expected you to have hundreds of thousands of subscribers, and yes I agree with literally everything you said, this show is so incredibly underrated, the acting of Iain de Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge and Chloe Bennet alone make it worth watching
I just realised that AoS is the most violent media if you count with the movies and the Disney+ shows. Like people freaked out on the scene with John Walker. But shit was happening in AoS
Look, it's all a matter of preference Everyone enjoys classic Marvel movies Agents of SHIELD is a breakaway from the classic Marvel movies where heroes wear tight and brightly colored spandex or leather and almost everyone have magic and powers, so if you're up for something a bit more mature, yet with just as much fun, thrill, plot twists, humor, and tearjerkers, then I'm telling you, you will definitely enjoy Agents of SHIELD
Back in my senior year I watched Agents of Shield season 1, Daredevil season 1, the complete Video Game High School show and The Flash season 1 and I CANNOT describe how much of an experience that was. It hasn't been the same ever since.
They better not recast anyone I swearrrrrr,, I would love love love to see Daisy and her crew back in action maybe with sword and nick fury and I would loveeee to see more Fitzsimmons and what is going on with Mac and Yo yo at shield? how's may doing with her teaching role yannooo
Back when the whole discussions "does it renewed, does it not" were happening and all fans were on the edge of their seat, word was that there was someone at Disney itself who saw the potential in the show and pushed ABC to keep renewing it. Whoever that was it was certainly not Feige.
In a since-deleted interview clip, Jeff Bell mentioned how the movie people approached them about bringing Coulson back as an LMD for season seven and how cool it was that the movie people asked them to do that. I suspect leaving Daisy in space at the end may have also been a movie people request that has been hushed up. I really think we will see Coulson and Daisy in the movies again at some point. My biggest question is whether Daisy Johnson will be played by Chloe Bennet or not, she has said a few things that pissed off the movie people in the past so they might recast her (which would be a tragedy).
Ive rewatched this show many times, and the more you watch you realise that Skye and daisy are completely different people they handled everything so well
Aos must have lived on because the producers loved the crew and every fan loves it. Also, if it ended at season 5 I would still not be disappointed. 5 and 7 are both perfect endings in their own way.
I have no idea why many don't like season 1, but for at least myself, it's a great season as it created the base and pillar to start the team development. But then again it's my opinion, others have their own reasons for liking season 1 less. I love all 7 seasons.
I honestly watched AOS before I watched the MCU movies, and it was quite nice it REALLY deserves more recognition, it has quite an amazing story line and the heros ARE badass not gonna lie, they all deserve a spot in the MCU, also the amount of cameos of other characters from other movies really tied the show together, like lady sif, nick fury, Maria Hill, agent Sousa, (I think there is more but I forgot 😅)
Started this show last year with some online friends. It started just as "lets watch a few episodes so everyone can keep watching on their own". It ended up being the backbone of our newly formed friendgroup and gave me some of the best moments of the last few months. I have met them all in real life since, multiple times. This show brought us together. We finished the last episode yesterday, and we will start the netflix shows soon. The show was great, especially season 4. Man did it twist and grow in ways i did not expect. I can now confidently say that Fitz-Simmons are my favourite marvel characters. To anyone who has not seen it fully, grab some friends and have a great year!
yess this^ i totally understand that he didnt get seen mich bc his location was supposed to be secret but i would cry so much more during the finale if he got more screen time in season 7
I wasn't aware this show even existed until the second half of 2021, having only saw Disney+ shows. I was forcing myself at start (what? 100+ episode), but, boy, I ended up so hooked! This show is amazing!
This was the only show they had that balanced their own storylines separate from the MCU and also connected to the MCU SOOOO seamlessly UNTIL season 5 …. When the events of infinity-war was taking place Agents of Shield was getting ready to make that connection to Thanos and the Snap they named dropped Thanos and The avengers Heck they even shot in a similar looking location where Fury and Hill got Snapped when Daisy and Graviton was fighting it was soooo obvious that Agents of Shield was to follow the storyline of Infinity war and some of the team was too get snapped and the show runner confirmed that , that was definite plan but Kevin F. The MCU decided not to tell the show runner what was going in Infinity war and left them in the dark which too me was bitch ass move because of petty beef with the previous owner of marvel TV so the show runners had to write a different ending which led to Coulson Dying AGAIN and coming back in a weird season 6 and STILL didn’t get the connection in season 7 months after endgame and the show runner confirmed there is 20 min of extra footage addressing the snap in the quantum realm and endgame but had to be cut SO IMO I don’t think this show ended as strong as it should because that MCU connection is what most fans of the show CRAVED most and was waiting for it and it never came
I have re-fallen in love with this show in the last year or so! But I am really scared with what might happen if they brought these characters into the MCU, I am happy with what we have, all I want is for someone to confirm it's a cannon alternate timeline and I'll be happy. If they must bring in characters, do it as a cool cameo, help them get back to their happy timeline, and be done. After Fisk and Xavier, (and honestly sub-par storytelling) I don't want the MCU getting anywhere near our favorite agents 😅
this show is the only one that actually made me breakdown when fitz died, as i didnt hear them saying hes still out in space somewhere due to my crying
Wow that was the best mini summary ever. If you havent watched the show its like huh? But true fans are like perfect. I jsut finished my first full watchthrew since all season are out.
Damn, I love that show and it deserves a hundred times more appreciation. Though I'm not the biggest fan of the last two seasons, seasons 1-4 are some of my favorite pieces of television ever.
Fitz is the most complex and well written character in the MCU
I would put his sister Daisy and his wife Jemma on that list too!
Iain De Caestecker *CARRIED* that show. Fitz was one of the few (if not ONLY) characters that had great storyline every season. A lot of the characters in seasons 6 and 7 just became stoic.
Yea he earned all his character development
@@AdriGoddess bruh season 6 is just grief lol but I get you. They also didn’t plan for season 6&7 at all so
True words have never been spoken before
THIS SHOW NEEDS SO MUCH MORE RECOGNITION!!
I agree Agents of Shield is underrated and one of my favorite tv showa
SHould I watch it 7 season seems like a lot
@@thomasbrodie-sangsteredits5971
kinda gets boring tbh
Another highlight of the show :
It's a great spy show with cool gadgets, surprising plot twists and clever mysteries.
Combine that with superheroes and a parade of entertaining guest characters.
The story arcs moved at lightning speed and episodes were never bogged down with filler.
Right? So who cares if its connected to marvel? It can totally stand on its own! It does not need the movies! Yes some of the episodes tie heavily into the movies, but they also create the next fase for the show. Im a fan of the movies and the show and i honestly dont need the show to be cannon, because its still a great show regardless
Another reason why AoS got renewed past season 5 was due to the unexpected flop of the Inhumans. ABC originally wanted to cancel AoS in order to move Inhumans into their time slot, but then the Inhumans premiered and was utter garbage and abc started freaking out like "Nevermind! We can't put this dumpster fire in one of our prime slots! Bring back that Agents show, the ratings were at least better than this." If Inhumans had been a success, I guarentee you, we would not have seen seasons 6 and 7 of S.H.I.E.L.D.
well then, im so glad inhumans was shite
Except Inhumans happened after season 3, not 5. ABC wasn’t scrambling to find shows worth a prime time slot.
@@kennethsmith6367 Incorrect. The Inhumans debuted in September 2017; Agents Of Shield Season 5 debuted December 2017. So the timeframe the OP mentioned works. ABC could've planned for Inhumans to move into Shield's timeslot in 2018 (season 6), then dumped those plans into the same dumpster fire as The Inhumans.
SHould I watch it 7 season seems like a lot
@@thomasbrodie-sangsteredits5971 I would recommend it, yes.
The main reason I want the characters to return in the MCU is so that the people who never watched the show but keep parroting “SHIELD bad” will actually have to watch it and see what they missed.
Definitely! I really hope more people will recognise how good this show was in the future!
A criminally underrated show
Great cast
Great characters
Great relationships
Awesome action and visuals
Entertaining story full of smart surprising twists
Intense emotions and...
What else do you want?!
btw thank you so much for making this video
Don’t forget the amazing soundtrack
@@jesiahdray5285 Yes!
I wanted them to turn to dust
THIS!!! THIS!!! and THIS!!!..
tbh its my favorite show but action scenes are so shit. agents who are trained so well misses pistol shots in close range and aftet 1-2 bullets they decide to fight by fists especially agent may
The show itself just understands marvels DNA. Skye is an innocent kid like Peter parker and evolved into her own hero. May is the not smiling very serious character. Which is so difficult to pull off in live action. Look at brie larson I hate to hate but may did the serious badass better. Then you have fitzsimmons they are the science aspect of the marvel universe. Which is just so crucial to stan Lee formula using as much real life science as possible to make the world more grounded. Not to mention fitz has that whole mad scientist thing hank pym had WITH multiple personalities as well. Couldon himself is like a nick fury Steve rogers Peter parker hybrid. This show is not about any one big character. It just understands what marvels actual DNA of story telling is. But people will say its not cannon like it matters. Its writing is unparalleled. Daredevil is the best adaption series. Agents isn't based on a comic. But just like coulsons he was birthed somewhere unique outside of comics. Like Harley or x-23. The show itself is one of the coolest thing marvel and Disney ever did with original characters. People got mad when Barry Allen was savitar. Because he's a super old character. Daredevil season 2 ruined the hand. Or the new spiderman is too childish. Understand these aren't my criticisms. These characters are almost 100 years old. They are subject to so much disappointment. Where as shield had true freedom to the point where they ignored the snap. And they were right too!
EXACTLYYYYY!
I'd say the show can very much be considered canon/part of the Sacred Timeline up until season 5, where the timeline diverges. Of course, there's the alternate future 2091 where the planet is destroyed by Graviton, which obviously didn't happen because Infinity War happened. Here's where the timeline splits. Seasons 6 and 7 don't address the snap at all, which means to me that the Avengers defeated Thanos in that timeline (by Wanda destroying the Mind Stone, and this timeline being split by Thanos' use of the Time Stone), in addition to Daisy defeating Graviton. This creates a new timeline, separate from the alternate future Earth, and the "Sacred Timeline."
Arguably there are things in seasons 3 and 4 that are big enough to warrant a mention in the movie timeline, but yes, end of S4/beginning of S5 is when it obviously becomes Not This World. Which isn't to say that seasons 5-7 are bad, they just aren't part of the movie storyline anymore.
I agree with everything you said in this video. I have been a devoted fan of this show since the first time I saw an advertisement for the PILOT. I watched it faithfully, live, every single week for all seven years, and I cannot for the life of me understand why so much of the broader MCU treats this show like the ugly stepchild. The characters were fantastic, the storytelling was bold and enthralling, the acting was top tier, the fight scenes were awesome, the music, and editing, and special effects were all lightyears ahead of any other marvel shows. How Iain DeCaestecker somehow managed to end his tenor on this show WITHOUT an Emmy is just a personal affront to all the acting gods. I love this show so much, and I will always recommend it to everyone.
When the show was airing, it was frustrating to see how little respect it got from the MCU. Originally, we all thought that there would be this two-way street between the Marvel television universe and the theatrical universe, but after season one, it became very clear that that street was more of a one-way street than a two-way. AoS tried to keep the ties between itself and the greater MCU strong by including the helicarrier story in season 2, but after that, it felt like they just kind of stopped trying to tie in to the movies. And honestly, I was all for that. The movies had every opportunity to acknowledge what was going on in the show, and they refused to do it. So as far as I'm concerned, when AoS stopped extending the olive branch and just committed to telling their OWN stories I really feel like we got some of the stongest arcs of the whole series, like the Framework storyline and time travel stuff. It was just such a good show.
Elizabeth should have gotten some Emmys too! She was the first to carry an entire episode on her own and did it flawlessly!
@@k1988smith yeah, I agree with you there.
Man I was right there with you man. Every step of the way I felt the same way.
THIS!!!... THIS!!!... and THIS!!!..
Honestly seasons 5-6-7 were weaker than the rest. It was original and outside of mcu storytelling but was weaker than seasons 1/2/3/4, specially 4.
And i think AoS dont get any highligts because kevin feige and his marvel division doesnt want give any spot to marvel television division products, they give room to daredevil and kingpin because they are very famous but AoS isnt in the same level of importance (eventhough AoS being a greater show then daredevil)
This show went against all the odds, delivered 7 fantastic seasons with some of the best characters/ character development and storylines I have ever seen. Most importantly it delivered a satisfying finale, which most shows fail at. It should have failed, yet it didn't.
Rebooting or recasting would be the worse decision Fiege would ever make. After seven glorious seasons with glorious development and acting, to have it be reduced to non canon would be killing Quicksilver off in Age of Ultron levels of bad. Chloe Bennett is Daisy Johnson same as Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool. I would rather it be revealed they live in another universe then have this show be reduced to be snapped away.
It outright sets up age of ultron and the helicarrier fury had in the film came from coulson.
I think It would be cool if they made a Agents of sword Show and had some characters from Agents of shield be in it as well as some new characters.
They have had actors from Marvel TV reprise their roles in MCU movies and Disney+ shows, there is no reason to not do the same with the AOS characters. I mean Spoilers
they got the guy from the inhumans TV show to reprise the role and be murdered. The worst show out of Marvel TV got a chance.
apart from Quake, there is no agent coulson, melinda may, fitz, simmons, ward and mack on the comics.. so those actors are really those original characters.. if kevin feige wants to make another show about shield, he should use other characters, because there is no sense at all in using those agents that we love rebooted. And nowadays there is no way to include a normal grounded agents of shield series on MCU with all those magic cosmic timetravel multiverse plots that they're exploring, so we probably will have a series about SWORD and nick fury on space.. but they could bring for sure at least Quake or some of the agents of shield from the multiverse, that would be amazing. Imagine a scenario where every hope is lost and then the team of shield pops up to save the day? that would be amazing.. and would be inteligent for disney to promote a show with 120 episodes already done on their own plataform
@@MegasXRL not true, coulson, may, fitz, Simmons, ward, and Mack are in the comics, check it out urself
my gosh this show made me cry, laugh, and care so much for the characters. highly recommend :)
AOS is one of these shows, people who have never watched talk shit about it non-stop, but everyone who gave it a fair chance and got through the rough part of season one adores it.
Ikr!!!!...
Sure the first part of Season 1 is kinda slow and is very adventure-of-the-week, but it really pulls you in once you get to the T.A.H.I.T.I. episode.
Yeah, AoS is great. The character development and relationships are very special
AoS is the greatest MCU property(including movies) without a doubt.
Agreed! It made me love the movies more, and the whole marvel universe.
Speak. On. It!!
100000% I wish I watched it while airing but I only did after the flop that is Secret Invasion and AOS is now a top 5 TV for all time for me!
AoS is my favorite show ever, let alone favorite piece of Marvel content. Incredible characters, great storylines, and some of the best acting I’ve seen. I would die for Fitz or really any of the characters 11/10 show :))
Agents of SHIELD, the little show that could. The show's existence and success is like the classic Hollywood underdog story. So many people gave up on it and thought it wasn't gonna last, and there they were in the end, the last show standing and going out on a high note and sticking the landing in a way that few shows have been able to do successfully in the last few decades. It doesn't nearly get enough credit in how well the stories and characters they've created.
Skye/Daisy/Quake has become one of my favorite superheroes. I would love to see her in the MCU.
She's so great I'm named after her.
One of favorite shows ever. The characters were incredible. I’m still going back and rewatching my favorite episodes 6 months after finishing it
After this video essay I’ll definitely have to check this show out!
Definetly. Season 1 ep 1-10 move at a moderate pace but don't be put off after that every single episode is great. Like every says, each character has an amazing character arc.
Please do! He gave a spoiler warning but they were chill spoilers and you will still enjoy the show!
@@k1988smith Well they are big spoilers when you watch it after that fact. At least by the time you get round to the episodes you will have forgotten the shotgun blast of spoilers.
This show needs more popularity very underrated
I love how when you created this people still thought that phase 4 was going to have good quality content, both in the movies and shows. I honestly think that it was just too much for Kevin to take on so many different things at once, and he crumpled under the load.
AoS theme >>>>>> Avengers theme
AoS villains >>>>>> Avengers villain
AoS cgi is as good as of the mcu movies even with less than half budget🤯
AoS has done so many things that marvel coudn't even imagine at that time and now when marvel want to do it in their movies they cancelled the show😔
THE BEST SHOW ON THE PLANET❤❤
When may bursted from the roof at the end of season 7 and call herself the cavalry I screamed from happiness
AOS was doing DarkHold storyoine before any of this MCU Wanda Vision, Feige just straight away pulled the DarkHold into MCU from AOS, and frankly AOS did a much better job by exploring what the DarkHold does to regular people and from where it actually comes and connects to all, it would be amazing if they showed that somehow Agatha stole Darkhold from Ghost Rider as we last see the said book with him, and the AOS are brought back to help retrieve it only to find out that Wanda is the one using it now, it would be really amazing to atleast get a AOS Easter egg during Wanda's scene with DarkHold showing that she is slowly getting corrupted due to the effect AOS showed in season 4, and instead of going crazy she is causing chaos across the whole multiverse and she might be using the same spell that Aida used in AOS to materialize herself from her abstract form, similar thing Wanda can do to materialize her sons, in fact she created a sort of hex dimension around her using her chaos magic to bring back Vision and give birth to her sons and when that world stopped receiving chaos magic power it stopped working, doesn't it ring some bell to what happened to all those in Framework ,as they disappeared, Framework was in itself a coded dimension built using the knowledge of DarkHold (chaos magic spells), which was studied by Fitz and Aida and the Dr who built her to put her dying wife's consciousness into the Framework so that he could live with her forever (massive similarity to Wanda Vision whole plot, considering this was done before Wanda Vision), it's really stunning to see that AOS has done much of the aspects already that MCU is going forward with.
I have never binged a show so hard and loved it so much. Like seriously it’s the best show I’ve ever watched
Welcome in our no longer quite as small but always dedicated fanbase.
@@swanprideyes yes and yes..
im being 100% when I say this. if daisy johnson is not in avengers 5 i will hate marvel forever
Agreed! I already consider her an Avenger but I want her to be in a movie!!
Avengers 6 would be more appropriate, no? (Yeah, I know it's not the same one, but still.)
Actually shields viewership is higher than any marvel show. Disney just doesn't account for international viewers. That's why it's "passionate fan base" would bully abc into another two seasons. It's because it has a HUGE following. Just not in America
I think it’s poetic that the first show to come in is nearly the last one to go out
COULD NOT AGREE MORE. Plus, I don't mind people saying that they haven't watched/didn't like AOS or even that it's not cannon MCU anymore. But what makes me so mad is when people try to discredit it and say it's a bad show BECAUSE it deviates from the MCU timeline. Like, it had to do that because the movies wouldn't acknowledge its existence. And not having Avengers cameos doesn't make the show bad. I just wish more people were willing to judge it on its own merits.
One of the most well written shows around. Avoided annoying stereotypical cliches and had characters with interesting growth and development.
I watched this show as it premiered and every Tuesday night since. By the end of each season, I was frothing at the mouth for the next one. Thanks for showing the love.
I can't believe you showed me that death scene again, how dare you
Did it twice!! I skipped it the last time I watched that episode and I know what happens next!
I love this show so much. You hit the nail right on the head about the range of acting shown. Season 4 is my favorite. All the little details that are there to be found, and the TREMENDOUS acting done by basically the entire cast that season. SO GOOD!!!
I love AOS more than any other marvel property. Amazing, AMAZING characters, tremendous storytelling with one hand tied behind their backs.
This show is my favourite Marvel thing! I'm currently watching it from episode 1 again for the 4th time... So good!
I binged all of AoS after getting Disney + around christmas, and it is one of the best shows i've ever watched, the happy moments gave me so much joy, and the sad moments, Spy's goodbye, Season 5.s end, trip, davis, talbot, kreel etc, i was crying multiple times a day during it due to how heartbreaking some of the sad scenes were, and the cast was amazing. I'd love to see Deathlok, Quake, fitz, simmons, Mack and YoYo or any of them return.
Been a fan of this amazing show since it first came on the air and thank you so much for this video, definitely need more voices out there reminding people it’s more than worth their time. Oh and by all means do that 5 hour video on Shield or any longer version of this, I’m sure a lot of people would love it.
I honestly saw the Honest Trailer for this first and thought I would hate it. Then I watched Wandavision and during the theorizing people mentioned Agents of Shield, and it occurred to me that there might be something I needed to know for the MCU. Then I watched it and realized on the first episode that the setup was great. I kept watching, digging the premise and the characters. Then the Hydra reveal and I realized, this was a good show
But the funny thing is, I kept thinking back to that Honest Trailer asking myself what was it about that sum up of the show that made me think I would hate it? I didn't want to return to it in case of spoilers, but I was wondering "Are the first seasons good and the later seasons bad?" So I kept watching ready to put down the remote if the show lost it's staying power. I almost got there at the beginning of season 6, but I stuck through. And absolutely loved it.
Rewatched the Honest Trailer and realized they made a joke that they didn't watch it past the first half of the season. EXPLAINED
I LOVE this show. Just watch it. They did lots of elements in TV Show RIGHTS. From story plots and characters developments. They know how to use good writing, new perspective, and limited sources to their own fields and make it into their own shows. They also didn't fail to teach the viewers the importance of chosen family.
AGENTS OF SHIELD IS A MASTERPIECE
Season 4 episode 15 was by far one of the best masterpieces in all of superhero television
AoS was and is my childhood. When I first saw a trailer for season one, I was 10 years old, and I watched it until the end. The seven years the show ran, I dedicated my time to it. AoS has had a tremendous effect on my life and I am proud to be a fan. The actors, creators, staff and crew all played pivotal roles and I thank them for creating such a beautiful show.
AOS is my favorite part of the MCU! I was high key upset they didn't get any mentions in the movies! It's the character development for me! There is so much I could say but it all really boils down to the characters and thier development!!
Well said!! You did a great job on this! I couldn’t have said it better! 🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋
Me: singing along to the AOS theme song at the end.
ITS LITERALLY MY FAVOURITE SHOW
I wish they would have brought Hunter and Bobbi back after their pilot wasn't picked up. They were a great addition to the show. Hunter was great with Fitz and Coulson and Bobbi's fights were some of the best.
Right same... I missed them so much after they left 😢
They couldn't for story reasons.
I know some people don't consider it canon which I find odd since it directly references things from the movies (the only real reason it never was considered canon was because 0:51-1:23), but I didn't know people considered it underrated in general.
It also does things before the MCU movies did. It can be argued that since they did it first Coulson's death unintentionally created an in-universe situation where he didn't tell the movie character useful information they could have used.
There are more ways to consider this canon even without _Loki._ But with _Loki_ it is easier than before. I think we have a connection to the MCU still even now that the series is over. Its really a head canon situation until anything is official and all the shows give fans things to work with.
One of the best shows out there, amazing effects, actors, character growth, and you can really tell how much the show meant to not only the cast but the fans who watched it. Great video!
Even though AoS didn't have a big visual crossover with the big screen MCU, there were a few visual cross references to the Hulk and Captain America in the first episode, and Coulson and other cast characters have made verbal references to Peggy Carter, the SSR, Howling Commandoes, Tony and Howard Stark, Red Skull and other characters to tie AoS and MCU together in the same universe. There's even an episode where Coulson goes to a diner, puts down a newspaper that has a photo of Peggy Carter and her obituary.
One of my all-time favorite shows, and 'Orientation pt 1' (Season 5 ep.1) is one of my all-time favorite single episodes of any show...
You’re so right! Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is my favourite show of all time and I love the fact that everyone who has seen all 7 seasons loves this show as well ❤️🍋
this show gave me so much hope for so many years and just made me so happy.
After watching most of mcu phase 4 on Disney + hotstar I decided to put my D+h subscription to better use and began watching AoS again from season one episode one. Even though the quality of the first season is far below the heights reached in seasons 4 and 5, after most of mcu phase 4, it is like watching Shakespeare. By the end of the series you care more about its main characters than anyone else in the mcu. Somehow it goes to the heart.
I don’t cry about movies or shows very often but this show finally got me to cry when Enoch died.
AoS deserves to be loved for many many reasons, everything is amazing, but....Iain De Caestecker, dude, he is something else!!🙌🙌🙌🙌
best superhero show ever
Daredevil show much better ...
Thank you so much for making this video. This is my favorite show of all time. Not only should it be respected for accomplishing what no other Marvel show could do, but also for being the best example of doing the best with what you're left with. The managed to be a great show under incredibly difficult surcumstances. In the age of bad endings like Game of Thrones, Dexter, Lost, Sopranos, Himym or overstated welcomes like Simpsons, Supernatural, Grey's Anatomy and the Arrowverse. I'm glad Agents of Shield got to last for a long time, just long enough to have a wonderful ending to these wonderful characters.
Started it for Coulson. Watched the first few episodes for Ward. Watched the rest 7 seasons for Fitzsimmons and I stand by that (not that I don’t absolutely love the other characters too). This show is amazing
Hell. Yes. Thank you so much for making this video. The gravity of this show’s writing and character development is astounding.
Dude from the quality I expected you to have hundreds of thousands of subscribers, and yes I agree with literally everything you said, this show is so incredibly underrated, the acting of Iain de Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge and Chloe Bennet alone make it worth watching
just finished all the seasons, now i can finally watch this video which i found while i was at season 4
I just realised that AoS is the most violent media if you count with the movies and the Disney+ shows. Like people freaked out on the scene with John Walker. But shit was happening in AoS
My favorite show
Look, it's all a matter of preference
Everyone enjoys classic Marvel movies
Agents of SHIELD is a breakaway from the classic Marvel movies where heroes wear tight and brightly colored spandex or leather and almost everyone have magic and powers, so if you're up for something a bit more mature, yet with just as much fun, thrill, plot twists, humor, and tearjerkers, then I'm telling you, you will definitely enjoy Agents of SHIELD
Back in my senior year I watched Agents of Shield season 1, Daredevil season 1, the complete Video Game High School show and The Flash season 1 and I CANNOT describe how much of an experience that was. It hasn't been the same ever since.
They better not recast anyone I swearrrrrr,, I would love love love to see Daisy and her crew back in action maybe with sword and nick fury and I would loveeee to see more Fitzsimmons and what is going on with Mac and Yo yo at shield? how's may doing with her teaching role yannooo
Back when the whole discussions "does it renewed, does it not" were happening and all fans were on the edge of their seat, word was that there was someone at Disney itself who saw the potential in the show and pushed ABC to keep renewing it. Whoever that was it was certainly not Feige.
So, yes, actually the order to get it renewed for both 6 and 7 came from Disney.
❤🤜Agents Of Shield FOREVER🤛❤
Fitz dying was one of the only times I have ever found myself ugly crying at tv
In a since-deleted interview clip, Jeff Bell mentioned how the movie people approached them about bringing Coulson back as an LMD for season seven and how cool it was that the movie people asked them to do that. I suspect leaving Daisy in space at the end may have also been a movie people request that has been hushed up. I really think we will see Coulson and Daisy in the movies again at some point. My biggest question is whether Daisy Johnson will be played by Chloe Bennet or not, she has said a few things that pissed off the movie people in the past so they might recast her (which would be a tragedy).
Ive rewatched this show many times, and the more you watch you realise that Skye and daisy are completely different people they handled everything so well
and lastly AoS is better than all shows that Marvel and it will be forever
Except for the new stuff
@@agentemerald4563 what?
@@gunesceylan2864 wandavision, falcon winter soldier, Loki, what if?, Hawkeye. Still Aos has a special place in my heart
@@agentemerald4563 no AoS is clearly better we didn't even watched the new stuff
@Leonardo Muhammad you are a bot
Aos must have lived on because the producers loved the crew and every fan loves it. Also, if it ended at season 5 I would still not be disappointed. 5 and 7 are both perfect endings in their own way.
I have no idea why many don't like season 1, but for at least myself, it's a great season as it created the base and pillar to start the team development. But then again it's my opinion, others have their own reasons for liking season 1 less. I love all 7 seasons.
THANK YOU!!! I absolutely LOVE this show!!! I’m currently on my 3rd rewatch of the series!!! This video lays everything out VERY WELL!!!!
I honestly watched AOS before I watched the MCU movies, and it was quite nice it REALLY deserves more recognition, it has quite an amazing story line and the heros ARE badass not gonna lie, they all deserve a spot in the MCU, also the amount of cameos of other characters from other movies really tied the show together, like lady sif, nick fury, Maria Hill, agent Sousa, (I think there is more but I forgot 😅)
Started this show last year with some online friends. It started just as "lets watch a few episodes so everyone can keep watching on their own". It ended up being the backbone of our newly formed friendgroup and gave me some of the best moments of the last few months. I have met them all in real life since, multiple times. This show brought us together. We finished the last episode yesterday, and we will start the netflix shows soon.
The show was great, especially season 4. Man did it twist and grow in ways i did not expect. I can now confidently say that Fitz-Simmons are my favourite marvel characters.
To anyone who has not seen it fully, grab some friends and have a great year!
My favourite show!
Season 5 is definitely my favourite. Season 7 would have come a closer 2nd if it had more Fitz.
yess this^
i totally understand that he didnt get seen mich bc his location was supposed to be secret but i would cry so much more during the finale if he got more screen time in season 7
Season 4 of AOS is literally my favorite television season ever
yeah, i have watched all 7 seasons, its a great show.
Yes. Fitz's death was definitely the saddest death in Marvel.
I Watched it 8 Times From Pilot to Series Finale...Loved it Everytime
I just started watching this show in 2022 and I love it so much.
I wasn't aware this show even existed until the second half of 2021, having only saw Disney+ shows.
I was forcing myself at start (what? 100+ episode), but, boy, I ended up so hooked! This show is amazing!
ikr. I am original fan, since 2012 been following the team.
I started tearing up watching this. What an amazing show.
This was the only show they had that balanced their own storylines separate from the MCU and also connected to the MCU SOOOO seamlessly UNTIL season 5 …. When the events of infinity-war was taking place Agents of Shield was getting ready to make that connection to Thanos and the Snap they named dropped Thanos and The avengers Heck they even shot in a similar looking location where Fury and Hill got Snapped when Daisy and Graviton was fighting it was soooo obvious that Agents of Shield was to follow the storyline of Infinity war and some of the team was too get snapped and the show runner confirmed that , that was definite plan but Kevin F. The MCU decided not to tell the show runner what was going in Infinity war and left them in the dark which too me was bitch ass move because of petty beef with the previous owner of marvel TV so the show runners had to write a different ending which led to Coulson Dying AGAIN and coming back in a weird season 6 and STILL didn’t get the connection in season 7 months after endgame and the show runner confirmed there is 20 min of extra footage addressing the snap in the quantum realm and endgame but had to be cut SO IMO I don’t think this show ended as strong as it should because that MCU connection is what most fans of the show CRAVED most and was waiting for it and it never came
I am so glad AOS is getting the praise it deserves.
I have re-fallen in love with this show in the last year or so! But I am really scared with what might happen if they brought these characters into the MCU, I am happy with what we have, all I want is for someone to confirm it's a cannon alternate timeline and I'll be happy. If they must bring in characters, do it as a cool cameo, help them get back to their happy timeline, and be done. After Fisk and Xavier, (and honestly sub-par storytelling) I don't want the MCU getting anywhere near our favorite agents 😅
Daredevil is my favourite of these shows but both Daredevil and Aos are two of my favourite TV shows of any genre
Recently Daredevil n defender shows are canon in mcu
A spies goodbye is more emotional than anything the movies have done. And no one even died. Thats superior writing.
I feel you
This was the show I looked forward to every Tuesday since I was in middle school.
Fitz deserves to be in MCU. clearly one of the smartest
Best. Show. Ever. (almost a quote by Daisy's father)
Also, the captions during the recap were brilliant and I've watched that part five times.
Agents of shield successfully delivered a spy story wherein you keep on guessing who is spying who unlike the secret invasion
this show is the only one that actually made me breakdown when fitz died, as i didnt hear them saying hes still out in space somewhere due to my crying
I swear if they recast I'm gon be real upset
Please make a longer retrospective for each season I have been singing this shows praises for years
Wow that was the best mini summary ever. If you havent watched the show its like huh? But true fans are like perfect. I jsut finished my first full watchthrew since all season are out.
Damn, I love that show and it deserves a hundred times more appreciation. Though I'm not the biggest fan of the last two seasons, seasons 1-4 are some of my favorite pieces of television ever.
My favorite show ever