This second season is giant leaps above the first season, but still suffers from dull and uneven direction. Characters doing dumb things for no reason but to justify plot points, and too many coincidences show the lazy writing on many an episode.

These (mostly) were supposed to be the best and brightest hand picked agents but often don't act like it. Some of the characters and actors have a good rapport but it's more often than not squandered with bad dialog. The writers have a wealth of Marvel lore to use but chose to drag out artifacts ala Warehouse 13 and powered individuals of the week ala X-Files. The show needs better writing and stronger direction. The action scenes are sometimes well done, but are often too short, suffering from the look of choreography from a bad wire martial arts movie.