All we really know, is that Agent Coulson is alive. His first name is "Phil" - Not "Agent", as Tony Stark had surmised. He appears to think he recovered in Tahiti, but there is some immediate question of that. Shepherd Book... Sorry, I mean "Dr. Streiten" (Ron Glass who was Shepherd Book in Firefly) is hiding something about that.

We also have Cobie Smulders showing up as Agent Hill once again.

This show chronicles the formation and super-secret activities of a new branch of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division).- A group of Black Box operatives related to the Marvel Multiverse.

As a Whedon enterprise, it is very well done and ties into the Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Hulk films of the last decade, so there is potential for those characters to show up in this franchise on occasion.

As a stand alone, it has some very interesting things happening. Not all is as it seems.

Of course there has to be a new villain, so they have concocted "Centipede" rather than the standard "Hydra" class of Nazis trying to re-create the 3rd or whatever Reich they want to impose.

This is a much more accessible story for this decade, and the Pilot episode relates to Iron Man 3.

I am hoping that Agents Coulson and Hill are not merely going to have casual roles ion this, and in fact Clark Gregg/Coulson is listed as one of the main characters- Hill is not, but I hope we will see her pop in more than just once.

No Rating at this time, I'll call it a 10/10.