I am now halfway through the first season and there seems to be no improvement in sight. There's enough potential here to make an entertaining show, but once again the sum of all parts makes an awful whole. The acting is sub-par, although you have to give the cast some credit for trying to make something out of nothing. There is virtually no background to draw some depth from, so we are presented with stereotypical heroes and villains, who can only act as sketchy characters, but not as real human beings. Scientists are nerdy, Mr. Quarterback saves the day, pretty face tries to be funny and likable. Sadly, NOTHING out of the ordinary.

So far, the main plot is vague at best. A well-written series will puzzle the viewer with some twists and bits of information to chew on. But most important: we get someone to direct our antipathy to. If the viewer has to ask him-/herself: "Why should I keep watching this series?" the clearly, the writers failed. Here, so far we get only henchmen who do stuff in order to achieve stuff. Meh. No glimpse of a greater scheme and not the slightest impression of a serious force or threat, -nothing to be truly worried about, just some vague conspiracy/organization we know nothing about apart from the fact that it exists. The problem is, this evil organization doesn't make the impression of plotting towards something bigger, -it's just ALSO doing stuff. It's nothing more than everyday business of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Why worry about them?

Neither the interaction between characters nor their decisions and roles can grow on this lack of depth. The quests this group has been pursuing so far, couldn't make up for that, as these also have been quite underwhelming regarding originality.

For me, this show feels like listening to the radio. It stays in the background with some pleasant, well-known tunes, but never manages to touch me. Comfortable, as it fills the silence with cotton candy, but unable to draw real attention due to it's lack of spiciness. 6/10