By Jonathan Klotz
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It’s at present the yr 2026. For six years, Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been off the air, and on daily basis since, followers of the journey sequence have been questioning when their favourite characters will present up within the MCU. They gained’t.
From the very starting, the indicators had been there that Disney had no real interest in absolutely integrating the tv sequence into the MCU. All you needed to do was watch the second episode, “0-8-4,” a bottle episode that could possibly be set in any universe, with any solid of characters, and wanted a last-minute 30-second Samuel L. Jackson cameo with the intention to hold viewers going into Episode 3.
No Present Ought to Begin With A Bottle Episode
“0-8-4” has Agent Coulson’s (Clark Gregg) crew in Peru to get well an artifact of “unknown origin.” Bringing again the “hero geese down and a shockwave comes from their stick” transfer from Serenity, the crew flees again onboard their ship, “the Bus,” with members of the nationwide military. That’s proper, the second episode of the model new big-budget MCU tv sequence is a bottle episode.
Bottle episodes make the most of present units, usually with solely the principle solid concerned, and are heavier on dialogue. They are often nice when used proper, like Supernatural’s “Child,” however “0-8-4” was solely the second episode to air. Going proper right into a bottle episode was meant to allow us to see how the characters work together with each other and develop relationships, however Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D. was additionally a Marvel sequence, and nothing about this episode took benefit of the setting.
What number of misplaced civilizations exist within the Marvel universe that the artifact may have been tied to? It may have been a part of Nova Roma. As a substitute of the Peruvian military, Coulson’s ex may have been main a unit of The Wild Pack. One thing. Something small to tie the story into the bigger world, as a substitute of being a generic journey. Then once more, bottle episodes are cheaper to supply, so “0-8-4” ought to have been a clue that the present’s finances was being throttled so as attain 22 episodes a season.
Brokers Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Is Too Good For Fashionable Marvel
One of the best of “0-8-4,” moreover FitzSimmons, one of the best a part of each episode of Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.is the temporary cameo look of Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury after the credit. For over a decade, followers have complained that they’ve by no means skilled one other second like that. That was the second clue in “0-8-4” that the sequence was by no means, ever, going to achieve its potential.
Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D. ultimately discovered its groove by, mockingly, abandoning all connection to the MCU and saying, “Screw it, we’re doing Ghost Rider,” or “Let’s adapt Secret Empire.” It was a enjoyable, implausible sci-fi journey present. 14 years later, the unrealized potential that Disney had proper there nonetheless hurts. Given the present state of the MCU, although, perhaps it’s good that FitzSimmons, Might, Quake, Coulson, and Mack may be remembered on their very own. However….What If?