TV #26 of 2018:
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., season 5
The finale of this season is outstanding, especially for the closure on Coulson and Fitz’s respective character arcs, but I’m not as sold on some of the episodes that get us there. Although the season has clearly been written with the knowledge that it might be the last one, it sometimes feels like that pressure on the writers to avoid loose ends has resulted in over-tidy solutions and an unnecessary amount of wheel-spinning throughout. (I’m also still kind of unclear on how exactly the apocalyptic timeline from the start of the season ultimately gets averted, but as usual with time travel, I’m more or less willing to just roll with it.) The final episode this season really could – and perhaps should – have closed the door on this chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and I worry that the show is never again going to hit the heights of last season’s Framework storyline. But I’m still enjoying this series for the most part, and I’m definitely on board to see what next season will look like.
★★★☆☆
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