The most conventional and familiar episode yet. Also the weakest episode yet.
Though the early episodes of this show were something very different and unique among the MCU output, this episode fully feels like many previous MCU projects. Now that the villains' plans are known to us, the show can no longer have the same feeling of mystery and espionage that the early episodes had. Unfortunately this makes it hard for this episode to truly stand out among many earlier MCU movies and shows. One thing that puts many of the previous MCU movies and shows over this episode is that the main villain is still very bland. He is threatening but he is not especially enjoyable to watch nor does he have any part of his personality that makes him stand out. As well as him, many of the supporting characters are simply very bland as well, feeling more like plot points than characters.
The dialogue in this episode ranges from very bland and cliché to quite clever and intelligent. I didn't feel that there was as much clever dialogue as in the previous episodes, but what there was worked quite well. Sadly much of the dialogue simply feels like a weaker version of dialogue we have heard in previous MCU projects. It simply doesn't have same effect here.
This is not to say that there us nothing to enjoy about this episode though. The action scenes are fun, even if not especially memorable. Also I still like how this show works as a character study for Nick Fury and Samuel L. Jackson is just as wonderful in the role as always.
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