Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D

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Season 4
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 24, 2013
Season #: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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  1. ReubenIsAGod
    Sep 21, 2016
    9
    Alrighty. So in all honesty, I haven't actually seen any of the last seasons of Agent's of S.H.I.E.L.D and personally thought that that first season was pretty darn horrid the episodes I saw before dropping it. SOOOO, with that in mind, I decided to jump straight into this season because basically I'm a HUGE Ghost Rider fan.......Fun Fact: Ghost Rider is stronger and more powerful then theAlrighty. So in all honesty, I haven't actually seen any of the last seasons of Agent's of S.H.I.E.L.D and personally thought that that first season was pretty darn horrid the episodes I saw before dropping it. SOOOO, with that in mind, I decided to jump straight into this season because basically I'm a HUGE Ghost Rider fan.......Fun Fact: Ghost Rider is stronger and more powerful then the HULK....That out of the way....I **** LOVED THIS INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARACTER......It was just some really great set up, Ghost Rider is an amazingly brutal character who really doesn't get much love and I'm so thankful that they decided to use Robbie Ryes instead of Johnny Blaze just because the character of Robbie is awfully a lot more interesting and just such a overall different Ghost Rider.

    I loved this...And I hated Shield to began with. I'm absolutely loving the tone and really looking forward to see where they go, as it seems the way in which they are setting up the Darker supernatural side of Marvel is amazing.

    Yeah, Brilliant start point. Can't wait to see where the series goes as we learn more and more about the Ghost Riders origins. *Fingers crossed for a Johnny Blaze cameo*    … Expand
  2. tigerskin84
    Oct 26, 2016
    0
    After three seasons that felt like four, I'm giving up on this show. It's stupid, has no purpose in the MCU whatsoever and I pretty much don't give a F about main characters - Daisy/Sky and Coulson.

    What started like an interesting spin-off of MCU movies became name-dropping, self-important drivel of a TV show. I can easily say after three seasons that main character - Daisy/Sky is the    After three seasons that felt like four, I'm giving up on this show. It's stupid, has no purpose in the MCU whatsoever and I pretty much don't give a F about main characters - Daisy/Sky and Coulson.

    What started like an interesting spin-off of MCU movies became name-dropping, self-important drivel of a TV show. I can easily say after three seasons that main character - Daisy/Sky is the worst part of this show. She's just too fake, character is so bland, uninteresting and unimportant and the acting is not good also. You/me as a viewer just don't care for her but the show and the characters in it just try too damn hard to make us, force us, care for her and it's really exhausting after some point. She's also one of the main sources of this show's pathetic drama moments and plots.    … Expand
  3. martinex
    Dec 15, 2016
    6
    I don't know, maybe I'm getting old but all these superhero movies and TV shows are really starting to wear on me. I'll admit it was exciting watching the comic books I grew up reading adapted to the big screen but the novelty is really starting to wear off.
  4. Rabidprimate
    Sep 20, 2016
    5
    Pretty weak opening episode. Story was everywhere with no real plot. Felt more like a "hey guys were back" episode where everybody was just there and some things happened then the credits rolled. Ghost rider poorly executed in just about every way the only way you'd even know it was Ghost rider is hes vaguely like the actual character and they gave him the name. The show has been reallyPretty weak opening episode. Story was everywhere with no real plot. Felt more like a "hey guys were back" episode where everybody was just there and some things happened then the credits rolled. Ghost rider poorly executed in just about every way the only way you'd even know it was Ghost rider is hes vaguely like the actual character and they gave him the name. The show has been really good since day one so i'm still hopeful last season was a pretty big climax. Its just a pity the thing i'm left thinking at the end of the episode is do the people who make the comic book tv shows even read comic books because sometimes it feels like they just look at a picture of the character read his name and then just make up stuff and put it on the show.… Expand
  5. SrPepe
    Mar 27, 2018
    7
    El nuevo Ghost Rider es genial y una gran incorporación, sin embargo, esta serie no llega a alcanzar los estándares de las últimas 2.
  6. Duo
    Oct 9, 2016
    10
    A welcome change of pace in this season with a new beginning to the storyline, so it's a good time for new viewers who haven't seen previous episodes to start getting in on this super-cool series.

    I'm not worried about the first few episodes being a bit slow and rambling, this is typical of how this series builds up a storm from a rustling of leaves on the ground. Once the foundations    A welcome change of pace in this season with a new beginning to the storyline, so it's a good time for new viewers who haven't seen previous episodes to start getting in on this super-cool series.

    I'm not worried about the first few episodes being a bit slow and rambling, this is typical of how this series builds up a storm from a rustling of leaves on the ground. Once the foundations of the characters are laid out, the storyline starts to build up and things get juicy.

    I'm liking where it's going with the dark undertones and questions of trust. What it means to be a team has really has been present all through this series as a major theme, and now it seems to come full circle with the building of a new team perhaps, while trying to hold on to the strings of the past team.

    Co-created by Joss Whedon, whose magic touch for storytelling, humour, themes of friendship, and deep character development is legendary, this show is the most fun tv hour each week for me!    … Expand
  7. nestoryavith
    Jul 25, 2017
    10
    Ok. I'll go stratight to the point... Learn people. This is how you do the ghost rider. Fantastic job abc, he looks amazing and the story and action sequencies are awesome. Not to lie, I've loved the series from the beginning but didn't have such high hopes for it but every season kept coming back better and better and now it's over the roof... Loved every second of it. 10/10
  8. VirgonoShaka
    May 19, 2017
    8
    So with this show ending its fourth season, what can we take from these episodes. Whe i was watching season 3 and dealing with the inhumans as the main plot, i felt that realm would be the best balance for this show, the powers and x-men feel for the inhumans with shield trying to maintain some order against the threat of HYDRA. But in the end, it didn't pan out, mostly with how theySo with this show ending its fourth season, what can we take from these episodes. Whe i was watching season 3 and dealing with the inhumans as the main plot, i felt that realm would be the best balance for this show, the powers and x-men feel for the inhumans with shield trying to maintain some order against the threat of HYDRA. But in the end, it didn't pan out, mostly with how they played it, the way they decided to develop the characters, and mostly that the story itself didn't felt that intersting or connected to the main MCU. So all in all, I was not very excited for another season of a show that felt going worse with each new one, even with the Ghost rider announced. But surprise, surprise, this season actually got better, and not only because of the new characters introduced, or the new mythos, but mostly because the characters that we already had were put in new and interesting situations that forced them to develop not only as part of a story, but as human characters, with good emotional changes and challenges on their way. Although not the whole season was a the same level, it mantained a consistency of good acting and good, strong development for the characters what we have come to associated with SHIELD in the MCU, with the new ones not wasted at all, but adding to the deeper mythos of the whole universe. While I would love for some of the characters (Ghost rider in particular) to pop into other marvel properties, and I would love for better connections with the main MCU, this season as a whole holds out much better and probably becomes the best out of the four so far. I'm glad that the show was renewed, although I'm still not that confident that they can pull another out of the hat, maybe at least making it entretaining. Soo good job guys, just know your limits and if you can, maybe the next one can the a good send off for this series, and use that as a platform to improve all the other shows of the MCU, including the new ones (looking at you inhumans). Recommended for fans of the series even if the lost hipe with last season, or big fans of marvel or the MCU. For anyone else, maybe a watching on netfilx, but if you have a lot of other stuff on your list, not that big of a priority.… Expand
  9. iclady
    May 11, 2017
    10
    So happy to read today that this series has been renewed what a great show just love it I think season 4 was very exciting hope that season 5 is just as good . well done ABC
  10. AlMcFly
    Jul 8, 2017
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've stayed this long watching Shield, so I obviously enjoy the show. I need to say though, Season 4 is kind of stupid.

    The Ghost Rider arc pumped me up big time. One of my favorite comic characters. Even the mad scientist motivations through it were pretty interesting, though I would have FAR preferred the show to pursue magical/supernatural elements that the Ghost Rider is so famous for. However, I do understand Shield has a major boner for science. Seriously, the show should be renamed "Look! Aliens and Science!".

    Then of course, Ghost Rider exits and the rest of the season is about nothing but science. I began yawning more and more every episode, and even became angry. Why? Because the world doesn't make sense. Aida the android has been given WAY too many episodes. If this were the real MCU, the Avengers would have cleaned this up. Three major U.S. cities hit by a repeating EMP? Where are any of the Avengers? A U.S. senator and Russian pirate (hehe) marching Watchdogs across the globe without impunity? Where are any Avengers? The current Shield infiltrated by LMDs? Phil Coulson and the Patriot replaced by androids and kidnapped? Where's Nick Fury? Where are any Avengers? The framework, a virtual reality simulation holding their brains hostage and only Simmons and Daisy are available to save them? Sure. That's believable in a world where actual Marvel heroes aren't allowed to intervene. An android that is building a human body using an arcane/alien tech mystical, probably conscious, book? Basically the exact endgame theme the Ultron had with his new body (Vision). And I'm supposed to believe no Avenger, not even Stark, is aware? Did they really just spend like 10+ episodes stealing the theme from Age of Ultron?

    To top this all off, this entire show is now literally about acience and Inhumans. But wait, we have the entire 4th season and only two new inhumans are introduced. Patriot who is cool, ends up being a fake inhuman. Not only that, it rewrites the comic version of Mace who was NOT an inhuman. He was Captain America's replacement during WWII after Cap disappeared in the ice. But sorry folks, that WAY cooler origin story is in the garbage. He's now a fake Inhuman. Oh yah, and he dies in the Matrix. The only other Inhuman introduced is Vijay, the Senator's brother, who ends up having a pretty badass set of powers. Sorry though, he's killed in the same episode he's introduced. I know he went through a 2nd Terragenesis underwater, but whatever, not utilized well again in season 4.

    So now we're just left with Quake and Yo-yo...because you know...they haven't had enough focus in the first three seasons.

    As far as other storylines: Mack's three season long drama pain is getting really old. Oh, and they willingly left him in the Matrix. Wthell?!? May and Coulson's half-handed love arc is pretty forced. Fitz turning evil is actually a little edgy, so not bad. However, it required the Matrix world, so not 100% real or Fitz's fault...lame. Simmons is pretty one dimensional, and always has been. Her double-agent arc last season was thrilling. Now she's back to full-time science person who is sometimes a damsel in distress. I'm so glad Daisy stopped being an emo terrorist Hot Topic employee. However, it did seem like she rejoined Shield quite a bit more quickly than believable. She then went back to playing exactly the same character as the prior seasons.

    More things that annoyed me: the stupid real world movie references (Terminator, etc.). They are hamfisted. Stupid out of place sarcasm and jokes in really serious, tense situations. This **** has been tiring even from the movies. Moles in spy agencies. ALWAYS leaks. ALWAYS moles. It's the most cliche spy theme. Shield collapsed because it was infiltrated by Hydra. Shield then secretly reforms, announces itself to the world, and within a few episodes: bam. Infiltrated. **** then the Matrix brings this "What If?" Storyline where we're supposed to believe small past changes within the lives of Shield team members actually led to Hydra winning and the Triskellion still standing. Wait. Who actually brought down Hydra and the Triskellion? Cap and friends? Was it Cap and friends? I thought it was Cap and friends. But yeah. Forget all that. A small change for some Shield team members and Hydra wins. Forget Cap existed at all. His contribution was minor anyway.

    In summary: Shield, please. Stop with all the science-heavy **** Marvel is about superpowers. I remember during season 1 I literally said out loud "where are the freaking superheroes?". Shield characters make almost zero progress in their lives. They just scurry around in circles. The alien worlds, the history of Hydra, and Hive, were all pretty damn thrilling storylines in prior seasons. This season we mostly get female Ultron and "spy agency problems". These are the reasons I say this season is average at best.

    P.S. I hope The Inhumans TV show isn't Shield 2.0    … Expand
  11. MarceloPaz
    Oct 6, 2018
    7
    Very confused the season, in some moments is lost, in others it surprises, ok, perhaps the least liked.
  12. Mudget
    Jun 22, 2017
    9
    I'm a Marvel fan who has really mixed emotions about the whole cinematic universe, from the Fox and MCU movies to the ABC and Netflix TV. I guess like any really big 'world' there are upside and downs, with the biggest down probably being the fact that properties originally conceived by Marvel are not all under one umbrella where they can co-habitate. The result is a mishmash ofI'm a Marvel fan who has really mixed emotions about the whole cinematic universe, from the Fox and MCU movies to the ABC and Netflix TV. I guess like any really big 'world' there are upside and downs, with the biggest down probably being the fact that properties originally conceived by Marvel are not all under one umbrella where they can co-habitate. The result is a mishmash of universes where fans just instinctively know they'd work better together. Some properties are thriving (The Avengers, Deadpool), others are somewhat uneven (The Defenders, X-Men) and still others are downright sucking (Fantastic Four), and from the get-go I'd put Agents of SHIELD into this last category. The first season made me shake my head and realize we really weren't going to get much, and I'll admit, I was so disinterested in its cheesy Bond-esque approach that I skipped the second season altogether. Reading some reviews suggesting the show was heading into bona-fide comic book superhero/villain territory, improved CGI, action, dialog, writing and acting, caused me to revisit the series starting with season 3, and I hungrily devoured these last two seasons almost non-stop. This last season in particular has left me feeling as excited and energized as I did after watching Civil War or Days of Future Past - the pace was brisk, the acting ranged from good to exceptional, with really well-crafted storytelling using layers of plot lines that weave together fluidly. The fact that we're now fully in the Marvel universe, with bad ass team-ups between the likes of Quake and Ghost Rider, deep and complex characters like The Patriot and Aida, and an android/virtual reality plot line on par with the best The Matrix had to offer, makes me as proud of this series as anything on offer from Marvel.

    Any Marvel fan who gave up on this early on, and for good reason, owes it to themselves to come back to it and see how the series has totally come into its own. Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson is always phenomenal, a good guy in the vein of Twin Peaks' Agent Cooper who you simply can't help but root for - the kind of hero you'd want to have your back if this stuff were real. He holds it all together with a team of characters who, in the beginning were SO cliché, but who now are a well-oiled machine with a lot of depth and chemistry. The series has really hit its stride and I can't wait for the next season. Actually, I'm going to do myself a favor and watch the second season. They've earned that.    … Expand
  13. Kai82
    Jan 17, 2021
    8
    I think I should warn you first that the last third of season 4 is much more grim and darker than anything else you have seen in the show. They even change the title there and there is no warning. With this done lets start at the beginning. There is a time gap between the conclusion of season 3 and the start of season 4. There are some mayor changes as Phil Coulson has given up beingI think I should warn you first that the last third of season 4 is much more grim and darker than anything else you have seen in the show. They even change the title there and there is no warning. With this done lets start at the beginning. There is a time gap between the conclusion of season 3 and the start of season 4. There are some mayor changes as Phil Coulson has given up being director of Shield to make room for Jeffrey Mace who is a public relations dream and should fix all problems of Shield with the press and public. Daisy has now adopted the name Quake and is a vigilante hero (Not part of the team anymore). Holden Radcliffe has archived a pardon and works with Shield. Jemma and Fitz are finally in a relationship (Finally Fitzsimmons came true;-). Elena (Yo-Yo) has now registered to the Sokovia accords. The timeskip events make the story itself a bit weaker at the start for me but when it takes momentum it works well. This season has again the staple of great twists and a lot of character developments. No one will be the same person after the conclusion or after some impactful events. The main story deals with something even Nick Fury feared and this is no easy task as he did not falter being shot, during an alien invasion or dealing with some scary problems as director of Shield. There is more but this would be to much spoiler territory. I am still a bit divided by the darker parts at the end. It is an increase by a magnitude if not more compared to everything else. I stopped watching for a few days. To clarify: It is not bad and actually well done. There are however a few scenes that are extra shocking and you would not believe me if I told you some events. There are also a few developments for the relationships between the characters that I enjoyed. Again the whole cast delivers but I want to specially praise Iain De Caestecker as Leopold Fitz who impressed me even more and you will look differently at him, John Hannah as Holden Radcliff who has an amazing arc and Mallory Jansen as Aida who has an equal if not even better arc. I also want to praise Gabriel Luna for his role as Robbie Reyes. He was a great addition and became a favorite for me. Jason O’Mara as Jeffrey Mace who I disliked first won me over after some time. He is a true hero while still be a human with flaws and struggles. As always the special effects work well for the whole show. I have yet to find a misstep after 4 seasons. The action scenes are intense and here are a lot of awesome fights. I know I write this for every season but it is a staple and as always impactful. Overall this season delivers but it has a few weaknesses. I disliked the beginning of the season (timeskip / some developments), the last third is too dark for me (too much without warning) and I don't like a part of the conclusion while I still do not know what I have to make out of the teaser scene for season 5 (Not started to watch it yet). I think I recommend it to you as I gave a fair warning for the darker parts.… Expand
  14. Sango
    Oct 3, 2018
    10
    This season was the closest I've seen to a perfect 22 episode season, felt tight and had no filler, intense all throughout, unpredictable roller-coaster. I can't even decide which of the 3 main arcs is my favourite, they were all amazing! I also really loved the new addition of Ghost Rider and Jeffrey Mace, if we include Aida, we would have on our hands the best cast additions to date, IThis season was the closest I've seen to a perfect 22 episode season, felt tight and had no filler, intense all throughout, unpredictable roller-coaster. I can't even decide which of the 3 main arcs is my favourite, they were all amazing! I also really loved the new addition of Ghost Rider and Jeffrey Mace, if we include Aida, we would have on our hands the best cast additions to date, I also really loved the themes touched on in this season...yep, I feel confident enough to say it, this season was a masterpiece!… Expand
  15. Lucas565
    Jun 9, 2021
    10
    Uma das melhores séries que eu já assisti eu recomendo ela é maravilhosa mesmo muito boa
  16. iCampoRamil
    Nov 12, 2021
    7
    La mejor de momento, es una locura en todos sus aspectos, pero entretiene a más no poder.
  17. DolphinReviews
    Oct 15, 2022
    7
    Although the season does start out a bit slow, by the end of it… it’s fantastic!

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  1. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Jon Negroni
    Sep 20, 2016
    80
    Ghost Rider and LMD tech deliver promising new territories for Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s darker fourth year, including a surprising willingness to tap into Marvel’s less glamorous mythologies.
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