Yeah the third episode was a clear improvement over the first two, seemed like an actual starting point for something rather than just setup. I liked both Hall and Quinn.
Skye and Coulson are still pretty much holding things together on the Shield side. (May is cool but doesn't really do much.)
Ward especially is just such a stock character, and doesn't really seem to have room to go to grow to anything interesting. I hope they come up with a properly Marvely solution to that
