[CaptainCrunch]

It always seems that Whedon shows need time to kind of grow into what they're going to be, and its no different here.

the first half of the season last year wasn't great as they had to develop characters and they seemed to be a monster of the week show, then bam "Out of the Darkness and into the Light"

The Hydra story line flipped the show on its ear and the pace became incredibly fast.

This year that pace has continued, but now the main characters are pretty fully developed and we know their quirks and their pain points.

It helps that they bought in solid supporting actors.

But it seems to be following the Buffy and Angel guide book, you think you've got the big bad pinned down and then you find out that there is a bigger badder bad.

I don't think Cal is the big bad this year, the big bad is in the background and its coming.