[CaptainCrunch]

I started watching again from season one, and its amazing how much you forget.


On rewatching, it was actually a pretty strong season that got really strong by the end.


First of all, I miss Bill Paxton, he was brilliant as John Garrett, especially in his descent to madness.


The first season established a lot of things that echo'd throughout the season. Centipede, Death Lok, Gravitonium and Glenn Talbot were all introduced.



We got the exceptional story line around the Clairvoyant which later turned out to be Hydra. We also saw the direct link with Winter Soldier and got to live through the collapse of shield.


We got really good performances by the cast, and Saffron Barrows as Victoria Hand was really good, we also got cameo's from Sam Jackson as Agent Fury.


The turn in Episode 7 was shocking. I still love the "Out of the Darkness and into the Light" moment. On top of that Brett Dalton did an amazing character change in 2 seconds when he betrayed Shield and revealed himself as Hydra. After a whole season of him saving Simmon's life and befriending Fitz and being the reliable gentle field agent he became cold and callous and Ruthless.



I think more highly now of season 1 then I did before. The dialogue and writing and throw away lines were really good. The effects were solid and the story lines were good.