Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season 4, Episode 2 Review

"Meet the New Boss" is the second episode of Agents of SHIELD's fourth season, finally introducing the new SHIELD director, in fact an Inhuman with somewhat strict policies on his team, but generally an all-round good guy. While I'm sure this new character is going to go somewhere at some point, it still seems odd that we've got a whole new character taking over as director, as opposed to say Agent May, and the Captain America comparisons the episode makes don't make him seem any more applicable for the role. That said, at least we're not saddled with a much more arrogant and grumpy character for the team to work with.
Meanwhile, Daisy tries to interrogate the mysterious Robbie Reyes, who confirms that his powers are in fact granted by the devil to take vengeance on those who deserve it. It's sadly an idea that the episode skims the surface of, especially given how far-removed it is from anything the MCU has previously established, but I think they are building up a potentially interesting dynamic between Quake and Ghost Rider.
Then there's ghosts in Agents of SHIELD. Again, this is a plot thread I can't discuss in full at this point in the season, but it did strike me as an odd inclusion into the series. That said, adding a supernatural aspect to the more sci-fi tech nature of the show does clash in a really cool way, and if the eventual pay-off is handled correctly, this could be an interesting story-line, which may be linked to a certain Ghost Rider... The opening pre-titles sequence was pretty cool, and very horror-esque, which did make me wish in a way that these ghosts were one-off villains, but again I guess that's tied to my still-standing belief that Agents of SHIELD should be more of a monster-of-the-week show like most Joss Whedon series', in part to help with the character development - which Agents of SHIELD doesn't always click with.
Overall, "Meet the New Boss" feels like another building-block in this season of Agents of SHIELD that brings new things to the table without really expanding on them to any great depth. I guess its early days yet for this season, but the whole idea of this show reinventing itself every year means that it takes almost an entire season for me to really get into this new approach, unlike new seasons of say, The Flash or Daredevil. It's not the worst problem the show could have, but it means that I'm left with nothing to really think about at this point, let alone write. So...in a nutshell, it was good. Interesting stuff, even if there isn't much to talk about.