Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season 4, Episode 14 Review
"The Man Behind the Shield" is an episode of Agents of SHIELD that I wish was made earlier in the show's run, or perhaps at a later date when the producers decide to lighten the hell up already. The fourteenth episode of this season shows a younger Coulson and May on-mission together, setting up romantic tension between the two long before Agent May's experiences shortly before the start of the series, but also serving as the Superior's back-story. Regrettably the former aspect doesn't work too well, and comes across as weak to say the least. It's probably best summed-up by Coulson's "cool origin story bro" comment. The Superior is such a flat villain though that having a flat origin story almost makes sense, but the series is almost aware at how bland an antagonist he is, with characters joking about how he's a typical Bond villain with laser sharks and death-traps. If the characters can't take him seriously, why should we? The wa