Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Season 3 Episode 17: “The Team”
Directed by Elodie Keene
Written by DJ Doyle
Created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen
Starring Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, Luke Mitchell, Juan Pablo Raba, Powers Boothe, Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Mark Dacascos, Gabriel Salvador
ABC
Air Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 9pm

This may come as a shock, but I didn’t actually hate “The Team,” Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 3.17. It wasn’t all great, but there were some genuine character moments and decent plot developments. This episode was all about trust — and while a budding trust between multiple characters was quickly shattered by forces out of their control, my trust for the show began a path to renewal.

Spoilers ahead!

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Season 3 Episode 16: “Paradise Lost”
Directed by Wendey Stanzler
Written by George Kitson and Sharla Oliver
Created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen
Starring Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, Luke Mitchell, Powers Boothe, Reed Diamond, Mark Dacascos, Cameron Palatas, Alexander Wraith, Joel Dabney Courtney, Axle Whitehead, Bethany Joy Lenz
ABC
Air Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 9pm

This week on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 3.16 “Paradise Lost,” S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra continue along their separate paths towards a final confrontation at the end of the season. While there are certainly some highlights (which I’ll cover in S.H.I.E.L.D.ed Observations below), this episode is very aptly named and is just bad as a whole.

And to cover why it’s so bad, I’d like to share with you my top five reasons in all their spoilery glory.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Season 3 Episode 15: “Spacetime”
Directed by Kevin Tancharoen
Written by Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen
Created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen
Starring Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, Luke Mitchell, Blair Underwood, Matthew Willig, Powers Boothe, Mark Dacascos, Alexander Wraith, Bjorn Johnson, Wolfgang Bodison, Lola Glaudini, Markus Flanagan
ABC
Air Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 9pm

This week’s installment of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., “Spacetime” asks the question, “can the future be changed?” Unfortunately, as much as the previews and sneak peeks intended to hype up this episode, calling it “the most astonishing episode of the season,” its premise isn’t too original and it ends fairly flat.