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'Agents of SHIELD' Recap: 5 Things We Learned From 'The Asset'
The third episode of Joss Whedon's 'Avengers' spinoff is on its
way to finding its footing, but it's still a bit clumsy. Plus
comics legend Jim Steranko shares his take.  S.H.I.E.L.D The
Asset Episodic - H 2013  There's a moment early on in Agents of
SHIELD's third episode, "The Asset," when Agent Ward (Brett
Dalton) is running a boxing workout with Skye (Chloe Bennet) --
who's apparently never seen anyone punch anything in her life --
when he tells her, “Every field agent has a defining moment.”
Every show needs to have one, too, and we are butting up against
the time when SHIELD needs to go from mildly disappointing to
legitimately entertaining.  How Long is too Long?  The reluctant
hero is a tough one to make work on television. He, or in this
case, she, has to be a necessary part of the drama even though
they clearly don’t want to be. And, at some point, they need to
stop being