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Before
getting into the actual review, let’s quickly talk about Doctor Strange. Last night’s episode of Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D. was the first new episode since the movie came out, and in the
past there has been something of a tie-in with the movie in the following AoS
episode. Some of those tie-ins
(particularly with Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Avengers:
Age of Ultron) are relatively big and can spoil the movie’s ending. This is not one of them. In fact, there is no mention of Doctor
Strange anywhere in the episode—and that’s a good thing. The events in Doctor Strange were big
and potentially universe-shattering… but they occurred in such a way that
S.H.I.E.L.D. shouldn’t really know anything definite about them. Coupled with the major, potentially
universe-shattering events S.H.I.E.L.D. is already dealing with, and there’s no
reason for S.H.I.E.L.D. to really get involved with the minor events they could
be aware of. The fact that they don’t
try to shoehorn a Direct Tie-In into the episode shows that the showrunners are
confident enough in their series to let it stand on its own and not try to take
advantage of the connective tissue marketing ploy.
Having said
all of that, there is still a very small Thematic Tie-In between Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D. and Doctor Strange.
It’s not much of a spoiler for either.
Both play with the concept of the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse—something Agents
of S.H.I.E.L.D. actually (may) have done in season 1!
