Monday Media Musings: 09/16/19

Agents of SHIELD, Season 6: We started watching this season more or less as it aired, then ended up taking a bit of a break from it before finishing it up over the last couple of weeks. Overall it was a pretty decent season, although a distinct step down from its strongest work (my favorite stretches are from S1 after the turn through S2 and most of S4). Though I like Coulson perfectly well, I wish they'd figured out a way to let the character and actor exit gracefully rather than finding excuses to keep bringing him back. I'm far more interested in Daisy, in Mack and Yo-Yo, in May's own journey, and in the workings of SHIELD as a whole. The hard left turn in the finale, and where it's taken them to set up the next season, is pretty interesting. Although I've enjoyed this show, I'm not sorry S7 is its last -- I feel like they've taken most of the characters about as far as they can go, and it no longer feels cohesive with the movie storylines. So I'm ready for it to end.

Arrowverse: I'm now a few episodes into Arrow S7 and The Flash S5. I also rewatched a fair number of Legends and Supergirl S3, although I expect to watch fewer of each going forward because neither of them seems to have many strong ties to the larger 'verse. ( Spoilers for everything. )