After watching the first episode, I had hoped that there would be some of that Marvel charm in this episode, after all, the cast is top notch. Instead, I discover that not only is Cobie Smulders out, she's out of the entire MCU. I can't say I enjoyed the weak exit written for her, nor her lack of screen time. Her exit doesn't make me want to see more, it makes me want to see less. The scenes between Don Cheadle and SLJ are an interesting, yet unbelievable move to 'raise the stakes' which falls flat and hard. I almost expected to hear someone utter "jive turkey" at some point, such was the oddly lacking conversational style between two 'brothers'. It should have been written as two powerful, competent, dedicated, fearsome men confronting each other, one for his inaction, one for his heavy-handed approach. Frankly I don't really care if anyone wins this boring invasion, and its manufactured "The Bear" daily no stakes drama. Win, lose, it's just a time filler that I have no desire to see completed.
