Joss Whedon’s new show set in the Marvel cinematic universe has been steadily trending downwards in the rating since its monster debut. I enjoyed some aspects of the show and as an admitted comic book geek, really want the show to succeed. However the issue that has been nearly universally mentioned by detractors and fans alike is that the characters on this show are pretty awful. This lack of a full cast of characters that immediately grabs the audience is proving detrimental to the show and makes sitting through an hour of it each week much more of a chore than it really needs to be. This brings me to the title of this post and the solution to the problems that are ailing viewers of this show. Joss Whedon has shown no hesitation in killing characters that he has done a marvelous job making audiences care about. Don’t believe me? Do the names Wash, Doyle, Jenny Calendar, Book, Cordelia, and Joyce Summers ring a bell? All were characters that were far more fully formed and beloved by the fans than anyone on Agents of SHIELD not named Phil Coulson and in most cases their deaths provided tons of material for future storylines. So if Whedon can kill off characters that people like to make a show better he should have no trouble popping a couple caps in the collective asses of some of the less than compelling characters on Agents of SHIELD. And with ratings dropping every week I thought it would be a good idea to begin preparing for the inevitable by taking a look at which member of Agent Coulson’s SHIELD team is most likely to bite the bullet first.

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