 Evan Valentine , writing for Collider , divided the season into highs and lows : highs included the Captain America : The Winter Soldier crossover , with Valentine noting that " The creators had clearly known this moment was coming ... and did a great job of capitalizing [ on ] it , " as well as other tie @-@ ins with the Marvel Cinematic Universe , and he praised Gregg 's performance , stating " What made us fall in love with the character from the first Iron Man to his death in The Avengers is still alive and kicking " ; lows of the season included the episodes before the Winter Soldier tie @-@ in , with Valentine feeling that the series " became the show that had to stall its developments and character building to make way for the [ tie @-@ in ] . " He also criticized the rest of the main cast , though he did approve of the guest and supporting cast members , and he criticized the series ' use of minor comic book characters and concepts , singling out the costume design for Deathlok as " horrid " and not scary . 
