 Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times felt that the series " created a whole new sort of television show : One that must support , and change with , the plot twists of its film family ... never before has television been literally married to film , charged with filling in the back story and creating the connective tissue of an ongoing film franchise . " She stated that the Captain America : The Winter Soldier crossover " infused S.H.I.E.L.D. with a new energy , and helped explain , perhaps , why the show took so long to find its footing — in the writers ' room at least ... That Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was able to succeed as a story both independent and ancillary is all but miraculous . " She concluded that the series " is now not only a very good show in its own right , it 's part of Marvel 's multiplatform city @-@ state . It faces a future of perpetual re @-@ invention , and that puts it in the exhilarating first car of television 's roller @-@ coaster ride toward possible world domination . " 
