Full spoilers for Marvel's Agents of SHIELD's Season 4 premiere below.
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD is leaning hard on Ghost Rider joining in Season 4 as a hook to get people watching the show, so it makes sense that Gabriel Luna's take on Robbie Reyes would be introduced right at the beginning of the premiere, "The Ghost." It was the right choice not to force viewers to wait to see the fiery Marvel superhero, and he proved to be the best part of SHIELD's return.
The difference made by shifting Agents of SHIELD back to a 10 p.m. time slot came across most notably through the Ghost Rider story arc; there's a whole lot more blood this season, and a generally darker aesthetic. Thinking back to the Season 1 premiere (which was in an 8 p.m. time slot), it's clear how Agents of SHIELD has matured over the years, and given the success of the darker Marvel shows over at Netflix, it's a smart move for ABC's series to be more tonally similar. It also helps that Ghost Rider looks great. It could have been a risky move to go for a Johnny Blaze-inspired flaming skull for the character's head instead of Robbie Reyes' skull motorcycle helmet-look from the comics, but the entire presentation looked fantastic and sold the scarier side of the character.
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Marvel's Agents of SHIELD is leaning hard on Ghost Rider joining in Season 4 as a hook to get people watching the show, so it makes sense that Gabriel Luna's take on Robbie Reyes would be introduced right at the beginning of the premiere, "The Ghost." It was the right choice not to force viewers to wait to see the fiery Marvel superhero, and he proved to be the best part of SHIELD's return.
The difference made by shifting Agents of SHIELD back to a 10 p.m. time slot came across most notably through the Ghost Rider story arc; there's a whole lot more blood this season, and a generally darker aesthetic. Thinking back to the Season 1 premiere (which was in an 8 p.m. time slot), it's clear how Agents of SHIELD has matured over the years, and given the success of the darker Marvel shows over at Netflix, it's a smart move for ABC's series to be more tonally similar. It also helps that Ghost Rider looks great. It could have been a risky move to go for a Johnny Blaze-inspired flaming skull for the character's head instead of Robbie Reyes' skull motorcycle helmet-look from the comics, but the entire presentation looked fantastic and sold the scarier side of the character.
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