So here's the thing. The Gifted is brilliant. Fox is outdoing Marvel with their own characters on this one. I'm a huge fan so far of The Gifted, due to their characterizations, and even their action scenes. Inhumans "tried too hard" to be a big production (based off of where it started, as a movie). And it could never recover from that.

I agree, starting with the rebellion was rushed, and using flashbacks all the time just says you started the story in the wrong place. I disagree about "building towards an awesome season 2"...because Arrow taught us a great lesson about superhero shows "Don't wait for a tomorrow that will never come." and "There are ALWAYS more plotlines to draw from!"

They setup a plot, and resolved a plot for the first few seasons, and it worked so well it's spawned an entire TV universe.

But this isn't a Berlanti production, this is Marvel producing their own characters, and they've dropped the ball completely.

Inhumans could have been pretty fantastic, if they had any idea how to portray the characters without seeming flat, and lifeless.

Oh, and they HAD to get them off the moon because the sets looked like CRAP, and it gave them an excuse to film in Hawaii...They couldn't spend an entire season just in Attlian.

But I agree, Agents of SHIELD was a GREAT tie-in and they didn't want to do it.