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There is a lot of promise here, we get expanded backstory for the Scarlett witch and vision. Two characters who had till now only been on the periphery of the marvel films and which are now given much greater weight thanks to the performances of Olsen and Bettany.

The show opens with Witch and Vision living a form of the idealised domestic life we have seen characterised is such shows as 'I love Lucy'. Temporal shifts every week change this setting while uncovering clues why she has sought refuge in this world. Excitingly, the show starts to tease deeper revelations including the possibility of a Multiverse and the reintroduction of familiar parts played by different actors.

Marvel will, hopefully, use the rich characterisation brought through televised storytelling and transfer that onto the big screen for an even richer and more satisfying pay off. Thus far the serialised format has been used to its advantage, with well judged cliffhanger endings and a deep emotional core, notably in its meditation on grief. With a willingness to experiment and show flawed characters in unconventional settings marvel shows that the type of stories it does tell never has to be rigidly defined by the modern blockbuster.