MCU: 8 Problems Netflix's Marvel Universe Needs To Fix

8. Sluggish Pacing

All of the Netflix Marvel shows tend to adopt the slow-burn approach, very gradually moving its characters into place before (in theory) ramping things up towards the end. It's an approach that worked well for Jessica Jones and Daredevil, but has shown diminishing returns since.

Too often there are scenes of dialogue that just drag out, or whole chunks of seasons where characters find themselves stuck in place, with the show having to spin its wheels until it can get to the end game.

It doesn't help that all of the episodes tend to run close to an hour, whereas many of the best prestige 13-episode dramas tend to keep them around the 45-minute mark (see: Breaking Bad, The Americans etc). It's one thing to take your time and allow scenes to breathe, and of course it can't all be action, but the episodes could still do with being condensed down and some better editing to move quicker from scene to scene.