Season 1 was a very good primer. It's slow-going but they did a great job with main characters.

I'm excited to check out Season 2.

You mean Agent Carter or Agents of Shield?

Agents of SHIELD is very bland, even 15 episodes in and the story was still boring. The characters are like planks of wood while Coulson is the only one, along with the odd appearance from Maria Hill which are decent. Only time it's gotten good is when they latch onto the films like the Winter Soldier tie in, the Kree stuff, when Sif comes to Earth, the episode which takes place Dark World or the inhuman stuff but on it's own...Yawn.

In my opinion they should of had a Mulder/Scully type set up like the X Files where Coulson (being revived) is kept under watch by his new partner, Agent Hill as they tackle high level cases together with the special guess star each episode revolving around the story. The other characters were not needed.

For Agent Carter it's way better and I think it's thanks to it's 8 episode run. There's no dramatic pauses with the story, like if a character finds out something you don't need to wait 2-3 episodes for them to confront someone. The setting is great, Hayley Atwell gives a fantastic performance and the supporting cast are just as good...however some of the characters in the office she works with take a few episodes to get interesting. Carters and Jarvis relationship is good to see develop aswell. Unlike SHIELD, Agent Carter can't latch onto recent films since it's set in the past. With it being how SHIELD is formed it's nice to see them come up with their own stories and see (hopefully in season 2) Hydra's rise to power