{"id":5514,"date":"2014-11-18T10:40:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T16:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=5514"},"modified":"2014-11-18T01:13:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T07:13:42","slug":"what-did-iowa-do-to-you-agents-of-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/what-did-iowa-do-to-you-agents-of-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"What did Iowa do to you, Agents of SHIELD?"},"content":{"rendered":"

First scene in last week’s episode of “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“What’s Burning Man<\/a>?”<\/p>\n

“Are you sure you’re not from Iowa, because you just sounded like it.”<\/p>\n

Later it turns out the person who spoke the second line was “an art teacher from Iowa.” I’m not sure if that makes it better or worse.<\/p>\n

Iowa has a history of being name-dropped in superhero\/spy TV shows, from “Kim Possible”<\/a>\u00a0a decade ago to “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”<\/a> a half-century ago, both of which put secret bases in the state. In that light, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” needs to step up its game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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