Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24675861-20151122082146/@comment-27288126-20151126003818

Zippertrain85 wrote: One talk show tried to argue his existence, one. The others mostly made fun of the idea, and said it was just an excuse for someone committing crimes.

And about the inconsistencies in logic and believing, people do that in real life too. Even though we've made countless discoveries in space and around the world that would've been dismissed as myth, a lot of people deny things such as Alien Life or Bigfoot, etc (not trying to imply these things are 100% real as we know them, but still).

It's also been implied that a lot of people make stuff up about superpowered people after The Avengers to try and gain publicity, so S.H.I.E.L.D. can't just look into every single solitary claim without some proof of their existence, which they had absolutely none for Kilgrave.

But the buzz, even if it is making fun, is more than enough to justify a check-up. It is not as if mind control is something new. Johann Fennhoff has been able to achieve it back in 50s and SHIELD is well aware. Faustus method, used by Hydra, is also well known to shield. Gideon Malick knows this as well and would definitely want ATCU to check it out. Even if it is too weak of a lead for SHIELD to spare they limited resources, ATCU or Talbot won´t have any problems with sending a few operatives over.