Coming off a debut that saw 11.9 million viewers -- the highest-rated network drama in four years -- ABC's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." attempted to excite fans Tuesday night with a cameo by "The Avengers" Nick Fury.

"I'm still playing the same guy, it's the same process," Samuel L Jackson, who plays Fury, told the Journal Tuesday morning. "I just show up and they turn the cameras on and we do it."

"S.H.I.E.L.D." delivered 8.4 million viewers, impressive for 8 p.m., but down 34 percent from last week's record-setting arrival.

In the scene, Fury chastised his underling Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) for severely damaging the agency's aircraft, including but not limited to blowing a life raft sized hole into its hull.

After only six days, that seemed quite an accomplishment. "You know I have the authority to downgrade your a-- to a Winnebago," Fury shouted in the scene.