Marvel's Agents of SHIELD began as a paint-by-numbers NCIS-style show with a focus on the covert agency's attempt at keeping the world safe. Things went sideways when Hydra was revealed in Winter Soldier. Nothing's been the same since. SHIELD has been dismantled by the government and labeled a terrorist organization. Fury tasked Coulson with reforming SHIELD from the ground up. Then Inhumans started sprouting up everywhere, and SHIELD started dealing with that. Now there's a Ghost Rider and a literal magic book that is totally not the Cryptonomicon and, oh yeah, human replacement robots called LMDs exist and you can't tell them from people.
A full season of 22 episodes have been ordered for Season 5.
It has not yet been renewed for Season 6.
Active Agents, as of the start of Season 4
Jeffrey Mace (Jason O'Mara), the new Director of SHIELD. Put in charge as the public face of SHIELD since the world still thinks that Agent Coulson is dead. Credited as a hero when he risked his own life to save the lives of others during a bombing of the U.N. in Vienna.
Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), previous Director of SHIELD, now reporting to Jeffrey Mace. Don't fuck with his team or he will end you, politely. Cyborg hand upgraded with cool Captain America-style hard light defensive matrix.
Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen), SHIELD elite veteran who says little and packs a big punch. Nicknamed The Cavalry when she rescued an entire SHIELD team from a powered individual. Took a vacation after the nastiness at Afterlife. Back in the field, but slightly less reserved and more tempered than when she was first introduced.
Daisy Johnson (Chloe Bennet), once a naive hacker living in a van but now is a living weapon. The first Inhuman on the team, Daisy is able to project vibrations powerful enough to stop bullets - and level mountains.
Probably the most badass person in the room.
Leopold Fitz (Iain De Caestecker), technological genius and half of our favorite doomed couple. Loves prosciutto and mozzarella sandwiches with pesto aioli. Also Jemma Simmons.
Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge), genius biologist who originally wasn't very good at lying, but got a lot better at it after she infiltrated Hydra and turned to management. The other half of our favorite doomed couple.
Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie (Henry Simmons), the big, burly, stern-faced... rather brilliant mechanic and emotionally tuned individual. Enjoys teasing his friends and rehabilitate everyone who needs it. Which is everyone. Fond of axes. And shotguns. Preferred weapon: shotgun-axe.
Billy Koenig, Level 6 S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and one of the few men trusted by Nick Fury to guard secret SHIELD bases. Billy was stationed at The Playground, an old SSR base presumably in Europe. Billy likes to play Call of Duty during down time.
Sam Koenig, Level 6 S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and one of the few men trusted by Nick Fury to guard secret SHIELD bases. Sam was a bit more of a field agent than his other brothers, helping Coulson to rescue Raina from Hydra operatives. When Coulson took the team into the Kree city beneath San Juan, Puerto Rico, Coulson told Sam to head to The Playground and active Theta Protocol if things went poorly.
LT Koenig (Artemis Pebdani), veteran S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and the elder sister of Eric, Billy, Sam, and Thurston (not a SHIELD Agent) Koenig.
Retired Agents
Lance Hunter (Nick Blood), British once-merc with a shady past, womanizer and hasn't gotten over his ex, Bobbi Morse. He's kind of a dick, but in that sort of awesome way. Retired following being burned in a SHIELD operation.
Bobbi Morse (Adrianne Palicki), elite SHIELD operative skilled in deception and combat. Worked undercover at Hydra. Abducted and tortured by Ward. Bears the name, physical similarity, and fighting style of Mockingbird from the comics. Retired following being burned in a SHIELD operation.
SHIELD Memorial Wall
Eric Koenig, Level 6 S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and one of the few men trusted by Nick Fury to guard secret SHIELD bases. Eric was stationed at Providence, a facility hidden in Canada. Fond of lanyards. Murdered by Ward during Ward's attempt to kidnap Skye for Hydra.
Antoine Triplett (BJ Britt): SHIELD agent and grandson of a Howling Commando. Killed trying to save Daisy during her exposure to Terrigen Mist.
Robert Gonzales (Edward James Olmos), the face of "Real SHIELD", an unauthorized SHIELD offshoot operating without Nick Fury's knowledge or blessing. Opposed Coulson's SHIELD for a brief time. Killed by Jiaying to incite conflict between SHIELD and the Inhumans of Afterlife.
Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), a spy sent by Hydra to infiltrate SHIELD. Captured, escaped, captured again, escaped again. Kidnapped Bobbi and tortured her at length in order to rehabilitate the damaged Agent 33. Left to rebuild Hydra after Hunter tricked him into killing her. Killed by Phil Coulson on Maveth. Body used by the Inhuman creature known as Hive, until it was destroyed in a nuclear blast following the Battle of the Playground.
PLEASE NOTE, REGARDING SPOILERS - Tag anything that applies to episodes less than a week old, and obviously tag anything from upcoming episodes.
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It's just the framework version of the OP.
It's fine.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNkrF43SZEU
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Ming Na Wen being tiny leads to a really funny shot in episode 15.
Very much improved, though "THAITI" is a much less magical place, and at very least Radcliffe and possibly AIDA could use inclusion.
I was very sad that Whitehall didn't show up in AIDA's Hydra. Loved him.
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You put in your OP that we're tagging anything up to a week old. So tomorrow night?
As a rule of thumb, assuming everyone has watched up to the end of the prior season for the OP is fair.
What episode is a good point to drop back in, considering it looks like Hulu and ABC cycled like four episodes I missed out of streaming
Last week's episode is as good a point to drop back in as any, since we're basically starting over in an alternate reality at that point.
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She has had a body, I think she's just monitoring on the inside. Or she just checks in on occasion. Or is wirelessly linked and in both places at once because super science robot.
I'm gonna say that we saw Agnes.
I had a dream like that... :winky:
Edit:
Maybe stretch it to three Aidas versus Daisy, Ward, and May
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Yes, they need to keep finding more and more comic booky ways to keep Dalton on this show.
(He wouldn't shoot his dog when Garrett asked him to - he knows they're good dogs)
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Frankly, I'm starting to think no one on the movie side is ever going to learn that Coulson is alive. He's been banished to the tv branch.
Supposedly Whedon wanted him for Age of Ultron, except he found that he'd have needed to spend some time to focus on that event so it was dropped. That was his last big opportunity to be in the movies.
And cue the lawsuits from the Call of Duty developer.
Sue Disney? Haha, sure.
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If anyone's dumb enough to do it, Activision is.
I doubt that.
Even a really stupid fly isn't going to try and take out an F-16.
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Ward is an Angel (from BtVS) analogue.
Except instead of hearing about all the horrible stuff hes done in the past, we actually seen it. Experienced it, first hand.
I always saw small snippets and gleams of skewed or warped altruism.
My go-to for a gleam of something redeemable is dropping Fitz & Simmons in the ocean.
It really was the best chance for them to survive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8NZao6emsQ