173-609: Henry Oswald Simmons (born July 1, 1970) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie in the ABC superhero drama series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014-2020) and Baldwin Jones in the ABC police drama series NYPD Blue (2000–2005). Simmons was born in Stamford, Connecticut . He is the son of Aurelia, a school teacher, and Henry Simmons Sr., an IRS Revenue Officer. He
346-605: A Life Model Decoy of Phil Coulson enhanced with Chronicom technology using the remnants of the previous L.M.D.s and the memories of Coulson saved to the Framework. Upon being briefed of what has occurred since then, he joins the team in stopping the Chronicoms from changing history. After defeating the Chronicoms, the Coulson L.M.D. receives his counterpart's car, Lola, and travels the world. Melinda Qiaolian May (portrayed by Ming-Na Wen )
519-466: A character for shock value or whatever, and we did have a number of deaths this season, but ... we prefer to leave you with something to talk about, to walk away with. This is something that came up in the room, we talked about what it meant ... The idea of getting Fitz and Simmons—who had been one person—to become two whole people, come back together, agree to go on a date, and then have this happen, felt beautifully poetic". All principal cast members from
692-435: A darker place. She's mourning. She cares about the team so much that she feels like she is protecting them by kind of pushing them away, because I think she feel like everything bad happens around her and she can't help but cause problems. Her way of taking care of the people she cares about is kind of pushing them away, which... is not the best thing." She also added that physically, Johnson would not be in great shape, since she
865-542: A destruction [ sic ] anymore....Of course it isn't that simple." Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2 The second season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. , follows Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and allies as they attempt to rebuild the organization after it was revealed to have been infiltrated by Hydra in
1038-402: A different notion of how she got her powers." During a single-shot fight sequence in " The Dirty Half Dozen ", Bennet broke her arm and finished the second season without wearing a cast. Skye's initial costume design was intended to keep her relatable, with inspiration coming from street style blogs, but as she became a more experienced S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in the second season, she received
1211-514: A drug derived from an ancient alien corpse. Following his death in The Avengers , Fury resurrected Coulson using T.A.H.I.T.I., and had his memories of the project replaced. Coulson puts together a team of agents, and they travel the world dealing with strange new cases. During this time, Hydra is revealed to have infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., leading to the latter's demise. Fury makes Coulson the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and tasks him with rebuilding
1384-630: A few bit roles , he landed a recurring role on the soap opera Another World . Simmons played Detective Baldwin Jones on the ABC drama NYPD Blue for six seasons. He had a leading role in the CBS legal drama Shark , a leading role in World's Greatest Dad , and the ABC-TV comedy series Man Up! His film work includes the 2004 action/comedy film Taxi , From the Rough , and 2014's No Good Deed . Simmons won
1557-443: A full member of the team again. When his consciousness is submerged in the Framework, Fitz becomes "The Doctor", Hydra's remorseless second-in-command, and has a relationship with Madame Hydra . The experience changes him; retaining his memories of this other life and leaving him haunted by his past actions. After Enoch sends his team to the future via a Monolith, he helps Fitz get there in a cyro-stasis pod before helping them return to
1730-413: A good kind of...unconventional leader is that she's really kind of still learning and I think that's so realistic that leaders are—it's almost like when you grow up and you realize that your parents are just humans, parenting." Wen noted how the character "has evolved from being so anti-establishment into suddenly being someone who wants to create an establishment that would help and enhance the betterment of
1903-428: A great model for us." At the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con , ahead of the premiere of the season, Marvel Custom Solutions and Lexus released a limited single-issue comic tie-in titled Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Chase , set between the season 1 episodes " Seeds " and " T.R.A.C.K.S. ", written by George Kitson, and with art by Mirko Colak, Neil Edwards, and Mirco Pierfederici. On October 10, 2014, " Face My Enemy "
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#17328515013852076-409: A huge amount of guilt. There's a lot of emotions happening. A lot of it revolves around Fitz and Ward. She feels a lot of anger and resentment at the situation. When something catastrophic happens to someone you love, or a situation arises that affects people you love the most, if that's the first time you've been in that position, you never really know what to do." As this relationship developed through
2249-421: A lab, they don't need to have some freak accident with a vat of acid. They can be born with this. That's sort of a gamechanger, not just on our show, but in the cinematic universe". After the season finale, Bell talked about Coulson losing his arm, saying that "he paid a price—that was important to us. You don't mess with the forces of nature without getting bitten, and the fact that he literally saved everyone on
2422-459: A little bit in the direction of a more pragmatic figure like Nick Fury". Discussing Coulson's character progression through three seasons, executive producer Jeffrey Bell said, "First season Coulson would have beat Ward up and then thrown him over his shoulder and brought him back to Earth and locked him away. Season two Coulson would have defeated him and left him there on the other planet to fend for himself," while season three Coulson paused while
2595-481: A lot of interaction with Simmons in the series, with De Caestecker explaining "My character, he's Engineering, so he's on the computer and tech side of everything. He's consumed within that world, and he works very closely with Simmons, who's Biochem. They've got this kind of weird chemistry together, and they just kind of fit each other in a very weird way." Regarding the changing dynamic over time between Fitz and Simmons, De Caestecker said "I suppose what's happened from
2768-594: A lot of the pieces in place from the get go ... we had to talk to features about what their plans were and where they were going." When asked whether this counts as the series tie-in to Guardians of the Galaxy , Whedon said "It is a very far away other galaxy, so it's a little bit harder to have one of them walk into our set, so a direct tie-in is a little bit more challenging, but it's all one universe, so there's always opportunity for more. ... In Guardians , we saw parts in our universe that we hadn't explored yet, so it shows we're
2941-462: A machine to become a real person and is forced out of the Framework by S.H.I.E.L.D., after which point Fitz is traumatized from his behavior there as The Doctor. Due to multiple stressful factors across separate timelines in the fifth and sixth seasons, Fitz experiences a psychic split that enables his "Doctor" personality from the Framework to temporarily resurface. In the first timeline Fitz, on their orders, proceeds to dissect Daisy Johnson, while in
3114-592: A mission involving targeting people possessed by alien parasites. Then they raided Deke Shaw's tech company to target Deke himself, which ends with Sarge and Snowflake making off with May while Jaco and Pax are apprehended. After being forced to kill another parasite-infected person, May learns that Sarge is a long-lived alien who has been leading his group in hunting the parasitic Shrikes, which have been decimating worlds on behalf of their creator, and that Sarge intends to stop them once and for all. May overpowers Sarge and Snowflake, commandeers their vehicle, and drives back to
3287-444: A more tactical outfit. For the third season, Bennet cut her hair to further her character's transformation to Daisy Johnson, as she is portrayed in the comics, though she did not cut her hair as short as her comic counterpart; Bennet explained that "the comic book version of Daisy Johnson has very short, Miley Cyrus -esque hair. We wanted to stay true to the comic book character fans love; I wanted to please them but also make sure there
3460-531: A parallel between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Coulson, and I think that's why she's committed to it so deeply." Elaborating on this, Bennet said "she's always had this unspoken bond with Coulson that's a very father/daughter relationship where clearly the love they have for each other is evident in a very caring way." Going into the second season, Bennet noted on the character, "I think she's always someone who will wear her heart on her sleeve, but I think she's much smarter about it now, if that makes any sense. I don't think she's
3633-579: A part of that too." This storyline also introduces the Inhumans to the MCU, ahead of their own film that was planned. At the end of the season, Bell stated on the way that the season had tied in with the films, "we got to be our own show and tell our own stories in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and do a nice hand off or a tie-in, but neither are incumbent upon the other to be a follow, and I think that's
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#17328515013853806-499: A perspective on things. For Hive, he was trying to change that entire thing and everyone who was on there....I think there's a great deal of remorse [that he was not] able to achieve that connection and do all the things that [he] wanted to do. But there was also an acceptance." Daisy Johnson (portrayed by Chloe Bennet ) was born in China to Calvin Johnson and his Inhuman wife Jiaying, but
3979-438: A portal to Earth was closing to take the time to kill Ward. Speaking to the final episode of season five, which sees Coulson retires to live out his last days on Tahiti, Gregg said, "My understanding is that Phil Coulson is no longer alive. He's been brought back, he's been really clear that he didn't want supernatural measures used again. I always felt like he thought almost like he wasn't supposed to be here... I don't think there
4152-545: A prisoner with a razor, "so it just happens to work out that I have a beard and beards can have a sort of evil connotation." Austin Lyon portrays a young Ward. I think what I was given was just a huge opportunity to play somebody who is more complex, more interesting, more dangerous, scarier in a way that Ward wasn't. I get to play two different characters in a way. —Dalton on being informed of his character's double agent status. Dalton has described Ward as he first appeared in
4325-414: A real and serious thing to a lot of people, brain trauma, so we just have to constantly be respectful towards it. We talk about it all the time. Even if you don't see it or it's not obvious, it's always something that's in our heads that we're keeping going. It's the realization that you never get fully better, it's about embracing the new side of you and making that work in the world that you're in. I suppose
4498-486: A rebellion, uniting humans and Inhumans to drive the Kree from Earth. Soon, a faction of Hive's followers who feared his power banished him through a portal to the planet Maveth, where he destroyed an entire civilization over centuries. He eventually only survived on human sacrifices sent through the portal by followers, and their descendants, still loyal to him—Hydra. Hive escapes back through the portal in modern times by possessing
4671-427: A repeat showing up mid-run and losing momentum, Agent Carter comes in and has its own cool stuff, and they're running eight weeks in a row, then we can come back and run twelve in a row with no interruptions. We're still producing our show every week but it just gives us time, barely, to finish 22 on schedule. It takes out the need for repeats in the back half. The season began airing on September 23, 2014, on ABC in
4844-427: A romantic relationship, sacrifice himself for her, Johnson leaves S.H.I.E.L.D. and becomes known as the powered vigilante "Quake" to the public. She later returns to S.H.I.E.L.D. following the fight with Eli Morrow in season four. While traveling through time to stop the Chronicoms from changing history in season seven, she enters a relationship with Agent Daniel Sousa and discovers she had a half-sister, Kora, who died in
5017-510: A side effect, really." Wen admitted that May develops a relationship with Skye over the course of the series, going from thinking of Skye as "someone that she didn't want as part of the team and didn't understand why Coulson wanted her" to wanting Skye "to be the best agent that she can be." After discovering that Skye is an Inhuman, Wen stated that "it's like when you have your child or your daughter losing control or getting involved with situations or people that you're not sure about. You don't have
5190-479: A teacher at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Coulson Academy, with Flint as one of her students. Wen had been on the "forefront" of the producers wishlist to appear in the series, and after a general meeting, pursued her for the part; Wen was cast as May in October 2012. Whedon had the character, who was originally listed with the name Agent Althea Rice on casting sheets, "rolling around in his head" for a long time. In preparation for
5363-401: A teacher-student relationship there as well as what seems like a genuinely romantic relationship. You see us really lovey-dovey in the cockpit and it's making everybody around us sick. In some ways, we have the most healthy relationship out of all of the other dynamics on the show, which is saying something because Ward is not a lovey-dovey kind of guy. That's interesting that he's now in probably
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5536-454: A theme for Victoria Hand that, while the audience briefly suspected her, also functioned as the Hydra Theme. I had a[nother] theme for Garrett that also acted like the theme for Hydra. It got so complicated ... The answer was obvious: I needed to write a new Hydra Theme, one that could be associated with Dr. Whitehall." For Hayley Atwell's appearances as Peggy Carter, McCreary decided to quote
5709-528: A time machine so they can save their friends and stop the Chronicoms from changing history. One year later, Fitz and Simmons retire from S.H.I.E.L.D. so they can raise their daughter, Alya. De Caestecker was cast as Fitz in November 2012. The producers had been aware of De Caestecker from his work on the BBC Three series The Fades . Originally, Fitz was envisioned to have a more cocky personality, and morphed into
5882-475: A very complex, emotional journey for her. We have the ability on a television show to really explore the emotional journey of that. What does that mean now that she has this ability? Does she even want it?" Explaining some of these changes in the character, Bennet stated that "I make sure to try to keep the season one Daisy weaved through the new, badass Daisy....[but] she's changed a lot. She went into S.H.I.E.L.D. hating organizations like S.H.I.E.L.D., and now she's
6055-525: A villain so much; she was an antagonist, but if you look at why she feels the way she does, Jiaying really earned that position." Discussing the reveal that Skye is actually Daisy Johnson , Maurissa Tancharoen explained that Johnson is a character that we always liked. We always knew there was a potential to evolve Skye into something else. It took a little bit of time, but we were happy when we were able to land on Daisy Johnson, and actually have that work in our mythology. But as with everything that we do on
6228-414: A warhead to spread a pathogen around the world and transform all humans into Primitive Inhumans . He is destroyed when S.H.I.E.L.D. traps him in a quinjet with the warhead and detonates it in space. What's so great about [Ward] is, he started off as one of the good guys, as one of the original team. Here we are, coming full circle, with him being on the completely opposite side of that. He's not just one of
6401-428: A way that's very back alley, old school." In September 2014, talking about whether the ending of the season would also be a satisfying end to the series, Bell said "we're not thinking of it as a series finale as much as a season finale ... I think we have some momentum coming in [to season 2] and I think we pick up on it. I'm optimistic that we can keep the plane in the air a little longer." He also talked about whether
6574-536: A way, he was scared and trying to be protective of their relationship and doing it all for the wrong reasons. I think, ultimately, Agent May is kind of shut down when it comes to Lash and Andrew at this point. That's why she's re-focusing all her energy back into S.H.I.E.L.D., back being by Coulson's side. That's where she's most comfortable." Wen went on to describe May as "unconventionally maternal...she's taking care of Simmons and really believing that she needs to be able to protect herself, she's very, very concerned about
6747-500: A woman, though depicts her as two; one drawn in red, the other in blue – "half of that goes to Agent 33, who has two faces... And it also goes to the fact that she's been imitating other people as she did with Agent May." " One Door Closes ", an episode focused on Bobbi Morse's history, received a poster of her with the "real S.H.I.E.L.D." logo, that "embraced the basics" of four-color printing, utilizing magenta, cyan, black and yellow, while still having layers and complications, much like
6920-436: A wonderful relationship with Fitz. They kind of bounce off each other." After the reveal during the season two premiere that Fitz was just imagining Simmons in the episode, Henstridge explained that the showrunners "tell you what you need to know to act your scenes, but anything after that, you never know." For Simmons' costume design, Foley tried to have her clothes reflect her personality, without "getting too cliché...we mix
7093-457: Is a S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot and weapons expert nicknamed "the Cavalry", against her wishes, after a mission to Bahrain where she saved an entire S.H.I.E.L.D. team from a rogue Inhuman. Unbeknownst to S.H.I.E.L.D., she did this by killing a young girl named Katya Belyakov. Still struggling to move past this event years later, May agrees to watch her old friend and partner Coulson for Nick Fury, reporting to
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7266-494: Is a real buy back for the fact that this deal he made with the Ghost Rider is killing his body." Gregg also noted he was talking with the series showrunners about appearing in some form in the sixth season, as there had been some interest in including him. Sarge (portrayed by Clark Gregg) is a man who looks like Phil Coulson; even having the same DNA. He leads a group of mercenaries consisting of Jaco, Pax, and Snowflake to Earth on
7439-452: Is already off to a better start than its first year, but there's still plenty of room for the series to grow. The scripts could use more energy, the action could be better choreographed, and it could use a huge injection of style for both the visual and audio elements. There's so much potential in Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. ... but the show's creators aren't fully exploring it yet." At the end of
7612-469: Is brought on to Coulson's team as an engineering and weapons technology specialist, and provides tech support for the team throughout the first season. He has a close bond with Agent Simmons, the two having graduated from the S.H.I.E.L.D. academy together. At the end of the first season, he confesses his feelings to Simmons before nearly dying in an attempt to save her. Left with severe brain damage, Fitz struggles with technology and speech, but over time becomes
7785-481: Is hard when the stories are 60 years apart." Several scenes in " Shadows " and " The Things We Bury " are flashbacks featuring Peggy Carter which serve as an introduction to the world of Agent Carter , setting up characters and ideas for that series, including Carter's belief in the need for "a permanent unit during peacetime", which will lead to the creation of S.H.I.E.L.D. The episode " Making Friends and Influencing People " names Hydra's ability to brainwash people as
7958-498: Is hellbent on one thing at a time....Hive is the opposite. He sees every move on the chess board. That's what we're seeing in terms of Hive's thinking. It is about a new world order of sorts." On how much influence the memories of those whose bodies Hive inhabits have on the character, Dalton said, "It's the motivations...you're seeing a flash of it. It's almost like seeing your kid. There are flashes of you in there...but then again, it's not me." Dalton realized that Hive would not be on
8131-436: Is in disguise as May, and blaming S.H.I.E.L.D., decides to take over the now leader-less Hydra. Joining forces with one of Hydra's previous leaders, Gideon Malick, Ward travels through a portal to an alien planet in search of the ancient Inhuman Hive , but is killed there by Coulson. This allows Hive to use Ward's body as a host. In the Framework created by Holden Radcliffe , he is Johnson's boyfriend and fellow Hydra agent. He
8304-484: Is interesting. Agent Carter seems to be about S.S.R. pre-S.H.I.E.L.D., but about the beginnings of something, and the basic values of that. S.H.I.E.L.D. got blown up last year and what Coulson always wanted was a return to basics, and it gives us an opportunity to return to some of those core values and even physically, some of that S.S.R. stuff has a way of finding its way into our show that could be cool. Anyway we can tie things together, we're going to try to do it, but it
8477-419: Is more theatrical, "colorful without having to do much." Hive's ultimate goal is "connection", with Dalton saying, "all these Inhumans have a purpose. Hive finds his purpose has to do with somehow connecting all of the Inhumans. What we see is Hive's attempt to fulfill what he thinks is his destiny...this desperate need to connect. Gregg called Hive "the perfect villain for this show because he carries with him
8650-462: Is no longer under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s monitoring "containing and helping me grow my powers" so there would be "repercussions of her kind of using these powers and... abusing her body". Bennet received nominations for 'Favorite TV Actress' and 'Favorite Female TV Star – Family Show' at the 28th and 29th Kids' Choice Awards , respectively. Leopold "Leo" James Fitz (portrayed by Iain De Caestecker )
8823-546: Is one of three children, including his twin sister, and another sister. Simmons earned a basketball scholarship to Franklin Pierce University , where he earned a business degree. While attending Franklin Pierce University , he experimented in theater. After graduating from college, he briefly worked at a Fortune 500 company in Stamford. Unhappy with his job, Simmons moved to New York City and began to study acting and after
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#17328515013858996-545: Is really interesting to us, and in television, because we have time to explore, we can take her origin on all sorts of different paths." Additionally, Whedon talked about how the character would be referred to on the show after the reveal, saying, "She's still Skye, because she thinks she's Skye. I think her dad thinks she's Daisy, and we'll see if she ever gets to the point where she believes that that's something that she would want to call herself. But right now, she has her own identity." In December 2014, Jed Whedon explained
9169-553: Is revealed to still be a double agent, now working for the Inhuman resistance, due to his recruitment by Victoria Hand . Dalton was cast in November 2012. From the conception of the series it was decided that Grant Ward would be a traitor, with executive producer Jed Whedon saying "since [the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier are] an infiltration based on betrayal on a massive scale, we wanted to have it on
9342-449: Is shown on each poster is chosen, Bell said, "maybe we'll show [the artist] the script or let them watch the episode and let them respond to it emotionally and see what's interesting to them. And then we have a conversation with them about how we'd like to portray that, and then we try to lean into the strengths that they have. Some are more graphic, some are more character based, some are more composite, and some are cleaner. And that's one of
9515-451: Is so much closure out there in the world that needs to be achieved. There's a lot of unfairness that he wants to fix, so we see somebody who is determined, who knows who he is, and is like, 'Fine, if you want to call me the bad guy, I'm the bad guy.'" Speaking about the monologue Ward gives in " Maveth ", Dalton noted that some viewers thought Ward sounded like "a born-again, devout, off-my-rocker person at that point", but Dalton felt that it
9688-431: Is the big tent that all the franchises play under. Obviously, we're included in that." The episodes " The Frenemy of My Enemy " and " The Dirty Half Dozen " feature "Easter eggs, plot threads and other connective tissue leading into the opening scene of Avengers: Age of Ultron " while " Scars " explores the aftermath of the film. Talking on how the season would interact with Agent Carter , Bell said, "Here's what I think
9861-578: The Captain America: The Winter Soldier crossover from the first season , saying, "In terms of game-changers, [those episodes are] hard to beat." Bell later said Avengers: Age of Ultron "is coming up and we know what's going on with that and look forward to seeing it, but it's pretty cool to find ways to tie-in stuff and connect things." In December 2014, ABC confirmed the series would tie-in with Avengers: Age of Ultron , with Whedon saying, "You should expect something. The Avengers
10034-464: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. PaleyFest panel that the writers are able to read the screenplays for upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe films to know where the universe is heading, which allowed them to form a plan for the show through the end of a third season. On May 8, 2014, the series was renewed for a second season of 22 episodes. In July 2014, Clark Gregg stated that the season resumes months after
10207-701: The Faustus Method , named for the character who appears, as Johann Fennhoff , in Agent Carter , played by Ralph Brown . The season confirms that the blue alien seen in the first season, and a recurring plot point this season, was a member of the Kree race, who play a significant role in Guardians of the Galaxy . Whedon explained that "We obviously showed this body a year ago at around this time. When we were breaking that and sussing out what this arc would be, we had to have
10380-477: The Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division), a fictional peacekeeping and spy agency in a world of superheroes . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and it acknowledges the continuity of the franchise's films and other television series . The series stars Clark Gregg , reprising his role of Phil Coulson from
10553-567: The Terrigen Mists , which give her earthquake-generating abilities. Skye soon meets Jiaying, who helps Skye control her abilities. Skye's loyalties are tested when Jiaying attempts to start a war with S.H.I.E.L.D., and she ultimately sides with S.H.I.E.L.D. Now using her birth name, Johnson forms a S.H.I.E.L.D. team of Inhumans named the Secret Warriors . After briefly being connected to Hive, and watching Lincoln Campbell, with whom she developed
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#173285150138510726-410: The "Art of..." initiative, in which a different image was released each Thursday before a new episode, depicting a first look at a key event from the upcoming episode, with the season's title being "The Art of Evolution". The different artists were once again chosen to create the teaser posters, based on their previous work and how it connected to the themes and emotion of the intended episode. On how what
10899-457: The "insecure genius" once De Caestecker was cast. Following injuries the character receives at the end of the first season, the series began to deal with brain trauma, as De Caestecker explained "From the get-go, before I even knew about it, the writers had the idea, and they did a lot of research in it with doctors. When I found out about it, I did my own research and correlated it together. It's just something that should never be trivialized. It's
11072-540: The "real S.H.I.E.L.D." faction introduced this season, the producers and Marvel decided to create a new S.H.I.E.L.D. logo, to differentiate from the normal one used on the series. This new logo uses the shape of Captain America 's original shield, as opposed to the updated round shape, and has 3 stars on it. Production on the season began in late July 2014, in Culver City, California . Additional photography took place around
11245-639: The Agent Carter theme composed by Christopher Lennertz for the Agent Carter short film. On using Lennertz's theme, McCreary said, "I was excited for the opportunity to incorporate his music into my S.H.I.E.L.D. score, because it further cements the Marvel [Cinematic] Universe together as a coherent whole ... Chris was thrilled and sent me his scores for reference." The soundtrack titled Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Original Soundtrack Album) featuring music from
11418-602: The Grand Jury Award for Best Actor at the American Black Film Festival , for his portrayal of Dr. Walter Chambers in the 2007 film South of Pico . From 2014 to 2020, Simmons starred in the ABC superhero drama series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , portraying S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie . After being a recurring character in the second season, he was promoted to a series regular for season 3, and for all remaining seasons. In 2021 he starred as
11591-807: The Gravitonium generator holding the powers of the Di'Allas is. Sarge is left confused when Izel claims that he is from a non-corporeal world like her and that the "family" is Coulson's memories of his team. Sarge then remembers that his real name is Pachakutiq and how he is merely possessing a clone body of Coulson which was created by the Di'Allas and sent a hundred years into the past on his and Izel's home planet. Despite this, he still believes Izel to be his enemy, though he unknowingly starts to manifest powers. After being confronted by Daisy and fully realizing his powers, it's revealed traces of Coulson lie inside Sarge and that he wants to die before he hurts anyone else. When it came to
11764-406: The Inhumans ahead of the film, but by depicting the spreading of the race throughout the world, was part of the series cementing its "right to exist" apart from the films. Talking about the season finale, Barr said, " S.H.I.E.L.D. does a most excellent job of standing on its own two feet in a way we've never seen it do before. Come the final frame, all anyone – Marvel fan or otherwise – will be asking
11937-617: The Lighthouse. While he and his group are in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, Sarge reveals that the Shrikes' creator, Izel, has destroyed his planet and his family; leading him onto his path of revenge. Following his failed attempt to blow up the Shrike tower and take on Izel's ship, Sarge is detained by S.H.I.E.L.D. May appears in his cell and shoots him while possessed by Izel. After recovering and healing, Sarge broke free from his restraints and confronts Izel where
12110-466: The Terrigen mist and as the person dealing with her powers, as well as a transformed Raina, Coulson and the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo in the background. For " Who You Really Are ", the producers enlisted Marcos Martín to create the poster, which highlighted Sif's (Jaimie Alexander) return to the show, as well as an "inside look" at S.H.I.E.L.D. as the logo crumbles, with Skye in the center of it, ambiguously leaving
12283-637: The United States on March 16, 2022, joining other territories where it was already available on the service. The season averaged 7.09 million total viewers, including from DVR, ranking 76th among network series in the 2014–15 television season . It also had an average total 18-49 rating of 2.7, which was 32nd. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 91% approval rating with an average score of 7.7/10, based on 33 reviews. The website's consensus reads, " Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. relaxes into itself during its sophomore season, mitigating
12456-597: The United States, and on CTV in Canada, and concluded on May 12, 2015. In Australia, the season debuted on September 29, 2014, on Seven Network , while Channel 4 in the United Kingdom premiered the season on October 24, 2014. The season began streaming on Netflix in the United States on June 11, 2015, and was available until February 28, 2022. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD as an Amazon.com exclusive on September 18, 2015. It became available on Disney+ in
12629-413: The ability to vote in an online poll after each episode to guess where the double agent would go in the next episode; votes entered viewers in a drawing to win prizes from the set of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent was nominated for Outstanding Digital Series at the 27th Producers Guild of America Awards . For the final twelve episodes of the season, Marvel once again ran
12802-470: The agency "the right way". Coulson becomes romantically involved with Rosalind Price, the leader of an anti- Inhuman government taskforce, until her death at the hands of Grant Ward, one of Coulson's former agents. Following the signing of the Sokovia Accords , S.H.I.E.L.D. is re-legitimized, with the still officially dead Coulson replaced as director. In the Framework virtual reality, Coulson teaches about
12975-843: The answer to that question himself." Dalton called the character a 'wildcard', since he was loyal to Garrett as a father figure rather than Hydra, "and he was more about his teammates rather than the team", later elaborating that "It's not quite good guy, it's not quite bad guy. It's not trying to get in with S.H.I.E.L.D. again, it's not trying to get in with Hydra. He's really on his own path. He's living by his code at this particular point in life." Explaining Ward's relationship with Palamas, Dalton stated When they first started this relationship, I thought they're two people who have experienced something similar by following orders and then finding themselves not knowing who they are when someone's not telling them what to do....But it really [has] developed into something that's much more complicated than that. There's
13148-928: The appearance of their characters. On October 1, 2014, Tim DeKay was cast as Senator Christian Ward , the older brother of principal character Grant Ward, who had previously appeared as a teenager through flashbacks in " The Well ". In January 2015, Edward James Olmos was cast as Robert Gonzales , a leader of the "Real S.H.I.E.L.D." group. Mark Allan Stewart makes several appearances as another "Real S.H.I.E.L.D." leader, Agent Oliver . Other recurring guests include Jamie Harris as Gordon , Simon Kassianides as Sunil Bakshi , Dichen Lachman as Jiaying , Luke Mitchell as Lincoln Campbell , and Henry Simmons as Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie . Additionally, Hayley Atwell , Kenneth Choi , Henry Goodman , and Neal McDonough reprise their roles from MCU films and Marvel One-Shots , as Peggy Carter , Jim Morita , Dr. List , and Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan , respectively, during
13321-746: The bad guys—he's the bad guy!...I feel like I've gotten to do three characters. —Dalton on transitioning to the role of Hive for the third season. Based on the Hive, "a genetic experiment created by Hydra" in the Secret Warriors comic, Hive possesses the corpses of first Will Daniels and then Grant Ward in the show, with Dillon Casey and Brett Dalton portraying the reanimated bodies, respectively. Jason Glover briefly appears as Hive's original human form, while Dalton portrays Hive's true, CGI-created Inhuman form through motion capture . On having Hive possess Ward's body, Whedon explained that Ward has "been
13494-650: The baddie for a while and I thought it was a nice way to escalate this character....there's still memories in there. So there's still an aspect of the man we came to love to hate in there, but we wanted to give it some extra juice and we wanted to give Brett one more challenge where he has to change his character." Dalton aimed to emulate Meryl Streep 's character in The Devil Wears Prada , who never spoke above "a conversational level...She didn't pound on her chest and make sure everybody knew that she's powerful, she just was." Dalton also changed his voice to represent
13667-482: The beginning of the series, Simmons was "very mathematical" but throughout the first season "understood that it was more about human relationships and what it means to save someone's life". Now, "she's had a traumatic event and she's gone straight back to what she knows of trying to make everything black and white", and so "It makes sense [to her] if there are these people—call them what you want; Inhumans—that cause destruction, and you can get rid of them, then they won't be
13840-401: The beginning she came into S.H.I.E.L.D. thinking it was this government-run, CIA-type thing, where they're not for the people and their motives were not good ones. But throughout the [first] season, being on the team and seeing what was happening, she really got to know why S.H.I.E.L.D. is there. It really is to protect people, and the intention behind the organization is pure....I think she finds
14013-653: The benefits of introducing a society of superhuman characters in the Inhumans , saying "One of the things that, early on was very important to us last season was, there were so few people in the Cinematic Universe who had powers. Really, only two humans had powers, Captain America and the Hulk. We had to be very responsible—we didn't want to dive into this show and have a new one every week, and have it feel like we disregarded everything that they spent so much money and time building in
14186-421: The body of Grant Ward. He retains the memories of all the bodies he has inhabited, including now Hydra leader Gideon Malick's brother Nathaniel, and punishes Gideon for causing Nathaniel's sacrifice by murdering his daughter Stephanie, before taking control of Johnson, who Ward was in love with, and using her to kill Gideon. Hive then takes steps to recreate the original Kree experiment that made him, planning to use
14359-415: The character of Morse. The poster was designed by Delicious Design League. The poster for " Afterlife " by Dave Johnson , highlights the divide within S.H.I.E.L.D. and the alliances on each side. With Coulson in the middle, Agents Gonzales, Morse, Mackenzie and Weaver stem from the "real S.H.I.E.L.D.", while Hunter, Fitz and Simmons stem from the other. " Melinda " ' s poster, by Jenny Frison , mirrored
14532-531: The comic relief of last season a heartbreaking edge." James Hunt, also for Den of Geek , gave a positive review as well, stating "The momentum of last season's finale hasn't been lost, and indeed, it's even been added to. Last year I criticised the pilot episode for, above all else, failing to recreate the feel of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This year, it's only fair that I praise the season opener for doing exactly that." Kevin Fitzpatrick at ScreenCrush called
14705-400: The comics, in an homage to traditional comic book covers. For Part Two, artist Joshua Budich brought together all of the main players of the season, divided into Coulson and his team, and those who served as antagonists to them throughout the season (though not necessarily villains), with Skye and some Terrigen crystals in the middle, pointing to Skye's confused allegiances and the importance of
14878-545: The control anymore. It's very frightening. For Skye to be an unknown entity, May still holds out hope. She hopes that her training with her will help her be able to control her new powers, but you never know. Sometimes the power overtakes everything else." On how May deals with her ex-husband Andrew becoming the Inhuman killer Lash, Wen said, "She's come to the understanding that it was something he had no control over. The betrayal might be not sharing that information of what happened to him with her. I think she understands that, in
15051-444: The crystals in the finale. In June 2014, Clark Gregg stated he believed the season would be shown in a block of 10 episodes, then breaking for Agent Carter , before airing the remaining 12. Explaining this decision, Bell said, One of our challenges last year was to produce 22 episodes that aired over, what, 40 weeks? 36 weeks? Something like that. And the age of re-runs is dead. Re-runs are death, and so you're trying to commit to
15224-404: The dangers of Inhumans. It is later discovered that Phil Coulson is dying due to the side effect of having Ghost Rider in him during the final battle with Aida. Following the final battle with the gravitonium-enhanced Glenn Talbot, Coulson retires to live out his last days on Tahiti with May. Phil Coulson was created for Iron Man ; he was the first S.H.I.E.L.D. agent introduced in the MCU, and
15397-484: The design idea in hand, Hetrick and his team began compiling potential designs for the character, looking to the Clive Barker film Nightbreed , specifically the character Shuna Sassi, because "She's a creature covered in porcupine quills and that image is so strong — it creates such a striking silhouette". Since Hetrick and his team did not have source material to pull from in the comics, he wanted to "make her feel like
15570-515: The end of season one, and "the monumental nature of [rebuilding S.H.I.E.L.D.] is made very clear almost immediately, because you realize everyone—US government, US military and other wise—wants to arrest us. S.H.I.E.L.D.'s illegal. We have very few resources. Everything we're going to do involves dealing with, still, finding out who's Hydra and who's not amongst our friends. To rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D., we're going to need some old friends to prove themselves, some new friends, and we're going to have to do it in
15743-559: The end of the season, saying "In many ways, the whole metaphor at the heart of the show is family—you've got Coulson and May and then a bunch of younger people, and it allows us to play out different dynamics; literally, this season, we had Skye's biological parents versus her surrogate parents. And at the same time, we had Skye growing up. We had her going from a slightly sulky hacker season one to training to become an agent to becoming our first full-fledged superhero and so as we grow up, we separate from our parents... In our minds, her mom wasn't
15916-647: The episode " Aftershocks ", Adrianne Palicki , who portrays Bobbi Morse , was upgraded to a principal cast member. Also returning from earlier in the series are Christine Adams as Anne Weaver , Jaimie Alexander as Sif , B. J. Britt as Antoine Triplett , Imelda Corcoran as Goodman , Dylan Minnette as Donnie Gill , Ruth Negga as Raina , Patton Oswalt as Sam and Billy Koenig , Adrian Pasdar as Glenn Talbot , J. August Richards as Mike Peterson / Deathlok , and Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill . At San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014, Reed Diamond
16089-430: The episode an 8.3 out of 10, praising the visual style, which he called "less glossy" than previous episodes, as well as the introduction of new characters and development of old ones, especially the introduction of Carl Creel and the "nicely done FX showing off his power". Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club graded the episode a "B−", feeling that "With a clearly defined villain and mission statement, this show's second season
16262-420: The episode's final scene. In the fourth season, when Fitz's consciousness is submerged in the Framework, a virtual reality created by Holden Radcliffe, he becomes "The Doctor", also known as Leopold, Hydra 's remorseless second-in-command, and has a relationship with Aida, who now goes by Ophelia / Madame Hydra . After taking the position of Head of Hydra following Aida's incapacitation, he creates for Aida
16435-578: The epitome of S.H.I.E.L.D. She believes in everything that they believe in." Discussing the character becoming leader of the Secret Warriors, Bennet said, "What makes her such a good leader is how much she's been through, so she can relate to everyone on the team and she really has so much empathy and that's what I love about playing her. She really genuinely cares about everyone so deeply and it wears heavily on her because she obviously went through this big Inhuman change...And so what I think makes her such
16608-451: The fallout. Not anymore. This show is making things happen, and these events will clearly impact the future of the MCU because we know there's an Inhumans movie planned for 2019." Sava also mentioned that introducing the Inhumans "on a personal level rather than a cosmic level" via the television series makes "the whole idea a bit easier to swallow" for the general MCU audience. Merrill Barr of Forbes thought that by not only introducing
16781-495: The family's well being." Wen received nominations for 'Favorite Actress in a New TV Series' at the 40th People's Choice Awards and 'Favorite Female TV Star – Family Show' at the 29th Kids' Choice Awards . Wen was also named TVLine 's "Performer of the Week" for the week of April 12, 2015, for her performance in "Melinda", specifically her portrayal of May in the flashback sequences. Grant Douglas Ward (portrayed by Brett Dalton ),
16954-441: The fans, this incredibly loyal fanbase that has now influenced the script of our show." Hive is a parasite who can connect with and control the minds of other Inhumans and feed off of or possess humans. He was among the first of its kind. Originally called "Alveus", he's now referred to as "Hive". Created by the Kree from a Mayan hunter (portrayed by Jason Glover) to lead their Inhuman army against mankind, Hive ultimately incited
17127-420: The fight with Izel, Sarge remembers who and what he is and stabs May with his sword while sending her to the other side as a sign. He then fought Mack and Daisy where his true form was revealed. Once May returned from the other side and impaled Izel with the sword, Daisy stunned him with her abilities so Mack could destroy Pachakutiq with the sword. Following the deaths of Izel and Sarge, Enoch and Simmons created
17300-448: The film Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), while the Inhumans were introduced to set up the planned film of the same name and connect to the film Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Glenn Hetrick designed prosthetics for the Inhuman characters. Several actors reprise their MCU roles in the season for guest appearances. The season aired on ABC from September 23, 2014, to May 12, 2015, and consists of 22 episodes. The season premiere
17473-429: The film Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). The season is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the continuity of the franchise's films and other television series . It was produced by ABC Studios , Marvel Television , and Mutant Enemy Productions , with Jed Whedon , Maurissa Tancharoen , and Jeffrey Bell serving as showrunners . Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from
17646-475: The film series, starring alongside the returning series regulars Ming-Na Wen , Brett Dalton , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , and Elizabeth Henstridge . They are joined by Nick Blood and Adrianne Palicki . A second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was ordered in May 2014, and production began in Culver City, California that July. Some episodes directly crossover with the television series Agent Carter and
17819-430: The films has been highlighted by critics: Sava felt that having the series introduce the race made Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "an essential part of Marvel Studios' bigger plans for the future", explaining that "the series has become more and more connected to the larger MCU since Captain America: The Winter Soldier , but it's always been in a reactive role. Stuff happens in the movies, and Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. deals with
17992-401: The films, as well as Ming-Na Wen , Brett Dalton , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , and Elizabeth Henstridge . Nick Blood and Adrianne Palicki joined the cast for the second and third seasons , while Henry Simmons and Luke Mitchell had recurring roles in the second season before being promoted to the main cast for the third. John Hannah , who recurred in the third season, joined
18165-414: The films. Along those same lines, the origin of a power is always a complex thing—Marvel cares about it feeling grounded, it feeling scientific at some level. Even on Thor , he says, "In our world, magic and science are the same thing." So this is a way for us to sort of open up our world. It's a way to introduce, into the MCU, the idea that people can be born with a power. They don't have to be engineered in
18338-418: The films. The rest of her costume is inspired by military flight suits, including a leather vest, and pants with stretch panels to aid with fighting. Following the series premiere, Wen teased the character, saying that "she's very much the observer, and whenever she wants to put in her two cents, it's something that you want to listen to and kind of pay attention to...She's slow in getting acclimated to part of
18511-406: The first and second seasons was released by Marvel Music digitally on September 4, 2015, and on CD in October 2015. Executive producer Maurissa Tancharoen stated the production team was not ruling out creating crossover episodes with Agent Carter or Guardians of the Galaxy during the season, with executive producer Jed Whedon adding that any such episodes would not equal the scale seen in
18684-444: The first real Inhuman" and give her face a level of symmetry. When creating the prosthetic makeup, which was done in two weeks, the producers wanted to still be able to see Negga's eyes, with Bell saying, "Ruth Negga has amazingly expressive eyes and eyebrows. And she gets so much of who Raina is through the eyes. We wanted her to still be able to communicate, we still wanted you to feel her expressions through all of [the makeup]." For
18857-400: The first season ( Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson , Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May , Brett Dalton as Grant Ward , Chloe Bennet as Skye , Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz , and Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons ) returned for the second season, and were joined by Nick Blood as Lance Hunter . In December 2014, main character Skye was revealed to be a version of Daisy Johnson. With
19030-413: The first season being resolved, while still introducing new plot lines and mysteries to play out over the season. He also praised the characterization improvement and called the season "less restrained" in connecting to its comics roots. While he appreciated the new characters that join the series, specifically MacLachlan's portrayal of Cal, he felt Triplett was "never fully utilized", which made his death in
19203-489: The focus of the episode by prominently featuring an image of May, highlighting her backstory and why she is called "the Cavalry". Marvel teamed with Nathan Fox on the poster for " The Frenemy of My Enemy ", which depicts Ward, Kara, and Bakshi in "Hydra red"; Coulson, Hunter, and Fitz in "S.H.I.E.L.D. blue"; and Deathlok neutral. They are all featured together, just as the season is "starting to put [all of its plotlines] together in new combinations in new ways, [to] propel us into
19376-491: The gravitonium-enhanced Glenn Talbot, May joins Coulson in his final days on Tahiti. In season six, she assists in dealing with threats involving Sarge's group and Izel, though she is grievously wounded in the process. After Simmons revives her in season seven, May gains empathetic powers, which she uses during the final battle against the Chronicoms to download empathy into the Chronicom Hunters. One year later, May becomes
19549-498: The group and being in the field again." Talking about May's reasons for staying with S.H.I.E.L.D., Wen explained "May's friendship and...loyalty and her love for Coulson [keeps her there]. Maybe not romantic [love], it's just really—it's hard to describe—it's a bond, it's unbreakable, and she will watch over Coulson and take care of him and help him through whatever he needs to at this point in his life... She wants to be there for him, and if it serves S.H.I.E.L.D., that's just more or less
19722-477: The habit of the show and [viewers] tune in to something else or a re-run and they'll get pissed off. They'll go away. What this allows us to do is minimize repeats. We're showing ten episodes, and there has to be a gap or two because it's physically impossible to produce ten shows and get through post production in time, we can't do that so there's going to be a Marvel special at some point. But pretty much every week you're showing up and we're there, and then instead of
19895-574: The hard with the soft—we combine the feminine elements like peter pan collars, silk blouses and florals with the masculine touches like ties". Ava Marielle portrays a younger Simmons. Henstridge talked about the characters of Fitz and Simmons being separated over the course of the series, noting that they have "never been without each other. When you see them without each other, that brings a whole new dynamic just to them as characters in discovering what it's like to have to be independent". On Simmons' guilt over Fitz's brain damage, Henstridge said "She feels
20068-622: The idea of a cure—I don't know if that could happen." For Fitz's costume design, Foley tried to have his clothes reflect his personality, without "getting too cliché...we try and play up his "heritage style"...using classic design details on him like paisley & leather elbow patches and mixing them with different plaids." De Caestecker, in describing the character, said that "Fitz has got this funny kind of temper. He's quite passionate about what he does. So those moments where—I don't think he's someone that really responds very quickly to emotion; he doesn't really understand emotions as much". Fitz has
20241-407: The last four episodes." As alluded to by the episode title, the poster for " The Dirty Half Dozen ", with art by Jake Wyatt, sees the original recruits to Coulson's S.H.I.E.L.D. team from the first season (May, Ward, Fitz, Simmons and Skye), along with Coulson, together once again, suiting up for a mission together; it is also the first poster of the "Art of..." series to feature the episode title on
20414-399: The latter and looking for potential side-effects of Project T.A.H.I.T.I. in the former. When Coulson becomes the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., May acts as his second-in-command, and over time begins to move past the events of Bahrain and even develop familial relationships with characters such as Skye . By mid-season five, she begins a relationship with Phil Coulson. Following the fight against
20587-565: The lead in the Ava DuVernay series, Cherish the Day . Next he will star in the MGM+ drama series, Emperor Of Ocean Park , with Forest Whitaker . Simmons married actress Sophina Brown in May 2010. Alphonso Mackenzie (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is an American television series created for ABC by Joss Whedon , Jed Whedon , and Maurissa Tancharoen , based on
20760-493: The main cast in the fourth , while Natalia Cordova-Buckley , who recurred in both the third and fourth seasons, was promoted to the main cast for the series' fifth season . Jeff Ward was promoted to the main cast for the sixth season after recurring in the fifth. Additionally, some characters from Marvel Cinematic Universe films and Marvel One-Shots also appear throughout the series, along with other characters based on various Marvel Comics properties. Several characters from
20933-406: The memories of Will Daniels and Nathaniel Malick "just a little bit. I tried to change my voice in there, I tried to change even my level of expression in there because I was supposed to be channeling somebody else entirely coming through." Dalton called the coat that Hive wears later in the third season "iconic and timeless", noting that "fashion wasn't on the forefront of [Ward's] mind", while Hive
21106-446: The memories, desire, hatreds and agendas of Will and of Grant Ward. At the same time, he's got a much deeper, bigger agenda that's thousands of years old, and gave birth to Hydra." Dalton described him as a "survivor" who "does not think small. This person has been around for way too long to think in anything other than global terms." He saw this as a fundamental difference between the character and Ward, who "just becomes single minded and
21279-534: The midseason finale less impactful. Additionally, Goldman criticized the tie-in to Age of Ultron , calling it "forced" and distracting from the Inhuman/S.H.I.E.L.D. 2.0 storylines. Nick Hogan at TVOvermind rated the season 9 out of 10 stars, calling it, "for the most part, a very enjoyable season of television." Hogan praised that cast and characters, particularly MacLachlan's portrayal of Calvin Zabo, saying "He had perhaps
21452-528: The most stable relationship there is. When Ward accidentally kills Palamas in the season two finale, Dalton said that "This affects him in a way that is deep and lasting. There was a shred of humanity in there, and always the possibility and the thought that he could be redeemed...After Kara's death—that is actually at my hands—after all the time and effort and energy that's been invested in this relationship, it turns him. You see it in his eyes....This whole thing of closure keeps coming up over and over again. There
21625-477: The original timeline. After helping an alternative timeline version of Kora join the team, Daisy continues to work with her and Sousa one year after defeating the Chronicoms. Daisy Johnson was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Gabriele Dell'Otto for Secret War #2. When the character of Skye was introduced to the series, it was always intended that she would be the MCU version of Johnson, as executive producer Maurissa Tancharoen explained, "there are always
21798-449: The other characters trust him, opening himself up to those relationships despite his ulterior motives. Following the death of Garrett, the question was asked, "Who is [Grant Ward] without someone telling him what to do?" Dalton answered that "he can follow commands really well. He can do and make tough choices and he can sometimes do unpleasant things in the name of something that he feels he believes in. But...I don't think that Ward knows
21971-489: The people around her, and how the relationships may shift. Because we've seen through the course of our series so far; we've spoken about how S.H.I.E.L.D. treats gifteds or views them, and they're categorized, things like that. What does that mean when one of your own is now considered someone with an ability? How do you categorize her? Whedon elaborated that "We're going to walk her through the steps of discovering what this really means, and coming to terms with it. All that stuff
22144-449: The poster. Marguerite Sauvage provided the poster for " Scars ", which prominently features Jiaying and her scars in a way that the series cannot do with special effects, while also depicting Skye near the former's stomach to cement the maternal connection between them. For Part One of the season finale, " S.O.S ", Ryan Sook 's poster hints at Cal's transformation into the Mr. Hyde persona from
22317-448: The premiere "unexpectedly good", noting that the series "remains as serialized a show as it can over 22 episodes", introducing new and interesting ideas for the rest of the season, while also setting a high standard for subsequent episodes to meet. Alan Sepinwall at HitFix called the episode a promising start to the season, "a fairly lively hour in spite of [a lot of exposition], helped by some good casting and smart creative choices". He
22490-450: The present, after which Fitz and Simmons get married. During the final battle against a gravitonium-enhanced Glenn Talbot, Fitz is fatally injured. As Daisy and Simmons lead the search for the cryogenically frozen Fitz in space, Enoch releases him prematurely when they come under attack. They eventually reunite with Simmons, but the Chronicoms capture them and force them to figure out time travel. However, Enoch rescues them and helps them build
22663-441: The preserved body that Enoch had. They temporarily reunited before the Chronicoms kidnapped them to force them to figure out time travel so they can save their home planet. However, Enoch rescues them and helps them save their friends before building a time machine to help them stop the Chronicoms from changing history. Following the mission's success, Fitz and Simmons retire from S.H.I.E.L.D. to raise their daughter, Alya. Henstridge
22836-415: The rival S.H.I.E.L.D. faction. Following the fight against the Inhumans, Simmons is absorbed by the Kree monolith, a portal to the alien planet Maveth. There, she falls in love with Will Daniels, who sacrifices himself so she can return to Earth. Simmons eventually moves on from Daniels and begins a relationship with Fitz and eventually marries him. After Fitz is killed, Simmons partook in the mission to find
23009-426: The role, Wen was "given a couple of background stories" about May, but found it challenging to play a character who is respected by those around her when the audience doesn't know why, stating "It's a challenge in different ways....I use some of my own personal experience where we've been scarred or we've been greatly disappointed". When May's past was revealed in " Melinda ", Wen called it "devastating", explaining "She
23182-401: The season, Goldman graded it an 8.2 out of 10, saying the season "found the show much-improved, as it moved faster and delved deeper into the Marvel Cinematic Universe." Compared to the first season, Goldman felt the "pacing was hugely improved, with storylines no longer taking forever to bubble up again and secrets no longer being kept both from the audience and the characters," with content from
23355-399: The season. During the season, the producers worked with Glenn Hetrick of Optic Nerve Studios to help create Raina's Inhuman look, and introduce the Inhumans to the MCU. To get to the final look, the writers spent a lot of time discussing what her transformed look would entail, such as if she would have a nose, or a tail, with series writer Drew Greenberg eventually suggesting thorns. With
23528-401: The second season, Henstridge said, "I don't think they fully realize the implication of how far apart they are. There's so much hurt there. I don't think they realize what they're sacrificing by not figuring this out." Talking about the harsher side of Simmons seen later in the second season, after the reveal of the Inhumans and the subsequent death of Agent Triplett, Henstridge explained that at
23701-411: The second season, while his general synth programming was changed from "warm, round tones" to "mangled under heavy distortion" sound. McCreary introduced a new Hydra theme for the season, explaining that "Last season got pretty musically complicated. I had a theme that associated itself with Centipede, The Clairvoyant, John Garrett and Raina . That theme ultimately functioned like a Hydra Theme. I had
23874-452: The second timeline, The Doctor falls in love with the id of Jemma Simmons. Jemma Anne Simmons (portrayed by Elizabeth Henstridge ) is brought on to Coulson's team as a life sciences (both human and alien) specialist, and has a close bond with Agent Fitz, the two having graduated from the S.H.I.E.L.D. academy together. She grows to mistrust all things alien and superhuman, but shows her loyalty to Coulson despite this when they are faced with
24047-437: The series also appear in the supplemental digital series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot . This list includes the series' main cast, all guest stars deemed to have had recurring roles throughout the series, and any other guest who is otherwise notable. Phillip "Phil" Coulson (portrayed by Clark Gregg ) was the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in charge of Project T.A.H.I.T.I., meant to bring a potential dead Avenger back to life using
24220-436: The series as "a guy who is very trustworthy and rolled up his sleeves and did all the heavy lifting and didn't really question authority. You know, a by-the-book risk assessor". Although it was eventually revealed that Ward was a Hydra imposter, Dalton noted that that doesn't necessarily mean the relationships the character built with his S.H.I.E.L.D. team weren't genuine, since going undercover meant letting his guard down to make
24393-434: The series in the fourth season to portray Ward in the Framework. Dalton felt returning to the character in this capacity allowed him to "finally get to have the hero arc that Grant Ward deserves." Dalton won for 'Male Breakout Star' at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards . The character of Grant Ward garnered a fan following, with a group known as the "Ward Warriors" often using the hashtag "StandWithWard" on social media. Dalton
24566-601: The series of clearances, but we always knew we wanted to evolve Skye into something else. Daisy Johnson was the main character that we wanted to go for. We got confirmation on that very early on, so we've been on that track ever since." Bennet was cast as Skye in December 2012, out of more than 400 actresses who auditioned for the role. Tancharoen stated, "With Skye, we were going for the hot girl that every guy wants to hang out with and every girl sort of wants to be". Bennet described herself as "technologically inept", striving to learn
24739-433: The seventh season, De Caestecker does not appear in the first ten episodes, as he was committed to another project when the season started filming. He first appears in flashback sequences in " Brand New Day ", receiving special guest star credit for his appearance. De Caestecker was named TVLine ' s "Performer of the Week" for the week of September 27, 2015, for his performance in " Laws of Nature ", particularly
24912-496: The ship by that crystal not shattering was a wonderful, heroic thing and showed you that at heart, Coulson is a heroic man whose actions back up his words." Bell also talked about the cliffhanger involving Simmons being absorbed by a Kree monolith: "When we first started talking about the Monolith, we knew that it needed to present a threat and we needed to demonstrate some of that threat and the promise of more story... It's easy to kill
25085-449: The show for long when he took the part, with "the big, big bad" less likely to last as long as an "anti-hero" like Ward. On Hive's final scene in the third-season finale, Dalton noted that there would have been no point in the character doing anything other than reflect: "It's like looking into a fire. Somehow the truth comes out. You're looking at the Earth, man. It's so far away. And you'll get
25258-500: The show's growing pains by focusing on characters while amping up narrative thrills." Marc Buston for Den of Geek scored the premiere episode 4.5 stars out of 5, feeling that the series had finally reached its potential by incorporating Marvel elements such as Creel and Whitehall, while also creating a darker tone and developing the original characters. He specifically highlighted the changes made to Fitz' character, saying "This lair of tragedy greatly deepens Fitz's character and gives
25431-565: The show, we pull from the properties, and we do our own spin to it. So we are kind of merging a few concepts and storylines. We've spent a season and a half with Skye. We've seen her evolve as a person, we've grown to like her as a person, we've seen her evolve as an agent. And now, finally bringing her to her origin story—I think there's just a lot more emotional weight to it, because you already know her as just Skye, and now she will have this ability that she may not understand, that she may not want ... We're going to focus on Skye, and how that affects
25604-402: The silhouette, we wanted to stay true to the comics and pay tribute to those original designs. I also wanted to incorporate the gold color that I've seen in some of the illustrations of her suit throughout the comics, which is why we have the gold lines that we see on the suit. Finally, for me personally, I wanted a nod to her tactical look from last season, so if you look at the style lines around
25777-406: The small scale, and have it be a really personal dagger to the heart." Ward's initial costumes were inspired by Jason Bourne and Ethan Hunt , with his look based purely in function and with a muted color palette to reflect his serious attitude. After Ward was outed as Hydra and became a prisoner of S.H.I.E.L.D., Dalton grew a beard for the character, explaining that S.H.I.E.L.D. would not provide
25950-412: The son of politicians, was abused by his parents and older brother Christian growing up. After attempting to kill Christian by burning their house down, Grant meets John Garrett , a Hydra double agent within S.H.I.E.L.D., who trains Grant to be a skilled agent. Later being assigned to Coulson's team as the groups' muscle and wetwork specialist, Grant is outed as Hydra when that organization is revealed to
26123-418: The start of season two up to mid-season is, they've become a lot stronger as individuals, I think. But I think they still care for and need each other a lot, and they also work better together when they are together. But I think there's a lot of things that have still been unsaid and will hopefully come out, certain confrontations that are still bubbling under." Despite being announced as a main cast member for
26296-488: The strongest character arc of anyone this season, and it was such a pleasure to watch." He did criticize some of the story direction, feeling that it took a while for the Inhumans to connect to the rest of the series, and that the way the Age of Ultron tie-in concluded the S.H.I.E.L.D. vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. storyline was "rushed and choppy". The season's introduction of the Inhumans and apparent willingness to establish new norms ahead of
26469-489: The terms necessary to portray Skye, as she is proficient with technology. Bennet also began taking boxing lessons to prepare for the part. Unlike the comic version, Skye is an Inhuman; Jed Whedon explained that "We've created a different origin for her...we merged those two ideas together also because there are such rabid fans out there that if we stick to original story points from the comics, they will smell story points from miles away. Those two factors led us to coming up with
26642-411: The themes of family and connectedness from the first season would be re-explored in the second, saying "What we always look for are the human elements in the big story. That's what television does well, it makes you care about people, and whether it's literal family or anytime you have a team of people working together, it takes on some sort of family metaphor." Bell reiterated the idea of family following
26815-450: The things [the producers] really look forward to each week, getting the initial sketches back from the artists and seeing their interpretation." The art once again appeared as variant covers to select titles published by Marvel Comics in June 2015. The poster for " Aftershocks ", created by Gabriele Dell'Otto , the co-creator of Daisy Johnson, depicts Skye twice, as she is transforming from
26988-601: The top of the costume, you will see that they're similar to her tactical hood from Season 2." The suit was "made out of printed EuroJersey, which works well for these costumes because it's a four-way stretch that gives Chloe the ability to move and do her stunts... But there is a lot more leather in her suit than in some of the others." Legacy Effects created Johnson's iconic gauntlets from the comics, making them "out of flexible materials painted to look like metal" so as not to injure anyone during stunts. Bennet, talking about Skye's commitment to S.H.I.E.L.D., stated that "I think at
27161-446: The type of person who can halfass anything, and that includes emotions. If she feels something, she feels something. But she knows how to control it more". Talking about the changes to the character after it was revealed that she was Daisy Johnson and an Inhuman, Tancharoen said "With this discovery will come some consequences, especially in her relationships with everyone around her, specifically Coulson...Needless to say, it's going to be
27334-501: The viewer questioning if the logo was crumbling due to Sif's sword, or Skye's powers. The third poster, for " One of Us ", was created by Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire . It features muted colors and shows "Coulson surrounded by villains [from the S.H.I.E.L.D. index], and the giant Cal looming over, and [a bird and] S.H.I.E.L.D. behind him." Annie Wu was brought on for the " Love in the Time of Hydra " poster, which shows Grant Ward holding
27507-421: The world of the comics and mythology in general". On whether the resurrected Coulson would be the same as before he died, Gregg said "I think if he hadn't gone through some kind of change, it wouldn't be any good." After Coulson was promoted to Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Gregg said "He kind of got his dream job that I don't even think he would have ever dreamed he would be given ... it's going to require him to move
27680-404: The world", to which Bennet said, "she was lost for a really long time, she was an orphan and she wanted to find her parents and all of a sudden she does and it's not what she expected. You know, when your mom tries to kill you and your dad is Hyde. So she's kind of grown into this." Entering the fourth season, Bennet felt that, after the events of the final episode of season three, Johnson was "in
27853-450: The world, and, after the death of Garrett, becomes a prisoner of S.H.I.E.L.D. In love with his former teammate Skye, Grant escapes custody, apparently kills Christian and their parents, and infiltrates Hydra so Skye can meet her father. Despite this, Skye turns on Ward and shoots him, and he escapes only with the help of former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Kara Palamas, with whom he develops a romantic relationship. He accidentally kills Palamas while she
28026-463: The world, including in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico for " ...Ye Who Enter Here " and " What They Become ". To reflect the darker tone of the second season, the standard orchestra was changed from season one, with the low brass and strings expanded, and the woodwind section reduced, "giving [the orchestra] added punch and menace." Composer Bear McCreary 's use of the electric guitar was also reduced for
28199-588: Was "a real moment for Ward where he actually gets a sense of there's something greater than revenge and all of these smaller emotions; there's actually something that's bigger out there that he's a part of." Following Ward's death later in the episode, Bell discussed whether the writers ever considered redeeming the character, saying, "No character is too high to fall or too low to be redeemed, theoretically....but for someone to be redeemed, they need to ask forgiveness, or want to be redeemed....[Ward] never felt like he needed to apologize for what he did." Dalton returned to
28372-407: Was also cast in November 2012. The character was originally envisioned as the "nagging worrywart" on the team, but changed when Henstridge brought an enthusiasm to the role the producers were looking for. She described her character as "a biochem expert. She's young and hungry and she's a great woman to play because she's intelligent and focused and curious and she doesn't apologize for it. She's got
28545-471: Was announced as portraying Daniel Whitehall . In August, Kyle MacLachlan was cast as Skye's father , in a recurring role. Initially referred to as "The Doctor", his character was revealed to be Calvin Zabo in December 2014. In " Making Friends and Influencing People ", the character of Kara Palamas / Agent 33 was introduced, portrayed by Maya Stojan . She is also portrayed by other cast members, including Ming-Na Wen and Chloe Bennet, when she takes on
28718-506: Was married, she was in love with Andrew, she had a job that she excelled at and loved and believed in—so her world was pretty perfect...To have learned what she had to do, for the good of the many...I can understand why it would traumatize her so much and cause her to retreat." May's shirt is the same blue as many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in The Avengers such as Maria Hill , so as to have some continuity between her uniform and those established in
28891-401: Was portrayed by Gregg, who went on to play the character in several other MCU films and Marvel One-Shots . At the 2012 New York Comic Con , Gregg was announced to be starring as Coulson in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , despite the character dying in The Avengers ." In April 2013, Gregg said that he had found creator Joss Whedon 's explanation for Coulson's resurrection "fascinating" and "true to
29064-401: Was positive about both the changes to the existing characters and the introduction of the new ones, and though he noted that the opening sequence was "itself a piece of brand extension — early promotion for Agent Carter ," he felt that "Links to the rest of the Marvel [Cinematic U]niverse are always welcome when they're in service to the story the show is telling". Eric Goldman of IGN scored
29237-442: Was screened at New York Comic Con . A five-part web series titled Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent , also sponsored by Lexus, was released from March 4 to May 6, 2015, on ABC.com . The web series follows a newly hired Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. production assistant, who acts as a double agent for the "Mastermind", portrayed by Stan Lee . Cast and crew members from the series, such as Gregg, also appear, with viewers having
29410-563: Was soon taken by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and raised as an orphan by nuns. Taking the name "Skye", she became a skilled hacktivist , opposing organizations like S.H.I.E.L.D. This led to her involvement with Coulson, who decided to recruit her, and have Ward, and then May, train her to be a formidable field agent. After reuniting with her father, Skye chooses to drive him away, knowing him to be a monster and murderer, though his wishes for her to fulfill her destiny—by unlocking her Inhuman abilities—are granted when she unintentionally comes into contact with
29583-423: Was still some movement and length and sexiness in the hair." Bennet also received a superhero costume for the third season, again bringing the character closer to the version in the comics. Foley felt that "one of the most important things was that the symbol be incorporated into her costume but especially onto the gauntlets, And it's also on the back of her suit, which was a fun little touch that we added. As far as
29756-437: Was surprised that people "seem to be standing with Ward no matter what he does....there are people out there who just seem to be following this character wherever he goes. I think that's brilliant....There isn't any character like him on the show, and I would say even within the Marvel canon." As a "shoutout" to these fans, Palamas says, "I will always stand with Ward" in the second-season finale, which Dalton called "a testament to
29929-438: Was watched by 5.98 million people, less than half the viewing total for the first season premiere, which was watched by 12.12 million people, and overall the season had lower but much more consistent viewership than the previous season. It also received a much more positive critical response than the first season. The series was renewed for a third season in May 2015. In March 2014, executive producer Jeffrey Bell stated at
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