Daisy also discovers them, and plans with Simmons to hack into the Framework remotely to find the others from the inside. Set in early season 1. Debrief Season 4, Episode 6: "The Good Samaritan, "Why Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Executive producer Jed Whedon said on this, "We're thrilled to know going into the end of [season 3] with certainty that we will be returning, because we can build our story accordingly." [81], Whedon said they replaced S.H.I.E.L.D. 's directors from a showrunning perspective and his close relationship with the cast and crew" for why now was the right time for him to direct an episode. The Framework is giving this series an opportunity to express its displeasure with the current administration." Jokes Away 'LMD' Reboot With 'Broken Promises, "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: "What If..." Review", "Review: 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' gives us the Ghost Rider we didn't know we wanted", "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Variety spoke to showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen about losing Lincoln and Ward/Hive, the future of FitzSimmons and what’s ahead for the show in Season 4 … Lots of smut. Ward directs Coulson (who can remember some things, thanks to previous tampering with his mind) and Simmons to the Resistance, the remnants of S.H.I.E.L.D. ", "It's an ambigram. has managed to throw in some biting commentary this season. Season 4 Footage", "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. [172][173][174] Valentine described this as "one of the prevalent themes" of the pod, and felt that "S.H.I.E.L.D. reveals what happened to the team", "Marvel Television Returns To San Diego Comic-Con", "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "[61] The pod ends with the Melinda May LMD seemingly destroying herself and all the other known LMDs besides Aida, concluding her specific arc which explored the nature of humanity and identity. Meanwhile, Simmons and Triplett investigate a Russian oil platform which he believes is the location of Looking Glass from his time undercover; the platform is the Framework equivalent of Ivanov's oil platform in the real world, from where Aida is running the Framework. "[70] He added that the writers knew that they wanted to tell a Ghost Rider story, an LMD story, and a "what if" scenario, and the hardest part was making each pod still fit together as a single season. [129] The episode "What If..." was screened on April 1, 2017 at WonderCon, with members of the cast, including Dalton, and the show's executive producers promoting the series. [167] McCown-Levy continued the praise, saying "This could’ve been a sodden slog through too-obvious reveals and portentous doom and gloom. Robbie promised an unknown voice that he would seek vengeance if given a second chance, and was resurrected when the spirit of the Ghost Rider was passed to him by a stranger. Coulson, Fitz, and Reyes are trapped between dimensions, and helplessly watch as Morrow kills several agents and escapes. This led to the renewal of the series for a fifth season. He continues to express love and caring for her, while she expresses hatred for him and his actions. chose this Ghost Rider", "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. welcomes back original cast member", "Agents Of SHIELD Season 4 Episode 4: Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire Recap With Spoilers", "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. [92] Within the Framework reality, Aida appears as "Ophelia" / Madame Hydra, portrayed as well by Jansen. He added, "Hopefully some of the questions that we’re asking will be answered by [the film, which can] then pose some new themes and ideas for us to explore. early season 1; Summary. [64], Marvel trusted the producers of S.H.I.E.L.D. The tie this year will feel more of a reflection of [Doctor Strange], less an interweaving plot." Grant Ward is a Hydra double agent. A slow romance blossoms between them, until his treachery is revealed. [168], By "All the Madame's Men", McCown-Levy felt that Agents of Hydra was "the most consistently entertaining arc the series has ever done. Ward is involved in kidnapping Fitzsimmons and takes part in a Hydra expedition to the alien planet Maveth. "[176] Michal Schick of Hypable noted that the political commentary had been running throughout the season, with Nadeer and the Humans First movement, but that "in the face of murderous demons with combustible craniums and body-swapping LMD’s, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Daisy overpowers the Mace, Mack, and Coulson LMDs, but they find the May LMD waiting for them at the base entrance, tasked with detonating a large explosive to prevent their escape. with Hydra in the Framework to show "that this world was not what was intended, and what really symbolizes the opposite of S.H.I.E.L.D. After Dark'." Riley took Foley's costumes for Aida as the base shape of the Madame Hydra costume, but looked to make it feel "stronger" and more military-esque than those costumes by having the shoulders of the costume evoke epaulettes. Skye is a little rebel, but as her dominants, May, Coulson and Ward are happy to give her the discipline and care she needs. PR agent Burrows. Costume Designer Gives Details On Ghost Rider And AIDA's TV Look", "Another name all of you should learn is Joshua James Shaw. It gives us a lot of leeway in our world, and it lets us explore the metaphors of what it is like to be different. has been getting steadily better each season, and even in a year that had strong arcs like Ghost Rider and LMD, this final storyline tops them all ... the show has essentially managed to create an alternate reality where it can work out longstanding issues and address unfinished character beats, all while smartly delivering action and thrills ... And insofar as this keeps working, it's managed to turn the TV equivalent of a fun B-movie into a superior television show. [89] At the series' Comic-Con panel, the speculation was confirmed—Gabriel Luna was announced to be cast as Robbie Reyes,[29] and Lorenzo James Henrie was later revealed to be cast as Gabe. [61] It was not intended to be a spin-off of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. @lillazuck's idea, our art department's awesome execution! [127] In March 2017, Marvel re-released previous posters for the series, updated to show what they would have looked like had the series taken place in the Framework reality. Prop master Scott Bauer was inspired by elements from the Kree weaponry designed for the previous season when designing the cover of the Darkhold. [71] Ghost Rider also reappears in the final episode of the season, "World's End", as an additional connection. [82] The producers felt the impact of the "what if" scenario comes from rooting the changes in character choices, with Bell saying, "I will give the writers room credit that everything that was chosen had an emotional resonance. [166] Valentine felt "What If..." "made for a very good start" to the pod, feeling it "continues to build on the goodwill created by season 4 of S.H.I.E.L.D. : [Spoiler] Set to Return in Season 4 Finale", "EXCLUSIVE: Marvel's Head of TV Reveals How 'The Defenders' Will Be Different From 'The Avengers, "Does Agents of SHIELD's Ghost Rider Reveal Mean Johnny Blaze Is In The MCU? and persuades him to meet her at her office. It is easy (and desperately tempting) to place blame all of our ills and evils on a current administration, and easy to pin all the ills of the Framework on Aida. logo for the third pod that changes onscreen to Agents of Hydra for episodes primarily set in the Framework,[99][100] but remains Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. In addition to the Darkhold, this includes the introduction of Ghost Rider, with Whedon explaining in July 2016, that "the Marvel [Cinematic] Universe is moving into new waters [with the upcoming release of Doctor Strange]. turns the world inside out, in the best possible way", "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. She praised the pod format, saying it "helped tighten the season and give it a stronger throughline" and added that each new pod the season introduced was more successful than the previous, with the Agents of Hydra pod and Framework story arc possibly the strongest of the entire series. The premiere debuted to 3.58 million viewers, down from previous season premieres but average for the series. Asked if any of these LMDs survived this act, and could carry over to the third pod of the season, Whedon said "We’ll see, but the idea was to put that chapter behind us. Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, starring alongside the returning series regulars Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, and Henry Simmons. Season 3.] These were then given to a bookbinder with aged, vellum pages, who assembled the props and created the leather cover. to featuring so many powered characters, Whedon said "the dynamic in the world has changed. The team attempts to enter an abandoned building in which Morrow has barricaded himself via his growing abilities but, at first, only Reyes can make it through Morrow's initial trap. Of course, for Bennet the stakes are higher than ever, now that a big bombshell has been revealed about Skye’s origins: Years ago, many S.H.I.E.L.D. She continued that the series "manages to create a world where Hydra is the establishment, but every other plot point is about questioning it explicitly" and "what’s more inspiring than seeing an actual symbol of America not taking crap from Nazis? She said that Secret Empire "all but ignores [the] real world context, minus acknowledging that Nazis tend to like concentration camps. bosses on aftermath of Framework escape", "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Instead, S.H.I.E.L.D. Multiple versions of the book were created for the show, with the frames created by 3D-printing molds to create durable rubber casts. Farewell u incredible artist/collaborator/geek. Now they have to work together with their future selves to try and find a way home, provided they don't kill each other in the process. Skye/Ward is the canon pairing of Agents Grant Ward and Skye from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Villain Ward or anti-hero Ward I can live with it, hopefully that is where his character is headed, but I could never see him and Skye together after all that’s happened. We will never close that chapter. S.H.I.E.L.D. As the war between S.H.I.E.L.D. : Patton Oswalt returns to reveal Koenig family secret! [105] Foley worked with the visual effects department to ensure that the costume would not interfere with their work. Fifteen years later, Skye's a solo hero and has been unable to get over Grant's disappearance. The Ghost Rider title card was used again for the season finale. She reveals that she knows his secret and escapes, while he fights the police, but she is captured by Deathlok. All of those things are coming into play. In season 1 Ward serves as Skye's commanding officer, teaching her to become a real S.H.I.E.L.D. [51], The season began airing in the United States on ABC on September 20, 2016,[130] and completed its 22-episode run on May 16, 2017. "[179], Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Ivanov launches torpedoes at the platform that threaten Mack's body, but the latter is saved by Ophelia, convinced by Fitz to put to good use the Inhuman abilities his machine had given her new body. On approaching this subject, Tancharoen said that there was no nervousness in the writer's room, and Whedon said that the similarities to Trump's America was simply an attempt to "paint the reality where, what if the world just turned upside down?" [52] The end of "World's End" features a similar onscreen tribute to Powers Boothe, who died in May 2017 and had portrayed Gideon Malick in the series' third season. Where we pick up in the Framework is she had just asked him to move in, so this is after years of … The visuals for these are intentionally reminiscent of those used in the film. Season 4, Ep. Ward is involved in kidnapping Fit… Wen noted the production was able to work around her injury with no delay and that she would still be involved with the episode. [62] On the evolution of S.H.I.E.L.D. May and Daisy arrest Mack, and May forces him to trick Daisy into confessing her true allegiance. and the enthusiasm because he wrote these words, he knows what's coming next. Series. Click here for related articles on Fanlore. ", "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Skye, in the meantime, has led Ward to the diner where she first met Mike Peterson / Deathlok and is delaying the decryption of her hard drive. [175], Amanda Marcotte of Salon felt that by May 2017, there "hasn’t been time for most of pop culture to react to [Trump's election] but there is one truly remarkable exception to the rule: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Ultron came out almost a fully fleshed-out creature with his own agenda, where she’s been discovering hers along the way. [106] Foley left the show after the thirteenth episode of the season, to work on a television adaptation of Altered Carbon,[107] and was replaced with Amanda Riley. 0 comments. 's history in the comics". : What's happened to Agent May? [53], The season shifted to the later 10 pm timeslot, allowing it to take on a darker, more mature tone than previous seasons. [57] Executive producer Jeffrey Bell noted the writers tried to continue the tradition of "finding new combinations and new conflicts" between different sets of characters, given "a lot of procedurals [see] the same people doing the same thing for five years". The show has had higher highs, but never this constant a level of quality. They looked to do this by taking the original elements from the comic, but putting their own spin on them. [160] Kevin Fitzpatrick of Screen Crush said, "I’m nervous for Season 4 overall, especially if said reinvention doesn’t goose the ratings like Marvel and ABC hope, but “The Ghost” is reason enough for some casual optimism." He visits Morrow, and learns that the Momentum explosion was caused by a group of scientists studying the, Lucy uses her ghostly state to wake Joseph and ask where he hid the. Regretting his actions, Mack joins the Resistance. Gabe was paralyzed and Robbie was killed. Reyes arrives to talk to Morrow, and Mack recognizes him as the Ghost Rider; they capture Reyes and earn his trust. Whedon noted he had decided at the end of season three to direct an episode in season four after doing some second unit work on "Spacetime" under Kevin Tancharoen. I've argued several times of late that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. That made it for us a much more fun puzzle." — first look", "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Cavalry is back on her horse, peeps! 1 1 John Lee Hudson. [165] Beginning the Agents of Hydra pod, Schwartz said "this return episode more than delivered" on the previous episode's cliffhanger. ", "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Skyeward is the second most popular pairing in the Agents of Shield fandom. Skye-centric but FitzSimmons also mentioned. [95] Whedon reiterated in January 2017 that "Once an agent, always an agent, so it’s always out there in the ether", but stated that the pair were unlikely to return during the fourth season. "[119] Whedon pointed out that the previous tie-ins were sometimes "very direct", and other times "more thematic. There's a lot more room to play, like 'what about this?' Skye and Ward are in New York again newly married, hoping the past holds the worst of their memories. ;[36][93] Parminder Nagra as Ellen Nadeer, an anti-Inhuman politician;[37][38] and Patrick Cavanaugh as S.H.I.E.L.D. Bennet called the pod "very relevant. Whether Ward knows – or is okay with it – these are all question marks. ", "13 shows double, 'This Is Us' & 'Big Bang' lead broadcast Live +7 ratings for Oct. 31-Nov. 6", "6 shows double in week 11 broadcast Live +7 ratings", "6 shows double, led by 'Designated Survivor': Week 30 broadcast Live +7 ratings", "ABC's Tuesday 'Death Slot': A Brief History of Its Put-Upon Occupants", "Final 2016–17 TV Rankings: 'Sunday Night Football' Winning Streak Continues", "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. [157], The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 96% approval rating with an average score of 7.75/10, based on 25 reviews. [122][123] The first teaser trailer for the season was released in early September 2016, as "found footage" showing Ghost Rider's car "peeling out",[124] followed shortly after by a teaser with actual footage from the series. [2] The season averaged 4.22 million total viewers, including from DVR, ranking 110th among network series in the 2016–17 television season. Skye and ward (season 1 spoiler) spoiler spoiler. On this expedition, he is killed by Phil Coulson. Career 2 Season 1 2.1 Coulson's Team 2.1.1 First Mission 2.1.2 Acting as Skye's S.O. Given the introduction of Ghost Rider and the Framework in the season, McCreary used "searing synths" over the regular symphonic orchestra. He also highlighted Wen's performance as LMD May in the LMD pod and the Agents of Hydra pod's Mack and Hope storyline, and praised the guest performances of Luna and Jansen (feeling that bringing the latter two together in the finale "was the perfect way to wrap things up").
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