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First Look At Adrianne Palicki As Agents Of SHIELD's Mockingbird

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Bobbi Morse has been a SHIELD agent, an Avenger, and, most dangerously, Hawkeye's girlfriend. Now actress Adrianne Palicki will bring her life in Agents of SHIELD, and here's the first look — as well as a very surprising twist.

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Entertainment Weekly has the pic, and describe the character thusly:

Courtesy of ABC, here's your first look at Palicki as Bobbi Morse, the head of Hydra Security and the future Mockingbird. But will she be friend or foe to Coulson and S.H.I.E.L.D.? The Mockingbird part suggests friend, but the Hydra part…things might get complicated.

The head of Hydra's security? That's... different. Unless she's a SHIELD mole, which... is unlikely because SHIELD had no clue Hydra even existed until The Winter Soldier. I'm a little freaked out, but last night's Agents of SHIELD premiere was so good — and so much improved — that I'm exceedingly willing to give the show the benefit of the doubt here. We'll find out more on October 21st, when Mockingbird makes her live-action Marvel debut.
 
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*** ABC's "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." was up 52 percent among adults 18-49 and got the biggest volume bump in the key demo, rising 1.1 to a 3.2 Live+3 rating among adults 18-49.

Because you're good at math, you'll realize that ties "S.H.I.E.L.D." with "NCIS: NOLA" in the key demo for the hour, though both shows finished far below NBC's "The Voice." "S.H.I.E.L.D." was also able to gain a solid 48 percent overall, going from 6 million viewers to 8.9 million in Live_3.

ABC boasts that the DVR lift for "S.H.I.E.L.D." was higher than the DVR lift for last year's premiere, which is a hilariously absurd comparison given how much better "S.H.I.E.L.D." performed in last September's launch. ​

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'Agents of SHIELD' Stars and Creators Tackle Week 2 Mysteries

Warning: Spoilers ahead for this week's episode of Agents of SHIELD, "Heavy is the Head."]​

Another episode, another mystery (or three).

Absorbing Man (Brian Patrick Wade) is on ice, the Obelisk is missing, and director Coulson (Clark Gregg) is still really into wall art. Yes, there are many questions after this week's episode. Luckily, the cast and creative team behind Agents of SHIELD held a press screening last week and answered some of them.

What more can we expect from SHIELD this season?

"It's all connected," Marvel's Head of TV Jeph Loeb said — multiple times throughout the evening — referring not only to the first two episodes' dangling threats, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe at large and the possibility of more movie characters popping up in the show.

But predictably, the cast and creators were mum on many of the burning questions, simply asking for patience.

The latest episode really ups the game for Fitz's (Iain De Caestecker) new mental state courtesy of his season finale "drowning." He and Antoine Triplett (B.J. Britt) are poised to be the show's new odd couple (move over Simmons), with Antoine being the only person who treats him like a normal human being.

Following the screening, Caestecker said he and the team studied what happens to people who are deprived of oxygen.

"A lot of the work was done for me beforehand. I had a chat with the writers and they'd done a lot of research for me, and I'd done a bit as well," said De Caestecker. "It's something that has really affected people in real life, so I feel a responsibility toward it."

As for the Coulson, there's no word on what to make of those strange drawings he is back at scratching onto the walls. But Gregg did answer one mystery — would the new SHIELD director like to step behind the camera and do some real-life directing for the show?

Not anytime soon.

"I love to write. I love to direct. I have my hands more than full rebuilding SHIELD — and getting the George Foreman grill to work. I marvel at what these creators do. They are prepping for two weeks while I'm doing the episode before. Maybe someday [in an episode] when I'm cryogenically frozen."
 
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‘Agents Of SHIELD’ Season 2 Spoilers: Find Out If Hunter Betrayed Coulson In Episode 2, ‘Heavy Is The Head’ [RECAP]

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“Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 2, episode 2 picked up right where the shocking premiere left off. S.H.I.E.L.D. had to deal with Creel on the loose, Talbot coming after them and the very first 084 in the organization’s history. Find out what happened in Season 2, episode 2 of “Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

Hunter (Nick Blood) was still stuck in the car when May (Ming-Na Wen) got to him, but Hartley (Lucy Lawless) and Idaho (Wilmer Calderon) were dead. Hunter told her to go after Creel (Brian Patrick Wade), and May left him with a drill to help him get out of the car. Talbot’s (Adrian Pasdar) military men immediately captured Hunter after he got out of the car. Talbot didn’t kill Hunter though, he just wanted Hunter to talk. He asked him to name a price. Hunter asked for $2 million and a proper burial for Hartley.

Skye (Chloe Bennet) told Coulson (Clark Gregg) that the 084 (or obelisk) had markings just like the ones he ordered her to research. Skye wanted to jump on researching the new clue, but first, the team had to get Hunter back. Coulson worried that if he talked to Talbot, he might destroy S.H.I.E.L.D.’s entire operation.

Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie (Henry Simmons) came aboard to help the team with their cloaking device. Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) couldn’t figure out how to make the jets invisible, and the team couldn’t wait for his head trauma to heal -- that’s assuming that his brain can heal. Mack offered to let Fitz help, but Fitz was too frustrated.

Triplett (BJ Britt) said he couldn’t believe Simmons abandoned her partner when he was clearly unstable. “She abandoned all of us,” Skye added.

After she heard about Hartley’s death, Skye wanted to go on the mission with May. She thought she should help her new supervising officer, but Coulson was more interested in keeping her working at their headquarters. He asked her to pack up Hartley’s room.

May’s mission was to wait for Creel to meet with his Hydra boss to pass off the obelisk. His boss never showed, but the waitress turned to metal after she brushed Creel’s arm. May was more concerned with the waitress and lost Creel.

Hunter got back to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters. He had 48 hours to deliver the team to Talbot. He had to drive around for three hours just to shake the tracker that was following him. He only told Coulson about his deal for Hartley’s burial, not the $2 million. He told Phil he still wanted to be paid and he wanted Idaho and Hartley’s families to get paid.

Hunter found Skye packing Hartley’s room. He tried to convince her that she shouldn’t get attached to people, but Skye noted that she already figured out that doesn’t work. “S.H.I.E.L.D. isn’t a life, just a job. Means to an end. Remember that.” Hunter said.

Meanwhile, Creel couldn’t turn back into himself or anything else. He tried absorbing other things but the metal of the 084 stayed on his arm. He called his boss (who worked for Whitehall). “You will be taken care of the way Hydra has always taken care of you,” his boss said.

Raina (Ruth Negga) showed up outside of Creel’s van. She said that she admired his powers. She showed him a carbine that could store energy. When more metal appeared on his neck, he stole the carbine out of Raina’s hand and ran away.

Back at headquarters, Mack wanted to help Fitz. He was nice to Fitz, but not in the overly cautious way his team members were. Even his hallucination of Simmons argued that Mack was likable. The injured engineer kept saying he “didn’t solve this today.” Mack finally realized that he meant that he’d solved this before. He took Fitz though some files and they found what would help them stop Creel.

The team ended up getting a secret message from Raina and called her. She told them that Creel stole something of hers, but it had a tracker. Coulson asked why she would want them to help.

“It’s what I don’t want, which is the obelisk falling into the hands of people who don’t understand it,” Raina said. “I’m thinking you might.”

Raina claimed that John Garrett understood the 084. After he was injected with the life-saving GH.325 serum, he started having visions and carved them into the wall. Coulson didn’t want to hear her whimsical speech, though. He just wanted to track Creel.

With Fitz’s weapon, the team was ready to take out Creel. They tracked him down, but once they had their orders, Hunter knocked them all out. Hunter tried to shoot Creel with a high-powered rifle, but Creel turned into the alien metal just in time. However, Creel’s body was not completely frozen like the waitress. He could still move. He chased Hunter down, but Coulson caught up with them and used Fitz’s innovation to freeze Creel.

Despite ignoring orders and knocking out the team, Coulson still offered Hunter a job. There was no denying that his team needed people, and Hunter obviously had the skill set.

“I need skilled assets in the field who are willing to step over the line,” Coulson said.

Mack and Fitz bonded some more, and Mack asked how he was handling Simmon’s departure. Fitz said he was fine without her, but he could see his hallucination of her just across the room.

Skye was more worried about Coulson than Fitz. She thought he was keeping something from them, but May told Skye there was nothing wrong with him. However, May knew that Coulson was having trouble. She told him to stop fighting his episodes. He took off his shoes and started carving into a wall on his office, much like he did in the Season 1 finale.

The Doctor (Kyle MacLachlan) was introduced in a quick scene at the end of the episode. He ordered Raina to pick up the Obelisk. When she touched it, the 084 glowed. He told her that the object let her live. Raina wanted him to teach her how to control it.

“Bring me my daughter and I’ll show the both of you,” he said. Last season, Raina told a man off-screen that she found his daughter and gave him a picture of Skye. The Doctor is Skye’s father.

Talbot met with Coulson in what looked like an empty field, and Coulson offered him Creel. He promised to continue to bring Talbot criminals as long as he gave S.H.I.E.L.D. some breathing room. Talbot thought the offer was laughable. He had intel that S.H.I.E.L.D. couldn’t even rob a convenience store. Then the cloaking devices were taken off of the plane overhead and jet was parked right next to them. Talbot realized his intel was slightly mistaken.

“Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 2 airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ED
 
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Tim DeKay cast in 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'

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While Agent Grant Ward has only appeared briefly in the second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., new casting indicates audiences haven’t seen the last of the S.H.I.E.L.D.-turned-Hydra agent. In fact, the show will be offering more insight into Ward’s troubled family history later this season.

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White Collar star Tim DeKay has been cast as Ward’s brother, Senator Christian Ward, EW has confirmed. He will make an appearance in the sixth episode this season, titled “A Fractured House.” Zap2It first reported the news.

Ward has spoken about his older brother before, in season 1’s “The Well,” detailing how his brother would force Ward to beat up the pair’s younger brother, and late last season John Garrett hinted at more issues plaguing the brother’s relationship. Currently, Ward is spending time in lockup underneath the new S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, and knowing he and his brother’s past, he may just want to stay down there for a little while longer.
 
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“Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 2 is going head-to-head with Hydra again in episode 3, but this time some familiar faces will be involved. As previously reported, Donnie Gill (Dylan Minnette) will be a target for both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra, but he won’t be the only familiar face in the episode. The team will also run into the real Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) -- as opposed to Fitz’s hallucination of her that has been in the past two episodes -- but it won’t be a happy reunion. Everything is looking pretty bleak in the new sneak peek videos.

Sneak Peek #1

Skye (Chloe Bennett) has to go back to Grant Ward (Brett Dalton) to get information on how Hydra works. Ward explains that most Hydra soldiers don’t have a choice when they work for the organization. They convince people, and Skye notes that they “suckered” him into fighting for Hydra.

“I was never loyal to Hydra,” Ward says. “I was loyal to Garrett.”

Ward explains he takes responsibility for his actions, but it was never about Hydra. His family brought him down while Garrett built him up.

“We’re all aware of who your family is, Ward,” Skye says. “Not only are they respected, they’re pretty much loved.”

"Well every family has its secrets. Yours does too. You ever wonder why --," Ward begins.

Skye cuts him off and reprimands herself for talking to him casually. She wants to stay on target and find out how Hydra works. Ward explains Hydra either convinces or captures their target. If neither of those options works, they kill them. Skye doesn’t understand why they kill the target if they aren’t an immediate threat, but Ward clarifies anyone who doesn’t want to be with Hydra is a threat.

“That’s why Hydra will win. Because while a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent is considering right and wrong, Hyrda is already taking the shot,” Ward says.

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Sneak Peek #2

Simmons wakes up and goes into her morning routine as “God Help The Girl” by the band of the same name plays.

She goes through a normal morning ritual as she works out, picks an outfit and makes coffee. All seems to be going well for S.H.I.E.L.D.’s former biochemist. She is all smiles as she enters an office building and greets Theo, a security guard.

“That smile, a breath of sunshine in an otherwise dreary morning,” Theo says.

Simmons puts her thumb on a scanner to get on the elevator, and her smile starts to falter. She goes into a lab and puts on a black lab coat. Her boss notes that she is early, but he doesn’t want to hear about how fascinating her latest samples are.

“I’ll read all about it once you finish the report. Have it on my desk as soon as possible,” he says as he walks past a giant Hydra emblem on the wall.

Watch the clip below:

 
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AGENTS OF SHIELD CREATORS ON THE TEAM'S NEW UNDERDOG STATUS, MOCKINGBIRD AND MORE

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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: Season 2 debuted on ABC a couple weeks back, on the heels of the DVD and Blu-ray release of Season 1 of the series.

It’s been an interesting year for the first TV series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which had a ton of attention when it debuted – and its fair share of criticism. Many -- myself included -- felt the show began to notably improve in the second half of Season 1 and got a big boost from the Captain America: The Winter Soldier plot twist regarding Hydra. And so far, Season 2 has been very well received, as its introduced a very different dynamic to the series in a compelling and involving manner.

I spoke to two of the shows creators and executive producers, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, about SHIELD’s story so far and how the show has evolved. The husband and wife team discussed how the Hydra twist affected the series, the big changes to the team in Season 2 – which has turned SHIELD into a vigilante force, wanted by the government – the upcoming introduction of Bobbi Morse/Mockingbird (Adrianne Palicki) and more.

Spoilers follow for the first two episodes of Agents of SHIELD: Season 2.

IGN TV: Looking back at Season 1, have you thought about how different things might have been if that Captain America 2 twist wasn't happening?

Jed Whedon: We would have approached it differently. We knew from the get-go that that was in place, so it was always in the DNA of what we were trying to create.

Maurissa Tancharoen: It would have been a completely different show.

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IGN: But have you considered that "What if...?" conversation about "Where would we be right now if SHIELD hadn't blown up?"

Whedon: Truthfully, we probably would have done something along the same lines in terms of some sort of conspiracy within the agency, you know, spy versus spy.

Tancharoen: I don't think there's really any time to explore the "What if...?" of it. [Laughs] Our brains are already fully occupied by the task at hand. But I do think, yeah, within a spy organization, the theme of "trust no one" is something that interests us. I think that would have been inevitable for that to come up, regardless of the Cap 2 fallout.

IGN: I have a bit of a "chicken or the egg" question here with Ward. I'm curious, having him be one of the core team that was going to betray them, how did that come about? Did you have the character of Ward in mind and you thought, "Ooh, what if he's Hydra?" Or did you think, "We need to have somebody be Hydra," and then you came up with Ward?

Whedon: We had fleshed out the characters, but we knew at some point someone was going to have to turn and, early on, decided it was Ward. But we didn't create the character -- you know, we tried to create the team to fill in different pieces of the puzzle or the pie. I felt like we didn’t set out to have him be the baddie, but pretty early on, we knew that someone was going to turn and we figured it would be him.

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IGN: When I’ve talked to your fellow EP, Jeff Bell, he’s mentioned how it's an interesting time in TV and figuring out what is the right idea with pacing story across 22 episodes. How much did you debate the eternal question of the serialization versus the procedural aspects?

Whedon: Because of the amount of episodes, a procedural is easier. [Laughs] We always, even still, want a little bit to split the difference in that we want every story to have its own beginning, middle and end, and not be completely dependent on having to know the mythology. That being said...

Tancharoen: I think we'll always have a serialized element to every episode, even if an episode may feel a bit more standalone. It will still be part of the overall mythology, you know, laid within it.

IGN TV: With Skye, how much did you discuss how much you wanted to reveal in Season 1 -- knowing that you had a lot of plot to deal with in the second half with Hydra -- versus how much you should hold off for Season 2?

Whedon: You'll see coming up, we'll reveal more of her story. It was never really a debate in terms of how quickly we'd move with it, because we knew where we wanted it to land. But yeah, some things are slow plays, and some things are long plays, and this was a long throw, so now we're starting to get into the meat of it.

Tancharoen: I do think coming into Season 2, Skye's character is one where you notice a shift. She has the most drastic shift in her character. We also put her through a lot in Season 1. Now, coming in to Season 2, there's this mystery surrounding her that we'll fully unravel.

IGN: You guys aren't doing a meta type of show, but is it fun when you can sneak in something like imaginary Simmons' recent line about people wanting answers right away?

Tancharoen: That they have to be patient? I don't know what you're talking about, man! [Laughs]

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IGN: With many new shows, it's going to take a little time to figure out what it's going to be and what's working and what's not working. Was it especially challenging that this was a show where the attention was going to be there right from the beginning? You weren't going to be able to have a "No one's paying attention to us” scenario for a little while, because of the plusses and minuses of having a brand that people are so interested by.

Whedon: Yes, we knew there would be a lot of eyes on it, and we knew that we couldn't please everyone. We were also battling -- especially early on -- the fact that this is the first live-action television program that Marvel has made. It was marketed so aggressively to tie in with The Avengers. "After The Avengers comes the --" We knew there was going to be an expectation there that was going to be hard to live up to, so there were a lot of eyes. It was a blessing and a curse to have everybody watching the show, for sure.

Tancharoen: And I think at the end of the day we made a show that we set out to make from the beginning and wasn't adored by everyone right away -- not necessarily, but enough people tuned in every week that it got us here to Season 2. So we're just happy we're here telling the story that we've been planning to tell all along. We're excited for everyone to see where it goes.

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IGN: It somewhat had to happen because of the whole Hydra storyline, but in Season 2, you're making a big shift that shows would either never do or take a few seasons to do. Even looking at Joss's work, it was Angel: Season 5 where they did the, "Oh, let's completely change the dynamic" plotline. Is it exciting for you, a year in, to really get to take a very different look at these characters and how they're operating?

Whedon: Sure. I mean, it's very much fun. I think we want things to keep feeling new and keep feeling good for us. This was a great excuse to do that. I can't imagine this show ever falling into a pattern of episodes where you know what you're going to get each week. We're having a blast with the new paradigm.

IGN: And Coulson, he's very different right now from when we met him. Even though I don't think he's an unemotional person now, he was very "heart on his sleeve" last season, and now we're seeing him make some very different, harder-edged decisions. What can you say about where his mind is at this year?

Whedon: Yeah, it's a different role, and for someone who's always been the "never leave a man behind" kinda guy, this position won't sit too well with him.

Tancharoen: Right, I think these decisions he has to make definitely take a toll on the kind of man he is. We'll see that over the course of this season. But yes, being director, he's faced with a hell of a lot more. It's not just his ragtag team on the plane that he needs to protect. He always had the mission at hand that was there for the greater good of things, but now he truly is in charge of the greater good. So he has to weigh the options.

IGN: In the second episode, we got to see more of Hunter and Mac and how they interact with the rest of the group. Obviously Elizabeth is still on the show, but because Simmons is not on the team and Ward is not on the team, it is a different energy with these different members. Going forward, clearly there are some reasons for the ream to have some trepidation about someone like Hunter. How well are they going to work alongside each other?

Tancharoen: I think you'll have to wait and see, but as of now, it is a really nice change in the dynamic. If anything, it's really great for Fitz, who sort of has this new budding relationship with Mac, a guy who's very blunt and to the point.

Whedon: Yeah, the opposite in a way.

Tancharoen: Yeah, Mac doesn't tiptoe around like everyone else does. It'll be interesting to see how Fitz responds to that over time. Also, there's sort of a guy's guy vibe to both Mac and Hunter, which I think adds a new shade to the team. We weren't comprised of just women before, but there is a stronger male presence there now with those two guys.

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IGN: I have to ask about Mockingbird, who’s a personal favorite character of mine. She’s pretty notable, just because she's the first character you're introducing who, in the comic books, is an Avenger. There are a lot of possibilities there.

Whedon: Yeah, we're excited about the character too, for all the reasons you stated. One thing that's fun for us is we sort of get to reinvent SHIELD this season, and we're being given that license with all our characters. With her, we're allowed to explore her in our own way. So I think that you will be interested in our take on her, and we're coming at her a little bit differently.

IGN: Again, here's where I'll see how much you can say, but the description of her did say something about” Hydra security”? That was interesting I thought! [Laughs]

Whedon: It's a complicated world.

Tancharoen: [Laughs] It's a complicated world we're operating in, and it gets even more complicated when things are publicized in ways that you don't imagine. [Laughs]

IGN: The first two episodes this season very strongly established pretty big villainous presences with Reed Diamond's character and Kyle McLachlan’s character. Is one maybe going to be more notable than the other, or are we going to be seeing these two growing threats that the team is going to have to deal with simultaneously?

Tancharoen: We can say that you'll see both of them. In the evil threat department, we have our hands full.

IGN: I'm a huge Twin Peaks fan, so I was so excited when I heard that Kyle was coming on. We're used to him often playing pretty likable and even goofy guys, but he seems pretty damn intimidating in this.

Tancharoen: Good! Well, we love him on Portlandia. [Laughs] And everything else he does, but yes, he's very intimidating and scary, and there's blood on his hands. But there's a quality that Kyle just naturally brings. It makes you want to know the "why" of who he is. There's a vulnerability in his eyes that never goes away. So even in his scariest moments, you feel for him -- or at least we hope you will feel for him.

IGN: We don’t know the full story about Simmons leaving, but Skye makes it pretty clear she’s upset about it and doesn't see it as just, "Oh, I understand why she left." What could make her have such a big change from what we know?

Tancharoen: Right. Well, if anything, there are all these questions. Why does she leave? Where does she go? What do people on the team know about where she went? [Laughs] There are questions to your questions.

Whedon: But I think it's safe to say, their relationship was going to change regardless after the events of the finale.

Tancharoen: I think the change is exacerbated by the reasons as to why she left.

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IGN: Jeph Loeb mentioned how you are doing this split with Season 2, with Agent Carter airing in the middle. Are you almost conceiving it as two mini-seasons? He talked about how there will be some storylines wrapping up by the mid-season break, though not all. Are you approaching it a little differently knowing that it's going to be presented in that way?

Whedon: Yeah. Regardless, whenever we're going to be off for a little while, we always try to do something to make you want to come back. But in this case, there are two very significant chunks. There's a significant chunk of time where we won't be around, so there is a little bit more of that approach. It's still a single season, but we definitely have that big gap in the middle that we're very aware of.

IGN: With Lucy Lawless guest starring, even at the end of that episode, there were people immediately saying, "Oh, we'll find out in the next episode she's not really dead." Well, in the next episode, she's buried. But, hey, the last thing that happened to her was she was holding a weird object that was changing her body. You know, it's the Marvel Universe. Anything you can say about poor Izzy?

Tancharoen: It's the Marvel Universe. Is anybody ever really dead? I mean, at the center of our show is a dead guy. [Laughs]

Whedon: In our minds, she is six feet underground, but as far as the idea behind the creation of that character, you never know.

IGN: Lastly, going back to the changes this season, in the second episode, Talbot directly calls them vigilantes. Is it fun for you to really change what they're doing and the fact that last season they were part of this big machine? Now they're trying to help people, while at the same time they're potentially being hunted down by their government. Does that just make a very exciting, different dynamic for you guys writing them?

Whedon: For sure. There's nothing better than an underdog. Last year, we were anything but. So it adds to the pressure that we're under, because everything is twice as hard to pull off for the team. But it also adds to the cool. You're not really rooting for a guy who has everything at his fingertips. Now, Coulson's really stringing things together.

Tancharoen: Yeah, the fact that Coulson and the team -- they have to cobble things together now in order to get things done. It's more fun. It's more stressful for them, and it takes more of a toll on them, but I don't know. It's a more interesting journey to follow.

IGN: The more stress your characters are having, the more fun it is for the writers?

Tancharoen: Yep! Exactly. We like putting them in pain. [Laughs]

IGN: That is the Whedon-related mantra, isn't it?

Tancharoen: Yes. [Laughs] "Pain is good."
 
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I hope they don't dragged like the first half of last season....but its good they're getting to Sky's story though....
 
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5 Reasons Why 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Is Finally Worth Watching

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. had a rocky first season, but the turnaround it's made in the first three episodes of Season 2 has surprised even the fans who faithfully stuck around all of last year. Is it enough to save the show?

Even without the glut of comic book-based series on TV now, S.H.I.E.L.D. would be in trouble. Its second season premiere brought in half the viewers of the Season 1 premiere and the third episode posted a series low rating. If they can't convince viewers to come back soon, it will get buried under Arrow and Gotham and The Flash and all the other superhero stuff out there.

But there are plenty of reasons why viewers should come back. All of the setup S.H.I.E.L.D. did last year is paying off, and it's finally becoming the show everyone hoped it would be when it debuted in 2013.

For those who left the fold, here are five reasons why you should come back.

1. The Agents are no longer in control

Here's the single biggest change that has turned the show around: The agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are now underdogs, which is what executive producer — and the man in charge of the creative direction of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — Joss Whedon does best. Now that S.H.I.E.L.D. no longer has the backing of Uncle Sam and are being hunted by the most dogged pursuer in all of comics (Hulk's nemesis Major Talbot played by Adrian Pasdar), we root for them inherently.

2. The humor is lighter

Being underdogs also means the jokes hit harder. In the '80s, Schwarzenegger could say, "Stick around!" after nailing someone to a post with a machete and we'd laugh. But nowadays, it feels a little old-fashioned to spit out one-liners while holding an enormous gun.

What came across as cockiness before is self-effacing and endearing now. Hard to imagine Schwarzenegger saying, "We're lucky we still have our George Foreman Grill," with anything approaching the humor Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) manages.

3. The darkness is darker

It began as far back as the middle of last season, when Skye was shot. She didn't die, but it introduced the idea that there was real danger for the characters. It reminded us that Joss Whedon is known for killing off beloved characters, even if they do sometimes come back (ahem, Agent Coulson).

This season begins with the death of Agent Hartley (Lucy Lawless), yes. But more importantly, we got to see the residual effects of last year's trauma. Everyone's a little more desperate, everyone's a little less trusting. Former Nick Fury artist and writer Jim Steranko criticized the show by saying it "had no menace, no tension." Well, Hydra brought all of that and more to the show.

4. More spying! More super powers!

S.H.I.E.L.D. is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — in the same world as Hulk, Iron Man, and The Avengers — so it's perfectly reasonable to expect that we might see some Marvel superheroes, or at least some superpowers. The show is called Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., so it's perfectly reasonable to expect that we'd see some spywork, some covert ops, some double-crossing.

When we got neither, fans became understandably angry. For them, it didn't matter that the show needed to create its own identity away from the established franchise characters. It didn't matter that they couldn't have moles or question anyone's loyalty for fear of exposing the Hydra angle early.

But, in Season 2, both of those problems are gone. In the first three episodes, we've already seen two classic Marvel villains — the Absorbing Man and Blizzard (who we already met as a less powerful version last season). And with the jailbreak at the Fridge, more supervillains are guaranteed to be on the way.

Now there's an inherent tension that every good spy series has. Every week, Coulson is out trying to recruit agents, but every possible recruit is also a possible mole for Hydra. Lance Hunter (Nick Blood) — who has taken Ward's place as pretty-boy muscle — is a mercenary whose allegiance could turn at any moment. The spy element of the show has finally come into its own.

5. The characters have grown up — and grown way more interesting
The upheaval has changed all the characters for the better, but four in particular have elevated the show from good to great.

Skye (Chloe Bennett) is no longer the naive hacker asking a never-ending stream of exposition-inducing questions. She's an agent now; she can hold her own and doesn't need to be saved on a weekly basis. Her youthful bravado has been tempered by loss and betrayal and her interactions with Ward are now one of the high points of each episode.

Ward (Brett Dalton) is no longer the pretty-boy muscle (see above) making us roll our eyes as he and Skye inched closer and closer to the predictable Skyeward hookup. Not only did his betrayal add darkness and texture to his character, it added a believable uncertainty. He might be seeking redemption, he might still be playing the long con — both are equally likely outcomes for his character, and it's genuinely fun to try and figure out which it is.

Coulson spent Season 1 uncovering a mystery, but that's not the Coulson we want to see. Coulson is an Everyman; we like him best when he has been given a job to do and not enough resources to do it. Saving the world when the world hates you with only a handful of agents and not enough gas in the Quinjet tanks feels a little bit like the cubicle job you go to every day, and that's the Coulson we love.

The biggest and best change, though, is Fitz (Iain De Caestecker). Every procedural on television has a Fitz — the socially awkward but brilliant tech who saves the day with some clever gadget. No other show on television has a brilliant tech who is so damaged that he's virtually worthless to the team. Fitz is a loose cannon, but he's given so much for the team that they can't cut him loose no matter how much of a liability he becomes. And we still don't know why Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) left and whether her return will help or hurt him.

In Season 1, the show was driven by plot — investigating anomalies, the search for T.A.H.I.T.I., the reveal of Hydra. But Season 2 could lose all of those things and still be compelling television. It's become a character-driven show, which is the best kind of change they could have made.

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I'm still trying to get over Reed Diamond being on this series now.

That dude's been typecast for so long,
He's totally unrecognizable as Daniel Whitehall.

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HAR125LEM said:
I'm still trying to get over Reed Diamond being on this series now.

That dude's been typecast for so long,
He's totally unrecognizable as Daniel Whitehall.

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^^^

And he is VERY talented he been getting TONS of different roles since especially since he messed with Whedon on Dollhouse...

this season is shaping up so well
 
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I have one question for the people who watch the show, is it worth me spending hours of my time? I can download the entire series on torrent sites, but I was holding off because I didnt know weather this show is going to be any good.

many are watching the show because they started it and might as well finish, but if you had to start it again knowing what you know now about the show and the direction of the show would you watch it again? Would you suggest that other people watch as well. Thanks
 
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godofwine said:
I have one question for the people who watch the show, is it worth me spending hours of my time? I can download the entire series on torrent sites, but I was holding off because I didnt know weather this show is going to be any good.

many are watching the show because they started it and might as well finish, but if you had to start it again knowing what you know now about the show and the direction of the show would you watch it again? Would you suggest that other people watch as well. Thanks
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The first half of the first season is kinda slow,because it was developing the characters and was trying to find itself....but it took off when Captain America came out early this year....every since then the episodes been good...:yes::yes::yes:
 
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godofwine said:
I have one question for the people who watch the show, is it worth me spending hours of my time? I can download the entire series on torrent sites, but I was holding off because I didnt know weather this show is going to be any good.

many are watching the show because they started it and might as well finish, but if you had to start it again knowing what you know now about the show and the direction of the show would you watch it again? Would you suggest that other people watch as well. Thanks
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yes
 
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New ‘Avengers 2′ Footage Premiering On ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ After Trailer Leak

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Talk about awkward: Marvel was launching an ambitious promotional event to help boost viwership of its Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff show: that plan involved releasing the first-ever trailer for the upcoming sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron during the show’s broadcast on Tuesday, October 28th – but lo and behold, the Avengers 2 trailer leaked online nearly a week early – and the Internet has been analyzing the Age of Ultron footage ever since.

With its original PR stunt now ruined by “HYDRA,” it seems that Marvel Studios is going to be providing fans with a conciliation prize: Those who still choose to tune into Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Tuesday night will still be treated to something else special: new footage from Age of Ultron not seen in the trailer.
 

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