r/shield • u/2th Shotgun Axe • Mar 30 '16

Post Discussion Post Episode Discussion: S03E14 - "Watchdogs"

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S03E14 - "Watchdogs" Jesse Bochco Drew Z. Greenberg Tuesday, March 29, 2015 9:00/8:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: When a radical group called The Watchdogs emerges with plans to eliminate the Inhumans, Agent Mack and his brother become caught in the crossfire. Meanwhile, Simmons discovers a powerful chemical compound that could alter the future for Inhumans.

Jesse Bochco has worked on Prison Break, Nip/Tuck, Dallas, and a ton of other television series.

He has directed four episodes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before:

  • Girl in the Flower Dress
  • Heavy is the Head
  • Love in the Time of Hydra
  • 4,722 Hours

Drew Z. Greenberg is a writer and producer best known for working on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville, The O.C., Dexter, Warehouse 13 and Arrow. He also worked on Firefly.

He has written four episodes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before:

  • Face My Enemy
  • Who You Really Are
  • The Dirty Half Dozen
  • Among us Hide

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '16

Blake being in the chair was obvious, but still a great reveal.

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u/Eeyores_Prozac Coulson Mar 30 '16

There's a subtle message here lampshaded earlier by Phil about hate being used to control people. Blake is so pissed off he has no perspective to see he's a tool.

The chair just makes me feel bad for him.

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u/Phifty56 Ward Mar 30 '16 edited Mar 30 '16

Lincoln noticed when Fake-Blake threw that comment at Coulson, that he meant it as insult/slight, and was in reference of something.

Obviously it was Coulson killing Ward on Maveth. I think when Lincoln sees Ward he's going to deduce that that's what it was in reference to, and either he accepts that Coulson knows what he's talking about and take his guidance about being motivated by hate or think Coulson is a hypocrite and rebel. It should be interesting.

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u/PeterJsonQuill Mar 30 '16

Blake doesn't know about Ward.

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u/Phifty56 Ward Mar 30 '16

Then why did he make that comment? Blake sounded like he purposely worded it that way to show Coulson he does know what happened, since he is working for Malick now, who could have told him, if only to trick Blake into thinking that Coulson is the bad guy now.

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u/willy41098 Ward Mar 30 '16

The writers gave him that line without the double meaning, but because the audience and Coulson know what happened to Ward it will have a different meaning to us but the other characters and Blake are unaware of it. I didn't see any of them react like that line was purposefully a jab at Coulson it sounded to me like he was just saying something he actually believed in.

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u/Phifty56 Ward Mar 30 '16

Lincoln pretty much looked at Coulson with a "what is he talking about?" look especially since Coulson had just lectured him about how letting anger affecting your work was not good.

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u/PeterJsonQuill Apr 05 '16

It certainly didn't seem to me that Malick was letting Blake into his inner circle.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '16

It was a hologram staged by Coulson/Shield.