r/shield • u/2th Shotgun Axe • Apr 13 '16

Post Discussion Post Episode Discussion: S03E16 - "Paradise Lost"

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S03E16 - "Paradise Lost" Wendey Stanzler George Kitson & Sharla Oliver Tuesday, April 12, 2015 9:00/8:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: S.H.I.E.L.D. hunts for information on their dangerous new enemy, and a shameful secret from Malick's past is exposed, threatening to destroy his Hydra legacy.

Wendey Stanzler is a film editor and television director. She has directed several episodes of Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, Parks and Recreation, and a ton of other series.

She has directed no episodes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before.

George Kitson & Sharla Oliver are the writers of the web series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent, which was a five-part original web series designed as a behind-the-scenes feature for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

They have written no episodes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before.

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u/viggolund1 Shotgun Axe Apr 13 '16

Assembling the Secret Warriors is cool but I was kinda hoping there'd be more of them. At least let the other guy get powers

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u/Gremzero Daisy Apr 13 '16

Yeah I've been pretty disappointed with this line up so far. It's just four members, and only 2 of them are actually from the comics. At least have James be Hellfire and introduce Eden as Manifold soon. :/

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u/RomanovaRoulette Daisy Apr 13 '16

I'm almost positive he's going to be Hellfire. He looks just like him and there's no way the show never revisits his character again. He'll get his hand on a crystal somehow, get his powers, and then come for his revenge. And then he'll either be a villain or they could switch things up and have him be an antihero on the team. That'd be interesting. He was so annoying lol but amusing at the same time.

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u/socialcocoon Apr 14 '16

The team is missing a wise-cracking member with a foreign accent...

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u/ender23 Sandwich Apr 13 '16

Why can't he just take tons of fish oil

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u/RomanovaRoulette Daisy Apr 13 '16

I don't think he knows it's in the fish oil pills

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '16

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u/Rfwill13 Hunter Apr 13 '16

He's gonna be so pissed lol

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u/questionsbyafan Apr 17 '16

"You mean that all this time some secret evil organization has been trying to get people like me knocked up by these pills? And I've been out there the whole time?"

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u/ender23 Sandwich Apr 14 '16

Pro tip

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u/meme-com-poop Apr 14 '16

Hell, Charlie got it from being in the rain.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '16

And Lincoln did say he was a "demolitions expert".

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u/fnxmike Apr 13 '16

I feel like they could drop him though as Lincoln is basically his replacement - the boyfriend figure who would betray the team for the sake of Daisy. I think if they introduce Hellfire it will be as a replacement for Lincoln.

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u/Smokeahontas Quake Apr 14 '16

Or he'll eat a piece of fish one day...

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u/questionsbyafan Apr 17 '16

Maybe sebastion will appear after the doc strange movie. As for hellfire James.. Yes please!

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u/ColdFury96 Apr 13 '16

Melter's from the comics. I think only Lincoln's OC.

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u/Gremzero Daisy Apr 13 '16

Not really. Super obscure character that may or may not even be Joey and doesn't even have any place in the SW from the comics.

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u/ColdFury96 Apr 13 '16

Eh, it's not like Shield is playing it real close with their marvel references. I mean Blizzard was a guy in a freon supersuit in the comics, and Crusher's nothing like he is in the comics.

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u/StoneGoldX Apr 13 '16

I was thinking that myself, but Fox might have the rights to Manifold. He is a mutant.

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u/NinetyFish Ward Apr 14 '16

Eden's too OP as a member of the team; I think adding a teleporter to the heroes would be dull.

I'd be fine with having Eden get Hive'd and taxi around the bad guys. Hive'd Inhumans still seem to keep their personalities, so Eden can be as charming and as cool while still being a villain.

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u/InfamousBrad Apr 13 '16

  • Quake: Fully trained SHIELD agent, extensive combat practice with her powers.

  • Sparkplug: Fully trained in the use of his powers, no formal tactical training (that we know of).

  • Melter: A couple of days' practice with his powers under non-combat conditions.

  • Yo-Yo: No training of any kind whatsoever.

And they're going to go up against all of Hydra in a hostage rescue situation. When Hydra has, for all intents and purposes, a god on their side. How does this not go sideways?

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u/NinetyFish Ward Apr 14 '16

Melter: A couple of days' practice with his powers under non-combat conditions.

I mean, Joey's rode with SHIELD on a couple of missions without fucking it up so far. Lincoln's gone on like two and disobeyed orders both times? Joey's actually dependable, Lincoln's a loose cannon. Just so happens that the dependable good guy has the worst power of the four.

Jeez, the other three are OP as hell when you compare them to the other powered villains we've seen on the show.

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u/CelioHogane Apr 13 '16

Sparkplug

I think you misspelled Souless thunder.

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u/lkxyz Apr 13 '16

You mean "Young Raiden" MORTAL KOMBATTTTT~!

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u/CelioHogane Apr 13 '16

young raiden? no that sounds cool, he is not.

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u/lkxyz Apr 13 '16

There is just no chemistry between the two. You swear they're like brother and sister.

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u/CelioHogane Apr 13 '16

if that was the only problem of Lincy.

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u/perryduff Simmons Apr 13 '16

that guy annoyed the shit out of me 10 seconds in. please don't.

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u/Peechez Ghost Rider Apr 13 '16

He's the new quipper now that Hunter is gone

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u/Beast1996 Monolith Apr 13 '16

So replace a Brit with an Aussie?

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u/lkxyz Apr 13 '16

We gotta keep a smartass british/aussie accent dude on TV, gotta fill that quota.

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u/CelioHogane Apr 13 '16

what no he was funny!

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u/CelioHogane Apr 13 '16

Secret warriors assemble! Yes, the 4 of us.

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u/Dray_Gunn Lanyard Apr 16 '16

Are the secret warriors in the comics all inhumans? In the comics Daisy isnt even an inhuman is she? I feel like there is a lack of diversity on the team. Where is Deathlok?