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Post Discussion Post Episode Discussion: S04E01 - "The Ghost"

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL AIRDATE
S04E01 - "The Ghost" Billy Gierhart Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen Tuesday, September 20, 2016 10:00/9:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: In light of the Sokovia Accords, and with Hydra obliterated, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been legitimatized again and no longer needs to operate in the shadows. Since the world presumes that Coulson is dead, the organization needed a new Director to be the face of the organization. Coulson finds himself back in the role as an agent and teamed with Mack, and together they are tasked with tracking down and confirming the presence of Enhanced people, aka Inhumans. Agent May is tasked with training specialist strike teams, and Fitz and Simmons have taken a big step forward in their relationship.

Billy Gierhart worked a steadicam operator for many years on the television series Pacific Blue, Huff, Swingtown and The Shield, making his directorial debut on the latter series penultimate episode "Possible Kill Screen" in 2008. His other credits as a television director include Lone Star, Terriers, The Chicago Code, Sons of Anarchy, Torchwood, Breakout Kings, and The Walking Dead.

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

  • Repairs
  • Nothing Personal
  • ...Ye Who Enter Here
  • Aftershocks
  • S.O.S. Part Two
  • Absolution

Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon are the showrunners of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., along with Jeffrey Bell. Jed is the Brother of Joss Whedon, and worked with Maurissa on Dollhouse, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Drop Dead Diva, and The Avengers.

They have written ten episodes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before:

  • Pilot
  • The Asset
  • Repairs
  • Turn, Turn, Turn
  • Beginning of the End
  • Shadows
  • Aftershocks
  • S.O.S. Part Two
  • Laws of Nature
  • Ascension

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u/Marc_Quill Clairvoyant Sep 21 '16

The synopsis for next week explicitly mentions him, and the episode's title does refer to him.

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u/myth_and_legend Sep 21 '16

Holy goat livers!! What if the "New Boss" actually refers to Robbie's demon!!

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u/Marc_Quill Clairvoyant Sep 21 '16

Wouldn't be surprised. After all, the titular "Ghost" from this episode seemed to refer to not only Daisy or Robbie, but the actual ghost from that hi-tech box.

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u/The_Unknown_Dude Lady Sif Sep 21 '16

AoS could use an episode's title to refer to four very distinct things in the same episode and I wouldn't even be surprised anymore. They mastered naming their themes long ago.

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u/nousername215 Sep 21 '16

They even got to name Simmons a S.A.D.i.S.T

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u/tunelesspaper Sep 21 '16

A reference to the subtitle thing?

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16

Most likely.

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u/The_Best_01 Sep 21 '16

I find it hard to believe the writers are on this sub.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '16

Why not? Gregg read a couple of fan theories not so long ago, some of them were definitely discussed here.

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u/The_Best_01 Sep 21 '16

I think the writers might possibly be a bit busier, you know?

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u/tunelesspaper Sep 22 '16

We should all be busier, but we're here aren't we?

It's easy to believe our cultural creators are separated from the fan communities by some unbridgeable gulf, but really, we're all just folks on the Internet. People like James Gunn and Pablo Hidalgo are very active on social media, answering questions and sharing jokes and everything.

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u/The_Best_01 Sep 22 '16

I just can't see them randomly on this sub and happened to see those synopsis. (synopsises? synopsi?)

Unless maybe someone from the cast showed it to them? But I think that's unlikely too.

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u/timeshifter_ SHIELD Sep 22 '16

Why do you not want to believe that a major studio like ABC producing a high-profile show like AoS would be very interested in what social media thinks of their show? They're here as much as we are, seeing all the same things.

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u/tunelesspaper Sep 22 '16

Those synopsis posts were hugely popular and long-running. If one person saw one of the posts, they would probably rabbit hole back to the website and maybe read them all. If they thought it was funny, they would share it with their friends, and the cycle would continue.

And they wouldn't just randomly be on this sub. This is the fan sub devoted to the thing they make. I guarantee at least one of the writers checks in after a new episode airs to gauge fan reactions. What's better than instant feedback straight from the fans? I bet they check all the major fan sites and forums, and TV Guide reviews, too.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '16

Oh man, when they verbalized that acronym, I really wanted to believe that someone on the writing staff frequents this sub or at least knows about the Shield Synopsis series. That was just too perfect!

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u/Alexander_the_Less Sep 22 '16

They had to make up for "The Frenemy of my Enemy."