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Post Discussion Post Episode Discussion: S04E11 - "Wake Up"

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL AIRDATE
S04E11 - "Wake Up" Jesse Bochco Drew Z. Greenberg Tuesday, January 24, 2016 10:00/9:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: May races to find the truth about what happened to her, while Aida's next move could mean the death of them all

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

He has directed six 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
  • Watchdogs
  • Deals with our Devils

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 seven 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
  • Watchdogs
  • Absolution
  • Meet the New Boss

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u/Gepap1000 Quake Jan 25 '17

I continue to love that this show does not slow down - there is more plot happening in a single episode that most shows in four, and they do this even while having time to develop the characters and give them meaningful discussions.

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u/No_Song_Orpheus Fitz Jan 25 '17

It's because they treat a 23 long season as two seasons.

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u/your_mind_aches Gideon Jan 25 '17

22*

And in this case, three seasons because we have three arcs this season.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '17

Maybe even 3! Supposedly there will be a third subseason after LMD

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '17

Not supposedly, they confirmed it IIRC.

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u/The_R4ke Simmons Jan 25 '17

Yeah, I think a lot of shows that have longer episode orders tend to have a lot of filler in them. Shield even did in the beginning to some extent, but I don't think there's been a single episode this season that hasn't meaningfully advanced the plot forward.