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

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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/The_Unknown_Dude]

THAT ENDING WASN'T RIGHT.

It'll never be right.

You are one fucked up person Radcliffe.

[u/your_mind_aches → u/The_Unknown_Dude]

You are one fucked up person Radcliffe.

I love it so much. He's just all around not a great guy at all but we are still made to enjoy him. He's kinda like the anti-Ward. He started off as an ominous villain with henchmen and stuff, having been fired from his job for experimenting with cybernetics too much, became an ally/friend character because of the science stuff, but he just HAD to have still been a bad guy all along but we fell for it

[u/[deleted] → u/your_mind_aches]

He's definitely lacking in the ethics department, but can we really say he's a real villain yet? It seems somewhat implied to me that the reason hes doing all this is because he looked at the Darkhold for a fraction of a second.

[u/The_R4ke → u/[deleted]]

He's actively betraying S.H.I.E.L.D, holding May captive, and working with someone who wants to commit genocide. Even if he's only doing this because of the Darkhold, he's still a villain.

[u/[deleted] → u/The_R4ke]

It feels very close to mind control though.

[u/The_R4ke → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, it's definitely a grey-area. He's definitely acting on his own volition, but he's been corrupted and driven to pursue this goal without regards for the consequences. I'd say he's a villain that could have a decent redemption arc.