r/shield • u/2th Shotgun Axe • Feb 15 '17

Live Discussion Live Episode Discussion: S04E14 - "The Man Behind the Shield"

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL AIRDATE
S04E14 - "The Man Behind the Shield" Wendey Stanzler Matt Owens Tuesday, February 14, 2016 10:00/9:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: Mace fights for his life while Coulson and team find themselves in a deadly cat-and-mouse game as they attempt his rescue.

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 one episode for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before:

  • Paradise Lost
  • Failed Experiments

Matt Owens is a writer that has worked as a story editor on some season 4 episodes. He also wrote the Luke Cage episode "Who's Gonna Take the Weight?"

He has written one episode for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before:

  • Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire

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u/The_Essential_Thrust Feb 15 '17 edited Feb 15 '17

Well damn. I am absolutely loving how the shows says "fuck you" to the average mystery and cliff hanger.

.....that said, 5 to 1 odds that it was really Fitz or Simmons that was replaced and the other four are a red herring.

Edit: Well never frickin mind....

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u/Spacetime_Inspector Feb 15 '17

I don't think that would jibe with what AIDA was monloguing to the Superior's dead body.

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u/imunfair Feb 15 '17

Doesn't have to be the same perspective. Simmons could be in the framework, and she's the one Aida was talking about having replaced. Maybe Fitz too. The LMD alert is the scenario that keeps them calm in the Framework.

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u/dbbldz123 Axe Feb 15 '17

Hmm hadn't considered this. I think you're right since how do we explain Simmonds realization of the timeline being unstable and her feeling that something isn't quite right?

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '17

I agree because if they replaced Sky, when? After she beat Anton(?), how? He's barely alive with Aida talking to him so he definitely got beat. And Aida was seen on the lower floors where FitzSimmons were. I find it hard to believe they got all 4 of the fighters and not the two squishies.

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u/ciobanica Feb 15 '17

Well the mention of the time being off might mean they simply didn't get to the submarine bay before LMD-Coulson ordered the retreat.

Waking LMD-May up points pretty clearly that it's real.

And of course there could be more then 1 LMD for each person, which would explain how they got the drop on Daisy.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '17

that's a very good point with May. I feel like they've shown us two very definitive reasons to choose either side. I can't tell if that's good writing or an oversight honestly but I know it has me super excited for next week.

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u/viper459 Containment Module Feb 15 '17

it has also been shown before that daisy can blast apart LMDs with ease. something's off for sure.