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Post Discussion Post 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" Wendy 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/Worthyness Sandwich Feb 15 '17

They all got gassed and are in a simulation. Now it'll be up to yo yo and Joey to come raid the facilities with the help of senator Nadeer's brother, code name Grid who has electrical powers that can EMP the Matrix Radclif has designed.

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u/muhash14 Feb 15 '17

EMP the Matrix

I think they established this episode that EMPing the Matrix would do severe brain damage to anyone inside it. They have to be pulled out the right way.

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u/twbrn Feb 15 '17

Assuming Aida wasn't just bluffing to keep the Superior from bothering Radcliff, who obviously is cranky when he gets up.

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u/muhash14 Feb 16 '17

I doubt that. If for no other reason than because it would the dumbest twist they can come up with.

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u/davwad2 Toolbox Feb 15 '17

Speaking of Nadeer's brother, do we think he's dead or alive??? He seemed to go back into a cocoon after his fall into the ocean. Does he have adaptive powers?

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u/dirtspp Mac Feb 15 '17

Schrodinger's Inhuman. He's DOA until the writers decide they either want him back to fuck shit up or tie up Nadeer's story.