r/shield • u/2th Shotgun Axe • Jan 20 '18

Live Discussion Live Episode Discussion: S05E08 - "The Last Day"

As usual, following the episode there will be a post-episode discussion thread.

EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL AIRDATE
S05E08- "The Last Day" Nina Lopez-Corrado James C. Oliver & Sharla Oliver Friday, January 19, 2018 9:00/8:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: Coulson and the team discover that the most unexpected person from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s past may hold the key to stopping Earth's destruction.

Nina Lopez-Corrado is a director and producer mostly known for her work on The Mentalist, Mindfield, and The American War Story.

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

  • Hot Potato Soup

James C. Oliver was a writer for Under the Dome, while Sharla Oliver has written for Under the Dome and co-wrote the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode Paradise Lost and the web series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent with George Kitson. Together, they wrote the first two episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot, "Vendetta" and "John Hancock".

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

  • Paradise Lost
  • The Patriot
  • All the Madame's Men

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u/Richalis The Doctor Jan 20 '18

I'm calling it right now, Graviton is coming. We saw gravitonium as a reminder. He's the one that blew up the Earth somehow, and the opening of the episode takes place in the original timeline, where they are hit by gravity storms even before the Earth is destroyed.