Seasons one and two of Marvel’s Agents of Shield are a woven
series of stories presented within the timeline of Phase two. Joss Whedon, his
brother Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen, are the initial writers and
creators of the series. Jed and Maurissa would continue to be the creative cog
of the series right to the very end of its final mission, but while Joss bookended the phase from Avengers to Avengers: Age of Ultron, the series was a
close reflection of that world and the mythology in this universe. The two seasons remained grounded to events
on earth, and to coin the marketed phase – ‘it’s all connected’ The show would contain
sparse cameo appearances and would lead up to a part of story that could segue
into the fabric of the cinematic universe, while remaining an organization in
the shadows.
At the conclusion of Agents of Shield season one, the next installment
of story to hit audiences would be James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy while
the show was on its summer hiatus. Guardians marked the first real off planet
exploration besides the world of Thor. With no immediate earthbound activity to
crossover with, the Agents of Shield season 2 was now freed up to continue its
own developing storyline, when the series returned in the fall of 2014.
Season two is both expansive in cast and in concept. No longer a functioning arm of government, or
recognizable branch of law enforcement the Agents of Shield were only covert. Phil Coulson was appointed the new Director by
Nick Fury; who the world now believes is dead, sharing a fate like Coulson. This
invisible dead man concept or rational was never explored for its practical
difficulties. However, in light of this glaring formality Coulson was forced to
make face to face meetings and establish a worldwide network of shield agents
who have gone underground but still continue to track the movements of
Hydra. Many let go agents became
mercenaries, available for hire, while most held onto the fundamentals ideals
of the organizations.
The serum that saved Skye and brought Coulson back to life
had a side effect, the last memory of a mission from a dead Kree alien’s DNA
caused Coulson and those injected to carve out alien symbols in a sequential
pattern until its host found its destination. That serum mystery got resolved
in these first 10 episodes and opened up the door to unlocking Skye’s past.
Being Agents on the run,
and chasing Hydra, has brought on a few additional cast members ,
actress Lucy Lawless played an agent whose demise sets up the stakes for this
seasons main story arc. The series brings the character of Mac, the resident
team’s mechanic, Antoine 'Trip' Triplett last season’s add-on from the clairvoyant story arc (a descendant of the howling commandos), and
Bobbi Morse (aka Mockingbird) & Lance Hunter the mercenary for hire.
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Daniel Whitehall
Season 7
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The summer of 2020 aired season 7 “The final Mission”, it
deposits that the agents are now jumping through time to prevent futuristic
machines from altering the history of the world and eventually conquering
it. Using this plot device of time
travel the series displays call backs on season two while reaching its ultimate
conclusion. The first ten episodes of
season 7 that calls back to first ten episodes of season 2 are the following. Patton
Oswald’s Koenig character; Eric Koenig the liaison for 1st hidden
base in episode Providence was killed in season one, his clone brothers Billy &
Sam were the custodian liaison of Shield’s current secret base. In the opening
episodes of season 7 we are introduced to the original, Ernest Hazard Koenig
who operated Shields first underground speak easy. The show deals with uprising
of Hydra and the planned launch of project insight; the Hydra’s secret from the
Captain America: Winter Soldier storyline.
Like season two, the final mission introduces us to Daniel Whitehall the
Hydra scientist who butchers Skye’s mother to gain her eternal youth, and a
younger Whitehall who gains Skye’s powers by the very same means. Both seasons
returns us to the home of Skye’s birth mother and battling with Whitehall.
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Daniel Whitehall
Season 2
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Leo Fitz the science and Technologies agent was left with
neurological damage from prolonged lack of oxygen from the conclusion of season
one, and because of his disability was not an active member of the team in the
first 10 episodes. The same can be said in the final mission; his character is
somewhere hidden in time purposely, he helped craft the time jump machine to
continue on with their mission, but has his presence kept a far. This is
essentially how Fitz was utilized in the ten episodes of season two. Jenna Simmons played by actress Elizabeth Henstridge had her first solo mission working as a mole for Hydra’s R&D
division in the opening episodes of season two.
The actress herself had her first directorial debut directing the 9th
episode of Season Seven; a groundhogs day scenario, and arguable one of the
best episodes of that season.
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