| "The Team" | |||
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| Episodeno. | Season 3 Episode 17 | ||
| Directed by | Elodie Keene | ||
| Written by | DJ Doyle | ||
| Original air date | April 19, 2016 (2016-04-19) | ||
| Running time | 43 minutes | ||
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"The Team" is the seventeenth episode of thethird season of the American television seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Based on theMarvel Comics organizationS.H.I.E.L.D., it followsPhil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they learn of a traitor among the Secret Warriors. It is set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledgesthe franchise's films. The episode was written byDJ Doyle, and directed byElodie Keene.
Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, and is joined by series regularsMing-Na Wen,Brett Dalton,Chloe Bennet,Iain De Caestecker,Elizabeth Henstridge,Henry Simmons, andLuke Mitchell.
"The Team" originally aired onABC on April 19, 2016, and according toNielsen Media Research, was watched by 2.85 million viewers.
The Zephyr is brought toGideon Malick's headquarters, wherePhil Coulson,Leo Fitz,Jemma Simmons andAlphonso "Mack" Mackenzie evadeHydra troops and try to protect a badly woundedMelinda May, while the Secret Warriors (Daisy Johnson,Lincoln Campbell,Joey Gutierrez andElena Rodriguez) attack the base to rescue them. Elena rescues the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, Lincoln captures Malick, Daisy defeatsGiyera and Joey killsLucio. The team escape in the Zephyr, butHive reveals to Giyera that he has taken control of one of the Secret Warriors during the rescue.
During interrogation Malick reveals to Coulson that Hive murdered his daughter,Stephanie, and warns him that Hive can controlInhumans. Lucio's autopsy proves that Hive's parasites infected his brain, and Coulson, realizing that the same could have happened to any of the Secret Warriors, has the base secretly locked down, informing only Fitz, Simmons and Mack of the situation. During a power failure Fitz and Simmons find Malick dead in his cell, before a grenade destroys his body, covering up the cause of his death. When Coulson attempts to apprehend the Secret Warriors, they evade him and fight among themselves, accusing each other of being under Hive's control, until Daisy leads the others into a cell to put an end to the fighting.
Mack findsJames'Kree artifact in Lincoln's locker rather than in thePlayground vaults, and Lincoln is accused of being under Hive's control. He protests his innocence and defends himself, but is subdued by Daisy. Joey and Elena have grown distrustful of S.H.I.E.L.D. because of how they were wrongfully accused and treated, and they are allowed to leave the Playground, after submitting to brain scans proving they are not infected. While working on a way to cure those Hive has infected, Fitz and Simmons kiss.
Daisy escapes her cell and visits an incarcerated Lincoln, revealing that she is the one who is under Hive's control, and that she murdered Malick and framed Lincoln. She tries to convince him to leave with her and join Hive, but a disappointed and betrayed Lincoln refuses. Stealing the Kree artifact and several Terrigen crystals, Daisy uses her powers to destroy much of the Playground, with Coulson, May, Fitz, Simmons, Mack and Lincoln trapped inside, before escaping in aquinjet.
In an end tag, Hive informs Giyera that Daisy (whom he refers to as "Skye", based onGrant Ward's memories) has killed Malick, and they debate what to do with the vast fortune he left behind.
In April 2016, Marvel announced that the seventeenth episode of the season would be titled "The Team", to be written byDJ Doyle, withElodie Keene directing.[1]
In April 2016, Marvel revealed that main cast membersClark Gregg,Ming-Na Wen,Brett Dalton,Chloe Bennet,Iain De Caestecker,Elizabeth Henstridge,Nick Blood,Adrianne Palicki,Henry Simmons, andLuke Mitchell would star asPhil Coulson,Melinda May,Hive,Daisy Johnson,Leo Fitz,Jemma Simmons,Lance Hunter,Bobbi Morse,Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, andLincoln Campbell, respectively.[1] It was also revealed that the guest cast for the episode would includeJuan Pablo Raba asJoey Gutierrez,Powers Boothe asGideon Malick,Natalia Cordova-Buckley asElena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez,Mark Dacascos asGiyera, Gabriel Salvador asLucio and Rob Silverman as Kevin.[1] Silverman did not receive guest star credit in the episode. Raba, Boothe, Cordova-Buckley, Dacascos, and Salvador reprise their roles from earlier in the series.[2] Blood and Palicki do not ultimately appear.
"The Team" was first aired in the United States onABC on April 19, 2016.[1]
In the United States the episode received a 0.9/3 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, meaning that it was seen by 0.9 percent of all households, and 3 percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. It was watched by 2.85 million viewers.[3]
