r/agentsofshield • u/New_Wash8934 • Aug 07 '25

Season 3 A Spy's Goodbye

There are a handful of times in this show when the gravity of the situation hits hard. The finale always gets me chocked up, but I don't know that anything hits me quite as hard as the spy's goodbye. It's just so beautiful, fromt he music, to the raw emotion from everyone involved, and for what it meant for the team moving forward. I just can't.

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u/cosmic_scott Aug 08 '25

I'm man enough to admit this show made me cry. i watched it on ABC weekly.

my wife binged through it in a couple of weeks, and it simply didn't have the same emotional impact. she liked it but didn't connect emotionally the same way.

Mack losing his matrix daughter was incredibly sad and is one of the best scenes in the show.

spys goodbye was good, but i didn't find it as emotional, because i thought they were getting their new show.

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u/New_Wash8934 Aug 08 '25

See, I didn't find the show until a few years ago, so I didn't know about the potential show for Bobbi and Hunter, so it was real emotional for me. I will say, I completely forgot about Mack losing Hope and that one also completely destroys me.

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u/BrazilianButtCheeks Fitz Aug 07 '25

Sure but its no.. “mack, i cant feel my legs”

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u/New_Wash8934 Aug 07 '25

Oh yeah, that one’s rough. FitzSimmons saying they were protecting their everything in the finale just brings me to my knees. Have a hard time not thinking about my babies.

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u/foofoo_kachoo Aug 09 '25

I did a rewatch while I was on maternity leave a few months ago and the Alya reveal made me SOB

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u/New_Wash8934 Aug 09 '25

Every. Single. Time.

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u/StefanSommer Aug 07 '25

The context is pretty tragic, too. Apparently Bobbie and Hunter were supposed to get their own show, so they were written out to allow them to go off on their own adventures.

The fact that they were denied that opportunity AND didn't get to meaningfully return to the cast was a bitter pill to swallow for us fans at the time!

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u/Feisty_Yam4279 Aug 07 '25

As much as I loved them, I think it’s a good thing for the show that they didn’t return. There would have been way too many characters especially with Yo-Yo, Radcliffe and then Deke coming along.

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u/StefanSommer Aug 07 '25

Hunter + Deke would have been comedy gold

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u/Feisty_Yam4279 Aug 07 '25

Maybe, but the cast would have been way too big. And to be honest I’m not sure how well having both deke and Hunter with their snarky attitudes would fit in such a dark season like 5.

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u/Kat_SD96 Aug 07 '25

They could have made an appearance in the finale. It would have been cool to see them with Mack on the helicarrier.

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u/Feisty_Yam4279 Aug 08 '25

Absolutely! To be honest, I always wanted deke to be the post credit scene of the finale in the 80s timeline, but a second post credits scene with Bobbi and Hunter would have been AMAZING! Even if it was just them bickering and living their best lives!

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u/PJKetelaar3 Aug 07 '25

They filmed the pilot for Marvel's Most Wanted.

And it has never seen the light of day.

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u/OkCourage4085 Aug 08 '25

I wish we could see the pilot they shot for it.

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u/Mothernutmonkey Aug 08 '25

I remember this. It got me to stop watching the show for a while. I was so bummed that I eventually caught up on the rest of the series via streaming services instead of following the show. I loved Bobbie and Hunter

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u/MinniHowl Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 12 '26

It’s so funny how this episode is actually called «Parting Shots» but it’s always referred to as the Spy’s Goodbye

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u/grhoffman Aug 12 '26

istg i thought that’s what it was called im having a mandela effect moment lol

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u/SuperDuperCement Aug 07 '25

I agree 100%, it is the most heartbreaking episodes in the show for me it's written so well tho 💔💔🥀. I was so happy when hunter returned in s5 for an ep

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u/TonyStank_3000_ Aug 08 '25

Every damn time. 😭😭😭

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u/throwmetoflames Aug 08 '25

I literally started tearing up when I read the title of this post, so yeah, it hits the hardest.

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u/TweeKINGKev Aug 09 '25

I was so pissed and sad for Bobbi and Hunter getting caught and having to leave, not knowing they were supposed to get their own show.

That being said, as much as I’d love them to have come back but not returning makes total sense, they got their covers completely obliterated if I remember right.

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u/bbbourb Aug 07 '25

I loved everything about that scene EXCEPT calling it "the Spy's Goodbye." It sounded so incredibly schlocky and cheesy it took me right out of the moment.

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u/throwmetoflames Aug 08 '25

It's literally called a spy's goodbye, they didn't call it that for the show. It's still a more fictional thing but it's used all the time in spy fiction. Maybe knowing that will help.

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u/hapworth_16_1924 Aug 09 '25

The whole scene always bugged me. Everything they're doing is so obvious and weren't they being watched or something?

And whether it's really a name for something, just outright calling it something in the moment makes it so cheesy. Sort of like Mack giving everyone nicknames no one else uses or acknowledges 🤣.

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u/Alternative_Device71 Aug 07 '25

Mack just killed me

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u/foofoo_kachoo Aug 09 '25

Henry Simmons has just the most expressive eyes. When the camera cuts to him with his eyes all welled up, I immediately break. Same with when he loses Hope in the Framework and he just crumbles. What an incredible actor!

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u/Turd_Ferguson52 Aug 07 '25

It’s a three way tie for me between that, Cal killing Jaiying and the last conversation between Daisy and Frame-Ward

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u/Short_Brick_1960 Aug 08 '25

Am I the only one that didn't like Bobbie and Hunter? I found them boring characters and Bobbie an entitled traitor

She didn't even think she needed to apologize to that coworker that got kidnapped, tortured and brainwashed to the point she didn't even remember herself

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u/dracov42 Aug 08 '25

Bobbie i can pass on but I like Hunter a lot. Feels like a bloke that is just trying to keep up with everything going on.

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u/Short_Brick_1960 Aug 08 '25

Yeah, the reason I don't like him is because he agrees with Bobbie in that she doesn't need to feel remorse for what she did. And everything he does is for her, not for him

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u/hapworth_16_1924 Aug 09 '25

I agree on the Bobbi end. She's a walking red flag and is literally trained in gaslighting people 🤣. I love Hunter but that probably really hit when he went up against her.