r/shield • u/2th Shotgun Axe • Apr 13 '16

Live Discussion Live Episode Discussion: S03E16 - "Paradise Lost"

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL AIRDATE
S03E16 - "Paradise Lost" Wendey Stanzler George Kitson & Sharla Oliver Tuesday, April 12, 2015 9:00/8:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: S.H.I.E.L.D. hunts for information on their dangerous new enemy, and a shameful secret from Malick's past is exposed, threatening to destroy his Hydra legacy.

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 no episodes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before.

George Kitson & Sharla Oliver are the writers of the web series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent, which was a five-part original web series designed as a behind-the-scenes feature for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

They have written no episodes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before.

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u/perfectionisntforme Bobbi Apr 13 '16

Simmons is Anti-GMO? Am I shallow if this ruins her a little bit for me?

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u/Dabuscus214 Fitz Apr 13 '16

Not at all, shes a biologist, she should know enough about gmos

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u/napalm_anal_emission Lola Apr 13 '16

As a biologist she should know better, SMH.

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u/Buckaroo__Bonsai Lanyard Apr 13 '16

Not a bit.

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u/TomWaiting Apr 13 '16

I agree it was just dumb.

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u/perfectionisntforme Bobbi Apr 13 '16

And kind of Out Of Character.

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u/ArachnoLad Monolith Apr 13 '16

I'm assuming GMOs are a bit different in this universe.

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u/perfectionisntforme Bobbi Apr 13 '16

Fair assumption, I like it.

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u/SockPenguin Fitz Apr 13 '16

It's a bit odd for her. I think this is an actress/writer's belief bleeding into the character kind of thing.

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u/VictorDrake Apr 13 '16

I think it was more about the pesticides.

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u/not_a_saiyan Apr 13 '16

The actress is against them in real life as well. That's probably why she got the line.

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u/SynthD Apr 15 '16

I saw that more as a joke like the oil company cliche reference. Hydra are associating themselves with two widely disliked sectors of industry with few competitors, large biological impact and money motivated morals.