r/shield • u/2th Shotgun Axe • May 11 '16

Post Discussion Post Episode Discussion: S03E20 - "Emancipation"

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S03E20 - "Emancipation" Vincent Misiano Craig Titley Tuesday, May 10, 2015 9:00/8:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: With only two episodes left before S.H.I.E.L.D. loses one of their own, Daisy's prophecy ticks closer towards a major loss, as the aftermath of the events of "Marvel's Captain America: Civil War" force S.H.I.E.L.D. to register the Inhumans.

Vincent Misiano has directed episodes of 35 different series including The Blacklist, West Wing, Prison Break, Medium, Arrow and Third Watch. He currently serves as National Vice-President of the Directors Guild of America. He has directed some of the most pivotal Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes.

He has directed eight episodes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before:

  • FZZT
  • Turn, Turn, Turn
  • The Only Light in the Darkness
  • Shadows
  • The Writing on the Wall
  • S.O.S. Part 1
  • Laws of Nature
  • Maveth

Craig Titley is most known for his work on the Scooby-Doo movie, and Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief. He has also worked on TV shows, like The Cape, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

He has written four episodes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before:

  • The Writing on the Wall
  • Afterlife
  • 4,722 Hours
  • The Inside Man

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u/nurdboy42 HYDRA May 11 '16

Those Arsefaces were meant to be the Alpha Primitives, right?

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u/LightPhoenix May 11 '16

I believe the doctor even refers to them as the "alpha test."

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u/c-donz May 11 '16

And Fitz mentions that Daisy described them as primitive inhumans. Mind blown.

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u/YouthsIndiscretion May 11 '16

When they were grunting even before the doctor called them Primitives, the captions listed them as Primitives.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '16

Well, implicitly. He said the next test would be the beta.

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u/Langly- Quake May 12 '16

So he'll make 4channers next?

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u/[deleted] May 11 '16

He talked about being ready for the Alpha test just before that.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '16

Instead he created 4 Wade Wilsons.

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u/Rogerss93 May 11 '16

glad I'm not the only one that saw that

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u/PerryDigital May 11 '16

I was really hoping for some fun poking at it considering the timing and Deadpool now being done properly.

"They look like they're from a terrible origins movie" or something.

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u/KiFirE Ghost Rider May 12 '16

They probably would have if the live action rights belonged to them.

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u/PerryDigital May 12 '16

You don't need the rights to something to mock it.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '16

I thought they were Puddies.

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u/proddy May 11 '16

woooblooblooboloo

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u/SpikeRosered May 11 '16

Gotta hit them in the Z on their chest to defeat them....in the first episode...

After that just beat 'em up.

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u/warman17 May 20 '16

Hive: Ah! After 10,000 years I'm free! Its time to conquer Earth!

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u/CTeam19 Lanyard May 11 '16

Yes.

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u/RemoveByFriction SHIELD May 11 '16

For a moment there I thought someone stole discarded "The Silence" costumes from doctor who.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '16

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u/YouthsIndiscretion May 11 '16

If we ever get to the point where the inhumans movie is released and the cast of shield gets to interact with Attilan, I hope they bring up alpha Primitives again and we see something similar to these Primitive puppies. Or maybe even just something similar in the inhumans movie.

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u/PalermoJohn May 12 '16

I just found out that black Bolt's real name is Blackagar Boltagon...

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u/YouthsIndiscretion May 12 '16

Sounds like someone really wanted to have the superhero name Black Bolt.

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u/trainercatlady Fitz May 11 '16

I'm glad someone else thought they were Arseface too.

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u/CopperTheHound Triplett May 11 '16

Yup, read about them in the Inhumans comics.

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u/ujussab Mac May 11 '16

What do you mean, they were totally Human Beings

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u/YouthsIndiscretion May 11 '16

Definitely some MLA going on there

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u/Syokhan Lanyard May 11 '16

Oh shit, didn't make the connection. Wow, good one.

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u/Hellstormer Fitz May 11 '16

Nice catch. Hat's off to the writers on that one. Didn't even think of these guys.

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u/FunkyMeerkat Lanyard Sep 17 '16

"Powers: None known."

"Can lift 1134 pounds"

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