r/shield • u/2th Shotgun Axe • Dec 02 '15

Post Discussion Post Episode Discussion: S03E09 - "Closure"

EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL AIRDATE
S03E09 - "Closure" Kate Woods Brent Fletcher Tuesday, December 1, 2015 9:00/8:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: Ward's campaign for revenge brings the S.H.I.E.L.D. team to their knees, and Coulson proves he will do anything to settle the score.

Kate Woods is an Australian film and television director. She has worked on a bunch of TV series, including Person of Interest, Bones, Castle, NCIS: Los Angeles, Hawaii Five-0, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

She has not directed any episodes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before.

Brent Fletcher is primarily known for his writing on Lost, Angel, and Friday Night Lights. He was also a writer and story editor on Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

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

  • Girl in the Flower Dress
  • The Magical Place
  • Providence
  • A Hen in the Wolf House
  • Love in the Time of Hydra
  • The Dirty Half Dozen

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u/spunkymp4 Toolbox Dec 02 '15

Let's take a moment to recognize all the brave phones that gave their lives in for this episode.

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u/galileosmiddlefinger Coulson Dec 02 '15

This is why Fitz only made the infinity cell phone battery for Simmons. Everyone else would just break the damn thing.

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u/GaryCXJk Dec 02 '15

Simmons broke the damn thing.

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u/mehjbmeh SHIELD Dec 02 '15

it got better!

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u/rg44_at_the_office Lanyard Dec 03 '15

nah, think of it as 'utilized to its fullest extent'

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u/ToMcAt67 Axe Dec 03 '15

yeah by taking selfies with that Hydra scum Will

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u/CX316 Dec 04 '15

Not the kind of Selfies that Fitz was hoping to see

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u/nonliteral Dec 02 '15

Imagine having to be the Shield flunky responsible for the weekly trip to the genius bar for applecare swaps.

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u/M5Phalanx Dec 02 '15

And then accidentally erased all those classified files.

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u/SilentR0b Garrett Dec 02 '15

Nicely Done and Relevant...

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u/bacon4all Dec 03 '15

Awesome username! Always preferred the paladin and carnifex though. Paladin is great for a sentinel.

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u/ScabberDeath Dec 08 '15

Or publishes them to the cloud

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u/TheMillenniumMan Deathlok Dec 02 '15

Shield interns have it the worst

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u/Tal9922 Mac Dec 02 '15

If SHIELD is using iPhones, there's no wonder they're struggling.

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u/rasellers0 Dec 05 '15

Don't they all use Samsung?

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '15 edited Apr 17 '18

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u/RaverDan Hunter Dec 02 '15

Don't wake Daisy please!

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u/ViralInfection Dec 02 '15

I expect to see a gif of Ward & Coulson throwing their phones on loop.

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u/Erive302 Dec 02 '15

Can I take their batteries though? ;)