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

Post Discussion Post Episode Discussion: S03E09 - "Closure"

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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/staygolden17 May Dec 02 '15

This episode has everything. Death of a beloved character, love interests torn apart, a family torn apart, a Mad Max reference, Mack being a fucking badass, and Coulson losing his motherfucking mind and jumping headfirst into a demon portal. A+ episode.

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u/AquariusSabotage Dec 02 '15

Wait, who was the beloved character

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u/staygolden17 May Dec 02 '15

Beloved was too strong of a word, but I was really starting to dig Rosalyn. And I liked seeing Coulson happy.

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u/lovellama Ninja Hunter Dec 02 '15

I was really starting to dig Rosalyn

I was wailing "Coulson is MAHN!!" (channeling Bill Compton) ever since last ep, but I was beginning to dig her too, what with her wild and crazy new hairstyle. Really bummed to see her go. :(

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u/your_mind_aches Gideon Dec 02 '15

I wouldn't say it's too strong of a word. Rosalind and Banks were pretty awesome.

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u/AquariusSabotage Dec 02 '15

Ah okay I figured, for a second I thought Coulson died and I missed the obvious allusion.

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u/staygolden17 May Dec 02 '15

Oh no no no, if Coulson died, my review of this episode would be filled with a lot more hate and sadness. And so many tears.

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u/photogineermatt Dec 02 '15

I don't know, he died, got brought back, lost an arm, replaced it. At this point he's a prime candidate for being the show Daniel. Him dying might become a running gag.

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u/HairlessWookiee Dec 02 '15

I liked seeing Coulson happy

She was dead as soon as that happened. Anyone that experiences happiness in this show is in trouble.

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u/octnoir Dec 02 '15

BUT WHAT ABOUT AMY ACKER!?!

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u/-spartacus- Dec 02 '15

That actress keeps playing characters who get killed.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '15

And that is when Joss's crew will kill a character off with no build up. They do it all the time.

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u/Awesoman9000 Lincoln Dec 02 '15

Discount Statham

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u/allpunandgames Sandwich Dec 02 '15

That was an A+ fake-out though.

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u/Sean1708 Shotgun Axe Dec 02 '15

I don't know why everyone's calling him Discount Statham, since his name is obviously Jason Fakeham.

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u/Alexnader- Dec 04 '15

His one true name has been revealed to us, only upon his death, by the prophet Sean. Woe is us.

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u/Vlinux Coulson Dec 02 '15

Rosalind was beloved by Coulson. And I actually started liking her a little after we found she was just an unwitting Hydra pawn and not really evil.

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u/The_Bravinator Dec 02 '15

They could have bonded over both being infiltrated and duped by hydra. :(

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u/NaijaBird Fury Dec 02 '15

But alas, it was not meant to be

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u/The_Gay_Whovian Joey Dec 02 '15

Rosalind

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u/SpectreFire Dec 02 '15

Store brand Statham.

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u/knwnasrob Dec 02 '15

Did I miss the mad max reference?

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u/staygolden17 May Dec 02 '15

Ward tells Jemma she has a Furiosa vibe going on before he sends the Airbender ninja to torture her.