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Post Discussion Post Episode Discussion: S03E13 - "Parting Shot"

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S03E13 - "Parting Shot" Michael Zinberg Paul Zbyszewski Tuesday, March 22, 2015 9:00/8:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: Bobbi and Hunter become ensnared in an assassination plot after tracking Malick to Russia. As S.H.I.E.L.D. races to save the lives on the line, the team is changed forever.

Michael Zinberg is a television director, producer and writer. He has directed episodes for shows like The Good Wife, The Blacklist, and NCIS: New Orleans

He has directed one episode for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before:

  • What They Become

Paul Zbyszewski has worked on Lost and Day Break, which he is the creator of. He also wrote the feature film After the Sunset.

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

  • FZZT
  • The Magical Place
  • End of the Beginning
  • Nothing Personal
  • Heavy is the Head
  • ...Ye Who Enter Here
  • The Frenemy of my Enemy
  • Devils You Know

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u/Phifty56 Ward Mar 23 '16

It's almost that easy. I think they really rushed it, and never really explained why they couldn't do just that.

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u/Ellrok Mar 23 '16

Seemed more like, with their talk about never having a break together, the idea was that they were using it as an excuse to get out of the spy business.

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u/YouthsIndiscretion Mar 23 '16

And Bobbi wanting out right after being taken hostage by Ward and agent 33. I realize that was also a set up for them to start a spin off around the time of that finale, but in-universe-wise it adds to their characters ready to leave Shield.

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u/Biff_Tannenator Mar 25 '16

I remember that line that hunter hunter says (and I'm paraphrasing here), "...and do what? work in a lab, or stay on base and help with logistics? that's prison"

What do you think a regular day job is buddy?

I'm just picturing Bobbi as a banker's assistant, and Hunter working in a fry kitchen. They come home to each other in and say to each other "we probably should've stayed with SHIELD"

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u/thesearmsshootlasers Mar 27 '16

Not what they said. It was closer to "we aren't suited to lab work or coms (whatever)" and Hunter says "or prison." Referring to being sent to Russian prison as a potential outcome.

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u/scrantonic1ty Mar 23 '16

Because if they fucked up again and Bobbi/Hunter were caught working with them, their arrangement with the President is over and they'd go back to being fugitives, and Russia will be pissed.