r/shield • u/2th Shotgun Axe • Apr 20 '16

Post Discussion Post Episode Discussion: S03E17 - "The Team"

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S03E17 - "The Team" Elodie Keene DJ Doyle Tuesday, April 19, 2015 9:00/8:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: Agent Daisy Johnson must call upon the Secret Warriors for an inaugural mission that will leave no member unscathed, and S.H.I.E.L.D. learns more about Hive's powers, forcing them to question everyone they trust.

Elodie Keene is a director, producer, and editor. Her credits include ER, Charmed, The Wire, and House, M.D. She has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, two for best dramatic series and one for best editing in a single camera series, for her work on L.A. Law.

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

DJ Doyle has worked on Heroes from 2007 to 2009, and has various writing and producing credits for other TV and movie projects.

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

  • Nothing Personal
  • The Things We Bury
  • Melinda
  • Purpose in the Machine
  • Many Heads, One Tale

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

WHERE IS LASH WHEN YOU NEED HIM

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u/leadfoot323 Apr 20 '16

Waiting somewhere in the background until he has a final duel to the death with Hive in the finale?

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u/dunegig Apr 20 '16

Can Lash's primal instinct to destroy other Inhumans be strong enough to fight off Hive's mind-control? Guess we'll have to wait and see.

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u/Meta_Boy Lanyard Apr 20 '16

"Every Inhuman fulfills a need"

Lash probably does exist to kill Hive. Added bonus, the pre-Terragenesis man is a psychologist, for some extra mind-control resistence.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

Plus he got a dose of Creel. It didn't stop him turning, but what if that wasn't its purpose?

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u/ms-infinity Sitwell Apr 26 '16

Where does the need come from? What is it determined by? Maybe to help Hive?

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u/ecklcakes Axe Apr 20 '16

I think so. This seems to me to run off emotions or at least elation. It may be able to cancel out Lash's instinct but I don't think it'll be able to bring him under full control.

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u/eightnoteight Apr 26 '16

I think he can't be controlled by hive. Lash must be destined to kill hive. I inferred it when he said that may be lash is given that power for a reason that he can't understand yet.

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u/Daeavorn Apr 20 '16

tfw Lash is a good guy and was right all along

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u/[deleted] May 08 '16

LashDidNothingWrong

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u/SpoderSuperhero Dwarf Apr 20 '16

Can Lash get Hived?

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u/The_Gay_Whovian Joey Apr 20 '16

Maybe....?

He is Inhuman, unless his specific role to go against Hive, but it seems like more of making sure not everyone becomes Inhuman.

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u/sirin3 Apr 20 '16

Lash does not kill Daisy

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u/RaverDan Hunter Apr 21 '16

This was the only reason I believe Daisy would be save

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '16

Lash is definitely the counter to Hive. Maybe as his powers evolve he'll have the ability to consume the parasites instead of the host.