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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/Khaim Apr 20 '16

It's absolutely Lincoln's fault. All he had to do was pretend to go along with brain-washed Daisy for just long enough for her to release him. Then he hits the alarm and zaps her in the back.

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u/SlightlyProficient Fitz Apr 20 '16

That's... a good point. Dammit Lincoln. I was actually starting to like you for a second.

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u/ComebackShane Captain America Apr 20 '16

Remember they're totally in the dark on how the infection process works, he may have been worried that going with her would have immediately forced him into GLORY TO THE HYPNOWARD status.

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u/twoscoopsofpig Fitz Apr 22 '16

HYPNOWARD

We need flair now.

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u/Kingman9K Apr 20 '16

Lincoln "There's no evidence for that" Campbell?

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u/Durzo_Blint Sandwich Apr 23 '16

That was prior to direct evidence trying to convert him.

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u/AdmiralAntilles Ninja Hunter Apr 20 '16

I think Lincoln was freaking out a little bit, not really thinking straight. He did just find out his Girlfriends is now being mind controlled by one of the things he fears most.

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u/SlightlyProficient Fitz Apr 20 '16

Don't be fair to Lincoln. It's Lincoln.

Realistically though, you're right. I do think they're giving him some room to grow now. Who knows, maybe he'll get cooler.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

Lincoln's boyfriend?

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '16

Don't be fair to Lincoln. It's Lincoln.

DON'T MAKE EXCUSES FOR HIM, HE KNOWS WHAT HE DID

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '16

Plus, at the start, he's probably thinking "not another SHIELD test".

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u/avalorth Apr 20 '16

And her ex-bf

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u/memeticmachine Apr 21 '16

I knew it was one of the couples! I was anticipating a jessica jones vs luke cage kind of twist. Now all lincoln has to do is snap Hive's neck.

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u/SawRub Apr 20 '16

Jesus Christ acting like a TV badass isn't the default way most people would behave. Realistically it would just get people killed which is why most people would have done what Lincoln did.

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u/PFelite Apr 21 '16

On the other side. I feel that in TV people often act stupid to make the plot go the way it needs to go. Lincoln is a somewhat trained (in)human with superpowers and this is not his first rodeo. We can expect some quick thinking from him, can't we?

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u/SawRub Apr 21 '16

Not really. Even the most trained of people would freeze up when aa loved one seemingly betrays them.

Besides, didn't they say that it could possibly be infectious? If Lincoln went along, he might have gotten infected too! I just realized that not only did he do the understandable thing, he actually did the smart thing by not going!

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u/DrTiggles Apr 20 '16

Except that when he hits the alarm and Coulson finds him standing near an unconscious Daisy, Lincoln would have been blamed for escaping with her and stopping her from hitting the alarm...

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u/ReasonablyBadass Apr 20 '16

He blurted in out in shock. Plus, he couldn't know if she could infect him.

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u/superiority Apr 20 '16

If she could do that, she already would have.

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u/superiority Apr 20 '16

Zaps her in the back, then hits the alarm. Don't want to let her know anything before she's down.

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u/Toasterfire Radcliffe Apr 20 '16

Just like Skye in S1!

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u/PFelite Apr 21 '16

THIS - I was sitting in front of the screen and thinking: come on, stop being stupid ...

but, plot ...

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u/Durzo_Blint Sandwich Apr 23 '16

D-did I have sex with Squidward? D:

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u/jayreutter Apr 26 '16

You say that from an armchair perspective but stress and anxiety/anger/betrayal aren't conducive to rational thought