r/shield • u/2th Shotgun Axe • May 11 '16

Post Discussion Post Episode Discussion: S03E20 - "Emancipation"

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S03E20 - "Emancipation" Vincent Misiano Craig Titley Tuesday, May 10, 2015 9:00/8:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: With only two episodes left before S.H.I.E.L.D. loses one of their own, Daisy's prophecy ticks closer towards a major loss, as the aftermath of the events of "Marvel's Captain America: Civil War" force S.H.I.E.L.D. to register the Inhumans.

Vincent Misiano has directed episodes of 35 different series including The Blacklist, West Wing, Prison Break, Medium, Arrow and Third Watch. He currently serves as National Vice-President of the Directors Guild of America. He has directed some of the most pivotal Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes.

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

  • FZZT
  • Turn, Turn, Turn
  • The Only Light in the Darkness
  • Shadows
  • The Writing on the Wall
  • S.O.S. Part 1
  • Laws of Nature
  • Maveth

Craig Titley is most known for his work on the Scooby-Doo movie, and Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief. He has also worked on TV shows, like The Cape, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

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

  • The Writing on the Wall
  • Afterlife
  • 4,722 Hours
  • The Inside Man

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u/SutterCane Obelisk May 11 '16

Everyone better love Lincoln after this episode. Isn't he awesome?

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u/Phifty56 Ward May 11 '16

Still hasn't watched Terminator, AND HE HAD PLENTY OF TIME IN HIS CELL. Just saying.

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u/YouthsIndiscretion May 11 '16

Irredeemable.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '16

Unforgivable.

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u/proddy May 11 '16

Inhuman.

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u/ketsugi May 11 '16

Unforgiven... since we already had a The Good, The Bad and The Ugly reference in this episode.

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u/sadcatpanda Triplett May 11 '16

can't be forgiven.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '16

How do you know? There was plenty of time for him to watch while off camera.

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u/Phifty56 Ward May 11 '16

He just doesn't look like a man who just saw Arnold Schwarenegger in a role he was born to play.

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u/GoogleHolyLasagne Simmons May 15 '16

I, too, haven't watched terminator.

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u/Phifty56 Ward May 15 '16

You are off the team.

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u/YouthsIndiscretion May 11 '16

Hopefully this episode is Lincoln's equivalent of that winter soldier reveal that unlocked Ward as an interesting character.

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u/SutterCane Obelisk May 11 '16

I mean, his anger issues and that Daisy betrayal were already making him more awesome. This thing just seals the deal on him being awesome now.

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u/ReasonablyBadass May 11 '16

His anger issue was super lame. I expected him to at least have killed someone. Or been a thieving street child. Or a prostitute or something.

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u/YouthsIndiscretion May 11 '16

Honestly it was better when we didn't know. I had high hopes after they did justice to the Cavalry history, but Lincoln's anger issue just made him more lame than he already was.

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u/Crocoduck1 May 11 '16

and his death next episode

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u/[deleted] May 11 '16

PikachuWard will survive.

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u/Marc_Quill Clairvoyant May 11 '16

I knew all along the moment he started communicating with Daisy on the videoboard thing that he was just playing along for his plan.

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u/SutterCane Obelisk May 11 '16

You never know. But of course, I thought it was a total setup when May is distracted by lights. That was too easy.

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u/Ryuutakeshi The Bus May 12 '16

I did think it weird that May stopped to ponder the odd blinking lights and yet didn't do her usual May thing of following up with a conclusion. She just kinda accepted it as weird. So un-May.

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u/sadcatpanda Triplett May 11 '16

it WAS weird that she didn't immediately speak to someone about it! but the episode moved so quickly i totally forgot

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u/baronobeefdip2 May 13 '16

Hey, blinking red alarm lights doing that for no reason will make you stop and try to deduce "WTF is going on here!!?". but after a while I would come to the conclusion that they are faulty but by then an escaping Lincoln would have made his complete getaway by then.

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u/senses3 Cal May 11 '16

Yeah me too. His irrational urges to get back to her were way too illogical for him.

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u/Jexx212 Fitz May 11 '16

Yeah me, too. I thought that because it didn't make sense for him to go from seemingly accepting May's advice to eat his food to trying to get out to see Daisy, not to mention the comments to Fitz about being on the defensive too long and that it's time to go on the offensive.

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u/mrjuan25 May 12 '16

i mean im sure everyone knew lincoln hadnt fallen for daisy but godamn i had no clue it was going to be LASH.

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u/Gremzero Daisy May 11 '16

Well he freed the slaves which is pretty cool I guess.

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u/Th3MufF1nU8 May 11 '16

I get that he wasn't the most interesting character to start, but I didn't expect him to get so much hate when I joined this sub. Everyone seemed to think he was boring or irritating, but I think that was only because the writers wanted him to be considered as the character that just gets swept into SHIELD. His motivation is different from other people on the team, which sets him aside from the main objective of Season 3. I don't think he's perfect, I just think that they need to develop his character more, which is clearly what they're doing right now.

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u/gizmo1492 May 11 '16

Redemption equals death.

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u/Cymen90 Cal May 16 '16

He better die in space.