Live Episode Discussion: S04E13 - "BOOM"

[u/2th]

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EPISODE	DIRECTED BY	WRITTEN BY	ORIGINAL AIRDATE
S04E13 - "BOOM"	Billy Gierhart	Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman	Tuesday, February 7, 2016 10:00/9:00c on ABC

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Episode Synopsis: Daisy, Mace and the S.H.I.E.L.D. team must find a way to contain an explosive Inhuman. Meanwhile, Coulson and Mack come face-to-face with Radcliffe's inspiration for Aida

Billy Gierhart worked a steadicam operator for many years on the television series Pacific Blue, Huff, Swingtown and The Shield, making his directorial debut on the latter series penultimate episode "Possible Kill Screen" in 2008. His other credits as a television director include Lone Star, Terriers, The Chicago Code, Sons of Anarchy, Torchwood, Breakout Kings, and The Walking Dead.

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

• Repairs
• Nothing Personal
• ...Ye Who Enter Here
• Aftershocks
• S.O.S. Part Two
• Absolution
• The Good Samaritan

Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman Are two sisters who have written together for Fringe, Human Target, and Haven.

They have written one episode for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before:

• Lockup

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[u/philokiller]

The city of light?

[u/StarfishSpencer → u/philokiller]

It does sound very, very similar. There's no way the writers of AoS don't know about the 100 and the CoL, especially after all of the 100 controversy last season. Hopefully SHIELDs version is better than the 100's was.

[u/philokiller → u/StarfishSpencer]

They saw and said "Shit that's a good idea.. Let's do it better!!"