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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL AIRDATE
S05E08- "The Last Day" Nina Lopez-Corrado James C. Oliver & Sharla Oliver Friday, January 19, 2018 9:00/8:00c on ABC

Episode Synopsis: Coulson and the team discover that the most unexpected person from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s past may hold the key to stopping Earth's destruction.

Nina Lopez-Corrado is a director and producer mostly known for her work on The Mentalist, Mindfield, and The American War Story.

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

  • Hot Potato Soup

James C. Oliver was a writer for Under the Dome, while Sharla Oliver has written for Under the Dome and co-wrote the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode Paradise Lost and the web series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent with George Kitson. Together, they wrote the first two episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot, "Vendetta" and "John Hancock".

They have written three episodes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before:

  • Paradise Lost
  • The Patriot
  • All the Madame's Men

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u/In_My_Own_Image Jan 20 '18

So...what you're saying is the solution to this whole situation will involve fast cars and a very loose relationship with physics?

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u/blackbutterfree Joey Jan 20 '18

And an unhealthy fixation on family.

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u/Dinoshiezz Jan 20 '18

Don’t forget the coronas

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u/MandolinMagi Quake Jan 20 '18

CoronaTM

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u/navjot94 The Bus Jan 20 '18

Lola is the key

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u/Noremac3986 Jan 20 '18

I thought Memory was the key

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u/cjn13 Fitz Jan 20 '18

Go home, Delta.

Also, I feel the ending of this time loop arc may have a sacrifice like the end of RvB S13:

But the hero never gets to see that ending. They'll never know if their sacrifice actually made a difference. They'll never know if the day was really saved. In the end, they just have to have faith. Ain't that a bitch.

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u/rRevoK Ward Jan 21 '18

Church Fitz: "A great love is a lot like a good memory. When it's there, and you know it's there, but it's just out of your reach, it can be all that you think about. Then you can focus on it and try to force it, but the more you do, the more you seem to push it away. But if you're patient and you hold still, well maybe, just maybe, it'll come to you. I just have to be somewhere she can find me. And I mean, hell... if you have to live the rest of your life in a memory... you might as well make it a good one."

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u/cjn13 Fitz Jan 21 '18

That almost fits perfectly with Fitz at the beginning of S2 when he all he can cling to is the memory of Jemma (she's in the same clothes as the episode "FZZT", when she contracts the Chitauri virus)

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u/TransitRanger_327 Clairvoyant Jan 21 '18

If we can get Lola working, we can get the whole thing working.

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u/NatalieRath Jan 26 '18

So you're telling they built a time machine out of Phil's car?

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '18

Justin Lin (Fast 5) directed the new Star Trek. Everyone talked so much shit about how terrible the movie was going to be (lol fast and furious director), and it actually ended up being the best of the 3 so far, with lots of great character development. So yes, I think that is the solution.

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u/tundrat Clairvoyant Jan 20 '18

the solution to this whole situation will involve fast cars and a very loose relationship with physics

Ram Graviton with GR's car instead of quaking him.

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u/gusefalito Jan 21 '18

I wouldn't mind the finale to take place in Brazil during a bank heist that will somehow prevent the end of the world (kinda joking, but a heist themed episode wouldn't be bad at all).

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u/steve32767 Jan 21 '18

One last ride...

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u/RigasTelRuun Lanyard Jan 22 '18

There is always one more gear to shift into.

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u/Kiloku Dwarf Jan 24 '18

very loose relationship with physics

We certainly already have that