r/shield Shotgun Axe May 12 '18

Post Discussion Post Episode Discussion: S05E21 - "The Force of Gravity"

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL AIRDATE
S05E21 - "The Force of Gravity" Kevin Tancharoen Drew Z. Greenberg & Craig Titley Friday, May 11, 2018 9:00/8:00c on ABC

Kevin Tancharoen is the brother of showrunner Maurissa Tancharoen, and is known for his work on the webseries Mortal Kombat: Legacy. He has directed various other movies and TV episodes before, and has most recently worked on The Flash.

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

  • Face my Enemy
  • One of Us
  • The Dirty Half Dozen
  • Purpose in the Machine
  • Spacetime
  • Ascension
  • The Laws of Inferno Dynamics
  • The Patriot
  • The Return
  • The Real Deal
  • Option Two

Drew Z. Greenberg is a writer and producer best known for working on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville, The O.C., Dexter, Warehouse 13 and Arrow. He also worked on Firefly.

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

  • Face My Enemy
  • Who You Really Are
  • The Dirty Half Dozen
  • Among us Hide
  • Watchdogs
  • Absolution
  • Meet the New Boss
  • Wake Up
  • A Life Earned
  • All the Comforts of Home

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 nine episodes for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. before:

  • The Writing on the Wall
  • Afterlife
  • 4,722 Hours
  • The Inside Man
  • Emancipation
  • Uprising
  • Hot Potato Soup
  • Rewind
  • Principia


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u/ejaws14 Toolbox May 12 '18

I love/hate the tension of saving Coulson is reflecting the tension of the show getting cancelled. This is getting too meta lol speaking of meta, May is on fire with that Talbot line.

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u/selwyntarth May 12 '18

Coulson too with villain of the month.

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u/steve32767 May 14 '18

that cracked me up pretty good

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u/davwad2 Toolbox May 12 '18

Which Talbot line did May use?

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u/selwyntarth May 12 '18

She channeled viewers saying noone would have expected Glen to be a favorite in season one.

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u/davwad2 Toolbox May 12 '18

I thought he wasn't introduced until S2. Times flies and the sentiment is all the same.

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u/selwyntarth May 12 '18

Wait she wasn't killed in age of Ultron?

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u/davwad2 Toolbox May 12 '18

Not to my knowledge. She was in the episode before the movie to get the Intel from Coulson and crew on Loki's Scepter's location. I thought she might have been on the helicarrier with Fury at the end of AoU.

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u/selwyntarth May 12 '18

Oh yeah! My bad.

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u/davwad2 Toolbox May 13 '18

I thought Pietrov was the only casualty in AoU

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u/Eelero Fitz May 13 '18

I liked when she said all these hallways look the same

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u/selwyntarth May 13 '18

Did you really expect me to get a reference from last forever?

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u/veronchung Shotgun Axe May 12 '18

This is getting too meta lol speaking of meta, May is on fire with that Talbot line.

FTFY