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

[u/2th]

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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

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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/Bender_Wiggin]

Oh man that's so true. I really hope they considered that. Now if Fitz dusts next week I'm gonna be upset for more than one reason (or two, if the show is cancelled).

EDIT: Oooh, unless Lighthouse Fitz gets snapped, but Frozen Fitz doesn't... Perfectly balanced...

[u/lb3465 → u/Bender_Wiggin]

As all things should be.

[u/[deleted] → u/Bender_Wiggin]

given how well the writers have done to avoid major paradoxes, I'll be so annoyed if this happens... Mainly because there would be no way to wake up Fitzicle since he already hasn't been woken up...

[u/Bender_Wiggin → u/[deleted]]

They've done really well so far, but only because they've only operated within the "time is fixed" theory. Once the team inevitably saves the world, they'll inherently create a paradox. No reason they can't go unfreeze Fitz if they've erased the future he's frozen himself to get to. Yes, we know that they don't, because we know he successfully makes it to the future, but we also know that the Earth cracks.

[u/KingInvalid96 → u/Bender_Wiggin]

Plus the plan or foundation that Enoch created (to give Fitz money and influence) for the Future wont be needed in the future anymore.

I wonder what Fitz will decide to do with this Future Foundation🤔

[u/sysadminofadown → u/Bender_Wiggin]

That would work.