edit] Basic Details

Season: 1 Episode Number: 16

Title: End of the Beginning

Original Air Date: April 01, 2014 (Nationwide), March 23, 2014 (PaleyFest 2014)

Repeat Air Dates: April 05, 2014, June 01, 2014

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Writer: Paul Zbyszewski

Director: Bobby Roth

Main Characters

• Agent Phil Coulson – Clark Gregg
• Agent Melinda May – Ming-Na Wen
• Agent Grant Ward – Brett Dalton
• Agent Skye – Chloe Bennet
• Agent Leo Fitz – Iain De Caestecker
• Agent Jemma Simmons – Elizabeth Henstridge

Other Characters

• Agent John Garrett – Bill Paxton
• Agent Victoria Hand – Saffron Burrows
• Mike PetersonDeathlok – J August Richards
• Agent Antoine Triplett – B.J. Britt
• Agent Felix Blake – Titus Welliver
• Agent Jasper Sitwell – Maximiliano Hernández
• Thomas Nash – Brad Dourif

edit] Quick Summary

Agents Garrett and Triplett are back to help Coulson’s team track down S.H.I.E.L.D.’s nefarious enemy–The Clairvoyant. But will Deathlok destroy them all to protect his master’s identity?

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• Felix Blake: From all the reports I’ve read, "unconventional" seems to be Coulson’s middle name these days.
  John Garrett:(sassy) Fire breaks out, let me take Blake. He’s coy, but scrappy.
• Jemma Simmons: Maybe if you spoke to Agent Coulson–
  Skye: Yeah, I don’t think that’s a good idea. If Coulson thinks it’s important that this stays between us then we should trust him, right? He’s the boss.
  Jemma Simmons:(incredulous) So you’re saying we should obey the rules?
  Leo Fitz: Who are you and what have you done with Skye?
• John Garrett: Guess it all comes full circle. Ward’s your S.O., I was his. Turn, turn, turn. But this S.O. thing goes both ways. You’ve had a big impact on him. He’s different than I remember him. […] Well, the tough thing about being a specialist is being alone. A team gives you a whole new perspective. Guess it’s the difference between fighting against something and fighting for something. Or someone. Ward’s got that now.
• Grant Ward: We’ve all got axes to grind. We’re here to take him in, not out.
  Antoine Triplett: Ask yourself something, Agent Ward. If Skye hadn’t made it, what would you be thinking right now?
• Melinda May: You don’t believe in the Clairvoyant but you believe in astrology?
• Melinda May: I wouldn’t call anyone in critical condition lucky.
• Leo Fitz: Don’t you seem all chipper to pick up and leave me on my lonesome.
• Jemma Simmons: Brilliant deduction, Dr. Watson.
  Leo Fitz: I’ve always pictured you as Watson.
• John Garrett: Impressive toy.
  Leo Fitz: I prefer the term ‘high-tech hardware’.
• John Garrett: The whole reason I sent him to you is to knock off the rough edges, but maybe you did your job too well. He let his emotions get the best of him.
• Grant Ward: Whatever punishment I’ll take it. But I don’t regret what I’ve done. […] Not if it means you’re safe. You and the rest of the team.
• Leo Fitz: I didn’t do anything!
  Skye: What? I didn’t say you did. (beat) What did you do?
• Grant Ward: I wasn’t put on your plane so you can make me a better person, Coulson! You put here to make the hard call, and I made it.

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• Deathlok’s appearance in full spectrum resembles his comic form.

edit] Pop Culture References

• Fitz and Simmons referred to the other as "Dr. Watson", the companion of Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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