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ABC's Agents of SHIELD Ascension Review. Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 22: Ascension is an audio podcast review in which FilmBook contributor Mike Smith discusses his reaction the latest episode of ABC's Agents of SHIELD.

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 22: Ascension's plot synopsis (spoilers): "Hive realizes that Lash has made Johnson impervious to his influence, and so instead overpowers and abducts her. Giyera and James bring him the warhead, while many of the Primitives remain to kill the rest of S.H.I.E.L.D. May and Fitz infiltrate Zephyr One and free Johnson. Fitz kills Giyera, while Coulson and the others evade the Primitives and escape the base in a quinjet, boarding Zephyr One. Coulson plans to send the warhead into space in the quinjet to detonate safely, and Johnson believes that she must go with it to atone for her actions under Hive's sway, and fulfill her vision. She enters the quinjet where she is confronted by Hive, but Campbell throws her out and overrides the jet's controls, ascending to space, where the warhead detonates and kills both him and Hive (fulfilling Johnson's vision anyway). Six months later, Johnson has left S.H.I.E.L.D. and is operating as the vigilante "Quake", evading Coulson, who is no longer director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Radcliffe turns his artificial intellegence AIDA into a Life Model Decoy."

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 22: Ascension stars Clark Gregg, Ming-na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennett, Ian de Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell.

Watch or listen to Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 22: Ascension below and leave your thoughts on it and the upcoming season below in the comments section. For more Agents of SHIELD photos, videos, and information, visit our Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Page, subscribe to us by Email, "follow" us on Twitter, Tumblr, or "like" us on Facebook.

The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast Ep. 44

ABC's Agents of SHIELD Absolution Review. Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 21: Absolution is an audio podcast review in which FilmBook contributor Mike Smith discusses his reaction the latest episode of ABC's Agents of SHIELD.

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 21: Absolution's plot synopsis (spoilers): "S.H.I.E.L.D. keeps Johnson in containment while she is showing withdrawal symptoms after losing her connection with Hive, but her intel allows them to find the base where Hive is attempting to launch the warhead. With Talbot's military contacts S.H.I.E.L.D. is able to disable the rocket, while a team of agents infiltrates the base, captures Hive, and extracts Radcliffe, with the latter agreeing to cooperate with S.H.I.E.L.D. and revealing that the Primitive process is irreversible. Giyera and James steal the warhead, and while S.H.I.E.L.D. is focused on locating it, they detonate a bomb that they had smuggled into the S.H.I.E.L.D. base which releases some of Radcliffe's pathogen. Several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents transform into Primitives and free Hive from his containment, and he proceeds to steal Zephyr One, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s airborne mobile command that could take the warhead high enough for the pathogen to transform most of humanity. Johnson escapes and confronts Hive, begging him to connect with her again."

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 21: Absolution stars Clark Gregg, Ming-na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennett, Ian de Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell.

Watch or listen to Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 21: Absolution below and leave your thoughts on it and the upcoming season below in the comments section. For more Agents of SHIELD photos, videos, and information, visit our Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Page, subscribe to us by Email, "follow" us on Twitter, Tumblr, or "like" us on Facebook.

The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast Ep. 43

ABC's Agents of SHIELD Emancipation Review. Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 20: Emancipation is an audio podcast review in which FilmBook contributor Mike Smith discusses his reaction the latest episode of ABC's Agents of SHIELD.

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 20: Emancipation's plot synopsis (spoilers): "Following the signing of the Sokovia Accords, Talbot and Coulson discuss registering the Inhuman agents, with Coulson taking Talbot to the S.H.I.E.L.D. base to introduce him to Rodriguez and Lash, explain the Hive situation, and show him the need to keep the Secret Warriors anonymous. Hive captures several Watchdogs for Radcliffe's next experiment attempt; they are horrifically mutated into primitive Inhumans, but do fall under Hive's sway, prompting him to proceed with his ultimate plan—to use a warhead (what was stolen from the ATCU) to spread Radcliffe's new pathogen around the world and transform all humans into these primitives. Campbell contacts Johnson and convinces her that he wants to be with her. Hacking into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s systems as her blood is drained, Johnson helps him escape the S.H.I.E.L.D. base in a quinjet. However, this was a ruse on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s part, with Lash arriving instead of Campbell. Lash uses his abilities to free Johnson from Hive's sway, but is killed by James. Johnson escapes back to S.H.I.E.L.D."

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 20: Emancipation stars Clark Gregg, Ming-na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennett, Ian de Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell.

Watch or listen to Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 20: Emancipation below and leave your thoughts on it and the upcoming season below in the comments section. For more Agents of SHIELD photos, videos, and information, visit our Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Page, subscribe to us by Email, "follow" us on Twitter, Tumblr, or "like" us on Facebook.

The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast Ep. 42

ABC's Agents of SHIELD Failed Experiments Review. Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 19: Failed Experiments is an audio podcast review in which FilmBook contributor Mike Smith discusses his reaction the latest episode of ABC's Agents of SHIELD.

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 19: Failed Experiments' plot synopsis (spoilers): "Radcliffe's first attempt to turn humans into Inhumans fails, as he requires Kree blood. Fitz and Simmons attempt to combine their potential Inhuman cure with what they know of Radcliffe's research, but require an Inhuman test subject; Campbell volunteers himself, severely compromising his immune system, and seemingly proving that the cure cannot free the Inhumans of Hive's connection. S.H.I.E.L.D. locates the town, and Mack and May lead a team to hopefully free the others by simply killing Hive. The latter activates the Kree artifact, a beacon which calls two Kree reapers to the town. They promptly murder Whitley. Johnson and Hive confront a reaper each, with Johnson managing to begin harvesting hers' blood until the process is sabotaged by Mack. Hive, not realizing this, destroys the other reaper. Johnson attacks Mack, nearly killing him, but is interrupted by May, who helps Mack retreat with the rest of their team. Johnson then offers her own blood as an alternative for Radcliffe's experiment, as it was recently infused with Kree blood."

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 19: Failed Experiments stars Clark Gregg, Ming-na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennett, Ian de Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell.

Watch or listen to Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 19: Failed Experiments below and leave your thoughts on it and the upcoming season below in the comments section. For more Agents of SHIELD photos, videos, and information, visit our Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Page, subscribe to us by Email, "follow" us on Twitter, Tumblr, or "like" us on Facebook.

The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast Ep. 41

ABC's Agents of SHIELD The Singularity Review. Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 18: The Singularity is an audio podcast review in which FilmBook contributor Mike Smith discusses his reaction the latest episode of ABC's Agents of SHIELD.

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 18: The Singularity's plot synopsis (spoilers): "Escaping the base mostly unharmed, S.H.I.E.L.D. knows that Johnson could have killed them all, and believe there is hope of freeing her from Hive. Fitz and Simmons seek out transhumanist Holden Radcliffe, who believes in the improvement of humanity through enhancement, and whose studies of parasites could help with counteracting Hive's abilities. Hive turns Alisha Whitley (a duplicating Inhuman ally of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and James (after first giving him terrigen which allows him to imbue objects with fire) to his cause, and takes this fledgling army to interrupt Fitz and Simmons: Johnson warns Fitz of her vision; Hive's memories of Daniels petition Simmons to move on with her romantic life; and the others kidnap Radcliffe, taking him to a town that Hive bought with Malick's remaining fortune, where he intends to recreate the original Kree experiments that made the Inhumans. Talbot and the ATCU use Malick's final intel to completely dismantle Hydra's remaining infrastructure, and Fitz and Simmons finally consummate their relationship."

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 18: The Singularity stars Clark Gregg, Ming-na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennett, Ian de Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell.

Watch or listen to Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 18: The Singularity below and leave your thoughts on it and the upcoming season below in the comments section. For more Agents of SHIELD photos, videos, and information, visit our Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Page, subscribe to us by Email, "follow" us on Twitter, Tumblr, or "like" us on Facebook.

The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast Ep. 40

ABC's Agents of SHIELD The Team Review. Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 17: The Team is an audio podcast review in which FilmBook contributor Mike Smith discusses his reaction the latest episode of ABC's Agents of SHIELD.

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 17: The Team's plot synopsis (spoilers): "Johnson and Campbell unite with Gutierrez and Rodriguez as the Secret Warriors, and infiltrate the Hydra base to free S.H.I.E.L.D. Gutierrez kills Lucio in the process, while Campbell captures Malick. During questioning, Malick explains to Coulson that Hive can infect the minds of Inhumans, warning him against trusting any of the Secret Warriors. Simmons confirms from an autopsy of Lucio that Hive parasites infected his brain, and the same could have happened to any of the Secret Warriors. When Malick is found dead, the human agents trap the Inhumans in quarantine and search their belongings. They discover the Kree device in Campbell's possession rather than in asset lockup; Campbell protests, but the other three are released. That night, Johnson visits Campbell and offers to break him out. Campbell refuses when he realizes that Hive is controlling Johnson, and used her to murder Malick and frame Campbell. Johnson leaves on her own, creating an earthquake to destroy the S.H.I.E.L.D. base with everyone inside."

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 17: The Team stars Clark Gregg, Ming-na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennett, Ian de Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell.

Watch or listen to Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 17: The Team below and leave your thoughts on it and the upcoming season below in the comments section. For more Agents of SHIELD photos, videos, and information, visit our Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Page, subscribe to us by Email, "follow" us on Twitter, Tumblr, or "like" us on Facebook.

The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast Ep. 39

ABC's Agents of SHIELD Paradise Lost Review. Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 16: Paradise Lost is an audio podcast review in which FilmBook contributor Mike Smith discusses his reaction the latest episode of ABC's Agents of SHIELD.

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 16: Paradise Lost's plot synopsis (spoilers): "Malick's father died in 1970, leaving him and his brother Nathaniel to lead the "religious" side of Hydra, including periodically sending a sacrificial "traveler"—chosen at random from Hydra's inner circle—through the portal for Hive to inhabit until his return. Discovering that their father used a trick to never be chosen as a traveler, Gideon does the same, and Nathaniel is chosen. In the present, Gideon tells his daughter Stephanie of his vision: he believes he saw his own death at the hands of Hive. Johnson and Campbell track down James, an untransitioned Inhuman with knowledge of Hive who gives them an ancient Kree device. The rest of S.H.I.E.L.D. captures Giyera, Gideon's right-hand man who is now loyal to Hive; a telekinetic Inhuman, Giyera takes control of their plane and directs it to a Hydra base, with most of S.H.I.E.L.D. as his prisoners. Hive comes to the Malicks' house, and reveals to Gideon that he has Nathaniel's memories. In punishment for Gideon's betrayal of Nathaniel, Hive murders Stephanie in front of him."

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 16: Paradise Lost stars Clark Gregg, Ming-na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennett, Ian de Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell.

Watch or listen to Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 16: Paradise Lost below and leave your thoughts on it and the upcoming season below in the comments section. For more Agents of SHIELD photos, videos, and information, visit our Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Page, subscribe to us by Email, "follow" us on Twitter, Tumblr, or "like" us on Facebook.

The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast Ep. 38

ABC's Agents of SHIELD Spacetime Review. Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 15: Spacetime is an audio podcast review in which FilmBook contributor Mike Smith discusses his reaction the latest episode of ABC's Agents of SHIELD.

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 15: Spacetime's plot synopsis (spoilers): "S.H.I.E.L.D. picks up an emergency call about Johnson, and finds the caller, who was shown a vision of his death by the Inhuman Charles Hinton, in time for him to learn Johnson's name before being murdered by Hydra, who capture Hinton. Johnson is able to touch Hinton first, giving her a vision of his death. At dinner, Hive promises to reward Malick with "true power" for sending Ward through the portal; they use Hinton to obtain a powerful exoskeleton from a private corporation. Desperate to prove that fate is not fixed, S.H.I.E.L.D. seeks to avoid Johnson's vision from playing out by sending May to find Hinton instead of Johnson, as the vision showed, but at the last minute Garner arrives, stating that he wants to say goodbye to May before he transforms into Lash for good. Subsequently, Johnson goes to the corporation, where S.H.I.E.L.D. has tracked Hydra and Hinton, and faces Malick and his exoskeleton. Hinton saves Johnson by distracting Malick, giving them both visions—hers of a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent dying in space—before dying himself."

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 15: Spacetime stars Clark Gregg, Ming-na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennett, Ian de Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell.

Watch or listen to Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 15: Spacetime below and leave your thoughts on it and the upcoming season below in the comments section. For more Agents of SHIELD photos, videos, and information, visit our Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Page, subscribe to us by Email, "follow" us on Twitter, Tumblr, or "like" us on Facebook.

The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast Ep. 37

ABC's Agents of SHIELD Watchdogs Review. Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 14: Watchdogs is an audio podcast review in which FilmBook contributor Mike Smith discusses his reaction the latest episode of ABC's Agents of SHIELD.

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 14: Watchdogs' plot synopsis (spoilers): "Mack, struggling with the departure of Morse and Hunter, takes time off to be with his brother Ruben. When an online hate group called the Watchdogs usesHoward Stark-developed nitramene bombs to perform a terrorist attack on an ATCU facility, Coulson suspects that former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Felix Blake—who had been committed to the advancement of nitramene technology and has been missing since having his back broken by Deathlok—has taken over the group. Ruben becomes disillusioned with Mack when he leaves to investigate a Watchdog base and accidentally reveals his S.H.I.E.L.D. agent status, but Mack is able to improve their relationship when he fends off a group of the terrorists that attack the brothers. Coulson takes Campbell to search Blake's known safehouses, and the two are confronted by Blake in one via hologram; he reveals that Hydra is backing him and the Watchdogs in their crusade to kill all Inhumans, and S.H.I.E.L.D. realizes that the attack was a cover for Hydra to steal something from the ATCU."

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 14: Watchdogs stars Clark Gregg, Ming-na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennett, Ian de Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell.

Watch or listen to Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 14: Watchdogs below and leave your thoughts on it and the upcoming season below in the comments section. For more Agents of SHIELD photos, videos, and information, visit our Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Page, subscribe to us by Email, "follow" us on Twitter, Tumblr, or "like" us on Facebook.

The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast Ep. 36

ABC's Agents of SHIELD Parting Shot Review. Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 13: Parting Shot is an audio podcast review in which FilmBook contributor Mike Smith discusses his reaction the latest episode of ABC's Agents of SHIELD.

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 13: Parting Shot's plot synopsis (spoilers): "Hunter and Morse follow Malick to a decommissioned facility in Siberia, where Russian delegate Anton Petrov wishes to build the sanctuary, against the wishes of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Olshenko. Olshenko sends his attache to shut down the operation, but he is murdered by General Androvich, an opposition minister and Inhuman whose shadow is made of sentient darkforce. Malick suggests that the Prime Minister be invited to the facility himself, and that Androvich be unleashed upon him. Hunter kills Petrov to protect Olshenko, while Morse kills Androvich to destroy his shadow. Olshenko, unaware of the attempt on his life, has the two arrested. Their Interpol interrogator threatens to turn them over to the Russians for execution unless they confirm that S.H.I.E.L.D. still exists, but Morse and Hunter refuse. Ellis intervenes with Coulson; they save the pair's lives, on the condition that they never work for the U.S. government again. With the option of working in secret out of the field, Morse and Hunter instead choose to leave S.H.I.E.L.D."

Agents of SHIELD: Season 3, Episode 13: Parting Shot stars Clark Gregg, Ming-na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennett, Ian de Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Nick Blood, Henry Simmons, Adrianne Palicki, and Luke Mitchell.

Watch or listen to Marvel's SHIELD: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast: Season 3, Episode 13: Parting Shot below and leave your thoughts on it and the upcoming season below in the comments section. For more Agents of SHIELD photos, videos, and information, visit our Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Page, subscribe to us by Email, "follow" us on Twitter, Tumblr, or "like" us on Facebook.

The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Podcast Ep. 35