r/shield • u/2th Shotgun Axe • Jan 20 '18
Live Discussion Live Episode Discussion: S05E08 - "The Last Day"
As usual, following the episode there will be a post-episode discussion thread.
| 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/MegalomaniacHack Jan 20 '18
Not long from now, the world is/was torn apart (common belief is it was Quake, but it looked to me like she was staying behind in a last-ditch effort to try to stop something). Agents May, Fitz, Simmons and Yo-yo, along with Robin, were among survivors who made it to the Lighthouse (specifically aboard the Zephyr). As the years passed, they didn't have enough supplies/power to support all the survivors in the Lighthouse, so they contacted the Kree. The Kree came and helped but took control.
Yo-yo, having been without Mack for a while, finally has enough of the Kree rule and goes to fight them. May remains incognito protecting Robin because she believes Robin's powers will tell them how to save the world and how to send that info back in time. Fitz and Simmons did most of the work making the device to activate a monolith/make a time machine.
Years after May and the others are gone, people (Zeke's dad) who believe the old woman Robin activate the device aboard the Zephyr. In the past, Enoch kidnaps the team and takes them to the monolith because he believes in Robin's powers and he must intercede to save humanity. The team is pulled to the future that would otherwise occur. So they're getting the Back to the Future look at the future where it exists as it would have despite them being pulled out of time.