The Bridge

The Bridge is the tenth episode of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Synopsis
In a shocking cliffhanger episode, Coulson takes the war back to Centipede, and this time he brings in Michael Peterson for some super-soldier support. As they get closer to the truth, startling secrets are revealed and an unexpected twist threatens the team.

Plot
Agent Phil Coulson recruited Mike Peterson to his team for super-soldier support when soldiers working for the Centipede Project sprung Edison Po from prison following their perfection of the Centipede serum. Coulson's Team traced a Centipede-powered soldier named Brian Hayward to an abandoned factory, and walked into an ambush by a squad of Centipede-powered soldiers. When Po and Raina saw that Peterson still had his powers despite not having had an injection in some time, they realize he was the key to Stage 3 of their plan.

Coulson's team discovered that the soldiers were subjected to the same eye procedure to which Akela Amador was subjected. Po told Raina that he informed the Clairvoyant about her. When she asked who the Clairvoyant was, he replied that the last person who tried to learn the identity of the Clairvoyant had recieved a knife in the eye from Po.

Meanwhile, as Skye investigated the mystery of her parents, Coulson and Melinda May hid information they believed would be dangerous from her. When Peterson contacted his son, Ace Peterson, he learns that he has been kidnapped by Project Centipede, who told Peterson to say that they wanted him in exchange for Ace's safety.

When Coulson escorted Peterson to the  prisoner exchange, Peterson revealed that Centipede wanted Coulson in exchange for Ace, not Peterson, but Peterson felt that he could not go through with this betrayal. Nonetheless, Coulson, to save Ace's life, agreesd to be taken prisoner.

After the exchange, Peterson tried to rescue Coulson, but Centipede set off an explosion, in which Peterson was presumed dead. After Raina escaped with Coulson, she told him that he only needed to give Project Centipede the information regarding how he came back to life the day after he died.

Cast
Main Cast:
 * Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson
 * Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May
 * Brett Dalton as Agent Grant Ward
 * Chloe Bennet as Skye
 * Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz
 * Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons

Guest Stars:
 * J. August Richards as Michael Peterson
 * Ruth Negga as Raina
 * Cullen Douglas as Edison Po
 * Molly McCook as Laura Hayward
 * Ajani Wrighster as Ace Peterson
 * Paul Lacovara as Brian Hayward
 * Rico Devereaux as Prison Guard
 * Paul Sanchez as Tiny
 * Albert Marrero Jr. as Trainer
 * Matt Mullins as Centipede Soldier 2 (uncredited)
 * Adam Lytle as Centipede Soldier 3 (uncredited)

Locations

 * Cleveland, Ohio
 * University of Ohio
 * Oakland, California
 * Los Angeles, California
 * Havenworth Federal Penitentiary
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Training Facility
 * Boston, Massachusetts (mentioned)
 * New York City, New York (mentioned)
 * Portland, Oregon (mentioned)
 * Las Vegas, Nevada (mentioned)
 * Hong Kong, China (mentioned)
 * Afghanistan (mentioned)
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters (mentioned)
 * Union Station (mentioned)

Events

 * Ambush on Oakland Centipede Base

Items

 * Centipede Device
 * Extremis
 * Night-Night Pistol
 * Tactical Suit
 * Backscatter X-Ray Eye Implant
 * Tracking Scent
 * Tracking Bracelet
 * Holocom
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Satellite

Vehicles

 * The Bus
 * The Cage
 * Lola
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. SUV

Organizations

 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * HYDRA
 * Centipede Project
 * Centipede Soldiers
 * Avengers (mentioned & action figures)

Mentioned

 * Katherine Shane
 * Chan Ho Yin (mentioned & photograph)
 * Debbie (photograph)
 * Captain America
 * Thor
 * Audrey Nathan
 * Miles Lydon
 * The Clairvoyant
 * Akela Amador
 * Mindy Peterson
 * Heroes of New York
 * The Index

Trivia

 * There is a, but no University of Ohio as presented here.