Lash

Andrew Garner is a Neurologist and Forensic Psychologist who specialized in working with gifted individuals from the Index. During his career within S.H.I.E.L.D. he met and married Agent Melinda May, though they eventually divorced.

Early Life
Doctor Andrew Garner met S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Melinda May and they got married. Their marriage, however, was not successful, as they separated. May tended to avoid speaking about her marriage to Garner, as evidenced by her short answer when asked about the subject during her "orientation" by Eric Koenig.

Dinner with Lian
Garner was called by Lian May and was invited to dinner; she had taken Melinda from Canada to Washington, D.C. Garner learned from his ex mother-in-law that Melinda was alive despite the S.H.I.E.L.D. Civil War, making him feel relief since Melinda was not returning his calls.

Reunion with Melinda May
While at work at Culver University, Garner was speaking to a student when he spotted his ex-wife Melinda May waiting for him. She explained that Phil Coulson was now running S.H.I.E.L.D. and they required his help with a newly powered individual. They also discussed why May did not return his calls during the S.H.I.E.L.D. Civil War; she said it was a busy time, to which he frowned, citing that Lian May kept him informed. Garner asked May if she had returned to field work; Garner disapproved when she said she had. Garner made it clear that his responsibility would be to the subject, not to her, not to S.H.I.E.L.D.

Working with Skye
"Sarcasm, same strategy, avoidance." "What am I avoiding exactly?" "The truth."

- Andrew Garner and Skye

Garner agreed to travel to the Playground where he was greeted by Coulson; May agreed to allow him to use personal information about their previous relationship to appease the subject, Agent Skye, who had developed the power to create earthquakes with her mind. Agent Jemma Simmons gave Garner a breakdown of Skye's medical situation, but Garner decided he would rather meet Skye to learn the information. Garner found Skye a fairly difficult patent to reach as she would often skirt around questions, often using humour to ignore the situation. Garner continued to get through to her all the same. After their first session, Garner took a break and spent time with May. They joked about May's poor cooking skills, but were interrupted by a sudden earthquake. They ran to the Bus and found Skye asleep, with bad dreams causing the quake; they were able to wake her and stop the shaking. Simmons recommended that Skye take a sedative; Garner advised not to give her drugs. He then decided to speak to her about her levels of control; Skye insisted that due to May's training she could keep it controlled. During the session however, the plane began to shake again; Garner tried to calm Skye down but they quickly learnt that the shaking was not due to her. May had taken off in the plane to assist Agent Coulson. Garner was furious but May explained that there was not enough time and she did not want to interrupt him. They travelled to a high school in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where a team of villains, led by Skye's father, Calvin Zabo, had challenged Phil Coulson to a fight. When Skye offered to help in the battle, Garner felt that Skye was not emotionally ready for such a confrontation; he acquiesced when Skye convinced him and May that her relationship with Zabo could be used to their advantage.

May arrived and pretended to use Skye as a bargaining tool, aiming a gun at her neck. Before Zabo could be stopped by S.H.I.E.L.D. however, he was teleported away from the scene by a mysterious eyeless man. A fight broke out between the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and the rest of the team of villains. Garner took Skye to a safe place; however she began to cause another earthquake. Skye absorbed the quake into her arms, causing them to bruise and her to faint; Garner ran to her aid.

Leaving S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Would you consider consulting for us." "No, I can suggest someone but it can't be me. S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't changed, none of it's changed. There was a reason I moved on back then, and I have another reason now. Those photos on my desk. Goodbye, Melinda."

- Melinda May and Andrew Garner

With Skye safely on the Bus once again, Garner witnessed Skye wake up with her bruised arms bandaged up. He decided to return to the university; May tried to convince him to stay at S.H.I.E.L.D., but he politely refused and left, claiming that his reasons had something to do with the pictures on his desk.

Ultimately, Garner recommended that Skye be relieved of field assignments.

Allies

 * S.H.I.E.L.D. (First Incarnation)
 * Nick Fury - Director
 * Maria Hill - Deputy Director
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. (Second Incarnation)
 * Phil Coulson
 * Melinda May - Former Wife
 * Jemma Simmons
 * Leo Fitz
 * Skye - Patient
 * Lian May - Former Mother-in-Law

Appearances

 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Season One
 * The Only Light in the Darkness (mentioned)
 * Season Two
 * One of Us
 * Love in the Time of HYDRA (mentioned)
 * Melinda