Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-112155-20151209000111/@comment-27112771-20151215054220

Ward definitely saw himself as wronged by SHIELD consistently. After providing Coulson with intel, he was handed over to his abuser. After keeping a promise to Skye, she shot him. Between 1x21 and 3x09, he never once tried to hurt FitzSimmons, but they both came close to killing him. Then it's easy to blame May for Kara's death, in his eyes. He sees SHIELD as a problem, and he knows Coulson embodies SHIELD. We know May acknowledges that, she says as much during the whole SHIELD vs SHIELD fiasco. But I think Ward acknowledges this too, and (at least he believes), all the agents under Coulson's watch won't be able to function without his leadership. In that way, he's causing the whole organization as much pain as they caused him.