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- "I'm starting to think you guys made the timeline worse than it was before."
"We have no time to speculate."
"Speculate? This is more than just a trout in the milk." - ―Daniel Sousa and Daisy Johnson[src]
A Trout in the Milk is the fifth episode of the seventh season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
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Synopsis
After a bumpy landing in the disco decade, the team – Daniel Sousa in tow – reunites with more than one familiar face at the S.H.I.E.L.D. hangout and discovers exactly how to dismantle the Chronicoms’ latest plan. But when they get too close for comfort, the Zephyr unexpectedly leaps forward again, this time to a date pivotal to not only the future of S.H.I.E.L.D. but to the future of Director Mack as well.
Plot
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Cast
Main Cast:
- Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
- Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May
- Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson/Quake
- Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons
- Henry Simmons as Alphonso Mackenzie
- Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Yo-Yo Rodriguez
- Jeff Ward as Deke Shaw
Guest Stars:
- Joel Stoffer as Enoch
- Tobias Jelinek as Luke
- Thomas E. Sullivan as Nathaniel Malick
- Neal Bledsoe as Wilfred Malick
- Dawan Owens as Agent Ford
- Cameron Palatas as Gideon Malick
- Sedale Threatt Jr. as John Mackenzie/Chronicom
- Paulina Bugembe as Lilla Mackenzie/Chronicom
- Patrick Warburton as General Rick Stoner
- Enver Gjokaj as Agent Daniel Sousa
- Ryan Gray as Abel (uncredited)
Appearances
Locations
Events
- War Against the Chronicoms
- HYDRA Uprising (mentioned)
Items
- Bendeery English Ale
- Yo-Yo Rodriguez' Prosthetic Arms
- Chronicom Pistol
- Chronicom Rifle
- D.I.A.N.A.
- A History of S.H.I.E.L.D. (mentioned)
- Super Soldier Serum (indirectly mentioned)
Vehicles
- Zephyr One
- Quinjet
- Helicarrier (mentioned)
Sentient Species
Creatures
Organizations
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Chronicom Hunters
- HYDRA
- Avengers (mentioned)
Mentioned
- Roger Dooley
- Leo Fitz
- Alya Shaw
- Project Insight's Target List
- Ben Taylor
- Andrew Nelson
- Susan Morse
- James Cook
- Isabelle Hartley
- Mark Roberts
- Ronald Collins
- Susan Parker
- Natahn Bowen
- Gabe Jones
- Conrad Murphy
- Bruce Banner
- Victoria Hand
- Ben Harris
- Betty Wright
- Nicoole Amador
- Michael Phillips
- Roger Stewart
- Margaret Nelson
- Leonard Torres
- Jim Morita
- Robert Gonzales
- Robert Moore
- Thomas Hall
- David Robinson
- Nick Fury
- Peggy Carter
- Sarge (indirectly mentioned)
- Phil Coulson (indirectly mentioned)
- Sibyl
- John Mackenzie
- Lilla Mackenzie
- Daniel Whitehall
- James Bond
- The Carpenters
- Mein Kampf
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Trivia

- A Trout in the Milk is the first episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. that depicts a full intro with the main cast being presented individually, albeit in 70's style intro, as well as the first episode to have its own title shown onscreen. The intro is patterned after the opening credits of series produced by Quinn Martin that featured a narrator reciting the cast names and episode title. Most of the footage used in the intro comes from earlier seasons of the series.
- The term "a trout in the milk" means that while there is no direct evidence of the act, there is circumstantial evidence to believe that it was the case. The phrase is said several times by Daniel Sousa, who is unaware that the phrase has fallen out of style.
- Melinda May uses the alias Chastity McBryde. In the comics, McBryde was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent tasked with apprehending Elektra.
- Enoch's line "Come with me, if you want to continue to exist!" is a riff on "Come with me, if you want to live!" from the Terminator franchise.
- The S.H.I.E.L.D. uniforms seen in 1976 are reminiscent of the classic costumes from the comics (blue with white accents).
References
External Links
A Trout in the Milk on Wikipedia
A Trout in the Milk on IMDb
A Trout in the Milk on Disney+
A Trout in the Milk on Marvel Database
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