Love in the Time of HYDRA

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March 24, 2015

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"I thought that if... I looked like her, then maybe... maybe there's a chance we could be together."
"Well, maybe we could. But not as Skye or May. No. It has to be with you."

―Kara Palamas and Grant Ward

Love in the Time of HYDRA is the fourteenth episode of the second season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Synopsis

Coulson and his team are still reeling from a shocking revelation that leaves the team fractured as they must decide what to do with one of their own. Meanwhile, Bobbi and Mack reveal their true allegiance to Hunter, while elsewhere, Ward and Agent 33 embark on a personal mission.

Plot

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Because of Skye's newfound status as an Inhuman, Andrew Garner recommends that Skye be removed from active duty S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel, and be transferred to a remote location, where she will wear gloves that absorb her powers and calm her.

Grant Ward and Agent 33 hunt down the man who created the Photostatic Veil. He fixes her mask so she can revert to her original appearance, albeit still scarred, and change her appearance to anyone she wishes. Using the technology, they infiltrate Glenn Talbot's base and free Sunil Bakshi, whom S.H.I.E.L.D. had handed over as a sign of good faith. From Bakshi they learned about Agent 33's life before Daniel Whitehall brainwashed her, including her name, Kara, before brainwashing him themselves.

Alphonso Mackenzie introduces Lance Hunter to Robert Gonzales and the leadership of the "real S.H.I.E.L.D.", which Hunter learns was founded on the ideal of transparency, rather than Nick Fury's mantra of compartmentalization. They see Coulson and his erratic behavior as a threat needing to be neutralized, and try to convince Hunter to join them. However, Hunter escapes, and Bobbi Morse is sent to attack Coulson's S.H.I.E.L.D..

Cast

Main Cast:

Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May / Kara Palamas/Agent 33 (impersonation)
Brett Dalton as Grant Ward
Chloe Bennet as Skye / Kara Palamas/Agent 33 (impersonation)
Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz
Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons
Nick Blood as Lance Hunter
Adrianne Palicki as Bobbi Morse

Guest Stars:

Adrian Pasdar as Brigadier General Glenn Talbot
Henry Simmons as Agent Alphonso Mackenzie
Maya Stojan as Kara Palamas/Agent 33
Simon Kassianides as Sunil Bakshi
Kirk Acevedo as Agent Tomas Calderon
Christine Adams as Agent Anne Weaver
Edward James Olmos as Agent Robert Gonzales
Parisa Fakhri as Lieutenant Decker
Raquel Gardner as Carla Talbot / Kara Palamas/Agent 33 (impersonation)
Anna Campbell as Major Meredith Tredwyck / Kara Palamas/Agent 33 (impersonation)
Meredith Bishop as Captain Anderson
Landall Goolsby as Selwyn / Agent 33 (impersonation)
Gigi Bermingham as Rhonda
Shannon McClung as Sergeant Brookton / Kara Palamas/Agent 33 (impersonation)
Scott Speiser as Sergeant Campbell
Mark Allan Stewart as Agent Oliver
Kieren van den Blink as Lieutenant Swey
Murielle Telio as Young Starlet / Kara Palamas/Agent 33 (impersonation)
Raquel Pomplun as International Model / Kara Palamas/Agent 33 (impersonation)
Unknown Actress as Captain Scott (uncredited)

Appearances

Locations

Playground
Retreat
Washington, D.C.
- Washington, D.C. Air Force Facility
Puerto Rico (mentioned)
- Kree City (mentioned)
Bahrain (mentioned)
Berkeley University (mentioned)
Athens, Georgia (mentioned)
Arizona (mentioned)

Events

War on HYDRA
- Kidnapping of Sunil Bakshi
- Battle for the Kree City (mentioned)
S.H.I.E.L.D. Civil War
- Kidnapping of Lance Hunter
Rescue in Bahrain (mentioned)
HYDRA Uprising (mentioned)
- Battle on the Iliad (mentioned)
Resurrection of Phil Coulson (mentioned)
Assassination of Christian Ward (mentioned)

Items

Vehicles

Sentient Species

Humans
Inhumans
Kree (mentioned)

Creatures

Dogs (mentioned)
Monkeys (mentioned)
Chickens (mentioned)

Organizations

S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Phil Coulson's Faction
- Robert Gonzales' Faction
United States Air Force
HYDRA
Strategic Scientific Reserve (logo)
United States Department of Defense (logo)
Avengers (mentioned)
Edible Arrangements (mentioned)

Mentioned

Trivia

The title of this episode is an allusion to the romance novel Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez.
The sequence where Grant Ward and Agent 33 kidnap a man in a diner is a reference to the opening scene of Pulp Fiction.^[1]

Videos

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 2x14 Promo "Love In The Time Of HYDRA" (HD)

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2, Ep. 14 - Clip 1

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2, Ep. 14 - Clip 2

References

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↑ 'Agents of SHIELD': Brett Dalton answers 10 burning Ward questions

External Links

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Season One

Pilot • 0-8-4 • The Asset • Eye-Spy • Girl in the Flower Dress • FZZT • The Hub • The Well • Repairs •The Bridge • The Magical Place • Seeds • T.R.A.C.K.S. • T.A.H.I.T.I. • Yes Men • End of the Beginning •Turn, Turn, Turn • Providence • The Only Light in the Darkness • Nothing Personal • Ragtag •Beginning of the End

Season Two

Shadows • Heavy is the Head • Making Friends and Influencing People • Face My Enemy • A Hen in the Wolf House • A Fractured House • The Writing on the Wall • The Things We Bury • ...Ye Who Enter Here • What They Become • Aftershocks • Who You Really Are • One of Us • Love in the Time of HYDRA • One Door Closes • Afterlife • Melinda • The Frenemy of My Enemy • The Dirty Half Dozen • Scars • S.O.S. Part One • S.O.S. Part Two

Season Three

Laws of Nature • Purpose in the Machine • A Wanted (Inhu)man • Devils You Know • 4,722 Hours • Among Us Hide... • Chaos Theory • Many Heads, One Tale • Closure • Maveth • Bouncing Back • The Inside Man • Parting Shot • Watchdogs • Spacetime • Paradise Lost • The Team • The Singularity • Failed Experiments • Emancipation • Absolution • Ascension

Season Four

The Ghost • Meet the New Boss • Uprising • Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire • Lockup • The Good Samaritan • Deals With Our Devils • The Laws of Inferno Dynamics • Broken Promises • The Patriot • Wake Up • Hot Potato Soup • BOOM • The Man Behind the Shield • Self Control • What If... • Identity and Change • No Regrets • All the Madame's Men • Farewell, Cruel World! • The Return • World's End

Season Five

Orientation Part One • Orientation Part Two • A Life Spent • A Life Earned • Rewind • Fun & Games • Together or Not at All • The Last Day • Best Laid Plans • Past Life • All the Comforts of Home • The Real Deal • Principia • The Devil Complex • Rise and Shine • Inside Voices • The Honeymoon • All Roads Lead... • Option Two • The One Who Will Save Us All • The Force of Gravity • The End

Missing Pieces • Window of Opportunity • Fear and Loathing on the Planet of Kitson • Code Yellow • The Other Thing • Inescapable • Toldja • Collision Course Part One • Collision Course Part Two • Leap • From the Ashes • The Sign • New Life
Season Six

The New Deal • Know Your Onions • Alien Commies from the Future! • Out of the Past • A Trout in the Milk • Adapt or Die • The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and the D • After, Before • As I Have Always Been • Stolen • Brand New Day • The End is at Hand • What We're Fighting For
Season Seven

[1] 'Agents of SHIELD': Brett Dalton answers 10 burning Ward questions

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