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- "The President tasked me with finding the next Captain America. Not an easy job, but I did it. I delivered a patriot."
- ―Glenn Talbot to Phil Coulson
The Patriot is the tenth episode of the fourth season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the second episode of the LMD pod.
Synopsis[]
Separated from their team, Agents Coulson and Mackenzie discover a shocking secret about Mace, leaving all of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a precarious position.
Plot[]
Jeffrey Mace counters an assassination attempt
A ceremony is held in Sunbury to officially announce Daisy Johnson is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who fought the Watchdogs under S.H.I.E.L.D. supervision all along. While Michelle Caldwell delivers a speech about how Johnson saved her, Phil Coulson notices that a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent supposed to ensure the security of the ceremony is missing. Shortly after, a sniper attempts to assassinate Jeffrey Mace. Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie take Mace and Burrows, who carries a mysterious suitcase, to a Quinjet in order to evacuate them to safety while Quake disposes of the terrorists and arrests Yuri Zaikin. Glenn Talbot, who was present at the ceremony, returns to the Playground, where he informs Melinda May LMD and Jemma Simmons of the attack. Talbot orders May to interrogate Zaikin and Simmons to check whether Burrows is with Mace.
Aida chokes Melinda May to keep her from escaping
Meanwhile, at the Radcliffe Residence, Leo Fitz, and Holden Radcliffe discuss the attack as well and Fitz tells Radcliffe that he should not come to work with S.H.I.E.L.D. for a few time before leaving. After Fitz's departure, Radcliffe and Aida discuss their plan of replacing Melinda May by a Life-Model Decoy who is unaware of her true nature and of her mission of finding the Darkhold. Radcliffe also worries about the fact that they cannot seem to stabilize May's condition so that she remains calm and sedated, believing to be in a relaxing simulation. May finally wakes up and tries to escape before being stopped by Aida, who sedates her once again.
Glenn Talbot taking charge over their situation
May and Quake interrogate Zaikin, who reveals that he was not the only terrorist sent to kill Mace. Indeed, the Director's Quinjet is attacked and Burrows falls to his death before the plane crashes, killing McCafferty who was flying it. Coulson, Mackenzie, and Mace are unharmed and realize that the Quinjet's systems were hacked. Figuring out that they are in danger, they decide to leave, but Mace decides that they must first find Burrows's body. At the Playground, Talbot and the others cannot locate the missing S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. After Quake, Simmons and May leave Mace's office, Talbot reports the investigation to Matthew Ellis, telling him that they do not know whether the "package" is safe. Fitz returns to the Playground and has a short argument with his girlfriend about his involvement in Aida's design before helping her to locate their friends.
Talbot carries on Zaikin's interrogation but cannot get any information from him. He complains about it to Fitz and Simmons. Shortly after, Simmons discovers that she has access to something called Project Patriot and she and Fitz ask Talbot about the suitcase Burrows used to carry around the Director.
Jeffrey Mace confesses to not being Inhuman
Meanwhile, Coulson, Mace, and Mackenzie discover that the terrorists are using HYDRA equipment but Mace insists on finding Burrows's corpse, but the terrorists already reclaimed it, as well as the suitcase. Coulson and Mackenzie attack the terrorist but are surprised to see that Mace just seizes the suitcase and flees without fighting. He is found by a terrorist who shoots him in the leg before being killed by Coulson and Mackenzie, who do not understand why Mace did not use his powers to defeat his opponent. The reason is simple, and Simmons and Fitz learn it from Talbot: contrary to what was publicly announced, Mace is not an Inhuman. Instead, he gained his super strength by injecting himself Patriot Serum inspired from Calvin Zabo's Formula that Burrows carried in the suitcase.
Phil Coulson fights the Watchdogs
Coulson and Mackenzie take Mace to the terrorists' stash to attend to his wound but are soon confronted with another group of enemies. At the Playground, Simmons suggests using Aida's severed head in order intimidate Zaikin. The process proves to be successful and Zaikin admits that he works for the Watchdogs and gives them the location of the crashing site. This enables May's LMD to go on the field in order to rescue Coulson, Mackenzie, and Mace, and together they manage to take down all the terrorists before returning to the Playground. However, May's LMD was hurt in the fight, which makes her realize that she is an android. Meanwhile, Fitz downloads the data of Aida's head on his phone to keep working on it. In Mace's office, Mace agrees to remain the official Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. while Coulson takes the leadership about field actions, becoming de facto Director.
Cast[]
Main Cast:
- Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
- Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May / Melinda May LMD
- Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson/Quake
- Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz
- Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons
- Henry Simmons as Alphonso Mackenzie
- John Hannah as Holden Radcliffe
Guest Stars:
- Adrian Pasdar as Brigadier General Glenn Talbot
- Mallory Jansen as Aida
- Jason O'Mara as Director Jeffrey Mace
- Max Osinski as Agent James Davis
- Patrick Cavanaugh as Agent Burrows
- Troy Caylak as Yuri Zaikin
- Alastair Bayardo as Agent McCafferty
- Kimberley Drummond as Agent Crawford
- Shelley Robertson as Michelle Caldwell
- Phillipos Haile as Viktor Orlov
- Kevyn Bashore as Townsman (uncredited)
Appearances[]
Locations[]
- Sunbury, Pennsylvania
- Playground
- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
- Vienna, Austria (mentioned)
- Fridge (mentioned)
- Argentina (mentioned)
- Madrid, Spain (mentioned)
- Siberia, Russia (mentioned)
Events[]
- Attack on Jeffrey Mace
- Collapse of the Edison Bridge (mentioned)
- Raid of the Fridge (mentioned)
- Destruction of HYDRA (mentioned)
- Cold War (mentioned)
- Bombing of the Vienna International Centre (mentioned)
Items[]
- Phil Coulson's Prosthetic Hand
- Quake Gauntlets
- Judas Rifle
- Judas Bullet
- HYDRA Transmitter
- Patriot Serum
- I.C.E.R.s
- Patriot Suit
- Backscatter X-Ray Eye Implant
- Aspirin
- Darkhold (mentioned)
- Calvin Zabo's Formula (mentioned)
Vehicles[]
Sentient Species[]
Creatures[]
- Dogs (mentioned)
Organizations[]
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Project Patriot (mentioned)
- United States Air Force
- Watchdogs
- Strategic Scientific Reserve (logo)
- Project Rebirth (mentioned)
- KGB (mentioned)
- HYDRA (mentioned)
- Walmart (mentioned)
Mentioned[]
- Nathan B. Nathanson
- Ellen Nadeer
- Matthew Ellis
- Abraham Erskine
- Calvin Zabo
- Captain America
- Donald Trump
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- Alexander Pushkin
- Mary Poppins
- The Godfather
- World War III
Music[]
| Song title | Artist | Location(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Hail to the Chief | One Orchestra |
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Videos[]
Trivia[]
- Glenn Talbot stated that he was tasked with "finding the next Captain America." This is a reference to Jeffrey Mace taking over the mantle in the comics.
- Mace's line "I'm ready to go toe-to-toe all day." is similar to Captain America's catchphrase "I could do this all day."
