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

Season 3

Laws of Nature

1. In the background, you can see Coulson has the axe that Mack used to cut off his hand hanging on the wall in his office.
2. Coulson mentions the Pym technologies disaster to Fitz while Fitz is trying find out information about the monolith. This is a reference to Ant-Man (2015), which came out two months prior to the new season.
3. It was announced that Season 3 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will introduce the Secret Warriors to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, assembled by Director Coulson and led by Daisy Johnson (Skye).
4. Chloe Bennet had to have her hair cut for this season to go along with the comic book version of Daisy Johnson. However, they went with a more fashion-forward style than in the comics.
5. William Sadler reprises his role of President Ellis from Iron Man Three (2013).
6. First episode of the series to not feature an appearance by Ming-Na Wen (Melinda May).
7. The character Rosalind Price is introduced, portrayed by Constance Zimmer. Zimmer once portrayed Patton Oswalt's girlfriend on the sitcom The King of Queens (1998) (Oswalt portrays the Koenig brothers of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
8. "Laws of Nature" originally aired on ABC on September 29, 2015, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 7.86 million viewers within a week of its release.
9. Introduction of the "Zephyr", the aircraft replacing "The Bus".
10. President Ellis' speech marks the first shift to Captain America: Civil War (2016).
11. Coulson tells Fitz that he is going to go to Sheffield to let Simmons' parents know she has been lost. Sheffield is the birthplace of Elizabeth Henstridge, the actress that plays Simmons.
12. You can see Coulson's fossilized hand in a case in the lab while Coulson is speaking with Bobbi.

Purpose in the Machine

1. Ward brings Werner Von Strucker tacos upon earning them. Just like John Garrett did to him during his training.
2. Randolph refers to Bobbi as "Amazon woman". Adrianne Palicki, who plays Bobbi had previously played the Amazon warrior Wonder Woman in the pilot for a Wonder Woman (2011) TV series which was never aired.
3. The stunt team, lead by second unit director Garry A. Brown and stunt coordinator Tanner Gill, along with Tancharoen, had only around a day to plan Ward's entrance in the episode, involving him driving through a warehouse between pillars while giving a "dissertation" on the future of Hydra. Brown had seen the location during the production of the second season, and had asked that it be used given that building was up for demolition. It was subsequently written into the script for "Purpose in the Machine". The pillars were only about 18 feet apart, and unlike on a film the stunt driver Greg Tracy did not have much time to practice the sequence and work out the best way to do it.
4. The American flag on the wall in the squad's recreational area is an old American flag having only 48 stars on it instead of the modern 50 stars.
5. James Hong (who guests as Melinda May's father) and Ming-Na Wen (Melinda May) both starred in Disney's Mulan (1998); Wen, as the titular heroine, and Hong as Chi-Fu, envoy to the emperor.
6. Lord Thornally actor Alex Hyde-White previously played Marvel character Reed Richards in the infamous Roger Corman-produced, unreleased The Fantastic Four (1994) film.
7. This episode features two actors who worked (albeit separately) with legendary director Ridley Scott. James Hong played Hannibal Chew in Blade Runner (1982) and Spencer Treat Clark played Lucius in Gladiator (2000).
8. "Purpose in the Machine" originally aired on ABC on October 6, 2015, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 4.32 million viewers.
9. Ward is rebuilding HYDRA.

A Wanted (Inhu)Man

1. "A Wanted (Inhu)man" originally aired on ABC on October 13, 2015, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.74 million viewers.

Devils You Know

1. "Dwight Frye" is the same name as the actor Dwight Frye who played Renfield in the film Dracula (1931).
2. "Devils You Know" originally aired on ABC on October 20, 2015, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.85 million viewers.
3. Dr Garner (Blair Underwood) is attacked by Hydra agents in Aaron's Market. Aaron Guertin worked in the art department for this episode.

4,722 Hours

1. The names of Will Daniels's deceased crew mates are those of other fictional astronauts. "Austin" is named for Steve Austin from The Six Million Dollar Man, "Brubaker" is named for Charles Brubaker from Capricorn One and Taylor is named for George Taylor from Planet of the Apes.
2. The number of hours in the title, 4722, is equivalent to 6 1/2 months
3. The episode was named one of the best television episodes of 2015 by The Atlantic.
4. The majority of the episode was filmed in a work quarry in Simi Valley and in Northridge, Los Angeles near the Mojave Desert during the day
5. Both the episode title and Jemma Simmons's quote ("4,722 Hours. The average person can survive up to three weeks without food, but only 100 hours without water.") seem to continue a tendency of inserting the number 47 (this time as 4,7). ABC even promoted the new series Wicked City during the commercial break at 13 minutes by flashing a neon sign saying "IN 47 MINUTES." In the last season's finale of AoS (in the last 2 eps.) they had a six foot tall 47 in the room where the artifact that transports Simmons was kept. In the last few minutes of the season finale they pan back and show the carrier number on the island: 74. Established in Star Trek TNG, reversing 47 is an acceptable way to insert the number.
6. In June 2016, IGN ranked the episode as the best in the series.
7. Henstridge was named TVLine's "Performer of the Week" for the week of October 25, 2015, for her performance in this episode, particularly for appearing throughout the whole of it, and for the more 'heartbreaking' scenes near the end.
8. The series Alone (2015) chronicled trained survival experts being left alone on an island and having to find their own food and water. The longest anyone was able to last was 87 days, or about 2088 hours. In a subsequent season when two contestants appeared together, the longest time was reduced to 75 days.
9. "4,722 Hours" originally aired on ABC on October 27, 2015, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 6.40 million viewers within a week of its release.
10. The astronaut says his NASA mission through "the monolith" occurred in 2001. This would appear to be a clear allusion to the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
11. This is the episode with the fewest characters of the series. Also, the first episode to not feature Mack, Hunter and Bobbi since their first appearance in season 2.
12. Simmons is shown using her phone for a long time after arriving. She mentions after a month conserving battery power and later on that Fitz engineered an improved battery. After 1,490 hours (62 days) she is shown playing a video. After over 3,000 hours (125 days) she's still using the phone and it has enough power to interface with the old NASA computer. The iPhone 6, which was the current model as of the 2015 air date, when fully charged had up to 10 days/240 hours/14,400 minutes of standby time. Using 15 minutes of battery per day would allow the phone to be used for 960 days, well in excess of the 196 days she was there.

Among Us Hide...

1. Powers Boothe's character previously appeared in The Avengers (2012) as a member of the World Security Council. Here, his name is revealed to be Gideon Malick.
2. The title of the episode is a reference to Fantastic Four #45 (1965), titled "Among Us Hide... The Inhumans!", which is the first appearance of the Inhumans Black Bolt, Crystal, Karnak, Lockjaw, and Triton.
3. This is the 50th episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
4. To celebrate the series reaching 50 episodes, Marvel released a video showing cast and crew members discussing their memories and favorite moments of the series so far.
5. "Among Us Hide..." originally aired on ABC on November 3, 2015, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.84 million viewers.
6. It's revealed that Dr. Andrew Garner is the inhuman Lash. The first S.H.I.E.L.D agent who gets to know this is his ex-wife agent Melinda May.

Chaos Theory

1. "Chaos Theory" originally aired on ABC on November 10, 2015, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.49 million viewers.

Many Heads, One Tale

1. When Coulson is showing Price his S.H.I.E.L.D. memorabilia he says he has a real soft spot for the golden age. This is a reference to Marvel's Golden Age where S.H.I.E.L.D was first created.
2. "Fly the friendly skies" was the United Airlines advertising tagline from 1965-1996.
3. "Many Heads, One Tale" originally aired on ABC on November 17, 2015, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.60 million viewers.
4. Fitz and Simmons share their first kiss in this episode.
5. The long secret and cruel history of the monolith's connection to HYDRA is revealed.

Closure

1. When Rosalind ( Constance Zimmer ) discovers Phil ( Clark Gregg ) is unacquainted with online dating methods, she calls him a Luddite. The Luddites were early 19th century English laborers who opposed the Industrial Revolution and the advent of factory technology that eliminated their jobs.
2. "Closure" originally aired on ABC on December 1, 2015, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.84 million viewers.
3. This episode marks the deaths of Rosalind Price ( Constance Zimmer ) and Luther Banks ( Andrew Howard ).

Maveth

1. Maveth is the Hebrew word for "death."
2. FitzSimmons are both British but occasionally use Americanisms. In this episode, Simmons says 'dove' instead of 'dived'.
3. The title of the episode and word used frequently in describing the portal "Maveth" is actually incorrect in terms of modern day Hebrew. There is no th (thuh) sound in the language, especially with words that are not taken from other languages. In Hebrew when presented in the show it is also spelled with the letter raysh instead of the letter vav. The word would be pronounced either as mavet or maves.
4. "Maveth" originally aired on ABC on December 8, 2015, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.85 million viewers.
5. When Phil Coulson woke up on Maveth, he said "I'll be damned...Tatooine" a reference to the desert planet in the Star Wars universe. Tatooine has two suns instead of two moons, but the reference is still valid.
6. The name Y. Rodriguez was shown on one of the inhuman containers. Yo-Yo Rodriguez, also known as Slingshot, is character from the comics who has the ability of super speed. However, afterwards she returns to the place she started. In November 2015, it was announced that Natalia Cordova-Buckley was cast in the role in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Bouncing Back (2016).

Bouncing Back

1. First appearance of the character Yo-Yo Rodriguez from the Marvel comics (also known as Slingshot). In this live-action rendition, her first name is given as Elena and the "Yo-yo" part is just one of Mac's many nicknames he seems to like giving the Inhumans.
2. When Bobbi (Adrianne Palicki) breaks into the Australian delegate's hotel room safe, she finds a file on Eden Fesi. In the comics, Fesi is an Indigenous Australian with the power to bend time and space to create teleportation. His hero name is Manifold.
3. After Elena's capture, Hunter (Nick Blood) is flipping through a book among her belongings. 'Futurism' by Giovanni Lista is about the avant garde art movement that is as much about redefining humanity in the face of emerging technology and circumstances as it is about art.
4. Nick calls Lucio "Medusa", who is the Greek mythology monster who turns her enemies into stone and the Marvel comics character who's an Inhuman.
5. "Bouncing Back" originally aired on ABC on March 8, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.52 million viewers.
6. The first episode with Grant Ward (human) dead. The Inhuman Hive took over his body in the previous episode Maveth.

The Inside Man

1. Eden Fesi's name appears on a document who been captured by the Australian Threat Unit. In the comics, Fesi is a Mutant who goes under the codename of Manifold, and a member of Nick Fury's Secret Warriors.
2. The sequence in which Dalton as the Inhuman Hive, possessing Grant Ward, is naked and covered in goo, was inspired by images of people covered in honey that reminded the showrunners of a birth. Dalton was given two weeks notice to prepare for the scene, particularly to get in the best shape he could. The goo used was made from methylcellulose
3. The screens in the conference room show the title of the conference in, from top to bottom, English, Chinese, Japanese, Afrikaans and Russian.
4. "The Inside Man" originally aired on ABC on March 15, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 2.94 million viewers.

Parting Shot

1. Bobbi Morse's codename "Bird" is a reference to her codename from the comics, "Mockingbird".
2. At the bar, before the spy's goodbye, Bobbi and Hunter are drinking from two bottles of Bendeery English ale, a fake beer named after actor Nick Blood's friend Benjamin Deery. This type of beer has made several appearances since Hunter's introduction on the show.
3. Daisy mentioned dating a Russian hacker. This could be a reference to Kurt from Ant-Man (2015).
4. Adrianne Palicki was named as an honorable mention for TVLine's "Performer of the Week" for the week of March 20, 2016, for her performance in this episode.
5. Bobbi refers to Daisy as her "sister" but in Russian, an allusion to the BBC series "Orphan Black" where one of the characters, Helena, refers to the other clones as "sestra". Tatiana Maslany, who starred in Orphan Black (2013) as Helena and several other characters, will star in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022).
6. "Parting Shot" originally aired on ABC on March 22, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 2.88 million viewers.
7. This episode was meant to be a backdoor pilot for the "Marvel's Most Wanted" series set for the 2016/2017 season. The show would have featured Bobbi & Hunter's adventures post S.H.I.E.L.D. ABC elected not to pick up the series.Final appearance of Bobbi Morse, and the penultimate appearance of Lance Hunter, who would appear in one more episode during season five.
8. Hunter mentions Bora Bora as a possible location to live. The airport code for Bora Bora is BOB, which is his pet name for Morse.

Watchdogs

1. Daisy mentions having Damage Control come to clean up the Mackenzie's house after the shootout. Damage Control is a construction company appearing in Marvel Comics, which specializes in repairing the property damage caused by conflicts between superheroes and supervillains.
2. This episode features references to many of the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series. The weapon used by the Watchdogs, Nitramene, was developed by Howard Stark and first appeared in the first season of Agent Carter (2015)Lance Hunter and Bobbi Morse are referenced many times during the episode, as well as the circumstances that made them leave S.H.I.E.L.D.. These characters were going to star in their own spin-off series, Marvel's Most Wanted (2016).Daisy Johnson explains that Damage Control will deal with the cleanup of the attack of the Watchdogs against Ruben Mackenzie's house. This group will be the focus of their own TV series, Damage Control.During the newscast that Alphonso Mackenzie watches, one of the headlines says: "GANG WAR RAGES IN HELL'S KITCHEN. AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR SOLUTION". This is a reference to a conflict between the Kitchen Irish, the Juárez Cartel and the Dogs of Hell featured in the second season of Daredevil (2015).
3. Daisy Johnson offered to "quake" the Nitramene off Fitz's neck, which is a reference to her codename from the comics, "Quake".
4. Skye calls Mack and Fitz the Nerd Herd, the civilian cover job for Chuck, a regular citizen turned super spy in the show Chuck.
5. Gaius Charles appears on the show for the first time as Mack's brother. Adrianne Palicki (Bobbi Morse) also appears on the show, both Charles and Palicki have starred on Friday Night Lights TV show
6. "Watchdogs" originally aired on ABC on March 29, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.20 million viewers.

Spacetime

1. This episode features the 2nd one-shot fight sequence on the show. Both have been performed by Chloe Bennet without a stunt double and directed by Kevin Tancharoen
2. The name Charles Hinton is a reference to British mathematician Charles Howard Hinton. He was known for his theory on the fourth dimension and also coined the term "tesseract" for the four-dimensional analog of the cube.
3. The character Rowan Hamilton is presumably named after the Irish Mathematician, William Rowan Hamilton, who was responsible for many breakthroughs in Science and Maths. In pure mathematics, he is best known as the inventor of quaternions.
4. The character of Edwin Abbott (Wolfgang Bodison) is named after the 19th century teacher and theologian, Edwin Abbott, who wrote the book "Flatland" which uses a similar metaphor to explain the mathematical theory of time and space that Fitz uses as an explanation for the team.
5. "Spacetime" originally aired on ABC on April 5, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 2.81 million viewers.
6. Some of the characters and themes of this episode become important again in season 5.
7. Gideon, played by Powers Boothe is touched and sees his death. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) would be Boothe's final TV series until his death in real life in May 2017. His character later states he felt as if he was being torn apart from the inside. Boothe died due to pancreatic cancer, which caused a heart attack. In another parallel something inside him resulted in his death.
8. Final appearance of Blair Underwood as Andrew Garner.

Paradise Lost

1. The opening exterior scene was filmed at 380 South San Rafael Avenue in Pasadena, California. This was the same exterior shot used as Wayne Manor in the 1960's Batman TV series.
2. Powers Boothe, who plays Gideon Malick, played Reverend Jim Jones in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980). In discussing Giyera's faith in Hive, Mack snickers, "Wow. You've really drunk the Kool-Aid," which is how the real Rev Jones' followers were trained to commit suicide rather than be captured--by drinking poisoned Kool-Aid. While this is a popular saying, it is not 100 percent accurate, as the actual drink mix was a combination of Flavor Aid and Kool-Aid.
3. In 2009-2013, Luke Mitchell and Axle Whitehead worked together in the Australian soap Home and Away (1988). Axle played Luke's friend and mentor Liam.
4. "Paradise Lost" originally aired on ABC on April 12, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.01 million viewers.
5. Wilhelm scream when Lincoln zaps James (you can hear it with headphones)
6. The "Paradise Lost" book used to hide the white stone is the Classics Club edition, which was part of a series of classic book titles sold by mail order in the 1950s and 1960s.
7. Secret Warriors initiative is revealed by Daisy Johnson.

The Team

1. This is Powers Boothe's final acting role to date before he passed away on May 15 2017.
2. Foreshadowing a real life event: Malick, played by Powers Boothe talks to Coulson about is daughter falling off a horse and how his heart stopped. Boothe would pass away the following may due to a heart attack, and this was his final acting role.
3. "The Team" originally aired on ABC on April 19, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 2.85 million viewers.
4. The explosive that Daisy used to detonate Malick is actually just an emergency light by the company powerflare.com.

The Singularity

1. Coulson's energy shield comes from the comics. It was used by Captain America when his metal shield was being repaired.
2. When Coulson (Clark Gregg) is overseeing Operation: Decap (about 37 minutes in), he's handling one of his vintage Captain America trading cards Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) smeared with Coulson's blood in The Avengers.
3. Hellfire states that he considered "Firestarter" as an alias, but decided against it because it felt "a little 90s". This is a reference to the song "Firestarter" by The Prodigy.
4. During Talbot's mission, one of the soldier's call signs was Red 6. This can be a nod to the Red 6 pilot call sign from Star Wars, which, confidently, has its rights owned by Disney as well.
5. Mack (Henry Simmons) is in a bar while James (Axle Whitehead) is deciding his villain name. At one point he ponders the name Firestar. That is the name of Foreshadow who, in the comics, served as an Avenger and a New Warrior.
6. "The Singularity" originally aired on ABC on April 26, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.22 million viewers.
7. When Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) explains transhumanism to the team, the first concept he mentions is digital immortality. This becomes the central plot of season 4.
8. This episode introduces Dr. Holden Ratcliffe.

Failed Experiments

1. Takes place immediately before the events of Captain America: Civil War (2016).
2. The tribesman at the beginning of the show had markings very similar to Black Panther.
3. First appearance of Agent Piper.
4. Atypically, in this episode, there is no post-S.H.I.E.L.D. logo, pre-End Credits scene.
5. The town that Hive buys, particularly the Main Street, was filmed in Galisteo, New Mexico, the same town used in Thor (2011).
6. "Failed Experiments" originally aired on ABC on May 3, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 2.92 million viewers.

Emancipation

1. This episode takes place after the events of Captain America: Civil War (2016).
2. The newspaper article Phil Colson (Clark Gregg) reads about the death of Peggy Carter (as seen in Captain America: Civil War) was written by C. Freyer. Christopher Fryer was a production assistant on this episode.
3. The plot point of registering Inhumans is similar to the same type of event discussed in the "X-Men" movies when they (the government) wanted all mutants registered and put on a similar type of list. Though it is not part of MCU, the X-men films are based on Marvel characters but have a licensing deal with 20th Century Fox. If the acquisition of 20th Century Fox by Disney is approved, that has the potential to bring X-Men back to Marvel.
4. In the first scene when the newscaster is talking about the events of Civil War, there is a lit up sign in the back of the bar that says "Buck's", probably a reference to Bucky, Captain America's best friend and The Winter Soldier, James Buchanan Barnes (AKA Bucky, or as Cap sometimes calls him, Buck).
5. At the time of "Emancipation"'s airing, the fate of the character's own television series Agent Carter was unknown, with several outlets noting that this could be a surprise, meta-announcement of that series' cancellation. ABC officially canceled the series two days later.
6. "Emancipation" originally aired on ABC on May 10, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 2.93 million viewers.
7. In the United States the episode received a 0.9/3 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, meaning that it was seen by 0.9 percent of all households, and 3 percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. It was watched by 2.93 million viewers.
8. Dr Radcliffe refers to the Inhumans he creates as Primitives. In the comic books the Alpha Primitives were the servants to the Inhumans.
9. Final appearance of Matthew Willig as Lash.

Absolution

1. The emblem for Strategic Air Command (SAC) appears on the walls of the missile base. SAC was disestablished in 1992 after the end of the Cold War. They did control ICBMs, as seen in this episode. However, they are now controlled by Global Strike Command (GSC).
2. Noelle Ann Mabry, Frank Moran and Ralph Lammie Jr., who were contestants on the "reality" web series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Academy, make cameo appearances as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in this episode.
3. This episode was originally believed to be titled Forgiven.
4. "Absolution" originally aired on ABC on May 17, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.03 million viewers.
5. Noelle Mabry, Frank Moran, and Ralph Lammie, contestants on the "reality" web series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Academy, make cameo appearances as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in the episode.
6. The "ambering" technique used in this episode on Hive is similar to the system seen repeatedly in Fringe, except that this method was deployed in a closed space.

Ascension

1. When Daisy is talking to Robin and her mother, she says she wanted to introduce them to a friend of hers who has a practice nearby. He likes animals too, she said. She was clearly referring to her Dad who had been put through the Tahiti protocol and given a new identity/life.
2. "Ascension" originally aired on ABC on May 17, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 3.03 million viewers.
3. Potential spoiler for season 4. When Dr Radcliffe is talking to Aida, the initials L.M.D appear on the computer screen before there appears a hint of a humanoid form. In the Marvel comic-book universe L.M.D stands for Life Model Decoy and is the starting blocks for numerous robot story-lines. Tony Stark also makes very brief reference to this in the first Avengers.
4. The newspapers in the apartment refer to Daisy as Quake. In the Marvel comic-book universe Quake was Daisy Johnson's code name/alias.
5. Mack finally gets his axegun.
6. In the previous episode, Coulson offered Lincoln a spot on the team but Lincoln declined. When Mack asked what he planned to do instead, Lincoln said "See the world, maybe?" & then when Lincoln was with Hive in the Quinjet, in space Lincoln looks out & sees the Earth. He says "I got to see the world".
7. Final appearance of Luke Mitchell as Lincoln Campbell.
8. During the scene between Coulson and Hive, Coulson references Star Wars (1977), the newest franchise to join the Disney family after Marvel.
9. Final appearance of Mark Dacascos as Giyera.