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

Season 7

The New Deal

1. While the first unit was filming the scene in which the agents are walking down the New York streets, the second unit was shooting Quake's fight scene in the alley. Chloe Bennet had to run back and forth between the two units as she was in every shot of both scenes.
2. The title is a reference to FDR's famous United States reformation also called The New Deal. Coulson himself makes a "dad joke" about it during the episode.
3. The episode introduces a new "old-style noir" title card with a cursive, angled font, reflecting the 1930s setting of the episode. It also includes "Marvel Presents" above the logo, and the copyright boilerplate with Roman numerals below it, resembling older film titles.
4. The "New Deal" was a slate of reforms enacted to help the nation out of the economic crisis known as the Great Depression. Some of those reforms include: Income support for older and disabled persons (Social Security Insurance)Unemployment InsuranceFarm subsidiesProtection of banking deposits (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or FDIC)Regulation of security exchanges or finance industry ( Security Exchange Commission or SEC)Public Works ( Works Progress Administration)Early environmental conservation efforts - tree planting, soil preservation ( Civilian Conservation Corp or CCC)Efforts to prevent discrimination against African Americans in defense and government jobs ( Fair Employment Practices Committee or FEPC)
5. According to Coulson the safe house-password "Swordfish" was a secret until revealed in the Marx Brothers film, Horse Feathers (1932). "Swordfish" is spoken 12 times in Horse Feathers (1932).
6. Clark Gregg was named as an honorable mention for TVLine's "Performer of the Week" for the week of May 24, 2020, for his performance in this episode
7. The New Deal is the first and only season premiere of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. not to be written by showrunners Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen.
8. The opening titles style and music are modeled after films of the 1930's, the time period the characters find themselves in. This trend continues throughout the season, with some cases being influenced by television shows of the respective era rather than films.
9. There is a poster advertising Dracula (1931) which was released in the year this episode is set.
10. Many references the Terminator movies. The Chronicoms from the future steal faces from police men. As they enter the club later, the music resembles the Terminator theme.
11. Nora Zehetner becomes another star of Everwood to appear in the MCU after Chris Pratt (Starlord) and Emily VanCamp (Sharon Carter)
12. Beginning with this episode, Jason Akers is credited as co-composer alongside Bear McCreary. Akers had contributed additional music to earlier seasons
13. First time in the show's history that Iain De Caestecker isn't credited, although there have been episodes he did not appear in.
14. There is a movie poster for The Phantom of the West (1930) which came out a year before this episode is set.
15. "The New Deal" originally aired on ABC on May 27, 2020, and was watched by 1.82 million viewers.
16. President Franklin Roosevelt's wheelchair use was essentially kept a secret with the cooperation of the press at the time. This was possible because as shown, he managed to walk very short distances with assistance when essentially there was an expectation for him to walk.
17. This is the first episode of the last ever series of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and has Clark Gregg appearing as Coulson once more, however, it's an L.M.D (Life Model Decoy) version of the character.

Know Your Onions

1. The title is said twice within the episode, by Koenig when referring to Simmons' chemistry know-how, and by Enoch when referring to his knowledge in drink mixing.
2. Freddy said his father lost money in the stock market crash. On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed more than 75 points. The Great Depression initially started from August 1929 and went onto March 1933. The crash was followed by bank failures, agricultural over-production, and drought.
3. Like the season premiere, "Know Your Onions" again features a Film noir-styled title card to reflect the 1930s setting.
4. Koenig says "Hydra? Red Skull? Super soldier serum? Sounds like something out of the funny papers." Funny papers was the nickname for the comics section of a newspaper, and Hydra, Red Skull and super soldier serum were all originally part of Marvel comics.
5. "Know Your Onions" originally aired on ABC on June 3, 2020, and was watched by 1.50 million viewers.
6. The last line is this episode is a take on the last line in "Casablanca": "I have a feeling that this is the start of a beautiful friendship," but with "beautiful" taken out and replaced with "marvelous," which is a reference to the producer of this series, Marvel.
7. The vial of green liquid that Freddy is tasked with delivering for Hydra in the episode is revealed to be part of the formula for the super soldier serum created by German scientist Abraham Erskine and first used by Hydra's leader, Johann Schmidt / Red Skull. These characters and events are depicted in the MCU film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). When Freddy survives the episode and successfully delivers the vial to Hydra, the events of the film are able to take place unaltered in the timeline.

Alien Commies from the Future!

1. While filming the opening scene at night in the desert, director Nina Lopez-Corrado was dismayed to find the "Groom Lake" sign constructed by the prop department to be too perfect and new looking. She personally took an ax to it on the spot to make it look used and distressed.
2. Guest star Julian Acosta (Dr. Pascal Vega) is married to the director, Nina Lopez-Corrado.
3. The Sibyls were oracles in Ancient Greece.
4. Nora Zuckerman revealed there were a few title options for the episode, but "Alien Commies from the Future!" was chosen because "it had the best ring to it" and felt like "a cool '50s monster movie title"
5. Daisy refers to Freddy as the "Grand Wizard of Hydra". "Grand Wizard" is the title held by the head of the Ku Klux Klan.
6. Interesting facts about Area 51 or the Groom Lake facility: On the far northeastern corner of the Nevada Test Site, where the detonation of Nuclear Test Devices occurred.Area 51 is within Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), which consists of the Nellis Range Complex, the Department of Energy's legendary nuclear test site, and other secluded areas. The Range is managed by Nellis Air Force Base.Even though Area 51 is within the confines of the range, the remote detached Groom Lake facility is far from but administered by Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California.The Nevada Test and Training Center is run by the US Military. Because it is such a large compound, there are multiple opportunities for different agencies to have command over special projects within the base.Area 51 started off as an Air Force Training Center in the 1950s, and it was the proving ground for some of the most cutting-edge experimental aircraft such as the U-2, A-12 OxCart (predecessor to the SR-71), and F-117 stealth fighter bomber.The reason why aircraft are tested at the Nevada Test and Training Range, is due to its large size and dry lake-bed which can serve as a long runway for take-off and landings. Moreover, its remote desert location is the perfect place for experimental aircraft, air to air combat exercises, and other critical needs the Air Force has, away from civilian population centers.The base is surrounded by unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from air-to-air and air-to-ground training exercises.Immense area of flat terrain ideal for rockets and low-altitude, high-speed aircraft operations.
7. STEM is short for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics.
8. The German Doctor tells Jemma Simmons a joke about a person named "Heisenberg", which was the street name of Walter White's residence in 'Breaking Bad (2008).' Heisenberg also refers to German physicist Werner Heisenberg, who is closely associated with the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, which states that the position and the velocity of an object cannot both be measured exactly, at the same time, even in theory. Usually, one property is measured accurately at the expense of another.
9. The communicator watch is similar to a smartwatch, which has all the utility of a smartphone but is more versatile and portable.
10. "Alien Commies from the Future!" originally aired on ABC on June 10, 2020, and was watched by 1.57 million viewers.
11. During the bus interviews done by Coulson he offers a scenario to a woman about being in the desert and finding a tortoise then flipping the tortoise on its back and watching it burn in the sun. This is the same line of questioning Holden gives Leon in the movie Blade Runner (1982), the Voight Kampff test.
12. Connections from Marvel's Agent Carter: Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) portrays a false "Peggy Carter" (portrayed by Hayley Atwell In several of Marvel's films and in the series Agent Carter). She is recognized as an imposter by her partner, agent Daniel Sousa, portrayed by Enver Gjokaj, who reprises his role from the original series.
13. The Chronicom woman who fights Agents May and Yo-Yo is Jessie Graff of American Ninja Warrior (2009). However, she is not listed in the credits.
14. Title refers to what Gerald Sharpe says the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were once he becomes an alien-raving lunatic.
15. References are made to Sousa's involvement in the second season of Agent Carter, including the defeat of Hugh Jones and the Council of Nine.
16. As Coulson interrogates the people on the bus, he jokingly tries the Voight/ Kampff test question about a tortoise in the desert. This is an obvious allusion to Blade Runner (1982). However, this question blows up in his face. Lots of fun.
17. Coulson reveals that all areas are SHIELD. Also, Simmons (aka Peggy Carter) displays a SHIELD badge. In 1955, Peggy would still be SSR. SHIELD was not founded until 1965.

Out of the Past

1. The episode seems to be stylized as hard-boiled detective novel, or a moving picture from the film noir genre, which was popular in the early part of twentieth century. By definition, film noir ("noir" is French for "black") is defined as a style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace. The term was originally applied (by a group of French critics) to American thriller or detective films made in the period 1944-54 and to the work of directors such as Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, and Billy Wilder.
2. The show opens up with a shot of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The hotel is noted not only for being the oldest continually operating hotel in Los Angeles but also for being a well-known haunted hotel.
3. Enoch essentially served as a switchboard between the agents on the ground and the Zephyr. He seemed to have used an acoustic coupler to do so. Acoustic couplers were early modems used to transmit information over phone lines. The handset was placed on the coupler, and it would convert electric signals from the computing device into an acoustic signal or sound for the phone to send over the network.
4. During opening credits, on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Wall of Honor (fallen agents) Agent J. Vertrees can be seen just below Agent D. Sousa, John B. Vertrees is the Art Director for the show since season 3.
5. This episode marks Alphonso Mackenzie's 100th appearance.
6. The episode's opening sequence is an homage to Sunset Boulevard's (1950) "iconic opening of the dead body floating in a pool", with a title card that is a "throwback-style credit intro".
7. The episode title is a reference to the noir film of the same name.
8. Coulson says "A great writer once said 'The past is never dead. It's not even Past.'" He was quoting William Faulkner in "Requiem for a Nun."
9. This episode includes an epitaph for Joseph Teague.
10. "Out of the Past" originally aired on ABC on June 17, 2020, and was watched by 1.40 million viewers.
11. The song that plays at the end is "No More Mr. Nice Guy" by Alice Cooper. When asked "When are we?" the answer is 1973, when this song debuted.
12. The episode was presented entirely in black-and-white except for the final scene. The plot device that makes this effect diegetic (the telling of a story by a narrator who summarizes events in the plot and comments on the conversations, thoughts, etc., of the characters) is Coulson experiencing some "technical difficulties" after last episode's EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse). His experiencing the black-and-white vision and the inner monologue along with the plot is a nod to the films noir of the 40s and 50s. (The previous themes were bootleggers and gangster stories in the depression era and communist and alien invasion in the Cold War era.) And the black-and-whiteness of this episode is foreshadowed by the flashing colors behind Coulson's iris at the end of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Alien Commies from the Future! (2020).
13. The title also references the fact that Daniel Sousa is a man "out of time", as the team took him from his time after his presumed death.

A Trout in the Milk

1. The 1970s-style blue S.H.I.E.L.D. uniforms with white belts are based on the original comic book uniforms minus the shoulder holster and the knife strapped to the left boot.
2. According to writer Iden Baghdadchi, when they were researching the opening credit sequences of seventies' cop shows (on Youtube), they came upon the title The Streets of San Francisco: A Trout in the Milk (1973) and decided to use it for this installment.
3. The title "A Trout in the Milk" refers to an expression coined by Henry David Thoreau. In his journal of Nov. 11, 1850, Thoreau wrote: "Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk."
4. Director Stanley M. Brooks story boarded the 1970s cop show inspired opening credits and shot separate inserts for all the actors involved. Originally they thought they would not be able to get "clearance" to reuse footage from earlier seasons because of the Screen Actors Guild, but in the finished product only the new inserts of Elizabeth Henstridge and Jeff Ward were used.
5. Names on Project Insight's target list in 1976 include: Conrad Murphy - unseen in the MCU, in the original comics (Earth-616 universe) he at one point inherited the Mace of Aeshma and father of Secret Warrior Sandra Murphy. Bruce Banner - The Hulk. Victoria Hand - S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who in the MCU was killed during the Hydra takeover in season one of the show. Niceola Amador - unseen in the MCU, she has the same last name as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Akela Amador (who herself was born in 1983 and seen in season one of the show) and thus may be Akela's mother. Michael Phillips - unseen in the MCU, in the comics he is known as "Ice Phillips" and one incarnation in the comics is a Vietnam Conflict veteran. Margaret Nelson - unseen in the MCU, she shares a last name with Franklin "Foggy" Nelson (from the Netflix MCU shows), so she may be a relative of his. Jim Morita - a member of the Howling Commandos during World War II seen in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and ancestor of Principal Morita from Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). Roberto Gonzalez - heir apparent to Nick Fury for the role of Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., seen in season two of the series.
6. May introduces herself to Stoner as "Agent Chastity McBryde." Chastity Mcbryde is an agent who has only appeared in the second half of the 8-issue Elektra: Assassin limited series released in 1986. Tasked with hunting down series principals Elektra and John Garrett (who was believed to be a SHIELD agent gone rogue), Chastity was depicted as both a formidable combatant and a relentless prude. Dressed as a nun (though this may have been for her cover), Chastity would often rebuke friends and foes alike for using foul language or sexually suggestive terms, even as she blazed away at enemies with automatic weaponry. Chastity McBryde was created by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz.
7. Introductory scene where what turns out to be Daisy's foot in a platform shoe is lifted to compare with a similar shoe in a store window is an apparent homage to John Travolta 's introduction in Saturday Night Fever (1977).
8. When Wilfred Malick questions Coulson, he gives the name "Patrick Kutik." This is a play on Sarge's real name "Pachakutiq" from the previous season.
9. 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
10. 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 '70s 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.
11. Deke Shaw's red tracksuit is a nod to The Six Million Dollar Man The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
12. Cameron Palatas reprises his role as Young Gideon Malick, having first appeared as the character in Paradise Lost. His brother Natahniel is now played by Thomas E. Sullivan, replacing Joel Courtney.
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14. "A Trout in the Milk" originally aired on ABC on June 24, 2020, and was watched by 1.37 million viewers.
15. Jessica Torok joined the series as costume designer alongside Whitney Galitz beginning with this episode, ahead of Galitz leaving the series to give birth to her daughter
16. At the start of the final scene with Nathaniel in the phone booth, a man in a checkered shirt carrying a boombox can be seen walking in the background. This is director Stanley M. Brooks's son Eli.

Adapt or Die

1. The episode aired on Henry Simmons's 50th birthday.
2. This episode features the logo used in season 5, as a futuristic blue Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. logo.
3. This is the first episode of the seventh season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to feature the actual logo as opposed to the variants from the previous episodes.
4. "Adapt or Die" originally aired on ABC on July 1, 2020, and was watched by 1.32 million viewers.
5. This episode introduces Jemma Simmons' biological implant, which she has named D.I.A.N.A. (Digital Implanted Axon Neurotransmission Attenuator)

The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and the D

1. This is the first episode that Chloe Bennet (Daisy Johnson/Quake) doesn't appear in.
2. The montage where Mack shaves, puts on a headband and 'gears up' is an homage to similar scenes by Sylvester Stallone in First Blood (1982), and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando (1985)
3. The Sibyl robot continues the general theme of evil AIs and robots having red lights or eyes (HAL 9000, Cylons, Maximilian, Decepticons, the T-800, etc).
4. The Sibyl-Bots resemble Protector 1 and Johnny 5 from the 1986 films Chopping Mall (1986) and Short Circuit (1986), respectively. Their "sliding" eye light is based on the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica (1978) (and uses the same sound effect). Additionally they utter "Exterminate!" which was the catchphrase of the villainous Daleks from the long running sci-fi series Doctor Who (1963).
5. The two guys at the bar resemble Bill and Ted from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989). The title is a spoof of Bill and Ted.
6. "Swayze's Bar" is a nod to 80's icon Patrick Swayze and his film Road House (1989) in which he played a bar bouncer.
7. The episode, which takes place between 1982 and 1983, includes many nods to pop culture of that time including WarGames (1983), Battlestar Galactica (1978), Short Circuit (1986), Doctor Who (1963), The A-Team (1983), Short Circuit (1986), and Max Headroom (1987) as well as 1980's horror films, especially Chopping Mall (1986).
8. Jim Wynorski, the director of Chopping Mall (1986), was unhappy that this episode made an homage to his movie without asking his permission.
9. The introduction for the members of the Deke Squad is an homage to the intro sequence of The A-Team (1983) complete with the theme playing in the background.
10. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" was originally performed by the Scottish band Simple Minds, as the main theme for The Breakfast Club (1985). The version that features here has slightly different lyrics from the original, with the vocals genuinely provided by Jeff Ward (Deke).
11. Elizabeth Henstridge shadowed director Jesse Bochco for this episode.
12. The title card for the episode features "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." being typed on a black computer screen in a "throwback green font of the first generation of computers".
13. "Walk Like an Egyptian" is a song recorded by The Bangles, released in 1986.
14. The sound and visual text-based (DOS-style) communication between Sibyl and Russell are similar to the way the AI-based computer (WOPR) communicated to Matthew Broderick's character in WarGames (1983).
15. The intro music is the same as the music used in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Rise and Shine (2018) to introduce Hale's younger self, also set in 1982.
16. "The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and The D" originally aired on ABC on July 8, 2020, and was watched by 1.39 million viewers.

After, Before

1. The title references numerous things. It refers to "Afterlife" "before" they would eventually interact with anyone there, as the episode takes place in 1983, and might also refer to Yo-Yo's personal dilemma as she finally references her childhood and what has been keeping her powers down.
2. Byron Mann and Ming-Na Wen co-starred in Street Fighter (1994) as Ryu and Chun-Li, respectively.
3. Ming-Na Wen is known for voicing Mulan in Mulan (1998). Dianne Doan, who portrayed Kora, also portrayed Mulan's daughter Lonnie in Descendants (2015).
4. Guest stars Dichen Lachman and Enver Gjokaj, who do not share any scenes in this episode, starred together in the TV series Dollhouse (2009).
5. Guest stars Dichen Lachman (Jiaying) and Byron Mann (Li) appeared as sort-of siblings in Altered Carbon (2018).

As I Have Always Been

1. This episode marks the directorial debut of Elizabeth Henstridge (Jemma Simmons).
2. As of October 2020, this is the highest rated episode of the whole series.
3. The term "phlebotinum," mentioned as a word that does't exist, is, in fact, a term that was originally coined by the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2023) writer David Greenwalt. According to Joss Whedon, who created both shows, the term is similar to that of "maguffin," meaning an imaginary object that serves no purpose other than to move the plot forward.
4. The episode title comes from Enoch, who has used "As I have always been" in his linguistics before.
5. Elizabeth Henstridge was told at the start of season seven that she would direct episode nine, with the writers giving her character Jemma Simmons a smaller role in the previous episode to allow time for Henstridge to prepare for "As I Have Always Been".
6. The series logo appears twice as part of the time loop.
7. Henstridge's directing for the time loop story was inspired by other series and films featuring similar plots, such as Russian Doll (2019), Groundhog Day (1993), and Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cause And Effect (1992).
8. Joel Stoffer was named TVLine's "Performer of the Week" for the week of July 20, 2020, for his performance in this episode.
9. "As I Have Always Been" originally aired on ABC on July 22, 2020, and was watched by 1.28 million viewers.
10. In Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Last Day (2018) future Fitz explains a time loop is "like a record skipping." Coulson uses the exact same words trying to explain a time loop to Daisy, but because the end of the world loop broke in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The End (2018), neither could have heard it from Future Fitz.

Stolen

1. John Garrett is played by James Paxton, the son of the late Bill Paxton who played an older version of the same character in season 1.
2. Enver Gjokaj (Sousa) and Dichen Lachman (Jiaying) previously played lovers on Dollhouse (2009).
3. Due to being in 1983, Deke Shaw is shown to possess the same type of Walkman that Star-Lord owns.
4. "Stolen" originally aired on ABC on July 29, 2020, and was watched by 1.30 million viewers.
5. The title refers to numerous things: the fact that Nathaniel Malick has perfected a way to steal powers from Inhumans and transfer them to his people and also most likely the ending where Jemma Simmons is stolen from the team.
6. This is the first episode of the seventh season in which no Chronicoms appeared.
7. Final appearance of Dichen Lachman as Jiaying.

Brand New Day

1. This episode marks the first new scenes with Iain De Caestecker in season 7, although the scenes are shown as flashbacks.
2. When Deke sneaks up to the Zephyr's command center to see who hijacked the ship, he sneaks back afterwards and whispers to himself "Just like Nakatomi Plaza". This is a nod to the plot of Die Hard (1988) which was among the most iconic pop culture items in the 1980's, to which Deke has expressed several times a decade he enjoyed living through since S07E13.
3. Flashback from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Beginning of the End (2014) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: New Life (2019) featuring Fitz and Simmons are shown as part of Jemma's memories.
4. The sweatshirt of Leo Fitz in the flashback is identical to the one in the flashback of 2022 in The Last Day episode.
5. The title shares its name with the Spider-Man comic arc of the same name.
6. "Brand New Day" originally aired on ABC on August 5, 2020, and was watched by 1.25 million viewers, a series and season low.
7. Agent May's life altering mission to Bahrain, depicted in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Melinda (2015), is recounted in dialogue.
8. Filming for the episode occurred around the series' panel at San Diego Comic-Con on July 18, 2019.
9. At the beginning of the episode, May clears fight "616" for landing. 616 is the designation of the Prime Marvel Earth.
10. Nathaniel Malick and Kora's kiss was not originally part of the script, but was added on the day of shooting.

The End Is at Hand

1. Elizabeth Henstridge earned TVline's "Performer of the Week" for the week of August 10, 2020, for her performance in the final two back-to-back episodes of the series.
2. Bombs planted by John Garrett are in fact modern day CPU radiators.
3. The episodes originally aired on ABC on August 12, 2020, and were watched by 1.46 million viewers. The episodes received critical acclaim and were praised for the writing, performances, and visual effects.
4. John Garrett is shot and killed by Agent Victoria Hand. In the original timeline, the older version of John Garrett watched as his protege Grant Ward shot and killed the older version of Victoria Hand. For John Garrett, per the episode title, the end truly was at hand, or Hand.

What We're Fighting For

1. One day after filming on this final installment began, the cast and crew took a few days off to attend San Diego Comic-Con on 18 and 19 July, 2019, where it was officially announced that season 7 would be the series' last. They held a special panel commemorating the previous seasons in the largest and most coveted hall, Hall H.
2. Elizabeth Henstridge earned TVline's "Performer of the Week" for the week of August 10, 2020, for her performance in the final two back-to-back episodes of the series.
3. The code for the briefcase Mack gave Coulson is 136, the number of episodes in the series.
4. The helicarrier Mack is standing on near the end of the episode is the same helicarrier from the first two Avengers movies, its number (64) being visible on the side.
5. Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, and Elizabeth Hentsridge have been credited as main cast members for all 136 episodes.
6. May, Fitz, Simmons, Daisy and Coulson (LMD) are five of the original team to fight in the final mission and survive.
7. The book Agent Sousa is reading in the last scene is "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan. It's the same Jemma Simmons is reading in the flashbacks.
8. Coulson flying off in Lola is a callback to the pilot episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., where he flew off with Skye. This ends the series as it started: with Coulson flying off.
9. The "one year later" epilogue takes place on July 4th, 2020
10. Alphonso Mackenzie gifts Phil Coulson a briefcase that is unlocked with the combination code "1-3-6", a reference to the fact that this is the 136th and final episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
11. In series finale, the Chronicoms at the Lighthouse one of them named Malachi was portrayed by Christopher James Baker in season 6. Unfortunatley the actor did not appear in the series finale or the entire final season due to his commitment and schedule conflict on Stargirl as one of the main antagonist Henry King/ Brainwave. The Actor was soon replaced by Joss Glennie-Smith. He was seen at the final battle at the lighthouse when the chronicoms was given empathy by the blast and he is seen and spoken when he responded to Jemma Simmons "Friends, as always."