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"Emancipation"
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 20
Directed byVincent Misiano
Written byCraig Titley
Produced by
Cinematography byAllan Westbrook
Editing byKelly Stuyvesant
Original air dateMay 10, 2016 (2016-05-10)
Running time42 minutes
Guest appearances
  • Holden Radcliffe
  • Lash
  • James / Hellfire
  • Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez
  • Glenn Talbot
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"Emancipation" is the twentieth episode of the

Sokovia Accords. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the franchise's films. The episode was written by Craig Titley, and directed by Vincent Misiano
.

Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell. The episode serves as a tie-in to the film Captain America: Civil War, taking place in the aftermath of that film and showing how the Accords it introduced to the MCU affect the series' characters.

"Emancipation" originally aired on

Nielsen Media Research
, was watched by 2.93 million viewers.

Plot

Watchdogs to serve as test subjects for Radcliffe's next experiment, for which he has devised an airborne pathogen created by combining the GH325 in Daisy Johnson's blood, Terrigen, and Hive's parasites. However they become super-strong, deformed creatures incapable of speech or independent thought, completely subservient to Hive, who wants a disgusted Radcliffe to make more "Primitives
".

Following the signing of the

Lincoln Campbell, who asks her to run away with him, abandoning both Hive and S.H.I.E.L.D. She agrees while secretly planning to hand him over to Hive, and helps him break out of his cell, steal a quinjet
and escape the Playground, sending him her co-ordinates.

However this was part of a plan devised earlier by Lincoln, Coulson and

Advanced Threat Containment Unit (ATCU), Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons
deduce that Hive intends to use it to unleash the mutagenic pathogen into Earth's atmosphere.

In an end tag Mack, his faith restored, is given a crucifix as a gift by Elena (the same crucifix seen in the vision of the dying S.H.I.E.L.D. agent).

Production

Development

In April 2016, Marvel announced that the twentieth episode of the season would be titled "Emancipation", to be written by Craig Titley, with Vincent Misiano directing.[1]

Casting

Further information: List of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. characters

In April 2016, Marvel revealed that main cast members

Lash
. Blood and Palicki do not ultimately appear.

Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins

The episode is set in the aftermath of

Sokovia Accords, with some members of the S.H.I.E.L.D. team feeling "Inhumans should be registered and [others] who feel that's a first step to them being sequestered, imprisoned, exterminated." Bennet said, "we've been dealing with the bigger issues of Civil War on a smaller, more personal scale for a while now. It's been building. We've been having our own mini version of Civil War." Wen noted that "the connection is there, but it's also very tenuous at this point, because S.H.I.E.L.D. has become so isolated with what's going on with the Avengers and them not knowing still that Coulson is alive." The episode explains the film's lack of acknowledgement of the Inhumans and the wider effects of the Accords—due to the film having been written before the series' third season began production[5][6]—by noting that S.H.I.E.L.D. would have to become "a legitimate organization again" if it revealed itself and the Inhumans to the general public, and "with that would come any rules and regulations that come with government oversight" which would interfere with the groups' attempts to defeat Hive.[7]

The episode also acknowledges the death of Peggy Carter in Civil War, which executive producer Jeffrey Bell said was important for the series due to her role in the universe as a founder of S.H.I.E.L.D., adding, "Any time we can make a connection to her, whether in a flashback or dealing with what's happening now, it makes the universe smaller."[7] 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.[8][9] ABC officially canceled the series two days later.[10]

Broadcast

"Emancipation" was first aired in the United States on ABC on May 10, 2016.[1]

Reception

Ratings

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.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "(#320) "Emancipation"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "(#318) "Singularity"". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "Scoop: MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D on ABC – Tuesday, March 15, 2016". BroadwayWorld. February 29, 2016. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "Scoop: MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D on ABC – Tuesday, March 8, 2016". BroadwayWorld. February 23, 2016. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  5. ^ Gerding, Stephen (September 30, 2015). "Feige & Latcham Say "Infinity War" Leads To The End Of The Avengers – As We Know Them". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  6. ^ Dickens, Donna (March 7, 2016). "Don't expect any mention of Inhumans in 'Captain America: Civil War'". HitFix. Archived from the original on July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  7. ^ a b Abrams, Natalie (May 9, 2016). "How Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ties to Captain America: Civil War". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  8. ScreenCrush. Archived
    from the original on July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  9. E! Online. Archived
    from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  10. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (May 12, 2016). "'Agent Carter' Canceled at ABC". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  11. ^ Porter, Rick (May 11, 2016). "Tuesday final ratings: 'NCIS' and 'NCIS: New Orleans' adjust up". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.

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