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"Failed Experiments"
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 19
Directed byWendey Stanzler
Written byBrent Fletcher
Produced by
Cinematography byFeliks Parnell
Editing byJoshua Charson
Original air dateMay 3, 2016 (2016-05-03)
Running time41 minutes
Guest appearances
  • Holden Radcliffe
  • James / Hellfire
  • O'Brien
  • Alicia Vela-Bailey as
    Alisha Whitley
  • Jason Glover as
    Hive
    's original form
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"Failed Experiments" is the nineteenth episode of the

Hive. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the franchise's films. The episode was written by Brent Fletcher, and directed by Wendey Stanzler
.

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.

"Failed Experiments" originally aired on

Nielsen Media Research
, was watched by 2.92 million viewers.

Plot

Hive's control, Daisy Johnson
suggests to him that they turn the agents into Inhumans once Radcliffe's experiments succeed. Hive is concerned that Daisy still cares about her human friends, worrying she will not be able to fight them if necessary.

Lincoln Campbell offers to be a test subject, but Phil Coulson
forbids him. However he later injects himself with the antitoxin anyway, leaving him severely weakened, while proving it would not work against Hive's infection. His immune system having shut down, Lincoln is put in quarantine until he recovers.

Daisy is caught on surveillance by S.H.I.E.L.D., revealing Hive's location to them, but while

James
into revealing Hive's whereabouts. The team find the Kree artifact, revealed to be a beacon, which Hive is using to signal to a meteor orbiting Earth. The meteor crashes in the town, and two Kree Reapers, who have been cryogenically preserved inside for over a thousand years, emerge and begin hunting for Inhumans, having been put in orbit by their masters as a fail-safe in case the Inhumans rebelled against them.

One of the Reapers attacks Hive, who eventually kills him in a fight, after which the S.H.I.E.L.D. team attempt to destroy Hive with a grenade launcher, which proves insufficient. The other Kree kills

Ian Quinn,[a]
Daisy offers to let her blood be harvested.

Production

Development

In April 2016, Marvel announced that the nineteenth episode of the season would be titled "Failed Experiments", to be written by Brent Fletcher, with Wendey Stanzler 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

Piper, Lynn Longosz as Kree reaper #1 and Chris Hubbard as Kree reaper #2.[1] Vela-Bailey, Wraith, Atteberry, Venskus, Longosz, and Hubbard did not receive guest star credit in the episode. Whitehead, Hannah, Vela-Bailey, Wraith, Atteberry, and Phillips reprise their roles from earlier in the series.[2][3][4]
Blood and Palicki do not ultimately appear.

Broadcast

"Failed Experiments" was first aired in the United States on ABC on May 3, 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 2.92 million viewers.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ As depicted in "T.R.A.C.K.S.".

References

  1. ^ a b c d "(#319) "Failed Experiments"". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  2. ^ "(#318) "Singularity"". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "(#316) "Paradise Lost"". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  4. Marvel.com. Archived from the original
    on March 29, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  5. ^ Porter, Rick (May 4, 2016). "Tuesday final ratings: 'The Flash' and 'Beyond the Tank' adjust up, 'The Real O'Neals' adjusts down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.

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