Love in the Time of Hydra

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"Love in the Time of Hydra"
The Art of Evolution" poster for the episode.
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 14
Directed byJesse Bochco
Written byBrent Fletcher
Produced by
Cinematography byFeliks Parnell
Editing byDavid Crabtree
Original air dateMarch 24, 2015 (2015-03-24)
Running time43 minutes
Guest appearances
  • Glenn Talbot
  • Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie
  • Kara Palamas / Agent 33
  • Sunil Bakshi
  • Tomas Calderon
  • Anne Weaver
  • Robert Gonzales
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"Love in the Time of Hydra" is the fourteenth episode of the

Agent 33. 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 Jesse Bochco
.

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, Nick Blood, and Adrianne Palicki. Maya Stojan guest stars Agent 33, while recurring guest star Edward James Olmos is introduced.

"Love in the Time of Hydra" originally aired on

Nielsen Media Research
, was watched by 4.29 million viewers.

Plot

Former

Sunil Bakshi
, who had captured 33 for Whitehall originally.

Agent

Anne Weaver
calculates that it will take Hunter 12 hours to reach land from the aircraft carrier that serves as their base, and Morse says that it will take only 6 hours for her to take Coulson's base.

Unaware of everything that is happening, Coulson takes Skye to a safe house after May admits that Skye should be removed from S.H.I.E.L.D. Coulson gives Skye a pair of gloves designed by Agent Jemma Simmons that are intended to negate her abilities, which create earthquakes. Coulson explains to her that though she may have new powers, she is still the same person to him. He then returns to S.H.I.E.L.D., leaving Skye to adjust to her new status quo.

In an end tag, 33 and Ward learn of her past, including that her name is Kara, before brainwashing Bakshi themselves.

Production

Development

In March 2015, Marvel announced that the fourteenth episode of the season would be titled "Love in the Time of Hydra", to be written by Brent Fletcher, with Jesse Bochco directing.[1]

Casting

In March 2015, Marvel revealed that main cast members

Anderson and Kieren van den Blink as female Lieutenant.[1] Stewart, Gardner, Goolsby, Bermingham, Speiser, Fakhri, Campbell, McClung, Bishop, and Van Den Blink did not receive guest star credit in the episode. Simmons, Pasdar, Adams, Kassianides, and Stojan reprise their roles from earlier in the series.[2][3][4]

Release

Broadcast

"Love in the Time of Hydra" was first aired in the United States on ABC on March 24, 2015.[5]

Marketing

For the final twelve episodes of the season Marvel once again ran the "Art of..." initiative, in which an image was released the Thursday before the episode aired, depicting a first look at a key event from the upcoming episode, with the season's title being "

The Art of Evolution". The different artists were once again chosen to create the teaser posters, based on their previous work and how it connected to the themes and emotion of the intended episode.[6] Annie Wu was brought on for the "Love in the Time of Hydra" poster, which shows Grant Ward holding a woman, though depicts her as two; one drawn in red, the other in blue โ€“ "half of that goes to Agent 33, who has two faces... And it also goes to the fact that she's been imitating other people as she did with Agent May."[7]

Home media

The episode began streaming on Netflix on June 11, 2015,[8] and was released along with the rest of the second season on September 18, 2015, on Blu-ray and DVD.[9]

Reception

Ratings

In the United States the episode received a 1.5/5 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, meaning that it was seen by 1.5 percent of all households, and 5 percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. It was watched by 4.29 million viewers.[5]

References

  1. ^
    Marvel.com. Archived from the original
    on March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  2. Marvel.com. September 8, 2014. Archived from the original
    on September 8, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  3. from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  4. Marvel.com. December 19, 2013. Archived from the original
    on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  5. ^ a b Kondolojy, Amanda (March 25, 2015). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Voice', 'The Flash', & 'The Mindy Project' Adjusted Up; 'NCIS: New Orleans' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  6. ^ Towers, Andrea (February 26, 2015). "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. launches second year of art campaign, The Art of Evolution -- exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  7. ^ Towers, Andrea (March 19, 2015). "Agent Ward returns in newest Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. art -- exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  8. ^ Jones, Nate (May 21, 2015). "What's New on Netflix: June 2015". Vulture. New York. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  9. ^ Damore, Meagan (July 10, 2015). "SDCC: Jeph Loeb Unveils The Future Of "Agents Of SHIELD," "Agent Carter" & More". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

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