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"Parting Shot"
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 13
Directed byMichael Zinberg
Written byPaul Zbyszewski
Produced by
Cinematography byFeliks Parnell
Editing byJoshua Charson
Original air dateMarch 22, 2016 (2016-03-22)
Running time43 minutes
Guest appearances
  • Gideon Malick
  • Matthew Ellis
  • Stephanie Malick
  • Anton Petrov
  • Ivo Nandi as Duval
  • Endre Hules as Dmitry Olshenko
  • Androvich
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"Parting Shot" is the thirteenth episode of the

Inhumans. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the franchise's films. The episode was written by Paul Zbyszewski, and directed by Michael Zinberg
.

Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Nick Blood, Adrianne Palicki and Henry Simmons.

"Parting Shot" originally aired on

Nielsen Media Research
, was watched by 2.88 million viewers.

Plot

Imprisoned at an

Darkforce
. Malick suggests they have Androvich assassinate Olshenko, who soon arrives looking for his missing attaché. Malick departs, leaving Androvich to make his assassination attempt, but the S.H.I.E.L.D. team causes a distraction, and Hunter rescues Olshenko and kills Petrov. Androvich unleashes a Darkforce shadow, which subdues Daisy and Mack before attacking Olshenko and Hunter, but it dissipates when Morse kills Androvich, after which she and Hunter are arrested by Olshenko's bodyguards while the other agents escape.

In the present, Morse and Hunter deny their involvement with S.H.I.E.L.D., claiming they were on vacation and became caught up in events by accident, sticking to their story even when

Advanced Threat Containment Unit (ATCU) consultant) convince Olshenko not to execute Morse and Hunter, on the condition that they never work for the U.S. government again. Morse and Hunter are released, but can have no further contact with S.H.I.E.L.D. The couple debate what to do next in a bar, aware they will be followed by both US and Russian agents. They notice Coulson, May, Mack, Daisy, Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons
watching them, and the agents share a silent farewell, drinking "parting shots".

In an end tag, Malick meets with his daughter

the ancient Inhuman
.

Production

Development

In March 2016, Marvel announced that the thirteenth episode of the season would be titled "Parting Shot", to be written by co-executive producer

Lance Hunter for an apparent solo mission in "Parting Shot", it was asked if this was leading to the potential Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spin-off Marvel's Most Wanted (which would star Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood as those characters, respectively, if ever made), to which executive producer Jeffrey Bell stated, "while they're on S.H.I.E.L.D., we want to take advantage of who they are, and give the audience as much of their relationship with one another, and with other people, as possible. We are aware that there is a potential imminent end, and so they won't be neglected."[2]

Writing

Hunter and Morse are ultimately written off the series in "Parting Shot", both leaving S.H.I.E.L.D., as Palicki and Blood "physically had to go leave to shoot the pilot [of Most Wanted]," Bell explained, "They had to stop being on S.H.I.E.L.D. and get ready for the pilot and then shoot the pilot and all of that, so it didn't make sense for us to have all these episodes [of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.] with them and then not have them in two or three episodes, and then go, "Oh, we were just over here," and then come back and go away again." On the final scene in which the main cast silently farewell Morse and Hunter, Bell said, "When Paul [Zbyszewski] was pitching it in the room, he was getting choked up, we were in the room getting choked up, and then we all read it and we got choked up. At the table read, where everyone is saying goodbye, everyone is getting choked up there and...then on the day at the bar that we shot at, everybody was a mess. For [Palicki and Blood], they were also leaving to go shoot the pilot. It wasn't just a pretend thing; these were people who had worked together for a couple of years and see each other every day and formed relationships."[3]

Casting

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

In March 2016, Marvel revealed that main cast members

Stephanie Malick, Endre Hules as Prime Minister Olshenko, Julia Aks as waitress, Roman Varshavsky as FSO agent and Vladimir Orlov as Russian soldier.[1] Konrad, Aks, Varshavsky, and Orlov did not receive guest star credit in the episode. Boothe, Sadler, and Isyanov reprise their roles from earlier in the series.[4][5]
Despite being credited, Dalton and Mitchell did not ultimately appear.

Broadcast

"Parting Shot" was first aired in the United States on ABC on March 22, 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 2.88 million viewers.[6]

Accolades

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.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "(#313) "Parting Shot"". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  2. ^ Abrams, Natalie (March 16, 2016). "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Is there an Inhumans cure?". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Schwartz, Terri (March 22, 2016). "Agents of SHIELD EP Jeff Bell on Mockingbird and Hunter Departure and Marvel's Most Wanted". IGN. Archived from the original on March 23, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 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. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Porter, Rick (March 23, 2016). "Tuesday final ratings: 'The Voice' adjusts up". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  7. ^ "Performer of the Week: Louie Anderson". TVLine. March 26, 2016. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.

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