"Providence" is the eighteenth episode of the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
Plot
With Colonel Glenn Talbot now on their trail, Coulson and his team seek refuge in the last place anyone would look, where they begin to uncover S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most dangerous secrets--secrets that could destroy them all.
Cast
- Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
- Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May
- Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons
- Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz
- Brett Dalton as Grant Ward
- Chloe Bennett as Skye
- Bill Paxton as John Garrett
- David Conrad as Ian Quinn
- Adrian Pasdar as Glenn Talbot
- Ruth Negga as Raina
- B.J. Britt as Antoine Triplett
- Patton Oswalt as Eric Koenig
- Patrick Brennan as Marcus Daniels
- Rich Paul as Agent #1
- Bayardo De Murguia as Agent #2
- Kylie Furneaux as Agent
- Jeffrey Muller as Agent
- Pia Shah as female scientist
- Alex Goode as hacker
- Alysha Del Valle as ABC reporter
- Ramon Hilario as barber
- Patrick Quinlan as guard
Continuity and References to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- John Garrett returns.
- Antoine Triplett returns.
- Raina returns.
- Ian Quinn returns.
- Colonel Glenn Talbot is introduced.
- Marcus Daniels/Blackout is introduced.
- Agent Eric Koening is introduced.
- The Helicarrier crashing from Captain America: The Winter Soldier is seen on S.H.I.E.L.D. screen.
- President Matthew Ellis is mentioned as The President.
- The Hub appears.
- Triskelion is mentioned and seen on S.H.I.E.L.D. screen.
- HYDRA soldiers appears.
- Coulson's death is mentioned.
- Centipede project is mentioned.
- Nick Fury and his death are mentioned.
- The Cube is mentioned.
- Victoria Hand is mentioned.
- The Fridge appears.
- Captain America is mentioned.
- Maria Hill is mentioned.
- Ward mentioned rescuing Simmons from a previous mission.
- Black Widow is mentioned.
- T.A.H.I.T.I. project is mentioned.
- Johnny Horton is mentioned.
- Tesseract is mentioned.
- The Battle of New York is mentioned.
- The 0-8-4 HYDRA weapon and the Berserker Staff appears.
- The Providence appears.
- Chitauri are mentioned.
- Metal scrap is seen under Garrett's clothes. In the comics Garrett was a cyborg hero named Aquarius.
- Gravitonium with Franklin Hall inside it returns.
Trivia
- This episode is set after the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier with Coulson learning about Fury being alive.
- The Barbershop Headquarters that HYDRA use is a reference to S.H.I.E.L.D. secret headquarters in the comics.
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