Just last
night after the last episode of the season aired, producers Jeph Loeb and
Jeffrey Bell sat down with IGN and spoke about what happened in the episode and
what might happen in season two.
First
Bell spoke about turning Agent Coulson into Director Coulson.
"It seemed like a good
fit in our combined universes, because
SHIELD has gone down, and we have a show called Marvel's Agents of SHIELD. What
we like about the new paradigm is, we truly are an underdog team now, and
Coulson has to step up. That will give us a chance to play with new
relationships and new story paradigms. But SHIELD really is an underdog in
this. They're considered terrorists by the government, by the world. So the
fact that Coulson gets to put his imprint and try and build a SHIELD that he
has been nostalgic about all season -- the good old days, it seems to have been
-- I think that offers a lot of story fun."
Loeb then spoke about killing either Simmons or Fitz
after their near death experience.
"No, we've always had
worked out what's going to happen, but that story clearly is not finished, so
don't assume anything."
Bell then spoke about the decision of having Ward
arrested instead of killed.
"You always consider
all your options, but we think there's more story to be told with Agent Grant
Ward," said Bell. "Him being caught at the end
gave our team a tangible win. Whereas I think if there were other loose ends
still and if he had died, you know, it just felt right that it was a win for
us, it kept him alive and it promised more story. Honestly, everything we're
doing, we're thinking, 'How can we generate more cool stories?'"
Loeb then added.
"And, you know, is
that story over? We talk a lot about the villains in the Marvel Universe, and
when you look at Bucky Barnes, who went on to become the Winter Soldier... The
Winter Soldier -- particularly in the movies -- has done incredibly terrible
things, far many more than what we've seen Ward do, or at least what we know
about Ward. And yet, everyone wants him redeemed. So is that story over?"
Bell then sort of demystified Agent's Koenig
surprise appearance.
"…All we know is that
when he met Eric, he talked about playing video games with his brother, and we
met his brother."
Then Loeb talked about the reveal of Skye's father at
the very end of the episode, and how he may become a major plot point in the
upcoming season 2.
"That’s certainly one
of the ongoing stories that we'll talking about -- her origins and her parents
and things like that... Here's what we're pretty sure of: when people hear the
story, they'll be surprised."
Bell was then asked if Deathlok would reappear in
season two.
"I think what's cool
about Deathlok is he's always transforming both emotionally and physically. If
we had a Season 2 and if J. August Richards was available, I think there might
be something interesting with Deathlok that people hadn't seen before."
Finally, Loeb talked about the future of the show and what we can expect from season two.
"Well, in the 'What
If?' of it all, looking at our world, where SHIELD is in tatters, Hydra is
spread out all across the globe, and all of this has landed squarely in the lap
of the man who we've been following from the very beginning: Agent Coulson. Now
the challenge is, what's next? The very question of the show becomes the very
question that we give to Coulson to solve -- that is, what is Agents of SHIELD?
That's very exciting to be able to reinvent the world. When you think about
that, one of the themes that we've been dealing with a lot and, as you brought
up, how Raina's been asking questions about how SHIELD will evolve. You know,
what is evolution, and how important is that to our characters and to the
Marvel Universe?"
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