Will Phil Coulson’s act of vengeance put the hero on a path to villainy?
Grant Ward had it coming but would an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. actually take justice into their own hands like Coulson did in the shocking midseason finale?
Before we talk about the emergence of “Dark Coulson” and what Clark Gregg says about the second half of the season here’s a SPOILER ALERT just in case you didn’t see the midseason finale.
Seriously.
OK.
Here it comes.
Grant Ward’s list of horrific crimes would drive an agent to extreme measures but Ward’s assassination of Coulson’s new love, Rosalind, pushed Coulson past his limit.
No mercy on Maveth!
Coulson murdered Grant Ward (Brett Dalton) on the blue planet before returning to Earth. As Gregg says, Coulson will be grappling with his action as the story picks up.
“I don’t think he comes back with any easy answer. I think in the moment, it felt like the only course of action possible to him,” Gregg tells TVGuide.com. “I don’t think he’s going to know for some time if this was a terrible mistake that changes him and maybe turns him into a super-villain – it becomes, really, a show about a team run by a super-villain – or not.”
Ward may be dead but Dalton is still on the series. Ward is now possessed by the Inhuman known as Hive. Is this Darker Ward just a man who went too far or was he somehow taken over by a potential other Inhuman force on Maveth?
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns Tuesdays at 9 p m on ABC.
By Editor