The first Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6 teaser has answers about Coulson and FitzSimmons… or does it?
ABC has unveiled the first Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6 teaser, which offers our first footage of the series since the season 5 finale last May. Suffice to say, it’s been a while — but it looks like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will not be pulling a single punch upon its return.
…Woah.
The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6 teaser appears to make it clear that Coulson is definitely dead. Well, probably? Actor Clark Gregg shared these tweets before the teaser was revealed:
One chapter ends, a new one begins…
— Clark Gregg (@clarkgregg) January 28, 2019
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This is not easy to share.
— Clark Gregg (@clarkgregg) January 28, 2019
Gregg seems to imply that the Coulson we’ve known and loved for so long really has shuffled off the mortal coil. But still, there is hope — some other Coulson (or anyone, someone who looks a whole hell of a lot like Coulson) will return in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6.
Could Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. be taking a cue from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and presenting us with a Coulson from an alternate dimension? Or is this some element of the fallout from Avengers: Endgame? Or is some other situation afoot from left field? Or maybe it’s the old Coulson after all! This is Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. guys, at this point, it’s anyone’s guess.
Meanwhile amidst the craziness, Mack is trying to live up to Coulson’s example as the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., while May grapples with what seems like grief, but could totally be a red herring. (See above: Anyone’s guess.)
At the same time, Daisy is kicking ass, and Simmons is on her quest to find the frozen Fitz — a mission on which she appears to succeed, before things go terribly wrong. (Who could have seen that coming?)
All this while strangers are getting metal jammed through their bodies, disappearing in coils of orange light, entering some kind of psychedelic spin-space, breathing smoke, blowing up buildings with blue pulse-light, and oh yeah, coming back from the dead.
In other words, even if it’s only 13 episodes long, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6 looks like a pretty standard run for this chameleonic Marvel series: Wild, rule-breaking, and like nothing we could ever have seen coming.
Buckle up, Agents. It’s going to be a ride.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6 returns this summer.
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