
Johnson then tracks down the Ghost Rider and confronts it, but it defeats her, explaining that it only murders people that deserve to die. during their brief check with her which can help Johnson heal-her recent over use of her Inhuman abilities as Quake has been fracturing her bones. Johnson meets with Rodriguez, who stole medication from S.H.I.E.L.D. She secretly infects May as well, as the strike force takes out the gangsters. They open the box containing the weapon, and unleash a mystical being who turns the gangsters berserk. The gangsters have bought a weapon off the Brotherhood which can help them fight against Inhumans. Simmons realizes that Coulson and Mack are investigating Johnson, and orders May to stop them May and her new strike force arrive to find Coulson and Mack surveilling Chinese gangsters, who they believe are potential targets of Quake. Believing Radcliffe's altruistic intentions, Fitz agrees to help him perfect Aida, and to keep her a secret from his girlfriend Agent Jemma Simmons, who is in the paranoid Director's inner circle, and takes daily lie-detector tests. Fitz discovers that Radcliffe has secretly transferred his artificial intelligence AIDA into a human-like body, which he intends to be the first in a line of decoys for field agents in danger. ally Holden Radcliffe, a transhumanist doctor who is on probation after previous illegal experimentation. and the United Nations.Īgent Leo Fitz visits friend and S.H.I.E.L.D. They fly to Los Angeles under the guise of checking in on Inhuman asset Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez, who has signed the controversial Sokovia Accords and is now under the jurisdiction of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents Phil Coulson and Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, who were forbidden from searching for Johnson by the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D, are tipped off to her location by Agent Melinda May. agent Daisy Johnson, now the vigilante "Quake", is hunting gang affiliates of the anti- Inhuman terrorist group Watchdogs in Los Angeles when members of the Aryan Brotherhood are murdered by the fiery " Ghost Rider" in front of her. The opening scene received criticism for sexualizing Bennet.įormer S.H.I.E.L.D. The episode was watched by 6.24 million viewers within a week, and received mostly positive reviews due to its new status quo and the introduction of Ghost Rider. "The Ghost" originally aired on ABC on September 20, 2016, at the later time of 10:00 pm which allowed it to be darker and more mature than previous seasons. The episode begins the season's first "pod" of eight episodes, subtitled Ghost Rider. Mallory Jansen and Lilli Birdsell are also introduced as recurring characters for the season.
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He was included as part of the series exploring supernatural elements ahead of the release of the MCU film Doctor Strange (2016). A fourth season was ordered in March 2016, with Gabriel Luna introduced as Ghost Rider, a character created through both practical and visual effects. The episode was written by showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, and directed by Billy Gierhart.Ĭlark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, starring alongside Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, and John Hannah. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the franchise's films. agents as they deal with the enhanced individuals Quake and Ghost Rider. Based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D., it follows Phil Coulson and his fellow S.H.I.E.L.D.

" The Ghost" is the first episode of the fourth season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez.Gabriel Luna as Robbie Reyes / Ghost Rider.Promotion for the episode focused on the introduction of Ghost Rider, who was created through both practical and digital effects.
