The Inhumans movie doesn’t come out until 2018, but if you want to follow the story of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of mutants (another studio owns the rights to the X-Men and anything mutant-related), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the place to do it.



Since revealing her true name (Daisy Johnson) and powers (seismic energy manipulation), Skye’s had a love/hate, incarcerated/escaped relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D., choosing to fall in with the Inhumans, whose motives are still unknown. In this sneak peek at Tuesday’s episode, Skye attempts to bridge the gap between the two groups, using her knowledge of the “Cavalry” situation with Agent May to sway her and Coulson.

It also looks like the secret that Agent Gonzales has stashed away in his helicarrier is an Inhuman. Are they on the same side? Or will S.H.I.E.L.D. find itself opposing a growing super-powered population?

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Avengers: Age of Ultron didn’t deal much with these new entities, but Captain America: Civil War is centered around the question of how much we can trust metahumans. So it appears that Skye is the leading edge of the next phase of Marvel’s master plan, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. can’t seem to escape it.

This is the final episode before next week’s two-hour season finale, and Fitz and Simmons are coming together just as it looks like Nick and Bobbi are headed for their own spinoff. Hydra is facing off, paradoxically, with two heads of S.H.I.E.L.D. Will Nick Fury make an appearance? Is there still fallout from the Age of Ultron (somebody’s got to clean up all that rubble from Sokovia)? We’ll know soon enough.

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on ABC.