Welcome back to a Marvel Universe positively rife with superpowers. Terrigen-tainted fish oil means we’ll be seeing a lot more gifted and enhanced people in the last half of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s third year. We’ve got an exclusive look at the show’s midseason return — featuring the introduction of Secret Warrior, Slingshot — and some tidbits about upcoming episodes from star Clark Gregg.



Bobbi, Lance, and Mack are in the field tracking down an Inhuman. “That strike team,” along with Daisy, says Gregg, “are constantly out,” looking for people with newly-emergent superpowers. “They have to neutralize, contain, or put down [these people] because they’re an evil Inhuman or someone that they seek to make a Secret Warrior.” There’s also a fun exchange where we learn that Lance may have experimented a little, much to the surprise and chagrin of Bobbi and Mack.

The Inhuman they’re following is Yo-Yo Rodriguez, aka Slingshot. Though there’s no guarantee that the show will follow the arc of the comic, she is one of the original core members of the Secret Warriors, so we’ll probably be seeing a lot more of her.

“There’s definitely an us versus them dynamic that gets going in the back half of this season,” says Gregg. “Part of [Coulson’s] job is about containing and neutralizing Inhumans,” and that puts a rift between him and Daisy, who wants to believe the best of her people — even the ones trying to kill her. “I don’t think he sees Inhumanity as inherently evil, but it put him in a funky position with Daisy and the other Inhumans.”

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Not only is S.H.I.E.L.D. dealing with superhumans popping up everywhere, but Gideon Malick (Powers Boothe) also remains a threat — a level of threat comparable to Alexander Pierce (played by Robert Redford in The Winter Soldier). “He represents a huge comeback for [Hydra],” says Gregg ruefully. And then there’s Ward.

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