Agent Phil Coulson is still dead. At least, to the Avengers he still is. Since his death in The Avengers they haven’t known any better.

Of course, to the fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they know that Agent Phil Coulson is not dead, even after the events of The Avengers. If fact, they still know he’s still going strong as a part of the ABC hit series, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Regardless of thoughts on the show itself, many fans have been happy to see Coulson return, even if it’s not on the big screen like before.

But after six years on the Avengers not knowing that Coulson is alive, it seems that this conflict may be coming to a close. According to head of Marvel Television and S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer Jeph Loeb, it may be coming sooner than we think.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Loeb talked about how exactly the reunion could go down.

It’s certainly something that will get resolved, and it may get resolved in a very surprising way,”

So the question now is how will this resolution come to play. As of right now, Coulson, nor his fellow Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are set to appear in Infinity War. Of course, that could just be something that directors Joe and Anthony Russo are hiding from fans until the movie’s release. After all, Loeb did say the reunion would be in a surprising way. And what would be more surprising than an unexpected return for Phil Coulson?

So how does Marvel bring them? As of right now, from what we’ve seen from trailers, there’s no real place for Coulson to show up. Or is there?

Although he’s currently not announced for Infinity War, it seems more than likely that Nick Fury will show up at some point. Not only that, but we see in the trailer that a good majority of the action may take place in Wakanda. With Wakanda now officially a part of the world, thanks to the events in Black Panther, Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D more than likely have an idea what’s going on there.

So when Wakanda looks to be in some sort of trouble, it makes sense that help will be sent their way. We’ve already seen that the Avengers will be there, but it’s possible S.H.I.E.L.D could be there too.

Coulson may not reunite with all of the Avengers immediately, but it could happen over time. But the important thing is here, he can reunite with Captain America. As seen in The Avengers, Coulson was clearly a big fan of Cap. So to see this reunion at least would be very special.

Other than that, it is hard to say where Coulson and his agents could show up. The other logical explanation is they appear in a post-credit scene. After that, they have a bigger role in Avengers 4.

But until then, all we can do is speculate, and wait until Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters April 27.