The final story arc of the fourth season of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD kicked off with a huge surprise. Brett Dalton would return as Grant Ward, the Hydra double-agent turned the head of Hydra turned Inhuman demigod who died in the show's third season.

But this isn't exactly the Grant Ward has grown to know and love or love to hate as the case may be. In the Framework, Ward is still in love with and together with "Skye."

But some things never change. Just like in the real world, Grant Ward is till playing the double agent, only this time he's spying on Hydra for the SHIELD resistance. ComicBook.com spoke to Dalton about his return to Agents of SHIELD, if there's hope for a happier ending for SkyeWard, and more.

Up Next: Another Agents of SHIELD Fan-Favorite Returns Given Ward's relationship with Skye in the Framework, what can we expect to be Ward's response in tonight's episode after Daisy was captured last week?

Brett Dalton: I can't tell you his specific plan, but he'll stop at nothing for the ones he loves. I think in the real world and in the Framework, Ward is not a hunter you want to get on the bad side of. I think what we're going to see is a man on a mission. The Ward you're playing this season isn't quite the same being that you played on Agents of SHIELD previously. Did you approach your return like you were playing a new character or was it more like slipping into the old role? BD: There's kind of bits of all the different seasons' versions of Ward. Thankfully, I've got a lot of material to choose from, but if I had to pinpoint it I would say it's kind of similar in the season two Ward. I would say maybe season two Ward or end of season one. He's dangerous, he's capable, he is not someone to cross. He's an incredible field agent, but he's also fiercely loyal to the people that he loves and he loves Skye. He knows something about Skye and her potential Inhuman status. It just so happens to be that the bad guys rule the world.

He's choosing his love over the party line and that's a big deal, but it also, I think is in keeping with Ward. He was always a man of principles, a man with a code. You might not agree with that code, but he definitely didn't just kill indiscriminately or something. He was somebody who always got the job done and would do whatever he had to do. I think that we see a combination of some good parts about Ward and some parts of Ward that make us a little scared sometimes because we know that he can be dangerous when he wants to be. Given that Ward and Skye were happily together in the Framework, is there any chance that SkyeWard shippers could get a more satisfying, or happier ending this season than they did before? BD: I will say that I think the fans are going to be incredibly happy. We're in the Framework now so a lot of the storylines that we weren't able to do in the real world, we've turned a corner on in the "real world," we're able to do. It's this giant "What If" episode and it's very cool because anything could happen.