According to Tancharoen, "The whole tagline for this year is 'Following the third season's dealing with the themes of The season is structured into three "pods" based on its airing schedule: the first eight episodes, subtitled While planning the fourth season, Marvel suggested that the series introduce The Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider was chosen over other versions of the character from the comics because of his relationship with his brother Gabe, which Loeb said harkened back to the familial nature of the series.Since the beginning of the show, the producers had wanted to introduce the concept of LMDs, which The third pod of the season "ties together [the season] thematically",Whedon said they replaced S.H.I.E.L.D. But it’s also a progression of… this year our theme was “Are you Inhuman?” and dealing with humans without powers and how they react to people given powers, whether or not it ruins them or how that affects their humanity. In September 2015, Colm Feore was announced as having a recurring role.
We felt like we could give Grant Ward/Hive his glorious ending that he deserved, because Grant Ward essentially died halfway through Season 3, but we didn’t want to let go. "Whedon noted that the pod does not entirely take place in the Framework,Also in June, the series was looking to cast an actress for the recurring role of Aida,In May 2016, Tancharoen said "we’re always open" to the possibility of Each pod of the season introduces new title graphics for the series: a "hellfire"-based title card for Ghost Rider was designed by Marvel Television creative director Joshua Shaw, based on Felipe Smith's design from the comics. Read Next: Wilford Brimley, ‘The Natural’ and ‘Cocoon’ Star, Dies at 85 Hope you like it. We didn’t want it to be just a victory, because you feel connected to Ward and to Brett as an actor – he was the first person we ever shot on the pilot, and so we wanted to give him a sort of poetic and worthy death, so we started talking about someone making the true hero’s sacrifice play, and in rattling around that idea, we landed on Lincoln because we find that there’s something sort of beautiful about someone doing the truly heroic act because they don’t believe that they’re a hero. He’s in the field as Agent Coulson; how that changes the game or changes how he operates, we’ll have to wait and see. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. She kept her distance from people; she grew up through the foster care system where she kept feeling like she was being either abandoned or hurting others, and in the events of our season finale and everything that led up to it, I think she has not only guilt but shame, so she has once again isolated herself.Whedon: But we also wanted to show that she did not curl up into a ball – she’s clearly isolating herself, but also leaving a wake of destruction. We loved that. with Hydra in the Framework to show "that this world was not what was intended, and what really symbolizes the opposite of S.H.I.E.L.D. Following the third-season finale, Tancharoen stated that the fourth season would explore the guilt Daisy Johnson has over Lincoln Campbell's death. And it’s also very much a part of our real world right now, body modification is a huge part of popular culture, so it’s our way of opening up that world within the world of “SHIELD.”Tancharoen: Yeah, it would really be a bummer to see him just disappear. [Whedon: The idea of sacrificing someone came up in talking about how to give Ward/Hive a glorious end. Lash hunts down Lincoln Campbell. But as with everything, we don’t want any story to ever lose steam; we don’t want any character’s arc to ever lose steam. His jacket was then custom made by costume designer Ann Foley and her team.In March 2016, Tancharoen stated that there was a possibility the season could continue the story of The season's exploring of supernatural and mystical concepts ties-in with the release of On the season having a big crossover in early 2017 like previous seasons, Bell said that any crossover will not be as large scale as the first season crossover with In July 2016, members of the cast and the executive producers attended San Diego Comic-Con to promote the season.The season began airing in the United States on ABC on September 20, 2016,The season's new timeslot, 10 p.m. on Tuesday, was nicknamed the "death slot" for ABC by commentators, with nine different series being scheduled in the slot between 2011 and 2017, and all of them dropping in viewership while airing then.
We have many examples, Coulson and Rosalind, May and Andrew, Daisy and Ward Tancharoen: We adore those characters and we’re always open to that possibility, but we can’t say much on that subject right now.Whedon: He made some decisions as Director that he regrets, and I think heavy is the head that wears the crown – he didn’t enjoy being the one calling the shots and putting people in danger, even at the end, tried to take it all on himself.
... Takes place in a different timeline, though a similar one to the AOS of Season 3 finale, only Lincoln lives. On July 1, 2015, Neve Campbell was announced as having been cast for season 4. [Whedon: We definitely want to leave people wanting more – we don’t want them to lose steam and we don’t want anybody to get burnt out on people always turning up, but I think that by the end, you’ll wish that he was around, which is our goal.Tancharoen: It’s never an easy decision to kill off any of our characters.Whedon: Unless the actors were pricks, which in this case they aren’t, so that makes this very difficult. It's more about our people than it is about the organization itself this time around. The Fourth Season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. So now our next progression is “what’s beyond humanity,” and what if you can take those choices into your own hands – what will happen then?Tancharoen: I think over the course of the three seasons, we’ve been exploring what is possibly the next step in human evolution constantly, and with the introduction of Radcliffe as someone who’s already exploring that next step.
[Whedon: Obviously, relationships are complicated, especially when you work within a spy organization. - Marvel AOS 5x22 'Once I Can Quake The Ground Apart!' But now we see in the flashforward that he’s no longer Director, so we’re returning him, as we are with Daisy, a little bit to where we started.