Agents Of SHIELD: 5 Things Fans Want From The Series Finale

5. An MCU Connection

Initially, Agents of SHIELD was conceived as a TV series set around the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. Every season was supposed to somehow incorporate that year’s MCU films as they came out.

Though they utilised tie-ins with Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier in Season 1, and featured a brief reference to Avengers: Age of Ultron in season 2, the tie-ins mostly stop there.

Aside from a quick reference to Thanos in Seasons 5, the later seasons make it easy to forget that this was initially supposed to be “the MCU show." While Agents of SHIELD probably would have suffered if it axed half its cast in response to Avengers: Infinity War, hopefully the final season brings the show back to its Marvel-ous roots.

Maybe the team returns to present day and sees the aftermath of either Infinity War or Endgame. Or, perhaps they do something small that impacts the outcome of Endgame. Or maybe we’ll see a quick cameo from Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Lady Sif, or another MCU movie character who once popped up on the show’s early seasons. Speaking of...