agents discover that Agent Peggy Carter had taken the Obelisk and Reinhardt into custody, and he had told Carter a story about ' blue angels' who came to Earth long ago to conquer it. In old Strategic Scientific Reserve (S.S.R., the precursor to S.H.I.E.L.D.) files, the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Bobbi Morse, while interrogating captured Hydra member Sunil Bakshi, realizes that Whitehall and Red Skull are connected in some way, even though the latter has been dead for 70 years. In the present day, Reinhardt, now known as Daniel Whitehall, is told by ' The Doctor' that to unlock the true power of the Obelisk, which he calls The Diviner, it must be taken to a 'special place', a hidden alien city, by a 'special person', someone that it divines to be worthy of the power. Before further experimenting can be done on her, news of the defeat of Red Skull comes, soon followed by the arrival of the Allied forces. However, one young Chinese woman does not turn into stone upon touching it, instead causing glowing symbols to appear on the device.

In Austria, 1945, Nazi scientist Werner Reinhardt is experimenting on the mysterious Obelisk, forcing test subjects to touch it and noting how it turns them into stone. The episode received a mostly positive critical response, with the episode's flashback sequences, and the performance of MacLachlan, praised, but an issue of 'over-crowding' of storylines was frequently brought up by critics. 'The Things We Bury' originally aired on ABC on November 18, 2014, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 4.58 million viewers. Hayley Atwell reprises her role from other MCU projects in flashbacks with connections to the television series Agent Carter and the films Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The episode was written by DJ Doyle and directed by Milan Cheylov.Ĭlark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, and is joined by principal cast members Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, and Nick Blood. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. agents as they search for a hidden alien city, and discover secrets about their enemies. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division), revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. ' The Things We Bury' is the eighth episode of the second season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D.

Reed Diamond as Werner Reinhardt / Daniel Whitehall.

Henry Simmons as Alphonso 'Mack' MacKenzie.

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