The Dirty Half Dozen

"The Dirty Half Dozen"
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode
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Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 19
Directed by	Kevin Tancharoen
Written by	Brent Fletcher Drew Z. Greenberg
Produced by	Jed Whedon Maurissa Tancharoen Jeffrey Bell
Editing by	Joshua Charson
Original air date	April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)
Running time	41 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Kyle MacLachlan as Calvin Zabo Henry Simmons as Alphonso "Mack" MacKenzie J. August Richards as Mike Peterson / Deathlok Dichen Lachman as Jiaying Ruth Negga as Raina Jamie Harris as Gordon Maya Stojan as Kara Palamas / Agent 33 Simon Kassianides as Sunil Bakshi Luke Mitchell as Lincoln Campbell Henry Goodman as List Christine Adams as Anne Weaver Edward James Olmos as Robert Gonzales Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
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"The Dirty Half Dozen" is the nineteenth 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. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division), revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they infiltrate a Hydra base to rescue two of their kidnapped allies. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. The episode was written by Brent Fletcher and Drew Z. Greenberg, and directed by Kevin Tancharoen.

Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Nick Blood, and Adrianne Palicki. Recurring guest stars Luke Mitchell and J. August Richards portray Lincoln Campbell and Deathlok, the kidnapped allies, while Henry Goodman and Cobie Smulders reprise their roles of Dr. List and Maria Hill from the films in a tie-in with Avengers: Age of Ultron; the episode includes easter eggs and plot threads leading into the opening scene of that film. The episode also features two significant sequences, a one-take fight scene that Bennet broke her arm filming, and the dramatic destruction of a plane which was realised through visual effects and CGI.