agents as they race to strike back against Hydra after an apparent defeat to the latter, while several characters discover they have gained new abilities following the end of the previous episode.

In the alien city, Jemma Simmons is preparing to flood it to prevent anyone else entering it, but not before Raina, who was changed in the temple like Skye, crawls out of the rubble left by an earthquake and kills several agents.

Coulson makes a deal with Brigadier General Glenn Talbot to give him Whitehall's former second-in-command, Sunil Bakshi, in exchange for assistance with taking down Hydra's forces.

Hunter, with the help of Agent Bobbi Morse, fights his way into the house, kills Bloom, and takes Bakshi back into custody, to finally be delivered to Talbot.

In an end tag, a model car that Agent Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie built for Coulson scans the latter's office, discovering the "toolbox" that former S.H.I.E.L.D.

Mack secretly reports this discovery to Morse while making food, then they join in with the rest of the team having drinks and sharing memories of Triplett.

In February 2015, Marvel announced that the eleventh episode of the season would be titled "Aftershocks", to be written by executive producers Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon, with Billy Gierhart directing.

[1] In February 2015, Marvel revealed that main cast members Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, and Nick Blood would star as Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Skye, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, and Lance Hunter, respectively,[1] while Adrianne Palicki, previously a recurring guest star in the role of Bobbi Morse,[2] was promoted to a series regular with the episode.

List, Kyle MacLachlan as Calvin Zabo, Jamie Harris as Gordon, Simon Kassianides as Sunil Bakshi, Donzaleigh Abernathy as Triplett's mom, Philip Labes as young Gordon, Dichen Lachman as Jiaying, Alvin Ing as Yat-Sen, Fred Dryer as Octavian Bloom, Kathryn Leigh Scott as The Baroness, Joel Polis as The Banker, Kyle David Pierce as accountant, Maz Siam as The Sheikh, McKay Stewart as scientist #1 and David A. Jansen as agent.

[1] Abernathy, Labes, Ing, Scott, Polis, Pierce, Siam, Stewart, and Jansen did not receive guest star credit in the episode.

[3][4][5] Goodman reprises his role from an uncredited cameo appearance in the mid-credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

The different artists were once again chosen to create the teaser posters, based on their previous work and how it connected to the themes and emotion of the intended episode.