Special guest star Cobie Smulders returns as Maria Hill, also reprising her role from the film series.

Maria Hill leaves a debrief with Congress regarding S.H.I.E.L.D., speaking with Pepper Potts about the day's events and the obvious tails following her.

Confused by the events, the team disperses to make dinner, when Leo Fitz discovers a hidden message from Skye that says "Ward is Hydra".

Skye, in the meantime, has led Ward to the diner where she first met Mike Peterson / Deathlok and is delaying the decryption of her hard drive.

Later, May returns and shows Coulson the contents of a flash drive she recovered from his "grave," specifically a message to Fury from the director of T.A.H.I.T.I.

must be shut down because of horrific side effects the drugs had on test subjects, which could only be mitigated by erasing the victim's memory of what happened.

In April 2014, Marvel revealed that the twentieth episode would be titled "Nothing Personal", and would be written by Paul Zbyszewski and DJ Doyle, with Billy Gierhart directing.

[2]: 182 In April 2014, Marvel revealed that main cast members Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, and Elizabeth Henstridge would star as Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Grant Ward, Skye, Leo Fitz, and Jemma Simmons, respectively.

[1] It was also revealed that the guest cast for the episode would include J. August Richards as Mike Peterson / Deathlok, Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, Adrian Pasdar as Colonel Glenn Talbot, B. J. Britt as Agent Antoine Triplett and Josh Breeding as parking attendant.

[2]: 181 The episode features the first mention of Man-Thing in the MCU, though his comic wife Ellen Brandt appeared in Iron Man 3 portrayed by Stéphanie Szostak.

The production team tried to pair specific artists to the teaser posters based on their previous work and how it connected to the themes and emotion of the intended episode.

[8] The poster for "Nothing Personal", created by Stephanie Hans, highlights Skye and Ward in a depiction of a moment from the episode, with Deathlok looming over them, and the S.H.I.E.L.D.

Bonus features include behind-the-scenes featurettes, audio commentary, deleted scenes, and a blooper reel.