Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, starring alongside Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, Natalia Cordova-Buckley, and Jeff Ward.

agents plan to restore order to the timeline by defeating Nathaniel Malick and rescuing the Inhumans he has taken prisoner at the sanctuary, Afterlife.

Meanwhile, Johnson learns from Melinda May that she had a sister named Kora, who committed suicide in the original timeline before she was born, but who has been rescued by Malick and turned into one of his acolytes in this version of events.

Meanwhile, Daniel Sousa convinces Johnson to speak with her mother, helping to reconcile the pair after Jiaying's death in the present during the main timeline.

's mobile headquarters, Zephyr One, and Malick and Garrett hijack it, with Deke Shaw unknowingly trapped inside the engineering bay.

aired in August 2019, showrunners Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jeffrey Bell revealed that the seventh season would feature the team trying to save the world from invasion by the Chronicoms.

However, after starting the outline of the script, he was hired as a staff writer on Legends of Tomorrow, resulting in Kitson and Leitner taking over writing duties.

[5]: 3:52 With the season renewal, main cast members Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, Natalia Cordova-Buckley, and Jeff Ward were confirmed to be returning from previous seasons as Melinda May, Daisy Johnson / Quake, Jemma Simmons, Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez, and Deke Shaw, respectively.

[9][10] James Paxton rewatched all of his father's episodes from earlier in the season to prepare, learning the cadence Bill used when speaking his lines.

"[19] Writing for Den of Geek, Michael Ahr felt the best moments of the episode were between Daisy and Jiaying, and enjoyed the twist of Malick searching for Simmons.

felt the episode "started slowly, but ramped up the action quotient and tension steadily while beginning to shift the characters into their places for the series finale.

He said, "Ending the series with this time travel adventure has been such an effective way to play in the sandbox this show has spent six amazing years creating.

"[22] Jamie Jirak from ComicBook.com felt James Paxton "could not have done a better job embodying his father" in the episode, adding he "perfectly captur[ed] the sly charm that made Garrett so much fun".

[21] Christian Houlb of Entertainment Weekly was more critical of the episode, calling it "really lame" and was "disappointed at the level of weak sauce Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

McLevy felt either Thomas E. Sullivan's performance or how the show has not established the character as a threat resulted in a lack of "imposing malevolence necessary to make this showdown as monumental as it wants to be...

villain" as his love of anarchy "comes across as a very bland flavor of evil" and knowing the future "gives him an advantage that he doesn't deserve, making his position of power in the narrative feel very much unearned.