The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D did take a rest this week, however the
goodies for the show keep rolling and the next episode is coming out. This week’s episode will show much more of Deathlok in
action. We’ve watched Mike Peterson try to become a hero, only to be turned into
a weapon by SHIELD enemies, but the question is how much can he battle what is
being done to him.
Executive producer Maurissa Tancharoen said of
Deathlok, “You know, the man that we met in the beginning of the pilot is down
on his luck and struggling and wanting to be more than what he was. You'll
always feel for that man. You'll always feel that soul in Deathlok, and I
believe that is the beautiful section of it.
Just as much as we're sort of
turning him right into a monster, there's still that man inside.” Added EP Jed
Whedon, “As he says in the pilot, it's an origin story. The more interesting
villains will be the ones you're sympathetic to.”
Bell noted, of
Deathlok's depiction, “Well, because inside our universe we don't possess A.I.
the true way the comic had with him, he's got handlers that are controlling him
instead. We realize he's an excellent guy, he's being controlled, they have got
his kid, they have got a bomb in his head.
Therefore we're attempting to honor
all of the stages a person would proceed through with that, during the period of
the season. At this time, it's gotten really bad, and he doesn't appear to have
plenty of choices to create. As in the comic, hopefully to locate a way for him
to resist.”
Bell had high praise for J. Richards august, saying, “J has
been great. J. is fantastic. J. has this type of decency that, you understand,
whenever we started this, we type of knew where we were choosing him there. Just
watching him work out how to play that is great.”