"Paradise Lost" (episode)

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"Paradise Lost" is the sixteenth season three episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the fifty-ninth overall. It was produced by ABC Studios, Marvel Television, and Mutant Enemy Productions. The episode was directed by Wendy Stanzler, from a script written by George Kitson and Sharla Oliver.

Release dates

• United States, ABC: April 12, 2016

Briefing

Gideon Malick truly regrets forming an alliance with Hive, especially when Hive reveals a hidden family secret between the two; S.H.I.E.L.D. investigate who Hive is after they discover he is using Ward's body as a host.

Cast

Performers	Characters
Starring
Clark Gregg	Director Phil Coulson
Ming-Na Wen	Agent Melinda May
Brett Dalton	Hive as Grant Ward
Chloe Bennet	Agent Daisy Johnson
Iain De Caestecker	Agent Leo Fitz
Elizabeth Henstridge	Agent Jemma Simmons
Henry Simmons	Agent Mack Mackenzie
Luke Mitchell	Agent Lincoln Campbell
Supporting
Cameron Palatas	Young Gideon Malick
Joel Dabney Courtney	Nathaniel Malick
Powers Boothe	Gideon Malick
Bethany Joy Lenz	Stephanie Malick
Reed Diamond	Daniel Whitehall
Axle Whitehead	JT James
Other
Henry LeBlanc	Mourner
Mark Dacascos	Giyera
Mark Atteberry	Kirk Vogel
Lynn Longosz	Ex-Hydra follower #1
Chris Hubbard	Ex-Hydra follower #2
Alexander Wraith	Agent Anderson

Mentioned-only characters

• Wilfred Malick
• Gordon
• Jiaying

Notes

• "A Trout in the Milk" acts as a sequel of sorts, where Wilfred and Nathaniel Malick have been kept alive for another six years due to Chronicom intervention.

Trivia

• This episode is available to buy on DVD and Blu-ray.