Agents Of SHIELD References Nick Fury In Latest Episode

04/26/2017 01:00 am EDT

The most recent episode of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, "All the Madame's Men," continued the story that place in the Hydra-ruled reality of the Framework. Madame's Men " continued the story that places in the Hydra-ruled reality of the Framework. The episode also illuminated a key portion of Phil Coulson's Framework history, and it involves Nick Fury.Coulson's Framework history and it involves Nick Fury.

Early in the episode, Coulson tells Grant Ward that when he finished school he was approached by someone who offered him the opportunity to join SHIELD. Coulson turned the offer down because he was afraid of the responsibility that came with it.Coulson tells Grant Ward that when he finished school he was approached by someone who offered him the opportunity to join SHIELD. Coulson turned the offer down because he was afraid of the responsibility that came with it.

Coulson's decision to join SHIELD is apparently the regret that AIDA changed when she placed him in the Framework. Within the Framework, Coulson has the average, schoolteacher life he believes he wanted, though Framework Coulson has now come to regret rejecting the invitation to join SHIELD.

It wasn't just anyone who tried to recruit Coulson. Later in the episode, Coulson records a broadcast exposing the truth about what happened at the Hydra enlightenment camp where the Patriot died. The broadcast also served as a rallying cry for others to join help SHIELD in the fight against Hydra.

During Coulson's pitch, he remembers something that someone once told him, that "Coulson's pitch, he remembers something that someone once told him, that "a person can do anything when he realizes he's a part of something bigger."

This speech calls back a season one episode of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD. Following Hydra's attempt to usurp control of SHIELD, Coulson was preparing his team to head into battle when he told them the same speech, or pretty close to it, saying that it is something Nick Fury used to say.

This speech had another important role in Marvel's Agents of SHIELD's first season. Nick Fury appeared in the show's first season finale. The traitorous Agent John Garrett tried to quote the speech back at Fury but got it wrong. He said that "a man can accomplish anything when he "becomes something bigger." Fury corrected him, telling him it is "becomes a part of something bigger" and then wondered out loud if Garrett's betrayal was all because he misheard Fury's big speech.

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

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