Did Agents of SHIELD Make a Luke Cage Connection?

01/18/2017 10:32 am EST

Agents of SHIELD has been something of a junction point for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in that pretty much every major Marvel movie and TV project has a thread that inevitably leads back to Agents of SHIELD.

The latest Marvel series to get an Easter egg nod from AoS seems to be Netflix's Luke Cage series. With Agents of SHIELD's latests episode, "The Patriot", it seems the troubles of Luke Cage have come blasting into Agent Phil Coulson's world - quite literally.

WARNING - Mild Agent of SHIELD and Luke Cage Spoilers Follow!

"The Patriot" opened with an assassination attempt on S.H.I.E.L.D. director Jeffrey Mace (Jason O'Mara) - using a weapon capable of killing the superhuman powerhouse.

The weapon in question hasn't been officially identified, but the always savvy Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have quickly analyzed the visual and audio aesthetic of the sniper bullet fired at Mace and determined that it is none other than a "Judas Bullet," as seen in Luke Cage.

If you didn't watch Cage (foolish mistake), the Judas Bullet is a special bullet produced by Hammer Industries, which is made of Chitauri alien metals. It hits its target and burrows deeper into it before exploding; It was one of the only things capable of piercing Luke Cage's unbreakable skin, and definitely matches the bullet fired at Mace.

As stated, Agents of SHIELD is a junction point for the MCU, and even though the connections and Easter egg nods to other series or films aren't always heavy-handed or obvious, they're always fun (as is mapping all the threads and connections of the MCU).

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