Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Recap With Spoilers: The Bridge

The first half of a two-part midseason finale/premiere event, tonight’s episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. reintroduces J. August Richards as Mike Peterson, now an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. himself rather than just an Extremis lab rat for Centipede.Do they make the most of the opportunity? And will Peterson stay on after the holiday break? Well, read on…The episode opened with the jail break we’ve seen in the preview scene; the shadowy man from “The Girl In the Flower Dress” is extricated by a handful of Extremis agents who blow a hole in the building and kill some guards while he sits calmly eating.