AUDIENCE MEMBER:
Hello, I was part
of the Coulson Lives movement.
And my first experience with
The Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
was in San Diego
Comicon, hall 20,
for the first premiere episode.
And watching you,
Clark, come out
on stage with all
of us chanting,
Coulton lives, and you crying.
I was crying along with you.
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And not only is this a
really important trip to me,
because it's my first D23--
yesterday was my first
time ever at Disneyland.
But to be able to
spend it with you,
seeing the beginning-- and
now, unfortunately, the end
of S.H.I.E.L.D., it just--
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And now I'm shaking really,
really bad right now.
Thank you, Clark.
My question is, what
has this meant, really,
for you for seven years,
being this character
that fans said no?
And I don't think we'll ever see
something like Coulson again.
And not only was he the
everyman even in the comics--
I mean, my favorite
hero is Hawkeye.
And there's a lot of connection
in the comics between Coulson
and Hawkeye, and how dedicated
you were, like, to find him
when Loki was being a [MUTED].
But like, being the everyman
that every one of us can--
we're all fans.
We're all fan boys
and fan girls.
And to see one up there, what
does us being a fan of you
mean to you?
 OK, how much time
do you guys have?
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First of all, I just
have to thank you.
It's so moving to
hear someone say that.
We live in a little
bit of a bubble
of some soundstages that may
be gone by now, I don't know.
But I just--
I loved this stuff
when I was a kid.
And so when the guy down the
street, Jon Favreau, said,
we have a little part
for you in the Iron Man
that I had seen coming
together, going, oh--
I was thrilled.
And I'm really glad
you asked the question.
It's just one more case of--
of me kind of getting my
experience through you.
Because it's just been
such a big part of my life
for 11 and 1/2 years now,
this guy who I connect with.
And that I forget sometimes,
how crazy it is, what it became
and what happened.
And I think it's because--
because there was a need
for somebody who wasn't
super other than his heart.
And the writers and
directors made that happen.
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And, um-- and the fans
connected with it.
And the really cool guys and
women who run Marvel cinematic
got it immediately
and improvised,
and started adding him/me.
And-- and then Joss got
that he was a fan boy.
And I just have
to say, watching,
we don't see any of
this stuff, watching
701 for the first time.
What these guys have done
in terms of, they just got--
they got all the things
that you're talking about
are right there, you know?
And to go into things like,
you know, what am I now?
It's just-- it's Blade Runner.
I get to do everything cool.
And it's-- it's just one--
I don't-- you know, it's just
been one of the greatest things
that's ever happened to me.
And probably the best part about
it is the connection I have
wherever I go with
people like you.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Thank you.
 So thanks
AUDIENCE MEMBER: That was
probably just-- you running up
to me is probably the best
thing that's ever happened
to me, so thank you very much.
 Next?
 There he is.
BRIAN: I'm Brian of
Coulson and Kids.
And you guys-- you know what
the show has meant, I think,
to me and my family.
Clark, I know you know.
And I just want
to say, thank you.
Thank you.
I want to ask about the
creative process, though.
When you guys were renewed
for two more seasons,
I'm curious if you guys just
kind of opened up the writer's
room and for any ideas.
Like, did somebody
say, hey, let's
have the team fight zombies?
And you guys, yeah, let's
figure out a way to do that.
 That's exactly our process.
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I think you nailed it perfectly.
I have to give a
shout out to George
Kitson, who's somewhere
in the audience, who
wrote that episode.
- George, where are you?
 Can you stand up, George?
 George, you here?
George, stand up.
 Yeah, George.
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You know, we get to sit up
here and take all the credit,
and sit in front of all of you.
But there are so many
people behind the scenes
who work on the show.
And writers are just an example.
What you just said is
exactly what happens.
We go, OK, they want more.
Any ideas?
And we have brilliant
people in the room who help
us come up with those ideas.
And then it enters
into this giant machine
that is production.
And we just finished
wrapping with everybody.
But everybody brings their best.
I mean, if you look at
that street, 1930th Street,
every department is on display--
the visual effect to extend
the street, the horse that Jeff
Bell wanted, those costumes,
you know, everything
is just on display.
And so--
 I want to say, a big part
of our process, though,
was when we ended
season five, we
really felt that was the end.
And we wanted to give--
we always knew Coulson
would end up going to Tahiti
with the women he loved.
And so when they
gave us season six,
we didn't want to cheapen
that or buy that back.
We didn't want to just
magically say it wasn't true.
So that's why season six,
we had Sarge and Pachakutia,
and all that, which I
think was fun for Clark
to play the opposite
of Coulson and have
the team wrestle with that.
But for all of us at the
very end of season six,
when the Coulson LMD showed
up, we all got chills.
And we were all very happy.
And so to see it
here, season seven,
I think you get a taste
of some of the stuff
we get to do in season seven.
But it really is the writers
coming up with new things
for the actors to keep them--
new fun things to play with,
and for us to write that.
 I also just want to add, for
the love for Clark and Coulson
right now, when
we shot that scene
where he wakes up at
the end of season six,
they see him every day.
I mean, like, Chloe sees him,
you know, three times a week,
every day.
And then he walked
out in the suit.
And everybody's like, oh!
You know?
They're like, you're back!
He's like, it's me, guys.
I just had breakfast with you.
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 Thank you.
BRIAN: Thank you.
 I think we have time for
one or two more-- two more.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Hi, Clark.
 Hi.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: I just have
a quick question of, what
was more difficult to play?
Like, Sarge or Coulson?
 Um, that's a
really good question.
Sarge, Sarge really made
me nervous because all
I knew was his name was Sarge.
And he was stone cold evil.
But I knew there were secrets.
And there was a little bit.
But really, it needed
to be a secret.
So it was very freeing.
It was really fun.
I had no idea
where it was going.
But it was really a blast
to get that break and get
to not care about
any of the stuff
that Phil cares about for a bit.
And then it was really nice
to put the suit back on
and get to come
play with my friends
in the last season in
a more familiar skin,
even if someone had assembled
that skin in a factory.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Also,
Wrinkles, write her back.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
Thank you.
I think that's coming.
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AUDIENCE MEMBER: Hello,
and just, thank you.
It's just a pleasure to hear
you guys talk and share with us.
Jeff, I was delighted
you were in season six.
I honestly-- at the end of
five with the empty room,
I thought that meant,
like, poof from history.
 So did I.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Right?
I mean--
 I didn't know if I was fired.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: I--
even with Endgame,
I don't get time travel.
I just don't get it.
The question is, for each
of you, favorite episode?
Except for season seven,
except for episode one.
 The hundredth-- the hundredth
episode is important to us.
I mean, it's hard for
us to pick because we
care a lot about a lot of them.
But that was emotional
for a lot of reasons.
It had stuff we wanted
to do story-wise.
But also, it was sort of a
nice celebration for all of us,
and a nice milestone.
So that is in there.
It's in the mix.
I don't know.
 I agree.
 All right.
 That was an easy--
that was like the go-to answer.
 Number 100.
 That would have been number--
 Maurissa?
 I think we collectively
share that one,
because we wrote it together.
- I mean, we wrote it together.
So that's why.
 So that made it
even more special.
 I love--
I love Deke's Company.
I love that one.
 Oh, I like that one too.
 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
 Shocker.
 But I actually-- the
hundredth I also love,
because there's a scene
with Clark, Ian, and I
in the elevator that, um--
 --that you barely got through.
 Yeah.
That was-- I was going to
say, it was the first time
I ever made Clark laugh.
And it was the greatest
day of my life.
So that was a really fun scene.
I love that episode.
 I have a couple.
I'm going to say that
there's one coming up
in this season, directed by a
cast member whose name is not
Clark, that I found very,
very thrilling, incredibly
well-written, and
very, very thrilling.
You're going to
really enjoy that.
The other one that I think
of-- and there's really so many
of them, but there's
one in season one--
and I won't know the number--
where Raina-- and
they've captured Coulson.
And she's been torturing him
in this mind reading thing,
and with the
incredible Ruth Negga.
And he's rescued by Skye.
And they end up-- the team
ends up back together.
And it felt-- our
journey has been
very parallel as
people, and as actors,
and as these characters.
And there was just this moment
of all of us kind of standing
together on the plane, having--
and this person that he
grabbed from being a hacker
and made a S.H.I.E.L.D.
agent has just saved him,
and saved everyone.
And there just was a moment
where suddenly, as a cast,
we felt like a team in exactly
the same depth and emotionality
that we did as
S.H.I.E.L.D. members.
And the worlds collided.
It was weird.
I just have to say one
quick thing, which is just,
I don't know many
more chances we'll
get to do stuff like this.
But Phyllis Liu and
Jeffrey Kolo have
been our press conduits,
and Raina Schwartz,
and Mike Tushula.
They've been with us
every step of the way.
And the way we're able
to connect with our fans
and keep you guys apprised
is because of them.
So I just wanted to give them
a shout out and say thanks.
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 And I think that's going
to bring us to an end.
I just want to end the way that
we began, which is to say thank
you to everybody in this
hall, and to everyone
who's listening however
they're listening to this.
And that this is a show
that was made for the fans,
that was kept alive by
the fans, and will always
be appreciated by the fans.
And we had no bigger fans
than the folks at ABC,
everyone at Marvel,
and everybody who
had a hand in making the show.
And so once again, good
night, and thank you.
 Thank you.
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