Agents of SHIELD season 6 will end with a cliffhanger
Agents of SHIELD showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen have revealed that season six will end on a cliffhanger.
Speaking to Digital Spy and other outlets at WonderCon, the creatives discussed how being renewed for two more seasons, both of which have a shorter episode order of 13, has impacted the show.
Asked if it's affected their writing, Whedon replied: "Yes, in that we can end season six with just a massive question mark... and then answer it later.
"We don't have to tie it up with a bow and then go, 'oh there's more' and then undo the bow and go 'ahh'. We can sort of leave things hanging."
Tancharoen added: "Also with the shorter order... the way we've mapped it out has been similar to what we've done before, but now it's just broken down into two seasons."
On whether it's been challenging working on fewer episodes, Whedon said: "I would say it's been the opposite, just because 22 [episodes] is a lot. It's like a marathon. If you're watching a show that's 22 episodes, you should be in awe that they're pulling it off, because it's brutal."
ABC recently revealed that season six will premiere on May 10, sharing a supercut of the characters all saying "May".
MAY we share some big news?! Marvel’s #AgentsofSHIELD will premiere MAY 10 on ABC! pic.twitter.com/QNZqkyBmwi
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (@AgentsofSHIELD) March 30, 2019
While the major players will be back, one long-standing character that we won't be seeing in season six is Agent Phil Coulson, who was killed off in the season five finale.
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