Marvel fans, looks like our favorite agents from Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." will joined by a former "Heroes" star, playing as Major Glenn Talbot. Plots of two episodes of the show were revealed and many theories surrounding the identity of the leader of the series main antagonist group, the Clairvoyant. Can anybody say "SPOILER ALERT!"
Heroes series star Adrian Pasdar will play the role of Major Glenn Talbot and according to Marvel the character will raise the ire of Agent Coulson and his team. Adrian Pasdar is no stranger to super heroes as fans of Heroes will remember him as one of the its main characters, Nathan Petrelli who had the ability to fly and his also noted for voicing some of Marvel characters in Marvel Anime's Iron Man, Ultimate Spider-Man, and Avengers Assemble.
As shown above is the full picture of Adrian Pasdar as Major Glenn Talbot. Glenn Talbot in the comics is a military officer under General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross command. He is the rival of Bruce Banner when it comes to the love of Ross' daughter, Betty Ross and eventually the enemy of Bruce Banner's alter ego The Hulk. His first live action appearance was in 2003's Ang Lee film Hulk played by Josh Lucas and this will mark his second appereance live and a first in the small screen.
In an Interview with Marvel.com, Pasdar explained how he got the part.
"In the same way that Iron Man [in "Marvel's Avengers Assemble"] came up. I got a call from my good friend, ["Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." Executive Producer] Jeph Loeb. "Would you come and do this role?" and I read the character description and I thought, "Oh man. Here it is again. The sanctimonious jerk. That's what they're coming to me for." His way's the only way! I said, "Jeph, are you trying to tell me something?" He said, "No, not at all! Nobody can play this quite like you, but no." So he came to me and I said yes."
He further elaborated by adding,
"Every show needs a jerk, [and] I guess I'm that guy. I make everybody else look so nice. I'm the bad guy. Let me be bad and then they look like shining knights in comparison."
"There had to be a little bit more in it than just an episode for me. So I can't say much more, but the mustache is in a locker and it's being taken out and prepped as we speak for next week."
It is unknown yet when will Pasdar's character will appear in the season 1 but you bet it won't be that long to find out.
Speaking episodes, the plots of two episodes for the month of April were revealed. In a website Shieled.net shows the two plots of the episodes "End of The Beginning" and "Turn, Turn, Turn."
In End of The Beginning, Agents Garett (Bill Paxton) and Triplett (B.J. Pritt) will team-up again with Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) and his team to take down the Clairvoyant but the enemy has Deathlok (J. August Richards) to stop them. In Turn, Turn, Turn episode, Coulson's team is on the verge of self-destruction as they find themselves without anyone they can trust and they will discover that they are trapped with a traitor in the midst of everything.
With these two episodes line up for April audiences are inching to know the truth behind the Clairvoyant from its schemes and agendas to person pulling the strings.
Many theories surrounding the leader of the Clairvoyant have surfaced the net and here are some of the possible candidates of being the Clairvoyant's leader:
Loki
So far, he has been the number 1 choice for being the Clairvoyant's leader, and these evidences do make a lot of sense. There has been a ton of Asgardian stuff in the show not to mention Lady Sif (Jaimie Alexander) and Lorelie (Elena Stain) appearing in the show. And who would forget the fact that it was Loki who killed Coulson in the first place, during the events of the Avengers film so a revenge plot for Coulson against him will be bitter sweet.
Agent Garrett
It will be a surprise if the leader of the Clairvoyant was a fellow agent that both Coulson and Agent Ward know way back. Being Ward's former Superior Officer and Coulson's closest friend, he knows how both men think. There is a possibility though, when looking back at the character's history in the comics, Garrett is more of a neutral ground base as he was accused of assault, battery, grand larceny, and statutory rape and in the series he has higher security clearance than Coulson which gives him pretty every access of files and data that are too dangerous in the hands of the enemy. If the Clairvoyant wants something, Garrett is certainly there at the right place at the right time. Surely there is more to him than meets the eye for the audiences and so far he plays the good guy role very smoothly.
The Leader
With Glenn Talbot appearing the show, who knows maybe the leader is a hulk character. The Leader quite possible be the Clairvoyant's leader as he possess supernatural mental abilities as he can predict the outcomes of every tactical and strategic scenarios making five steps ahead of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Aside from his powers he also has knowledge of genetic engineering and robotics. "Thus Project Centipede ring a bell to anyone?"
Victoria Hand
Another agent besides Garrett who has enough higher clearance to get every S.H.I.E.L.D. info on the spot. From weapons, technology, research developments and maybe to its people, Victoria Hand has shown some shady actions as far as the series goes evidence to the matter that she sent both Agent Ward and Fitz on a mission without a proper extraction plan and Coulson didn't liked the idea. Removing of Skye during Coulson's rescue operation certainly is suspicious and her relationship with Agent May is not that pleasant. In the comics she was a villain working under Norman Osborn as a member of H.A.M.M.E.R. during the Dark Reign storyline so it's quite possible within the series she could be the leader of the Clairvoyant.
With all that information gathered in one plate, what will happen in the coming episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Guess Marvel fans will have tuned in next time.
