Adapt or Die (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

"Adapt or Die"
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode
The episode utilizes the season five typeface logo
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 6
Directed by	Aprill Winney
Written by	DJ Doyle
Cinematography by	Kyle Jewell
Editing by	Kelly Stuyvesant
Original air date	July 1, 2020 (2020-07-01)
Running time	42 minutes
Guest appearances
Joel Stoffer as Enoch Tamara Taylor as Sibyl Tobias Jelinek as Luke Thomas E. Sullivan as Nathaniel Malick Paulina Bugembe as Lilla Mackenzie Dawan Owens as Ford Sedale Threatt Jr. as John Mackenzie Shakira Barrera as King Patrick Warburton as Rick Stoner Enver Gjokaj as Daniel Sousa
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"Adapt or Die" is the sixth episode of the seventh season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D., it follows a Life Model Decoy of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they race to stop the Chronicoms from unraveling history in the 1970s. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the franchise's films. The episode was written by DJ Doyle and directed by Aprill Winney.

Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, starring alongside Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, Natalia Cordova-Buckley, and Jeff Ward. The episode remains in 1976 after the characters traveled to that year in the previous episode. Guest stars Enver Gjokaj, reprising his role of Daniel Sousa from the MCU series Agent Carter, and Patrick Warburton, reprising his role as Rick Stoner from season five, return from previous episodes in the season.

"Adapt or Die" originally aired on ABC on July 1, 2020, and was watched by 1.32 million viewers.