Alien Commies from the Future!

"Alien Commies from the Future!"
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode
Title card for the episode, using a 1950s "classic sci-fi" theme reflective of the episode's 1955 Area 51 setting[1][2]
Episode no.	Season 7 Episode 3
Directed by	Nina Lopez-Corrado
Written by	Nora Zuckerman Lilla Zuckerman
Cinematography by	Allan Westbrook
Editing by	Kelly Stuyvesant
Original air date	June 10, 2020 (2020-06-10)
Running time	42 minutes
Guest appearances
Enver Gjokaj as Daniel Sousa Tobias Jelinek as Luke Julian Acosta as Pascal Vega Michael Gaston as Gerald Sharpe Tamara Taylor as Sibyl
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"Alien Commies from the Future!" is the third 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 1955. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the franchise's films. The episode was written by Nora and Lilla Zuckerman and directed by Nina Lopez-Corrado.

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 moves to Area 51 in 1955 after the season explored the 1930s in the first two episodes. Filming took place in deserts around California, with authentic period costumes designed for the episode. Guest star Enver Gjokaj reprises his role of Daniel Sousa from the MCU series Agent Carter.

"Alien Commies from the Future!" originally aired on ABC on June 10, 2020, and was watched by 1.57 million viewers. The episode received generally positive reviews, particularly for its fun tone, but with mixed responses for its attempts to address the racism and misogyny of the era.