After, Before
"After, Before" is the eighth 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 1980s. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the franchise's films. The episode was written by James C. Oliver & Sharla Oliver and directed by Eli Gonda.

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 sees Wen's Melinda May and Cordova-Buckley's Yo-Yo Rodriguez visiting Jiaying, portrayed by returning season two guest star Dichen Lachman, to try restore Yo-Yo's abilities so she can fix the team's malfunctioning time drive. The episode explores elements of Yo-Yo's past.

"After, Before" originally aired on ABC on July 15, 2020, and was watched by 1.38 million viewers. It received generally positive reviews, particularly for its character moments.
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