Chloe Bennet's Quake Joining The MCU Takes Another Step Forward

Image via MovieStillsDB Published Oct 24, 2026, 5:33 PM EDT Craig began contributing to Screen Rant in 2016 and has been ranting ever since, mostly to himself in a darkened room. After previously writing for various outlets, Craig's focus turned to TV and film, where a steady upbringing of science fiction and comic books finally became useful. Craig has previously been published by sites such as Den of Geek. Craig is an approved critic on Rotten Tomatoes. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-elvy-5b31a3381/ Sign in to your ScreenRant account Agents of SHIELD debuted in 2013, proudly hailed by Marvel as the very first MCU spinoff on TV, and that connection was by no means undersold. As well as starring Clark Gregg as an undead Agent Coulson, the series called in some serious favors for an impressive list of cameos: Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Jamie Alexander, Hayley Atwell, and more. Agents of SHIELD also directly tackled existing MCU storylines, such as the collapse of SHIELD from Captain America: The Winter Soldier, while referencing other notable events from the films in smaller ways. And yet, somewhere along the way, keeping Agents of SHIELD tethered to the MCU became unfeasible. The series, understandably, had no real answer to Thanos and the Snap, and the more cosmic storylines in Agents of SHIELD became, the weirder it became for them to be ignored by the wider MCU. What followed was a semi-conscious uncoupling between a TV series and the franchise it originally belonged to. Agents of SHIELD's decanonization left a sour taste, but the series continued to thrive regardless, building a legacy that now stands firmly on its own. Still, with the multiverse in play and everyone from Tobey Maguire to Jennifer Garner pulling their superhero suits back on, the opportunity to reintegrate Agents of SHIELD characters back into the MCU has never fully closed, and the hero most suited for that transition is Chloe Bennet's Quake. Effectively the show's protagonist, Agents of SHIELD followed Quake as she transformed from a directionless youth to a true superhero, perfectly setting up an MCU role that... still hasn't happened. Six years after Agents of SHIELD's ending, however, Quake's comeback is closer than ever. The Clues Keep Coming That Zodiac Will Bring SHIELD Back To The MCU Announced at New York Comic Con, Zodiac is the first new MCU series confirmed for Disney+ after Avengers: Doomsday, and while its premise remains a closely-guarded secret, everything points toward an Agents of SHIELD connection. There's a SHIELD symbol in Zodiac's title logo, for starters, and Clark Gregg himself shared the announcement on his social media. None of which proves a connection to Agents of SHIELD. Perhaps the logo is just misdirection, and Gregg's finger slipped while scrolling to find Kevin Feige's number in his contacts, but these small clues certainly do enough to invite a conversation, and Marvel would have been fully aware of this. The plot thickens, as a new (and very brief) plot summary emerges, reading, "The story will follow a pair of spies who are chasing targets who have special abilities." For a spy thriller set in a superhero franchise, such a description is spectacularly unhelpful, but when considered in the context of Agents of SHIELD, it becomes a lot more interesting. Because Agents of SHIELD concluded with Chloe Bennet's Quake teaming up with her sister Kora, another powerful Inhuman, to explore the universe. Before that, Quake had led the Secret Warriors, a group of Inhumans who acted as an off-the-books SHIELD task force. And throughout Agents of SHIELD, Quake always showed a militant support for the rights of individuals with superpowers. So, when Zodiac mentions spies chasing down targets with special abilities, it's hard not to be reminded of Quake. Has Bennet's character returned to Earth and now a new-look SHIELD is hunting her down? Did Quake reform the Secret Warriors as a vigilante team, and SHIELD is less than pleased about it? Is Quake herself the one hunting new members for a Secret Warriors 2.0? Or will Quake ride to the rescue and save the super-abled from being hunted by these mysterious spooks? It's not conclusive, and there's a long way to go before the MCU can consider itself Quaken and stirred. And yet, it's impossible to ignore how everything revealed about Zodiac so far lines up perfectly for an Agents of SHIELD return: the logo, the placement in the timeline, and now the agents vs. superheroes premise that lays the foundations for the return of a famous superpowered SHIELD agent that Marvel forgot. Release Date 2013 - 2020-00-00 Network ABC Showrunner Jed Whedon Cast Daisy 'Skye' Johnson / Quake Directors Kevin Tancharoen, Jesse Bochco, Billy Gierhart, Vincent Misiano, Bobby Roth, Nina Lopez-Corrado, Brad Turner, David Solomon, Eric Laneuville, Kate Woods, Kevin Hooks, Milan Cheylov, Ron Underwood, Roxann Dawson, Wendey Stanzler, Clark Gregg, David Straiton, Holly Dale, John Terlesky, Joss Whedon, Stanley M. Brooks, Keith Potter, Dwight H. Little, Elodie Keene Writers Monica Owusu-Breen, Sharla Oliver, Lauren LeFranc, James C. Oliver, Rafe Judkins, Matt Owens, Mark Leitner, Iden Baghdadchi, Shalisha Francis, Chris Dingess Franchise(s) Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe