# Marvel Agents of SHIELD

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 25, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-agents-of-shield/669608 "2013-09-25T00:55:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-agents-of-shield/669608/261 "2013-11-05T01:16:43Z")

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> [@bienville](#):
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> Well, of all the people kept in the dark about what happened to Coulson . . . it seems the most significantly “kept in the dark” person is Coulson himself.
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> All your questions are valid and worth wondering about, but it’s clear that the _actual secret_ is far more complex than “Coulson died/Coulson didn’t die”. As the show slowly reveals the secret I suppose some of your questions will be answered and that we may find out that, given the actual truth, some of those questions turn out to be irrelevant.

I agree the mystery of what happened to Coulson is also significant. I’m just raising the separate point of Shield concealing his death without questioning the method used.

It could be an interesting point in the upcoming Captain America movie. From the [ads](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmd6qLxMlQA), it’s apparent Steve Rodgers is questioning where his loyalty lies. Somebody trying to sway him against Shield might reveal that Coulson is alive and that Fury lied to manipulate him at a critical moment.

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