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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: Is Deke the key to success?

By Christina Roberts

MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. - "The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and The D" - After being unexpectedly stranded in 1982, Mack retreats to his childhood home to process the death of his parents, while Deke gets to work scouting a chart-topping group of new agents. With no idea if or when the team is coming back for them, time seems to finally be on their side . at least until the killer robots show up, on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. - (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)JEFF WARD
MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. - "The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and The D" - After being unexpectedly stranded in 1982, Mack retreats to his childhood home to process the death of his parents, while Deke gets to work scouting a chart-topping group of new agents. With no idea if or when the team is coming back for them, time seems to finally be on their side . at least until the killer robots show up, on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. - (ABC/Mitch Haaseth)JEFF WARD /
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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has toned Deke down this season, which is good —  because he might just be the key to winning the war against the Chronicoms.

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has spent a fair amount of last season and the majority of this season toning down Deke and his annoying tendencies. Weird crush on Daisy aside, he’s been much more tolerable this season than when he came aboard in season five.

Which is a good thing! It makes interactions with him less cringe-worthy and more meaningful, and it makes him feel more like part of the team — one of the cogs that actually matters.

And there’s this strange feeling that the change of tone for Deke’s character has a purpose.

What if he’s the key to defeating the Chronicoms and Nathaniel Malick in this final season?

Think about it. Malick’s big weapon against the team right now is that he has Sibly’s time streams, so he knows with about 95-percent certainty what SHIELD is going to do before they do it.

But Deke comes from a timeline that no longer exists. If you remember from the start of the season, he shot Freddie Malick, which was not predicted. “Did you see that coming?” he asked as Malick was dying in front of him.

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. – “The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and The D” – After being unexpectedly stranded in 1982, Mack retreats to his childhood home to process the death of his parents, while Deke gets to work scouting a chart-topping group of new agents. With no idea if or when the team is coming back for them, time seems to finally be on their side . at least until the killer robots show up, on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. – (ABC/Jessica Brooks)JEFF WARD
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. – “The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and The D” – After being unexpectedly stranded in 1982, Mack retreats to his childhood home to process the death of his parents, while Deke gets to work scouting a chart-topping group of new agents. With no idea if or when the team is coming back for them, time seems to finally be on their side . at least until the killer robots show up, on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. – (ABC/Jessica Brooks)JEFF WARD /

Which begs the question: Do Sibyl’s time streams account for Deke?

It feels like they don’t, because he’s technically not supposed to exist (especially if Fitz is dead). This means that Malick and the remaining Chronicoms can’t anticipate what Deke can do. And since he’s currently aboard the hijacked Zephyr (unnoticed), he may be able to stop them before they get to Fitz.

Or, at the very least, delay them to save Simmons (and as a result, Fitz).

If Deke has a larger role in these last few episodes of Agents of SHIELD, it would bring his character arc full circle from where we found him on the Lighthouse 80 years from now. And that would be a good thing.

Next. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD: What was Simmons’ revelation?. dark

What are your thoughts? Will Deke be the one to save the day? Let us know in the comments!

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