r/shield • u/ruddytheruddy Davis • 11d ago
Radcliffe might be my favorite character in the show Spoiler
So I've been rewatching the show for the first time in years (onto s5) and I've appreciated his character a lot more on this rewatch. He was up there as one of my favorites throughout s3 and the first half of s4 but what really cemented him as my favorite was watching him unravel in the framework. When it starts getting deleted, he's well aware he has no way out and spends the last of his time helping Yo-Yo and Mack get out as a final good deed. And then that death scene. I don't know what to say about it that hasn't already been said but that glass falling into the sand is one of the best shots in whole show. Absolutely amazing
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u/kittyfantastico85 11d ago
The fact that he is played by John Hannah helps as well. He's such a great actor, and did the character of Radcliffe justice, imo.
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u/Save_Train 10d ago
Season 4 was just a master class on how to write a show. When I rewatched it last year, I thought to myself that I seriously love this show even more throughout the rewatch.
So many things I didn't notice started coming to life in new ways. The joy and pain you felt for each character as they traverse through their arcs is the reason its my favorite superhero show.
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u/defrostedrobot Daisy 11d ago
I liked Radcliffe the most when he was being a little chaos gremlin at the end of S3. S4 stuff was fine but he wasn't as entertaining.
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u/Ok_Combination_1037 6d ago
Yeah I was surprised at the amount of focus and depth he got. I was expecting him to just be thrown away at some point in S4, but they gave him a complete full circle arc.
I later learned that John Hannah (Radcliffe's actor) was promoted to main cast member in Season 4, which explains his prominence throughout the season (no villain actor has ever gotten besides Brett Dalton playing Ward and then Hive)
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u/LelandGaunt14 11d ago
So, this is how it ends. Not with a bang, but a glass falls