Trying to get specifics on what’s to come on Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD is always tricky, as Marvel is known for their secrecy. However, those of us attending the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour this week did our best, when we spoke to executive producers Jeffrey Bell, Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon about Season 2.

Season 1 ended with some huge changes to the status quo, in the wake of the Hydra reveal in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Nick Fury has now named Coulson the director of a new incarnation of SHIELD, which he essentially is building from the ground up. But just how large is this new SHIELD? And how official are they, given Fury himself is believed to be dead?

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