Phil Coulson is dead.

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Apparently, Im hard to kill.

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You have nine lives.GREGG:Oh, I like that better.

Were putting this mystery together ourselves.

And one of them is a dead ringer for Phil Coulson.

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But other than these spectacular features, that seems to be where the similarity ends.

He seems to be part of a very ruthless non-Earth-based beings, who are tearing sh up.

Hes the anti-Coulson in that way.

Phil Coulson was never comfortable much with collateral [damage].

This guy, as the kids say, he has no shs to give.

As you mentioned, you played Coulson for 10 years.

Was it weird saying goodbye to him?GREGG:Its weird to say goodbye to him every time.

So much of our experience on this show is art and life fusing.

Then he was dead, and that was very sad.

Like, Ive gone through the grieving!

Its a year later!

You show up to tear up my heart again?

No way, Im going to kill it.

I want to beat it up!

She doesnt believe that this is happening.GREGG:Its definitely interfering with your grieving process.WEN:Absolutely.

Its been fun because she gets to be a little bit more emotional.

So I dont even know what the second half of this is.

Oh, its the Kree.

Oh, its space.

Its hard to say.

Theyre after something more subtle in the sci-fi realm.

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