Grant Ward (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

NOTE: This article is about the incarnation of Grant Ward from the Marvel Cinematic film series. The mainstream version can be found here: Grant Ward (Comics).

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Grant Douglas Ward
Alias	Agent Ward (formerly) Evil Faceless Government Toolbag T-1000 Dan Filch The Tin Man Tom Brady Romeo HYDRA Boyfriend The Asset The Big Bad Wolf Zack The Man on the Bus Mr. Ward The Devil (by Hunter) Director King Idiot Hive (possessed)
Origin	Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Occupation	Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (formerly; undercover) Black Ops specialist (formerly) Member of Phil Coulson's team (formerly; undercover) HYDRA double agent (formerly; defected before return) Member of the Centipede Group (formerly) Director of HYDRA
Powers / Skills	Martial arts Master marksmanship Multilingualism Espionage Manipulation Mastery of tactics Weapons expertise Leadership Intimidation Unpredictability
Hobby	Playing board games. Reading. Following orders (formerly). Eating pumpkin pancakes. Lying. Killing people.
Goals	Find closure (succeeded). Assisting John Garrett in his plans (failed). Make his brother Christian admit that he forced him to drown his brother Thomas (succeeded). Kill his family for all of the abuse he suffered during his childhood (succeeded). Reunite Skye with her father (succeeded). Help Agent 33 find closure for being brainwashed (mostly succeeded). Rebuild HYDRA and make it an improvement to the original (failed). Destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. to avenge Agent 33's death (failed). Bring back HYDRA's true leader Hive back to Earth from Maveth (succeeded post-mortem).
Crimes	Mass murder Assault Terrorism Betrayal Kidnapping Destruction Theft Brainwashing Espionage Torture Conspiracy Incrimination Blackmail Mutilations Arson Nigh-familicide Canicide (reluctantly) Organized crime Psychological abuse Stalking Forgery
Type of Villain	Hypocritical Traitor

“	I'm everyone's type.	„
	~ Grant Ward showing his true colors to Raina - and his most famous quote.

Grant Ward was a major antagonist in the TV series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

He appears as the secondary antagonist of Season 1, as one of the two secondary antagonists (along with Sunil Bakshi) of Season 2, as the central antagonist of Season 3 and as a posthumous antagonist in the subsequent seasons. A version of Ward later appeared in the Agents of HYDRA arc of Season 4 as a major character.

Initially appearing as a loyal S.H.I.E.L.D. black ops specialist, Ward was revealed to be a sadistic, manipulative, delusional and sociopathic double agent of HYDRA before eventually rising to become one of the organization's remaining leaders. He is also considered the most personal and one of the most dangerous adversaries of the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents from his old team, as well as being the arch-nemesis of both their leader Phil Coulson, and his former love interest Daisy Johnson who is also his girlfriend in the Framework.

He was portrayed by Brett Dalton, who later played Hive (who was possessing Ward's body) in the same series, Agent Brick in Milo Murphy's Law and Parasite in Superman: Man of Tomorrow.

Overview

Having grown up abused by his own family, Ward was recruited and trained by John Garrett before becoming one of the many HYDRA agents who had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. He strategically got himself onto Phil Coulson's team under the orders of Garrett, who was secretly a mastermind known as the Clairvoyant that ran the Centipede Group. During this time, he began feigning interest in his teammates, especially the hacker Daisy "Skye" Johnson, whom he developed genuine feelings for.

Following Garrett's death, Ward went on a journey of self-discovery that involved killing his own family and rejoining HYDRA under Daniel Whitehall to fulfill his promise to Skye in reuniting her with her father, Calvin Zabo. Following Whitehall's death, Ward began helping former S.H.I.E.L.D. operative Kara Palamas, aka Agent 33, in gaining closure against the ones who were responsible for her being brainwashed by HYDRA, including Sunil Bakshi. Ultimately, Ward was tricked by Melinda May into killing Kara during their kidnapping of Bobbi Morse, one of the targets of Kara's revenge.

Blaming S.H.I.E.L.D. for his own pain, Ward became one of the remaining leaders of HYDRA to avenge Kara. He later teams up with co-leader Gideon Malick to help in bringing back an ancient Inhuman that inspired HYDRA's creation, Hive. After Ward later killed Phil Coulson's girlfriend, Rosalind Price, he was finally killed by the former to avenge Price and his other victims. However, shortly after his death, Ward's body became the host of Hive until the latter was ultimately destroyed, thus destroying Ward altogether.

Personality

S.H.I.E.L.D. Identity

“	I'm agent Grant Ward. I could rupture your spleen with my left pinky... blindfolded.	„
	~ Jemma Simmons imitating Grant Ward.

Ward's facade, as he earns the team's trust by saving Jemma Simmons' life.

Grant Ward, while infiltrating as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., generally had a bad temper but was able to stay calm and collected during sticky situations. He was slightly anti-social with strong morals and was known to be "deadly". On his days off, however, he enjoyed a nice book or even singing along to his favorite West Side Story song. As time progressed, Ward seemed to soften somewhat, developing friendships with his fellow Agents, which was eventually cemented upon rescuing Agent Simmons after she jumped from the Bus. Ward did not seem overtly interested in relationships but for a time had a purely sexual relationship with Agent May. However, when he began to develop feelings for Skye, this arrangement ended.

True Personality

“	You're such a hypocrite. You say I betrayed her? What about you? You betrayed your entire team. How many people who trusted you have died? See, I've seen the real Grant Ward, the one buried deep inside. He's a coward who always has an excuse or someone else to blame.	„
	~ Bobbi Morse to Grant Ward about his true nature.

Skye's message to the rest of the team about Ward's true allegiance after he killed Eric Koenig.

However, in reality, Ward was a master manipulator who was able to adjust his personality in order to gain the trust of others. During his time as a part of Project Centipede, Ward was shown to be blindly loyal to Garrett, whom he viewed as a father figure, and that he owed him everything. This was contributed to after Garrett trained a young Ward when he felt torn down by his family's abuse. Regarding his loyalties to Garrett and Coulson's team, Ward did appear partially conflicted, especially with his genuine feelings for many of his teammates and his increasing reservations about Garrett's actions, especially after he took the GH.325 formula. This was backed by the fact that he couldn't bring himself to directly murder Leo Fitz and Simmons, but instead ejected them into the ocean.

Following Garrett's death, Ward slowly evolved into his own person. During his imprisonment, Ward became more remorseless as he attempted to use his knowledge Skye's father to exploit regardless if it emotionally hurts her. He also murdered numerous guards during his escape, and also both his brother and his parents as revenge for the years of abuse they put him through, and showed a lack of empathy when Daniel Whitehall confronted him about it. Ward slowly became more delusional, which started when he believed that aiding the team against HYDRA would help re-earn their trust, but this ultimately ended when Skye and Simmons both attempted to kill him on separate occasions. Ward was also a hypocrite, as he believed that because his family tortured him for years as a child, he had every right to kill them and that it justified all of the cruel acts he has committed. During his time of torturing Bobbi Morse to help Agent 33 gain closure for Whitehall brainwashing her, Ward showed to be far more sadistic, as he showed signs of enjoying the pain that they were inflicting on her. After being tricked by Melinda May into killing Kara Palamas, this was the last straw for Ward, as he vowed vengeance against S.H.I.E.L.D. (particularly, against Coulson, May, Skye, Fitz, Simmons, Bobbi, and Hunter) and was willing to rebuild HYDRA as one of its last remaining leaders into order to gain "closure."

Ward abandoning his remaining morals by rejoining HYDRA as its director in order to exact vengeance on his old team.

During his time as the director of HYDRA and having accidentally killed Agent 33 and lost all connections to the team he initially cared for, Ward effectively severed all ties to his humanity and whatever form of conscience he had retained before was erased. His sole objective was to subject S.H.I.E.L.D. and Coulson to the same amount of suffering as he had. Ward had also slightly became more arrogant and narcissistic as he viewed his beliefs were above all others', and when he recruited Werner von Strucker, he assumed that after one act of savagery, the boy could murder Andrew Garner, an act that caused Gideon Malick to chastise him. Ward was completely dismissive of the previous generation of HYDRA, believing their greed and lust for power was what led to the organization's collapse, which was partially true. Ward's sadism became more increased as he took great pleasure in killing Rosalind Price in front of Coulson, knowing that it would hurt him and would occasionally taunt him about it afterwards; and he showed a slight amount of enjoyment when he took part in both physically and emotionally torturing Fitz and Simmons, with Giyera's help.

However, overall, despite being manipulative, delusional, sadistic and remorseless of his past actions, Ward still deeply cared about his younger brother, Thomas, and even after being separated for fifteen years, Grant still loved him. When Coulson had Hunter point a gun to Thomas's head, Grant swore that he would cut Fitz from head to toe if they hurt him. However, upon learning that Thomas did not feel the same way about him and that he had in fact aided Coulson, Bobbi, and Hunter in finding his location, any remaining shreds of his sanity were finally destroyed as he then furiously tortured Simmons, whom he previously claimed to before that he would genuinely never hurt.

During his mission to Maveth to retrieve Hive, Ward realized that his life had gained a purpose. He reflected on how he lived his life and how he joined HYDRA, starting from because father figure, to vengeance, and to closure. Ward looked back and thought of how things were at that point, and because that he was chosen for this mission, he felt that for the first time, his life was important for something. He actually felt truly loyal to the HYDRA organization rather than any individual HYDRA operative. He even spoke the words "Hail HYDRA" for the first time in his career.

Abilities

“	Remain alert around Agent Ward. He's a trained killer, one of the best.	„
	~ Daniel Whitehall alerting his men to be careful around Ward, whose training and capabilities he openly complimented on.

Ward's training has proven dangerous as he's used his combat, marksmanship, espionage and manipulative skillsets to blindside both S.H.I.E.L.D. and his enemies numerous times.

• Excellent Physical Condition: Ward passed S.H.I.E.L.D.'s combat clearance tests with flying colors.
• Master Martial Artist: Ward was a master in hand-to-hand combat. His fighting style combined elements of Kali, Boxing, Jeet Kune Do, and Krav Maga. Maria Hill evaluated his fighting skills with the highest available marks for S.H.I.E.L.D.'s standards, and able to match the agency's best fighters. Daniel Whitehall considered him as one of the best killers. Ward often used this to take down many opponents at the same time, whether security, or other S.H.I.E.L.D agents. He managed to defeat multiple opponents whose strength surpassed his, even defeating the enhanced Centipede Soldiers
• Master Marksman: Ward was an extremely accurate marksman skilled in sharpshooting and sniping. John Garrett recommended Ward to take this course in S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy after Ward spent time in the woods using this skill to hunt for food. Ward has famously made a shot from over 1000 yards; Ward says it was 2000. He was also able to shoot Rosalind Price from a long distance, aiming accurately at her neck in order to let her die slowly in front of Phil Coulson.
• Multilingualism: Ward was fluent in 6 languages, including English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and one more. Ward used this skill in missions in Paris, South Ossetia, and Peru, most times as an undercover agent. He had used such skills on the train in Italy, in the Todorov Building in Belarus, and when arriving at the Barbershop Headquarters in Cuba.
• Master Spy: Ward was a proficient agent trained in espionage, stealth, disguise and infiltration. He has spent years on some missions as an undercover agent. When taking a Lie Detector test, Ward put splinters of cable wire into his fingers to confuse the sensors. Infamously, Ward used this skill to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D. as a HYDRA operative, spending years gaining trust and respect. When questioned by Raina, he explained to her methods that he used to solidify his place on Coulson's Team.
• Expert Pilot: Ward was a competent pilot, able to maneuver a huge aircraft such as the Bus.
• Expert Tactician: When Ward suspected that S.H.I.E.L.D. was pursuing him, he knew that they would send agents that he had never met. Ward observed that Bobbi Morse was not changing her page as she pretended to read a book. He also spotted Antoine Triplett at the bus station, subtly revealing his explosives to the agent. After the death of Kara Palamas, Ward made his goal to rebuild HYDRA from the ashes, starting with a small cell of only four operatives. Six months later, Ward had dozens of operatives under his command, all of them unscrupulous and trained in brutal fights to the death

List of Victims

• Buddy (reluctantly)
• Nahui (accidentally)
• Thomas Nash
• Victoria Hand
• Two unnamed S.H.I.E.L.D. agents
• Eric Koenig
• Four unnamed F.B.I. agents
• Unnamed Goldbrix Taverns bartender
• Two unnamed HYDRA bodyguards
• His mother
• His father
• Christian Ward
• Selwyn
• Staff Sergeant Campbell
• Sunil Bakshi (indirectly caused)
• Unnamed S.H.I.E.L.D. agent
• Kara Palamas/Agent 33 (accidentally)
• Werner von Strucker’s unnamed bodyguard
• Andrew Garner’s unnamed bodyguard (caused)
• Three unnamed HYDRA assassins
• Unnamed flight attendant
• Rosalind Price
• Countless S.H.I.E.L.D. agents (both directly and caused)
• Countless unnamed HYDRA agents (both directly and caused)
• Innumerable civilians on plane

Relationships

Family Mother † - Abusive Mother and Victim Father † - Abusive Father and Victim Christian Ward † - Abusive Older Brother and Victim Thomas Ward - Brother and Former Best Friend Sister Anna Ward - Sister-in-Law Allies Raina † - Enemy turned Ally Cybertek Carlo Mancini † - Enemy Sofia † - Enemy Kyle Zeller Carl Creel/Absorbing Man † Yuri Dubrovsky † Marta Vladimi Sif Elliot Randolph Calvin Zabo Kara Palamas/Agent 33 † - Lover and Accidental Victim HYDRA - Subordinates Centipede Project John Garrett † - Former S.H.I.E.L.D. Supervising Officer, HYDRA Supervisor and Father Figure Kaminsky Ian Quinn † - Enemy turned Ally Ernesto - Barber Jasper Sitwell † Kebo † - Right-Hand Man Sunil Bakshi † - Enemy turned Ally, Thrall and Savior HYDRA Arsonist † HYDRA Assassin † Kirk Vogel † Gideon Malick † - Rival and Enemy turned Ally and Superior Giyera † Alveus/Hive † - Controller

Enemies S.H.I.E.L.D. (First Incarnation) - Allies turned Enemies Nick Fury - Former Director Maria Hill - Former Deputy Director Victoria Hand † - Former Superior and Victim Felix Blake - Former Colleague Eric Koenig † - Former Colleague and Victim Coulson's Team Phil Coulson † - Former Team Leader and Former Friend Melinda May - Former Lover Jemma Simmons - Former Friend Leo Fitz - Former Friend Skye - Former Teammate, Former Pupil and Former Love Interest Antoine Triplett † - Former Colleague and Former Friend S.H.I.E.L.D. (Second Incarnation) - Former Jailers and Temporary Allies Phil Coulson † - First Archenemy, and Killer Melinda May Daisy "Skye" Johnson - Former Love Interest, Second Archenemy, and Attempted Killer Leo Fitz - Torturer Jemma Simmons - Attempted Killer Antoine Triplett † Bobbi Morse - Torture Victim Lance Hunter - Attempted Killer Billy Koenig Sam Koenig Mike Peterson/Deathlok - Ally (under HYDRA coercion) turned Enemy Robert Gonzales † HYDRA Daniel Whitehall † - Superior turned Enemy Doctor List Centipede Soldiers Brian Hayward † Centipede Soldier 2 Carmine Werner von Strucker † - Subordinate turned Enemy Vanchat Todd Chesterfield Franklin Hall † Chan Ho Yin/Scorch † Policia Militar de Peru Camilla Reyes - Ally turned Enemy Lopex Perez Cusi † Vilca Nahui † - Accidental Victim Norse Paganists Petra Larsen Jakob Nystrom Luca Russo † - Ally turned Enemy Tobias Ford † Lorelei - Enemy and Enthraller Dogs of Hell Rooster Emily Deville Selwyn † - Victim Andrew Garner † Lincoln Campbell † United States Armed Forces Glenn Talbot † Campbell † - Victim Advanced Threat Containment Unit Rosalind Price † - Victim

Appearances

Appearances of Grant Ward

Season 1 "Pilot" "0-8-4" "The Asset" "Eye-Spy" "Girl in the Flower Dress" "FZZT" "The Hub" "The Well" "Repairs" "The Bridge" "The Magical Place" "Seeds" "T.R.A.C.K.S." "TAHITI" "Yes Men" "End of the Beginning" "Turn, Turn, Turn" "Providence" "The Only Light in the Darkness" "Nothing Personal" "Ragtag" "Beginning of the End" Season 2 "Shadows" "Making Friends and Influencing People" "Face My Enemy" (mentioned) "A Hen in the Wolf House" "A Fractured House" "The Writing on the Wall" "The Things We Bury" "...Ye Who Enter Here" "What We Become" "Aftershocks" (mentioned) "Who You Really Are" (mentioned) "Love in the Time of HYDRA" "One Door Closes" (mentioned) "Afterlife" (mentioned) "The Frenemy of My Enemy" "The Dirty Half Dozen" "Scars" "S.O.S. Part One" "S.O.S. Part Two" Season 3 "Laws of Nature" (mentioned) "Purpose in the Machine" "A Wanted (Inhu)man" (mentioned) "Devils You Know" "Among Us Hide..." "Chaos Theory" "Many Heads, One Tale" "Closure" "Maveth" "Bouncing Back" (mentioned; corpse possessed by Hive) "The Inside Man" (mentioned; corpse possessed by Hive) "Parting Shot" (mentioned) "Spacetime" (mentioned; corpse possessed by Hive) "Paradise Lost" (mentioned; corpse possessed by Hive) "The Team" (mentioned; corpse possessed by Hive) "The Singularity" (mentioned; corpse possessed by Hive) "Failed Experiments" (mentioned; corpse possessed by Hive) "Emancipation" (mentioned; corpse possessed by Hive) "Absolution" (mentioned; corpse possessed by Hive) "Ascension" (mentioned; corpse possessed by Hive) Season 4 "Hot Potato Soup" (mentioned) "Self Control" (appeared as Framework counterpart) "What If..." (appeared as Framework counterpart) "Identity and Change" (mentioned; also appeared as Framework counterpart) "No Regrets" (mentioned; also appeared as Framework counterpart) "All the Madame's Men" (mentioned; also appeared as Framework counterpart) Season 5 "The Real Deal" (flashback) "Principia" (mentioned) Season 6 "Fear and Loathing on the Planet of Kitson" (indirectly mentioned) "From the Ashes" (mentioned) Season 7 "Brand New Day" (mentioned)

Quotes

“	Do you think this has been easy on me? Do you have any idea how hard it was? The sacrifices, the decisions I had to make? But I made them. Because that's what I do. I'm a survivor.	„
	~ Ward trying to excuse his actions to Skye.

“	I know sacrifice, what it takes to move forward in life.	„
	~ Ward upon meeting Daniel Whitehall.

“	My family did a number on me. Stripped me down. Left me...hollow. I was a shell. So, when someone finally did come along, and offered to build me back up, I didn't resist. Even though what he really did was make me a killer.	„
	~ Ward explaining his origins to Agent 33.

“	I know. It's what I regret the most. Not the lying, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents I had to put down, and I'm sorry not even dropping you two in the ocean. It's this. My actions destroyed this. I'll regret that forever. 'Cause there were good times. Right? Before? I mean, for a while there, we were a good team. Weren't we?	„
	~ Ward trying to "apologize" for his actions to his old team.

“	It's gonna be a long night. I knew you'd be tough. Coulson's got a good eye for talent. Always a little blind when it comes to spies in his own house. You know, you and I are a lot alike. Both of us are living one life on the outside. But who we really are. We keep that buried deep inside when no one can ever find them. It's why Coulson never saw us coming. That's why you never saw me coming.	„
	~ Ward antagonizing Bobbi Morse while he tortures her.

“	Do you understand who you work for now? Good. I'm done flying solo. I miss having a team around me. I want more names.	„
	~ Ward addressing to HYDRA operatives as their new leader.

“	HYDRA's fractured in pieces. We're going to rebuild it. The right way. By force.	„
	~ Ward explaining his goal as he recruits Werner von Strucker.

“	Ladies and gentlemen, please return to your seats and keep your seat belts fastened. You may experience some turbulence coming up. Don't be alarmed. That's just your pilot diving to equalize cabin pressure before you freeze to death. Oh, and, uh... from all of us here at HYDRA, thanks for flying the friendly skies.	„
	~ Ward tells plane passengers over the intercom before jumping out.

“	Now you know how it feels, Coulson, to watch someone you care for bleed out right in front of you.	„
	~ Ward tormenting Coulson over the phone after killing Rosalind Price.

“	I'm not looking for mercy or absolution. I just want you to know, I've been where you are right now. Filled with rage, wanting revenge... I chose HYDRA for petty, personal, selfish reasons... for a father figure, for vengeance... for closure. But what I saw today gave my life meaning. For the first time ever, I have a sense of satisfaction that I never experienced when I was seeking revenge. Everyone had this place wrong... It isn't death... It's a new beginning. Malick was right. This is all meant to be. And the fact that you followed me here, that we're in this together, that just confirms the fact that I am part of a grand plan. I see that now.	„
	~ Grant Ward's final monologue to Phil Coulson.

Trivia

• Following the reveal of Ward being HYDRA, the character garnered a fan following, with a group known as "Ward Warriors" often using the hashtag, "#StandWithWard" on social media, something which even surprised the actor Brett Dalton. Later, as a "shoutout" to the fans, Agent 33 says "I will always stand with Ward" in the second-season finale, S.O.S.
  • Regardless, Ward has remained as one of the show's most popular characters, as well as being one of its best villains to date.
• Even before his reveal in the episode Turn, Turn, Turn, he was seduced and turned evil by Lorelei two episodes earlier and ended up having sex with her.
• Ward bears similarities to the following villains:
  • Agent 23 from Get Smart, as both are double agents who are revealed to be working for an opposing organization and eventually betray their teammates. However, whereas Agent 23 is the main villain, Ward is the secondary villain.
  • Angelus from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as both were once good guys but turned to dark side, have an interest with leading character who slays their mentor, both have black hair and both served as the main antagonists.
  • Dark Willow Rosenberg from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as both lose control after their interests meet their defeats, both are in Joss Whedon productions, both are Big Bads, and both seek vengeance against others who wronged them.
• If you define the words in Grant's name individually, Grant means "great", Douglas means "dark", and Ward means "protector". Consequently, Grant Douglas Ward means "Great Dark Protector", possibly alluding to his true nature.
• Before his death, Ward was speculated to be an adaptation of Taskmaster due to not being a character originally from comics, and since Skye was revealed to be an adaption of Daisy Johnson/Quake.
• Following the reveal that Skye's real name was Daisy Johnson, Ward was later speculated to be an adaption of Secret Warriors member, Hellfire, due to both of them having genuine feelings for Daisy. This theory was debunked following his death.
  • However, a few episodes later on the same season of his death, an Inhuman version of Hellfire was introduced to the show.
• Ward is the first antagonist (and main antagonist) in the entire TV series whose actor was listed as a series regular.
  • Also, Ward's death marks the third time Coulson killed a main antagonist in the series, with the first two being John Garrett and Daniel Whitehall. Ward is also the first main antagonist Coulson hasn't killed behind his back.
  • Ward is the second main antagonist that never originated from the Marvel Comics Universe, following Jiaying.
    • However, due to his popularity in the series alongside the other original main characters (Melinda May, Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons), an incarnation of Ward was later introduced in the mainstream Marvel universe.
• A recurring theme in the series was that Ward is shot every mid-season finale he appeared in. In Season 1, he gets shot by a Centipede Project helicopter (presumably on Garrett's orders to maintain Ward's cover); in Season 2, he gets shot by Daisy four times in the back; and in Season 3, he gets shot by Coulson twice, before finally killing him on Maveth, leaving his prosthetic hand (the murder weapon) next to his body.
• Ward can be considered as the overall central antagonist of the third season, considering that he was a direct threat in the first half of the season; and while in the second half, not only Hive would use his memories and capabilities against S.H.I.E.L.D., the fallout of Ward's death and his actions would have ramifications throughout the entire season.
• In the penultimate episode of Season 3, Absolution, Daisy mentions to Coulson how Ward was brainwashed. Though this statement remains ambiguous, it's possible he was indeed brainwashed this whole time. During the second half of Season 1, Ward was completely loyal to Garrett, obeying his every command regardless of his action's consequences. After Garrett's death, he loses purpose in his life and tried to kill himself three times during his imprisonment. During Season 2, he makes a list of illogical choices (risking his life to get Coulson Sunil Bakshi only hours after escaping; later killing his abusive parents and older brother and rejoining HYDRA so he can keep his promise to Daisy by reuniting her with her father). After Daisy shoots him, Ward starts seeking personal independence, not working with many people until Agent 33 dies and decides to rejoin HYDRA as its new leader. All of the potential evidence is supported by the state of Agent 33's similar actions following Whitehall's death. It's also notable that 33 act antagonistically even after scans of her brain proved that her brainwash effects had been fully removed. This is interpreted that Daisy learned from experience that there's more than one brainwashing method and thus, emotional manipulation was a likely method under which Ward could have been brainwashed.
• Ward has a good counterpart in the Framework, who was recruited by Victoria Hand as opposed to John Garrett and therefore learned from a genuine and benevolent mentor instead of a toxic one. This version of Grant Ward serves as an exploration of what the real Grant could have been had he truly been the person he pretended to be, and suggests to Daisy that he actually had good inside him all along.
• Ward also appeared in the the comic book Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Chase, which is set between the episodes "Seeds" and "T.R.A.C.K.S.".

External links

• Grant Ward - Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki

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Aldrich Killian | Eric Savin | Trevor Slattery | Ellen Brandt | Sweat Shop Agent | Ponytail Express | Maya Hansen | Vice President Rodriguez | Extremis Soldiers Dark Elves Malekith the Accursed | Kurse the Strong Marauders Duhg | Kronan Marauder Kree Empire Leaders: Supreme Intelligence | Ronan the Accuser | Dar-Benn Starforce: Yon-Rogg | Minn-Erva | Korath the Pursuer | Att-lass | Bron-Char Kree Watch: Kasius | Sinara | Faulnak | Vicar | Tye Others: Vin-Tak | Soh-Larr | Papp-Tonn | Ty-Rone | Sakaaran Mercenaries | Exolon Monks Ravagers Yondu Udonta | Kraglin Obfonteri | Horuz | Vorker | Tullk | Oblo | Taserface | Gef | Retch | Halfnut | Brahl | Narblik | Huhtar Inhuman Afterlife Jiaying | Gordon | Calvin Zabo | Raina | Alisha Whitley Red Room General Dreykov | Taskmaster | Madame B | Dottie Underwood | Black Widows Kingpin's Criminal Empire Leaders: Kingpin Tracksuit Mafia: Echo | William Lopez | Clown | Ivan Banionis | Tomas | Enrique | Dmitri Black Knife Cartel: Zane Others: James Wesley | Leland Owlsley | Christian Blake | Carl Hoffman | John Healy | Bullseye | Vanessa Fisk | Tammy Hattley | Felix Manning | Eleanor Bishop The Hand Madame Gao | Nobu Yoshioka | Bakuto | Alexandra Reid | Elektra Natchios | Murakami | Sowande IGH Karl Malus | Miklos Kozlov | Leslie Hansen Stokes Crime Family Cottonmouth | Black Mariah | Shades Maggia Joseph Manfredi Watchdogs Felix Blake | Holden Radcliffe | Superior | Tucker Shockley | Ellen Nadeer | Victor Ramon | Hellfire Zealots Kaecilius | Lucian Aster Orgocorp Leaders: High Evolutionary | Theel | Vim Hell Spawn: Behemoth and War Pig | Octo-Hyena Soldiers: Controller | Karja | Kwol | Bletelsnort | Carrot Head | Phlektik | Orgosentries Sovereign: Ayesha | Sovereign Admiral | Zylak | Sovereign Chambermaid | Adam Warlock Celestials Arishem the Judge | Eson the Searcher | Ego the Living Planet | Tiamut the Communicator Bestman Salvage Vulture | Tinkerer | Jackson Brice | Shocker | Randy Vale Berserker Army Hela Odinsdottir | The Executioner | Fenris Wolf Sakaaran Guards The Grandmaster | Topaz | Sakaaran Mercenaries Fire Demons Surtur | Fire Dragon Cerberus Squad Agent Orange | Blacksmith | Jigsaw | Morty Bennett | Carson Wolf | The Punisher The Pride Magistrate | Leslie Dean | Tina Minoru | Robert Minoru | Geoffrey Wilder | Catherine Wilder | Victor Stein | Janet Stein | Dale Yorkes | Stacey Yorkes Sambisan Militants Sambisan Captain Skrull Resistance Talos | Norex | Gravik | Pagon | Brogan | Raava | Zirksu | Nuro | Kreega Mysterio's Crew Mysterio | William Ginter Riva | Victoria Snow | Gutes Guterman | Janice Lincoln | Doug | Shanice Elementals: Molten Man | Hydro-Man | Sandman | Elemental Fusion Roxxon Corporation Peter Scarborough | Terrors Sarge's Squad Sarge | Snowflake | Jaco | Pax Chronicom Hunters Sibyl | Atarah | Malachi | Luke | Baal-Gad | Abel | Isaiah Sonny Burch's Gang Sonny Burch | Uzman | Anitolov | Knox | Stoltz The Coven Morgan le Fay | Cassandra | Bronwyn LAF Georges Batroc | Ferdinand Lopez | Gerald Durand | Louie Flag Smashers Flag-Smasher | Dovich | Gigi | DeeDee | Lennox | Nico | Matias | Diego Time Variance Authority He Who Remains | Ravonna Renslayer | Miss Minutes | General Dox | Hunter D-90 | Hunter X-05 | Minuteman 90018371 Soul Eaters Dweller-In-Darkness Eternals Ikaris | Sprite Deviants Kro | Enkidu Disciples of Ammit Arthur Harrow | Ammit Clan Destine Najma | Fariha | Aadam | Saleem Intelligencia Leader: Todd Phelps Wrecking Crew: Bulldozer | Piledriver | Thunderball | Wrecker Others: Ulysses Klaue | Josh Miller Monster Hunting Cabal Ulysses Bloodstone | Verussa Bloodstone | Joshua Jovan | Azarel | Liorn | Barasso Talokanil Armed Forces Namor | Attuma | Namora Council of Kangs Immortus | Rama-Tut | Scarlet Centurion | Kang the Conqueror | Mister Gryphon Assorted Variants Zombies: Iron Man | Captain America | Hawkeye | Falcon | Doctor Strange | Wong | Happy Hogan | Sharon Carter | Scarlet Witch Earth-96283: Green Goblin | Doctor Octopus and his tentacles | Sandman Earth-120703: Lizard | Electro Earth-29929: Infinity Ultron | Arnim Zola Loki's variants: Loki Laufeyson (Variant L1130) | Loki Laufeyson (What If...?) | Sylvie Laufeydottir | Boastful Loki | President Loki | Glamshades Loki | Pokey Loki | Bicycle Loki Doctor Strange's variants: Strange Supreme | Sinister Strange Ego's variants: Ego the Living Planet (T'Challa Star-Lord) | Ego the Living Planet (What If...? Peter Quill) Others: Red Skull | The Collector | Yellowjacket | Vision | Prince Killmonger | Venom | Baron Mordo | Nova Corps (Irani Rael, Garthan Saal) | Yon-Rogg | Ronan the Accuser | Yondu Udonta | Justin Hammer | Hydra Agent | Rustam and Sergei | Grandmaster | Topaz | Thanos | Red Room (Melina Vostokoff, Hydra Stomper, Black Widows) | Surtur | Spanish Armed Forces | Rodrigo Gonzolo | Queen Isabella I of Spain | Hela | Odin | Xu Wenwu | King Thor (1602) | Happy Hogan (1602) | Royal Yellowjackets Others (Films/Disney+) Phase 1 Iron Monger | Samuel Sterns | Tough Guy Leader | Whiplash | Anton Vanko | The Destroyer | Georgi Luchkov Phase 2 Herman | White Power Dave | The Collector | Garthan Saal | Moloka Dar | Monstrous Inmate | Ultron | Ultron Sentinels | Yellowjacket Phase 3 Baron Zemo | Karl Mordo | Dormammu | Abilisk | Mac Gargan | Prowler | Erik Killmonger | W'Kabi | Linbani | Linda | Dave | N'Jobu | Ghost | Goliath | Elihas Starr | Akihiko Phase 4 Agatha Harkness | Tyler Hayward | Valentina Allegra de Fontaine | Power Broker | Alioth | Khonshu | Anton Mogart | Wendy Spector | Raoul Bushman | Ribbon Demon | Gargantos | Darkhold Castle Guards | Chthon | Sadie Deever | Gorr the God Butcher | Zeus | Black Berserkers | Habooska the Horrible | Hercules | Rapu | Iwua | Titania | Runa | Donny Blaze | Leapfrog | Leap Squad Phase 5 Lord Krylar | Quantumnauts | Killer Snowbot | Vickie Tyson Others (Pre-Disney+ TV) Camilla Reyes | Franklin Hall | Lorelei | Blackout | Christian Ward | Jakob Nystrom | Lash | Katya Belyakov | Johann Fennhoff | Turk Barrett | Bill Fisk | Whitney Frost | Kilgrave | Will Simpson | Dorothy Walker | Audrey Eastman | Diamondback | Eli Morrow | Lucy Bauer | Harold Meachum | Jim Pierce | Maximus | Lewis Wilson | Auran | Mordis | Tony Gnucci | Lance | Paulie | Leo | Frank Dean | Darius Davis | Detective Flores | Graviton | Grill | Samuel Voss | Alisa Jones | Pryce Cheng | Detective Connors | Bushmaster | Steel Serpent | Typhoid Mary | Chen Wu | Joy Meachum | Ryhno | Ho | Rosalie Carbone | Topher | Anthony Wall/AWOL | Anderson Schultz | John Pilgrim | Eliza Schultz | Krista Dumont | Baker | D'Spayre | Mayhem | Lia Dewan | Izel | Shrike | Id Simmons | Hellcat | Foolkiller | Nathaniel Malick | Kora | Marduk Helstrom | Kthara | Basar | Magoth | Raum

Villains

Comics Absorbing Man | A.I.M. | Apocalypse | Baron Wolfgang von Strucker | Batroc the Leaper | Black Widow | Boomerang | Bulldozer | Deadpool | Dormammu | Fixer | Galactus | Grant Ward | Graviton | Gorgon | HYDRA | Kree | Magneto | Mister Hyde | M.O.D.O.K | Mole Man | Norman Osborn | Ox | Piledriver | Ronan the Accuser | Scarlet Witch | Shocker | Songbird | Skrulls | Super-Skrull | Thunderball | Ultron | Valkyrie | Winter Soldier | Wizard | Wrecker HYDRA Leaders: Hive | Grant Ward | Daniel Whitehall | List | Wolfgang von Strucker | Gideon Malick | Wilfred Malick High-Ranking Members: Jasper Sitwell | Sunil Bakshi | General Hale Centipede Group: John Garrett | Ian Quinn | Raina | Debbie | Deathlok | Scorch Operatives: Kaminsky | Absorbing Man | Blizzard | Agent 33 | Kebo | Giyera | Lucio | Alisha Whitley | Hellfire | Ruby Hale Soldiers: Primitives Other Officials: Werner von Strucker | Kirk Vogel | Nathaniel Malick Framework: Aida | Dr. Leopold Fitz | Alistair Fitz Affiliates: Vanchat | Qovas | Anton Ivanov Watchdogs Leaders: Anton Ivanov | Felix Blake Operatives: Tucker Shockley Affiliates: Ellen Nadeer | Hellfire | Victor Ramon | Holden Radcliffe | Aida Life-Model Decoys: Melinda May L.M.D. | Phil Coulson L.M.D. | Alphonso Mackenzie L.M.D. | Jeffrey Mace L.M.D. | Leo Fitz L.M.D. Momentum Labs Eli Morrow | Lucy Bauer | Joseph Bauer | Hugo | Frederick | Vincent Kree Empire High-Ranking Officials: Kasius Operatives: Vin-Tak | Sinara | Faulnak | Vicar Affilitates: Tye Sarge's Squad Leader: Sarge Operatives: Snowflake | Jaco | Pax Chronicoms Leaders: Atarah | Sibyl Hunters: Malachi | Isaiah | Baal-Gad | Luke Associates: Nathaniel Malick | Kora | John Garrett Other Calvin L. Johnson | Camilla Reyes | Christian Ward | Chthon | David Angar | Eva Belyakov | Francis Noche | Franklin Hall | General Androvich | Gordon | Grant Ward's Parents | Graviton | Grill | Izel | Jakob Nystrom | Jiaying | Karla Faye Gideon | Katya Belyakov | Lash | Lorelei | Marcus Daniels | Roxxon Energy Corporation | Samuel Voss | Shrike | Thanos | Wendell Levi