<Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers ( millions ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="13"> Ghost Rider </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 67 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` The Ghost '' </Td> <Td> Billy Gierhart </Td> <Td> Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen </Td> <Td> September 20 , 2016 ( 2016 - 09 - 20 ) </Td> <Td> 3.44 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> Former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Daisy Johnson , now the vigilante `` Quake '' , is hunting gang affiliates of the terrorist group Watchdogs in Los Angeles when Aryan Brotherhood members are murdered by the fiery `` Ghost Rider '' . Agents Phil Coulson and Mack , who were forbidden from searching for Johnson by new S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Jeffrey Mace , are tipped off to her location by Agent Melinda May . Agent Leo Fitz discovers that S.H.I.E.L.D. ally Holden Radcliffe has created the android Aida , and agrees to help perfect her . He keeps this from his girlfriend Agent Jemma Simmons , who is in the Director 's inner circle . Simmons discovers that Coulson and Mack are investigating Johnson , and orders May to stop them . The latter arrives to find them surveilling Chinese gangsters who bought a weapon off the Brotherhood : a mystical figure , who turns the gang members berserk , and secretly infects May as well . Johnson tracks down the Ghost Rider , but it defeats her . She later sees its human form , mechanic Robbie Reyes , looking after his disabled brother Gabe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 68 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Meet the New Boss '' </Td> <Td> Vincent Misiano </Td> <Td> Drew Z . Greenberg </Td> <Td> September 27 , 2016 ( 2016 - 09 - 27 ) </Td> <Td> 2.95 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> S.H.I.E.L.D. and Johnson independently investigate the figure , an apparent ghost of a woman named Lucy Bauer , both concluding that she worked at an abandoned facility , Momentum Energy . Johnson confronts Reyes again , and he once more overpowers her . Restraining her , Reyes searches Johnson 's belongings and discovers her research on Momentum . He leaves , and Johnson escapes her restraints . As Mace plans to officially announce S.H.I.E.L.D. as a legitimate organization again , the infected May grows increasingly paranoid , seeing all people as monsters , and eventually attacking other agents . Mace restrains May with his Inhuman strength , and promises to take care of her . Mack and Fitz arrive at Momentum to find more ghosts , who attempt to blow it up with them inside . Ghost Rider intervenes , destroying one of the ghosts , and Johnson arrives to stop S.H.I.E.L.D. from taking him in . Rather than rejoin S.H.I.E.L.D. , Johnson agrees to work with Reyes , who believes that the actions of the ghosts and Watchdogs may be tied to him . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 69 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Uprising '' </Td> <Td> Magnus Martens </Td> <Td> Craig Titley </Td> <Td> October 11 , 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 11 ) </Td> <Td> 2.68 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> Inhuman S.H.I.E.L.D. asset Elena Rodriguez is caught in a blackout in Miami . Reyes and Johnson are caught in another in Los Angeles . A group claiming to be the Inhuman resistance , fighting registration with the Sokovia Accords , take responsibility . Reyes explains that his uncle , Eli Morrow , was imprisoned for causing an explosion at Momentum that apparently created the ghosts ; he believes that atoning for Morrow 's sins will pay his debt to the Devil , and rid Reyes of the Ghost Rider . At the Reyes ' house , Gabe realizes that Johnson is Quake and asks her to leave Robbie alone . Radcliffe and Simmons `` cure '' May by killing and reviving her . Coulson , Mack , and Fitz save Rodriguez from a group of Watchdogs , and find the EMP that caused the blackout -- it was set off by the Watchdogs , who had access to S.H.I.E.L.D. 's list of registered Inhumans , and have backing from Senator Ellen Nadeer , whose brother Vijay is encased in an Inhuman terrigen cocoon . Hoping to assuage public fears of the Inhumans , Mace announces the return of S.H.I.E.L.D. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 70 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire '' </Td> <Td> Brad Turner </Td> <Td> Matt Owens </Td> <Td> October 18 , 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 18 ) </Td> <Td> 2.34 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> Johnson coerces Simmons
<Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers ( millions ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="13"> Ghost Rider </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 67 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` The Ghost '' </Td> <Td> Billy Gierhart </Td> <Td> Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen </Td> <Td> September 20 , 2016 ( 2016 - 09 - 20 ) </Td> <Td> 3.44 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> Former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Daisy Johnson , now the vigilante `` Quake '' , is hunting gang affiliates of the terrorist group Watchdogs in Los Angeles when Aryan Brotherhood members are murdered by the fiery `` Ghost Rider '' . Agents Phil Coulson and Mack , who were forbidden from searching for Johnson by new S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Jeffrey Mace , are tipped off to her location by Agent Melinda May . Agent Leo Fitz discovers that S.H.I.E.L.D. ally Holden Radcliffe has created the android Aida , and agrees to help perfect her . He keeps this from his girlfriend Agent Jemma Simmons , who is in the Director 's inner circle . Simmons discovers that Coulson and Mack are investigating Johnson , and orders May to stop them . The latter arrives to find them surveilling Chinese gangsters who bought a weapon off the Brotherhood : a mystical figure , who turns the gang members berserk , and secretly infects May as well . Johnson tracks down the Ghost Rider , but it defeats her . She later sees its human form , mechanic Robbie Reyes , looking after his disabled brother Gabe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 68 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Meet the New Boss '' </Td> <Td> Vincent Misiano </Td> <Td> Drew Z . Greenberg </Td> <Td> September 27 , 2016 ( 2016 - 09 - 27 ) </Td> <Td> 2.95 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> S.H.I.E.L.D. and Johnson independently investigate the figure , an apparent ghost of a woman named Lucy Bauer , both concluding that she worked at an abandoned facility , Momentum Energy . Johnson confronts Reyes again , and he once more overpowers her . Restraining her , Reyes searches Johnson 's belongings and discovers her research on Momentum . He leaves , and Johnson escapes her restraints . As Mace plans to officially announce S.H.I.E.L.D. as a legitimate organization again , the infected May grows increasingly paranoid , seeing all people as monsters , and eventually attacking other agents . Mace restrains May with his Inhuman strength , and promises to take care of her . Mack and Fitz arrive at Momentum to find more ghosts , who attempt to blow it up with them inside . Ghost Rider intervenes , destroying one of the ghosts , and Johnson arrives to stop S.H.I.E.L.D. from taking him in . Rather than rejoin S.H.I.E.L.D. , Johnson agrees to work with Reyes , who believes that the actions of the ghosts and Watchdogs may be tied to him . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 69 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Uprising '' </Td> <Td> Magnus Martens </Td> <Td> Craig Titley </Td> <Td> October 11 , 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 11 ) </Td> <Td> 2.68 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> Inhuman S.H.I.E.L.D. asset Elena Rodriguez is caught in a blackout in Miami . Reyes and Johnson are caught in another in Los Angeles . A group claiming to be the Inhuman resistance , fighting registration with the Sokovia Accords , take responsibility . Reyes explains that his uncle , Eli Morrow , was imprisoned for causing an explosion at Momentum that apparently created the ghosts ; he believes that atoning for Morrow 's sins will pay his debt to the Devil , and rid Reyes of the Ghost Rider . At the Reyes ' house , Gabe realizes that Johnson is Quake and asks her to leave Robbie alone . Radcliffe and Simmons `` cure '' May by killing and reviving her . Coulson , Mack , and Fitz save Rodriguez from a group of Watchdogs , and find the EMP that caused the blackout -- it was set off by the Watchdogs , who had access to S.H.I.E.L.D. 's list of registered Inhumans , and have backing from Senator Ellen Nadeer , whose brother Vijay is encased in an Inhuman terrigen cocoon . Hoping to assuage public fears of the Inhumans , Mace announces the return of S.H.I.E.L.D. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 70 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire '' </Td> <Td> Brad Turner </Td> <Td> Matt Owens </Td> <Td> October 18 , 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 18 ) </Td> <Td> 2.34 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> Johnson coerces Simmons
when does season 4 of agents of shield start
when does season 4 of agents of shield start
September 20 , 2016
September 20 , 2016