When Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. finally returns Friday after a lengthy hiatus, the latest season will see the team held captive on an alien spaceship by a roach-like species from Marvel Comics known as the Vrellnexians. These aliens, in addition to a different alien wearing a human skinsuit, first appeared in the recently released 17 minute Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. opening scene from the upcoming season 5 premiere, where Coulson and the gang awake to find themselves stranded in space with no idea of where they are or what’s happening.

Over the course of the extended sequence, a new character named Virgil reveals to them the name of the aliens hunting them down, yet he’s quickly …

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