While the Marvel movie franchises have become more and more interconnected, the characters and teams of MarvelABC and Marvel Netflix have been relatively sectioned off from making their presence known to those heroes who are "sitting at the big table". This disconnect has, in my opinion, lessened the impact of many of the events happening on the TV shows (particularly on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) and left some fans wondering how committed Marvel is to idea of linking all of is properties (an idea which...now that I think about it...may have never been expressed by anyone in the MCU). Admittedly, each show has made references to events like The Chitauri Invasion and The Battle of Sokovia in the past. However, the characters of the MCU seem to be totally ignorant of things like Inhumans, Grand Ward & Gideon Malick's most recent moves with HYDRA, The ATCU, Daredevil, Frank Castle, The Hand, and...strangest of all...the fact that a form of S.H.I.E.L.D is still up and running. With that in mind, I would like to throw a few one-shot ideas at the wall and see what sticks (aka "Spaghetti Test"* them).
*Apparently this phrase isn't nearly as well known as I thought it was, and UrbanDictionary.com has an ENTIRELY different interpretation
MARVEL ONE-SHOT: THE BRIDGE
Sec of State Ross has been approached by many of his colleagues in the military to help out with the fallout from Frank Castle's killing spree and Col. Ray Schoonover's recently uncovered dealings as The Blacksmith. As a result he asks Cmdr. Maria Hill and Brigadier General Glen Talbot to help local authorities with the situation. They assign Special Investigator G.W. Bridge to assist with and report on the NYPD's manhunt for Frank Castle and he is partnered with Detective Greer Grant Nelson (a revered interrogator) as they interview Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, Wilson Fisk, and prison staff.
While investigating the actions of double agent J
asper Sitwell, CIA agent
Sharon Carter comes across a suspect file containing memos from (then)
Senate Armed Forces Commitee member
Sen. Sterns, a
Dr Kozlov, a company called
IGH, and old data from the program that created
Captain America. Her investigation into it could bring her to a recorded interview of
Trish Walker talking about
Will Simpson's rampage and her own "amped up" abilities after taking one of his pills.
MARVEL ONE-SHOT: SMALL WORLD
At the site of the
Pym Technologies implosion,
Dr Leo Fitz could be introduced to
Dr Cho and
Dr Selvig as they all look into the disaster and
Darren Cross' pseudo Pym Particles. Secondarily
Agent May could question
Hope Van Dyne about
HYDRA's involvement, finding out that the
HYDRA rep (double agent
Mitchell Carson) got away with a
Yellowjacket suit and some particles.
Fitz, May, Cho, and
Van Dyne can each be using small, hidden tech to collect and relay info back to
Bobbie Morse (in the lab)
Daisy Johnson (in the command center),
Vision (at the Avengers compound/voice only) and
Scott Lang (at
Pym's home) respectively.
MARVEL ONE-SHOT: VALOR
On a long drive to add Andrew Garner's name to one of
S.H.I.E.L.D's
last remaining "
Wall of Valor" memorials,
Melinda May stops in a diner/coffee shop in
Virginia and has an off the cuff conversation with a low profile
Frank Castle (who is doing recon on
Dogs of Hell (NY) president
Jimmy The Bear). Each begins to share their views on service to a cause and sacrifice. The convo progress and ends with both recognizing that each is more than they appear and each going their separate ways.