The world of SHIELD has seemingly imploded in the wake of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but Agents of SHIELD will soon see a familiar face amidst the chaos. Agent Maria Hill is returning to the ABC drama for "Nothing Personal."

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Now paired with Stark Industries, Hill (Cobie Smulders) has been a long-time friend of Coulson (Clark Gregg), but her Winter Soldier experience and his discovery of the T.A.H.I.T.I. cover-up will put their relationship on questionable footing.

"I think, Maria being the high level person she was, takes the long view. I guess she's very pragmatic, or [at least] playing pragmatic," explained executive producer Jeffery Bell, according to Marvel.com."So when she shows up and we know that she's [working] for Stark Industries, in a certain way I think she's looking for a fresh start and a new way for her to help [the world], a new way for her to be involved, a new way for her to do good. But I think it's a great opportunity for her and Coulson to be in some conflict because he's the guy who doesn't want to let go, and she's the one that's clearly moved on."

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Now that Smulders run on CBS' How I Met Your Mother has come to an end, Agents of SHIELD writers are free to make Hill a recurring character. However, now that she is taking a step back from a rapidly collapsing SHIELD, will the agent have a major role to play in the ABC series? Tell us what you think in the poll below!

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Click here. to see a sneak peek of Hill's return and click the video below to see a preview of the series' next episode, "Providence."

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