<P> During the Avengers: Standoff! storyline, Garrett was present during the attack on A.I.M. Island to reclaim Rick Jones from the New Avengers . He served as Songbird's supervisor . </P> <P> John Garrett was a trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agent . He is a skilled marksman . </P> <P> John Garrett appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. portrayed by Bill Paxton . He is a high - level S.H.I.E.L.D. agent / munitions expert who is a former cohort of Phil Coulson and works alongside Grant Ward and Melinda May . He is revealed to be a high - ranking member of Hydra (known as "The Clairvoyant") and the mastermind behind Project Centipede in the episode "Turn, Turn, Turn". He is also the first test subject of the Deathlok program . In the episode "Beginning of the End", Garrett engaged Coulson in battle who was later assisted by Nick Fury . Thanks to Skye helping to regain control of Mike Peterson, Garrett was badly defeated by Peterson but evades arrest and upgrades himself, however, is then killed by Coulson using the 0 - 8 - 4 weapon . </P>

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