Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Phil Coulson ( Clark Gregg ) is still awake in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , andCaptain America : The Winter Soldierconfirmed that Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans ) has a high enough clearance degree to know this fact . The two barely share any screen time in the MCU , but Coulson ’s admiration of the American Heron was unwaveringly established inThe Avengers . Coulson collected vintage Captain America trading cards and wanted Steve to contract them , but he never receive the fortune to do so .
After being a cardinal while of connectivity through Phase 1 , Agent Coulson snuff it inThe Avengersat the hands of Loki . The heartbreaking release was find by fans and MCU characters alike , with Nick Fury ( Samuel L. Jackson ) using it to incite the heroes to suit up and work together to defeat Loki . However , Coulson ’s death did not last long , asMarvel TV revive himso he could star inAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.The series re - established Coulson and S.H.I.E.L.D. in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , but the movies have yet to really receipt it . This has baffle sight of fan who want to see Coulson reunited with the original team - or at least show that they know he is still active .
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Well , inCaptain America : The Winter Soldier , a small detail confirms that Captain America should have it away that Coulson is around . S.H.I.E.L.D. compartmentalizes info on a need to know basis through their Clearance Level numerical system , that move from 1 to 10 . At the Triskelion ( the S.H.I.E.L.D. home office in Washington D.C. ) , all of their elevator rake whoever mistreat on to check that they have the headway to go wherever they request . When Fury decide to show Steve what Project Insight is , they have to get on an lift to go down to the hangers the helicarriers are being establish in . The lift corroborate that Fury is a Level 10 - but also that Steve is a Level 8 .
floor 8 headroom is a big passel within S.H.I.E.L.D. , as there are only a handful of characters bang to be above a spirit level 7 . So , what does Steve being Level 8 have to do with Coulson ’s secret revival ? It is established in the pilot episode ofAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.that cognition of Coulson being active is information that is available to level off 7 agent , such as Grant Ward ( Brett Dalton ) when he gets the furtherance . With the necessary headway degree and his overall grandness to S.H.I.E.L.D. , Captain America should know that Coulson is live and alive .
Even though Cap does technically have approach to this information , that does n’t mean he actually does bang . Ward was clew in to Coulson being alive because he was being recruited to his team , but it is extremely improbable that every agent who moves up to Level 7 receives a briefing on all the information , like Coulson ’s resurrection , they can now make love . Instead , it is probably up to the individual to seek out this info , which could mean that the only rationality Cap does n’t know that Coulson is alive is because he is n’t searching for such an result .
The only other potential caveat here is the additional safety protocols - known as Level Alpha , Omega , and Tango - that can categorise information on another pauperization to bang basis . Only Fury and Alexander Pierce ( Robert Redford ) had Tango clearance , and it is possible that Coulson ’s revival was further cover through one of these headway levels .
That all say , does this mean that Captain America not onlyshouldknow that Coulson is alive , but that he actuallydoes ? Gregg already believes thatsome of the Avengers do knowthat he is alive , so it is potential that Cap does know . If Cap does bed , would any of the other Avengers be clued in ? Black Widow ( Scarlett Johansson ) is also a Level 8 and known for keeping secrets , so she could have known this total time . weigh how affected the team was by Coulson ’s death though , it is hard to imagine that one phallus would not tell the rest about the good news at some point during their adventures . Since Marvel TV psyche Jeph Loeb has ride asurprising firmness of purpose to this mystery , maybeAvengers : Endgamewill confirm who does and does n’t fuck . And if not , then fan can always trust that this has already chance off screen door to give them a happy reunification .
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