When in combat she wears black boots, black combat trousers and combat long sleeved top with armor. Agent May is an extremely intelligent woman who presents a stoic, rather uncommunicative demeanor at all times. According to Agent Coulson, earlier in her career May was a much friendlier person, prone to playing pranks on her fellow agents and generally happier, though still rather quiet. A tragic experience while on a mission in Bahrain to contact an unregistered gifted individual left May emotionally scarred and caused her to become the rigid, somewhat withdrawn person she is today. This led to her decision to avoid field work until Coulson persuaded her in "Pilot" to sign up with his new team. She is frequently the pragmatist to Coulson's more humanitarian approach, for example, in "Repairs", when she tranquilizes Hannah Hutchins to ensure the situation does not escalate.
Publication Information
- Ultras : Melinda May
- Version : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Alter Ego : The Cavalry
- Known As : Melinda Qiaolian May
- Type :
- Relative :
- Lian May : Mother
- Andrew Garner : Ex-husband
- Affiliation : S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Gender : Female
- Origin : Earth
- Season : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- First Appeareance : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1 Episod 1 : Pilot
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : Ming-Na Wen
- Main View : Full Episod
May is fiercely loyal to her S.H.I.E.L.D. team and more specifically Agent Coulson, and she will do whatever it takes to keep them safe. Sometimes her methods appear harsh, but this is due to her dedication to protecting those in her charge. May used to be a field agent for S.H.I.E.L.D. and was highly skilled at her job. During her time as a field agent, she became somewhat of a legend at the agency. On a mission in Bahrain to make first contact with an unregistered gifted person, several of Agent May's colleagues and a young civilian girl were taken hostage by the man's followers. Agent May single-handedly stormed the building in which the hostages were being held and killed an unknown number of assailants, all while unarmed herself.
Throughout "Providence" and the early part of "The Only Light in the Darkness", May attempts to justify her actions to Coulson and rebuild at least a modicum of trust. "Phil", however, as she calls him during this endeavor, is having none of it, and by the end of the latter episode, May has struck out on her own, leaving the base and meeting up with her mother, apparently with the intention of seeking out Maria Hill. This may, however, still be part of a last-ditch, desperate effort to reconnect with Coulson. In that same episode it was revealed that she was once married.
Melinda May
Abilities
- May is extremely gifted in the field of martial arts. It was revealed in "Repairs" that May successfully defeated a girl who could corrupt with a touch, and many S.H.I.E.L.D agents single-handedly and unarmed.
- At some point in her career as a S.H.I.E.L.D agent, she gained the nickname "The Cavalry" and is well known throughout the agency.
- May exhibits abilities such as being able to seemingly vanish into thin air within seconds.
- She is a remarkably skilled pilot, and although leaving the field, retains her piloting license.
- Up to the age of 12, she was an ice skater and gave that up to pursue martial arts because the mats broke the fall rather than ice.
- Phil Coulson : Leader
- Grant Ward : Former colleague
- Jemma Simmons : Colleague
- Leo Fitz : Colleague
- Skye / Daisy Johnson : Colleague
- Antoine Triplett : Colleague
