During their campaign to give Palamas closure over the many traumas she had endured, Palamas and Ward kidnapped and tortured Bobbi Morse. Soon afterwards, Palamas was accidentally killed by Grant Ward when she disguised herself as Melinda May during a S.H.I.E.L.D. raid. Kara was a very strong willed individual, able to withstand the Faustus method that Daniel Whitehall performed for an extended period of time. However, after having the Photostatic Veil permanently implanted, Kara became blindly loyal to Whitehall until his death, even to the point of fear, where any failure on her part was met with an immediate apology. Even after Whitehall's death, the brainwashing process was strong enough to hinder her making decisions for herself; however she showed proof of her strong will by deciding to find again herself with Grant Ward's help.
Publication Information
- S.H.I.E.L.D. : Kara Palamas
- Version : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Alter Ego : Agent 33
- Known As :
- Melinda May
- May's Evil Twin
- Skye
- Carla Talbot
- Major Meredith Tredwyck
- Staff Sergeant Brookton
- Type :
- Relative : Unnamed Mother
- Affiliation :
- Gender : Female
- Origin : Earth
- Season : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- First Appeareance : Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Episod 3 : Making Friends and Influencing People
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer :
- Main View : Full Episod
Despite originally being a kindhearted and caring person, as shown by nursing Ward back to health after Puerto Rico, Kara became a cruel and sadistic person under the influence of Ward, as shown when she kidnapped Sunil Bakshi and put him through the Faustus method to show him what she endured. She later kidnapped and tortured Bobbi Morse when she remembered that Morse told her location to HYDRA when undercover. Having regained her memories, she seemed to become very proud about her identity, correcting Phil Coulson immediately when he called her "Agent 33" rather than her real name, "Kara".
Agent 33
Abilities
- Shapeshifting : Thanks to Selwyn's upgrades to the Photostatic Veil, Agent 33 could imitate the facial structures of any person she chose. This was done by an optical scanner built into the veil, which photographically copied a person's face before morphing into an exact replica. On a negative side, this process could only imitate appearance, not voice, and the optical scanner could only maintain three photos of data at a time. Given her hair and her facial structure, Agent 33 had difficulty transforming her face into males; they appeared too feminine to be believable.
- Expert Martial Artist : Agent 33 was an excellent fighter skilled in hand to hand combat. She was able to give the legendary Melinda May a good fight. She was able to defeat Skye, who was personally trained by May herself and also held her own against the highly skilled Bobbi Morse.
- Expert Marksman : Agent 33 kept a handgun as her sidearm during her missions for HYDRA, and was about to use it to kill Skye when she defeated her, and only failed when Lance Hunter's tackling her prevented it. She also used it during the Battle for the Kree City inside the Ponce de León Theater in Puerto Rico before Whitehall died and she lost her purpose to fight.
- Expert Spy : Agent 33 was able to impersonate Melinda May for an extended period of time, and only Phil Coulson, who had known May for years, was able to tell the difference. She also impersonated many military personnel to infiltrate Glenn Talbot's military base in Washington, D.C.
- Expert Pilot : While in mission with Coulson's Team, Grant Ward jokes with Agent 33 about teaching her how to pilot; this is however later revealed to be a red herring as, Agent 33, posing as Melinda May, was able to pilot a Quinjet during the kidnapping of Bobbi Morse.
