Those watching Marvel's 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' with certain east coast providers last night may have missed out on next week's previews due to election coverage, but you don't have to wait any longer to check out the S.H.I.E.L.D.-y goodness of "The Hub"! The first photos of next week's episode has arrived, so what familiar S.H.I.E.L.D. faces will we see when Coulson returns to base?

Though not present in any of the photos from next week's all-new 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' effort, "The Hub" will return "Item 47"  and 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' character Jasper Sitwell (Maximiliano Hernandez) to the fold, along with introducing Saffron Burrows as comic character Agent Victoria Hand. And while Coulson deals with an inquiry back at base, Ward and Fitz will get a bit of bonding time as the pair are dispatched to a "Level 8" mystery that quickly threatens their lives, and the sanctity of the team as well:

Says ABC of next week's "The Hub":

“The Hub” – Dangerous secrets are being kept from Coulson’s team, and he works the system to save Ward and Fitz when they are sent on a Level 8 classified mission that may end in tragedy in “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” on the ABC Television Network.

“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Agent Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz and Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons.

Guest starring are Maximiliano Hernandez as Agent Sitwell, Charles Halford as Agent Shaw, Alison White as Marta and Ilia Volok as Vladimi.

“The Hub” was written by Rafe Judkins & Lauren LeFranc and directed by Bobby Roth.

'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D' definitely took a step in the right direction with last night's "FZZT," so will "The Hub" continue the upward swing? Check out the full set of photos for next week's SHIELD-centric hour below, and give us your predictions in the comments!

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