Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is an American television series, based on the famous Marvel Comics organization. It is produced by Marvel Television and airs on the ABC network, and is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, sharing continuity with the films in that franchise. The pilot, which was written by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen and directed by Joss Whedon, reached an audience of almost 12 million viewers. It is set after the events of The Avengers and Iron Man 3 and during the events of Thor: The Dark World, and ''Captain America: The Winter Soldier. ''

Plot
Phil Coulson puts together a small, highly trained, team of agents to tackle the cases that haven’t been classified yet, the new, the strange and the unknown. That team consists of straight arrow Agent Grant Ward, an expert in combat and espionage; pilot and martial artist Agent Melinda May; and brilliant if socially awkward scientists Agent Leo Fitz and Agent Jemma Simmons; the team are also joined by civilian recruit and computer hacker, Skye.

Starring Cast

 * 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
 * Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons

Recurring Cast

 * J. August Richards as Michael Peterson/Deathlok
 * Ajani Wrighster as Ace Peterson
 * Ron Glass as Dr. Streiten
 * Shannon Lucio as Debbie †
 * David Conrad as Ian Quinn
 * Brandon Molale as Smith
 * Ian Hart as Franklin Hall
 * Ruth Negga as Raina
 * Cullen Douglas as Edison Po †
 * Titus Welliver as Agent Felix Blake
 * Saffron Burrows as Agent Victoria Hand
 * Maximiliano Hernández as Agent Jasper Sitwell†
 * Charles Halford as Agent Shaw
 * Christine Adams as Agent Anne Weaver
 * Bill Paxton as Agent John Garrett
 * B.J. Britt as Agent Antoine Triplett
 * Kylie Furneaux as Agent Shade
 * Adrian Pasdar as Glenn Talbot
 * Patton Oswalt as Agent Eric Koenig
 * Samantha Cutaran as Karine
 * Patrick Brennan as Marcus Daniels
 * Elena Satine as Lorelei
 * Rob Belushi as Jimmy Mackenzie †
 * Amy Acker as Audrey

Crossover Guests

 * Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
 * Josh Cowdery as Agent Tyler
 * Stan Lee as Train Passenger
 * Jaimie Alexander as Sif

Episode 1.01: Pilot

 * Bob Stephenson as Gary
 * Nicole J. Butler as Mindy Peterson
 * Dan Sachoff as Reporter #1
 * Arlene Santana as Hunter Harris
 * Doug Simpson as a FBI agent

Episode 1.02: 0-8-4

 * Leonor Varela as Camilla Reyes
 * Morgan Benoit as Perez
 * Eyad Elbitar as Nahui †
 * Carlos Leal as the Archaeologist
 * Mario Perez as Lopez
 * Anthony Dilio as Cusi †
 * Celestin Cornielle as Vilca

Episode 1.03: The Asset

 * Bodie Newcomb as Agent Mack
 * Scott Subiono as Todd Chesterfield
 * Vachik Mangassarian as Qasim Zaghlul
 * Assaf Cohen as the Translator

Episode 1.04: Eye-Spy

 * Pascale Armand as Akela Amador
 * Dominic Burgess as the Englishman †
 * Michael Klesic as Kropsky
 * Julia Emelin as the Innkeeper
 * Nick Gracer as an Armed guard

Episode 1.05: Girl in the Flower Dress

 * Louis Changchien as Chan Ho Yin/Scorch †
 * Austin Nichols as Miles Lydon
 * Tzi Ma as Agent Kwan Chen †

Episode 1.06: FZZT

 * Vincent Laresca as Tony Diaz †
 * Robert Maffia as Baker
 * David Michael Paul as Justin
 * Rick Gifford as Adam Cross †
 * Thomas Robie, Trevor Larcom, Caleb Burgess, Jake Brennan and Troy Glass as Scouts

Episode 1.07: The Hub

 * Alison White as Marta
 * Ilia Volok as Vladimi

Episode 1.08: The Well

 * Peter MacNicol as Elliot Randolph
 * Michael Graziadei as Jakob Nystrom
 * Erin Way as Petra Larsen
 * Trenton Rogers as young Grant Ward
 * Toby Wilson as Neils
 * Alex Neustaedter as Maynard Ward
 * Sylvia Brindis as Elena
 * Micah Nelson as Grant Ward's younger brother

Episode 1.09: Repairs

 * Robert Baker as Tobias Ford †
 * Laura Seay as Hannah Hutchins
 * Christopher Gehrman as Taylor
 * Josh Clark as Roger

Episode 1.10: The Bridge

 * Rick Malambri as Brian Hayward †
 * Molly McCook as Laura Hayward
 * Rico Devereaux as a prison guard
 * Albert Marrero Jr. as a trainer

Episode 1.11: The Magical Place

 * Rob Huebel as Lloyd Rathman
 * Aiden Turner as Vanchat
 * Felisha Terrell as Emily Deville
 * Imelda Corcoran as Dr. Goodman

Episode 1.12: Seeds

 * Dylan Minnette as Donnie Gill
 * Daniel Zovatto as Seth Dormer †
 * Boyd Kestner as Richard Lumley
 * Zachary Burr Abel as Tad
 * Maiara Walsh as Callie Hannigan

Episode 1.13: T.R.A.C.K.S.

 * Carlo Rota as Luca Russo †
 * T.J. Ramini as Carlo Mancini †
 * Ludwig Manukian as the Conductor
 * Emily Baldoni as Sofia †

Episode 1.14: T.A.H.I.T.I.

 * Sarayu Rao as Dr. Jazuat
 * Michael J. Silver as Alpha †
 * Jake Newton as Beta †
 * Julie Civiello as Nicole Mackenzie

Episode 1.15: Yes Men

 * Dylan Bruno as Rooster
 * Alicia Lagano as Rosie †
 * Allan Graf as Sheriff

Episode 1.16: End of the Beginning

 * Brad Dourif as Thomas Nash †

Episode 1.17: Turn, Turn, Turn

 * James Macdonald as Agent Jacobson
 * Dayo Ade as Agent Barbour
 * Alex Daniels as Agent Chaimson
 * Braden Moran as Agent Jones
 * Cameron Diskin as Agent Baylin

Episode 1.18: Providence
To be added

Rumoured Cast

 * Lizzy Caplan as Claire Wise
 * Jesse Bradford as Benjamin Pollack
 * Ty Burrell as Dr. Leonard Samson
 * Natalie Portman as Dr. Jane Foster
 * Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis
 * Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer
 * William Sadler as President Matthew Ellis
 * Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter
 * Tom Hiddleston as Loki
 * Liv Tyler as Betty Ross
 * William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross
 * Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner

Behind the Scenes

 * Joss Whedon stated: "It's new characters. It needs to be it's own thing. It needs to be adjacent, but you don't want to do a show where you're constantly going, 'Iron Man just left, but he was totally here a minute ago.' You want them to do their own thing. What does S.H.I.E.L.D. got that the heroes don't have? To me, it's that they're not superheroes. But they live in that universe. Even though they're a big organization, that makes them underdogs and that's interesting to me."
 * Joss Whedon talked about the tone of the series: "I’m excited about the show because it’s a very hopeful show. It’s not about murder, and it’s not about crime, and it’s not people looking into their own belly buttons. It’s about people who are trying to help each other, and that’s one of the things I loved about comic books. They had costumes and the villains were cool [but] they stood for something, and I like doing a show that does that. We’re trying very hard to be true to [Marvel's] ethos and also to the structure of their universe. So it is definitely a Marvel show."

Episodes

 * 1) Pilot
 * 2) 0-8-4
 * 3) The Asset
 * 4) Eye-Spy
 * 5) Girl in the Flower Dress
 * 6) FZZT
 * 7) The Hub
 * 8) The Well
 * 9) Repairs
 * 10) The Bridge
 * 11) The Magical Place
 * 12) Seeds
 * 13) T.R.A.C.K.S.
 * 14) T.A.H.I.T.I.
 * 15) Yes Men
 * 16) End of the Beginning
 * 17) Turn, Turn, Turn
 * 18) Providence