- "I'm worried there's a bad seed."
"Ops and Sciences have differences, but both have to be careful about what we call "bad seeds". People who want to use the tools we give them for–"
"'Bad seed' isn't a S.H.I.E.L.D. term, Ward, just a term." - ―Anne Weaver, Grant Ward and Skye[src]
Seeds is the twelfth episode of the first season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Synopsis
Coulson and May uncover startling information about Skye's past, while the team is swept into a storm at a S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy of Science and Technology.
Plot
While at a S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, Grant Ward, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, and Skye investigate an attack upon students, which was perpetrated with a freezing device, a device that could instantly freeze people and their surroundings.
During their time there, another freezing machine goes off, freezing cadet Donnie Gill, though the agents are able to save him. While the rest of the team interrogates the other cadets, Fitz gets to know Gill, seeing much of himself in him, and helping him solve a problem with a new power source Gill had invented.
The team learns that Gill and his fellow cadet Seth Dormer are the minds behind the freezing machines, and that the power source Fitz helped him perfect is for a larger version of it.
Meanwhile, Coulson and May head to Mexico City to find a former agent named Richard Lumley, who had told them of a mission 24 years earlier involving an 0-8-4, which turned out to be Skye. He warns them that she is dangerous, as many agents, including his partner, Linda Avery, died trying to protect her.
After meeting with the rest of the team, Coulson relates what Lumley revealed to Skye, who is at first devastated at the revelation.
Gill and Dormer activate the larger device, causing a huge ice storm that Dormer hopes will impress Ian Quinn, for whom his father worked for as a lawyer at Quinn Worldwide. After realizing his mistake, Gill attempts to shut it down, but a bolt of lightning destroys the machine and puts Dormer into cardiac arrest.
May tells Coulson of her sexual relationship with Ward; Coulson replies that trusts her to comport herself responsibly, and May responds that she would end the relationship should it become problematic to the team.
The team apprehends Gill, but are unable to save Dormer's life. On his way to the Sandbox for observation, Gill realizes that the explosion of the freezing device gave him cryogenic abilities.
Ian Quinn receives a call from Coulson warning him that if his aircraft flew over any country that was a S.H.I.E.L.D. ally, it would be shot down. Before hanging up, Quinn gives Coulson a message that the Clairvoyant says "hello".
Cast
Main Cast:
- Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
- Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May
- Brett Dalton as Grant Ward
- Chloe Bennet as Skye
- Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz
- Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons
Guest Stars:
- Dylan Minnette as Donnie Gill
- David Conrad as Ian Quinn
- Daniel Zovatto as Seth Dormer
- Christine Adams as Agent Anne Weaver
- Maiara Walsh as Callie Hannigan
- Boyd Kestner as Richard Lumley
- Zachary Burr Abel as Tad (uncredited)
Appearances
Locations
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Dario Marquez' Dress Shop
- Tahiti (mentioned)
- Saint Agnes Orphanage (mentioned)
- Sandbox (mentioned)
- Newark, New Jersey (mentioned)
- Singapore (mentioned)
- Lima, Peru (mentioned)
- Hunan, China (mentioned)
- Seychelles (mentioned)
Events
- Centipede Investigation
- Chase of Richard Lumley
- Resurrection of Phil Coulson (mentioned)
- Kidnapping of Phil Coulson (mentioned)
- Massacre in Hunan (mentioned)
Items
- Atmospheric Moisture Freezing Device
- Wall of Valor
- Ionized Air Cannon
- Cyanide Pills
- Holocom
- Plutonium (mentioned)
Vehicles
Organizations
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Quinn Worldwide
- HYDRA
- Centipede Project (mentioned)
- Strategic Scientific Reserve (mentioned)
- A.I.M. (mentioned)
Mentioned
- 0-8-4
- Bucky Barnes
- Nick Fury
- Linda Avery (picture)
- Vaughn
- Dario Marquez
- Mrs. Fitz
- Clairvoyant
- Jiaying
- Donnie Gill's Father
- Seth Dormer's Father
- Tin Woodman
- George S. Patton
- John von Neumann
Trivia
- The Wall of Valor in the Science and Technology Academy uses different designs of the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo. These logos have been featured in the comics over the years, except for the Strategic Scientific Reserve logo which was designed as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continuity.
- Elizabeth Henstridge worked with her future fiancé Zachary Burr Abel on set during filming of the episode.
Music
Song title | Artist | Location(s) |
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Haunted | Zachary Kibbee |
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