- "I know you don't want to believe it, but you can't tell me nothing makes you doubt, makes you wonder what happened in Tahiti."
"It's a magical pla... I keep saying that."
"Don't you want to know why?" - ―Raina and Phil Coulson[src]
The Magical Place is the eleventh episode of the first season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
Synopsis
Coulson uncovers vital information about the mystery of his death, but, with Centipede out for blood, this knowledge may come at the cost of one of the team!
Plot
Raina helping Phil Coulson remember his past
Victoria Hand is assigned to lead S.H.I.E.L.D.'s efforts to rescue Phil Coulson, while his captors from Centipede Project torture him to learn the secret of his resurrection. Believing Skye to be untrustworthy, and after seeking Melinda May's input, Hand has Skye removed from the Bus. S.H.I.E.L.D. captures Vanchat, a black market dealer and an associate of Raina's. Ward manages to get Vanchat to supply S.H.I.E.L.D. with information on her, though a rather unorthodox interrogation. Meanwhile, Skye sets out on her own investigation. She impersonates May to trick and coerce Lloyd Rathman, a businessman of questionable dealings, to assist her into hacking into secure files.
Coulson is initially tortured by Edison Po, who tells him that the Clairvoyant couldn't glean the information they wanted because the Clairvoyant had been unable to sense Coulson since his resurrection. The Clairvoyant decides that Po's methods are ineffective, and kills him, after which Raina takes over Coulson's interrogation. She uses a scanning device to compel him to remember aspects of his being brought back to life. Coulson experiences flashbacks in which a reluctant J. Streiten and others operate on him. During the flashbacks, Coulson's skull cap is removed and his brain directly stimulated by a robotic apparatus, while Coulson begs to be allowed to die.
Coulson's Team ready to attack
Coulson's team rescues him, after which he confronts Streiten, who tells Coulson he had been dead for days, not minutes, and was resurrected at the orders of Nick Fury. Streiten reveals that after his revival, Coulson had lost the will to live, and that the doctors manipulated Coulson's brain to give him false memories and restore him to the man he was before.
Meanwhile, Mike Peterson is alive, albeit badly burned, missing the lower half of his right leg, and now possessing an explosive surveillance eye implanted in him by someone working for the Clairvoyant.
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:
- Saffron Burrows as Agent Victoria Hand
- Rob Huebel as Lloyd Rathman
- J. August Richards as Mike Peterson
- Ruth Negga as Raina
- Cullen Douglas as Edison Po
- Ron Glass as Doctor J. Streiten
- Aiden Turner as Vanchat
- Felisha Terrell as Emily Deville
- Samantha Cutaran as Karine
- Imelda Corcoran as Doctor Goodman
- Matt Mullins as Centipede Soldier 2
- Adam Lytle as Centipede Soldier 3
- Darren Dupree Washington as Interrogating Agent
- David Lim as Waiter
- Christopher Rocha as Tow Truck Driver
- Justin Gant as PD Guard #1
- Wayne Alon Scott as PD Guard #2
- Gabriel Koura as Centipede Soldier 1 (uncredited)
- Alice Chen as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent (uncredited)
- Sun Jae Kim as S.H.I.E.L.D. Scientist #1 (uncredited)
Appearances
Locations
- Los Angeles, California
- Mojave Desert
- Guest House
- Bethesda, Maryland
- Tahiti (flashback)
- Key Largo, Florida (mentioned)
- Cayman Islands (mentioned)
- Sydney, Australia (mentioned)
- Geneva, Switzerland (mentioned)
- New York City, New York (mentioned)
- Fridge (mentioned)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters (mentioned)
Events
- Centipede Investigation
- Cold War (mentioned)
- Battle of New York (mentioned)
- Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals (mentioned)
Items
- Flash Bomb
- D.W.A.R.F.s
- Holocom
- Tracking Bracelet
- Theta Brain-Wave Frequency Machine
- Memory Overwriting Machine
- Backscatter X-Ray Eye Implant
- Night-Night Bracelet
- Night-Night Pistol (mentioned)
Vehicles
- Bus
- Lola
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicopter
- S.H.I.E.L.D. SUV
- Lamborghini
- Helicarrier (flashback)
Sentient Species
Organizations
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Coulson's Team
- Project T.A.H.I.T.I. (flashback)
- HYDRA
- Drake's Towing
- Kester, Dyer and Rathman LLP
- Wealth & Capital
- Los Angeles Police Department (mentioned)
Mentioned
- Jasper Sitwell
- Ace Peterson
- Robert Coulson
- Clairvoyant
- Nick Fury (flashback)
- Maria Hill
- Chan Ho Yin
- Akela Amador
- Audrey Nathan
- David Rathman
- Matthew Ellis
- Julie Coulson
- Robert Coulson
- Michael Jordan
- Bryon Russell
- Tiny Wings
Trivia
- Leo Fitz references the catchphrase "Embrace the Change", used to promote the Secret Invasion event in the comics.
- Skye being called "Doctor Nugent" by Jemma Simmons when she phoned after being expelled from the team is most likely a reference to Alice Nugent.
Videos
References
External Links
The Magical Place on Wikipedia- The Magical Place on IMDb
- The Magical Place on Disney+
- The Magical Place on Marvel Database
