133-400: The Well may refer to: Titled works [ edit ] "The Well" ( Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ) , a 2013 television episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Well (novel) , 1986 novel by Elizabeth Jolley The Well (TV series) , UK TV series "The Well" ( The Walking Dead ) , a 2016 television episode of The Walking Dead The Well ,
266-492: A Marvel Television division was being formed under Jeph Loeb . In the following months, various pilots based on comics from Marvel's catalog went into development. In July 2012, Marvel Television entered into discussions with Disney-owned ABC to make a new series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The series was described as "'a kernel of an idea' with a number of scenarios being explored, including
399-447: A Quinjet and Helicarrier , are shared from Industrial Light & Magic , though "those models are generally super heavy and dense with data" and need to be made "HD friendly or simply manageable to work in [a] TV schedule." Bear McCreary confirmed that he would compose music for the series in July 2013. Unlike on some of his previous scores, ABC and Marvel allowed McCreary to work with
532-477: A 1967 novel by Chaim Grade The Well , a 2021 horror game Music [ edit ] The Well (Jennifer Warnes album) , 2001 The Well (Waking Ashland album) , 2007 The Well (Charlie Musselwhite album) , 2010 The Well (Tord Gustavsen album) , 2012 "The Well", a 2011 song by Casting Crowns from Come to the Well "The Well", a 1978 song by The Band from The Last Waltz "The Well",
665-477: A 2018 song by Trixie Mattel from One Stone Films [ edit ] The Well (1913 film) , American The Well (1951 film) , American The Well (1991 film) , Bulgarian The Well (1997 film) , Australian The Well (2010 film) , Indian The Well (2013 film) , Mexican The Well (2015 film) , Algerian Other [ edit ] The WELL (The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link), an online community Motherwell F.C. , or The Well,
798-643: A Scottish football club The Well, a mixed-use complex in Downtown Toronto , Canada See also [ edit ] Well (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Well . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Well&oldid=1248983505 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
931-404: A darker look, and all the characters have "definitely grown up" during the second season. In the third season there is another shift, "from the ragtag group of soldiers and scientists to [a] more precise militaristic outfit". This change is also reflected in the series' color palette, going from "a much lighter tone, much more patterns" in the first season to having "stripped away a bit of color" by
1064-418: A direct tie-in to the film Thor: The Dark World , depicting the immediate aftermath of the film, but has its own stand alone storyline revolving around a separate Asgardian character (portrayed by guest star Peter MacNicol ). The storyline also begins to reveal the backstories of several main characters, especially Dalton's Grant Ward , whose memories of the titular well are revealed as flashbacks throughout
1197-458: A full season of 22 episodes in May 2013. Jed Whedon, Tancharoen, and Jeffrey Bell served as the series' showrunners , with Bell joining the show to help the inexperienced former pair with hiring crew members and "navigating the politics of studios and networks", saying, "My job is to help them learn how to do that, to steer the ship while they learn." Joss Whedon assisted them before he started work on
1330-426: A full symphonic orchestra, typically featuring 50 or 70 players, with over 90 for "important" episodes. Orchestra recording for the series occurred at Warner Bros. Studios ' Eastwood Stage, Sony Pictures Studios ' Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage, and Twentieth Century Fox Studios ' Newman Scoring Stage. Complex synthesizer programming was also used, to give the score "a modern edge". Since Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1463-421: A high-concept cop show." On August 7, 2012, Joss Whedon was announced to be involved in the series' development. Whedon had written and directed the successful MCU film The Avengers (2012). On August 8, Whedon, along with his brother Jed and sister-in-law Maurissa Tancharoen , met with Loeb to pitch him their idea for the series, with meetings in the following days with ABC Studios and ABC network. At
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#17328479517711596-578: A magical book that is prominently featured in season four, was later featured in the Disney+ miniseries WandaVision (2021) with a different design from the one it had in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. WandaVision showrunner Jac Schaeffer said there were no major conversations amongst the writers regarding the Darkhold 's previous appearances in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ; co-executive producer Mary Livanos pitched
1729-437: A million likes. Many cast and crew members "live tweet" each episode, with J. August Richards noting that this brings instant feedback from viewers, and allows the crew to "watch the audience take that journey" in real time. In September 2013, ABC announced the weekly companion digital aftershow , Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Declassified , hosted by Brett Erlich , The series aired on ABC.com , Marvel.com , WatchABC.com , and
1862-406: A monster is landing on a car, instead of showing the whole monster leaping through the skyline, we want to be in the car with the character having that experience." Actress Ming-Na Wen attributed the time slot shift between the first and second seasons (from 8 pm EST to 9 pm EST) for allowing the writers "a chance to be more serious with certain topics, a little bit more intense with
1995-525: A mythology thing ... or an extra little reveal about" the episode. The end tag for " End of the Beginning " is a "directly lifted" scene from Captain America: The Winter Soldier . The series's first major tie-in episode with the wider MCU was " The Well ", which begins immediately after Thor: The Dark World (2013). The episodes "End of the Beginning" and " Turn, Turn, Turn " revolve around
2128-474: A paganist hate group. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the franchise's films . The episode was written by Monica Owusu-Breen , and directed by Jonathan Frakes . Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen , Brett Dalton , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , and Elizabeth Henstridge . The episode serves as
2261-459: A photo of Whitehall in imagery for the film's time heist information screens, which was ultimately cut. In May 2020, Bennet called Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "the black sheep of the Marvel Universe" since "everyone was aware of the fact that we were supposed to be one thing when we started" and ultimately, the writers "had to side-step" many potential opportunities in order to not conflict with
2394-664: A present Earth; while episodes from " Rise and Shine " through " All Roads Lead... " feature the Earth beginning to crack. Each episode of season seven features a different title card and opening to reflect the time period and genre of the episode. Production for the pilot took place almost entirely in Los Angeles to accommodate Joss Whedon's schedule, while the rest of the series is primarily filmed at Culver Studios in Culver City, California . Additional filming has also taken place around
2527-535: A public leader, and is tasked with tracking down more enhanced people, including Robbie Reyes / Ghost Rider . In addition, Agent Leo Fitz and Holden Radcliffe complete their work on the Life Model Decoy and Framework virtual reality projects. The fifth season sees Coulson and members of his team abducted to the space station Lighthouse in the year 2091, where they must try to save the remnants of humanity while figuring out how to get home. After returning to
2660-640: A release in addition to the tracks McCreary would want. We're part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and so...we pitch our stuff to Kevin Feige and his movie group to see if there's something we can tie into, to see if they're okay about us using a character, or a weapon[, etc.] —Executive producer Jeffrey Bell in September 2014, explaining the process of working in with the MCU. In July 2013, Jed Whedon said
2793-502: A significant role in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). This begins a storyline that recurs throughout the series and introduces Inhumans to the MCU, with Jed Whedon saying that it was something "in the works" for a long time since Marvel Studios had plans for an Inhumans film in 2019, and this would be "one of the first instances where we get to start planting the seeds on the show before
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#17328479517712926-432: A specific sound—"something big, that...belonged in the Marvel Cinematic Universe" but also "intimate because these aren't superheroes, these are regular people." McCreary had to work harder to make the theme heard, given that the show does not have a traditional title sequence. By the third and fourth seasons, McCreary noted "the score became a little more intense and more electronically driven... [E]lectronics really moved to
3059-544: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Well (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) " The Well " is the eighth episode of the first season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. , it follows Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they search for an Asgardian weapon while fighting
3192-534: Is led by Scott Bauer. The pilot introduces the Incapacitating Cartridge Emitting Railgun, or I.C.E.R., tranquilizer weapons often used by the agents, with Joss Whedon having Bauer design "sci-fi"-looking guns, including a large rifle-like weapon. The series' further portrayal of the I.C.E.R.s was more subtle, with Bauer using airsoft guns that are safe to shoot others with over a small distance. I.C.E.R.-specific muzzle flashes are then added by
3325-553: Is not urgently scary, nor is it sad. It leaves the audience alone to interpret the images on screen." Though he didn't consider it a theme, referring to it as the "Ward Chord", McCreary said that "it does function thematically because it recurs with each flashback, and increases tension each time." To tie-in with the Thor: The Dark World , the episode opens with a montage of footage from the film briefly featuring Chris Hemsworth as Thor . Director Jonathan Frakes said many on
3458-413: Is reminiscent of the sequence for "4,722 Hours", forgoing the title card and having the typeface silently fading onto the screen. The subsequent episodes of season five feature a title card with the series name in a new typeface against a backdrop of various depictions of Earth: episodes through " Past Life " feature a destroyed future Earth; episodes from " Principia " through " The Devil Complex " feature
3591-484: Is the Asgardian Berserker. He directs them to Ireland , to a church where he hid the third piece of the staff, but the pagans also find the church. The staff causes great surges of adrenalin within its users, and for Ward this comes from his memories—he had been forced by his older brother to trap their younger brother in a well. Ward manages to defeat the pagans, with the help of agent Melinda May , who can control
3724-401: Is the second unit director for the series, with stunts coordinated by Tanner Gill. The series is filmed in 2K resolution . FuseFX serves as the lead visual effects vendor for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , with additional work by Pixomondo , CoSA VFX, Greenhaus GFX, Lion VFX, and Synaptic. The series sees an average of 80 to 150 visual effects shots per episode, with 10 to 12 days to work on
3857-567: The Darkhold would be further explored in future projects. The film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) shows that multiple copies of the Darkhold exist across the multiverse. The first episode of the Disney+ series Loki , " Glorious Purpose ", revisits Coulson's death without acknowledging his return in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. When asked if they toyed with mentioning Coulson's resurrection, Loki head writer Michael Waldron said
3990-583: The Inhumans . In the third season , Coulson begins a secret mission to assemble the Secret Warriors , a team of Inhumans, as Hydra restores its ancient Inhuman leader Hive to power. After the defeat of Hive and Hydra, S.H.I.E.L.D. is made a legitimate organization once again with the signing of the Sokovia Accords . In the fourth season , Coulson returns to being a field agent so S.H.I.E.L.D. can have
4123-456: The Kree and Chronicoms , and time travel. Several episodes directly cross over with MCU films or other television series, notably Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), which significantly affected the series in its first season , and Agent Carter (2015–16), from which series regular Enver Gjokaj joined the cast for the seventh season . In addition to Gregg, other actors from throughout
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4256-594: The Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division), a peacekeeping and spy agency in a world of superheroes . The series was the first to be set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and it acknowledges the continuity of the franchise's films and other television series . It was produced by ABC Studios , Marvel Television , and Mutant Enemy Productions , with Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jeffrey Bell serving as showrunners . The series stars Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson , reprising his role from
4389-452: The Watch ABC app from September 24, 2013, to May 13, 2014, comprising 23 episodes. . Three expanded installments with guests were planned for the first season for its more "provocative storylines". Verizon Wireless served as Declassified ' s sponsor and created a hub featuring the aftershow alongside "live social feeds, Twitter polling, and sharable clips and graphics". Verizon was also
4522-599: The second season of Agent Carter , with the reveal that the Momentum Energy Labs group is a successor to the Isodyne Energy company, with both companies connected by the parent company Roxxon , a mainstay of the MCU. The last four episodes of season five take place over a single day, and coincide with the events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018). In August 2017, Emily VanCamp said that discussions had taken place for her to reprise her role of Sharon Carter for
4655-471: The 2014 San Diego Comic-Con , Nick Blood was announced as cast in the role of Lance Hunter for the second season, while the character of Bobbi Morse was revealed to be appearing. That August, Henry Simmons joined the cast as Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie , a recurring role, and Adrianne Palicki was cast as Morse in a guest role, to first appear in the episode " A Hen in the Wolf House ". The next month,
4788-469: The Hydra reveal. Bell also revealed the series at one point had been given permission to use the character MODOK before Marvel retracted their access the character, hoping to work it into their storyline with Anton Ivanov / The Superior in season four. The series had also tried to incorporate the space-based counterpart organization, S.W.O.R.D. , but was stopped from doing this by Marvel. The Darkhold ,
4921-543: The Inhuman Hive was introduced; for the second part of season three, he possesses the corpse of Grant Ward, again portrayed by Brett Dalton. Also introduced were Natalia Cordova-Buckley and John Hannah , recurring as Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez and Holden Radcliffe , respectively. Blood and Palicki left the main cast following the season-three episode " Parting Shot ", to star in the then-planned spin-off show Marvel's Most Wanted . Dalton and Mitchell also left following
5054-468: The MCU also appear in guest roles. Joss Whedon, writer and director of the MCU film The Avengers (2012), began developing a S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot in August 2012. Gregg was confirmed to reprise his role that October, and the series was officially picked up by ABC in May 2013. The series attempted to replicate the production value of the MCU films on a broadcast television budget while also having to work within
5187-512: The MCU's Multiverse Saga but he was unwilling to confirm that at the time. Social media accounts for the series were set up in January 2013, months before ABC officially ordered it, "a rarity for a pilot". By May 17, 2013, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was the top new show of the television season in terms of social media activity, with the series' official Twitter account having over 46,000 followers and its official Facebook page having close to half
5320-545: The Marvel One-Shots in the pilot, and would "headline" the series. Also in October, actress Ming-Na Wen was cast as Melinda May . The next month, Elizabeth Henstridge and Iain De Caestecker were cast as Jemma Simmons and Leo Fitz , respectively, while newcomer Brett Dalton was cast as Grant Ward . Dalton gained 15 pounds (6.8 kg) of muscle before the start of filming for the role. In December, Chloe Bennet
5453-597: The TV show gets, you know, leftovers." He stated that, for example, the series' creative team initially wanted to use Loki 's scepter from The Avengers but were unable due to Whedon's plans for it in Age of Ultron . On how their ability to connect with the films changed over the life of the series, Jed Whedon said, "The rule when we started was we couldn't say anything about spies, we couldn't say anything about Hydra, we couldn't have any A.I. or robots or anything like that, because all of that
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5586-568: The United Kingdom on Channel 4 on November 24, 2013, while it aired on the Seven Network in Australia on November 20, 2013. The episode, along with the rest of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ' s first season, was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 9, 2014. Bonus features include behind-the-scenes featurettes, audio commentary, deleted scenes, and a blooper reel. On November 20, 2014,
5719-475: The United States on September 24, 2013, and concluded with a two-part series finale on August 12, 2020, with 136 episodes broadcast over seven seasons. After starting the first season with high ratings, the ratings began to drop. Ratings continued to fall with subsequent seasons, but were more consistent within each season, while reviews for all seasons were consistently positive. Several characters created for
5852-479: The actual story of the episode stands apart from the episode's tie-in with Thor: The Dark World (2013), composer Bear McCreary "felt no pressure from either the producers" or himself to incorporate material from the scores for the Thor films into the episode. Instead, McCreary composed his own Asgard theme, which introduces "a new tone to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , one that embraces Marvel's fantasy roots". McCreary wrote
5985-485: The aftermath of that film. The third season follows similar themes to the film Captain America: Civil War (2016), focusing on powered people and the different responses to them, leading up to the episode " Emancipation ", which takes place after the film and shows how its events affect the series' powered characters. The episode " T.A.H.I.T.I. " introduces the Kree alien race to the MCU, members of which play
6118-423: The big screen. As long as we are not covering bases that they're going to cover, we haven't been told "no" that much". As an example, Whedon noted the fourth season's Framework storyline as "something that's pretty significant in our world, but is also a little eddy in the river that doesn't affect anything else because it's an alternate universe. So those kinds of stories help us go big without sending ripples through
6251-426: The cast had "a pretty specific ... civilian look" that would become more prominent as S.H.I.E.L.D. is re-legitimized and becomes more public. Foley left the series after the thirteenth episode of the fourth season, to work on the television series Altered Carbon , and was replaced with Amanda Riley. Riley used her previous experience recreating costumes to "blend in" with Foley's established look. Foley returned for
6384-479: The characters in the series. Following the series finale, Bell looked back on the series and felt because of all the restrictions it faced from Marvel Studios until the Hydra reveal, it was "a tech series" when the audience was expecting "a superhero show with a lot of Marvel brand names". Tancharoen added that the series was "more case-of-the-week" when it first premiered, but that allowed them to plant various story devices that could be fully explored once they got past
6517-522: The cleanup of London following the Convergence, investigate the tree and deduce that it contained an Asgardian staff. Consulting with Elliot Randolph , a professor of Norse mythology, they learn of the Berserker, an Asgardian warrior who remained on Earth after a long ago war, and broke his war staff into three pieces. The professor reveals three poems, each pointing to the location of a piece; one matched
6650-569: The comics or not. Marvel CCO Joe Quesada is involved in the approval process when costuming preexisting characters, including Daisy Johnson's Quake costume, which is introduced in the third season. The Quake costume incorporates elements from the comic version of the character, and was intended to show that Quake "could easily be part of the Avengers ". Foley took steps to differentiate the Quake costume from Scarlett Johansson 's Black Widow costumes from
6783-399: The comics, but of course on the show, we'll always be doing our spin to it." About comparisons between the scope of the series and that of the films, Bell said that ABC and Marvel had been very generous with the series' budget, and that the production could not complain for a network series, but that it was nothing compared to the films or even series like Game of Thrones . He explained that
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#17328479517716916-430: The comics, general fashion, and history to get a look that is recognizable to fans, but fits into the more realistic world of the series. Costumes are either custom made or bought, and the actors are brought in for fittings before filming. This process was often challenging because of the series' eight-day-per-episode schedule. Foley stated that all costumes take a similar amount of time to create, whether they are based on
7049-452: The constraints of the MCU that were dictated by Marvel Studios and the films. Prosthetic makeup was created by Glenn Hetrick 's Optic Nerve Studios, while Legacy Effects contributed other practical effects. Composer Bear McCreary recorded each episode's score with a full orchestra, and the visual effects for the series were created by several different vendors and have been nominated for multiple awards. The series premiered on ABC in
7182-456: The deaths of their characters in the third-season finale. Gregg, Wen, Bennet, De Caestecker, Henstridge, and Simmons returned for the fourth and fifth seasons. They were joined by Hannah in the fourth, with Cordova-Buckley once again recurring as Rodriguez in the season, before being promoted to a series regular for the fifth season. Dalton returned as a guest during the third pod of the fourth season , while Blood returned for an episode of
7315-439: The design process. Foley watched every MCU film, paying special attention to The Avengers , and was also inspired by such films as Skyfall (2012) and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011). In October 2016, Foley said that she was specifically following the aesthetic of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), "So any costume has to fit inside that world we've established and has to fit that tactical look." On
7448-458: The effects for one episode once background plates have been received from filming. This equates to approximately 2000 visual effects shots per season. Mark Kolpack serves as visual effects supervisor for the series. David Altenau was the in-house supervisor at FuseFX for "Pilot" through episode eight, with Kevin Lingenfelser taking over for subsequent episodes. VFX producer Andrea D'Amico joined
7581-458: The eighth episode would be titled "The Well", and would be written by Monica Owusu-Breen , with Jonathan Frakes directing. It was originally produced as the seventh episode. Speaking to the repressed darkness Grant Ward experiences, Owusu-Breen said the darkness to a character like Ward is "inherent" continuing, "so there's something interesting about what it means to have that controlled violence and what it would be inside of you. Especially on
7714-460: The end of August, ABC ordered a pilot for a series called S.H.I.E.L.D. , to be written and directed by Joss Whedon, with Jed Whedon and Tancharoen also writing. Disney CEO Bob Iger greenlit the series after watching the Marvel One-Shot short film Item 47 . In April 2013, ABC announced that the series would be titled Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , and it was officially picked up for
7847-416: The end of the day, Marvel is always going to make shows that run somewhere between PG-13 and PG-16. We're not going to be making Deadpool anytime soon on [ABC]". Marvel "had a long talk with ABC about what can we get away with, so to speak" in the new timeslot, which led to the inclusion of Ghost Rider in the season over one of Marvel's Netflix television series , because Marvel felt "that this character
7980-454: The entire first season principal cast were confirmed to be regulars for the second season, along with Blood. Palicki joined them with the episode " Aftershocks ". In February 2015, Luke Mitchell was cast as Lincoln Campbell , a recurring role for the second half of the season. All season-two principal cast members returned for the third season, with Simmons and Mitchell joining them, promoted from their recurring roles. In October 2015,
8113-473: The episode became available for streaming on Netflix . In the United States the episode received a 2.4/7 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, meaning that it was seen by 2.4 percent of all households, and 7 percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. It was watched by 6.89 million viewers. The United Kingdom premiere had 2.1 million viewers and in Australia ,
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#17328479517718246-407: The episode's story spilling "into more of the ancient aspects into Asgardians and how they visited us long ago, so we get into a little bit of that aspect of Asgard and how it's affected our planet in the past and currently." Coulson mentions that he consulted with Randolph around the events of Thor . "The Well" was first aired in the United States on ABC on November 19, 2013. It premiered in
8379-415: The episode. "The Well" originally aired on ABC on November 19, 2013, and according to Nielsen Media Research , was watched by 6.89 million viewers. In Norway , the leaders of a pagan hate group obsessed with Norse mythology find part of a staff, hidden within an ancient tree, that grants them superhuman strength. Agent Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, having recently assisted with
8512-582: The episode. Neustaedter's character, whose name is not used within the episode, would later be renamed Christian for the second season of the series. Filming occurred from September 24 to October 3, 2013. Location shooting for the episode occurred in Downtown Los Angeles , the Ebell of Los Angeles , and Griffith Park . Various locations were considered for the Irish monastery, but they were not suitable for
8645-490: The events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier , which led to a retooling of the series. Flashback sequences in " Shadows " and " The Things We Bury " featuring Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter served as marketing and set-up for the Agent Carter television series. The events of " The Frenemy of My Enemy " and " The Dirty Half Dozen " led up to the opening sequence of Avengers: Age of Ultron , while " Scars " deals with
8778-444: The fifth season. Introduced in the fifth season was Jeff Ward , who recurred as Deke Shaw . Wen, Bennet, De Caestecker, Henstridge, Simmons, and Cordova-Buckley return for the sixth and seventh seasons, and were joined by Ward. Given the events of the final episode of season five, in which it is implied that Coulson dies, Gregg noted "there is some interest in having me involved in" the sixth season, potentially with flashback, and
8911-422: The fight scenes" in the second season, since the first season had to be more reserved because of it airing during a family time slot. In September 2015, Bell looked back on the first two seasons and talked about the challenges of and changes in the series. He noted the negative reception from fans concerning the low number of recognizable characters like Coulson, but pointed out that fans seemed to have grown to like
9044-419: The film series, alongside Ming-Na Wen , Brett Dalton , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , and Elizabeth Henstridge . Nick Blood , Adrianne Palicki , Henry Simmons , Luke Mitchell , John Hannah , Natalia Cordova-Buckley , and Jeff Ward joined in later seasons. The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents deal with various unusual cases and enemies, including Hydra , Inhumans , Life Model Decoys , alien species such as
9177-573: The film was removed from Marvel Studios' release schedule, Whedon noted that the series had "a little more freedom" and were "able to do a little bit more" with the species going into the fourth season, including the potential of introducing some of the "classic" Inhumans. Marvel's Inhumans , a television series centered on Black Bolt and other members of the Inhuman Royal Family , was announced in November 2016 to air on ABC in September 2017. It
9310-512: The film's release that there was a plan for the Avengers to discover that Coulson was alive eventually. The fourth season explores the concept of Life Model Decoys, which were first referenced in The Avengers , and introduces the character Ghost Rider to the MCU. On why the series waited to begin exploring LMDs, Jed Whedon said that the series previously did not want to explore the concept before
9443-520: The film." The third season introduces the concept of the Secret Warriors , with new Inhuman characters inspired by the comic of the same name, while also retconning the history of Hydra in the MCU, tying it into the Inhumans storyline. Gregg noted in January 2016 that the "writer and director [of the Inhumans film] will have free rein to do what they want to do with the Inhumans, but hopefully there'll be some way that our Inhumans connect to that." When
9576-399: The films, but was "flattered" by comparisons made between them. Foley was also adamant about showing that characters such as Quake "don't have to be sexualized, that they're powerful, strong women", and so avoided "a lot of cleavage, you don't see high heels. It's about practicality." The costumes go through a natural evolution in the series. There is a shift at the end of the first season to
9709-551: The first season. In October 2012, a casting sheet for five lead roles was sent out, with Finn establishing offices in London, Australia, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, and Los Angeles to audition actors. At the New York Comic Con , Joss Whedon, Kevin Feige , and Clark Gregg announced that Gregg would be reprising his role as agent Phil Coulson from Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), The Avengers , and
9842-438: The first two episodes of the fifth season, before handing costume design over to Whitney Galitz, who had assisted Foley on the previous few seasons, and Christann Chanell. Galitz eventually became sole costume designer for the series, before being joined by Jessica Torok during season seven. Torok took over for the second half of the season after Galitz left the series to give birth to her daughter. The series' props department
9975-484: The first two seasons, the soundtrack was written and produced by McCreary and Steven Kaplan, with the album produced by Joe Augustine with McCreary. All music composed by Bear McCreary. Steve Bartek plays guitar on "Aftermath of the Uprising", Eric Byers plays cello on "Cello Concerto", and McCreary's wife, Raya Yarbrough, provides the vocals in "Alien DNA". The episode column in the table below indicates which episode(s)
10108-445: The forefront as we got into more stories about Inhumans and the digital world our characters inhabit. But the orchestra is always our foundation." In 2014, after working as an intern for McCreary, Jason Akers was asked to provide additional music for the series. McCreary hired Akers as a full time staff member in 2015, and he began to have more artistic input into the series' music. Akers is credited as co-composer alongside McCreary for
10241-426: The grand adventures." As the series began to introduce more powered individuals, Bell noted that audiences "seem to respond to powered people on the show and while it's not going to take over and become what the show's about, as a texture and flavor of the stories, we really enjoy that." Jed Whedon stated that the series would continue to emphasize the general public's response to powered people, saying, "The dynamic in
10374-704: The hero side. Where that darkness can come from was really interesting to us." Main cast members Clark Gregg , Ming-Na Wen , Brett Dalton , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , and Elizabeth Henstridge star as Phil Coulson , Melinda May , Grant Ward , Skye , Leo Fitz , and Jemma Simmons , respectively. It was revealed that the guest cast for the episode would include Peter MacNicol as Professor Elliot Randolph , Michael Graziadei as Jakob Nystrom , Erin Way as Petra Larsen , Toby Wilson as Neils, Alex Neustaedter as Maynard and Sylvia Brindis as Elena. Wilson, Neustaedter, and Brindis did not receive guest star credit in
10507-414: The idea could be "one other tendril of the multiverse, perhaps" and believed simply seeing Coulson again raised exciting questions. In August 2024, Brad Winderbaum , Marvel Studios' head of streaming, television, and animation, was asked about Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 's place in the franchise. He praised the series' connections to the films and acknowledged that Marvel Studios could consider it part of
10640-457: The idea to use the Darkhold in WandaVision to increase the level of danger Agatha Harkness posed to Scarlet Witch . The new design was based on how the Darkhold looks in the comic books and questions about how it was created. Despite the redesign, WandaVision director Matt Shakman felt this was the same Darkhold as the one seen in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Schaeffer said the nature of
10773-515: The impact of his original death among the characters. Whedon further elaborated that due to his feeling that the audience of The Avengers does not necessarily seem to be the same one as the audience of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , in addition to introduce nineteen new characters, he would have been forced to explain Coulson's resurrecting once again to the film-only audience had Coulson been featured in Age of Ultron . Despite this, Jeph Loeb stated prior to
10906-452: The long-suffering bureaucrat who deals with Tony Stark 's insufferability is delightful and hits the core of something I'm also writing about all the time—the little guy versus the big faceless organization....and that's what Clark Gregg embodies: the Everyman. —Creator Joss Whedon on the underlying themes of the series. Bell explained that he, Jed Whedon, and Tancharoen supervise all of
11039-468: The main S.H.I.E.L.D. team. There was a discussion to retcon Officer Saunders, a character Gjokaj played in The Avengers , into Sousa by having Sousa time travel back to the Battle of New York and going undercover as a cop, but the idea was dropped due to conflicts with the established timeline. The Quantum Realm is also featured in the season, with Fitz using it to travel to the altered timeline created during
11172-434: The mess left behind by the film's characters. Executive producer Jed Whedon explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. cleaning up after superhero events is something that has always happened, but never been depicted in the series before. Actress Bennet noted that it was not actually necessary for audiences to see the film to understand the episode. The rest of the episode's story deals with Asgardians in general. Whedon described this as
11305-438: The minds of some audiences." Zed elaborated that "Hinduism ... should not be taken lightly. Symbols of any faith, larger or smaller, should not be mishandled." A fictional version of Vishnu has previously appeared as a character in Marvel Comics . Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is an American television series created by Joss Whedon , Jed Whedon , and Maurissa Tancharoen for ABC based on
11438-400: The music was featured in. Regarding the release of additional music from the series, McCreary said in August 2020 there were no immediate plans but would "love for that to happen", given he had been waiting until the series concluded to assess everything that had been produced for any potential future releases. He also hoped to get fan input regarding pieces of music they would like to hear on
11571-484: The organization is backed by the terrorist group Hydra , which has infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. In the second season , following the destruction of S.H.I.E.L.D. in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Coulson becomes director of the organization and is tasked with rebuilding it while dealing with Hydra, a faction of anti-superhuman S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and a newly-revealed superhuman race called
11704-501: The other remains on Earth to face a team of mercenaries led by Sarge , a man that looks just like Coulson. The seventh and final season finds the team, including a Life Model Decoy of Coulson, jumping throughout time to prevent the Chronicoms from establishing Earth as their new home, Chronyca-3, and eradicating S.H.I.E.L.D. from history. After The Walt Disney Company purchased Marvel Entertainment in 2009, they announced that
11837-563: The planet Simmons is stranded on. The fourth season sees new series title cards for the Ghost Rider and LMD pods, and an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. title card for the Agents of Hydra pod that changes to say Agents of Hydra for episodes primarily set in the Framework. The Ghost Rider graphic is used again for the fourth-season finale. For the fifth season, the opening of " Orientation "
11970-402: The plans for the films. Henstridge also added that in past seasons, all of the episodes had to be reviewed to ensure they would not show something the films would be covering, but for the final season, "there was just such a sense of just abandon" with all the ideas the writers came up with allowed to happen. Ahead of the series finale in August 2020, Gregg and Wen looked back at the early tie-ins
12103-747: The premiere had 1.5 million viewers, including 0.7 million timeshifted viewers. Following the airing of the episode, Rajan Zed, the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism , called for an apology for its insinuation that the Hindu god Vishnu could be an alien. In a statement concerning the incident, the Society said that "faith was something sacred and attempts at debasing it hurt the adherents. Television and Hollywood should be more conscious while handling faith related subjects, as television and cinema were very mighty mediums and these could create stereotypes in
12236-434: The present, where they are labeled fugitives, Coulson and his team work to prevent the future that they saw. They succeed in defeating a Gravitonium -powered Glenn Talbot , but Coulson dies due to his interactions with Ghost Rider in the previous season. In the sixth season , the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are divided into two groups: one heads to space to find Fitz, who is lost following the last season's time-traveling, while
12369-408: The producer's intention to create a tradition moving forward of "finding new combinations and new conflicts" between different sets of characters, given "a lot of procedurals [see] the same people doing the same thing for five years and the character don't evolve or change at all." The producers and writers initially formed a general plan for the show through the end of a third season, after reading
12502-462: The production crew, and then goes to set to produce the episode. In January 2013, Joss Whedon deflected any direct influences from other series, such as the efforts of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in The X-Files , and explained that while the show would involve people with powers and the spectacle of science-fiction storytelling, it would focus on "the peripheral people...the people on the edges of
12635-537: The release of Avengers: Age of Ultron , which sees the introductions of Ultron and Vision in a similar manner to LMDs. On introducing Ghost Rider, Whedon said that "with Doctor Strange (2016) coming out this year, the Marvel [Cinematic] Universe is moving into new waters," referring to the exploration of magic. "We felt that this was obviously a great character that we'd love to have on our show that we feel fits with that shift." The season also continues storylines from
12768-512: The required mounting necessary for the various stunts that take place in the location, so a set was constructed. Dalton broke a bone in his hand during the filming of a fight sequence, hitting it against the hard foam prop of the Asgardian staff. As such, the injury had to be incorporated into the next episode. The episode uses footage from the 2006 Dublin riots to portray riots in Norway . Because
12901-422: The screenplays for upcoming MCU films. In May 2016, Chloe Bennet likened the end of the third season to "the end of the first book of S.H.I.E.L.D. ... the end of something bigger and the beginning of a whole new tone for the show." She elaborated that "the storylines that we started at the beginning of season 1 really wrapped up at the end of season 3. We've had some major losses of people who have been with us on
13034-652: The season and reunite with the S.H.I.E.L.D. team before bringing everyone back to the main timeline. Whedon added that, with this introduction into the series, they planned to mention how the realm could be used to survive the snap from Thanos , as seen in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame (2019), but was ultimately cut. Reed Diamond , who portrayed elite member of Hydra Werner Reinhardt / Daniel Whitehall , had been approached by Marvel Studios regarding his availability for Avengers: Endgame , with visual effects company Cantina Creative eventually using
13167-495: The season's eleventh episode; he is credited as a special guest star for his appearances in the season. Betsy Heimann was the costume designer for the pilot, but left the series because of film commitments. Assistant costume designer Ann Foley took over for subsequent episodes, and worked closely with Tancharoen to create "very strong, different characters" whose "looks evolve along with the show." Foley also brought on concept artists Phillip Boutte Jr. and Josh Shaw to assist with
13300-559: The sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). The series was renewed for a second season in May 2014, a third in May 2015, and a fourth in March 2016. In September 2016, discussing the eventual end of the series, Tancharoen said, "You always just forge ahead. Until someone tells us to stop, we will continue to move forward." Jed Whedon added, "There are always ideas in the back of your mind for how you'd wrap it up when they say, 'That's it guys,' but we're not there just yet." A fifth season
13433-407: The series does attempt to create "Marvel moments" as best it can, but pointed out that some of the more memorable moments from the films are smaller, character moments—something that works really well on television—so the series strives for those when it cannot afford more scope and scale. Jed Whedon elaborated that they look at a sequence and try to keep only what is required to tell the story, so "If
13566-413: The series had in season one. Both felt having to wait until the release of The Winter Soldier resulted in the early episodes "treading water" and "hampered the writers" creativity. Despite this, Gregg did feel the end of season one "holds up really well" once the Hydra twist was revealed. Both added the series took off once the writers were less tied to the MCU films and were able to focus on the stories of
13699-587: The series have since been introduced to the comic universe and other media. An online digital series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot , centered on Cordova-Buckley's Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez , was released in December 2016 on ABC.com . Other spin-offs were planned but never materialized. The first season follows S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson as he puts together a small team of agents to handle strange new cases. They investigate Project Centipede and its leader, " The Clairvoyant ", eventually uncovering that
13832-420: The series was renewed for a sixth season or not. Whedon added, "we're ready for if this is the end. We're definitely going to make it rewarding either way." Despite this, the series was renewed for a sixth season in May 2018, and a final seventh season in November 2018. Whedon likened these two seasons to bonus levels in a video game, allowing the writers to have "a bit of freedom". The idea of [Coulson] as
13965-426: The series were "so excited" about this episode being the first official tie-in with the films, and figuring out how the film assets from The Dark World would fit into the episode. However, as the episode was being edited, the amount of material diminished, resulting in the very brief opening montage. The episode then deals with the immediate aftermath of the film, showing the series' characters literally cleaning up
14098-423: The series would work in tandem with the Marvel films, both past and upcoming, to weave in between the films, and to "try to make them more rewarding on both ends." He explained that each Marvel project is intended to stand alone first before there is any interweaving, and noted that the series has to work with the film division and be aware of their plans so as not to interfere when introducing someone or something to
14231-418: The series' creative decisions, often consulting with Loeb. When the showrunners are writing the series, one person can write a script while the other two break stories, so that a story can be broken every few weeks. If the executive producers sign off on a story, a member of the series' writers room then produces an outline, gets notes on it from the showrunners, writes a full script, gets notes on it from ABC and
14364-424: The series' original characters as they had been developed over time. He explained that with the increasing number of characters and complex relationships in the series, having different pairings and building new emotional relationships was important, and stated that "whether it's a quiet moment or in action, we [hope to] deepen the audience's love and concern, and hopes for these characters." A year later he reiterated
14497-516: The series, but there were conflicts with her starring role on the series Revenge . Patrick Brennan , who portrayed Marcus Daniels / Blackout in the series, appears as an unnamed bartender in the film Captain Marvel (2019). Marvel Studios producer Victoria Alonso alluded to the possibility that the two were the same character, given that film was set in the 1990s. Season seven sees Enver Gjokaj reprise his role as Strategic Scientific Reserve agent Daniel Sousa from Agent Carter , joining
14630-468: The series, they try to add nods to the MCU films or the comics in a way that works well on its own for all viewers but could also mean more for a fan. On where the series can draw from the comics, Jed Whedon explained that there are areas of the comics that the series is not allowed to go to, and that ultimately they only use the comics for inspiration in generating their own story. Tancharoen elaborated that, "We're always going to be inspired and influenced by
14763-545: The seventh season. Some of McCreary's favorite pieces from the series included "Cello Concerto" from "The Only Light in the Darkness", and pieces that had "massive deviations" such as music for Ghost Rider, the Framework reality, and going to outer space. In September 2014, McCreary announced that there were plans for an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. soundtrack, which was released digitally a year later by Marvel Music on September 4, 2015, and on CD on October 9. Featuring music from
14896-428: The show since season 1. From the table read to the first day on set, there's definitely a new energy of the show" moving forward. The series was moved to the later timeslot of 10 pm for the fourth season. Jed Whedon said the writers hoped to "skew a little darker because of" this change, with Loeb adding that "It absolutely offers opportunities. I don't know that it changes things all that dramatically [though]. I mean, at
15029-475: The staff after learning to live with her own bad memories. Coulson, Jemma Simmons , and Leo Fitz manage to keep Randolph alive long enough for his Asgardian heart to heal itself, and though Coulson wishes to touch the staff himself to try and unlock memories from his death and resurrection, Randolph convinces him not to. That night, Ward turns down agent Skye 's offer to talk about his past, instead going to May's hotel room. In October 2013, Marvel revealed that
15162-413: The storyline being told and would define "a specific era of the series". The third season introduces a new title sequence for the series, replacing the one that appeared in the first two seasons. The title sequence in " 4,722 Hours " is drastically different from the design introduced for the third season, with the series' title in the episode's typeface silently fading onto the screen over the back drop of
15295-543: The team at FuseFX to work on the series in December 2015. Two separate production management and creative teams were established to work on the show, and producers, compositors and various artists were able to alternate episodes. This was important because most of the episodes had to be worked on concurrently, either two or three at a time. Typical effects for the series include the creation of character-driving effects animation, photo-realistic vehicles, CG set extensions, pyrotechnics, and atmospheric effects. Some assets, such as
15428-460: The theme as "an old fanfare, a melody that captured the majesty of Asgardian nobility", but because of the more grounded nature of the series, and the fact that the theme was often needed for quiet dialogue scenes while MacNicol's Randolph recounts Asgardian legends, McCreary often just used the "essence" of the theme in the episode: for MacNicol's scenes, McCreary "thinned [the theme] out to subtle wisps", while English horns, bassoon, and cello quote
15561-476: The theme in "mysterious settings". The anarchist group that opposes the protagonists in the episode is represented musically by "a snarling distorted synth bass, oscillating in minor thirds", which McCreary designed as a metaphor for "how their minds are altered when they touch the staff and absorb the Asgardian rage". For the series of flashbacks revolving around the titular well, McCreary used "a recurring cluster of pitches that rings disturbingly hollow. The sound
15694-447: The third season. Prosthetic makeup for the series is designed in conjunction with Glenn Hetrick of Optic Nerve Studios. Hetrick began work on the series with the second season, to create Raina 's Inhuman look, and returned for the third season to design and create the more unusual-looking Inhumans such as Lash . Throughout the series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "[became] known for its signature use of changing title cards" to reflect
15827-498: The third. Despite this increasing darkness in the costumes, Foley intended to define each character as they are introduced and to have them always be recognizable and identifiable. With the start of the fourth season, Foley said that "each season definitely has its own feel and this season will be no different. I think that you're going to see some subtle differences in the costumes of the characters"; she felt like Fitz and Simmons, in particular, had become "more adult looking", while all
15960-584: The tree in Norway. Randolph sends the team to Baffin Island , but they soon realize that this was misdirection. They follow one of the poems to underground catacombs in Spain , where Randolph forces agent Grant Ward to touch a second piece of the staff, unlocking painful memories of a young boy in a well. The pagans attack Randolph with their own piece of the staff, taking his. Coulson arrests Randolph, and they discover that he
16093-540: The universe. Bell elaborated that this was preferable so that people who do not watch the films can still follow the series, and vice versa. He stated that "ABC and Marvel both want the series to be able to make sense on its own", but that it was beneficial for the films to have the series fill in any "gaps" for them, due to having to be "big" and moving "quickly through a lot of huge pieces", unlike television which has time to deal with more nuances. In January 2016, Joss Whedon noted that this process "unfortunately just means
16226-410: The variety of costumes created for each character, Foley preferred to have set pieces in the characters' "closets", as "it's not a fashion show ... a guy like Ward isn't going to have twenty jackets in his closet. He is going to have one that he uses all of the time." After reading each script, Foley would do her own research, before discussing the look of the episode with the writers. She then studied
16359-427: The visual effects department. Bauer reused the I.C.E.R. rifle prop when making Mack's "Shotgun Ax", which appears in later seasons. The terrigen crystals that unlock Inhuman abilities in the series are 3D-printed from solid resin and then altered with extra details. Additional practical effects and props were created by Legacy Effects , which also works on the MCU films, notably creating Daisy Johnson's gauntlets for
16492-500: The whole MCU." In May 2016, Chloe Bennet complained that Marvel did not acknowledge Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in their film universe, despite pretending that the films and televisions series were all connected; she expressed interest in seeing the Avengers in the series. The series mimics the films' post credits scenes with "end tags", starting with the episode " 0-8-4 " which features a Samuel L. Jackson cameo as Nick Fury . Bell explained, "Sometimes it'll be funny, sometimes it'll be
16625-400: The world has changed. There was one person with powers, and then by The Avengers there were maybe six total ... now they're much more prevalent, so there's reaction from the public based on that." On the balance between creating new material and drawing from existing mythology, Bell noted that telling stories that can entertain both Marvel fans and non-Marvel fans is challenging and that for
16758-464: The world, including in Paris, France , Stockholm, Sweden , and Old San Juan, Puerto Rico . Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. used the working title R.A.G.T.A.G. throughout its production. The series is filmed on Arri Alexa cameras, with David Boyd serving as director of photography on the pilot, and Feliks Parnell, Jeff Mygatt, and Allan Westbrook doing so throughout the rest of the series. Garry Brown
16891-415: Was also unsure if he would be a series regular, should he return, as he had been for the previous five seasons. Gregg ultimately returned as a series regular in season six playing a new character, Sarge . For season seven, Gregg portrays a Life Model Decoy (LMD) version of Coulson, while De Caestecker is absent for much of the season due to scheduling conflicts with prior commitments, first appearing in
17024-408: Was chosen out of more than 400 actresses to play Skye , the sixth and final regular for the first season. Bell called the character "the hardest to find" since need to be "the quintessential Whedon heroine–strong, smart, and self-aware", which was difficult to find in a 20-year old. Skye is revealed in the second season to be Daisy Johnson, and no longer goes by "Skye" starting with the third. At
17157-418: Was coming in movies that year or the year after. Since then, they've blown those doors wide open". He added, "We have relatively free rein [in what the series can introduce and connect to]; we just can't go anywhere that [the films are] going. They know their stories so much further out than we do, which is good for us to tee up things that we know are coming to them or avoid things that they want to be special on
17290-477: Was not intended to be a spin-off of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. In the lead-up to Avengers: Age of Ultron , Joss Whedon explained that despite bringing Phil Coulson back to life to helm Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the MCU itself dealing with characters seemingly dying only to return later on like Loki, Nick Fury, and Bucky Barnes , "As far as the fiction of the movies, Coulson is dead", choosing to not reference Coulson's resurrection in Age of Ultron to not diminish
17423-478: Was ordered in May 2017, and Bell said they had "a sense of how we'd like the show to end when it ends. We just need to know when that time is coming so we can build to it properly." Jed Whedon continued, "Our goal is to know ahead of time, because we would love to land the story in a way that's satisfying". The writers intended for the final episode of the fifth season to serve as both a season and series finale, with some elements that could be adjusted based on whether
17556-481: Was right to tell [darker and more violent] stories right now" and having him on S.H.I.E.L.D. aided that because "it was so unexpected". Loeb hoped that the combination of the later timeslot and the introduction of Ghost Rider would lead to some viewers who had stopped watching the series over the previous seasons giving it another chance. Sarah Halley Finn , the casting director of the MCU films, along with her associate Tamara Hunter, served as casting directors during
17689-414: Was the first MCU television series, McCreary felt there was "a sense that it had to connect" to the consistent orchestra sound of the films but viewed through a television lens. McCreary composes on average 30 minutes of music per episode. Creating the main theme for the series, which McCreary also saw as Coulson's theme, was a process that took a lot of collaboration with the executive producers, who wanted
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