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IntroductionU.S. Air Date - December 10, 2013 Synopsis - In a shocking cliffhanger episode, Coulson takes the war back to Centipede, and this time he brings in Mike Peterson for some super-soldier support. As they get closer to the truth, startling secrets are revealed and an unexpected twist threatens the team.Special Guests - Cullen Douglas (as Edison Po), J. August Richards (as Mike Peterson), Ruth Negga (as Raina), Molly Mccook (as Laura Hayward, Rick Malambri (as Brian Hayward)Director - Holly DaleWriter - Shalisha FrancisWatch Season 1 Episode 10 on ABC Episode RecapIntroductionAt a prison Po is rescued by "agents" of CentipedeOn The BusSkye is reviewing agent files - Coulson assures her that May is looking into itAs Ward and May spar, Coulson tells them about an upcoming briefingSimmons figures out that Centipede has figured out the combustion issue and they need to find Po who is their strategistThe team will use Mike Peterson as their backup in this missionEpisodeMay thinks having Peterson around is bad but Coulson tells Peterson that he's been given a second chanceThe team does some research on Po and figure out on of his team is a former soldier who disappeared after coming back from overseasCoulson and Ward go talk to his sister Laura - when she calls her brother, the team figures out the call went to Oakland, CARaina (aka the girl in the flower dress) tells Po that they have a hard time keeping up since SHIELD is taking out their locations one by one but they've stabalized the serumSkye figures out from the tape of Raina and Po at the prison about the Clairvoyant but Coulson assures everyone that they are mythsIn Oakland, Coulson, Ward, May and Peterson are attacked by the soldiers from the prisonPo and Raina are watching the fight remotely and determine that Peterson is the key to stage 3 - they end up killing the soldier that Coulson is questioning in a more advanced manner than AkelaSimmons figures that the Clairvoyant is the other backer in the group and Coulson reports the events that have happened to HQPo talks to the Clairvoyant who will share information with her at the right time but Po has shared Raina's talentsMay and Ward argue about the fight - Ward said that May is faster and wasn't giving her any special privilegesSkye goes to ask May about her the research is going - May shuns her and says to focus on the missionsAs Mike talks to his son, Raina takes the phone and wants to make a tradeAs the trade is made, Rains & Peterson say the trade is for CoulsonRains takes Coulson away but as Peterson goes to rescue him, an explosion engulfs him and the car Raina came in explodesRaina and Coulson escape in a helicopterClosingWard has a shot to take out Raina but May says not to engageMay contacts HQ to let them know the situationAs the helicopter flies overhead, they knock out WardAs Coulson wakes up on the helicopter Raina tells him that they want to know what happened after he diedCreditsTV RageWikipediaViewers - 6.11 millionEpisode 11 The Magical Place - January 11, 2014 - second half of the season 1 preview shows more information on Coulson’s death and aftermath of the team working without himContactE-Mail - [email protected] - (714)451-6574http://shieldcast.blogspot.com/'The Android Realm' Android AppDirect DownloadAmazon AppStore

IntroductionU.S. Air Date - November 26, 2013Synopsis - Coulson and his team are haunted by a mysterious force that threatens to destroy them all, and only a secret from May's past can save them.Special Guests - Christopher Gehrman (as Taylor), Josh Clark (as Roger), Laura Seay (as Hannah), Robert Baker (as Tobias)Director - Billy GierhartWriters - Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed WhedonWatch Season 01 Episode 09 on ABCEpisode RecapIntroductionAt a Utah gas stationLady goes shopping for supplies but store owner is on edge with her presenceGoods start flying around the shop which scares the shop owner into running away but the lady is scared and curls up into a ball - the gas station explodesAt the hotel - Melinda and Ward are in a secret relationship - they are getting ready as May gets their next missionOn The BusThe team is off to Batesville to check for the lady who may have telekinetic powersFitz and Simmons check the site’s data to see what they can turn upThe team collects Hannah and take her up to The Bus and head to The FridgeEpisodeHannah is kept in an electromagnetically sealed roomCoulson and May go to talk to Hannah to help her stay calm and explain the situationTo play a freshman prank on Skye - Fitz & Simmons tell a tall tale about why May is called the CavalryHannah explains to Coulson that she got reports for faulty assemblies at the plant which is around the time when the weird things started happeningSkye wants to talk to Hannah (to which Coulson has been saying no) because Hannahs is really a nice person so hurting the people at the plant really hurt herSkye and Ward are chatting later and mentions the story from Fitz & Simmons - Ward makes a correction saying it was only 20 agents and that May gets the job doneAs Sky reviews the data, she learns Tobias Ford (one of the technicians at the plant) reported actual issues were to blameTobias attacks Simmons then disappears (he also cuts power to the plane)Fitz gets locked in a closet thinking its a prank but the door is propped open and runs into SimmonsMay lands the plane and calls to Fitz to head to the avionics bay to make repairsCoulson tries to call for help but Tobias disables the equipment - he ends up getting stuck with SkyeFitz is able to overload Coulson’s watch in the door to break the lockCoulson tells Skye that he was part of a ‘Welcome Wagon’ with May and that the operation didn’t go well - May saved them all and some locals but she came out changedMay takes Hannah outside to lure Tobias away from everyoneTobias attacks May as they find out that Tobias is in love with Hannah and wanted to see her moreMay is able to convince Tobias to let go as that is the only way he’ll be at peace with what he didClosingSkye lets Coulson know that May isn’t a lost cause as Coulson decides that his watch is a lost causeCoulson let’s Skye know that she handled the situation well and that she may be good enough to rename the observation protocolSkye joins May in the cockpitAs Ward, Coulson, Simmons & Skye play scrabble, Fitz wants to know who pranked him - closing shot of May smilingExtrasWelcome Wagon - Independence Day reference regarding initial plane welcoming the aliensCreditsTVRageWikipediaViewers - 9.3millionEpisode 10 The Bridge - In a shocking cliffhanger episode, Coulson takes the war back to Centipede, and this time he brings in Mike Peterson for some super-soldier support. As they get closer to the truth, startling secrets are revealed and an unexpected twist threatens the team.ContactE-Mail - [email protected] - (714)451-6574http://shieldcast.blogspot.com/'The Android Realm' Android AppDirect DownloadAmazon AppStore

IntroductionU.S. Air Date - November 19, 2013Synopsis - In the aftermath of the recent Asgard (Dark Elf) invasion, Coulson and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. pick up the pieces–one of which threatens to destroy a member of the team.Special Guests - Alex Neustaedter (as Maynard), Erin Way (as Petra Larsen), Michael Graziadei (as Jakob Nystrom), Peter MacNicol (as Professor Elliot Randolph), Sylvia Brindis (as Elena), Toby Wilson (as Neils)Director - Jonathan FrakesWriter - Monica Owusu-BreenWatch Season 01 Episode 08 on ABCEpisode RecapIntroductionTeam checks for debris in England after Asgard invasionIn Norway, a couple finds the site they are looking for - including a staff hidden in a treePark rangers try to find out what the couple is doing but get attackedThe team finds out about it and goes to investigate - Fitz creates a rough 3D model of the staff and confirms it is from AsgardThe couple is later found to be wreaking havoc in Oslo and leave a message - ‘We Are Gods’EpisodeCoulson determines they need to see Professor Elliot Randolph who is an expert in Norse mythologyRandolph is able to confirm the staff’s origins and that is 1 of 3 parts of a Berserker Staff and is from the 12th centuryRandolph also confirms secretive passages about the location of the 3 parts -  1 confirms the part found in the tree in NorwayA S.H.I.E.L.D. team checks out Randolph’s lead on Baffin Island with no luckSkye finds a lead in Seville so the team goes to check it out where they find the church but Jakob and Petra were already there and start chasing themWard finds Randolph in the catacombs and hits Ward with the staff to escapeRandolph is shown trying to escape with 1 part of the staff but is found by Jakob, Petra and other members of their group who steal his part of the staffCoulson finds Randolph who is taken into custodyWard gets a physical by Simmons who is showing residual effects of the staff - i.e. anger and irritabilityWard admits his issue to Coulson where they decide to interrogate Randoph some more where they are able to confirm that he is AsgardianRandolph gives his backstory and claims that he is a pacificst then tells the team that the last part of the staff is in IrelandAt the monastary, Jakob stabs Randolph so Coulson, Fitz & Simmons figure out how to save himWard, Mae and Skye go after Jakob and his group - Ward ends of defeating most of themAs Petra and one last member of the group comes in - May takes the staff and easily takes them outClosingCoulson is looking over the assembled staff considering if he wants to use it - most likely to remember how he came back to life - Coulson admits to Randolph that he isn’t haunted by the memories of his death and Randolph doesn’t see any issues thereAt a hotel where the team is staying, Ward apologizes to Skye for the things he said on The Bus during his physicalWard later joins May for some alcohol - assuming they are still haunted by the memories brought back by the staffColson is seen lying on a beach in Tahiti getting a massage when the masseuse tells him that Tahiti is a magical place to which Coulson gets startled awakeCreditsTVRageWikipediaViewers - 6.8 millionEpisode 09 Repairs - Coulson and his team are haunted by a mysterious force that threatens to destroy them all, and only a secret from May's past can save them.Contact'The Android Realm' Android AppDirect DownloadAmazon AppStoreE-Mail - [email protected] - (714)451-6574http://shieldcast.blogspot.com/

IntroductionU.S. Air Date - November 12, 2013Synopsis - 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.Special Guests - Alison White (as Marta), Charles Halford (as Agent Shaw), Ilia Volok (as Vladimi), Maximiliano Hernandez (as Agent Sitwell)Director - Bobby RothWriter - Rafe Judkins & Lauren LeFrancWatch Season 1, Episode 07 on ABCEpisode RecapIntroductionCoulson taken into an interrogationTeam rescues fellow agentSummons extracts bug from Agent Shaw and head to The Hub to drop him offSeparatist group created an 'Overkill' device to separate from Russia and GeorgiaWard and Fitz have to disable the device on-siteEpisodeWard's contact to get across the border is deadSkye is concerned about the mission, gets nothing from Coulson, gets Simmons to want to know more about her planFitz fixes the generator to help get them across the border and escape an attackSimmons shoots Agent Sitwell to hide her and Skye working on hacking into the mainframeSkye finds out there is no extraction team for Ward and Fitz them gets discovered by an upset CoulsonCoulson wants to know that how he can try Skye if she goes after classified documents willy nillyWard and Fitz get into the compound and get to disabling the 'Overkill' machine but alarms go off at the end but are saved by the teamClosingCase is closed as device is disabledFitz lies about enjoying the sandwich Simmons made for himCoulson tells Skye a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent dropped Skye off at the orphanageCoulson tells May that secrets should remain that way and closes with May reviewing a dead agentCoulson makes a call for his Tahiti file but he doesn't have access and needs Director Fury's direct approval to get accessExtrasVictoria Hand - S..H.I.E.L.D. accountant (The Hub possibly in Portland, OR?), later Deputy Director of H.A.M.M.E.R. under Norman OsbornBarton and Romanoff never had an extraction planCreditsTVRageWikipediaViewers - 6.63 millionEpisode 08 The Well - In the aftermath of the recent Asgard invasion, Coulson and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. pick up the pieces–one of which threatens to destroy a member of the team.ContactE-Mail - [email protected] - (714)451-6571http://shieldcast.blogspot.com/'The Android Realm' Android AppDirect DownloadAmazon AppStore~~~~~Wired ConnectionsTriskelion - S.H.I.E.L.D.'s island based on Manhattan's governor's islandOverkill Horn (Overkill device translated in the show)Jasper Sitwell as a member of Fury's Howling CommandosWebsite

IntroductionU.S. Air Date - November 5, 2013Synopsis - When floating bodies turn up, Coulson and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D must hunt down an elusive killer. No one is safe -- not even the team.Special Guests - David Michael Paul (As Justin), Rick Gifford (As Adam Cross), Robert Maffia (As Baker), Titus Welliver (As Agent Blake), Vincent Laresca (As Tony Diaz)Director - Vincent MisianoWriter - Paul ZbyszewskiWatch Episode 06 on ABCEpisode GuideIntroductionGroup telling ghost stories around a camp fireMysterious lightning kills leaderOn The Bus, Coulson is undergoing a routine physical and Fitz is working on Ward's Night-Night gunTeam called to investigate mystery - find leader floating in mid air but falls when Simmons gets to closeBody taken to plane and Skye to use connections to get more infoEpisodePower of unknown origin in barn where fireman suffers same death as group leader - they determine both firefighters were part of the Battle of New YorkThe team visits their fire station to find out another firefighter has touched a Chitauri helmet which is the only source of the 2000 mega joules of electricityCoulson realizes that something is wrong with the third firefighter and comforts him with his own death experience when he realizes the firefighter is going to dieMay finds the Chitauri helmet and Simmons realizes there's no weapon but a Chitauri virus to which the fighter(s) were immune so she can work on an antiserumOn the bus as Simmons gives Coulson an update on her progress, he realizes she's infected and closes her in the labShe begins faster work to figure out how to cure herself while Coulson talks to H.Q. to learn that they don't have an antiserum eitherFitz creates a delivery mechanism for the antiserum and works to help and ends up taking the Chitauri helmet into the lab infecting himself insteadThey test the antiserum a few times on rats to no success - on the final test they think they've failed but the rat had simply been knocked unconsciousSimmons decides to jump out of The Bus to not harm anyone else even though Fitz's final version had worksWard skydives out of the plane to save Simmons and give her a cureClosingCoulson reprimands Simmons and tells her how important she is to themCoulson tells May that the physical was not doctor ordered - he is physically fine but doesn't feel fine - May says a death experience would change anyone but all they can do is move forwardAt the sandbox, Coulson hands over the helmet to Agent Blake and tells him that no one can take his team away (even though he went against a direct order) and challenges Blake (or anyone) to tryExtrasNot a fan of being pokedCaptain America and the DudeThe ChitauriAgent Blake and the artifacts divisionIron Man flight planCoulson’s dream team (refer to Episode 00-02 The S.H.I.E.L.D. Identity for a brief history of S.H.I.E.LD.’s troubled past)CreditsTVRageWired - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. shoutoutsWikipediaEpisode 01 Pilot - 12.12 million viewersEpisode 02 0-8-4 - 8.66 million viewersEpisode 03 The Asset - 7.87 million viewersEpisode 04 Eye Spy - 7.85 million viewersEpisode 05 Girl In The Flower Dress - 7.39 million viewersEpisode 06 F.Z.Z.T. - 7.03 million viewersEpisode 07 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.

"Test Patient" - (c)ABC. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. IntroductionU.S. Air Date - October 22, 2013Synopsis - An elusive girl in a flower dress may hold the key to the mystery that brings Coulson and team to Asia to rescue a young man with an unusual and dangerous power. Meanwhile, Skye has a secret that jeopardizes her relationship with the team right when they need her most.Special Guests - Shannon Lucio as Debbie (scientist), Ruth NeggaRuth Negga as Raina, Louis Ozawa Changchien as Chan Ho Yin (a.k.a. Scorch), Austin Nichols as Miles Lydon, Tzi Ma as Agent Quan Chen (Chiinese S.H.I.E.L.D. field agent), Cullen Douglas as Po (mysterious jailed person)Director - Jesse BochcoWriter - Brent FletcherWatch Episode 05 Girl In The Flower Dress on ABCEpisode GuideIntroStreet performer showing "lame" tricks who upgrades to throwing flamesLady in flower dress impressed and wants to help him make a name for himself - assures him that she's there to help then kidnaps himMagician able to throw fire due to radiation in systemOn The Bus, the team talks to the local Chinese S.H.I.E.L.D. team regarding the disappearance of the magician (S..H.I.E.L.D. keeps a index of people with abilities to keep in check and help rather than use and abuse)EpisodeRaina confirms she is not with S..H.I.E.L.D.  and convinces magician he can become known worldwideSkye finds hack caused by hacker Miles who after a chse by the team meets with Miles - we learn they have a prior relationship and that he trained herMae finds Miles and Skye who end up in an interrogation room on The BusRaina (Girl in the flower dress) gives Chan Ho Yin a drug which makes him more powerfulDoing background research on Miles helps the team learn that he took $1 million to give up Chan Ho Yin to the mysterious organizationFurther research into the organization leads S.H.I.E.L.D. to learn that they want Yin to help control the combustion problem in ExtremisCoulson and Mae go into the organization’s building with Agent Chen (who gets killed by Scorch)After a fight which ends in Debbie the scientist dying at Scorch’s hands, Coulson distracts Scorch while Mae overloads Scorch with extra syrum who ends up explodingClosingMiles given the choice of wearing monitoring bracelet or going to jail - he picks the bracelet and Coulson lets him the Kwan family thanks him for this $1 million donationSkye goes to Coulson’s office where he’s upset with her but defends herself with the notion she wants to know who her parents are but the document is in fact a S.H.I.E.L.D. redacted document - Coulson hands her a bracelet which should help herRaina visits a man named Po in jail - the Extremis combustion issue may be solved soon - their clairvoyant needs to be contact for next stepsCreditsMarvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.TVRageEpisode 06 F.Z.Z.T. - When floating bodies turn up, Coulson and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D must hunt down an elusive killer. No one is safe -- not even the team.ContactE-Mail - [email protected] - (714)451-6574http://shieldcast.blogspot.com/

(c) Renegade Cinema, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”Eye Spy” Recap – Episode 01.04 IntroductionU.S. Air Date - October 15, 2013Synopsis - Agent Coulson and the S.H.I.E.L.D. team try to track down a mysterious woman who has single-handedly committed numerous high-stakes heists. But when the woman's identity is revealed, a troubling secret stands to ruin Coulson.Director - Roxann DawsonWriters - Jeffrey BellSpecial Guests - Pascale Armand as Akela AmadorWatch Episode 4 on ABCEpisode GuideIntroRed faced men walk through city square and board the subwayMysterious headphones lady smashes glass to cut the powerCoulson wants to learn to flyFitz & Simmons create fancy new gun got Ward but is still being developedSkye learning to shoot a gunEpisodeLady with headphones stealing diamonds from high grade securitySkye suspects someone really skilled or has ESPLady is a former trainee of Coulson (not May because she's the pilot)Protege hides diamonds in dissolving golf ballsMay goes after Akela and loses the fight but Coulson arrives in time to take her outWard uses rigged glasses to carry out Akela's next mission while Fitz Simmons remove her implant and the team can find the EnglishmanWard takes a picture of some alien writing for the sub-missionThey find the Englishman but is also an operative who is killedClosingAkela asking May if she knows exactly what happened with Coulson regarding his “death”CreditsTVRage Episode 4 GuideWikipediaEpisode 5 - Girl In The Flower Dress - An elusive girl in a flower dress may hold the key to the mystery that brings Coulson and team to Asia to rescue a young man with an unusual and dangerous power. Meanwhile, Skye has a secret that jeopardizes her relationship with the team right when they need her most. (Source: TV Rage)ContactE-Mail - [email protected] - (714)451-6574http://shieldcast.blogspot.com/

Graviton vs. Thunderbolts in Thunderbolts #17 (c)Wikipedia History Professor HallBorn in Baniff, Alberta, CanadaProfession - Physicist (Ph.D.)Originally working on a practical teleportation deviceDevice overloaded and mixed with his molecules allowing him to control gravity mentally)Control gravity up to 2.36 miles awayCapability to generate gravity to breathe in spaceEventsBanished by Thor to dimensional void for holding a department store hostageDefeated by the West Coast Avengers for trying to unite the mobs under his controlTraveled the galaxy trying to control other species with limited progress Credits Marvel UniverseWikipediaContactE-Mail - [email protected] - (714)451-6574http://shieldcast.blogspot.com/

Gravity Generator, (c)TVRage IntroductionU.S. Air Date - October 8, 2013Synopsis - When the brilliant scientist Dr. Franklin Hall is kidnapped, Agent Coulson and his S.H.I.E.L.D. agents must race against the clock to locate him. Skye is their only way in -- pushing the team to their limits when the entire plan turns upside-down.Director - Milan CheylovWriters - Jed Wheaton, Maurissa TancharoenSpecial Guests - David Conrad (as Ian Quinn), Ian Hart (as Dr. Franklin Hall), Assaf Cohens (as Translator), Scott Subiono (as Todd Chesterfield), Brandon Molale (as Main Guard), Josh Cowdery (as Agent Tyler), Bodie Newcomb (as Agent Mack), Vachik Mangassarian (as Qasim Zaghlul)Watch Episode 3 on ABCEpisode GuideIntroSUV does a random flip in front of a big rig with a souped up HUFBig Rig gets same treatment as SUVBig Rig protection SHIELD assetWard training Skye to be a field agent Professor Hall kidnapped from big rig using electrostatic fieldPlotOwner if equipment used in kidnapping paid gold blocks - possibly Ian QuinnGravitonium - distorts gravity into itself to form anamorphic fieldsQuinn needs Hall to help figure out how to control the gravity machine at full scaleSkye hacks herself to getting an invitation to Quinn's complex - Ward objectsSkye and Coulson go to the compound as May doesn't want to be in field work - reminds Coulson he died last time he was in the fieldQuinn offers Skye a jobCoulson and Ward attempt t enter the compound through a secret tunnelQuinn catches Skye trying to break into his offices and she discreetly tells him they're listeningSkye gets the shield down but Quinn pulls a gun on herHall let himself get caught to bury the gravity generatorSkye escapes by stealing Quinn's gun and jumping into a poolCoulson stops the gravity generator by shooting Hall into the generatorClosingMae signs up for active duty to protect CoulsonSkye practices her workout and tells Hall she was tired of losing her hopesGravity generator placed in locked unmarked vault - arm mysteriously reaches out and back into the gravity fieldCreditsTVRage - Season 1, Episode 3 The AssetEpisode 4 - Eye-Spy - Agent Coulson and the S.H.I.E.L.D. team try to track down a mysterious woman who has single-handedly committed numerous high-stakes heists. But when the woman's identity is revealed, a troubling secret stands to ruin CoulsonE-Mail - [email protected] - (714)451-6574http://shieldcast.blogspot.com/