Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is an American television series created for ABC by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen, based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D.[1][2] It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the continuity of the franchise's films and other television series.[3][4] The series was produced by ABC Studios, Marvel Television, and Mutant Enemy Productions, and sees Clark Gregg reprise his role as Phil Coulson from the film series.[2] During the course of the series, 136 episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. aired over seven seasons, between September 24, 2013, and August 12, 2020.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Average viewers (in millions inc. DVR) | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||||
1 | 22 | September 24, 2013 | May 13, 2014 | 43 | 8.31[5] | |
2 | 22 | September 23, 2014 | May 12, 2015 | 76 | 7.09[6] | |
3 | 22 | September 29, 2015 | May 17, 2016 | 85 | 5.52[7] | |
4 | 22 | September 20, 2016 | May 16, 2017 | 110 | 4.22[8] | |
5 | 22 | December 1, 2017 | May 18, 2018 | 133 | 3.57[9] | |
6 | 13 | May 10, 2019 | August 2, 2019 | — | — | |
7 | 13 | May 27, 2020 | August 12, 2020 | — | — |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Joss Whedon | Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen | September 24, 2013 | 12.12[10] |
2 | 2 | "0-8-4" | David Straiton | Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon & Jeffrey Bell | October 1, 2013 | 8.66[11] |
3 | 3 | "The Asset" | Milan Cheylov | Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen | October 8, 2013 | 7.87[12] |
4 | 4 | "Eye Spy" | Roxann Dawson | Jeffrey Bell | October 15, 2013 | 7.85[13] |
5 | 5 | "Girl in the Flower Dress" | Jesse Bochco | Brent Fletcher | October 22, 2013 | 7.39[14] |
6 | 6 | "FZZT" | Vincent Misiano | Paul Zbyszewski | November 5, 2013 | 7.15[15] |
7 | 7 | "The Hub" | Bobby Roth | Rafe Judkins & Lauren LeFranc | November 12, 2013 | 6.67[16] |
8 | 8 | "The Well" | Jonathan Frakes | Monica Owusu-Breen | November 19, 2013 | 6.89[17] |
9 | 9 | "Repairs" | Billy Gierhart | Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon | November 26, 2013 | 9.69[18] |
10 | 10 | "The Bridge" | Holly Dale | Shalisha Francis | December 10, 2013 | 6.11[19] |
11 | 11 | "The Magical Place" | Kevin Hooks | Paul Zbyszewski & Brent Fletcher | January 7, 2014 | 6.63[20] |
12 | 12 | "Seeds" | Kenneth Fink | Monica Owusu-Breen & Jed Whedon | January 14, 2014 | 6.37[21] |
13 | 13 | "T.R.A.C.K.S." | Paul Edwards | Lauren LeFranc & Rafe Judkins | February 4, 2014 | 6.62[22] |
14 | 14 | "T.A.H.I.T.I." | Bobby Roth | Jeffrey Bell | March 4, 2014 | 5.46[23] |
15 | 15 | "Yes Men" | John Terlesky | Shalisha Francis | March 11, 2014 | 5.99[24] |
16 | 16 | "End of the Beginning" | Bobby Roth | Paul Zbyszewski | April 1, 2014 | 5.71[25] |
17 | 17 | "Turn, Turn, Turn" | Vincent Misiano | Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen | April 8, 2014 | 5.37[26] |
18 | 18 | "Providence" | Milan Cheylov | Brent Fletcher | April 15, 2014 | 5.52[27] |
19 | 19 | "The Only Light in the Darkness" | Vincent Misiano | Monica Owusu-Breen | April 22, 2014 | 6.04[28] |
20 | 20 | "Nothing Personal" | Billy Gierhart | Paul Zbyszewski & DJ Doyle | April 29, 2014 | 5.95[29] |
21 | 21 | "Ragtag" | Roxann Dawson | Jeffrey Bell | May 6, 2014 | 5.37[30] |
22 | 22 | "Beginning of the End" | David Straiton | Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon | May 13, 2014 | 5.45[31] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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23 | 1 | "Shadows" | Vincent Misiano | Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen | September 23, 2014 | 5.98[32] |
24 | 2 | "Heavy Is the Head" | Jesse Bochco | Paul Zbyszewski | September 30, 2014 | 5.05[33] |
25 | 3 | "Making Friends and Influencing People" | Bobby Roth | Monica Owusu-Breen | October 7, 2014 | 4.47[34] |
26 | 4 | "Face My Enemy" | Kevin Tancharoen | Drew Z. Greenberg | October 14, 2014 | 4.70[35] |
27 | 5 | "A Hen in the Wolf House" | Holly Dale | Brent Fletcher | October 21, 2014 | 4.36[36] |
28 | 6 | "A Fractured House" | Ron Underwood | Rafe Judkins & Lauren LeFranc | October 28, 2014 | 4.44[37] |
29 | 7 | "The Writing on the Wall" | Vincent Misiano | Craig Titley | November 11, 2014 | 4.27[38] |
30 | 8 | "The Things We Bury" | Milan Cheylov | DJ Doyle | November 18, 2014 | 4.58[39] |
31 | 9 | "...Ye Who Enter Here" | Billy Gierhart | Paul Zbyszewski | December 2, 2014 | 5.36[40] |
32 | 10 | "What They Become" | Michael Zinberg | Jeffrey Bell | December 9, 2014 | 5.29[41] |
33 | 11 | "Aftershocks" | Billy Gierhart | Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon | March 3, 2015 | 4.48[42] |
34 | 12 | "Who You Really Are" | Roxann Dawson | Drew Z. Greenberg | March 10, 2015 | 3.80[43] |
35 | 13 | "One of Us" | Kevin Tancharoen | Monica Owusu-Breen | March 17, 2015 | 4.34[44] |
36 | 14 | "Love in the Time of Hydra" | Jesse Bochco | Brent Fletcher | March 24, 2015 | 4.29[45] |
37 | 15 | "One Door Closes" | David Solomon | Lauren LeFranc & Rafe Judkins | March 31, 2015 | 4.26[46] |
38 | 16 | "Afterlife" | Kevin Hooks | Craig Titley | April 7, 2015 | 4.24[47] |
39 | 17 | "Melinda" | Garry A. Brown | DJ Doyle | April 14, 2015 | 4.04[48] |
40 | 18 | "The Frenemy of My Enemy" | Karen Gaviola | Monica Owusu-Breen & Paul Zbyszewski | April 21, 2015 | 4.45[49] |
41 | 19 | "The Dirty Half Dozen" | Kevin Tancharoen | Brent Fletcher & Drew Z. Greenberg | April 28, 2015 | 4.57[50] |
42 | 20 | "Scars" | Bobby Roth | Rafe Judkins & Lauren LeFranc | May 5, 2015 | 4.45[51] |
43 | 21 | "S.O.S." | Vincent Misiano | Jeffrey Bell | May 12, 2015 | 3.88[52] |
44 | 22 | Billy Gierhart | Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen | |||
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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45 | 1 | "Laws of Nature" | Vincent Misiano | Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen | September 29, 2015 | 4.90[53] |
46 | 2 | "Purpose in the Machine" | Kevin Tancharoen | DJ Doyle | October 6, 2015 | 4.32[54] |
47 | 3 | "A Wanted (Inhu)man" | Garry A. Brown | Monica Owusu-Breen | October 13, 2015 | 3.74[55] |
48 | 4 | "Devils You Know" | Ron Underwood | Paul Zbyszewski | October 20, 2015 | 3.85[56] |
49 | 5 | "4,722 Hours" | Jesse Bochco | Craig Titley | October 27, 2015 | 3.81[57] |
50 | 6 | "Among Us Hide..." | Dwight Little | Drew Z. Greenberg | November 3, 2015 | 3.84[58] |
51 | 7 | "Chaos Theory" | David Solomon | Lauren LeFranc | November 10, 2015 | 3.49[59] |
52 | 8 | "Many Heads, One Tale" | Garry A. Brown | Jed Whedon & DJ Doyle | November 17, 2015 | 3.60[60] |
53 | 9 | "Closure" | Kate Woods | Brent Fletcher | December 1, 2015 | 3.84[61] |
54 | 10 | "Maveth" | Vincent Misiano | Jeffrey Bell | December 8, 2015 | 3.85[62] |
55 | 11 | "Bouncing Back" | Ron Underwood | Monica Owusu-Breen | March 8, 2016 | 3.52[63] |
56 | 12 | "The Inside Man" | John Terlesky | Craig Titley | March 15, 2016 | 2.94[64] |
57 | 13 | "Parting Shot" | Michael Zinberg | Paul Zbyszewski | March 22, 2016 | 2.88[65] |
58 | 14 | "Watchdogs" | Jesse Bochco | Drew Z. Greenberg | March 29, 2016 | 3.20[66] |
59 | 15 | "Spacetime" | Kevin Tancharoen | Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon | April 5, 2016 | 2.81[67] |
60 | 16 | "Paradise Lost" | Wendey Stanzler | George Kitson & Sharla Oliver | April 12, 2016 | 3.01[68] |
61 | 17 | "The Team" | Elodie Keene | DJ Doyle | April 19, 2016 | 2.85[69] |
62 | 18 | "The Singularity" | Garry A. Brown | Lauren LeFranc | April 26, 2016 | 3.22[70] |
63 | 19 | "Failed Experiments" | Wendey Stanzler | Brent Fletcher | May 3, 2016 | 2.92[71] |
64 | 20 | "Emancipation" | Vincent Misiano | Craig Titley | May 10, 2016 | 2.93[72] |
65 | 21 | "Absolution" | Billy Gierhart | Chris Dingess & Drew Z. Greenberg | May 17, 2016 | 3.03[73] |
66 | 22 | "Ascension" | Kevin Tancharoen | Jed Whedon | May 17, 2016 | 3.03[73] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | ||||||
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Ghost Rider | ||||||||||||
67 | 1 | "The Ghost" | Billy Gierhart | Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen | September 20, 2016 | 3.44[74] | ||||||
68 | 2 | "Meet the New Boss" | Vincent Misiano | Drew Z. Greenberg | September 27, 2016 | 2.95[75] | ||||||
69 | 3 | "Uprising" | Magnus Martens | Craig Titley | October 11, 2016 | 2.68[76] | ||||||
70 | 4 | "Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire" | Brad Turner | Matt Owens | October 18, 2016 | 2.34[77] | ||||||
71 | 5 | "Lockup" | Kate Woods | Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman | October 25, 2016 | 2.30[78] | ||||||
72 | 6 | "The Good Samaritan" | Billy Gierhart | Jeffrey Bell | November 1, 2016 | 2.43[79] | ||||||
73 | 7 | "Deals with Our Devils" | Jesse Bochco | DJ Doyle | November 29, 2016 | 2.41[80] | ||||||
74 | 8 | "The Laws of Inferno Dynamics" | Kevin Tancharoen | Paul Zbyszewski | December 6, 2016 | 2.37[81] | ||||||
LMD | ||||||||||||
75 | 9 | "Broken Promises" | Garry A. Brown | Brent Fletcher | January 10, 2017 | 2.72[82] | ||||||
76 | 10 | "The Patriot" | Kevin Tancharoen | James C. Oliver & Sharla Oliver | January 17, 2017 | 2.03[83] | ||||||
77 | 11 | "Wake Up" | Jesse Bochco | Drew Z. Greenberg | January 24, 2017 | 2.00[84] | ||||||
78 | 12 | "Hot Potato Soup" | Nina Lopez-Corrado | Craig Titley | January 31, 2017 | 2.15[85] | ||||||
79 | 13 | "BOOM" | Billy Gierhart | Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman | February 7, 2017 | 2.08[86] | ||||||
80 | 14 | "The Man Behind the Shield" | Wendey Stanzler | Matt Owens | February 14, 2017 | 2.13[87] | ||||||
81 | 15 | "Self Control" | Jed Whedon | Jed Whedon | February 21, 2017 | 2.01[88] | ||||||
Agents of Hydra | ||||||||||||
82 | 16 | "What If..." | Oz Scott | DJ Doyle | April 4, 2017 | 2.15[89] | ||||||
83 | 17 | "Identity and Change" | Garry A. Brown | George Kitson | April 11, 2017 | 2.32[90] | ||||||
84 | 18 | "No Regrets" | Eric Laneuville | Paul Zbyszewski | April 18, 2017 | 2.43[91] | ||||||
85 | 19 | "All the Madame's Men" | Billy Gierhart | James C. Oliver & Sharla Oliver | April 25, 2017 | 2.15[92] | ||||||
86 | 20 | "Farewell, Cruel World!" | Vincent Misiano | Brent Fletcher | May 2, 2017 | 2.15[93] | ||||||
87 | 21 | "The Return" | Kevin Tancharoen | Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon | May 9, 2017 | 2.14[94] | ||||||
88 | 22 | "World's End" | Billy Gierhart | Jeffrey Bell | May 16, 2017 | 2.08[95] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
89 | 1 | "Orientation" | Jesse Bochco | Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen | December 1, 2017 | 2.54[96] |
90 | 2 | David Solomon | DJ Doyle | |||
91 | 3 | "A Life Spent" | Kevin Hooks | Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman | December 8, 2017 | 1.93[97] |
92 | 4 | "A Life Earned" | Stan Brooks | Drew Z. Greenberg | December 15, 2017 | 1.84[98] |
93 | 5 | "Rewind" | Jesse Bochco | Craig Titley | December 22, 2017 | 2.40[99] |
94 | 6 | "Fun & Games" | Clark Gregg | Brent Fletcher | January 5, 2018 | 2.49[100] |
95 | 7 | "Together or Not at All" | Brad Turner | Matt Owens | January 12, 2018 | 2.31[101] |
96 | 8 | "The Last Day" | Nina Lopez-Corrado | James C. Oliver & Sharla Oliver | January 19, 2018 | 2.41[102] |
97 | 9 | "Best Laid Plans" | Garry A. Brown | George Kitson | January 26, 2018 | 2.27[103] |
98 | 10 | "Past Life" | Eric Laneuville | DJ Doyle | February 2, 2018 | 2.22[104] |
99 | 11 | "All the Comforts of Home" | Kate Woods | Drew Z. Greenberg | March 2, 2018 | 1.90[105] |
100 | 12 | "The Real Deal" | Kevin Tancharoen | Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen & Jeffrey Bell | March 9, 2018 | 2.04[106] |
101 | 13 | "Principia" | Brad Turner | Craig Titley | March 16, 2018 | 2.07[107] |
102 | 14 | "The Devil Complex" | Nina Lopez-Corrado | Matt Owens | March 23, 2018 | 2.07[108] |
103 | 15 | "Rise and Shine" | Jesse Bochco | Iden Baghdadchi | March 30, 2018 | 1.88[109] |
104 | 16 | "Inside Voices" | Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Mark Leitner | April 6, 2018 | 2.08[110] |
105 | 17 | "The Honeymoon" | Garry A. Brown | James C. Oliver & Sharla Oliver | April 13, 2018 | 1.82[111] |
106 | 18 | "All Roads Lead..." | Jennifer Lynch | George Kitson | April 20, 2018 | 1.67[112] |
107 | 19 | "Option Two" | Kevin Tancharoen | Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman | April 27, 2018 | 1.68[113] |
108 | 20 | "The One Who Will Save Us All" | Cherie Gierhart | Brent Fletcher | May 4, 2018 | 1.65[114] |
109 | 21 | "The Force of Gravity" | Kevin Tancharoen | Drew Z. Greenberg & Craig Titley | May 11, 2018 | 1.94[115] |
110 | 22 | "The End" | Jed Whedon | Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen | May 18, 2018 | 1.88[116] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
111 | 1 | "Missing Pieces" | Clark Gregg | Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen | May 10, 2019 | 2.31[117] |
112 | 2 | "Window of Opportunity" | Kevin Tancharoen | James C. Oliver & Sharla Oliver | May 17, 2019 | 2.18[118] |
113 | 3 | "Fear and Loathing on the Planet of Kitson" | Jesse Bochco | Brent Fletcher & Craig Titley | May 24, 2019 | 2.26[119] |
114 | 4 | "Code Yellow" | Mark Kolpack | Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman | May 31, 2019 | 2.35[120] |
115 | 5 | "The Other Thing" | Lou Diamond Phillips | George Kitson | June 14, 2019 | 2.18[121] |
116 | 6 | "Inescapable" | Jesse Bochco | DJ Doyle | June 21, 2019 | 2.12[122] |
117 | 7 | "Toldja" | Keith Potter | Mark Leitner | June 28, 2019 | 2.17[123] |
118 | 8 | "Collision Course" | Kristin Windell | Jeffrey Bell & Craig Titley | July 5, 2019 | 1.79[124] |
119 | 9 | Sarah Boyd | Iden Baghdadchi | July 12, 2019 | 2.30[125] | |
120 | 10 | "Leap" | Garry A. Brown | Drew Z. Greenberg | July 19, 2019 | 2.38[126] |
121 | 11 | "From the Ashes" | Jennifer Phang | James C. Oliver & Sharla Oliver | July 26, 2019 | 2.14[127] |
122 | 12 | "The Sign" | Nina Lopez-Corrado | Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman | August 2, 2019 | 1.88[128] |
123 | 13 | "New Life" | Kevin Tancharoen | Brent Fletcher & Jed Whedon | August 2, 2019 | 1.88[128] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
124 | 1 | "The New Deal" | Kevin Tancharoen | George Kitson | May 27, 2020 | 1.82[129] |
125 | 2 | "Know Your Onions" | Eric Laneuville | Craig Titley | June 3, 2020 | 1.50[130] |
126 | 3 | "Alien Commies from the Future!" | Nina Lopez-Corrado | Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman | June 10, 2020 | 1.57[131] |
127 | 4 | "Out of the Past" | Garry A. Brown | Mark Leitner | June 17, 2020 | 1.40[132] |
128 | 5 | "A Trout in the Milk" | Stan Brooks | Iden Baghdadchi | June 24, 2020 | 1.37[133] |
129 | 6 | "Adapt or Die" | Aprill Winney | DJ Doyle | July 1, 2020 | 1.32[134] |
130 | 7 | "The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and The D" | Jesse Bochco | Brent Fletcher | July 8, 2020 | 1.39[135] |
131 | 8 | "After, Before" | Eli Gonda | James C. Oliver & Sharla Oliver | July 15, 2020 | 1.38[136] |
132 | 9 | "As I Have Always Been" | Elizabeth Henstridge | Drew Z. Greenberg | July 22, 2020 | 1.28[137] |
133 | 10 | "Stolen" | Garry A. Brown | Story by : Mark Linehan Bruner Teleplay by : George Kitson & Mark Leitner | July 29, 2020 | 1.30[138] |
134 | 11 | "Brand New Day" | Keith Potter | Chris Freyer | August 5, 2020 | 1.25[139] |
135 | 12 | "The End Is at Hand" | Chris Cheramie | Jeffrey Bell | August 12, 2020 | 1.46[140] |
136 | 13 | "What We're Fighting For" | Kevin Tancharoen | Jed Whedon | August 12, 2020 | 1.46[140] |