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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was the first television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, running 136 episodes on ABC from September 2013 to August 2020. It brought Clark Gregg's Phil Coulson back from the dead, was blown up by Captain America: The Winter Soldier halfway through its first season, and then spent six more years doing whatever the movies would not: Inhumans, Life Model Decoys, a virtual-reality Hydra world, Ghost Rider, a space station in 2091 and a time-hopping final season. This quiz covers the team — May, Ward, Skye who became Quake, Fitz and Simmons, Hunter and Bobbi, Mack and Yo-Yo — and the production behind it: Joss, Jed and Maurissa's pitch, the Item 47 short that sold Bob Iger, the working title R.A.G.T.A.G., Bear McCreary's orchestra and the Culver City stages. Easy questions cover the cast and big twists; hard ones dig into tie-in episodes, web series, time slots and props. Fifty questions, every answer checked.
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Q 01Who plays Phil Coulson?
Clark Gregg
Gregg agreed to return after hearing Joss Whedon's explanation for Coulson's resurrection, which he called "true to the world of the comics".
Q 02On which network did the series air?
ABC
It premiered September 24, 2013, and ended with a two-part finale on August 12, 2020.
Q 03How many seasons did the series run?
Seven
It aired 136 episodes in total.
Q 04Which MCU film's twist upended the series midway through season one?
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The episodes "End of the Beginning" and "Turn, Turn, Turn" revolve around that film's events and led to a retooling of the show.
Q 05Who plays Melinda May?
Ming-Na Wen
The character was originally listed as Agent Althea Rice on casting sheets and is nicknamed "the Cavalry".
Q 06Which character is secretly a Hydra agent from the start?
Grant Ward
Brett Dalton's character was planned as a traitor from the series' conception; his body is later possessed by Hive.
Q 07What public name does Skye adopt in the third season?
Quake
She is revealed in season two to be Daisy Johnson, an Inhuman who can manipulate vibrations.
Q 08How many actresses did Chloe Bennet beat to be cast as Skye?
More than 400
Jeffrey Bell called the part "the hardest to find" — the quintessential Whedon heroine in a 20-year-old.
Q 09What is Jemma Simmons' scientific specialty?
Biochemistry
Fitz handles engineering, especially weapons technology; she covers human and alien life sciences.
Q 10On which planet is Simmons trapped for six months?
Maveth
The episode "4,722 Hours" tells that story with its own silent title card.
Q 11What signature weapons did Adrianne Palicki learn to use as Bobbi Morse?
Arnis sticks
She already had martial arts and gun training before taking the role.
Q 12Who becomes director of S.H.I.E.L.D. in season six?
Mack
Henry Simmons' mechanic started as a recurring character with a distrust of the alien and superhuman.
Q 13What is Elena Rodriguez's Inhuman ability?
Super speed for a heartbeat, then snapping back
Mack gives her the nickname "Yo-Yo"; she is Colombian and joins the Secret Warriors.
Q 21Which three people created the series?
Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen
Jed Whedon, Tancharoen and Jeffrey Bell served as showrunners.
Q 22Which Marvel One-Shot convinced Bob Iger to greenlight the series?
Item 47
ABC ordered the pilot at the end of August 2012.
Q 23What was the series' working title throughout production?
R.A.G.T.A.G.
It was shot mainly at Culver Studios in Culver City on Arri Alexa cameras.
Q 14Deke Shaw turns out to be the grandson of which two agents?
Fitz and Simmons
Jeff Ward's scavenger is met on the Lighthouse space station in 2091.
Q 15In what year is the Lighthouse space station set?
2091
The team is abducted there in season five and must save the remnants of humanity.
Q 16Which Marvel hero joins the series in season four?
Ghost Rider
Robbie Reyes was chosen over a Netflix hero because the later 10 pm slot allowed darker stories.
Q 17What is the virtual reality world of season four called?
The Framework
Its third pod was branded "Agents of Hydra", with the title card changing accordingly.
Q 18What new character does the Coulson actor play in season six?
Sarge
Coulson died after the fifth season; Gregg returned as a look-alike, then as an LMD Coulson in season seven.
Q 19Which alien race tries to make Earth its new home in the final season?
The Chronicoms
They planned to rename the planet Chronyca-3 and erase S.H.I.E.L.D. from history.
Q 20Which SSR agent from the 1940s-set spin-off joined the main team for season seven?
Daniel Sousa
Enver Gjokaj reprised the role; a plan to retcon his Avengers cop into Sousa was dropped.
Q 24Who composed the series' music with a full orchestra?
Bear McCreary
He wrote about 30 minutes of music per episode and saw the main theme as Coulson's theme.
Q 25Which studio served as the lead visual effects vendor?
FuseFX
The series averaged 80 to 150 VFX shots per episode, about 2,000 per season.
Q 26What does I.C.E.R. stand for?
Incapacitating Cartridge Emitting Railgun
Props master Scott Bauer used airsoft guns for the later, subtler versions.
Q 27Mack's "Shotgun Ax" prop was built from which earlier prop?
The I.C.E.R. rifle
The Terrigen crystals, meanwhile, were 3D-printed from solid resin.
Q 28Which episode was the series' first major tie-in, set right after Thor: The Dark World?
"The Well"
"T.A.H.I.T.I." later introduced the Kree to the MCU.
Q 29Who cameos as Nick Fury in the end tag of "0-8-4"?
Samuel L. Jackson
The end tags mimic the films' post-credits scenes.
Q 30Which alien race did "T.A.H.I.T.I." introduce to the MCU?
The Kree
It began the Inhumans storyline ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy.