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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Season 5
Promotional poster
Starring
No. of episodes7
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseDecember 1, 2017 (2017-12-01) –
present (present)
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The fifth 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. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division), revolves around the character of Phil Coulson and other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and allies as they try to save humanity while in space. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. The season is produced by ABC Studios, Marvel Television, and Mutant Enemy Productions, with Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jeffrey Bell serving as showrunners.

The season was ordered in May 2017. Alongside Clark Gregg, who reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, principal cast members Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, and Henry Simmons return from previous seasons, while Natalia Cordova-Buckley is promoted to the principal cast after appearing in a recurring role since season three. Due to its broadcast schedule, the season was split into two "pods", the first of which saw the S.H.I.E.L.D. team transported to deep space in the year 2091. The season also saw Gregg make his directorial debut on the series, and will feature Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s 100th episode.

The fifth season began airing on December 1, 2017, and is set to run for 22 episodes.

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
89
90
1
2
"Orientation"Jesse Bochco
David Solomon
Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen
DJ Doyle
December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)2.54[1]
913"A Life Spent"Kevin HooksNora Zuckerman & Lilla ZuckermanDecember 8, 2017 (2017-12-08)1.93[2]
924"A Life Earned"Stan BrooksDrew Z. GreenbergDecember 15, 2017 (2017-12-15)1.84[3]
935"Rewind"Jesse BochcoCraig TitleyDecember 22, 2017 (2017-12-22)2.40[4]
946"Fun & Games"Clark GreggBrent FletcherJanuary 5, 2018 (2018-01-05)2.49[5]
957"Together or Not at All"Brad TurnerMatt OwensJanuary 12, 2018 (2018-01-12)2.31[6]
968"The Last Day"[7]Nina Lopez-CorradoJames C. Oliver & Sharla OliverJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)N/A
979"Best Laid Plans"[8]Garry A. BrownGeorge KitsonJanuary 26, 2018 (2018-01-26)N/A
9810"Past Life"[9]Eric LaneuvilleDJ DoyleFebruary 2, 2018 (2018-02-02)N/A

The season's 12th episode, which is also the series' 100th, is scheduled to air on March 9, 2018.[10]

Cast and characters

Production

Development

In January 2017, ahead of the mid-season premiere of the fourth season, ABC's Channing Dungey said that she was "very bullish" about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s future, feeling that "the episodes just keep getting better and stronger".[19] The series was renewed for a fifth season of 22 episodes on May 11, with ABC looking to lower the cost of the series moving forward,[20][21] by reducing its budget and licensing fee.[22] Asked whether she had considered giving the season a shorter episode order, Dungey noted that every season of the series had been 22 episodes long, and she felt its prior success in delayed viewership and overseas justified continuing that. She added that the "show has continued to grow creatively every season. I feel like last season [was] its strongest creatively yet. I'm very excited for what we have planned for Season 5."[23] It was reported that Disney, the parent company of Marvel Television, ABC Studios, and ABC, had given a mandate to ABC to renew Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "despite the desire by some at the network to end the series".[24]

Writing

In May 2017, ahead of the fifth season renewal, showrunner and executive producer Jed Whedon said the writers were not sure what would happen in the season, and that it would be "by the seat of our pants."[25] The season explores the ramifications of Phil Coulson making a deal with Ghost Rider at the end of the previous season, as well as the groundwork laid by Aida for humans to fear S.H.I.E.L.D. and Inhumans. Whedon stated, "The public perception of S.H.I.E.L.D. is at an all-time low, so we have not resolved that, and there will be still more fallout from it."[26] Moving beyond the Framework reality established at the end of season four, Tancharoen said the emotional impact from the characters' experiences would "be something that resonates throughout the season", especially for Fitz and Mack.[27] When asked if the season would be broken into pods as with season four, executive producer Jeffrey Bell said, "A 22-episode arc is a lot for people to hold onto. By breaking it up into either smaller arcs or different pods, by introducing a set of antagonists and putting them down, or moving from space to space, our experience has been that it’s something the viewers enjoy, and it makes it a little easier to digest when you’re telling some of these stories." However, Whedon noted that it would depend on how the season would be aired as to where the story is broken up.[26] The season ultimately was broken into two pod story arcs with different emphases, with Bell adding the whole season would "have an arc that will pay off".[28] The writers for the season began work at the end of May 2017.[12]

First pod

The first pod of the season was informally referred to by the production team as S.H.I.E.L.D. in Space.[28] Ahead of the season premiere, executive producer Maurissa Tancharoen said that "every year we reset the series, and this year we definitely knew that it would be the most giant reset to date [with the characters going to space]. Just creatively across the board for everyone, art direction, all of it, our sets, you’ll see an overhaul."[29] On the move to space, Whedon commented, "Last year was about tearing everybody apart. We spent a lot of time doing that ... So our goal this year was... putting [this] family together in an intense situation [that] will end up causing drama internally, inevitably.... we've spent this many years with them, let's throw them on the craziest roller coaster adventure we could think of."[30]

Casting

Main cast members Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, and Henry Simmons return from previous seasons as Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Daisy Johnson / Quake, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, and Alphonso "Mack" MacKenzie, respectively.[11] Before the 2017 New York Comic-Con, it was revealed that Natalia Cordova-Buckley had been promoted to series regular for the season, after recurring in the past two seasons as Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez.[13]

In September 2017, it was revealed that former series regular Nick Blood would be returning to reprise his role as Lance Hunter. Blood left the series during the third season, to star on the spin-off series Marvel's Most Wanted, which never came to fruition.[18] Adrianne Palicki, who portrayed Bobbi Morse and also left in the third season to star on Most Wanted with Blood, expressed interest in October 2017 in returning to guest star in the season, saying she "would absolutely come back" if asked.[31] Also returning from earlier in the series include Joel Stoffer as Enoch,[16] who was simply credited as "silhouetted man" in his previous appearance,[32] and Lola Glaudini as Polly Hinton.[17] Polly's daughter Robin also appears in the season, portrayed by multiple actresses,[7] after the character previously made an uncredited appearance in "Ascension".[33] Lexy Kolker appears as 7-years-old Robin, Ava Kolker appears as 12-year-old Robin,[7] while Willow Hale appears as an older Robin, when she is also known as The Seer.[7][34]

Jeff Ward was cast in a recurring role in August 2017,[14] and was revealed in October to be portraying Deke, alongside other newcomers Eve Harlow as Tess, Coy Stewart as Flint, and Pruitt Taylor Vince as Grill.[15] Other recurring guests include Dominic Rains as Kasius, Florence Faivre as Sinara, and Tunisha Hubbard as Ava.[16]

Design

After leaving the series during the fourth season, costume designer Ann Foley returned for the first two episodes of the fifth season, before handing over to Whitney Galitz, who had assisted her on the previous few seasons, and Christann Chanell.[35] The opening for the season is reminiscent of the sequence used for the episode "4,722 Hours", forgoing the title card and having the series' typeface silently fading onto the screen.[36]

Filming

Filming for the season began on July 20, 2017.[37][38] In May 2017, Gregg expressed interest in directing an episode in the season,[39] and confirmed that September he would be directing an episode,[40] which was the sixth of the season, "Fun & Games". Gregg felt the idea of directing was "daunting" as he would need to be doing "five weeks of double duty", needing to act in addition to the various aspects of directing the episode.[41] He reached out to fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. directors Kevin Tancharoen, Billy Gierhart, and Jesse Bochco to get tips on filming for the series.[42] Bennet felt Gregg was able to bring out performances from the cast "that another director probably wouldn’t have been able to because he knows the characters so well."[43] Gregg added that he had "shorthand with [the other actors] about what we want to try to do, ways the script could give us a chance to push us into new territory. They all also have deep and interesting ideas that helped me." Gregg also received a deeper appreciation for some of the other departments on the series he normally does not encounter on a regular basis and the work they contribute to each episode.[41]

Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins

In terms of having connections to Marvel's Inhumans, Whedon felt it was doubtful, but noted "we also want there to be a bigger reward for people who watch all of [the MCU series], so they'll start to see that there's lines connecting it. It's more fun for people who are playing the whole game, but if you don't, you'll still have a great rollercoaster ride."[44] In November 2017, Whedon said that the season would not have moved the characters to space if the recent MCU films like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Thor: Ragnarok had not been exploring that part of the MCU, but that this would remain a "thematic tie". He explained that they had moved on from the overt tie-ins with the MCU films that the series utilized in earlier seasons because "we have our own mythology. That started to be much more interesting to us, and hopefully to the audience, just digging that stuff up. No one wants to come to see our show to see another show."[29]

Release

Broadcast

The season began airing in the United States on ABC on December 1, 2017,[43] beginning once Inhumans finished airing its episodes.[45] It is set to run for 22 episodes.[21] The fifth season is moving to a Friday timeslot, alongside the seventh season of ABC's Once Upon a Time, with ABC chief Channing Dungey explaining, "We’ve turned Friday into more of a destination for our fantasy and science fiction fans. Once Upon a Time and S.H.I.E.L.D. are airing on the same night for the first time, which is giving many fans of both shows what they’ve been asking for for a long time."[46] Andy Kubitz, executive vice president for program planning and scheduling at ABC, added that ABC had "confidence that [the S.H.I.E.L.D.] core audience... [would] travel with it" to its new Friday time slot. He continued, "The great thing about Friday night for these shows is it gives three days of downtime for a lot of these younger viewers to be able to catch up on it. You've got Saturday and Sunday viewing that will be able to be counted into our C3 to help us monetize it."[22]

Marketing

The main cast of the season appeared at New York Comic Con on October 7, 2017, where they promoted the season and debuted the first 20 minutes of the first episode of the season.[47][43] A shortened version of the footage was released by ABC and Marvel on November 26, 2017, as a sneak peek before the season premiere later that week.[48]

"The Road to 100"

In December 2017, Marvel announced the "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Road to 100" art program to commemorate the series reaching 100 episodes. The program features five posters, one for each season of the series, representing "key pivotal moments of each season". The art also appeared as variant covers to select titles published by Marvel Comics in March 2018. Megan Thomas Bradner, Vice President of Development and Production, Live Action at Marvel Television, called reaching 100 episodes "quite a feat... and it felt special enough to share with the fans that got us here. By working with some of our favorite comic artists, we felt we could show a large variety of meaningful moments and the characters that helped get us to a 100." She added that the program "commemorates these creators, the actors, the characters and a hundred amazing stories".[10]

The first poster, highlighting season one, was created by Dale Keown. It features four panels, showcasing the moment Coulson and Grant Ward approached Skye in her van from the pilot, Coulson learning he survived the Battle of New York from the T.A.H.I.T.I. program and a drug from a half-dissected Kree alien corpse, the moment Grant Ward revealed he was a Hydra agent by killing Victoria Hand, and Fitz giving Simmons the last remaining oxygen tank and declaring his love for her in the season one finale.[10]

Reception

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 5
No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
1–2 "Orientation" December 1, 2017 0.7/3 2.54[1] 0.6 1.72 1.3 4.27[49]
3 "A Life Spent" December 8, 2017 0.5/2 1.93[2] 0.7 1.68 1.2 3.61[50]
4 "A Life Earned" December 15, 2017 0.5/2 1.84[3] TBD TBD TBD TBD
5 "Rewind" December 22, 2017 0.6/3 2.40[4] TBD TBD TBD TBD
6 "Fun & Games" January 5, 2018 0.7/3 2.49[5] TBD TBD TBD TBD
7 "Together or Not at All" January 12, 2018 0.6/3 2.31[6] TBD TBD TBD TBD

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8.25 out of 10 based on 5 reviews.[51]

Reviewing the premiere episodes, Merrill Barr of Forbes felt moving the series to space was not a reboot of the series, rather "a continuation, in some form, of the story set-up at the end of last season. The show is not different. The team is still trying to save the world. They’re just doing it in a new place and new way. Overall, there’s a lot to love about what S.H.I.E.L.D. is doing in the new season. It’s a crazy ride fans are going to be glad they’ve stayed aboard for. The "Agents of Hydra" run [at the end of season four] was a bit weak. The space run is so far proving to be anything but."[52]

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