7.5/107,884 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2013
After the events of The Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson assembles a small team of agents to investigate a mysterious group called the Rising Tide. In doing so, they encounter Mike Peterson, a man who has acquired superhuman powers.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon
7.1/105,956 votes#2 - 0-8-4
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2013
Coulson and his S.H.I.E.L.D. agents travel to Peru to investigate an object of unknown origin, codenamed 0-8-4. But when he runs into Comandante Camilla Reyes, more than just sparks fly at 30,000 feet.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jeffrey Bell
7.3/105,301 votes#3 - The Asset
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2013
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 Cheylov
Writer: Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon
7.5/104,951 votes#4 - Eye Spy
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2013
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 Dawson
Writer: Jeffrey Bell
7.4/104,834 votes#5 - Girl in the Flower Dress
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2013
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; and Skye has a secret that jeopardizes her relationship with the team right when they need her most.
Director: Jesse Bochco
Writer: Brent Fletcher
8.0/105,074 votes#6 - FZZT
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2013
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.
Director: Vincent Misiano
Writer: Paul Zbyszewski
7.5/104,545 votes#7 - The Hub
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2013
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.
Director: Bobby Roth
Writer: Rafe Judkins, Lauren LeFranc
7.7/104,553 votes#8 - The Well
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2013
In the aftermath of the events chronicled in the feature film Marvel's Thor: The Dark World, 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.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Monica Owusu-Breen
7.3/104,367 votes#9 - Repairs
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2013
Coulson and his team are haunted by a ghost that threatens to destroy them all, and only a secret from May's past can save them.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen
7.9/104,374 votes#10 - The Bridge
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2013
In a shocking cliffhanger episode, Coulson takes the war back to Centipede, and this time he brings in Michael Peterson for some super-soldier support. As they get closer to the truth, startling secrets are revealed and an unexpected twist threatens the team.
Director: Holly Dale
Writer: Shalisha Francis
8.1/104,398 votes#11 - The Magical Place
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/2014
S.H.I.E.L.D. organizes a full scale hunt for Coulson. Meanwhile, Coulson uncovers vital information about the mystery of his death, but, with Centipede out for blood, this knowledge may come at the cost of one of the team!
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Brent Fletcher, Paul Zbyszewski
7.8/104,364 votes#12 - Seeds
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/2014
Coulson and May uncover startling information about Skye's past, while the team is swept into a storm at a S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy of Science and Technology.
Director: Kenneth Fink
Writer: Jed Whedon, Monica Owusu-Breen
8.5/104,565 votes#13 - T.R.A.C.K.S.
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2014
Hot on the trail of The Clairvoyant, Coulson and his team board a mystery train that seems to be headed for certain death.
Director: Paul A. Edwards
Writer: Rafe Judkins, Lauren LeFranc
8.4/104,317 votes#14 - T.A.H.I.T.I.
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/4/2014
Coulson goes on the attack to save Skye by enlisting the aid of Ward's former S.O. John Garrett and uncovers shocking truths about his own life and S.H.I.E.L.D.
Director: Bobby Roth
Writer: Jeffrey Bell
8.0/104,374 votes#15 - Yes Men
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/11/2014
When Coulson and his team are attacked by Lorelei - a deadly seductress who escaped from Asgard - Thor’s Lady Sif, her longtime nemesis, steps in to try to save them.
Director: John Terlesky
Writer: Shalisha Francis
8.5/104,407 votes#16 - End of the Beginning
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/1/2014
Agents Garrett and Triplett are back to help Coulson's Team track down S.H.I.E.L.D.'s nefarious enemy--The Clairvoyant. But will Deathlok destroy them all to protect his master's identity?
Director: Bobby Roth
Writer: Paul Zbyszewski
9.2/105,999 votes#17 - Turn, Turn, Turn
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/8/2014
Coulson and his team find themselves without anyone they can trust, only to discover that they are trapped with a traitor in their midst.
Director: Vincent Misiano
Writer: Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon
8.2/104,042 votes#18 - Providence
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/2014
With Colonel Glenn Talbot now on their trail, Coulson and his team seek refuge in the last place anyone would look, where they begin to uncover S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most dangerous secrets. Secrets that could destroy them all.
Director: Milan Cheylov
Writer: Brent Fletcher
8.2/104,073 votes#19 - The Only Light in the Darkness
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/22/2014
With their world turned upside down, Coulson races to save the life of his one true love as the mystery of "The Cellist," which began in Marvel's The Avengers, is finally revealed.
Director: Vincent Misiano
Writer: Monica Owusu-Breen
8.6/104,146 votes#20 - Nothing Personal
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/2014
Just when there's no one left to trust, Agent Maria Hill returns to team up with Coulson as S.H.I.E.L.D. is being destroyed around them.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Paul Zbyszewski, Daniel J. Doyle
8.3/103,919 votes#21 - Ragtag
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/2014
Ward's betrayal and HYDRA's shocking secrets are revealed as Coulson's team goes undercover on a mission that leaves no one unscathed.
Director: Roxann Dawson
Writer: Jeffrey Bell
9.0/105,002 votes#22 - Beginning of the End
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2014
Dark secrets are revealed as Coulson and his team put everything on the line to stop Garrett and the forces of HYDRA.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen
The Best Episodes of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1
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Genres:DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 7884 votes. Directed by Joss Whedon and written by Joss Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, it aired on 9/24/2013. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "0-8-4".