The Best Episodes of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1

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: Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen

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

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

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

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: Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen

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

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