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"Pilot"
An episode from Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Mike Peterson lands on the ground with a young woman he saved from the flames.
Episode Nb	Season 1 Episode 01
Directed by	Joss Whedon
Written by	Maurissa Tancharoen Jed Whedon Joss Whedon
Produced by	Garry A. Brown Samantha Thomas
Featured music	"Fais comme si" performed by Édith Piaf
Director of photography	David Boyd
Edited by	Joshua Charson Paul Trejo
Original air date	(2013-09-24) USA: September 24, 2013 (2013-09-27) UK: September 27, 2013 (2013-10-02) AUS: October 2, 2013
Length	44'04"
Guest starring
J. August Richards as Mike Peterson Shannon Lucio as Debbie Ron Glass as Dr. Streiten Bob Stephenson as Gary Special Guest Star Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
Episode chronology
"0-8-4"
MCU timeline
All Hail the King "0-8-4"

S.H.I.E.L.D. puts together a special team, led by Agent Phil Coulson, to track down a mysterious man with special abilities and the young computer hacker who's encouraging him to reveal himself to the world.

"Pilot" is the 1st episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1. This is the pilot episode of the series.

Summary

• Since the Battle of New York (Marvel's The Avengers), the world has changed and anybody can access various (alien) advanced technologies.
• A recovered Phil Coulson (he was supposed to be dead) is given command of a S.H.I.E.L.D. special field team who is assigned to investigate unclassified cases.
• A young female hacker working for a worldwide conspiracy hacktivist group will lead the team to a new hooded superhero.
• Yet a new threat arises among the people of Los Angeles when the superhero's condition becomes critical.

Story development

Locations: France • Paris Items: Mike Peterson's driver license Miscellaneous: Harry Potter • Terminator

Story

Teaser

• The Battle of New York has revealed a new class of enhanced people and an organization that was hiding those things for decades.
• East Los Angeles, Mike Peterson buys a hot-dog to his son Ace. He tells him that even if the times are harsh, they will eventually find a solution. At the same moment, an explosion occurs on the top floor of a nearby building spreading a lot of fragments all around. Peterson leaves his son to Bernie, the hot-dog salesman, and goes to a back alley at the bottom of the building. A female voice calls for help. Then he hits some wall bricks and climbs up to the top floor.
• Peterson jumps in the room, but he is surrounded by flames. Outside the building, people are using their smartphones to shoot the event. Among them is Skye. Suddenly, Peterson jumps from the top floor handling a young woman in his arms and lands loudly on the street, splitting the macadam. Skye is amazed by the scene, but when Peterson sees her, he flees away to retrieve his son.

Act 1

Paris, France

Character appearances

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Angry man            Bernie            Phil Coulson            Debbie            French holder of the Chitauri neural link            Gary            Gunman            Maria Hill            Daisy Johnson            Melinda May            Ace Peterson            Ace Peterson's mother            Mike Peterson            S.H.I.E.L.D. agent            Streiten            Technician            Grant Ward            Woman

Notes

• The scenes in Paris, France were actually shot on location in... Paris, France for two days.
• Cobie Smulders guest starred in the pilot, portraying Maria Hill, a character previously seen in Marvel's The Avengers. According to Josh Whedon, "she is S.H.I.E.L.D. She's cool and commanding and has the dry humor that plays so well with Clark's [Gregg]."
• The full episode has premiered at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 19, 2013.