Missing Pieces (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

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"Missing Pieces"
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode
Episode no.Season 6
Episode 1
Directed byClark Gregg
Written by
Produced by
Cinematography byAllan Westbrook
Editing byEric Litman
Original air dateMay 10, 2019 (2019-05-10)
Guest appearances
  • Davis
  • Piper
  • Enoch
  • Marcus Benson
  • Keller
  • Winston James Francis as
    Jaco
  • Pax
  • Snowflake
  • Glenn Keogh as
    Trok
  • Fox
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"Missing Pieces" is the first episode of the sixth 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., it follows S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and allies as they try to save humanity following the death of director Phil Coulson. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the franchise's films. The episode was written by showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen and directed by series star Clark Gregg.

Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, and also takes on the new character

Sarge. He stars alongside Ming-Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, Natalia Cordova-Buckley, and Jeff Ward
.

"Missing Pieces" originally aired on ABC on May 10, 2019, and was watched by 3.63 million viewers within a week of its release.

Plot

A year after the death of former director

Enoch
. When the agents find the spaceship, they find it abandoned and the chamber empty. Simmons learns that the chamber was created on Naro-Atzia, but the others decide to return to Earth. They argue about where to jump to until they come across a Confederacy cruiser. In the rush to escape, Simmons plots a course to Naro-Atzia.

On Earth, Mack and

Sarge
, who is revealed to be a lookalike of Coulson.

Production

Development

The crew of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. believed the series was likely to be cancelled following its fifth season, so they made the fifth-season finale as if it was the series finale.[1] However, ABC renewed the series for a sixth season in May 2018.[2] With the start of filming in July 2018, the sixth-season premiere was revealed to be titled "Missing Pieces", written by showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen.[3] The episode features an onscreen tribute to S.H.I.E.L.D. co-creator Stan Lee, who died in November 2018.[4]

Writing

Because the writers had gone beyond all of their initial plans for the series, they had to create new storylines for the sixth season that did not repeat elements from previous seasons.[1] The episode begins one year after the end of the fifth season,[5] and finds the cast split into two groups:[6] a team in space searching for Leo Fitz following the events of season five;[6][4] and the rest of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Earth,[6] investigating a series of energy anomalies while rebuilding S.H.I.E.L.D. and carrying on Coulson's legacy.[7]

Casting

Further information: List of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. characters

After the airing of the fifth season's finale, which implied the death of Coulson, actor Clark Gregg said there was "some interest" in having him be involved in the sixth season, and that he would be meeting with the showrunners to discuss this. He speculated that this could be for flashbacks, and was unsure if he would remain a series regular.[8]

At 2018

Sarge. Gregg was confirmed to still be a series regular in March 2019.[13]

Fox.[17]

Filming and visual effects

Filming for the episode began on July 16, 2018,

Rhythm and Hues. The production then filmed the same street that the building is on but in the opposite direction so the model could be added to the empty space and then destroyed without revealing the original building behind it.[24]

Release

"Missing Pieces" was first screened at WonderCon on March 30.[25][5] It aired in the United States on ABC on May 10, 2019.[5] The episode began streaming on Netflix in the United States on September 1, 2019, along with the rest of the sixth season.[26]

Reception

Ratings

In the United States the episode received a 0.4/3 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, meaning that it was seen by 0.4 percent of all households, and 3 percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. This was a drop from the previous season's finale and average viewership. However, the total audience of 2.31 million people was the largest for the series since January 2018.[27][28] Within a week of its release, "Missing Pieces" had been watched by 3.63 million U.S. viewers.[29]

References

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