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"The Magical Place"
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 11
Directed byKevin Hooks
Written by
Produced by
Editing byDebby Germino[citation needed]
Original air dateJanuary 7, 2014 (2014-01-07)
Running time42 minutes
Guest appearances
  • Victoria Hand
  • Lloyd Rathman
  • Mike Peterson
  • Raina
  • Edison Po
  • Streiten
  • T. Vanchat
  • Felisha Terrell as Emily Deville
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"The Magical Place" is the eleventh episode of the

Project Centipede. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the franchise's films. The episode was written by Paul Zbyszewski and Brent Fletcher, and directed by Kevin Hooks
.

Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, and Elizabeth Henstridge.

"The Magical Place" originally aired on

Nielsen Media Research
, was watched by 6.63 million viewers.

Plot

Over the course of two days following agent

Lloyd Rathman
into helping her.

Po has taken Coulson to an abandoned town and interrogates him using a mind probe to try to discover the circumstances of his resurrection following the

the Clairvoyant
cannot "see" what happened. Po's efforts are futile and the Clairvoyant kills him, putting Raina in charge instead. Raina treats Coulson with kindness, convincing him that she also wants to know how he was revived, and mentioning his father's death during his youth, and his relationship with the cellist, both of which the Clairvoyant knew about; she also reveals that she allowed the probe to be used on her. Coulson eventually lets her use the machine on him, reawakening traumatic buried memories.

Vanchat's information sends Hand's team in the wrong direction, but Skye traces Raina's purchases and learns where she is, before regrouping with

Streiten, one of the S.H.I.E.L.D. doctors who operated on him, and Streiten confirms that Coulson's reawakened memories are real: Coulson was dead for days rather than minutes, and was kept alive by machines which directly stimulated his brain with electricity, until a means of fully healing him could be found. His memories were altered so he believed he had a pleasant recovery in Tahiti
.

In an end tag,

Mike Peterson
, still alive but severely burned and minus his right leg, awakens in a basement and realizes that he has received an eye implant, through which the Clairvoyant begins to issue instructions to him.

Production

Development and writing

In December 2014, Marvel revealed that the eleventh episode would be titled "The Magical Place", and would be written by

Raina in the episode, since she had become a "different [type of] villain" for the series. The episode's ending, in which Coulson visualizes his brain being reconstructed, was one of the early conceptualizations for the series from showrunners Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jeffrey Bell.[2]
: 112 

Casting

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

In December 2014, Marvel revealed that main cast members

T. Vanchat, the character had been mentioned previously in the season, including in "Pilot" and "Eye Spy".[7]

Filming and visual effect

Filming occurred from November 7 to 18, 2013.[2]: 111  A scenic ghost town was made to look like a 1950s nuclear testing ground for the location where Coulson is held,[2]: 113  while a small grass hut was constructed surrounded by green screen to represent Coulson's memory of Tahiti. When Coulson is being operated on, Gregg wore a green screen cap to allow the visual effects of his exposed brain to be added. Visual effects supervisor Mark Kolpack also digitally extended the operating room set and added the robot arm performing the surgery. Kolpack's vision for the robot arm was a mix between Edward Scissorhands (1990) and a black widow spider with "needles moving at a high rate of speed". Small bolts of electricity were also added each time the arm touched Coulson's brain to represent neurological activity.[2]: 114 

Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins

Douglas's Edison Po is killed in the episode with the paralysis technology used by

Obadiah Stane in Iron Man (2008).[6]

Release

Broadcast

"The Magical Place" was first aired in the United States on ABC on January 7, 2014.[8]

Home media

The episode, along with the rest of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s first season, was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 9, 2014. Bonus features include behind-the-scenes featurettes, audio commentary, deleted scenes, and a blooper reel.[9] On November 20, 2014, the episode became available for streaming on Netflix.[10]

Reception

Ratings

In the United States the episode received a 2.2/6 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, meaning that it was seen by 2.2 percent of all households, and 6 percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. It was watched by 6.63 million viewers.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Episode Title: (#111) "The Magical Place"". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
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    ISBN 978-0-7851-8998-5
    .
  3. Marvel.com. September 11, 2013. Archived from the original
    on September 14, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  4. Marvel.com. October 7, 2013. Archived from the original
    on September 14, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  5. Marvel.com. October 24, 2013. Archived
    from the original on September 15, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  6. ^
    ScreenCrush. Archived
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  7. ^ Garcia, Kevin (January 8, 2014). "Hearing Her Play: Secrets of SHIELD episode "The Magical Place"". Observation Deck. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  8. ^ a b Bibel, Sara (January 8, 2014). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.', 'NCIS' & 'Chicago Fire' Adjusted Up; 'Trophy Wife' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  9. ^ Fowler, Matt (May 30, 2014). "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD Blu-ray And DVD Details". IGN. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  10. Decider. Archived
    from the original on November 17, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

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