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13 best Agents of SHIELD episodes ranked from worst to best

By Wesley Bell

MARVEL AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. - ABC's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson, Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons, Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson, Jeff Ward as Deke Shaw, Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz, Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May, Henry Simmons as Alphonso "Mack" MacKenzie, and Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez. (ABC/Mitchell Haaseth)
MARVEL AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. - ABC's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson, Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons, Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson, Jeff Ward as Deke Shaw, Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz, Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May, Henry Simmons as Alphonso "Mack" MacKenzie, and Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez. (ABC/Mitchell Haaseth) /
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MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. – “The Real Deal” – In the milestone 100th episode, Coulson finally reveals the mysterious deal he made with Ghost Rider, which will impact everyone on the S.H.I.E.L.D. team., on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” FRIDAY, MARCH 9 (9:01-10:01 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network. (ABC/Eric McCandless)ELIZABETH HENSTRIDGE, CLARK GREGG, IAIN DE CAESTECKER
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. – “The Real Deal” – In the milestone 100th episode, Coulson finally reveals the mysterious deal he made with Ghost Rider, which will impact everyone on the S.H.I.E.L.D. team., on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” FRIDAY, MARCH 9 (9:01-10:01 p.m. EST), on The ABC Television Network. (ABC/Eric McCandless)ELIZABETH HENSTRIDGE, CLARK GREGG, IAIN DE CAESTECKER /

6. The Real Deal – (Season 5, Episode 12)

Hundredth episodes are significant milestones for shows. When handled correctly, they’re used to celebrate the series, looking back to show how far it’s come while setting up the future, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s hundredth is a terrific example of that.

After learning that the explosion of the time, space, and creation monoliths opened a dimensional rift in the lower level of the Lighthouse capable of creating manifestations of fear, Fitz constructs a device to close it. Knowing that the mission is risky, Coulson offers to be the one to go down and seal it. The team objects, but Coulson finally reveals to them that he’s dying and that they will eventually have to learn how to continue without him.

When Coulson gets down there, he’s met by Mike Peterson, who tells him that he’s still on the operating table and that everything he experienced since Loki stabbed him has all been in his mind. Despite him teasing the possibility that the past five years didn’t happen, Coulson refuses to believe it. “Mike” grabs him and tries to drag him into the rift, causing Coulson to drop the device. Fortunately, he gets rescued by the real Mike Peterson, aka Deathlok. Together, they fight against villains from previous seasons that appear as fear manifestations, including Lash, the Vrellnexians, and Hive, before successfully getting the rift to close.

Afterward, the team meets in the forest created from Deke’s subconscious for Fitz and Simmons’ wedding, which Coulson officiates. While Deke explains how he found and selected the rings for the ceremony, we learn that Deke is actually their grandson.

Simmons and Fitz’s relationship, modeled after two of the show’s creators, has been a central part of the series since the beginning, so using the hundredth episode to celebrate how far the couple had come was the best thing they could have done. The inclusion of past allies and villains also felt natural to the story and not like an excuse to include easter eggs, which is always a difficult balance to strike.

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