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"The Asset" is the third episode of the first season of the American television series ''
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'' Based on the
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organization
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, it follows
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and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they investigate the kidnapping of Dr. Franklin Hall. It is set in the
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(MCU) and acknowledges the franchise's films. The episode was written by co-showrunners
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and
Maurissa Tancharoen Maurissa Tancharoen () is an American writer, producer, and actress. She is known for her work as the co-creator, show runner, and executive producer of Marvel's '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', which aired on the ABC television network for 7 seasons ...
, and directed by
Milan Cheylov Milan Cheylov is a Canadian television director and producer. Career A professional stage actor at 15, Cheylov ran Bootleg Theatre in Toronto for ten years. He acted in theatre, television and film for almost twenty years. He started producing ...
.
Clark Gregg Robert Clark Gregg Jr. (born April 2, 1962) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He portrayed Phil Coulson in films and television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from 2008 to 2024, and voiced Coulson in an animated tele ...
reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, starring alongside
Ming-Na Wen Ming-Na Wen (; born November 20, 1963) is an American actress and model. She has won multiple awards throughout her career, including an Annie Award and a Saturn Award, in addition to a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was honore ...
,
Brett Dalton Brett Patrick Dalton (born January 7, 1983) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Grant Ward and Hive in ABC's series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', as well as Detective Mark Trent in the NBC procedural drama series '' Found'', an ...
,
Chloe Bennet Chloé Wang (; born April 18, 1992), known professionally as Chloe Bennet, is an American actress, model and singer. She starred as Daisy Johnson / Quake in the ABC superhero drama series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2013–2020) and voiced Yi ...
,
Iain De Caestecker Iain De Caestecker ( ; born 29 December 1987) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for portraying Leopold Fitz/The Doctor in the television series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2013–2020). He is also known for his roles in ''Coronation Street ...
, and
Elizabeth Henstridge Elizabeth Frances Henstridge (born 11 September 1987) is an English actress, model and director. She starred as Jemma Simmons in the ABC superhero action drama series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2013–2020), set within the Marvel Cinematic ...
. The episode adapts the character of Hall from the comics, portrayed by guest star
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. It features Hall's gravitational technology, powered by the fictional element gravitonium that was created for the episode by visual effects vendor
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. The episode also introduces
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as recurring villain Ian Quinn, with his own villainous musical theme; a variation of this theme is played on ethnic instruments to support the episode's Malta setting. "The Asset" originally aired on
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on October 8, 2013, and was watched by 12.01 million viewers within a week. The episode received a mostly positive critical response, especially for Hart's portrayal of Hall, but the development of the main cast was seen to be lacking.


Plot

Carrying a
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"asset" between classified bases, a convoy is attacked by a seemingly invisible force, with the vehicles being hurled impossibly into the air. Soldiers break into the main transport and find the asset, Dr. Franklin Hall. Aboard the ''Bus'', the aerial headquarters for S.H.I.E.L.D. agent
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and his team, Agent
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is struggling to supervise the training of the unmotivated civilian-recruit
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. Learning of Hall's kidnapping, Coulson and his team investigate the convoy wreckage. Agents
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and
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discover a device, fueled by the rare element gravitonium, that alters gravity fields. The team tracks down the former owner of an
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used by the soldiers in the attack, and trace the gold bars he was paid with back to Ian Quinn, a wealthy industrialist and philanthropist. Quinn holds an announcement of a large deposit of gravitonium in his possession, in his
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mansion where S.H.I.E.L.D. has no jurisdiction. Skye uses her
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background to gain entry to the announcement, and disables Quinn's outer defenses. Coulson and Ward are able to sneak into Quinn's mansion, where they find Hall free and well, and working on a large gravitonium generator that would allow Quinn to control the world's gravity. Hall reveals that he was working with Quinn all along, the two having attended college together where they had first designed the generator. However, Hall realized that he couldn't allow anyone to gain control of the generator's power, and so plans to let it destroy itself and Quinn's mansion. As this would kill the thousands of innocent people on the island, Coulson lets Hall fall into the gravitonium which catalyzes an anti-reaction to turn off the machine, apparently killing Hall in the process. Quinn escapes custody while S.H.I.E.L.D. takes possession of the gravitonium. Skye finds the motivation to commit to her training, after she and Ward have a meaningful conversation about their "defining moments", and Agent
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, who had previously avoided combat operations since retiring, decides she would rather be fully committed than watching helplessly from the ''Bus''. In an end tag, Hall is shown to be still alive within the gravitonium, which is sealed in an unmarked vault by S.H.I.E.L.D.


Production


Development

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announced in September 2013 that the third episode of the series ''
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'' was titled "The Asset", and had been written by co-showrunners
Jed Whedon Jed Tucker Whedon (born July 18, 1975) is an American screenwriter and musician, and the son of screenwriter Tom Whedon, grandson of screenwriter John Whedon, and the brother of screenwriter Zack Whedon and of filmmaker Joss Whedon. Career Alo ...
and
Maurissa Tancharoen Maurissa Tancharoen () is an American writer, producer, and actress. She is known for her work as the co-creator, show runner, and executive producer of Marvel's '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', which aired on the ABC television network for 7 seasons ...
, with
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directing.


Casting

Marvel confirmed that the episode would star main cast members
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as
Phil Coulson Agent Phillip J. "Phil" Coulson ( ) is a fictional character portrayed and voiced by Clark Gregg in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise. Coulson is depicted as a high-ranking member of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. and longt ...
,
Ming-Na Wen Ming-Na Wen (; born November 20, 1963) is an American actress and model. She has won multiple awards throughout her career, including an Annie Award and a Saturn Award, in addition to a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was honore ...
as
Melinda May Melinda Qiaolian May, also known as The Cavalry, is a fictional character that originated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before appearing in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, first appea ...
,
Brett Dalton Brett Patrick Dalton (born January 7, 1983) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Grant Ward and Hive in ABC's series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', as well as Detective Mark Trent in the NBC procedural drama series '' Found'', an ...
as
Grant Ward Grant Anthony Ward (born 5 December 1994) is an English professional Association football, footballer who last played as a midfielder for Bristol Rovers F.C., Bristol Rovers. He has previously played for Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspu ...
,
Chloe Bennet Chloé Wang (; born April 18, 1992), known professionally as Chloe Bennet, is an American actress, model and singer. She starred as Daisy Johnson / Quake in the ABC superhero drama series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2013–2020) and voiced Yi ...
as
Skye The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye, is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide some o ...
,
Iain De Caestecker Iain De Caestecker ( ; born 29 December 1987) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for portraying Leopold Fitz/The Doctor in the television series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2013–2020). He is also known for his roles in ''Coronation Street ...
as
Leo Fitz Leopold James "Leo" Fitz is a fictional character that originated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before appearing in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, first appeared in the pilot epi ...
, and
Elizabeth Henstridge Elizabeth Frances Henstridge (born 11 September 1987) is an English actress, model and director. She starred as Jemma Simmons in the ABC superhero action drama series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2013–2020), set within the Marvel Cinematic ...
as
Jemma Simmons Jemma Anne Simmons is a fictional character that originated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before appearing in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, first appeared in the 2013 pilot episode ...
. The guest cast for the episode includes
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as Ian Quinn and
Ian Hart Ian Davies (born 8 October 1964), better known by his stage name Ian Hart, is an English actor. His most notable roles have been in '' One Summer'' (1983), '' Backbeat'' (1994), '' Land and Freedom'' and '' Nothing Personal'' (1995), '' Michae ...
as Franklin Hall. On adapting the character of Franklin Hall from the comics, co-showrunner
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said the writers had written the role into the episode before deciding who the character would be. They then looked through the comics for an appropriate character, and adjusted the story to make it work for Hall once they had selected him. The episode is an
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for the character, rather than depicting him as the fully formed supervillain from the comics. As a hint at his potential to become the villain "Graviton", the series changed his original scientific interests from matter transportation to the study of " gravitonium", a substance created for the series. The episode's ending, which sees Hall fall into some gravitonium, indicates that this is how he would gain his Graviton abilities in the series.


Filming and visual effects

Filming occurred from July 29 to August 18, 2013. The set for Hall's lab which is affected by the gravitonium was built on a giant gimbal so it could rotate 360°, with all the props and furniture secured to the set.
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provided the episode's visual effects, including replacing the S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicles from the opening sequence with computer generated models to depict them defying gravity and being destroyed. FuseFX visual effects supervisor Kevin Lingenfelser explained that shots involving gravitonium were divided into two categories: shots where the gravitonium is "neutral" or "ball like", which were animated to make the element act like a fluid; and more aggressive shots where the gravitonium envelopes Hall, which mimicked the effects of gravity while Hall was being sucked in, with "more sentient and deliberate motion" animated around that. Hart was filmed at high speed for this sequence as he fell onto a greenscreen stunt pad. As he is falling, he is replaced by a digital double to allow the gravitonium to surround him.


Music

For "The Asset", composer
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wrote a theme for Ian Quinn. A "bouncy and energetic" version of this was performed on a
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by guitarist Ed Trybek to evoke the music of Malta, while a simplified orchestral version is used as the primary Quinn theme. McCreary stated that he does not "use it a lot, but it counts when I do. When he catches Skye in the hallways and steps forward menacingly, the low strings and woodwinds sneak in on this theme and underscore how dangerous he is."


Release


Broadcast

"The Asset" was first aired in the United States on
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on October 8, 2013. It was aired alongside the US broadcast in Canada on CTV, while it was first aired in the United Kingdom on
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on October 11, 2013. It premiered on the
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in Australia on October 9, 2013.


Home media

The episode, along with the rest of ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''s first season, was released on
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and
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on September 9, 2014. Bonus features include behind-the-scenes featurettes, audio commentary, deleted scenes, and a blooper reel. On November 20, 2014, the episode became available for streaming on
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. Following the expiration of Netflix's licensing agreement, the series was removed from the platform on February 28, 2022. Subsequently, all seven seasons of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., including "The Asset," became available for streaming on Disney+ in the United States starting March 16, 2022.


Reception


Ratings

In the United States the episode received a 2.9/9 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, meaning that it was seen by 2.9 percent of all households, and 9 percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. It was watched by 7.87 million viewers. The Canadian broadcast gained 1.91 million viewers, the second highest for that day and the seventh highest for the week. The
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premiere had 2.37 million viewers and in
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, the premiere had 1.9 million viewers, including 0.9 million timeshifted viewers. Within a week of its release, the episode was watched by 12.01 million U.S. viewers, above the season average of 8.31.


Critical response

Eric Goldman of ''
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'' scored the episode 7.7 out of 10, praising the plot and the introduction of Hall (
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in the comics), but criticizing the amount of humor and MCU references. David Sims of ''
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'' scored the episode a "B", calling it "the first episode to show some potential for originality around the corner". He praised the character development, specifically for Coulson and Skye, and the introduction of Hall, but criticized Quinn as "barely a step above a generic ''
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'' villain and whose motives would be totally uninteresting if they were ever made clear to us". He also found Dalton to be "the latest in a line of dull
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hunks with just a glimmer of personality." ''
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''s Graeme Virtue felt that "If ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' hasn't been levitating your boat so far, this breezy episode probably didn't do that much to change your mind. If you're not in the mood, the endless quipping can seem exhausting, but at least there was some incremental character development." He had a special praise for the introduction of Hall, and felt that Hart's performance as the character topped Samuel L. Jackson's cameo from the previous episode. Dan Casey at
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found the adage "third time is the charm" to apply to the episode, feeling that "Rather than trying to figure out where it fits within Marvel's grander on-screen universe, ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'' is focusing its energy on developing the eponymous agents and giving us more backstory", and though he felt that "The show still needs to figure out its balance of seriousness and humor", he concluded that the "show just keeps getting better." James Hunt at ''
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'' felt that "There's a distinct feeling of treading water", finding the episodic plot to be "fairly by-the-numbers for a show that's supposed to be about the fantastic", and he was disappointed in "Graviton's non-appearance appearance", referring to the lack of Hall's comics' alter-ego. Marc Bernardin of ''
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'' praised the episode's opening sequence, but criticized the character Skye and the focus the episode put on her rather than Coulson. He also spoke unfavorably of Quinn, noting that Hall would likely return as a villain himself in the future, but "until then, ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'' needs to up its adversarial game".
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, known for his work on '' Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', felt "the plot's twists and turns clicked, even though it's kind of embarrassing when the commercials are more engrossing than the show."


References


External links


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