<P> The fifth 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. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division), revolves around the character of Phil Coulson and other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and allies as they try to save humanity while in space . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise . The season is produced by ABC Studios, Marvel Television, and Mutant Enemy Productions, with Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jeffrey Bell serving as showrunners . </P> <P> The season was ordered in May 2017 . Alongside Clark Gregg, who reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, principal cast members Ming - Na Wen, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, and Henry Simmons return from previous seasons, while Natalia Cordova - Buckley is promoted to the principal cast after appearing in a recurring role since season three . Due to its broadcast schedule, the season was split into two "pods", the first of which saw the S.H.I.E.L.D. team transported to deep space in the year 2091 . The season also saw Gregg make his directorial debut on the series, and will feature Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s 100th episode, which was promoted with a special commemorative art program . </P> <P> The fifth season began airing on December 1, 2017, and is set to run for 22 episodes on ABC until May 18, 2018 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> U.S. viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 89 90 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Orientation" </Td> <Td> Jesse Bochco David Solomon </Td> <Td> Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen DJ Doyle </Td> <Td> December 1, 2017 (2017 - 12 - 01) </Td> <Td> 2.54 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> An unknown group seizes Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Daisy Johnson, Jemma Simmons, Alphonso "Mack" MacKenzie, and Yo - Yo Rodriguez and transports them to a space station through a monolith; Leo Fitz is left behind . Upon arrival, the team is heralded by Virgil, who dies soon after . They quickly regroup and meet Deke, who reveals that the space station, known as the Lighthouse, was built nearly ninety years prior . Hoping to send a message back to Earth, May and Simmons discover it is no longer habitable and appears to have been torn apart by a cataclysmic event . At the same time, Coulson discovers that the monolith transported them not through space, but through time . Elsewhere, Mack and Yo - Yo are held captive by the Kree, who maintain control of the station by encouraging bloodshed among its inhabitants . Back in the station, the team attempts to blend in by agreeing to work for Grill and meets Tess, who saves them during the Renewal . Coulson goes with Tess to learn more about Virgil's message and finds a hidden notebook . Meanwhile, Simmons is taken to meet Kasius, the Kree leader of the station, and is inducted as one of his servants . Later on, Johnson confronts Deke in his framework simulation, where he reveals she is the reason the Earth was torn apart . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 91 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "A Life Spent" </Td> <Td> Kevin Hooks </Td> <Td> Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman </Td> <Td> December 8, 2017 (2017 - 12 - 08) </Td> <Td> 1.93 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> In preparation for Lady Basha's arrival, Simmons is given the task of helping an Inhuman champion control her abilities for her exhibition ceremony . Simmons is successful but becomes distraught when Kasius sells his champion to Lady Basha . While the team adapt to their new jobs, Grill becomes suspicious of the new arrivals and sends one of his men to spy on them . During a space expedition, Coulson, May, Mack, and Tess struggle to make sense of Virgil's notebook and discover a radio transmission supposedly originating from the Earth's surface . Grill's spy reports back, only to be framed as a traitor and exiled to die on Earth . Meanwhile, Yo - Yo helps Johnson get ahold of a Kree tablet to try and save Simmons . However, her mission is thwarted by Deke, who reports her to Kasius . Johnson is captured and taken to become his new champion . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 92 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "A Life Earned" </Td> <Td> Stan Brooks </Td> <Td> Drew Z . Greenberg </Td> <Td> December 15, 2017 (2017 - 12 - 15) </Td> <Td> 1.84 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Johnson meets Ben, one of Kasius' other champions, capable of telepathy . Using Ben to corroborate their story, Kasius interrogates Johnson and Simmons about the others . They are able to convince Kasius they came alone, though he remains suspicious . During the interrogation, Ben learns that Kasius intends to destroy the station and everyone on it once he acquires enough profits to leave . Deke returns to the others to gather new information as they learn about the mysterious Level 35 . Recognizing his father's voice on the radio transmission, Deke agrees to help them gain access to the restricted floor . There, they discover that Kasius is attempting to breed Inhumans . May also discovers Deke lied about Johnson's whereabouts, but get interrupted by Sinara's arrival . Coulson leaves with Deke, while May fights her alone . Meanwhile, Grill sends Mack to confront someone who owes him payment . Later, Fitz is revealed to be one of the bidders who have arrived for Johnson's exhibition . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 93 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "Rewind" </Td> <Td> Jesse Bochco </Td> <Td> Craig Titley </Td> <Td> December 22, 2017 (2017 - 12 - 22) </Td> <Td> 2.40 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Shortly after the others are taken from the diner, Fitz is taken into military custody and interrogated about their whereabouts, including the assassination attempt on General Talbot, and deaths of Jeffrey Mace and Holden Radcliffe . For the next six months, Fitz is given special privileges that would hopefully allow him to locate the team but fails . With help from Lance Hunter, Fitz escapes the military facility and tracks down Enoch, the man who took the others . Enoch explains that a prophecy foretold these events and takes them to meet Robin, the daughter of Charles from Spacetime, who can also tell the future but through drawings . Tracked by the military, Enoch helps them escape to a secret bunker, where Fitz learns that he was left behind so he could save the team . Determined to help them, Fitz and Hunter break back into the same military facility to obtain a cryogenic pod . In the warehouse, they find all their old S.H.I.E.L.D. tech, including the Zephyr, which they use to escape . Back in the secret bunker, Fitz is put to sleep for the next 74 years and is awoken by Enoch, who prepares him for their arrival at the Lighthouse . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 94 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "Fun & Games" </Td> <Td> Clark Gregg </Td> <Td> Brent Fletcher </Td> <Td> January 5, 2018 (2018 - 01 - 05) </Td> <Td> 2.49 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Down in the station, the Kree have harvested some of the youth for an unscheduled Terrigenesis ceremony . Flint, a friend of Tess, experiences a successful Terrigenesis and is taken into hiding with the team by Yo - Yo . Tess is killed and hanged for Flint's disappearance . During a dinner with the other bidders, Fitz quickly proves himself as a formidable character, earning Kasius' respect . The first exhibition is then held between Ben and May, resulting in May being sent to the surface, while Ben is killed for lying during Johnson's interrogation . Meanwhile, Grill finds the team and holds them captive, until Flint saves them using geokinesis against Grill, killing him . The unexpected arrival of Kasius' brother prompts Sinara to battle Johnson for her exhibition . During which, Johnson, Fitz, and Simmons are able to subdue the others and escape . During the escape, Simmons proposes to Fitz . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 95 </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> "Together or Not at All" </Td> <Td> Brad Turner </Td> <Td> Matt Owens </Td> <Td> January 12, 2018 (2018 - 01 - 12) </Td> <Td> 2.31 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Johnson, Fitz, and Simmons are hunted throughout the station and discover the station is being sustained by gravitonium . Fitz is shot during the chase . Deke finds them and takes them to the rest of the team . Reunited, the team plot their escape to the Earth's surface by using a trawler and Deke's antigravity device . After learning about Tess' death, Flint decides to stay on the station to protect the remaining inhabitants . Mack and Yo - Yo agree to stay behind and help him . Coulson, Johnson, Fitz, Simmons, and Deke fly to the surface, but get caught in the gravity storm . Meanwhile, Kasius kills his brother and plots to regain his father's acceptance by recapturing Johnson with help from Sinara . On the surface, Enoch finds May, but their meeting is cut short by the approaching gravity storm . A mysterious figure takes them to safety, where they are greeted by an elderly Robin . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 96 </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> "The Last Day" </Td> <Td> Nina Lopez - Corrado </Td> <Td> James C. Oliver & Sharla Oliver </Td> <Td> January 19, 2018 (2018 - 01 - 19) </Td> <Td> 2.41 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Coulson, Johnson, Fitz, Simmons, and Deke survive the crash and reunite with May in the Zephyr . They meet Samuel Voss, an acquaintance of Deke's father . Up on the Lighthouse, Kasius punishes the inhabitants by cutting off their resources . Flint, Mack, and Yo - Yo go to retrieve the weapons hidden by Fitz and discover Kasius has released the Vrellnexians onto the lower levels . They defeat the Vrellnexians and rescue the remaining inhabitants . On the surface, the team struggle to get answers from Robin and find a machine built into the Zephyr . While Fitz and Simmons attempt to remove Johnson's inhibitor, May and Coulson find a shard of the time monolith in Voss' locker . Deke questions Voss about the shard, which belonged to his parents, and gets knocked out . Voss then tries to kill Johnson and impales Robin to prevent her from giving the team answers . Before dying, Robin is comforted by May as she reveals their history and finally tells May how to save the world, which requires Flint . In the past, May is shown taking care of Robin and encouraging Fitz to build his machine so they can travel through time . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 97 </Th> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> "Best Laid Plans" </Td> <Td> Garry A. Brown </Td> <Td> George Kitson </Td> <Td> January 26, 2018 (2018 - 01 - 26) </Td> <Td> 2.27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> As the gravity storm worsens, the team attempt to relaunch the Zephyr . May reveals that using the shard, Flint can recreate the monolith allowing the team to travel back through time . Similar to the Lighthouse, Fitz and Simmons find gravitonium on the Zephyr and realize the designs were manufactured by Fitz himself . On the station, Flint, Mack, and Yo - Yo successfully gain control of the lower levels . Tess is resurrected by Kasius and sent to relay demands for him, who threatens to detonate explosives killing everyone if they are not met . Mack and Yo - Yo retaliate by placing the explosives on Level 35, the medical floor, which would prevent Kasius from breeding more Inhumans . During a standoff with Kasius, Flint evacuates the inhabitants to the upper levels and uses the remaining explosives to separate them from the lower levels, out of Kasius' reach . Using the gravity storm to her advantage, May navigates the Zephyr into space as Johnson battles Sinara again, this time killing her . Johnson then contacts Mack while the team are heading for the Lighthouse . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 98 </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> "Past Life" </Td> <Td> Eric Laneuville </Td> <Td> DJ Doyle </Td> <Td> February 2, 2018 (2018 - 02 - 02) </Td> <Td> 2.22 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> While Enoch stays on the Zephyr, the team focus on getting to Flint and rescuing the other Inhumans from captivity . Distraught over Sinara's death, Kasius infects Tye, the Inhuman trainer, with odium, a substance that excites maniacal behavior and sends him after the team . During a fight with Tye, Coulson gets infected with the odium . Kasius' seer is revealed to be Yo - Yo from the future, one who has lived through the time loop and endured endless torture . She reveals that the team's ultimate return will bring the end of the world and that the only solution is to let Coulson succumb to his infection . As Flint recreates the monolith, Mack leaves to find Yo - Yo and witnesses her future self's death by Kasius, who consumes the remaining odium and fights him . With help from Simmons, Mack kills Kasius and reunites with Yo - Yo, who is still alive in their timeline . Deke returns to the Zephyr in time to save Enoch and fix the machine, although at the cost of both of their lives, as the team returns to the present . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 99 </Th> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> "All the Comforts of Home" </Td> <Td> Kate Woods </Td> <Td> Drew Z . Greenberg </Td> <Td> March 2, 2018 (2018 - 03 - 02) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 100 </Th> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> "The Real Deal" </Td> <Td> Kevin Tancharoen </Td> <Td> Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen & Jeffrey Bell </Td> <Td> March 9, 2018 (2018 - 03 - 09) </Td> <Td> TBD </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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