<P> "Girl in the Flower Dress" is the fifth episode of the first 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), revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they investigate the disappearance of a man with pyrokinetic abilities . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise . The episode was written by Brent Fletcher, and directed by Jesse Bochco . </P> <P> 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 . Louis Ozawa Changchien portrays the super-powered man, while Ruth Negga is introduced as Raina--the titular "girl in the flower dress". In addition, to support the episode's Hong Kong setting, actor Tzi Ma appears in a guest role as a Hong Kong agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Jeremy Zuckerman contributed performances on Chinese instruments for the musical score . The episode brings back elements from the series' pilot, and features ties to the MCU films . </P> <P> "Girl in the Flower Dress" originally aired on ABC on October 22, 2013, and was watched by 11.16 million viewers within a week of its release according to Nielsen Media Research . The episode received a mixed critical response, with it praised as being more mature than previous episodes and for featuring a Marvel - like superhero, but also described as "perfunctory" and "mellow" by some critics . </P> <P> In Hong Kong, street performer Chan Ho Yin is convinced by the mysterious Raina to reveal his secret pyrokinetic abilities . When his S.H.I.E.L.D. monitor, Agent Quan Chen, discovers him missing the next day, Agent Phil Coulson and his team of agents are tasked with finding him . Quan reveals that Chan's location and abilities were leaked by the hacktivist group Rising Tide . Skye, a new civilian recruit and S.H.I.E.L.D. trainee, was once a member of the Rising Tide . She traces the hack that released the information back to Miles Lydon, her secret boyfriend and Rising Tide contact . The team goes to confront Lydon, but Skye reaches him first; the two are caught together by Agent Melinda May and are taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody . </P>

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