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Short summary

Dark secrets are revealed as Coulson and his team put everything on the line to stop Garrett and the forces of HYDRA.

According to Ming-Na Wen, it took 17 hours to shoot her fight scene with Brett Dalton.

The outfit Nick Fury wears in this episode is exactly the same outfit he is seen wearing in the last scene of Captain America: Winter Soldier--sunglasses, a beanie, and a leather jacket and hoodie instead of his usual eye patch and trench coat.

Samuel L. Jackson and Ruth Negga previously co-starred in Fury (2012). Coincidentally Fury is the surname of Jackson's character in the Marvel universe.

In the final battle scene to take down Garrett, Fury hands Coulson a large gun and says, "This packs a pretty good punch." To which Coulson replies, "I know what it does." It is the same weapon Coulson fired on Loki in The Avengers, the BFG he pulled out of the weapons locker and told Loki, "Even I don't know what it does." After Coulson is stabbed by Loki, Coulson fires the weapon sending Loki through the wall behind him and says, "So that's what it does."

The disembodied form of Franklin Hall aka Graviton can be seen in the scene when Garrett and Ward confront Ian Quinn and Colonel Jacobs over the super soldier, deathlok program.

This is the second MARVEL appearance of Glenn Morshower playing a U.S. military general who gets killed by another character overpowering him. He previously played Colonel Hendry in X: First Class (2011).

User reviews


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    • Author: Teonyo
    By turns suspenseful, thrilling and cathartic, "Beginning of the End" is a very satisfying conclusion to the season. It's gratifying to watch the writers finish their first major story arc on a strong note. I was beginning to doubt my initial hopefulness about the show's possibilities and then suddenly Ward turned out to be a psychopath. Everything just got better from there. Here's hoping Season 2 continues this trend. If Agents of SHIELD keeps this trajectory, it has the potential to become worthy of a movie itself.

    What to look for in this episode: The surprisingly enjoyable return of Patton Oswald, the best and most moving emotional scene so far on Agents of Shield, one awesome cameo, a couple of kick-ass action sequences and the reason why you should never try and hurt Phil Coulson's team.
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    • Author: MarF
    This episode takes what was best about the Avengers and places it into a lower budget hour. I was hoping for an episode like this, unfortunately to get to it, it required quite a few average episodes that have very little action, excitement, laughs or any real importance to the marvel universe. With a surprise cameo. Some awesome twists at the end, it is possible one of my favorite season finales ever. My only real complaint is that the show took so long to get to this point. I mean, the shows fairly average and for a show with the name marvel that many would expect a show with this much hype to be awesome. But it was just average. So I hope as they go on into the next season they continue the cross overs from the movies and maybe, fingers-crossed, an avenger to cameo in an episode. If they do I think they can get back the fans they lost and create the show it was suppose to be.
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    • Author: Rocky Basilisk
    I love this episode a lot...I think I would rank it fourth or fifth best season finale of the show (out of five) but only because the show keeps outdoing itself each season! The episode starts with one of my favorite openings of the show, just everyday cybertech agents in an office, fun concept! it also has one of my all time favorite TV scenes featuring Jemma talking about the law of thermodynamics, you know the one! it has a great cameo, so much action, that great fakeout near the end and the last shot still gives me chills. amazing all around!
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    • Author: Whitebinder
    The finale is here for Agents of SHIELD's first season. It was a great one for a shaky season. Although it is the first season, so the later ones can improve.

    We finally reached the end of this season's main villain: Garrett and Centipede. The ending for Garrett was actually pretty fun. Seeing him go crazy after being injected with the miracle drug was interesting as it could possibly happen to Skye and Coulson too. His demise was good too, his demise coming twice actually. Having Mike stomp him down was good as I really wanted Mike to get through this season as a good guy. I also love how Coulson took him down with the plasma cannon thing. It was funny and a great job of pulling the rug from underneath the audience.

    The scenes with Fitz and Simmons was so good and shows that these two were definitely the best characters in this show. Seeing Fitz proclaim his love for Simmons with his words and actions was so touching and I really want Simmons to reciprocate it. Hopefully we get it next season.

    It was great to have another appearance with SPOILERS Fury as he saved FitzSimmons and helped Coulson stop Garrett. It's awesome that these crossovers can happen to show how much Marvel wants to appease fans and critics.

    In the end we get the team reaching a new base, with a new Koenig, but more important, Coulson etching symbols into the wall, like Garrett. This could lead to some great plot lines in the next season.

    It does seem like some plot lines fell through though, like Quinn and the gravitonium and Mike (who still looks goofy in his plastic body armor)

    + FitzSimmons submerged + Fury! + Garrett's end + Some interesting plot points to follow for next season - Though some this season seemed dropped.

    Final Score: 9.6/10
  • Episode cast overview, first billed only:
    Clark Gregg Clark Gregg - Phil Coulson
    Ming-Na Wen Ming-Na Wen - Melinda May
    Brett Dalton Brett Dalton - Grant Ward
    Chloe Bennet Chloe Bennet - Skye
    Iain De Caestecker Iain De Caestecker - Leo Fitz
    Elizabeth Henstridge Elizabeth Henstridge - Jemma Simmons
    Bill Paxton Bill Paxton - John Garrett
    J. August Richards J. August Richards - Mike Peterson / Deathlok
    B.J. Britt B.J. Britt - Antoine Triplett
    Ruth Negga Ruth Negga - Raina
    David Conrad David Conrad - Ian Quinn
    Glenn Morshower Glenn Morshower - General Jacobs
    Josh Daugherty Josh Daugherty - Kyle Zeller
    Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson - Nick Fury
    Patton Oswalt Patton Oswalt - Billy Koenig
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