ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns for season five on Friday, December 1, 2017 at 8pm ET/PT. The special two-hour premiere is titled “Orientation” Part One and Part Two, with Part One directed by Jesse Bocho and Part Two directed by David Solomon. Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen wrote Part One’s script and DJ Doyle wrote Part Two.
In support of the comic book-inspired series’ return, ABC released a teaser trailer along with season five episode one photos.
The season five cast includes Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons, Henry Simmons as Agent Alphonso “Mack” MacKenzie, and Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez.
Guest starring in “Orientation (Part One)” are Jeff Ward as Deke, Joel Stoffer as Enoch, Jordan Preston as driver, Peter Hulne as Jerry, John Wusah as young soldier, Deniz Akdeniz as Virgil, Nathin Butler as Jones, and Derek Mears as captain. Jeff Ward also guest stars in “Orientation (Part Two)” along with Eve Harlow as Tess, Dominic Rains as Kasius, Florence Faivre as Sinara, Paul Duna as Reese, Kaleti Williams as Zev, Pruitt Taylor Vince as Grill, James Babson as Holt, Tunisha Hubbard as Ava, Wes Armstrong as Rick, and Jay Hunter as watch commander.
The “Orientation (Part One)”/“Orientation (Part Two)” Plot: Coulson and the team find themselves stranded on a mysterious ship in outer space, and that’s just the beginning of the nightmare to come.
