"The New Deal" is the first season seven episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the hundredth and twenty-fourth overall. It was produced by ABC Studios, Marvel Television, and Mutant Enemy Productions. The episode was directed by Kevin Tanchareon, from a script written by George Kitson.
Release dates[]
Briefing[]
S.H.I.E.L.D. brings back Coulson in the form of a highly advanced Chronicom-LMD hybrid to combat the threat of the Chronicoms who have gone back in time to 1931 to erase S.H.I.E.L.D. from existence.
Debriefing[]
Cast[]
| Performers | Characters |
|---|---|
| Starring | |
| Clark Gregg | Chronicom LMD Phil Coulson |
| Ming-Na Wen | Agent Melinda May |
| Chloe Bennet | Agent Daisy Johnson (Quake) |
| Elizabeth Henstridge | Agent Jemma Simmons |
| Henry Simmons | Director Mack Mackenzie |
| Natalia Cordova-Buckley | Agent Yo-Yo Rodriguez |
| Jeff Ward | Agent Deke Shaw |
| Supporting | |
| Tobias Jelinek | Luke |
| Joel Stoffer | Enoch |
| Patton Oswalt | Hazard Koenig |
| Darren Barnet | Freddy Malick |
| Nora Zehetner | Viola |
| Other | |
| Tobias Jelinek | Capt. William Boyle |
| Unknown | Cop #1 |
| Unknown | Cop #2 |
| Luke Baines | Luke |
| Unknown | Cain |
| Unknown | Abel |
| Unknown | Jimmy Bottles |
| Joe Reggan | Cain impersonating cop |
| Unknown | Abel impersonating cop |
| Karl Kwiatkowski | Officer Fischer |
| Martin Blasick | Bandleader |
| Amos Glick | Waiter |
| Kerry Crutchfield | Drummer |
| Joseph Culp | Gov. Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
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Mentioned-only characters[]
- Phil Coulson
- Pachakutiq
- Glenn Talbot
- Agent Leo Fitz
- Ghost Rider
- Nick Fury
- Carl Laemmle
- Tom Tyler
- Freddy Malick's father
- Owen Shaw
- Gideon Malick
- Marx Brothers
Notes[]
Trivia[]
- The episode is named after Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous United States reformation; Coulson even jokingly refers to it.
Cultural references[]
- There are posters for the 1931 films Dracula and The Phantom of the West.
- Daisy mentions the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
- Coulson mentions the Marx Brothers film Horse Feathers.
- Coulson mentions the reality show This Is Your Life.
- As a joke, Deke asks Mack for two Zimas.
- The Zuckerman Brothers are named after Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. writer-producer sister team Lilla and Zora Zuckerman.