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"The Asset" is the third 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 kidnapping of Dr. Franklin Hall. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. The episode was written by Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, and directed by Milan Cheylov. 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. Hall is portrayed by guest star Ian Hart. Visual effects for the episode were provided by FuseFX. "The Asset" originally aired on ABC on October 8, 2013, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 7.87 million viewers in its original airing. The episode received a mostly positive critical response, with the introduction of Hart as Hall oft praised, but the development of the main cast seen to be lacking. ==Plot== Carrying a S.H.I.E.L.D. 'Asset' between classified bases, a convoy is attacked by a seemingly invisible force, with the vehicles being hurled impossibly into the air. Soldiers break into the main transport, where they find the 'Asset': Dr. Franklin Hall. Aboard the Bus, the aerial headquarters for S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson and his team, Agent Grant Ward is struggling to supervise the training of the unmotivated civilian-recruit Skye. Learning of Hall's kidnapping, Coulson and his team investigate the convoy wreckage, and agents Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons discover a device, fueled by the rare element gravitonium, that alters gravity fields, like those around the S.H.I.E.L.D. transports. The team tracks down the former owner of a digger used by the soldiers in the attack, and trace the gold bars he was paid with back to Ian Quinn, a wealthy industrialist/philanthropist and the CEO of Quinn Worldwide. Skye uses her hacktivist background to gain entry to Quinn's announcement of a large deposit of gravitonium in his possession, which he holds in Malta, where S.H.I.E.L.D. has no jurisdiction, and cannot enter officially without violating international law. Skye manages to disable Quinn's outer defenses, allowing Coulson and Ward access to Quinn's house. There, Coulson finds Dr. Hall free and well, and working on a large gravitonium generator that would allow Quinn to control the world's gravity. Hall reveals that he was working with Quinn all along, the two having attended college together, where they had first designed the generator. However, Hall realized that he couldn't allow anyone to gain control of the generator's power, and so plans to let it destroy itself and Quinn's mansion. Realizing this would kill himself, Skye and Ward, Coulson makes Hall fall into the gravitonium, catalyzing an anti-reaction to turn off the machine, but apparently killing Hall in the process. Though Quinn escapes custody, S.H.I.E.L.D. takes possession of the gravitonium, and Skye finds the motivation to commit to her training after learning of Ward's difficult childhood, and realizing that the team could be the family she never had. Meanwhile, Agent Melinda May, who had previously avoided combat operations since retiring, decides she would rather be fully committed than watching helplessly from the Bus. In an end tag, Hall is revealed to be alive within the gravitonium, which is sealed in an unmarked vault by S.H.I.E.L.D. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Asset」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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