A Life Earned

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"A Life Earned"

Season 5

Number 4

Episode information

Production code

504

Written by

Drew Z. Greenberg

Directed by

Stan Brooks

Original airdate

December 15, 2017

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"A Life Earned" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the ninety-second episode of the series overall. It aired on December 15, 2017. It was written by Drew Z. Greenberg and directed by Stan Brooks.

Synopsis[]

Coulson and the team discover what their captors' true intentions are; and in space, escape is not an option.

Cast[]

Starring[]

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
Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez

Guest Starring[]

Jeff Ward as Deke Shaw
Dominic Rains as Kasius
Florence Faivre as Sinara
Rya Kihlstedt as Lady Basha
Myko Olivier as Ben
James Harvey Ward as Gunner
Pruitt Taylor Vince as Grill

Co Starring[]

Max E. Williams as Tye
Tunisha Hubbard as Ava
Mark Rhino Smith as Trader Leader
Torrance Jordan as Kree Guard

Gallery[]

v - e - d

Shows
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Characters

Phil Coulson • Melinda May • Grant Ward • Daisy Johnson/Quake • Leo Fitz • Jemma Simmons • Lance Hunter • Mockingbird • Hive • Alphonso Mackenzie • Lincoln Campbell • Holden Radcliffe • Yo-Yo • Deke Shaw • John Garrett • Michael Peterson • Franklin Hall • Ace Peterson • Chan Ho Yin • Victoria Hand • Akela Amador • Raina • Elliot Randolph • Lorelei • Audrey Nathan • Agent Koenig • Antoine Triplett • Absorbing Man • Sunil Bakshi • Angar the Screamer • Agent 33 • Daniel Whitehall • Calvin Zabo • Robert Gonzales • Gordon • Aida • Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider • Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider • Patriot • Kasius • Sinara • Izel • Phil Coulson (LMD) • Freddy Malick • Ernest Koenig • Viola • Sibyl • Nathaniel Malick • Kora • Ellen Nadeer • Christian Ward • Blizzard • Doctor List • President Matthew Ellis • Flint • Vin-Tak • Jiaying • Superior • Gideon Malick • Ruby Hale

Episodes

Season One: "Pilot" • "0-8-4" • "The Asset" • "Eye Spy" • "Girl in the Flower Dress" • "FZZT" • "The Hub" • "The Well" • "Repairs" • "The Bridge" • "The Magical Place" • "Seeds" • "T.R.A.C.K.S." • "T.A.H.I.T.I." • "Yes Men" • "End of the Beginning" • "Turn, Turn, Turn" • "Providence" • "The Only Light in the Darkness" • "Nothing Personal" • "Ragtag" • "Beginning of the End"

Season Two: "Shadows" • "Heavy is the Head" • "Making Friends and Influencing People" • "Face My Enemy" • "A Hen in the Wolf House" • "A Fractured House" • "The Writing on the Wall" • "The Things We Bury" • "...Ye Who Enter Here" • "What They Become" • "Aftershocks" • "Who You Really Are" • "One of Us" • "Love in the Time of HYDRA" • "One Door Closes" • "Afterlife" • "Melinda" • "The Frenemy of My Enemy" • "The Dirty Half Dozen" • "Scars" • "S.O.S."
Season Three: "Laws of Nature" • "Purpose in the Machine" • "A Wanted (Inhu)man" • "Devils You Know" • "4,722 Hours" • "Among Us Hide..." • "Chaos Theory" • "Many Heads, One Tale" • "Closure" • "Maveth" • "Bouncing Back" • "The Inside Man" • "Parting Shot" • "Watchdogs" • "Spacetime" • "Paradise Lost" • "The Team" • "The Singularity" • "Failed Experiments" • "Emancipation" • "Absolution" • "Ascension"
Season Four: "The Ghost" • "Meet the New Boss" • "Uprising" • "Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire" • "Lockup" • "The Good Samaritan" • "Deals With Our Devils" • "The Laws of Inferno Dynamics • "Broken Promises" • "The Patriot" • "Wake Up" • "Hot Potato Soup" • "BOOM" • "The Man Behind the Shield" • "Self Control" • "What If..." • "Identity and Change" • "No Regrets" • "All the Madame's Men" • "Farewell, Cruel World!" • "The Return" • "World's End"
Season Five: "Orientation" • "A Life Spent" • "A Life Earned" • "Rewind" • "Fun & Games" • "Together or Not at All" • "The Last Day" • "Best Laid Plans" • "Past Life" • "All the Comforts of Home" • "The Real Deal" • "Principia" • "The Devil Complex" • "Rise and Shine" • "Inside Voices" • "The Honeymoon" • "All Roads Lead..." • "Option Two" • "The One Who Will Save Us All" • "The Force of Gravity" • "The End"
Season Six: "Missing Pieces" • "Window of Opportunity" • "Fear and Loathing on the Planet of Kitson" • "Code Yellow" • "The Other Thing" • "Inescapable" • "Toldja" • "Collision Course (Part I)" • "Collision Course (Part II)" • "Leap" • "From the Ashes" • "The Sign" • "New Life"
Season Seven: "The New Deal" • "Know Your Onions" • "Alien Commies from the Future!" • "Out of the Past" • "A Trout in the Milk" • "Adapt or Die" • "The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and the D" • "After, Before" • "As I Have Always Been" • "Stolen" • "Brand New Day" • "The End is at Hand" • "What We're Fighting For" •

Objects
Plasma Particle Beam • Gravitonium • Obelisk • Super Soldier Serum • Berserker Staff

Vehicles
Quinjet • L.O.L.A. • S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier •

Groups
S.H.I.E.L.D. • HYDRA • Inhumans • Asgardians • Kree • United Nations • Howling Commandos

Locations
Atlantis • Triskelion