History Awesome / AgentsOfSHIELDSeasonOne

** Said foiling involves using the 0-8-4 to [[FrickinLaserBeams blast a hole through the hull of the jet.]]

** And his backstory makes it even awesome. He was actually only few years out of the Academy when hehe went into hiding, and yet was capable of all the above when considerably more experienced agents failed. Had he been with the agency he would have been one of their legends.

* Talking about the agent, Alex Lumley is the first [[non-powered BadassNormal]] human to have legitimately got the better of May in the series, armed with nothing but his bare hands and a wooden pallet.

* Talking about the agent, Alex Lumley is the first [[non-powered BaddassNormal]] human to have legitimately got the better of May in the series, armed with nothing but his bare hands and a wooden pallet.

* Ward takes out ''twelve guards'' by himself. (OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, sadly....) The best part? Even though we later discover that Ward is a HYDRA mole, we see enough of it to know that they weren't faking or going easy on him.

* Coulson's trust in Fury is sound:he and his team, although battered, demoralised and on the run, manage to find Fury's secret base, and Koenig confirms to Coulson that Fury is indeed alive.

** The plan itself is genius:
*** First, he acted like a loner-type to convince Coulson that he was someone he could fix, which the plane was full of, so that Coulson would ask him to join. Then, to gain the team's trust, he jumped out of a plane to save Simmons. Since he felt May could have sensed something off about him, he let things get intimate with her. He also became Skye's S.O. to get an idea what she was thinking.

** Also counts as a [[SugerWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Moment of Heartwarming]] given [[MoralityPet how he did it]], ''and'' NightmareFuel given the implications of him beating it.

* Ward takes out ''twelve guards'' by himself. (OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, sadly....)

* Chan's RoaringRampageOfRevenge has [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome impressive pyrotechnics]].

* Coulson not only calmly dodges a van door ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]''-style launched by an enraged Centipede/[[spoiler:Extremis]]-powered Mike, but he also calmly negotiates with the man while [[spoiler:he showcases that he's being affected by Extremis]].

*** She insinuates she [[spoiler:removed the data on herself (when she's speaking with Mike in the van about deleting his info, he asks how she knows what to do and she says quietly that she's done it before)]].

* Fitz and Simmons [[spoiler:finding a third option to save Michael from dying and blowing up.]]

* The team overcoming their differences and working together to foil [[spoiler:Camilla's attempted hijacking]].
** Said foiling involves using the 0-8-4 to [[spoiler:[[FrickinLaserBeams blast a hole through the hull of the jet.]]]]

* While [[spoiler:Nick Fury has yet to actually ''do'' something in the series, the fact that he ''showed up at all'' has gotta be a MomentOfAwesome.]]
** [[spoiler:It's certainly a Crowning Moment for Samuel L. Jackson. Remember, he didn't have to make that cameo. He surely has bigger and more important projects on his plate, and he has enough professional clout in Hollywood that he probably could have said no. I doubt there was anything in his Avengers contract that mandated a cameo on this show. The fact that he agreed to do it anyway is pretty cool.]]
** [[spoiler:Not to mention, the show probably couldn't afford to pay him a whole lot for the cameo, lacking the kind of budgets of the Marvel films. He probably did it out of love for his character.]]

** And both of them getting caught off-guard by [[spoiler:Hall revealing he orchestrated the whole thing himself, while in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, without either party knowing.]]

* Skye getting Quinn to let her into his office so she can plant the device Fitz-Simmons gave her. The best part? She ''never actually lied to him.'' Every word she said was the truth: She's a hacker who works for Rising Tide and [[spoiler:she infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. to work as TheMole.]]
* Coulson [[spoiler:stopping the gravitonium reactor by shooting a window Hall was standing on, causing him to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard fall into it]].]]

* Akela remaining completely calm when [[spoiler:Fitz and Simmons operate on her cybernetic eye while she's conscious]]. In fact, she [[spoiler:injects the anesthetic into her ''own'' eye, because Simmons's hand was shaking from nervousness about performing eye surgery.]]

* Simmons [[spoiler:creates a cure for an ''alien'' virus by using alien DNA and she does it within ''hours''. This is while she's racing against the clock because she herself is infected.]]
* Fitz [[spoiler:rushes into quarantine to help Simmons after their EurekaMoment, thus overcoming all the fear from this episode. When she did her HeroicSacrifice, the only reason he didn't jump after her is because Ward grabbed the parachute from him.]]
* Ward [[spoiler:jumps out of the Bus and skydives after Simmons, who had jumped herself because she was infected with an alien virus which could destroy everyone aboard the plane. He's also able to catch her and cure her before they hit the water.]]
* In TheStinger, Coulson standing up to Blake after being lectured for disobeying an order to [[spoiler:dump the infected Simmons off the plane.]]

* A relatively minor one compared to the above, but Fitz willingly going through with the mission [[spoiler:in spite of learning [[SuicideMission there's no planned extraction for them]]. Not because he feels he has something to prove but because he's [[CowardlyLion that loyal to his duties as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent]].]]
* Fitz repurposing the [[spoiler:core of the Overkill device, destroying the guns of the men attacking them]] to back up Ward, followed by him kicking one of the goons in the head hard enough to put the mook down.

* May assembling and wielding the [[spoiler:completed Berserker Staff]] and kicking ass, and also holding onto her sanity because she's dealt with her pain rather than repressed it.
* Ward also becomes a OneManArmy [[spoiler:using two staff pieces like batons]], dispatching a few dozen crazed cultists single-handedly.

* Villains can be awesome too. For example, Raina [[spoiler:talking Coulson into cooperating with the MindProbe. Despite his training to resist interrogation, despite him knowing how evil they are, despite being 5 minutes past the torture. Props to the writers too, for making every second convincing.]]
** There's another one for Coulson in here too -- [[spoiler:even though he caves in to Raina's manipulation, he manages to hide what he's discovered about his resurrection from her, meaning the baddies are still in the dark how he survived, while he himself comes away with more information than he had before.]]

* May killing all of [[spoiler:her torturers]] with a knife [[LodgedBladeRecycling she was just stabbed with]].

* Coulson, when asked by Agent Sitwell, "How was Tahiti?" We fully expect Coulson to repeat the old CatchPhrase "It's a magical place"--probably with a bitter and/or snarky tone. What does Coulson do? Puts on his sunglasses, Series/CSIMiami style...and says, [[spoiler:"It ''sucked''."]]

* Coulson's IndyPloy when realizing that [[spoiler:Fitz has been compromised.]] What's awesome is that he somehow gets away with it!
** You've really got to give it up to [[spoiler:Brainwashed!Fitz]] too: Most people who are affected by Lorelei's power basically act like hopeless love slaves, making it fairly obvious that they are under her control. [[spoiler:Fitz]] lures Sif into the interrogation room without ever tipping her off.

* Seeing May unhesitatingly and unflinchingly hunt [[spoiler:Fitz]] down is equal parts Awesome and Nightmare Fuel.

* The climactic fight between Coulson and [[spoiler:John Garrett, a.k.a. [[BigBad The Clairvoyant]], now outed as a top HYDRA operative.]]

* Coulson's trust in Fury is sound: [[spoiler:he and his team, although battered, demoralised and on the run, manage to find Fury's secret base, and Koenig confirms to Coulson that Fury is indeed alive.]]
* TheMole aka [[spoiler:Ward]] explaining his ongoing deception of Team Coulson is evilly awesome, involving a multifaceted BatmanGambit.

*** [[spoiler:First, he acted like a loner-type to convince Coulson that he was someone he could fix, which the plane was full of, so that Coulson would ask him to join. Then, to gain the team's trust, he jumped out of a plane to save Simmons. Since he felt May could have sensed something off about him, he let things get intimate with her. He also became Skye's S.O. to get an idea what she was thinking.]]

* Mike/Deathlok, after learning that his son was safe, immediately [[spoiler:[[TheDogBitesBack blasts Garrett, the man who ruined his life, with a missile]] before delivering a brutal FinishingStomp]].

* Coulson being [[spoiler:[[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning named new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]]]
* Fitz is ready to sacrifice his own life to save Simmons. Simmons in turn [[spoiler:basically goes "screw that" and hauls ''both'' of them 90 feet up through ocean water, with Fitz unconscious the whole time, and then keeps both of them treading at the surface long enough for Fury to play BigDamnHeroes and haul them out]].
** In both cases, the fact that they come up with workable plans in a short space of time and under incredible pressure just adds to the awesomeness of the execution, and there's a hint of GuileHero at play for both of them. Fitz is able to fashion a breathing device and detonator out of whatever happens to be lying around a standard S.H.I.E.L.D. medical pod, [[spoiler:simultaneously keeping Simmons in the dark as to the fact that he doesn't plan on going with her to ensure she continues to help him.]] Meanwhile, Simmons must have had to do some pretty quick planning [[spoiler:on how to curtail Fitz's HeroicSacrifice, even as she's [[TearJerker breaking down completely]] listening to his DyingDeclarationOfLove.]]

* A mortally-wounded [[spoiler:Garrett]] begs Coulson to stop Mike from killing him. Coulson's response?

* Coulson [[spoiler:[[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb3JW2vh1mQ killing Garrett]]]]; nonchalant and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard with the HYDRA]] HandCannon.
** Especially great considering how [[spoiler:Garrett]] was right in the middle of an awesome "I Am ''Back''!!!" moment.... and Coulson acts like he barely noticed anything.
** The fact that Creator/JossWhedon and company effectively teases the viewers with effectively [[spoiler:giving Garrett the equivalent of "hand springing up out of the grave"]]...only to pull the rug out with a big MoodWhiplash, courtesy of Coulson.
* What did Fitz do after Ward ejected the pod from the plane? [[spoiler:Strap both Simmons and him to one of the backboards to avoid impact of hitting the bottom of the ocean, calculated how deep they had sank and why, rig the wireless signals on the EKG to send distress call, checked and organized most of their inventory and did the math for every posibile way out of the pod. All of this with arm broken in two places, which he put in a sling all by himself. No sign of panic, even when he understood that there's no way out.]] Quite impressive for someone who didn't pass their field assessment and was probably still very shaken by his friend trying to kill him.

** How awesome is Skye? S.H.I.E.L.D. knows nothing about her - something Coulson says never happens.
*** She insinuates she [[spoiler: removed the data on herself (when she's speaking with Mike in the van about deleting his info, he asks how she knows what to do and she says quietly that she's done it before)]].

* Fitz and Simmons [[spoiler: finding a third option to save Michael from dying and blowing up.]]

--->'''May''': You talk too much ''[drives car through a '''bulletproof''' door]''

* While [[spoiler: Nick Fury has yet to actually ''do'' something in the series, the fact that he ''showed up at all'' has gotta be a MomentOfAwesome.]]
** [[spoiler: It's certainly a Crowning Moment for Samuel L. Jackson. Remember, he didn't have to make that cameo. He surely has bigger and more important projects on his plate, and he has enough professional clout in Hollywood that he probably could have said no. I doubt there was anything in his Avengers contract that mandated a cameo on this show. The fact that he agreed to do it anyway is pretty cool.]]

** And both of them getting caught off-guard by [[spoiler: Hall revealing he orchestrated the whole thing himself, while in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, without either party knowing.]]

* Skye getting Quinn to let her into his office so she can plant the device Fitz-Simmons gave her. The best part? She ''never actually lied to him.'' Every word she said was the truth: She's a hacker who works for Rising Tide and [[spoiler: she infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. to work as TheMole.]]

--> '''Coulson:''' ''[offers Miles a small box]'' You have a choice: You take what's in this box, or we put you in a slightly bigger one.

* Simmons [[spoiler: creates a cure for an ''alien'' virus by using alien DNA and she does it within ''hours''. This is while she's racing against the clock because she herself is infected.]]
* Fitz [[spoiler: rushes into quarantine to help Simmons after their EurekaMoment, thus overcoming all the fear from this episode. When she did her HeroicSacrifice, the only reason he didn't jump after her is because Ward grabbed the parachute from him.]]
* Ward [[spoiler: jumps out of the Bus and skydives after Simmons, who had jumped herself because she was infected with an alien virus which could destroy everyone aboard the plane. He's also able to catch her and cure her before they hit the water.]]

-->'''Blake''': If you keep bending the rules like this, someone might take this dream team away from you.\\
'''Coulson''': [[BadassBoast I'd like to see them try.]]\\
'''Blake''': That doesn't sound like the Coulson I remember.\\
'''Coulson''': No, I guess it doesn't. Get used to it.

* Fitz repurposing the [[spoiler: core of the Overkill device, destroying the guns of the men attacking them]] to back up Ward, followed by him kicking one of the goons in the head hard enough to put the mook down.

* May assembling and wielding the [[spoiler: completed Berserker Staff]] and kicking ass, and also holding onto her sanity because she's dealt with her pain rather than repressed it.
* Ward also becomes a OneManArmy [[spoiler: using two staff pieces like batons]], dispatching a few dozen crazed cultists single-handedly.

** There's another one for Coulson in here too - [[spoiler:even though he caves in to Raina's manipulation, he manages to hide what he's discovered about his resurrection from her, meaning the baddies are still in the dark how he survived, while he himself comes away with more information than he had before.]]

-->'''Quinn''': Wait! You can't!
-->'''May''': ''(punching him in the face repeatedly)'' Why? Because you're defenseless? ''Like she was?''

* Coulson, when asked by Agent Sitwell, "How was Tahiti?" We fully expect Coulson to repeat the old CatchPhrase "It's a magical place"--probably with a bitter and/or snarky tone. What does Coulson do? Puts on his sunglasses, Series/CSIMiami style...and says, [[spoiler: "It ''sucked''."]]

* Coulson's IndyPloy when realizing that [[spoiler: Fitz has been compromised.]] What's awesome is that he somehow gets away with it!
** You've really got to give it up to [[spoiler: Brainwashed!Fitz]] too: Most people who are affected by Lorelei's power basically act like hopeless love slaves, making it fairly obvious that they are under her control. [[spoiler: Fitz]] lures Sif into the interrogation room without ever tipping her off.

* Seeing May unhesitatingly and unflinchingly hunt [[spoiler: Fitz]] down is equal parts Awesome and Nightmare Fuel.

* The climactic fight between Coulson and [[spoiler: John Garrett, a.k.a. [[BigBad The Clairvoyant]], now outed as a top HYDRA operative.]]

-->'''Trip''': My grandfather fought Hydra back in the day. The good guys won then. We'll do it again.

-->'''Coulson''': '''I know what it does.''' ''[uses it to take out an entire room of Centipede super-mooks]''

'''May:''' ''(beats him down)'' [[BerserkButton Don't]] ''[[BerserkButton ever]]'' [[BerserkButton call me that.]]

--> "You're not the evil I was referring to; ''Garrett'' is evil. You're just...''weak''. Doing whatever you're told. I hope Garrett orders you to walk into traffic."
* Coulson being [[spoiler: [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning named new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]]]

** In both cases, the fact that they come up with workable plans in a short space of time and under incredible pressure just adds to the awesomeness of the execution, and there's a hint of GuileHero at play for both of them. Fitz is able to fashion a breathing device and detonator out of whatever happens to be lying around a standard S.H.I.E.L.D. medical pod, [[spoiler: simultaneously keeping Simmons in the dark as to the fact that he doesn't plan on going with her to ensure she continues to help him.]] Meanwhile, Simmons must have had to do some pretty quick planning [[spoiler:on how to curtail Fitz's HeroicSacrifice, even as she's [[TearJerker breaking down completely]] listening to his DyingDeclarationOfLove.]]

** Especially great considering how [[spoiler: Garrett]] was right in the middle of an awesome "I Am ''Back''!!!" moment.... and Coulson acts like he barely noticed anything.
** The fact that Creator/JossWhedon and company effectively teases the viewers with effectively [[spoiler: giving Garrett the equivalent of "hand springing up out of the grave"]]...only to pull the rug out with a big MoodWhiplash, courtesy of Coulson.

** Once again, practically every word out of his mouth is both awesome and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious]].

* When Garrett is espousing his godhood delusions to Fury and Coulson, they simply ignore him and instead make fun of Garrett mishearing an inspiring quote from Fury. This shows that in spite of the fact that the BigBad has a [[AGodAmI god complex]], the heroes simply don't take him seriously at all. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

** The SnarkTOSnarkCombat is itself a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, because it's a TakeThat, by a {{Creator/Marvel}} character no less, against what is [[https://www.salon.com/2018/04/28/how-superhero-films-became-the-guiding-myth-of-neoliberalism/ arguably]] ''[[SelfDeprecation the entire concept of the superhero]]''.

--> Coulson: "I know what it does."

** Coulson himself [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this trait of hers]] near the beginning, after recounting what he's seen Sif do: "Pretty {{Badass}}."

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Awesome Moments from Season One of Agents of SHIELD. See [[Awesome/AgentsofSHIELDSeasonTwo here]] for Season Two or [[Awesome/AgentsofSHIELDSeasonThree here]] for Season Three.