 All the episodes were written with the knowledge that S.H.I.E.L.D. would be destroyed in Captain America : The Winter Soldier , with Jed Whedon saying " It 's the kind of thing that if someone told you that concept , you 'd think it was a great thing to have happen at the beginning of the show or the end of Season 3 . To have it happen in the middle of your first season is an interesting kind of riddle because we had to quickly establish what a regular day at S.H.I.E.L.D. looks like , what [ is ] it like to go on a mission , say here 's the team , and that there are also different teams all over the world . Then to blow that up , we knew the way to best illustrate that was by putting it on a personal level with our main man Coulson and to put him through the paces as a man dedicated to an organization . " Tancharoen elaborated that " We see what it actually looks like for S.H.I.E.L.D. to crumble in Captain America 2 , we see the Helicarriers literally <unk> through the Triskelion , we see the massive destruction throughout the city , but the benefit of our show is we get to dive into the emotional toll of that . To build our characters up to a point where they have established a bond , and they are working together in a way they 've never worked together before , and to strip away the foundation that they 've dedicated their lives to and the trust they 've now laid with one another , it 's a really fun thing to play . " 
