Seattle, Washington | MCU: Location Scout

Helicopters over downtown Seattle which has smoke rising from it.

I’m sorry. I don’t know what’s happening to me.

Establishing Shot

A shot of Downtown Seattle, with smoke and an explosion, opens this episode. A piece of stock footage of the real downtown Seattle was used, augmenting it with additional visual effects.

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Street and Alley

Joey Gutierrez, a newly formed Inhuman, avoids the ATCU while accidentally destroying scaffolding and vehicles in the Seattle area. He is rescued and extracted by Daisy Johnson and the rest of the Agents of SHIELD. This scene takes place at “Fifth between Pike and Union,” according to dialogue in the episode.

The production filmed on the Brooklyn Street backlot section of Paramount Studios, right at the corner of Avenue H. The Alley portion was shot just northeast, off Avenue H between Stage 15 and 16.

  • Man running through a Seattle intersection.
  • Scaffolding falls on a car in Seattle neighborhood.
  • Joey runs into an alley in Seattle neighborhood.
  • ATCU Officers move down a street in Seattle neighborhood.
  • Daisy in Seattle neighborhood.
  • Agents of SHIELD help Joey in Seattle neighborhood.

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Aerial View

The containment unit housing Joey heads straight up to SHIELD’s newest ship, Zephyr One.

Aerial footage appears to be from around Spring Street and Minor Avenue in Seattle, but it has been flopped left to right.

  • SHIELD containment module rockets upwards from Seattle neighborhood.
  • An aerial shot of downtown Seattle, Washington.
    Actual orientation of Seattle from a satellite view.
  • SHIELD containment module rockets upwards from Seattle neighborhood.

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(Agents of SHIELD S03E01, 2015)