Pilot (Young Avengers)

"Pilot" is the two-part television pilot of the Fox television series Young Avengers, with both parts premiering in a two-hour block on March 5, 2019. Both parts were directed by Joss Whedon, who co-wrote the script with Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen. Allan Heinberg, who had been commissioned by Fox to write the first version of the script and co-created the team, earned a story credit. Filmed in Manhattan, New York, the pilot cost $12 million to produce, triple the usual cost. The casting process lasted a lengthy three months, as Heinberg helped the Whedons and Tancharoen find the correct actors to portray his characters.
The pilot introduces the Young Avengers, with Kate Bishop, Cassie Lang, and Eli Bradley being recruited right out of the gate, while Billy Kaplan, Tommy Shepherd, and Teddy Altman are introduced as their joining of the team is shown gradually. The Young Avengers pilot was the most best-received pilot of any broadcast television series in the 2018–19 television season. The two-parter earned high ratings, with a 2.4 rating in the 18-49 demo, tying The Conners for the highest-rated series premiere, and being watched by 8.71 million U.S. viewers.
== Synopsis ==
== Plot ==
In a downtown Manhattan abandoned building, a mysterious transaction between two local gangs is taking place. As the two groups switch hands, an arrow flies by and lands near them. One member goes over to inspect until it activates and creates a mini explosion that sends them to their feet. Kate Bishop jumps down from the rafters and reveals herself to the group. Fighting the few that get back up, she easily beats them hand-to-hand and with her bow and arrow. She takes back the briefcase that was being passed around and calls the police on them, with multiple files of evidence showing their guilt left with them. Kate goes to the edge of a bridge, where she inspects the briefcase, finding the Superhuman Growth Hormone (SGH) illegal drug, that gives people superpowers for a brief amount of time. She dumps the briefcase in the water, before disappearing.
At a secure S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, the shadowy Victor Shade enters, revealing he has a meeting with Director Maria Hill. Hill finds him and takes him up to her office, where he loses his human facade and reveals his true synthetic appearance, Vision. Hill talks about their idea of forming a new Avengers team. Vision has agreed to mentor them, and Hill reveals her first three recruits: Cassie Lang, Scott Lang's daughter who can shrink and grow at will; Josiah Bradley, the victim of a Captain America-esque experiment; and Kate, who was trained by Clint Barton/Hawkeye before his disappearance.
Cassie is sitting in the questioning room of the NYPD.
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