At a nondescript bar, Coulson watches a new report recount a
story regarding the Sokovia Accords. The law has passed under 117 countries,
and Steve Rogers is now missing. May arrives to offer her condolences to
Coulson on both the disappearance of Captain America and the death of Peggy
Carter. With the Accords up, the government is going to be more interested in
their work with Inhumans, leading to Coulson having a conversation with General
Talbot. Talbot comes as a representation of the president who is now interested
in learning about SHIELD’s activities. Coulson argues against the regulation
method with the government’s hands in the matter and also reminds Talbot that
not all of the Avengers were on board with them either. Still, as an appealing
gesture to Talbot, Coulson allows Talbot to see their base which is present directly
under the bar.
Daisy continuously hacks into the SHIELD database despite
Fitz’s attempts to keep her out. In the middle of one session, she spots
Lincoln trapped in the pod and wonders what he did. Hive interrupts her as she
is locked out of the system once again. By tracking SHIELD, Hive is forced to
constantly move in order to carry on with Radcliffe’s experiments. The doctor
takes the rest of Daisy’s blood that he needs and states that the next
experiment is ready. All they need are some test subjects.
Lincoln continues to wait in the pod as May gives him his
meals. He still asks to be freed only for May to shut him down after his
behavior. Since Lincoln’s immune system is still compromised, he’s better off
in the pod. May advises that instead of trying to escape, he should try to stay
straight, especially with Talbot on the base now.
Meanwhile, Fitz and Simmons work on the systems with Fitz
being forced to Daisy-proof the computers rather than work on a new Hive
solution. Fitz remarks that it would be easier with Mack, but Simmons remarks
that he is still shaken up about what happened with Daisy. Even there, they
believe that their work is useless. May, however, comes in and instructs them
on working to fight against Hive. Though Hive is a parasite, May believe that
if he is made up of humans, two of which they knew, he must have some drive. Now,
they have to be on the offense.
Coulson gives Talbot a tour of the base. Coulson states that
he will allow Talbot onto the base for exchange of keeping their Inhuman team
secret. For additional collateral, Coulson introduces Talbot to Elena
Rodriguez, who has returned to help after hearing about Daisy’s turn. Coulson
explains that Elena has been working on her own against the Mexican cartel,
meaning that her name on a list would be a price on her head. Talbot maintains
that it is only for protection which Elena considers naïve. However, Coulson
lets Elena demonstrate her powers by having her stealing Talbot’s pin before
his eyes.
At a training facility, two men train a group of Watchdogs.
While the Accords have regular people assured that the enhanced people are
regulated, the Watchdogs believe the only solution is to take the Inhumans out
head to head. From a report originally taken by the ATCU, they now believe they
can find one.
Secretly, in the pod, Lincoln manages to make contact with
Daisy. Together, they create a loop to fool the security feed while they
continue to talk. They both admit to missing each other, especially since
Lincoln admits he was only on SHIELD for her. Daisy states that she offered him
a chance to escape, but he refused. Now, Lincoln states he only wants to be
with her. Before they can talk further, Daisy informs him that the feed is
about to be cut, ending their conversation. Lincoln is then reintroduced to
Talbot by Coulson.
Elena finds Mack in the kitchen avoiding the team. She
questions why he’s not doing anything since she came back all this way to help
Daisy. He admits that he feels dismayed at the situation with Daisy and doesn’t
want what happened to her to happen to anyone else. Elena helps to fix his
brace and helps him sit down. He then asks her if she ever felt hopeless
despite her faith with the threat of Armageddon upon them. She replies that he
needs a beer and recalls a phrase from home: evil preys on the weak because it
fears the strong. The only way evil succeeds is if they give up and run.
Elena: You need a beer and some faith.
Talbot explains to Lincoln the concept of registration which
involves them assessing his strength and danger level. Lincoln accepts the
concepts if it allows him to leave, but Coulson is still less warm to the
option. Talbot questions that if Lincoln truly wanted to leave he could just
take them all out right now. Since he doesn’t, Lincoln advises them to work
with him.
Continuing the tour, Coulson finally reveals to Talbot their
last Inhuman: a recaptured Lash. Talbot is furious that Coulson has a creature
like Lash in their grasp without any oversight. Finally, Talbot asks about
Daisy. Coulson states that she’s on a field mission, but Talbot reveals that he
found footage of her with Grant Ward in a town that recently experienced a
flying saucer invasion. Coulson asks why Talbot went to this trouble if he
already knew Daisy was loose, but Talbot wanted to learn the details of the
other Inhumans. With Daisy on the loose, Coulson agrees to fill him in on the
rest of story.
The Watchdogs trace their lead to an Inhuman down an alley.
There, they find James who takes a fiery chain and whips the fighters. Hive
emerges and reveals that he orchestrated the hunt to capture them and
ultimately turn them into what they hate.
In Coulson’s office, Fitz, Simmons, and Coulson explain to
Talbot everything, including the alien planet and Hive’s powers. With Hive
being able to control other Inhumans, Talbot becomes firmer in his belief for
the Accords, preventing super-powered people from being taken behind their
watch. With Hive planning to create his own Inhumans, the threat is even more
serious. Coulson reminds Talbot that they prevented Hive’s plan by eliminating
the Kree threat, but Simmons recalls that there is still some Kree blood Hive
could use: the GH-325 in both Coulson and Daisy.
Hive and James then arrive with the Watchdogs as a new batch
of test subjects for Radcliffe. With their change, Hive states he will free the
Watchdogs from their hatred. They lock the group in a bin and flood the
container with Radcliffe’s new formula. Outside, they hear the screams of the
Watchdogs before they are immediately silenced. Radcliffe states that they
simply need to wait.
Back at the pod, Lincoln reconnects with Daisy and agrees to
escape if they can be together. Daisy concocts a plan using the things in his
pod to help fool the alarm system and allow him off the base without alerting
the team. With Daisy’s expertise, Lincoln is able to escape the pod and make
his way down the hall. In Coulson’s office, Talbot once again argues to put the
president in the loop of the Inhuman problem, but Coulson states that by the
time they go through the red tape, Hive’s plan may already be complete. Lincoln
makes his way through the base. He is almost spotted by May, but Daisy provides
a distraction to lead him to another exit.
Fitz and Simmons explain that Hive has everything he needs
to create a new Inhuman army if he uses Daisy’s blood. Furthermore, with the
knowledge that Hive had stolen some kind of technology from the ATCU, he might
be able to improve his plan. Coulson questions why Hive would be willing to
sacrifice Daisy for a few Inhumans. With her knowledge and abilities, she could
be worth 100 Inhumans. Fitz states that Hive might be able to make that many
with Daisy. Unfortunately for the team, their argument against Talbot’s
registration becomes even more undercut when discover Daisy’s loop trick.
Meanwhile, Radcliffe and James then open the container to find that, among the
cocoon crests, the Watchdogs have changed into deformed creatures.
The base begins an emergency lockdown to stop Lincoln’s
escape. Mack returns to help Fitz and Simmons seal the base. However, he
reminds the two that Daisy could still help Lincoln escape by manually
controlling the quinjet. Mack then runs to stop Lincoln, but Lincoln is
insistent on returning to Daisy. He shocks Mack off and runs to the jet.
Hive observes the new Inhumans. Despite their deformities,
they quickly follow his orders. He then orders them to take Radcliffe who begs
to be given another chance. However, Hive is satisfied with the results since
they are still quick to follow him. Radcliffe states that they are merely
abominations of his work, but Hive just states that they are part of the
Inhuman race, part of him.
Lincoln informs Daisy that he is in the jet ready to be
taken to her location. She assures him that they can escape together, but Hive
reappears to reveal that Daisy lied to capture him for Hive. Hive shows her
Radcliffe’s results, made by his parasites and her blood. However, he wants
more. In order to achieve that, they may need to drain her completely.
To the team’s dismay, they watch the jet take off as they
come to Mack’s aid. However, May returns with Lincoln in tow, revealing that
Lincoln is not be taken to Hive. They question what was sent to Hive instead,
but May responds that desperate times call for desperate measures. The jet
arrives for Hive to greet it, only to have the sole inhabitant be Lash.
Lincoln explains to the team that he and May created a plan
against Hive. Lincoln managed to convince Daisy that he wanted to escape while
May managed to portray the plan as escaping from the base, even though Coulson
managed the plan the entire time. While he did not mean to hurt Mack, Lincoln
set the quinjet to take off with May making sure that Lash was onboard, knowing
that Hive would be waiting to meet with the jet. May and Lincoln both believe
that if every Inhuman has a purpose, Lash’s purpose might be to kill Hive.
Talbot: Who in tarnation names these things?
Lash manages to fight off Hive by blasting away his
parasites and wounding him temporarily. Hive sends the newly-turned Inhumans
against him, but Lash takes them out one by one. Radcliffe and Daisy soon hear
the fight, leading Radcliffe to try and help them escape. Daisy, however, tries
to fight against Lash for Hive, but she then succumbs to her blood loss and
falls. Lash comes to her and, instead of killing her, uses his powers to draw
out and destroy the parasitical influence inside her. With Daisy now free from
Hive’s influence, Lash carries Daisy back to the quinjet. Suddenly, Lash is
stabbed by James’s fiery chain. Daisy blasts back James but sadly watches Lash
die before her eyes. She then radios the base from the jet to say she’s coming
home.
Daisy returns to the base in handcuffs flanked by guards,
though the team is ultimately glad to see her. Simmons immediately takes her to
the lab to diagnose her condition. Talbot questions whether or not this could
still be a trick by Hive, but Mack replies that they just need to have a little
faith. Lincoln deduces that from Lash’s death, his mission was not to kill Hive
but to protect Daisy. Simmons, however, replies that whatever protected Daisy
wasn’t Lash.
Simmons then arrives to state that Daisy seems to have been
cured from Hive, though she is still weak from the blood loss and withdrawal. Otherwise,
the agent should make a full recovery. Unfortunately, from the information
Simmons has gathered from Daisy, she and Fitz believe that Hive is planning a
massive shockwave to infect the planet and create more of the Inhuman
monstrosities. Then, Talbot reveals that the item stolen from the ATCU was a
warhead, exactly what Hive needs to complete this plan.
In Mack’s room, the agent is visited by Elena. She remarks
that now he seems to have found some faith. With Daisy back, he should be
happy, but Mack still has some doubts. To help him, Elena gives him her cross
necklace, reminding him to keep the faith.
SHIELD Notes
- Mack is now in possession of Elena's cross necklace. Does this mean anything towards Daisy's vision?
- James, who became Hellfire, finally used his signature fiery chain.
- The newly-turned Inhumans actually resemble a race from the comics known as the Alpha Primitives. These were a slave race created by the Inhumans themselves and only fitting since Radcliffe referred to them as the Alpha test.
- Who really names these things I wonder?
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