In a child’s bedroom, a ghostly woman watches a boy sleep.
The boy wakes up to see and quickly screams for his dad. His father asks him
about the ghost but then tries to send him to bed. However, when he reaches to
pick up a fallen picture frame, the man suddenly sees the ghostly figure. The
woman asks what they’re doing in her house and calls for Joseph. The man tries
to explain that Joseph no longer owns the house, but the woman instead flies
through him. Coming back, the man then sees a ghoulish look on his son’s face.
Robbie Reyes leaves his home and then drives his Dodge
Charger to his job as a mechanic. In the back, two fellow mechanics ask if he
saw the game the other night. Robbie tells them that he was busy, leading to
the men to ask about the woman’s name. He tells them discreetly that he didn’t
catch her name as he spots a familiar name passing his garage.
Back at the base, Fitz and Simmons observe the container
that drove the men insane. While Simmons observes that it’s just an ordinary
box, Fitz begins to search on different quantum levels. Theorizing that the
substance could be of a different world, he then sees that there is indeed a
different substance. As the two look further, Mack arrives to add another
wrinkle. From a witness’s family, he has discovered a similar reaction from a
man who claimed to have seen a ghost. Fitz and Simmons scoff at the image as a
hallucination, but Mack then shows them footage of the other night. When paused
just right, the three see the same ghostly woman.
Mack: Or...maybe it's just a ghost?
Outside the hall, Coulson and May wait for a meeting with
the new Director, though he is already an hour late. Despite the wait, Coulson
himself accepts his position and plans to apologize for going after Daisy in
order to quickly move on to his next mission. May questions how he can be so
eager to leave once again, and Coulson admits that the Zephyr feels more like
home after the changes at the base. It appears to be the one thing the new
Director cannot take away.
At the garage, Robbie finally approaches the van outside and
breaks it open. Finding no one, he returns to his garage, only to find Daisy
chatting with one of the mechanics Canelo. She claims to be a friend of
Robbie’s from Garfield High and asks for help fixing her van after the engine
burst into flames.
Robbie observes her van and notes it fine for use. Daisy
notes that an engine on fire must have problems, revealing her knowledge of his
secret. Although Robbie tries to dismiss her, Daisy presses further,
questioning that there is no way for him to verify every one of his victims.
Robbie explains that she doesn’t know anything about him, she reveals her own
research. Claiming to know him in front of another mechanic, she notes that he
went to Crandall Elementary and went to the Moonraker Arcade in Little Tokyo
until his uncle picked him up. Back then, Daisy says he was quiet, as though he
was hiding something. Robbie then warns her not to go further before he gets
any angrier. He quickly fixes her van to send her off, but Daisy then uses her
powers to bust the engine, forcing him to work again.
Coulson and May meet up with the new Director, a man named
Jeffery, two hours behind schedule. Though neither May nor Coulson are excited about the meeting, the Director greets
them cordially and speaks with them privately. Coulson apologizes for taking
part in an unauthorized mission to find Daisy, but the Director graciously
accepts his reasons, noting that Daisy was a close friend. However, he reminds
Coulson that, in order to provide a clean image of SHIELD’s legitimacy, they
can’t let news escape that a rogue agent is in the public. Coulson argues that
Daisy would not want to tarnish the agency, but the Director states that they
need to build trust. He then sends May off in order to describe a new mission
for Coulson but not before May spots the same ghoulish face on the Director
himself.
Looking into the image, Fitz, Simmons, and Mack deduce that
the figure was able to drive the men insane after a single touch. Fitz and
Simmons try to analyze it from a scientific perspective while Mack interjects
that it could just simply be a ghost. More importantly, however, they find that
the box’s material was only created in three locations that were all shut down.
With one location in Pasadena, not too far from the trade, Mack plans to scout
the area with Fitz joining. Unfortunately, Simmons remains behind. Being tasked
by the Director to help the latest tour.
The Director explains that since Coulson knows more about
the history of the base than anyone, he should also help on the tour. While
Coulson believes his knowledge could best be used elsewhere, the Director then
advises Coulson on the benefits of the tour. Though Coulson has always been
able to find money for their system, the tour for UN, Congress, and Sokovia
Accord representatives could provide a significant boost for SHIELD moving into
the public. This move becomes even more important as the Director reminds
Coulson how he got the position in the first place.
At Momentum Energy Lab, the ghostly woman moves through the
rooms to find one with a reactor and more containers. Looking into the systems,
she opens another box to release another spirit, a man named Hugo. He demands
to know what happened to them and why they were trapped. The woman pleads for
him to remain calm as they try to find the others, but the man implores what
could happen if they were trapped for days. She then mournfully reveals that
they have been locked up for years.
Director: Melinda May, now there's a riddle I'd like to solve.
Daisy continues to ask how Robbie could possibly know the
crimes of his victims, though Robbie continues to ignore her questions. She
then tries to appeal to him as an Inhuman, believing him to be going through a
rough transition. He states that he isn’t Inhuman and instead, in a way, sold
his soul to the devil. Because of that, he isn’t afraid if she’s willing to
fight. Daisy brings up that he shouldn’t want to leave Gabe without his
brother. At the mention of Gabe, Robbie takes a pipe and ignites it to fight.
Though Daisy puts up a struggle, Robbie gets the upper hand by knocking her
unconscious.
At the base, Coulson and the Director begin their tour of
the base to the political elite as May surveys the area. Although the tour
begins on a good start, May continues to see ghoulish faces in everyone.
Desperately, she speaks to one of the gang members in captivity to ask about
the images. The man understands seeing the images everywhere but panics that
there is no way to stop them. In his frenzy, he repeatedly slams his head
against the wall. Simmons quickly arrives to tranquilizes the man but finds May
gone when she tries to question her.
In the meantime, Fitz and Mack travel on the Zephyr One to
Pasadena to look on Momentum Labs. Though both are researching the facility,
Mack struggles with some of the numbers, admitting that isolation in the plane
has made him tired. Fitz tries to remind him that he still talks with Elena,
but Mack still recognizes the hurt from the fact that he was unable to find
Daisy.
At Momentum Lab, the woman, named Lucy, releases another
spirit as they begin to argue on what happened to them. Hugo argues that they
have been backstabbed by Lucy’s husband, but Lucy tries to keep them together
in order to discuss a plan on who’s really responsible. Reminding him about the
use of the Darkholde book, Lucy tries to plan to find the man responsible and
then kill him for revenge.
Daisy wakes up tied to a chair as Robbie goes through her
few possessions. Though Daisy wonders why he doesn’t kill her outright, Robbie
once again explains that he only goes after victims who deserve it. The fact
that she appears to have a death wish from the other night which leads him to
question her guilt. However, he offers that if she seems to deserve it, he will
oblige by taking her life.
The spirits release another spirit by the name of Vincent
who seems to have lost his ability to speak. Though Vincent and Hugo are eager
for revenge, Lucy reminds them that they need to find the Darkhold to reverse
what happened. Hugo instead argues that she is partially responsible for the
book and desires to destroy the reactor in the lab, which has enough power to
take out the entire block.
As Robbie looks further through Daisy’s items, he sees that
she has gone after plenty of similar people as he has. The only difference, he
notes, is that she seems to go after people for penance rather than vengeance,
finding a picture of Lincoln among her research. Though Daisy doesn’t denounce
her guilt, she appeals to him in their agreement to observe the big picture.
While the people he killed were guilty gang members, they were transferring a
weapon that could potentially kill more people as well as them. However, when
she brings up Momentum Labs as the source of the weapon, Robbie quickly leaves
without another word. Daisy breaks free from her binding and chases after
Robbie when he drives off in his car. Then, Robbie ignites his engine, forcing
Daisy off as he escapes.
May makes her way to her locker passed the gym as the tour
continues in the base. As the Director shows his guests the lab, Simmons
notices a response team moving a man out of the containment units following his
outburst. When the group is interested in seeing the containment units, the
Director is forced to distract the others by diverting to the quinjets as
Simmons attempts to observe the “incident.” When Coulson presses further, she
admits one of their subjects had a mental breakdown after coming in contact
with something the other night and worries if the same happened to May.
Daisy: And you just said we're not that different. I'm sorry, but you just said that like, ten seconds ago.
Mack and Fitz make their way through Momentum Labs which
appears abandoned and dark. After searching, they come across the room with the
reactor and opened containers. As the two question what went on in the lab,
they come face-to-face with Hugo, another ghost to them.
May searches through her locker for something to fight
against the images she sees. In her frantic behavior, Coulson comes to see
what’s wrong. May tells him that the base has been infiltrated, and she fears
what could happen to the others if she does nothing. Coulson tries to calm May
down and advises going to the lab to see if Simmons can find a solution to the
infiltration. Unsure, May follows him.
Mack attempts to fight off the spirit, but Hugo quickly
disappears after every blow. Recognizing the same spectrum from the image, Fitz
believes that Mack could suffer the same fate as the gang if the ghost would
touch him. Unfortunately, the fight leads Mack trapped inside the reactor as
the machine starts, and the ghost continues to disappear.
As May walks with Coulson, she grows more nervous seeing
images in her team’s faces. Suddenly, she turns on everyone, fighting off
Coulson and her trainees as they struggle to take her down without hurting her.
When she tries to escape, May faces the Director who orders her to stop. Not
heeding orders, she tries to fight him, but her blows seem to have no effect on
his body. The Director then lifts her with one arm and tosses her into a wall,
revealing himself to be an Inhuman with surprising strength.
The reactor heats faster and faster, threatening to kill
Mack and everyone around it with Fitz unable to help. When Hugo then goes after
Fitz, however, he is stopped by the sudden appearance of the Ghost Rider who
can touch the spirit without any effects. In fact, Robbie’s touch incinerates
the spirit before he can do any harm to Fitz. Daisy follows shortly behind and
uses her powers to rescue Mack as Robbie escapes. Before he leaves, he takes a
nearby photo off the wall.
Reuniting, Mack tends to Daisy’s arm, finding a fracture.
Though they’re happy to see her, Mack and Fitz are concerned about what Daisy
is after with Ghost Rider. Although Mack sees him as a killer, Daisy remarks
that Robbie seems to go after guilty criminals and already rescued Fitz.
Nevertheless, Mack tries to convince Daisy to return to SHIELD in an effort to
help her heal, though he slowly realizes that she and Elena have been
conspiring behind his back for medicine. Daisy argues that she’s doing what she
thinks is best, but Fitz calls back that no matter what happened to the team,
they tries to stay together. With no agreement, Daisy leaves once again.
Back at the base, the Director finishes up the successful tour
and speaks with Coulson. Privately, the Director asks if he is doing things
right. He reminds him that it was Coulson’s idea, first of all, to step down
from the director position for SHIELD to move to the public. After Captain
America’s escape, Coulson then requested a powered person the public could
trust to be put in the position, and the Director hopes to have him as an
advisor. However, he knows that Coulson cannot be objective when it comes to
people like Daisy or May. Coulson then wonders what the Director has planned
for May, but the information remains classified. Meanwhile, May continues to suffer her breakdown, strapped
to a bed on the quinjet.
Afterwards, Daisy attempts to start her van to no avail.
Fortunately, Robbie drives his car near her location and offers her a chance to
find the connection between the gang members, the lab, and the box. He reveals
that he knows where it could center: himself.
N.O.T.E.S.
- The Director's first name is Jeffery. This could be a hint that he is actually Jeffery Mace, a 1940's Marvel character who was the third man to become Captain America. However, in the comics, he did not have superpowers.
- The Darkhold book the spirits mention is likely the Darkhold Book of Sins, which contains all the works of black magic in the Marvel Universe. Its counterpart book, the Book of the Vishanti, is owned by Doctor Strange.
- Mack's shotgun-axe first seen in the previous season finale makes another appearance here.
- Simmons references Tobias Ford from the season one episode "Repairs" when discussing possible explanations for "ghosts."
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