1 00:00:00,592 --> 00:00:02,964 Previously on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."... 2 00:00:02,966 --> 00:00:04,346 I've asked Agent Nathanson 3 00:00:04,348 --> 00:00:06,553 - to accompany Aida back to your lab. - Oh, my God. 4 00:00:06,555 --> 00:00:08,646 What the... 5 00:00:09,833 --> 00:00:11,725 This is clearly the Darkhold's fault. 6 00:00:11,727 --> 00:00:13,055 You're not getting that book. 7 00:00:13,074 --> 00:00:17,010 Yes, I am. 8 00:00:17,027 --> 00:00:20,262 Your previous model had the Darkhold book in her hand. 9 00:00:20,264 --> 00:00:22,031 And all the answers it holds. 10 00:00:22,032 --> 00:00:23,498 You'll have to stay here for now 11 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:25,667 until your substitute has served her purpose. 12 00:00:25,669 --> 00:00:27,574 I said the new Director should be a powered person 13 00:00:27,576 --> 00:00:28,670 the public could trust. 14 00:00:28,672 --> 00:00:29,771 And they came up with you. 15 00:00:29,773 --> 00:00:32,207 Look, we're both Inhuman. Why not make the most of it? 16 00:00:32,209 --> 00:00:33,608 The public was turning against you. 17 00:00:33,610 --> 00:00:35,327 Now they look up to you. 18 00:00:35,329 --> 00:00:38,401 Seems they look up to you, too... the hero of Vienna. 19 00:00:38,403 --> 00:00:40,978 Not as big a deal as they made it. They gave me too much credit. 20 00:00:50,406 --> 00:00:53,323 No, a true hero's not in it for the glory. 21 00:00:53,325 --> 00:00:56,360 Some seek out justice in the face of danger 22 00:00:56,362 --> 00:00:59,263 even if it means living life in the shadows. 23 00:00:59,265 --> 00:01:04,068 But I'm proud to announce that Daisy Johnson... 24 00:01:04,069 --> 00:01:07,371 One of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most dedicated agents... 25 00:01:07,373 --> 00:01:11,208 Can finally step into the spotlight 26 00:01:11,210 --> 00:01:15,279 and get the recognition she deserves. 27 00:01:24,473 --> 00:01:27,057 During her time undercover, 28 00:01:27,059 --> 00:01:30,060 she risked her life to protect everyday citizens. 29 00:01:30,062 --> 00:01:33,630 When Watchdogs targeted the Edison Bridge, 30 00:01:33,632 --> 00:01:36,867 Agent Johnson held off the collapse 31 00:01:36,869 --> 00:01:39,437 until everyone was evacuated. 32 00:01:39,438 --> 00:01:41,538 Now, she fled to protect her cover, 33 00:01:41,540 --> 00:01:45,876 but today, we finally get to say... 34 00:01:45,878 --> 00:01:47,411 thank you. 35 00:01:51,083 --> 00:01:53,784 Right now, I would like to invite 36 00:01:53,786 --> 00:01:56,087 Sunbury's own Michelle Caldwell up 37 00:01:56,088 --> 00:01:58,422 to tell the story in her own words. 38 00:02:02,028 --> 00:02:04,389 Thank you, Director Mace. 39 00:02:04,414 --> 00:02:07,932 It's hard to remember details from that night, 40 00:02:07,933 --> 00:02:13,670 but three things stand out clearly... fire, falling... 41 00:02:13,672 --> 00:02:16,807 and Agent Johnson saving my life. 42 00:02:16,832 --> 00:02:18,532 I was heading home on the Edison Bridge... 43 00:02:18,534 --> 00:02:21,321 Looks like Director Mace is enjoying this more than Daisy. 44 00:02:21,323 --> 00:02:24,658 Know who's more excited about it than either of them? 45 00:02:24,659 --> 00:02:28,061 General Talbot bails us out one time, 46 00:02:28,063 --> 00:02:30,063 then acts like we owe him a damn parade. 47 00:02:30,065 --> 00:02:32,499 Yeah, he did what he had to do. 48 00:02:32,501 --> 00:02:35,002 Though it didn't reduce his ego any. 49 00:02:35,003 --> 00:02:36,903 Burrows isn't helping, either. 50 00:02:36,905 --> 00:02:39,339 If he gets any further up Talbot's ass, 51 00:02:39,341 --> 00:02:40,765 he'll need a snorkel. 52 00:02:40,790 --> 00:02:43,053 And there they go again 53 00:02:43,078 --> 00:02:45,012 with the world's most conspicuous briefcase. 54 00:02:45,013 --> 00:02:46,050 What do you think's in there? 55 00:02:46,052 --> 00:02:49,554 Could be anything... Nuclear codes, hush money, 56 00:02:49,579 --> 00:02:50,845 Girl Scout Cookies... 57 00:02:56,503 --> 00:02:57,852 What's up? 58 00:02:57,854 --> 00:02:59,923 We're supposed to have an agent on that roof. 59 00:02:59,948 --> 00:03:03,858 My son still has his mother, thanks to Agent Johnson. 60 00:03:03,860 --> 00:03:06,228 Thank you. Thank you so much. 61 00:03:06,230 --> 00:03:07,396 Oh. 62 00:03:13,003 --> 00:03:14,869 Yeah. Okay. 63 00:03:18,375 --> 00:03:19,941 Sniper! Get down! 64 00:03:26,734 --> 00:03:29,068 Stand clear! 65 00:03:34,091 --> 00:03:36,392 I've got eyes on the shooter. 66 00:03:36,393 --> 00:03:39,561 Sir, wait! You're on the clock. 67 00:03:46,787 --> 00:03:50,438 Coulson, we're initiating Contingency Plan Foxhole. 68 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,052 Get the Director out of here, pronto. 69 00:03:52,077 --> 00:03:53,208 Already on it. 70 00:03:55,629 --> 00:03:57,612 Sir, we need to get you to a safe house. 71 00:03:57,614 --> 00:03:58,913 We have a Quinjet standing by. 72 00:03:58,915 --> 00:04:02,150 Lead the way. Burrows, with me. 73 00:04:15,849 --> 00:04:20,827 - Synced and corrected by VitoSilans - -- www.Addic7ed.com -- 74 00:04:25,278 --> 00:04:27,075 What is that doing out? 75 00:04:27,077 --> 00:04:29,911 Um, Agent Fitz asked us to keep it out for a few tests. 76 00:04:29,913 --> 00:04:31,818 The only test anyone should be running 77 00:04:31,820 --> 00:04:33,014 is how best to destroy it. 78 00:04:33,016 --> 00:04:34,649 That thing killed Nathanson. 79 00:04:34,651 --> 00:04:35,850 Could've killed us all. 80 00:04:35,852 --> 00:04:37,018 I'll talk to Agent Fitz, 81 00:04:37,020 --> 00:04:38,920 make sure he hasn't forgotten that. 82 00:04:38,922 --> 00:04:40,355 And in the meantime... 83 00:04:40,357 --> 00:04:42,424 don't go near it. 84 00:04:42,426 --> 00:04:44,878 What now? 85 00:04:50,384 --> 00:04:52,133 How did the shooter get close enough? 86 00:04:52,135 --> 00:04:53,201 What's going on? 87 00:04:53,203 --> 00:04:55,337 There was an assassination attempt on Director Mace. 88 00:04:55,339 --> 00:04:56,405 What? Is he... 89 00:04:56,406 --> 00:04:58,773 He's fine. Coulson and Mack are following protocol, 90 00:04:58,775 --> 00:05:00,141 taking him to a safe house. 91 00:05:00,143 --> 00:05:02,682 What do we know about this guy Daisy grabbed? Who's he working for? 92 00:05:02,684 --> 00:05:03,883 Would you stop hounding me with questions? 93 00:05:03,885 --> 00:05:05,218 Get in there and ask him yourself. 94 00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:06,653 I need you in the interrogation room. 95 00:05:06,655 --> 00:05:07,854 I don't trust Little Miss Richter Scale 96 00:05:07,856 --> 00:05:09,004 to handle it herself. 97 00:05:09,029 --> 00:05:11,653 I take orders from the Director, not you. 98 00:05:11,655 --> 00:05:12,588 May's right. 99 00:05:12,589 --> 00:05:14,356 Maybe we should check with Director Mace. 100 00:05:14,358 --> 00:05:15,741 Well, he's not gonna get here in time, 101 00:05:15,765 --> 00:05:16,696 so I'm taking the reins. 102 00:05:16,698 --> 00:05:18,031 And here's how it's gonna go down. 103 00:05:18,033 --> 00:05:21,062 You... get Lee Harvey whatever to talk. 104 00:05:21,064 --> 00:05:23,631 You... find out if Burrows was on the Quinjet. 105 00:05:23,633 --> 00:05:25,533 - Excuse me? - And you... hey!... with the hair. 106 00:05:25,535 --> 00:05:26,668 Get me a coffee. 107 00:05:26,670 --> 00:05:30,023 And don't forget the French vanilla creamer this time. 108 00:05:31,091 --> 00:05:34,242 Agent May, with the possible exception of my mother, 109 00:05:34,244 --> 00:05:36,644 you are the single most intimidating woman 110 00:05:36,646 --> 00:05:38,079 I have ever met. 111 00:05:38,081 --> 00:05:39,748 We need answers. 112 00:05:39,750 --> 00:05:41,316 You can get them. 113 00:05:41,318 --> 00:05:43,837 Fine. 114 00:05:45,272 --> 00:05:48,056 She was designed for this very purpose. 115 00:05:48,058 --> 00:05:50,025 Aida was meant to save lives... 116 00:05:50,026 --> 00:05:51,926 Prevent assassination attempts. 117 00:05:51,928 --> 00:05:54,596 But instead we just had a funeral for Agent Nathanson. 118 00:05:54,598 --> 00:05:56,398 Yeah. 119 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,067 A painful loss, we all agree. 120 00:05:59,069 --> 00:06:01,103 But look, I can figure out what went wrong. 121 00:06:01,104 --> 00:06:03,505 Let me examine her! I'll pinpoint the problem. 122 00:06:03,507 --> 00:06:05,574 - Radcliffe. - We can sort it, restart the program. 123 00:06:05,575 --> 00:06:07,380 I don't think that's the best idea just now. 124 00:06:09,112 --> 00:06:12,447 Tempers are running high after... 125 00:06:12,449 --> 00:06:13,948 the incident. 126 00:06:15,952 --> 00:06:19,020 I think you should steer clear of HQ for a few days. 127 00:06:19,022 --> 00:06:20,221 Who's this coming from? 128 00:06:20,223 --> 00:06:22,023 The Director? Agent Coulson? 129 00:06:22,025 --> 00:06:23,958 Yep and yep. 130 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:25,560 Along with everybody else. 131 00:06:25,562 --> 00:06:28,029 But it'll blow over. 132 00:06:28,031 --> 00:06:28,963 And in the meantime, 133 00:06:28,965 --> 00:06:30,932 I'll still pop 'round for football matches. 134 00:06:30,934 --> 00:06:33,067 Well, if you think it's best. 135 00:06:34,805 --> 00:06:36,104 All right. 136 00:06:38,809 --> 00:06:41,210 This is not good. 137 00:06:41,211 --> 00:06:43,411 Not good at all. 138 00:06:43,413 --> 00:06:45,665 Aida! 139 00:06:47,734 --> 00:06:50,236 Get me two... No, four aspirin. 140 00:06:51,305 --> 00:06:52,554 If you have a headache, 141 00:06:52,556 --> 00:06:54,122 I could get the acupuncture needles. 142 00:06:54,124 --> 00:06:56,058 No, the pills are fine. 143 00:06:56,059 --> 00:06:58,778 We have a problem with Agent May. 144 00:07:00,247 --> 00:07:02,397 She's in a better place now. 145 00:07:02,399 --> 00:07:05,167 No, the... the May LMD. 146 00:07:05,168 --> 00:07:08,169 Apparently, I am unwelcome at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, 147 00:07:08,171 --> 00:07:09,971 so she's all on her own. 148 00:07:09,973 --> 00:07:12,774 This is unprecedented technology at play here. 149 00:07:12,776 --> 00:07:14,576 I need to keep an eye on her. 150 00:07:14,578 --> 00:07:17,846 The slightest miscalculation could reveal her true nature. 151 00:07:17,848 --> 00:07:20,315 I have confidence in you, Doctor. 152 00:07:20,317 --> 00:07:21,450 Of course you do. 153 00:07:21,451 --> 00:07:27,440 But if she draws suspicion, this is all for naught. 154 00:07:29,042 --> 00:07:30,358 Yuri Zaikin. 155 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,193 Russian national. 156 00:07:32,195 --> 00:07:33,628 Ex-KGB. 157 00:07:33,630 --> 00:07:34,896 Ex-Hydra. 158 00:07:34,898 --> 00:07:37,599 S.H.I.E.L.D. thought you died in the battle over the Fridge. 159 00:07:37,601 --> 00:07:41,336 Well, it's too bad you didn't. 160 00:07:43,206 --> 00:07:45,273 You killed a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, 161 00:07:45,275 --> 00:07:47,809 tried to kill the Director with exploding bullets. 162 00:07:47,811 --> 00:07:50,279 They don't sell those at Walmart... yet. 163 00:07:52,215 --> 00:07:54,182 Who's your supplier? 164 00:07:56,186 --> 00:07:59,371 You just don't shut up, do you? 165 00:08:03,727 --> 00:08:05,144 You've got an angle here? 166 00:08:06,491 --> 00:08:07,716 When they don't talk, 167 00:08:07,741 --> 00:08:10,064 usually means they have someone to protect. 168 00:08:10,066 --> 00:08:11,065 So he's just a lackey. 169 00:08:11,067 --> 00:08:13,301 Probably why there wasn't an extraction plan. 170 00:08:13,303 --> 00:08:15,470 Send in the dumb guy they can afford to lose. 171 00:08:15,472 --> 00:08:17,005 No wonder he failed. 172 00:08:17,007 --> 00:08:20,075 We didn't fail. 173 00:08:20,076 --> 00:08:24,078 Phase One only ever had a 13% chance of success. 174 00:08:27,083 --> 00:08:29,918 Doesn't make any sense. 175 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:31,353 We had agents all over the place, 176 00:08:31,354 --> 00:08:32,754 not to mention two Inhumans. 177 00:08:32,756 --> 00:08:33,895 Who would send a sniper in there 178 00:08:33,919 --> 00:08:35,208 and think they could get away with it? 179 00:08:35,232 --> 00:08:36,668 Smart money's on the Watchdogs. 180 00:08:36,693 --> 00:08:39,494 Though Senator Nadeer may have pointed them in my direction. 181 00:08:39,496 --> 00:08:40,935 She's on the Intelligence Committee, 182 00:08:40,936 --> 00:08:42,268 so she had access to my event schedule. 183 00:08:42,270 --> 00:08:44,065 Nadeer has motive, but she's too smart 184 00:08:44,067 --> 00:08:44,933 to tie herself 185 00:08:44,935 --> 00:08:47,035 to the assassination of an American hero. 186 00:08:47,037 --> 00:08:49,838 And Mack's right... Their plan was sloppy. 187 00:08:49,839 --> 00:08:51,873 The silver lining... The Director looked like 188 00:08:51,875 --> 00:08:53,247 a total hero, throwing that podium. 189 00:08:53,248 --> 00:08:55,510 I bet every network is covering it. 190 00:08:55,512 --> 00:08:58,080 There is no silver lining for that dead agent's family. 191 00:08:58,081 --> 00:08:59,581 Agent Mackenzie has a point. 192 00:08:59,583 --> 00:09:02,851 McCafferty, can we get HQ on the line? 193 00:09:02,852 --> 00:09:04,519 Working on it, sir. 194 00:09:05,522 --> 00:09:07,222 There's some interference. 195 00:09:07,223 --> 00:09:09,123 I'm having the same problem. 196 00:09:09,125 --> 00:09:10,929 If I could just get a couple of bars, 197 00:09:10,954 --> 00:09:12,131 see if we're trending... 198 00:09:15,131 --> 00:09:16,731 No. 199 00:09:16,733 --> 00:09:18,417 We've lost the port engine! 200 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:21,302 Everybody hold on! 201 00:09:36,047 --> 00:09:37,379 Everyone okay? 202 00:09:37,381 --> 00:09:39,882 Still breathing. 203 00:09:39,884 --> 00:09:41,702 I'm fine. 204 00:09:43,145 --> 00:09:46,214 McCafferty, you all right? 205 00:09:47,942 --> 00:09:49,758 McCafferty?! 206 00:09:54,365 --> 00:09:56,298 He's dead. 207 00:10:02,593 --> 00:10:06,645 The assassination attempt, this crash... 208 00:10:06,647 --> 00:10:08,513 - It's not a coincidence. - No. 209 00:10:08,515 --> 00:10:11,082 Whoever came after us anticipated the protocols, 210 00:10:11,084 --> 00:10:12,751 knew we'd fly to safety. 211 00:10:12,753 --> 00:10:15,754 The sniper was just their first move. 212 00:10:15,756 --> 00:10:18,556 Sabotaging the Quinjet was plan B. 213 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:21,760 There's no comms. 214 00:10:21,762 --> 00:10:23,228 Crash must've cut the power. 215 00:10:23,230 --> 00:10:24,696 Can still try to fix it. 216 00:10:24,698 --> 00:10:27,065 HQ can still track the transponder signal. 217 00:10:27,067 --> 00:10:29,734 Search and rescue should already be on the way. 218 00:10:29,736 --> 00:10:32,388 May not be that easy. 219 00:10:34,227 --> 00:10:35,299 _ 220 00:10:35,324 --> 00:10:36,640 Damn it. 221 00:10:36,642 --> 00:10:37,908 Can't be another EMP. 222 00:10:37,910 --> 00:10:39,543 Our tech is working. 223 00:10:39,545 --> 00:10:41,845 Just can't get a connection. 224 00:10:41,847 --> 00:10:44,147 If this was their plan B, 225 00:10:44,149 --> 00:10:46,416 we can only assume plan C isn't far behind. 226 00:10:46,418 --> 00:10:47,617 Yep. 227 00:10:47,619 --> 00:10:50,720 I don't feel like sticking around to find out what that is. 228 00:10:50,722 --> 00:10:51,922 We're sitting ducks here. 229 00:10:51,924 --> 00:10:53,323 We need to get to high ground, 230 00:10:53,325 --> 00:10:55,091 try to get a signal for this sat phone. 231 00:10:55,093 --> 00:10:57,427 First, we find Burrows. 232 00:10:57,429 --> 00:10:59,526 Burrows? 233 00:10:59,551 --> 00:11:02,509 Sir, the chance of him surviving is practically... 234 00:11:02,534 --> 00:11:04,201 S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't leave a man behind. 235 00:11:07,706 --> 00:11:09,573 You really think this is our best move? 236 00:11:09,575 --> 00:11:12,242 You know the saying... If a jet crashes in the woods 237 00:11:12,244 --> 00:11:14,277 and there's no one there to hear it, 238 00:11:14,279 --> 00:11:16,731 stay close to the guy with super-strength. 239 00:11:46,497 --> 00:11:49,647 I thought this scenario was supposed to keep her calm. 240 00:11:49,649 --> 00:11:52,517 It's unclear why her neocortical activity 241 00:11:52,519 --> 00:11:53,351 is so erratic. 242 00:11:53,353 --> 00:11:55,687 The environment is quite peaceful. 243 00:11:55,689 --> 00:11:57,789 We're gathering very useful data. 244 00:11:57,791 --> 00:11:59,162 Well, as long as we're not causing the poor woman 245 00:11:59,164 --> 00:12:00,825 any undue harm. 246 00:12:00,827 --> 00:12:02,348 There's been enough of that around. 247 00:12:02,373 --> 00:12:04,206 Last thing we need is another incident. 248 00:12:04,531 --> 00:12:06,664 You're referencing the actions I took 249 00:12:06,666 --> 00:12:07,799 to protect your secret? 250 00:12:07,801 --> 00:12:09,834 Well, the protection I appreciate. 251 00:12:09,836 --> 00:12:11,836 The homicide was a bridge too far. 252 00:12:11,838 --> 00:12:14,205 My parameters place your security above all others. 253 00:12:14,207 --> 00:12:15,707 You would have been exposed. 254 00:12:15,709 --> 00:12:17,542 I was exposed when they found a corpse! 255 00:12:17,544 --> 00:12:19,711 If I terminate anyone else for your protection, 256 00:12:19,713 --> 00:12:21,348 I will dispose of the body more discreetly. 257 00:12:21,372 --> 00:12:23,539 No... Don't terminate anyone. 258 00:12:23,850 --> 00:12:26,284 I have to calibrate your settings down 259 00:12:26,286 --> 00:12:29,238 to something a little less lethal. 260 00:12:30,307 --> 00:12:32,457 My apologies. 261 00:12:32,459 --> 00:12:33,725 I only follow your directives. 262 00:12:33,727 --> 00:12:35,994 Yeah, well, sometimes you follow them a little too well. 263 00:12:35,996 --> 00:12:38,062 Agent Simmons knew what you were immediately. 264 00:12:38,064 --> 00:12:40,465 Agent May's decoy will be more convincing. 265 00:12:40,467 --> 00:12:42,000 She's more advanced than I am. 266 00:12:42,002 --> 00:12:44,335 Yes, and you know what you are. She doesn't. 267 00:12:44,337 --> 00:12:47,138 Her programming operates on a subconscious level. 268 00:12:47,140 --> 00:12:49,145 And you believe this will keep her from being noticed? 269 00:12:49,147 --> 00:12:50,742 If Agent May isn't aware of her mission 270 00:12:50,744 --> 00:12:51,648 to retrieve the Darkhold, 271 00:12:51,650 --> 00:12:53,745 then she won't be able to reveal herself. 272 00:12:53,747 --> 00:12:56,147 Her programming will present as human emotion. 273 00:12:56,149 --> 00:12:59,350 She'll instinctively climb the ranks, gain access, 274 00:12:59,352 --> 00:13:01,653 and get closer to Agent Coulson, 275 00:13:01,655 --> 00:13:04,322 the man who knows just where this book is. 276 00:13:04,324 --> 00:13:06,524 It might be quicker for me to search the base myself. 277 00:13:06,526 --> 00:13:08,760 No, I've tried the quick way. 278 00:13:08,762 --> 00:13:11,596 Now we're playing a longer, more nuanced game, 279 00:13:11,598 --> 00:13:13,598 hopefully with less violence. 280 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,719 But isn't the real Agent May already prone to violence? 281 00:13:22,209 --> 00:13:23,942 How do you lose a damn Quinjet? 282 00:13:23,944 --> 00:13:25,510 Simmons, tell me they're alive. 283 00:13:25,512 --> 00:13:26,511 I don't know. 284 00:13:26,513 --> 00:13:28,780 We lost contact approximately seven minutes ago. 285 00:13:28,782 --> 00:13:29,948 Zaikin said he wasn't alone. 286 00:13:29,950 --> 00:13:31,082 This must be Phase Two. 287 00:13:31,084 --> 00:13:33,351 Then we may need more than the standard rescue team. 288 00:13:33,353 --> 00:13:34,953 General, have we made contact? 289 00:13:34,955 --> 00:13:36,691 They just dropped off the map... 290 00:13:36,716 --> 00:13:38,890 No signal, no emergency beacon, nothing. 291 00:13:38,892 --> 00:13:40,859 It could be an equipment malfunction. 292 00:13:40,861 --> 00:13:42,927 When have we ever been that lucky? 293 00:13:42,929 --> 00:13:45,563 If we want our team back, we're gonna have to act fast. 294 00:13:45,565 --> 00:13:47,599 Daisy and I can take point on the rescue mission. 295 00:13:47,601 --> 00:13:50,368 Coulson would want me to take command of Zephyr One. 296 00:13:50,370 --> 00:13:52,971 Simmons, I need expanded clearance to do that. 297 00:13:52,973 --> 00:13:54,072 I'll take care of that. 298 00:13:54,074 --> 00:13:56,374 I'll make you... 299 00:13:56,376 --> 00:14:00,912 DayGlo pink, or whatever's high enough. 300 00:14:00,914 --> 00:14:02,881 If we find them, they won't be alone. 301 00:14:02,883 --> 00:14:03,715 Zaikin had partners. 302 00:14:03,717 --> 00:14:05,650 I'm the highest-ranking agent here, 303 00:14:05,652 --> 00:14:07,819 and contingency protocols grant me greater access 304 00:14:07,821 --> 00:14:09,387 if the Director is missing in action. 305 00:14:09,389 --> 00:14:11,256 I know that. I wrote the damn protocols. 306 00:14:11,258 --> 00:14:12,991 Besides, I have an assignment for you. 307 00:14:12,993 --> 00:14:15,093 But I could look through Mace's file for any leads. 308 00:14:15,095 --> 00:14:16,966 If we've overlooked any enemies he might have... 309 00:14:16,968 --> 00:14:17,729 I'll handle this. 310 00:14:17,731 --> 00:14:19,497 I'm gonna squeeze our prisoner 311 00:14:19,499 --> 00:14:22,567 like a lime wedge on dollar beer night. 312 00:14:24,788 --> 00:14:26,751 Now, find me some science-y way 313 00:14:26,776 --> 00:14:28,311 to regain contact with our men on the ground. 314 00:14:28,313 --> 00:14:29,207 But we... 315 00:14:31,945 --> 00:14:33,578 You all have jobs to do. 316 00:14:34,981 --> 00:14:36,476 If you'll excuse me, 317 00:14:36,501 --> 00:14:39,468 I need to update the leader of the free world. 318 00:14:45,042 --> 00:14:47,492 Mr. President. 319 00:14:47,494 --> 00:14:49,093 We don't know who survived, 320 00:14:49,095 --> 00:14:52,430 but I've got our top agents searching for the Quinjet. 321 00:14:52,432 --> 00:14:54,032 Agent Burrows has the package, 322 00:14:54,034 --> 00:14:56,267 but we don't know if he was onboard. 323 00:14:56,802 --> 00:14:57,788 Yes, sir. 324 00:14:57,813 --> 00:15:01,090 Let's hope for all our sakes that Director Mace got it. 325 00:15:02,793 --> 00:15:04,876 Burrows should have landed... 326 00:15:04,878 --> 00:15:06,829 northwest of here. 327 00:15:08,065 --> 00:15:10,515 Director, we may want to consider our options here. 328 00:15:10,517 --> 00:15:12,216 Given our altitude when the door blew, 329 00:15:12,218 --> 00:15:14,118 the chances that Burrows survived that... 330 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:15,692 I know we're only looking for a body at this point, 331 00:15:15,694 --> 00:15:17,414 but it's still the right thing to do. 332 00:15:17,439 --> 00:15:19,886 Or you really need that briefcase. 333 00:15:21,011 --> 00:15:23,394 All you need to know is it's classified. 334 00:15:23,396 --> 00:15:24,662 You know the drill. 335 00:15:24,664 --> 00:15:26,035 All too well, but I still don't know... 336 00:15:26,037 --> 00:15:27,332 Wait. Hold up, hold up. 337 00:15:28,335 --> 00:15:30,920 You hear those engines? 338 00:15:46,003 --> 00:15:49,053 That truck must be scrambling our communications. 339 00:15:49,055 --> 00:15:50,093 I've seen tech like that... 340 00:15:50,095 --> 00:15:52,857 When we took out a Hydra stronghold in Argentina. 341 00:15:52,859 --> 00:15:53,858 Can't be Hydra. 342 00:15:53,860 --> 00:15:55,365 I thought you and Talbot put those guys to bed. 343 00:15:55,367 --> 00:15:56,561 We dismantled their network, 344 00:15:56,563 --> 00:15:59,063 but that just sent the rats scurrying off the sinking ship. 345 00:15:59,065 --> 00:16:00,999 From squid to rat to mutt. 346 00:16:01,001 --> 00:16:03,101 Perfect Watchdog material. 347 00:16:03,103 --> 00:16:04,602 Priority one is to destroy that truck 348 00:16:04,604 --> 00:16:06,037 so we can call for backup. 349 00:16:06,039 --> 00:16:08,106 No. Too risky. 350 00:16:08,108 --> 00:16:08,906 What? 351 00:16:08,908 --> 00:16:11,794 We stick to the plan. Find the case. 352 00:16:13,230 --> 00:16:16,332 Like it or not, he's in charge. 353 00:16:19,302 --> 00:16:21,519 Keep me updated, Agent Crawford. 354 00:16:21,521 --> 00:16:22,720 Coulson? 355 00:16:22,722 --> 00:16:23,721 We don't know. 356 00:16:23,723 --> 00:16:25,023 Daisy and May are looking 357 00:16:25,025 --> 00:16:26,624 while I try to restore communication. 358 00:16:26,626 --> 00:16:28,793 And General Talbot's here... "helping"? 359 00:16:28,795 --> 00:16:30,128 In his own way. 360 00:16:30,130 --> 00:16:31,881 Soothing as sandpaper, that guy. 361 00:16:33,150 --> 00:16:35,038 You collected your stuff from Radcliffe's place? 362 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:36,701 Yeah, I did. 363 00:16:36,703 --> 00:16:38,074 And, uh, hopefully, he takes my advice 364 00:16:38,076 --> 00:16:40,705 - and lays low for a while. - It's for the best. 365 00:16:40,707 --> 00:16:41,639 Yeah, absolutely... 366 00:16:41,641 --> 00:16:44,108 even though the program did show promise. 367 00:16:44,110 --> 00:16:46,077 Well, promising or not, 368 00:16:46,079 --> 00:16:47,945 it was a mistake. 369 00:16:47,947 --> 00:16:51,082 You're right, you're right, but... 370 00:16:51,084 --> 00:16:53,217 I mean, just to be clear, 371 00:16:53,219 --> 00:16:55,486 the mistake wasn't the program, 372 00:16:55,488 --> 00:16:57,866 - it was keeping the program from you. - Fitz, let's not. 373 00:16:57,891 --> 00:16:59,573 I know, but you were the brain we needed on this. 374 00:16:59,597 --> 00:17:02,060 So maybe we could just reboot the head... 375 00:17:02,062 --> 00:17:03,132 In a controlled environment... 376 00:17:03,134 --> 00:17:05,063 And then we could diagnose the problem together. 377 00:17:05,065 --> 00:17:06,130 Please! 378 00:17:06,132 --> 00:17:07,632 Drop it. 379 00:17:11,171 --> 00:17:14,172 Can we just let it go? 380 00:17:14,174 --> 00:17:16,007 Our friends are missing... 381 00:17:16,009 --> 00:17:18,009 maybe dead. 382 00:17:18,011 --> 00:17:19,143 Yeah, as always. 383 00:17:19,145 --> 00:17:24,449 I just want you to understand that I only wanted... 384 00:17:24,451 --> 00:17:26,651 To prevent this very thing. I know. 385 00:17:26,653 --> 00:17:28,119 You're trying to protect... 386 00:17:28,121 --> 00:17:30,739 To protect you. 387 00:17:33,210 --> 00:17:34,992 We'll find them. 388 00:17:34,994 --> 00:17:38,162 Daisy's back on the team. 389 00:17:38,164 --> 00:17:39,363 And, uh... 390 00:17:39,365 --> 00:17:43,000 May's too stubborn to give up. 391 00:18:25,478 --> 00:18:28,146 Aida, no! 392 00:18:32,608 --> 00:18:34,896 I knew it wasn't real. 393 00:18:34,898 --> 00:18:37,399 Aida, don't kill her! 394 00:18:38,402 --> 00:18:39,635 Aah! 395 00:18:40,804 --> 00:18:42,004 Unh! 396 00:18:42,006 --> 00:18:44,873 The syringe, Aida. 397 00:18:44,875 --> 00:18:47,242 We have to sedate her. 398 00:18:51,248 --> 00:18:52,581 You bastard. 399 00:19:05,212 --> 00:19:07,729 What was that? 400 00:19:07,731 --> 00:19:10,450 She was supposed to be in a relaxing simulation. 401 00:19:10,475 --> 00:19:13,245 She was in a day spa, getting a hot-stone massage. 402 00:19:13,270 --> 00:19:15,871 How hot did you make the stones? 403 00:19:15,873 --> 00:19:18,440 I did exactly as you asked. 404 00:19:23,264 --> 00:19:25,681 Well, at least you didn't snap her neck, 405 00:19:25,683 --> 00:19:27,233 so that's an improvement. 406 00:19:28,013 --> 00:19:30,163 Fetch some restraints. 407 00:19:30,188 --> 00:19:32,321 We may have misjudged what it takes 408 00:19:32,346 --> 00:19:35,408 to keep Agent May comfortable. 409 00:19:45,953 --> 00:19:50,423 So you're allowed to touch Lola? 410 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:54,142 Wanted to let you know 411 00:19:54,144 --> 00:19:56,078 we're a few minutes out from the crash site. 412 00:20:09,977 --> 00:20:13,261 Did he ever let you drive her? 413 00:20:17,583 --> 00:20:20,967 I have this one image in my head... 414 00:20:20,992 --> 00:20:23,092 An early mission of ours. 415 00:20:23,117 --> 00:20:25,184 Maybe in Madrid? 416 00:20:25,509 --> 00:20:27,509 Coulson had a mustache. 417 00:20:27,511 --> 00:20:29,444 He gave me the keys 418 00:20:29,446 --> 00:20:34,033 and told me not to let anyone else know. 419 00:20:35,503 --> 00:20:37,786 We're gonna find them, you know. 420 00:20:37,788 --> 00:20:39,020 I know. 421 00:20:39,022 --> 00:20:43,158 I just can't shake this feeling. 422 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,311 Something's off. 423 00:20:47,381 --> 00:20:50,799 Off how? 424 00:20:50,801 --> 00:20:53,835 With the mission or between you and...? 425 00:20:53,837 --> 00:20:56,838 Did I miss something while I was gone? 426 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:58,306 Like what? 427 00:20:58,308 --> 00:21:00,308 You know like what. 428 00:21:00,310 --> 00:21:01,710 Agent May! 429 00:21:01,712 --> 00:21:03,985 We've reached the crash site, but we scanned 430 00:21:04,010 --> 00:21:05,877 for 100 square miles and there's no Quinjet. 431 00:21:05,902 --> 00:21:08,252 Someone must have hijacked the transponder signal. 432 00:21:08,254 --> 00:21:10,087 So where the hell are they? 433 00:21:14,126 --> 00:21:16,360 Well, this is a fly in the ointment. 434 00:21:16,362 --> 00:21:18,629 This squad must've been searching the debris trail. 435 00:21:18,631 --> 00:21:20,264 Who knows how many others are out there? 436 00:21:23,026 --> 00:21:25,140 How worried should we be about them getting into that thing? 437 00:21:25,142 --> 00:21:26,703 It's biometrically locked. 438 00:21:26,705 --> 00:21:28,138 Only I can open it. 439 00:21:28,140 --> 00:21:30,207 Unless they use explosives. 440 00:21:31,744 --> 00:21:34,077 Still don't feel like telling us what's inside? 441 00:21:36,438 --> 00:21:37,961 Then I guess we're doing this. 442 00:21:37,986 --> 00:21:40,427 Mack and I can go around, ICE the three on the far side. 443 00:21:40,452 --> 00:21:42,619 Director, you take out the two by the case. 444 00:21:42,621 --> 00:21:44,293 - Are we sure there aren't more inside? - If there are, 445 00:21:44,295 --> 00:21:46,924 you can always shot put them with your super-strength. 446 00:21:46,926 --> 00:21:48,492 Yeah. 447 00:21:51,931 --> 00:21:54,097 I'll make it work. 448 00:21:54,099 --> 00:21:56,217 We have to move now. 449 00:21:57,653 --> 00:22:01,071 You need a new strategy, son. 450 00:22:01,073 --> 00:22:03,407 This silent treatment isn't working for you. 451 00:22:03,409 --> 00:22:06,361 I'm gonna ask you one more time. 452 00:22:07,930 --> 00:22:11,915 How did you know the Director was going to get on the Quinjet? 453 00:22:11,917 --> 00:22:13,951 Probability. 454 00:22:13,953 --> 00:22:16,687 We considered every scenario, 455 00:22:16,689 --> 00:22:20,290 and all eventualities lead to our target's death. 456 00:22:22,795 --> 00:22:25,195 This little mathlete stunt 457 00:22:25,197 --> 00:22:28,498 what kept you alive when I wiped out Hydra? 458 00:22:28,877 --> 00:22:30,210 That's right. 459 00:22:30,235 --> 00:22:32,469 I personally had the pleasure 460 00:22:32,471 --> 00:22:35,205 of putting your outfit down. 461 00:22:35,207 --> 00:22:38,208 And believe me when I tell you... 462 00:22:38,210 --> 00:22:41,044 I can make Siberia feel like a luau 463 00:22:41,046 --> 00:22:44,265 if you don't start giving me some answers. 464 00:22:45,701 --> 00:22:50,020 The hammer shatters glass but hardens steel. 465 00:22:50,022 --> 00:22:52,522 You are glass. 466 00:22:52,524 --> 00:22:55,310 Okay, Pushkin. 467 00:22:58,230 --> 00:23:00,664 I'll go get a hammer. 468 00:23:05,304 --> 00:23:07,638 I miss the Cold War. 469 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:08,777 A man could do his job 470 00:23:08,802 --> 00:23:10,869 without one hand tied behind his back. 471 00:23:10,894 --> 00:23:14,311 What, you've never been tempted to use every tool in the box? 472 00:23:14,313 --> 00:23:15,412 A spud wrench? 473 00:23:15,414 --> 00:23:17,014 Hay hook? Plugging chisel? 474 00:23:17,016 --> 00:23:19,249 Are you speaking English? 475 00:23:19,251 --> 00:23:20,651 Never mind. 476 00:23:20,653 --> 00:23:24,488 How's, uh, the location on Mace? 477 00:23:25,891 --> 00:23:28,258 Tracking the Quinjet's proving near impossible. 478 00:23:28,260 --> 00:23:31,361 The saboteurs have projected a false transponder signal 479 00:23:31,363 --> 00:23:33,497 while simultaneously jamming the real one. 480 00:23:33,499 --> 00:23:35,103 We have no way to contact the Director 481 00:23:35,105 --> 00:23:36,066 or the Quinjet 482 00:23:36,068 --> 00:23:38,502 while this jamming equipment is still active. 483 00:23:38,504 --> 00:23:39,770 This is clearly more 484 00:23:39,772 --> 00:23:42,205 than some pissed-off former squidheads. 485 00:23:42,207 --> 00:23:44,408 Someone with means is backing them. 486 00:23:44,410 --> 00:23:45,676 And someone with motive. 487 00:23:45,678 --> 00:23:47,277 Could be Watchdogs, Senator Nadeer... 488 00:23:47,279 --> 00:23:49,017 Again, why I should perform a thorough analysis 489 00:23:49,019 --> 00:23:50,080 of Mace's file. 490 00:23:50,082 --> 00:23:52,282 Leave the who and the why to me. Just keep working. 491 00:23:52,284 --> 00:23:54,851 Every minute we waste places our friends in greater danger. 492 00:23:54,853 --> 00:23:56,887 I told you, I've got this. 493 00:23:56,889 --> 00:23:58,522 You may mean well, General, 494 00:23:58,524 --> 00:24:00,857 but you are impeding my ability to... 495 00:24:00,859 --> 00:24:02,426 _ 496 00:24:02,428 --> 00:24:04,194 What is it? 497 00:24:04,196 --> 00:24:06,296 This section of Mace's file... 498 00:24:06,298 --> 00:24:08,265 Project Patriot... 499 00:24:08,267 --> 00:24:10,100 The only people who have access 500 00:24:10,102 --> 00:24:11,768 are Director Mace, General Talbot, 501 00:24:11,770 --> 00:24:13,804 Agent Burrows, and now me. 502 00:24:13,806 --> 00:24:16,106 You mentioned Burrows earlier. 503 00:24:16,108 --> 00:24:18,075 Any chance it's because of this project? 504 00:24:18,077 --> 00:24:19,034 Not relevant. 505 00:24:19,059 --> 00:24:20,649 Burrows is always following the Director about 506 00:24:20,651 --> 00:24:22,279 with that briefcase. 507 00:24:22,281 --> 00:24:23,150 It's not very subtle. 508 00:24:23,152 --> 00:24:25,315 What aren't you telling us, General? 509 00:24:26,885 --> 00:24:28,085 You two do not want 510 00:24:28,087 --> 00:24:30,220 to get into this right now with me. 511 00:24:30,222 --> 00:24:31,555 You knew I had access. 512 00:24:31,557 --> 00:24:33,457 You wrote the protocols, right? 513 00:24:33,459 --> 00:24:35,959 And have been intentionally steering me away. 514 00:24:35,961 --> 00:24:38,261 You want to tell us why? 515 00:24:38,263 --> 00:24:41,665 Or should I just read the file myself? 516 00:24:41,667 --> 00:24:43,118 Aloud. 517 00:24:44,587 --> 00:24:47,504 Clear the room. 518 00:24:47,506 --> 00:24:50,291 Hey, everybody out. 519 00:24:57,099 --> 00:25:00,317 There's a very good reason Director Mace is never 520 00:25:00,319 --> 00:25:02,586 too far away from that briefcase. 521 00:25:21,006 --> 00:25:22,506 Man down! 522 00:25:25,377 --> 00:25:27,677 Nice shot. 523 00:25:45,014 --> 00:25:46,963 Hey! 524 00:25:55,062 --> 00:25:57,980 What the hell is he doing? 525 00:25:58,005 --> 00:25:59,242 I don't know. 526 00:26:29,625 --> 00:26:31,192 No, no, no, no. 527 00:26:32,428 --> 00:26:33,795 Aah! 528 00:26:39,602 --> 00:26:41,384 What happened? 529 00:26:41,386 --> 00:26:43,345 It was just one guy. You could've crushed him. 530 00:26:48,477 --> 00:26:49,860 No, he couldn't. 531 00:26:49,862 --> 00:26:52,462 He doesn't have Inhuman powers. 532 00:26:54,399 --> 00:26:57,318 He doesn't have powers at all. 533 00:27:06,512 --> 00:27:08,133 Thanks. 534 00:27:09,726 --> 00:27:11,890 This is what gave you your super-strength? 535 00:27:11,892 --> 00:27:13,892 What is it? 536 00:27:13,894 --> 00:27:17,062 Some sort of drug cocktail. 537 00:27:17,064 --> 00:27:18,897 So steroids on steroids? 538 00:27:18,899 --> 00:27:19,965 Yeah. 539 00:27:19,967 --> 00:27:22,568 You probably should've asked for more specifics. 540 00:27:22,570 --> 00:27:27,239 I know it was uniquely calibrated for my DNA. 541 00:27:27,241 --> 00:27:30,075 They told me it would make me strong, and it did. 542 00:27:30,077 --> 00:27:32,711 I never questioned the science behind it. 543 00:27:32,713 --> 00:27:34,297 And who exactly is "they"? 544 00:27:35,366 --> 00:27:37,049 Talbot. 545 00:27:37,051 --> 00:27:39,640 Look, it's not like we gave him cancer. 546 00:27:39,665 --> 00:27:40,891 He's a superhero now. 547 00:27:40,893 --> 00:27:42,888 But you lied to all of us. 548 00:27:42,890 --> 00:27:45,424 It's a choice I stand by still, 100%. 549 00:27:45,426 --> 00:27:47,059 You didn't need to know. 550 00:27:47,061 --> 00:27:48,694 Why did you fake his abilities? 551 00:27:48,696 --> 00:27:50,329 Well, the decision was made 552 00:27:50,331 --> 00:27:52,764 that the new Director had to be enhanced. 553 00:27:52,766 --> 00:27:55,267 No candidate fit that criteria. 554 00:27:55,269 --> 00:27:56,768 So we made one. 555 00:27:56,770 --> 00:27:58,570 You restarted the Erskine program. 556 00:27:58,572 --> 00:27:59,438 There's no program. 557 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,551 Just took a very well-vetted candidate 558 00:28:01,576 --> 00:28:03,747 and turned him into the hero and leader that we needed. 559 00:28:03,749 --> 00:28:05,488 So how'd you do it? Targeted gene therapy? 560 00:28:05,513 --> 00:28:06,817 Biomechanical implants? 561 00:28:06,819 --> 00:28:08,947 Actually, we used a modified version 562 00:28:08,949 --> 00:28:11,624 of that formula you confiscated from Agent Johnson's father. 563 00:28:11,649 --> 00:28:12,823 - That's horrible! - Are you mad? 564 00:28:12,825 --> 00:28:13,824 Think of the formula's side effects... 565 00:28:13,826 --> 00:28:14,792 - aggression... - You never fought a juiced-up Cal. 566 00:28:14,816 --> 00:28:16,436 - ...mood swings. - The guy nearly killed us. 567 00:28:16,460 --> 00:28:18,624 We're not idiots. We took the bad stuff out. 568 00:28:18,626 --> 00:28:20,792 Most of it, anyway. 569 00:28:20,794 --> 00:28:23,362 Oh, oh, okay. So you're just... You're just mostly idiots. 570 00:28:23,364 --> 00:28:24,396 Mostly. 571 00:28:24,398 --> 00:28:25,530 We only gave it to him 572 00:28:25,532 --> 00:28:27,866 when he needed to put on a show for a congressman... 573 00:28:27,868 --> 00:28:30,235 Say, lift a car, something like that. 574 00:28:30,237 --> 00:28:32,971 He was coming off the final dose when Zaikin took a shot at him. 575 00:28:32,973 --> 00:28:34,539 We don't know if he got the next one. 576 00:28:34,541 --> 00:28:37,209 Which is what Burrows had in that briefcase. 577 00:28:37,211 --> 00:28:38,744 Without it, 578 00:28:38,746 --> 00:28:42,547 Mace is about as strong as a paper bag in a rainstorm. 579 00:28:42,549 --> 00:28:45,050 Explains why you were so eager to find Burrows. 580 00:28:45,052 --> 00:28:47,552 God, I shouldn't have dragged him into this. 581 00:28:47,554 --> 00:28:48,620 And you two... 582 00:28:48,622 --> 00:28:50,093 I hate that you're out here without protection. 583 00:28:50,095 --> 00:28:52,791 What, you think we need you to protect us? 584 00:28:52,793 --> 00:28:54,993 No, I... 585 00:28:56,764 --> 00:28:59,231 No. 586 00:29:00,968 --> 00:29:04,436 And I only lied 'cause those were my orders. 587 00:29:04,438 --> 00:29:07,239 When your country calls, you answer. 588 00:29:07,241 --> 00:29:08,750 Yeah, well, you won't be answering anything 589 00:29:08,774 --> 00:29:10,887 if we don't get that bullet wound patched up. 590 00:29:12,196 --> 00:29:16,081 Maybe there's a first-aid kit in that ranger station. 591 00:29:28,479 --> 00:29:31,163 Not a great time for round two. 592 00:29:45,062 --> 00:29:47,112 So even if they survived the crash, 593 00:29:47,114 --> 00:29:49,181 they could be stranded in the wilderness, 594 00:29:49,183 --> 00:29:51,016 on the run from a band of ex-Hydra thugs, 595 00:29:51,018 --> 00:29:55,020 unaware that their enhanced asset is a charlatan. 596 00:29:55,022 --> 00:29:57,022 No need to be melodramatic, Poppins, 597 00:29:57,024 --> 00:29:58,557 but yeah, that's it. 598 00:29:58,582 --> 00:30:02,627 Fitz, is there any other way to fix the transponder signal? 599 00:30:02,629 --> 00:30:03,662 Scrambled. 600 00:30:03,664 --> 00:30:05,202 If I had a day, maybe I could find a workaround, 601 00:30:05,204 --> 00:30:07,199 but in an hour, not so much. 602 00:30:07,201 --> 00:30:08,467 Then we need to break Zaikin. 603 00:30:08,469 --> 00:30:09,901 There's no time for anything else. 604 00:30:09,903 --> 00:30:11,408 What do you think I've been trying to do? 605 00:30:11,410 --> 00:30:12,671 The Russki isn't talking. 606 00:30:12,673 --> 00:30:14,277 Yeah, all right, well, we need to come at it from a different angle. 607 00:30:14,301 --> 00:30:16,223 We have to try and find a way to motivate him. 608 00:30:19,530 --> 00:30:21,813 I know that look. 609 00:30:23,016 --> 00:30:24,182 I don't. 610 00:30:24,184 --> 00:30:26,051 What are you thinking? 611 00:30:34,361 --> 00:30:37,496 I've seen American movies. 612 00:30:37,498 --> 00:30:40,198 Good cop, bad cop, no? 613 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,534 - I told you I'd bring a hammer. - Mm. 614 00:30:42,536 --> 00:30:43,735 It wasn't just Hydra 615 00:30:43,737 --> 00:30:46,071 who had operatives within S.H.I.E.L.D. 616 00:30:46,073 --> 00:30:48,273 It was the other way around, too. 617 00:30:48,275 --> 00:30:50,275 I learned a lot undercover. 618 00:30:50,277 --> 00:30:50,910 I can't deny 619 00:30:50,935 --> 00:30:54,804 Hydra had some very persuasive interrogation methods. 620 00:30:54,829 --> 00:30:57,082 You like statistics. 621 00:30:57,084 --> 00:30:58,884 Here's one for you... 622 00:30:58,886 --> 00:31:01,286 There's a 100% chance I get inside your head. 623 00:31:01,288 --> 00:31:03,455 The question is how long you'll live afterwards. 624 00:31:03,457 --> 00:31:06,124 You're so weak. 625 00:31:06,126 --> 00:31:09,528 You bring in this woman to scare me? 626 00:31:09,530 --> 00:31:11,863 The last Hydra operative we captured 627 00:31:11,865 --> 00:31:14,533 didn't take Agent Simmons seriously, either. 628 00:31:14,535 --> 00:31:18,370 What's that saying you're so fond of at Hydra? 629 00:31:28,132 --> 00:31:30,215 Zaikin admitted to being hired by the Watchdogs. 630 00:31:30,217 --> 00:31:31,922 Their plan was to take down the Quinjet 631 00:31:31,924 --> 00:31:32,951 in rural West Virginia. 632 00:31:32,953 --> 00:31:35,120 We weren't even searching in the right state. 633 00:31:35,122 --> 00:31:36,159 The comms are still jammed, 634 00:31:36,161 --> 00:31:37,761 but at least we've narrowed down the search area. 635 00:31:37,763 --> 00:31:39,262 Well, hopefully Mace can hold these guys off 636 00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:40,258 until we find them. 637 00:31:40,260 --> 00:31:41,059 Yeah... 638 00:31:41,061 --> 00:31:44,629 Um, I'm not so sure about that. 639 00:31:46,667 --> 00:31:48,642 Won't be long 640 00:31:48,667 --> 00:31:51,702 before they find the other guys we ICE'd. 641 00:31:51,727 --> 00:31:52,948 What's the situation? 642 00:31:52,973 --> 00:31:55,106 We got good news and bad news. 643 00:31:55,108 --> 00:31:55,887 The good news is, 644 00:31:55,912 --> 00:31:57,725 the transmitter truck's parked out by that tool shed, 645 00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:59,311 so we've got a chance to disable it. 646 00:31:59,313 --> 00:32:00,378 But the bad news... 647 00:32:00,380 --> 00:32:01,609 There's a squad of heavily armed mercs guarding it. 648 00:32:01,633 --> 00:32:03,854 And it's only a matter of minutes till they bust down that door. 649 00:32:03,856 --> 00:32:06,852 Should've left me in the woods when you had the chance. 650 00:32:06,854 --> 00:32:07,953 Not helping. 651 00:32:09,022 --> 00:32:10,689 What's the plan, sir? 652 00:32:21,945 --> 00:32:23,969 Time to suit up, Director. 653 00:32:23,971 --> 00:32:26,605 You heard the part where I don't have powers, right? 654 00:32:26,607 --> 00:32:27,772 Yeah. 655 00:32:27,774 --> 00:32:29,541 But they don't know that. 656 00:32:37,209 --> 00:32:39,559 You know you're being lied to, right? 657 00:32:39,561 --> 00:32:41,828 I can only speculate as to who hired you... 658 00:32:41,830 --> 00:32:44,230 Probably some burly guys in dog masks... 659 00:32:44,232 --> 00:32:46,766 But they're working for Senator Nadeer, 660 00:32:46,768 --> 00:32:50,069 and what she really wants is inside this case. 661 00:32:50,071 --> 00:32:52,438 It's a cure... For Inhumans. 662 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:53,573 Hold your fire. 663 00:32:53,575 --> 00:32:57,054 I don't suppose she told you how much this was worth. 664 00:32:57,079 --> 00:32:59,278 Probably a lot more than she's paying you. 665 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,315 If you're making me an offer, get on with it. 666 00:33:06,304 --> 00:33:10,808 Looks like we got two choices here. 667 00:33:11,877 --> 00:33:15,461 Either I crush this case down to the size of a baseball 668 00:33:15,463 --> 00:33:18,131 and nobody gets what they want, or... 669 00:33:18,133 --> 00:33:20,867 Or we could kill you and take it. 670 00:33:20,869 --> 00:33:22,168 Try if you want. 671 00:33:22,170 --> 00:33:25,204 I'm ready to go toe-to-toe all day. 672 00:33:26,641 --> 00:33:28,875 But I'm the only one who can open this case. 673 00:33:54,553 --> 00:33:59,005 I'd rather end this without any bloodshed... 674 00:33:59,007 --> 00:34:00,806 By which I mean yours. 675 00:34:00,808 --> 00:34:04,210 So why don't you just put your guns down and, uh... 676 00:34:04,212 --> 00:34:05,811 we'll talk this through. 677 00:34:20,662 --> 00:34:22,528 I don't think they want to talk. 678 00:34:22,530 --> 00:34:23,863 You distracted them long enough. 679 00:34:23,865 --> 00:34:25,731 Mack made short work of that truck. 680 00:34:25,733 --> 00:34:26,899 So what do we do now? 681 00:34:26,901 --> 00:34:29,019 Survive. 682 00:34:51,776 --> 00:34:54,427 It's not an axe, but I'll take it. 683 00:35:01,620 --> 00:35:02,802 I'm running out. 684 00:35:02,804 --> 00:35:05,204 Yeah, I'm running low, too. 685 00:35:05,206 --> 00:35:07,273 Help me get this table. 686 00:35:10,829 --> 00:35:12,912 They're about to breach that door. 687 00:35:12,914 --> 00:35:14,180 How's your aim? 688 00:35:14,182 --> 00:35:16,816 Talbot ran me through some basic training when I got this job, 689 00:35:16,818 --> 00:35:18,384 but I didn't think I'd need it... 690 00:35:18,386 --> 00:35:19,819 With the super-strength and all. 691 00:35:19,821 --> 00:35:21,254 No better time to practice 692 00:35:21,256 --> 00:35:23,656 than when your life depends on it. 693 00:35:25,293 --> 00:35:27,059 Is that...? 694 00:35:36,187 --> 00:35:38,070 Where's Mack? 695 00:35:44,162 --> 00:35:46,078 I'm gonna make this hurt! 696 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,616 About damn time. 697 00:36:13,058 --> 00:36:14,540 You okay? 698 00:36:14,542 --> 00:36:18,044 Yeah. Fine. 699 00:36:18,046 --> 00:36:20,651 All right, let's get the hell out of here. 700 00:36:22,467 --> 00:36:25,651 Agent May is resilient. 701 00:36:25,653 --> 00:36:27,953 She never stops fighting, yet she showed more distress 702 00:36:27,955 --> 00:36:30,523 before she woke than during the fight. 703 00:36:30,525 --> 00:36:32,558 That's odd. 704 00:36:34,996 --> 00:36:37,563 No. 705 00:36:37,565 --> 00:36:39,616 It makes perfect sense. 706 00:36:41,052 --> 00:36:43,002 The flaw isn't in the hardware. 707 00:36:44,339 --> 00:36:46,038 It was in May herself. 708 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,874 The simulation was rejected because Agent May 709 00:36:48,876 --> 00:36:51,410 thrives in conflict and chaos, not tranquility. 710 00:36:51,412 --> 00:36:52,411 She's a warrior. 711 00:36:52,413 --> 00:36:54,914 You're saying fighting against me stabilized her? 712 00:36:54,916 --> 00:36:55,781 Precisely. 713 00:36:55,783 --> 00:36:57,550 If we want her to accept the simulation, 714 00:36:57,552 --> 00:36:58,889 we need to give her an opponent to fight, 715 00:36:58,891 --> 00:37:01,587 an enemy to vanquish, a dragon to slay. 716 00:37:01,589 --> 00:37:02,837 Shall I design a dragon? 717 00:37:02,862 --> 00:37:04,028 No. 718 00:37:04,192 --> 00:37:08,394 I have something else in mind. 719 00:37:11,714 --> 00:37:12,732 Don't worry. 720 00:37:12,734 --> 00:37:14,900 I'm gonna figure out what broke you. 721 00:37:14,902 --> 00:37:17,370 Thank you, Fitz. 722 00:37:17,372 --> 00:37:18,504 Thank you. 723 00:37:18,506 --> 00:37:19,572 Fitz? 724 00:37:27,132 --> 00:37:30,116 Ah. There you are. You hungry? 725 00:37:30,118 --> 00:37:32,118 Yeah. Famished. 726 00:37:32,567 --> 00:37:33,966 I was, um... 727 00:37:33,991 --> 00:37:37,957 just locking away Aida's head... for good. 728 00:37:37,959 --> 00:37:40,192 Let's never look at that awful thing again. 729 00:37:40,194 --> 00:37:41,927 Yeah. Well, you never know. 730 00:37:41,929 --> 00:37:44,697 You might want to go all "Godfather" on somebody else. 731 00:37:45,967 --> 00:37:48,067 Is it weird that I found that attractive? 732 00:37:48,069 --> 00:37:49,086 Yes. 733 00:37:50,789 --> 00:37:53,139 You handled Talbot like a pro. 734 00:37:53,141 --> 00:37:54,373 Oh, please. 735 00:37:54,375 --> 00:37:57,743 Coulson always made it look so easy. 736 00:37:57,745 --> 00:37:59,912 - Really, Glenn? - You should be thanking me. 737 00:37:59,914 --> 00:38:01,318 We're in the middle of an arms race. 738 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:02,782 World War III is gonna be decided 739 00:38:02,784 --> 00:38:04,950 by whoever has more enhanced assets. 740 00:38:04,952 --> 00:38:07,153 You need Inhumans to trust S.H.I.E.L.D. 741 00:38:07,155 --> 00:38:09,260 And your plan to earn their trust was to lie to them? 742 00:38:09,262 --> 00:38:10,222 If you'd consulted me, 743 00:38:10,224 --> 00:38:12,158 I probably would have advised against that... 744 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:13,659 Which is exactly why I didn't. 745 00:38:13,661 --> 00:38:15,499 Keep digging that hole, see how that works out for you. 746 00:38:15,501 --> 00:38:16,962 You needed a face for your poster. 747 00:38:16,964 --> 00:38:18,164 Fine. 748 00:38:18,166 --> 00:38:19,799 Your girl Daisy went rogue. 749 00:38:19,801 --> 00:38:21,434 The President tasked me 750 00:38:21,436 --> 00:38:23,516 with finding the next Captain America. 751 00:38:23,541 --> 00:38:25,575 Not an easy job, but I did it. 752 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:29,175 I delivered a patriot... A bona fide American hero! 753 00:38:29,177 --> 00:38:31,777 That man could have done anything after Vienna. 754 00:38:31,779 --> 00:38:32,978 General? 755 00:38:32,980 --> 00:38:36,415 Could we have the room, please? 756 00:38:36,417 --> 00:38:39,118 What? 757 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:40,986 You're taking his side? 758 00:38:40,988 --> 00:38:43,622 After everything we've done for you? 759 00:38:43,624 --> 00:38:45,291 Please. 760 00:38:47,862 --> 00:38:49,677 You'd think a damn spy 761 00:38:49,702 --> 00:38:53,789 would understand the need to keep a secret. 762 00:39:01,326 --> 00:39:04,777 After the explosion, everything was... 763 00:39:04,779 --> 00:39:06,145 chaos. 764 00:39:06,147 --> 00:39:10,149 People were screaming. 765 00:39:10,151 --> 00:39:13,052 I had smoke in my eyes. 766 00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:20,292 I wanted to get to safety. 767 00:39:20,294 --> 00:39:22,027 And... 768 00:39:22,029 --> 00:39:25,130 I tripped. 769 00:39:25,900 --> 00:39:29,068 I didn't even know she was there. 770 00:39:29,070 --> 00:39:31,670 Someone snapped a picture. 771 00:39:31,672 --> 00:39:33,539 So you just went with it. 772 00:39:33,541 --> 00:39:35,975 I tried to deflect. 773 00:39:35,977 --> 00:39:37,928 Everyone thought I was being modest. 774 00:39:39,364 --> 00:39:41,514 But they were treating me 775 00:39:41,516 --> 00:39:44,049 like the man I always wanted to be. 776 00:39:44,051 --> 00:39:45,751 Few months later, 777 00:39:45,753 --> 00:39:47,253 Talbot came to me with an offer. 778 00:39:47,255 --> 00:39:49,188 I thought I could be the face 779 00:39:49,190 --> 00:39:50,823 to end Inhuman prejudice. 780 00:39:50,825 --> 00:39:52,358 And you wanted to help. 781 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:53,893 I thought I could. 782 00:39:53,895 --> 00:39:55,210 I believe... 783 00:39:55,235 --> 00:39:58,831 that Inhumans deserve the same rights 784 00:39:58,833 --> 00:40:02,019 as anyone else in this country. 785 00:40:04,088 --> 00:40:08,040 I'll call a press conference... 786 00:40:08,042 --> 00:40:10,009 resign... 787 00:40:10,011 --> 00:40:14,213 reinstate you as Director. 788 00:40:19,614 --> 00:40:21,186 You're not going anywhere. 789 00:40:23,558 --> 00:40:25,057 Excuse me? 790 00:40:25,059 --> 00:40:26,859 S.H.I.E.L.D. still needs a face. 791 00:40:26,861 --> 00:40:29,061 Sure, you lied, but you were good at it, 792 00:40:29,063 --> 00:40:31,463 even with a gun pointed at you, and that's not nothing. 793 00:40:31,465 --> 00:40:34,233 So... So what do you... What do you want me to do? 794 00:40:34,235 --> 00:40:35,734 Same thing you've been doing... 795 00:40:35,736 --> 00:40:38,537 Defend S.H.I.E.L.D. to the public, play the hero. 796 00:40:38,539 --> 00:40:41,273 Keep the title, handle the politics. 797 00:40:41,275 --> 00:40:42,641 I never loved that part, anyway. 798 00:40:42,643 --> 00:40:45,110 But when it comes to operations, 799 00:40:45,112 --> 00:40:47,279 make no mistake... 800 00:40:47,281 --> 00:40:50,215 From now on, I'm calling the shots. 801 00:40:52,068 --> 00:40:53,537 We'll return in a moment. 802 00:41:02,820 --> 00:41:04,936 Aah. 803 00:41:15,766 --> 00:41:17,782 Hey. 804 00:41:17,784 --> 00:41:19,584 Hey, you need help with that? 805 00:41:19,586 --> 00:41:23,021 Uh, no, it's, uh... It's just a scratch. 806 00:41:23,023 --> 00:41:25,857 Um, Coulson's gathering everyone in the Director's office. 807 00:41:25,859 --> 00:41:28,077 I'll see you in there. 808 00:41:29,413 --> 00:41:31,396 Are you sure you're okay? 809 00:41:31,398 --> 00:41:33,632 Never better. 810 00:41:43,150 --> 00:41:47,578 - Synced and corrected by VitoSilans - -- www.Addic7ed.com --