History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS1E5GirlInTheFlowerDress

* LingerieScene: It's like Skye ''expected'' to end up in bed with him; those are ''fancy'' undies, not every day fare.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Centipedes are NOT insects.

* AnalProbing: Skye brings this up as an implied method of keeping track of each DifferentlyPoweredIndividual. Fitz denies that they have those... probably.

* SuperPowerMeltdown: Coulson and May take out Chan by overdosing him with Extremis, causing him to explode.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Los Angeles (specifically, L.A. Chinatown) doubles for Hong Kong.

An elusive girl in a flower print sundress may hold the key to the mystery that brings Coulson and team to UsefulNotes/HongKong to rescue a young man with an unusual and dangerous power. Meanwhile, Skye has a secret that jeopardizes her relationship with the team right when they need her most.

The fifth episode of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Chan's brutal roasting of Debbie (slightly toned down for ChannelFour pre-watershed airings in the UK, but still pretty horrific). Kwan got off light, by comparison.

'''Chan:''' Scorch? [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe You're joking]].\\

!Tropes in this episode:

* AntagonistTitle: The titular "Girl in the Flower Dress" is the episode's villain.

-->'''Raina''': You need a similar name. More powerful name. A name like Scorch.\\
'''Chan''': Scorch? [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe You're joking]].\\
'''Raina''': Have you ever heard of Steve Rogers? No? But Captain America...now, he's on the news, and lunch boxes, and a poster on the wall.

* TheBadGuyWins: Despite Scorch killing one of their key people and destroying their Hong Kong base, and Skye getting a partial dump from their servers that could cause them a lot of trouble once S.H.I.E.L.D. analysts have a chance to go through the data, Centipede achieved what they set out to do: Find a compound that can potentially make their next generation of serum less destructive to the user.
* BaitAndSwitch: See NeverTrustATrailer, below.

* BluntYes

* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Raina averts this trope when she gives Chan the name Scorch, justifying that no one will remember his real name but will remember a more entertaining one. She even points out that few people remember the name Steve Rogers but they remember [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Captain America]].

'''Chan:''' [turns to face Coulson]\\

'''May:''' [doses Chan with Extremis]

* KarmicDeath:

* LoveMakesYouDumb: Miles at least takes the time to see if Reina's organization was legitimate when they offered him a million dollars to crack into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s feed. However, as Skye points out, ''no one'' offers that kind of money unless they're up to no good, and it should have been a little suspicious that a supposed "ecological research group" would have dealings with a secretive organization like S.H.I.E.L.D.

-->'''Coulson''': You have a secret, Skye, and one chance to come out with it–that's now!–or I'm done with you.

* SequelHook:
** Raina (the titular character) escapes, and the group behind Centipede is still out there.
** "Scorch" never died on-screen, so he may return.

* ShirtlessScene: Skye and Miles after sex. They're both in their underwear. It's a treat for both genders.
** FemaleGaze: For a hacker on the run from the U.S. government, Miles doesn't look like he spends most of his time at a monitor.
** MaleGaze: It's like Skye ''expected'' to end up in bed with him; those are ''fancy'' undies, not every day fare.

** Skye chews out Miles for risking her cover. Once that's blown, she then gets on his case for selling information. First, because money and Second, because no one honest pays that much for supposedly harmless intel.

** While we never learn what Skye imagined her parents were like, what she discovered about her father 28 episodes later is pretty bad.