History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS3E15Spacetime

* BondVillainStupidity: Despite having her completely at his mercy, Malick doesn't finish off Daisy immidiately, but decides to torture her some more. He's too busy enjoying "true power" to think pragmatically and so instead he's acting villainous.

* ShoutOut: Coulson references the StableTimeLoop of ''Film/TheTerminator'' when trying to wrap his head around the possibility of seeing the future. And then he declares Lincoln is off the team when he admits [[FelonyMisdemeanor he never saw the film]].

* SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate: Discussed. Fitz believes in Fate, using a technobabble analogy to try to explain how everything is predetermined. Daisy, in contrast, says "ScrewDestiny"... and fails. Lincoln doesn't believe in Fate to the same extent Fitz does, but he does believe that the prophetic visions were sent with a purpose to guide people on a predetermined path.

** Charles wasn't saying "I thought you could help" as an accusation of Daisy's failure, but when he's asking her to look after his daughter.

* EvilerThanThou: It's subtle, but Hive is usurping control of HYDRA from Malick. The former had no idea that the latter used Giyera to provide the materials for his restoration to full form.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Andrew turns himself into S.H.I.E.L.D. partially because he has a feeling that they're going to need Lash. Now why would S.H.I.E.L.D. need a nigh-unstoppable Inhuman who has the instinct to kill other Inhumans when they're just about to realize they're now facing a very powerful Inhuman who is trying to take over the world?

* DoesThisRemindYouofAnything: The characters discussed YouCantFightFate, and Fitz uses math to prove it. Coulson complains that they are all part of a plan, but don't know [[InMysteriousWays what kind of plan]]. Lincoln contrasts that Inhumans ''are'' designed with a plan. So, they were basically discussing Intelligent Design, without naming the concept.

* DoesThisRemindYouofAnything: So, as the characters have discussed, YouCantFightFate, maths say so. Coulson complains that they are all part of a plan, but don't know [[InMysteriousWays which is that plan]]. Lincoln contrasts that Inhumans ''are'' designed with a plan. So, they wee basically discussing intelligent design, without naming the concept.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Coulson's orders to prevent Daisy's vision from coming true - May goes on the mission alone to prevent Daisy and anyone else from being there, Coulson won't touch a gun until it blows over, and Fitz and Simmons will stay out of the damn snow.

** We actually get to see Hive devouring people.

* BondVillainStupidity: Despite having her completely at his mercy, Malick doesn't finish off Daisy immidiately, but decides to torture her some more.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: After trying to subvert the visions by sending in May, the one member of the team who didn't appear in them, Andrew happens to show up and Coulson insists she stay behind to say her goodbyes. Then everyone else has to join in when they see Hive on the security feed.

* DemotedToDragon: Malick is now the one taking orders, and Giyera outright disobeys him.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Hive is actively encouraging this on Malick's part.
* EvilerThanThou: It's subtle, but Hive is usurping control of HYDRA from Malick.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Malick's "[[CurbStompBattle battle]]" against Daisy ends up being ''brutal''.
* NotSoStoic: Malick's confidence finally cracks after the unrevealed vision he has.
* TheOner: Daisy again gets to kick ass in one.

* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Lincoln, it turns out, has never seen ''Film/TheTerminator''. Coulson jokingly removes him from the team upon learning this.

** Also, Fitz-Simmons weren't standing in the snow, they were standing in falling ash.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: The more that a vision Charles and whoever touches him see directly involves one of them, the more likely they are to react to it in ways that will actually make it happen, whether that be embracing the details in a FreakOut or trying their hardest to avert it. Certainly supports Fitz and Lincoln's account of things regarding the below…

* ThatManIsDead: Andrew is gone and Lash is officially in control.
* TragicKeepsake: Charles' wooden robin. Robin is the name of his daughter. Holding that toy was the closest he could get to touching her without inflicting traumatizing visions on her.

** Garner returns to say goodbye to May, before [[ThatManIsDead Lash takes over in body and mind]].
* TheWorfEffect: Thanks to his new exoskeleton, Malick nearly manages to beat Daisy to death before Charles' intervention.

* BodyguardBetrayal: While we don't get to see the vision Charles gives Malick about his death, the episode stinger implies that Malick being betrayed or abandoned by Giyera will play a key part in it. In the episode itself, Giyera bluntly tells Malick that he's where he needs to be when Malick insists that Giyera should be by his side at all times.

'''Fitz:''' I don't think [[PuppeteerParasite that was Ward.]]

* PowerIncontinence: Every time Charles touches someone, he and the other person both have a vision of an unpreventable death in the near future. The inability to touch his wife and daughter without giving them terrible visions drove him away from his family and into homelessness.

** Charles wasn't saying "I thought you could help" as an accusation of Daisy's failure, but as he's asking her to look after his daughter.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Giyera gets back at Lincoln for knocking him out in ''[[{{Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E10Maveth}} Maveth]].''

* CreatorThumbprint: Director Kevin Tancharoen's preference for badass and carefully choreographed fight scenes makes another appearance, as in [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E4FaceMyEnemy previous]] [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E13OneOfUs episodes]] [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E19TheDirtyHalfDozen he]] [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E2PurposeInTheMachine directed]].

* BoardToDeath: After getting the CEO of the cybernetics company to sign over his holdings to Malick, Hive kills the entire board sans the CEO. Malick finishes the job on Hive's order.

* ExactWords: Hive tells the board chairman that he's going to show him "what will happen", and has Charles show him a vision of Hive devouring the board. After the chairman does what Malick wants and signs over his company, Hive devours them, since that was what was going to happen anyway.

* RealityEnsues: Fancy powered exoskeleton aside, Malick's still an old man whose never been in a real fight before. After getting blasted once by one of Daisy's shockwaves, he's down, and can barely manage to run away from a woman who can't even stand.

* CurbStompBattle: Malick hands an out to Daisy in his exoskeleton.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Malick's [[CurbStompBattle ''battle'']] against Daisy ends up ''brutal''.

* PetTheDog: Hive refuses to let HYDRA kill any Inhuman SHIELD agents (see ApeShallNeverKillApe above).
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Lincoln, it turns out, has never seen ''Film/TheTerminator''.