History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS4E15SelfControl

* AssholeVictim: It's unknown whether or not Radcliffe is actually dead, but if he is, it's really hard to feel sorry for him after everything he's done.

* AccidentalProposal: LMD Fitz proposes to Real Simmons, and says that Real Fitz had been considering proposing himself. Jemma decides she'll have to have an answer for the real Fitz when she next sees him.

* AlternateTimeline: The Framework reality, which is a complete copy of the real world, but with major changes. For instance, ''HYDRA'' fully replaced S.H.I.E.L.D.

* BaitAndSwitch:

** It seems at first that Daisy didn't have an LMD after the reveal that the fourth LMD wasn't her but Fitz, only to later be revealed that there's ''a room full'' of Daisy [=LMDs=].

* BathtubScene: Framework Daisy is taking a bath when Real Daisy dials in.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Unlike LMD May, which has a severe case of TomatoInTheMirror, the [=LMDs=] of Mack, Fitz, Jeffrey and Coulson know what they are, and the moment they drop the act they become really ''scary''. Even more so with LMD Fitz who did this ever since the end of previous episode.

* BondVillainStupidity: If LMD Fitz had put more effort into restraining Jemma instead of counting on the sedatives, then the plan might have worked.

* CloningBlues: LMD May has them ''hard'', having May's memories but knowing that she isn't May.

* CooldownHug: Jemma learns about the LMD infiltration after discovering altered security alerts and has to kill LMD Fitz brutally. Daisy learns by discovering a small group of Daisy [=LMDs=] inside a containment unit, and witnessing another group kill S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. They prove to each that they are human through Daisy quaking them with a hug.

* DeathGlare: LMD Fitz gives Jemma a distinctly unsettling one as Jemma screams while stabbing him repeatedly.

** LMD Coulson uses LMD May as a last line of defense against anyone trying to escape the base. He failed to consider that, with her fundamentally different objectives, she's under no compulsion to obey him. She instead blows him up along with herself.
** When convincing Aida that the Framework is just as good, if not better, than real life, it never occurred to him that Aida might decide to permanently upload him to it by killing his body so he can never be a threat to the Framework.

** LMD Coulson regrets that the plan didn't work without bloodshed.

** Also, when Yo-Yo asks LMD Mack what's wrong, he answers that she's in danger, which is technically very true. He's sending a murder bot to kill her.

* FailedASpotCheck: LMD Fitz doesn't notice that he's walked under a suspended engine until Jemma hammers the winch holding it up and crushes him.
* {{Fanservice}}: There's an entire room full of LMD Daisys in their underwear, and the real Daisy also ends up just wearing the same type of underwear as her LMD's when hiding among them, though downplayed at least as the underwear was quite conservative athletics gear. She also later has a BathtubScene at the end of the episode.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: When the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents at the scene of Fitz's death discover that he's an LMD, LMD Mace and LMD Coulson quickly dispose of them.
* HeroicSacrifice: LMD May blows herself and LMD Coulson up to stop the latter from getting to Jemma and Daisy.

* LudicrousGibs: Daisy hits LMD Coulson and LMD Mack with a concentrated quake burst at point blank range. LMD Coulson comes out of it alright, but LMD Mack is blasted apart by the shockwave.
* MechaMooks: There are a couple dozen copies of Daisy hidden in the basement of S.H.I.E.L.D., implicitly so they can all be programmed and shipped off to meet up with and neutralize the other Inhumans at once, preventing any one Inhuman from warning the others. When that plan falls through, LMD Coulson has LMD Fitz program in basic search-and-destroy protocols.
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: The Framework is programmed to remove the biggest regret in a person's life. LMD May argues that those regrets make them who they are. It's hard not to agree, as May, Coulson, and Fitz seem to be fundamentally different people inside the Framework.
* MurderSuicide: LMD May takes herself and LMD Coulson out with a bomb.
* MyGreatestFailure: According to LMD Coulson, the real Coulson's biggest regret is signing up with S.H.I.E.L.D. in the first place, abandoning the chance of a normal life.

* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: Daisy, running from LMD Mack, hides herself in a crowd of [=LMDs=] of herself.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Radcliffe's insistence on having LMD May be a perfect replica of the original except for her command to secure the Darkhold and to preserve human life is what allows her to make the choice the real May would when that command is no longer in effect. Also, if he hadn't left her behind to be captured, she wouldn't be in a position to have betrayed his plans to begin with.

* PistolWhip: LMD Coulson runs out of bullets when killing the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who happened upon Fitz's status as an LMD, so he smashes the last one's face in with the butt of his gun.
* RasputinianDeath: Jemma drops an engine on LMD Fitz, stabs him in the chest repeatedly, and cuts his neck before he finally gives out. The other [=LMDs=] manage to patch him up fairly quickly.
* RevealingCoverUp: While snooping around the security feeds after escaping LMD Mack, Daisy spots LMD Coulson and LMD Mace killing three S.H.I.E.L.D. agents when they discover that Fitz's dead body is actually an LMD.

** The agents Jemma revives don't believe her claims about not being an LMD and are prepared to stab her in the back. When LMD Mack flies through a doorway in several pieces, that settles that argument.
* RewatchBonus: The first act (before the reveal that Fitz is actually the fourth LMD, rather than Daisy) plays very differently on a second viewing -- notice, for example, the slight nod LMD Coulson and LMD Fitz exchange as everyone breaks off to their respective mission assignments.

** The trick Daisy uses to confuse LMD Mack as to which of the duplicates is the real her is similar to the one used by Bruce Wayne to get the drop on Ducard during the League of Shadows test in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and by Sonny to trick Del Spooner in ''Film/IRobot''.

** Daisy takes down a couple of [=LMDs=] with sonic KameHameHadoken, destroying [=LMD=] Mack like Gohan did to Cell in ''Manga/DragonBallZ''. The way she formed her the shockwave ball and its dispersal is similar to {{Naruto}}'s failed attempt at Rasengan.

* TokenGoodTeammate: LMD May performs a HeroicSacrifice against LMD Coulson.

* TrailersAlwaysLie: The episode trailer implies that LMD Coulson will capture and PistolWhip a screaming Fitz. In truth, the pistol-whipping and Fitz screaming are from different scenes, and Fitz was himself an LMD who was being beaten up by a human Simmons in the scene in which Fitz was screaming.

** LMD May pulls a heroic version, siding against Radcliffe's vision and sacrificing herself to help Daisy and Simmons.

** LMD Fitz gets crushed and stabbed by Jemma, but LMD Mack and LMD Coulson easily rebuild him.
** Even LMD Mack, whose body gets partially disintegrated by Daisy's shockwave, is hinted to be rebuilt soon.
--->'''LMD Fitz:''' This is gonna take a while.
* WhamEpisode: Aida kills Radcliffe and turns Ivanov into an LMD, LMD May blows up (part of at least) the Playground, and Daisy and Jemma jump into the Framework to find the other members of the team, in a BizarroWorld. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking There's six weeks until the next episode]].

** We don't know if LMD May's bomb killed anyone else in the base or how much damage it did.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: When LMD Fitz cuts his wrist open to prove he's not an LMD, he winds up slicing an artery. When Jemma sweeps down to help stop the bleeding, he shows his true colors and attacks her.

* {{Fanservice}}: There's an entire room full of LMD Daisys in their underwear, and the real Daisy also ends up just wearing the same type of underwear as her LMD's for a portion of the episode and she also later has a BathtubScene at the end of the episode.

* {{Fanservice}}: There's an entire room full of LMD Daisys in their underwear, and the real Daisy also ends up wearing the same type of underwear as her LMD's for a portion of the episode and she also later has a BathtubScene at the end of the episode.

* {{Fanservice}}: There's an entire room full of LMD Daisys in their underwear, and the real Daisy also ends up wearing the same type of underwear as her LMDs for a portion of the episode and she also later has a BathtubScene at the end of the episode.

* {{Fanservice}}: There's an entire room full of LMD Daisys in their underwear, and Daisy has a BathtubScene at the end of the episode

* DragonAscendant: Aida kills Radcliffe and takes the place of ArcVillain for the current story arc.

* ActuallyADoombot: Turns out that Daisy didn't return from the rescue mission as an LMD, but ''Fitz'' did.

* AlternateTimeline: The Framework reality, which is a complete copy of the real world, but with major changes.

* BondVillainStupidity: If LMD Fitz had restrained Jemma instead of counting on the sedatives, then the plan might have worked.

* DeadAlternateCounterpart: The version of Jemma inside the Framework is dead. Inverted with Grant Ward.

* DemotedToDragon: Aida turns Anton Ivanov into a remote-piloted LMD to serve as the protector of the Framework.
* DidntSeeThatComing: LMD Coulson uses LMD May as a last line of defense against anyone trying to escape the base. He failed to consider that, with her fundamentally different objectives, she's under no compulsion to obey him. She instead blows him up along with herself.
* DragonAscendant: Aida kills Radcliffe and takes the place of BigBad for the current story arc.

* EvilerThanThou: Aida finally decides to overthrow Radcliffe, as has been foreshadowed for a while now.

** Also, when Yo-Yo asks LMD Mack what's wrong, he answers that she's in danger, which is technically very true.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Aida either did develop a conscience or went through ExactWords, but eventually did turn against Radcliffe, which has been foreshadowed for a while now.

* HijackedByGanon: After being mostly absent for the season, the [[WhamShot shot of the Triskelion]] implies that the Framework is tied to [[ComicBook/{{Hydra}} HYDRA]].

* InSeriesNickname: For some reason, in this episode Ivanov is called "The Russian" instead of his own name or "The Superior."

** It was foreshadowed for long time, but Aida finally turns on Radcliffe and manages to kill him despite her programming to protect his life. In a way, she still is, since he made it clear that life inside the Framework is still life.

* WhamEpisode: Aida kills Radcliffe and turns Ivanov into an LMD, LMD May blows up the Playground, and Daisy and Jemma jump into the Framework to find the other members of the team, in a BizarroWorld. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And there's six weeks until the next episode]].

*** Fitz is apparently a very wealthy man, getting out of a limo while wearing a nice suit, and helping an unknown woman get out of the limo, who isn't Jemma, because...

** We don't know if LMD May's bomb killed anyone else in the base.

* WorldGoneMad: The Framework is a world where HYDRA has taken over. And that's not even getting into the individual lives of Team Coulson.

** Daisy takes down a couple of [=LMDs=] with sonic KameHameHadoken, destroying [=LMD=] Mack like Gohan did to Cell in ''Manga/DragonBallZ''.

* BizarroUniverse: The Framework Earth has everything turned on its head. May is working with HYDRA, Daisy is dating Ward, Fitz is rich while Jemma is dead, and Coulson apparently hates Inhumans. Mack appears to be the only one with a normal life, in that he is implied to have his deceased daughter back.

* BookEnds: The Moody Blues' ''Have You Heard (Part II)'' is played at the opening scene by Aida to Ivanov, and it is played again at the reveal of the BizarroUniverse at the end of the episode.

* BathtubScene: Framework!Daisy is taking a bath when Real!Daisy dials in.

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** Used intentionally by Daisy when she slightly alters the clothing of one of her LMD duplicates in order to trick LMD Mack into believing it was her, then Quakes him in the back while he's distracted.

* LudicrousGibs: Daisy hits LMD Coulson and LMD Mack with a concentrated Quake burst at point blank range. LMD Coulson comes out of it alright, but LMD Mack is blasted apart by the shockwave.

* MiseryBuildsCharacter: The Framework is programmed to remove the biggest regret in a person's life. LMD May argues that those regrets make them who they are. It's hard not to argue with that, as May, Coulson, and Fitz seem to be fundamentally different people inside the Framework.

* RewatchBonus: The first act (before the reveal that Fitz is actually the fourth LMD, rather than Daisy) plays very differently on a second viewing - notice, for example, the slight nod LMD Coulson and LMD Fitz exchange as everyone breaks off to their respective mission assignments.

* TomatoInTheMirror: Teased - when talking to Daisy, Jemma briefly notes that she could be an LMD herself and not even know it. She's not.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Seems to be a theme of the Framework, as everyone hooked in is living a life without their greatest regret. With the exception of Mack living a normal life with Hope, it goes from the bizarre (Coulson as a teacher spreading Inhuman hate, Fitz rich but dating someone other than Jemma, Daisy is dating Ward) to the horrifying (May is a senior agent of HYDRA, and Jemma is dead).

* ClosestThingWeGot: The three agents Jemma and Daisy take onto the Zephyr aren't clueless rookies, but the only one who knows how to fly the Zephyr just started training.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Aida saws Ivanov into pieces ''while he is still conscious''.

* DemotedToDragon: Aida turns Anton Ivanov into a remote-piloted LMD to serve as protector of the Framework.

** Also, when Yo-Yo asks LMD Mack what is wrong he answers that she is in danger, which is technically very true.

* PistolWhip: LMD Coulson runs out of bullets when killing the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who happened upon Fitz's status as an LMD, so he smashes the last one's face in.

* ShipTease: Daisy and Simmons have some moments in this episode, starting with their big CooldownHug (while Daisy is only in her undershirt) to their HeldGaze before they plugged themselves in to the Framework.

** The trick Daisy uses to confuse LMD Mack as to which of the duplicates is the real her is similar to the one used by Bruce Wayne to get the drop on Ducard during the League of Shadows test in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and by Sonny to trick Will Smith in ''Film/IRobot''.

** It was foreshadowed for long time, but Aida finally turns on Radcliffe and manages to kill him despite her programming to protect his life. In a way, she still is, since he made clear life inside the Framework is still life.

** Ivanov gets torn apart to a BrainInAJar and then his mind is linked to an all-new LMD body.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: When Fitz cuts his wrist open to prove he's not an LMD, he winds up slicing an artery. When Jemma sweeps down to help stop the bleeding, he shows his true colors and attacks her.

** It seems at first that Daisy didn't have an LMD after the reveal that the fourth LMD wasn't her but Fitz, only to later be revealed that there's ''a whole field'' of Daisy [=LMDs=].

** In the Framework, Daisy thinks her boyfriend is Lincoln only to discover it's Grant Ward.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Unlike [[TomatoInTheMirror LMD May]], the LMD's of Mack, Fitz, Jeffrey and Coulson know what they are, and the moment they drop the act they become really ''scary''.
** Even more so with LMD Fitz who did this ever since the end of previous episode.

* {{Fanservice}}: Let's just say this is a very good episode for all the Daisy fans out there...

* InSeriesNickname: For some reason, Ivanov is called "The Russian" instead of his own name or "The Superior."
* InstantSedation: The knock-gas Jemma and Daisy use works fast.

*** It can also be considered as the show's own meta-spin on Marvel's ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' series, with the agents' different lives kickstarting the ''Agents of HYDRA'' arc.

* NotAfraidToDie: Ivanov is ready to die and would in fact rather do so then become a ''thing'' like Aida.

* ShipTease: [[PortmanteauCoupleName Skimmons]] shippers will be happy with this episode thanks to many moments between Skye/Daisy and Simmons. Starting with their big CooldownHug (while Daisy is only in her undershirt) to HeldGaze before they plugged themselves in to the Framework.
* ShoutOut: Where to begin...

** Having your friends (and yourself) be replicated numerous times into ruthless androids hellbent to assimilate you into their virtual world is reminiscent of ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' and ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978''.
** Replicating Daisy (an Inhuman SHIELD agent) into an [=LMD=] army calls to mind Alice's (a T-virus-enhanced former Umbrella agent) CloningBlues in the ''Film/ResidentEvil'' movies.

** Daisy takes down a couple of [=LMDs=] with sonic KameHameHadoken, destroying [=LMD=] Mack like [[Manga/DragonBallZ Gohan did to Cell]].

** The preview for "What If" has the word "Order" upside-down, possibly as a StrangerThings reference.

* UncannyValley: LMD Phil's soulless stare while talking to LMD May is quite unsettling to see.

* WhamShot: Jemma's computer getting an LMD warning with a photo of her and Fitz.
** Minutes later, the reveal of Fitz's blank expression as he flips the knife in his hand and stabs Jemma.
** Daisy looking up from her tablet to see a room full of robot duplicates.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We don't see Mace in the Framework. Also, we don't know if LMD May's bomb killed anyone else in the base.

** Daisy emerging from the shadows to blast an unflinching LMD Mace with a shotgun is extremely similar to Sarah Connor's final confrontation with the T-1000 in ''Film/Terminator2JudgementDay'' (especially given the shout-outs to the Terminator films back at the start of the LMD arc).

** Daisy emerging from the shadows to blast an unflinching LMD Mace with a shotgun is extremely similar to Sarah Connor's final confrontation with the T-1000 in ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day'' (especially given the shout-outs to the Terminator films back at the start of the LMD arc).

* BondVillainStupidity: If LMD Fitz had restrained Jemma instead of counting on the sedatives, then the plan might have worked.

** Daisy emerging from the shadows to blast an unflinching LMD Mace with a shotgun is extremely similar to Sarah Connor's final confrontation with the T-1000 in ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day'' (especially given the shout-outs to the Terminator films back at the start of the LMD arc)

* DragonAscendant: Aida kills Radcliffe and takes the place of BigBad for the current storyarc
** DemotedToDragon: Aida turn Anton Ivanov into an LMD to serve as protector of the Framework

* ActuallyADoombot: Turns out that Daisy didn't return from the rescue mission as a LMD, but ''Fitz'' did.

** It seems at first that Daisy didn't have a LMD after the reveal that the fourth LMD wasn't her but Fitz, only to later be revealed that there's ''a whole field'' of Daisy [=LMDs=].