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* MisplacedRetribution: The last member of the gang that had Robbie and his cousin shot is not only reformed, but had ''nothing'' to do with the hit at all.

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* MisplacedRetribution: The last member of the gang that had Robbie and his cousin brother shot is not only reformed, but had ''nothing'' to do with the hit at all.
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* GilliganCut: When Nadeer questions Jeffrey about the operation at the prison, he asserts that "SHIELD has the situation completely under control". The next shot shows Coulson, May, and Daisy scrambling to get away from the rioting prisoners.


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* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Daisy performs a literal version on one of the Watchdog-aligned prisoners. Presumably a rare non-lethal example, though we aren't shown that guy getting out.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: "The team that trusts, triumphs". Director Mace seems to miss the fact that his continuous security screenings of Simmons at the very least provides the impression that he doesn't trust her, which is why nobody on Team Coulson trusts him.
--> '''Jeffrey:''' A team that trusts is a team that triumphs. But trust must be earned with random non-invasive testing.
** There's also Nadeer, who calls Robbie/GR a cold blooded killer while she herself is working with The Watchdogs, an organization of cold blooded killers

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"The team that trusts, triumphs". triumphs." Director Mace seems to miss the fact that his continuous security screenings of Simmons at the very least provides the impression that he doesn't trust her, which is why nobody on Team Coulson trusts him.
--> ---> '''Jeffrey:''' A team that trusts is a team that triumphs. But trust must be earned with random non-invasive testing.
** There's also Nadeer, who calls Robbie/GR a cold blooded killer while she herself is working with The Watchdogs, an organization of cold blooded killerscold-blooded killers.



* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Mack doesn't wanna let Robbie in on the mission to raid the prison because the Rider tends to be this. The fact that the Rider only attacks the guilty isn't much of a reassurance in a place where just about ''everybody'' is guilty.

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* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Mack doesn't wanna let Robbie in on the mission to raid the prison because the Rider tends to be this. The fact that the Rider only attacks the guilty isn't much of a reassurance in a place where just about ''everybody'' is guilty.guilty of something.



* ReformedCriminal: The gang leader was trying to reform, having abstained from the riot. That, and admitting he had nothing to do with crippling Gabe failed to save him from Ghost Rider, though.

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* ReformedCriminal: The gang leader was trying to reform, having abstained from the riot. That, and admitting he had nothing to do with crippling Gabe Gabe, failed to save him from Ghost Rider, though.Rider.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Coulson's keeping Director Mace in the dark about what measures he's taking in regards to the Darkhold case (and possibly that there '''is''' a Darkhold case) leads to Mace being blindsided by Nadeer having pictures of Team Coulson working with Quake and the Rider.

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* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Continuing the shows's tradition, all of the agents except the main characters wear full combat armor. The main characters wear whatever they happened to have on them at the time; Mack takes it UpToEleven by wearing just a t-shirt. It's actually {{justified|Trope}} for some characters who don't really need to worry about getting hurt.



* ProperlyParanoid: Mack doesn't want Robbie anywhere near the prison since he believes that he can't properly control the Ghost Rider. He's proven right when Robbie kills a gang member for no reason, and Eli is kidnapped because of it.

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* ProperlyParanoid: Mack doesn't want Robbie anywhere near the prison since he believes that he can't properly control the Ghost Rider. He's proven right when partially right: Robbie kills can control the Rider, but not himself. He ends up staying behind to kill a gang member for no reason, and Eli is kidnapped because of it.



* TheReveal: The "random" drive-by shooting that left Gabe crippled wasn't random at all. Someone ordered a hit on Robbie.

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* TheReveal: TheReveal:
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The "random" drive-by shooting that left Gabe crippled wasn't random at all. Someone ordered a hit on Robbie.Robbie.
** Jeffrey isn't as clean as he'd like people to believe. Apparently he's lying about his past, and he meets with Senator Nadeer.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Jemma is mildly miffed that Fitz kept Aida a secret. Fitz counters he did it cause he'd knew she'd have to tell the director.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Mack doesn't want Robbie anywhere near the prison since he believes that he can't properly control the Ghost Rider. He's proven right when Robbie kills a gang member for no reason, and Eli is kidnapped because of it.
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--> '''Jeffrey:''' A team that trusts is a team that triumphs. But trust must be earned with random non-invasive testing.
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** There's also Nadeer, who calls Robbie/GR a cold blooded killer while she herself is working with The Watchdogs, an organization of cold blooded killers
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** Jeffrey mentions that more Inhumans were killed during the blackouts than humans. Curiously he fails to mention that the Watchdogs were behind those attacks ''not'' Inhumans.

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** Jeffrey mentions that more Inhumans were killed during the blackouts than humans. Curiously Curiously, he fails to mention that the Watchdogs were behind those attacks ''not'' rather than the Inhumans.



* DeathSeeker: While Daisy has started to physically heal, her emotional scars still run deep. She decides to stay behind to hold off the Watchdogs in a [[StupidSacrifice completely unnecessary]] (but awesome) HoldTheLine moment. May calls her out on this at the end of the episode, noting that Lincoln wouldn't have wanted her to kill herself because of him.

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* DeathSeeker: While Daisy has started to physically heal, her emotional scars still run deep. She decides to stay behind to hold off the Watchdogs in a [[StupidSacrifice [[SenselessSacrifice completely unnecessary]] (but awesome) HoldTheLine moment. May calls her out on this at the end of the episode, noting that Lincoln wouldn't have wanted her to kill herself because of him.



* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Mack doesn't want to let Robbie in on the mission to raid the prison because the Rider tends to be this. The fact that the Rider only attacks the guilty isn't much of a reassurance in a place where just about ''everybody'' is guilty.
* KillItWithFire: The Rider roasts the Fifth Street gang leader.
* ManipulativeBastard: Senator Nadeer threatens to make public footage of Coulson and May with Daisy and the Rider in order to manipulate Director Mace.

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* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Mack doesn't want to wanna let Robbie in on the mission to raid the prison because the Rider tends to be this. The fact that the Rider only attacks the guilty isn't much of a reassurance in a place where just about ''everybody'' is guilty.
* KillItWithFire: The Ghost Rider roasts the Fifth Street gang leader.
* ManipulativeBastard: Senator Nadeer threatens to make public footage of Coulson and May with Daisy and the Ghost Rider in order to manipulate Director Mace.



* ReformedCriminal: The gang leader was trying to reform, having abstained from the riot. That and admitting he had nothing to do with crippling Gabe failed to save him from the Rider, though.
* TheReveal: The "random" drive-by shooting that left Gabe crippled was not random at all. Someone ordered a hit on Robbie.

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* ReformedCriminal: The gang leader was trying to reform, having abstained from the riot. That That, and admitting he had nothing to do with crippling Gabe failed to save him from the Ghost Rider, though.
* TheReveal: The "random" drive-by shooting that left Gabe crippled was not wasn't random at all. Someone ordered a hit on Robbie.



* ShieldBash: Coulson does it with his holographic version of Cap's shield.

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* ShieldBash: Coulson does it with his holographic version of Cap's shield.shield on one of the guards under Lucy's influence.
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* FoundTheKillerLostTheMurderer: The incident which crippled Robbie's brother was a paid hit - and since he already unleashed the Rider on everyone who was directly involved, he has no leads as to who commissioned it.

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* FoundTheKillerLostTheMurderer: The incident which crippled Robbie's brother was a paid hit - hit, and since he already unleashed the Rider on everyone who was directly involved, he has no leads as to who commissioned it.
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** Jemma not telling Jefferey about Coulson, Daisy or Robbie allows the unscrupulous Senator Nadeer to blackmail him for the sake of PR.

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** Jemma not telling Jefferey Jeffrey about Coulson, Daisy or Robbie allows the unscrupulous Senator Nadeer to blackmail him for the sake of PR.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Jeffery is seen colluding with Senator Nadeer and allowing himself to be blackmailed to keep up S.H.I.E.L.D.'s image. And he's lying about his past.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Jeffery Jeffrey is seen colluding with Senator Nadeer and allowing himself to be blackmailed to keep up S.H.I.E.L.D.'s image. And he's lying about his past.



* TheCameo: George Stephanopoulos of Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''This Week'' hosts the debate between Nadeer and Jeffery.

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* TheCameo: George Stephanopoulos of Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''This Week'' hosts the debate between Nadeer and Jeffery.Jeffrey.



* ContinuityNod: The U.N. bombing in Vienna, seen in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', is mentioned here. Jeffery claims to have been present and saved lives, though Jemma knows he's lying.

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* ContinuityNod: The U.N. bombing in Vienna, seen in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', is mentioned here. Jeffery Jeffrey claims to have been present and saved lives, though Jemma knows he's lying.



* FakeUltimateHero: The official story is that Jeffrey saved lives during the Vienna bombings, but Simmons reveals that's not actually true. We don't find out ''what'' happened and Jeffery wants it to stay that way.

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* FakeUltimateHero: The official story is that Jeffrey saved lives during the Vienna bombings, but Simmons reveals that's not actually true. We don't find out ''what'' happened and Jeffery Jeffrey wants it to stay that way.



* ThrowingOutTheScript: Jeffery has Jemma feed him facts through an earpiece to keep up with Senator Nadeer, but when she accuses him of being unfit, he turns it off and reveals himself as an Inhuman to counter her.

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* ThrowingOutTheScript: Jeffery Jeffrey has Jemma feed him facts through an earpiece to keep up with Senator Nadeer, but when she accuses him of being unfit, he turns it off and reveals himself as an Inhuman to counter her.

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* CallBack: During a polygraph test, Simmons admits to having worked for HYDRA - as a S.H.I.E.L.D. mole.

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* CallBack: CallBack:
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During a polygraph test, Simmons admits to having worked for HYDRA - as a S.H.I.E.L.D. mole.mole.
** Jeffrey mentions that more Inhumans were killed during the blackouts than humans. Curiously he fails to mention that the Watchdogs were behind those attacks ''not'' Inhumans.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: "The team that trusts, triumphs". Director Mace seems to miss the fact that his continuous security screenings of Simmons at the very least provides the impression that he doesn't trust her, which is why nobody on Team Coulson trusts him.
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* CallBack: During a polygraph test, Simmons admits to having worked for HYDRA - as a S.H.I.E.L.D. mole.


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* FoundTheKillerLostTheMurderer: The incident which crippled Robbie's brother was a paid hit - and since he already unleashed the Rider on everyone who was directly involved, he has no leads as to who commissioned it.


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* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Mack doesn't want to let Robbie in on the mission to raid the prison because the Rider tends to be this. The fact that the Rider only attacks the guilty isn't much of a reassurance in a place where just about ''everybody'' is guilty.


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* WorfHadTheFlu: Daisy is still recovering from her last bout of self-inflicted bone injuries and isn't sure if her new gauntlets can keep her from re-aggravating them, so she has to go the entire episode without using her Quake powers.

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* CombatPragmatist: Daisy uses quite a few things in the cafeteria for her advantage, like a plate or a fridge.



* InternalReveal: Jeffrey reveals himself to the world as an Inhuman.
* ItIsDehumanizing: When Fitz refers to Aida as a 'she', Simmons is quick to correct him and label her as 'it'.
* ItsPersonal: Jeffrey reveals himself to the world as an Inhuman because he wants the witch hunt for his people to end.



* OhCrap: The Rider frightens the prisoners so much that they willingly jail themselves rather than provoke him.

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* OhCrap: MisplacedRetribution: The Rider frightens last member of the prisoners so much gang that they willingly jail themselves rather than provoke him.had Robbie and his cousin shot is not only reformed, but had ''nothing'' to do with the hit at all.



** Also one retroactively for Robbie, as he killed every single gang member who could have told him something about the people who ordered the hit in the first place.



* OhCrap: The Rider frightens the prisoners so much that they willingly jail themselves rather than provoke him.
* PassiveAggressiveCombat: Jeffrey and Simmons engage in one when Jeffrey wants her do undergo another Lie Detector routine, with Simmons pointing out him lying about his past.



* ShoutOut: When Coulson sees that Lucy has brought friends, he refers to them as "Lucy and the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' gang."

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* ShoutOut: ShieldBash: Coulson does it with his holographic version of Cap's shield.
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When Coulson sees that Lucy has brought friends, he refers to them as "Lucy and the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' gang.""
** Robbie and Mack also make a few references towards {{Franchise/Ghostbusters}}.
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* Reveal: The "random" drive-by shooting that left Gabe crippled was not random at all. Someone ordered a hit on Robbie.

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* Reveal: TheReveal: The "random" drive-by shooting that left Gabe crippled was not random at all. Someone ordered a hit on Robbie.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Senator Nadeer threatens to make public footage of Coulson and May with Daisy and the Rider in order to manipulate Director Mace.


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* Reveal: The "random" drive-by shooting that left Gabe crippled was not random at all. Someone ordered a hit on Robbie.

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* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: The Watchdogs are using prisons as recruiting stations.



* GreatBigBookOfEverything: When Lucy and Joseph uncover the Darkhold, it appears to reveal information on the device they are trying to build (and in their first languages).

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* GreatBigBookOfEverything: When Lucy and Joseph uncover the Darkhold, it appears to reveal information generates text on the device exactly what they are trying want to build (and know in their first languages).native languages.



* ReformedCriminal: The gang leader was trying to reform, having abstained from the riot. That and admitting he had nothing to do with crippling Gabe failed to save him from the Rider, though.



* TranslatorMicrobes: The information in the Darkhold will appear to a reader to be in their mother tongue even if multiple people with different mother tongues are looking at it at the same time.

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* ThrowingOutTheScript: Jeffery has Jemma feed him facts through an earpiece to keep up with Senator Nadeer, but when she accuses him of being unfit, he turns it off and reveals himself as an Inhuman to counter her.
* TranslatorMicrobes: The information text in the Darkhold will appear appears to a the reader to be in their mother tongue tongue, even if multiple people with different mother tongues are looking at it at the same time.
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* TranslatorMicrobes: The information in the Darkhold will appear to a reader to be in their mother tongue even if multiple people with different mother tongues are looking at it at the same time.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Jeffery is seen concluding with Senator Nadeer and allowing himself to be blackmailed to keep up S.H.I.E.L.D.'s image. And he's lying about his past.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Jeffery is seen concluding colluding with Senator Nadeer and allowing himself to be blackmailed to keep up S.H.I.E.L.D.'s image. And he's lying about his past.

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* DeathSeeker: While Daisy has started to physically heal, her emotional scars still run deep. She decides to stay behind to hold off the Watchdogs in a [[StupidSacrifice completely unnecessary]] (but awesome) HoldTheLine moment. May calls her out on this at the end of the episode, noting that Lincoln wouldn't have wanted her to kill herself because of him.



* OhCrap: The Rider so frightens the prisoners that they willingly jail themselves rather than provoke him.

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* OhCrap: The Rider so frightens the prisoners so much that they willingly jail themselves rather than provoke him.



* PhlebotinumHandlingRequirements: The Darkhold can only be read by the living. Luck kidnaps Eli to get around that.

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* PhlebotinumHandlingRequirements: The Darkhold can only be read by the living. Luck Lucy kidnaps Eli to get around that.
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* ShoutOut: When Coulson sees that Lucy has brought friends, he refers to them as "Lucy and the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' gang."

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* FakeUltimateHero: The official story is that Jeffrey saved lives during the Vienna bombings, but Simmons reveals that's not actually true, we don't find out ''what'' happen and Jeffery wants it to stay that way.

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* TheCameo: George Stephanopoulos of Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''This Week'' hosts the debate between Nadeer and Jeffery.
* ContinuityNod: The U.N. bombing in Vienna, seen in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', is mentioned here. Jeffery claims to have been present and saved lives, though Jemma knows he's lying.
* FakeUltimateHero: The official story is that Jeffrey saved lives during the Vienna bombings, but Simmons reveals that's not actually true, we true. We don't find out ''what'' happen happened and Jeffery wants it to stay that way.way.
* FalseReassurance: Fitz insists the ghost antidote isn't that bad. You just have to inject it right into your brain stem with a hook and needle combination. Mack appropriately quips "Oh hell no" upon seeing it.



* KillItWithFire: The Rider roasts the Fifth Street gang leader.
* OhCrap: The Rider so frightens the prisoners that they willingly jail themselves rather than provoke him.



** Daisy's staying behind needlessly forces Coulson and May to backtrack to help her, leaving Mack and Robbie without backup.



* PhlebotinumHandlingRequirements: The Darkhold can only be read by the living. Luck kidnaps Eli to get around that.



* SlaveToPR: Deconstructed with Jeffrey because he's allowing himself to be blackmailed to keep SHIELD looking good.

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* SlaveToPR: Deconstructed with Jeffrey because he's allowing himself to be blackmailed to keep SHIELD S.H.I.E.L.D. looking good.good.
* YouShallNotPass: Daisy tries to stay behind to hold off the Watchdog-aligned prisoners, though it's also partly because she knows it's a fight she'll lose eventually. Coulson and May manage to swing back around and rescue her.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Robbie abandons his uncle to take care of the last remaining member of the gang that attacked him and his cousin, despite his not actually being involved in it. This gets Eli kidnapped by Lucy.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Jeffery is seen concluding with Senator Nadeer and allowing himself to be blackmailed to keep up S.H.I.E.L.D.'s image. And he's lying about his past.



* GreatBigBookOfEverything: When Lucy and Joseph uncover the Darkhold, it appears to reveal information on the device they are trying to build (and in their first languages).

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* FakeUltimateHero: The official story is that Jeffrey saved lives during the Vienna bombings, but Simmons reveals that's not actually true, we don't find out ''what'' happen and Jeffery wants it to stay that way.
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: When Lucy and Joseph uncover the Darkhold, it appears to reveal information on the device they are trying to build (and in their first languages).languages).
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Robbie's need for revenge leads to Dr. Bauer kidnapping Eli.
** Jemma not telling Jefferey about Coulson, Daisy or Robbie allows the unscrupulous Senator Nadeer to blackmail him for the sake of PR.
* SlaveToPR: Deconstructed with Jeffrey because he's allowing himself to be blackmailed to keep SHIELD looking good.

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SHIELD looks to talk to Eli Morrow about the Darkhold, but their plans hit a snag when Lucy proceeds to make all the prisoners and guards crazy.

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SHIELD looks to talk goes to Eli Morrow to learn more about the Darkhold, but their Darkhold. Their plans hit a snag when Lucy has the same plan, and proceeds to make all turn the prisoners and guards crazy.
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*BadLiar: Simmons is preoccupied with her upcoming lie-detection test, noting to Fitz that there are about 212 micro-expressions that can indicate a lie.
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