History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS5E22TheEnd

* MythologyGag: Daisy attempting to reason with Talbot is similar to the [[http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/05/19/agents-of-shield-civil-war-easter-egg/ ending]] of the ''Comicbook/CivilWar''. In the comic, seeing the damage around him causes Captain America to stop fighting Iron Man and surrender. Here, it is not enough to get Talbot to stand down, since both Hale and Coulson had tricked him in the past.

* SpaceIsCold: Talbot's body floating in space develops a layer of ice over it, making him the third character in the MCU to fall victim to this trope (after [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Yondu]] and [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Ebony Maw]]).

* AMillionIsAStatistic: DoubleSubverted. Daisy realizes that, despite the squad's love for Coulson, saving the world must come first, and she uses the serum that Coulson refused to take to heal himself to power herself up enough to blast Talbot into space. It's all well and good, [[spoiler:until you realize that in the original timeline, with the Earth destroyed, Vision would have died and the Mind Stone been lost forever, meaning that Thanos would have never been able to assemble the Infinity Gauntlet and Snap away half the universe, which would mean the loss of ''decillions'' at first glance. Even though the Avengers Blip these people back, the damage from indirect deaths from the Snap is irreversible and will still cause trillions of losses. It appears that characterization is still crucial, only this time it's about a planet's familiarity]].

* MadeOfIron: The MeteorMove that Talbot pulls on Daisy would probably [[LudicrousGibs pulverize a normal human being]]. Other than Daisy's quaking abilities, we previously never saw how resilient she actually is, so [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat her ability to survive that]] seems rather out of thin air. However, we ''have'' seen her survive a fall from a great height by quaking the ground below her, so that's probably what she did.

* ExpendableAlternateUniverse: In an extremely bizarre and disturbing way. the team is completely satisfied with this version of Fitz and has no plans to save Fitz from the original timeline, who is stuck frozen in the vacuum of space. When the alternate future version of Fitz dies, despite an initial shock, absolutely ''no one'' is grieving or sad about it, because they FINALLY remember they have a "spare" Fitz. ''So yeah'', now that they don't currently have a Fitz, they're going to save the original Fitz.

* EndOfAnEra: This episode officially brings Coulson's tenure as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent to an end; he's explicitly not coming back next season.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: Daisy acknowledges that she isn't fit to be a leader, and her last order as (acting) Director to name Mack the new Director.

* ContinuityLockout: Enforced. The final four episodes of the season coincide with the events of ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity War]]'', occurring within the span of twenty-four hours, so the final few minutes do not spoil the events of the film for those who have yet to see it, as opposed to Season 1's ''Winter Soldier'' spoilers.

* GeniusBonus: Coulson's parting toast is an old Scottish one. There's more to it than just that line, though.
-->Who's like us? Damn few. And they're all dead.

* ExpendableAlternateUniverse: In an extremely bizarre and disturbing way . the team is completely satisfied with this version of Fitz and has no plans to save Fitz from the original timeline , who is stuck frozen in the vacuum of space. When the alternate future version of Fitz dies, despite an initial shock, absolutely ''no one'' is grieving or sad about it, because they FINALLY remember they have a "spare" Fitz. ''So yeah'', now that they don't currently have a Fitz, they're going to save the original Fitz.

* ExpendableAlternateUniverse : In an extremely bizarre and disturbing way . the team is completely satisfied with this version of Fitz and has no plans to save Fitz from the original timeline , who is stuck frozen in the vacuum of space. When the alternate future version of Fitz dies , despite an initial shock , absolutely ''no one'' is grieving or sad about it, because they FINALLY remember they have a "spare" Fitz. ''So yeah'' , now that they don't currently have a Fitz , they're going to save the original Fitz .

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Or a building, in Fitz's case. His death is extremely sudden. Funny enough, nobody really bothers to mourn him, as there is another version out there, waiting to be found by the team.

* ExpendableAlternateUniverse : In an extremely bizarre and disturbing way . the team is completely satisfied with this version of Fitz and has no plans to save Fitz from the original timeline , who is stuck frozen in the vacuum of space. When the alternate future version of Fitz dies , despite an initial shock , absolutely ''no one'' is grieving or sad about it, because they FINALLY remember they have a "spare" Fitz. 'XSo yeah'' , now that they don't currently have a Fitz , they're going to save the original Fitz .

* Expendable Alternate Universe : In an extremely bizarre and disturbing way . the team is completely satisfied with this version of Fitz and has no plans to save Fitz from the original timeline , who is stuck frozen in the vacuum of space. When the alternate future version of Fitz dies , despite an initial shock , absolutely ''no one'' is grieving or sad about it, because they FINALLY remember they have a "spare" Fitz. 'XSo yeah'' , now that they don't currently have a Fitz , they're going to save the original Fitz .

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Daisy chooses Mack to be the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., a decision Coulson wholeheartedly approves of.