History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS5E4ALifeEarned

* BerserkButton: Gunner, when Yo-Yo and Mack find out he was expecting a child, repeatedly insults Mack, asserting that it's a good thing he's not a father. Mack, who in real life lost his daughter when she was a newborn and in The Framework after mental years of raising her, snaps [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and savagely attacks him]].

* NotHelpingYourCase: The savage beating Gunner got from Mack (after pushing his BerserkButton) only proved his point.

* BerserkButton: Gunner, when Yo-Yo and Mack find out he was expecting a child, repeatedly insults Mack, asserting that it's a good thing he's not a father. Mack, who lost his daughter years ago, flips out [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and savagely beats him]].

* ItAmusedMe: Why Mack was shocked instead of the others. Apparently it's funnier because he's bigger.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By letting Ben into his presence, Kasius allows his mind to be read and exposes his plan to destroy what's left of humanity once he gets what he wants out of them. Ben thus aids Daisy and Jemma rather than exposing their lies.

* WorfHadTheFlu: May was already fighting an uphill battle against Sinara, but her wounded leg sure doesn't do her any favors.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Fitz shows up seemingly out of nowhere at the end.

** To be fair, he didn't know Ben's Telepathy worked in both directions, and thus didn't anticipate Ben turning on him. Had Ben not even been there, Jemma would never have been able to pass Kasius' little test of repeating what Daisy says and thus exposing their lies to him.

* UncertainDoom: May seems to be on the losing end of her battle with Sinara when the scene cuts away. Sinara returns to Kasius later, evidently having won.

* VaguenessIsComing: Kasius says that the prophecy of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s return is very vague; there could be just two people, or twenty. Deke points out it would probably be less vague if the Kree hadn't killed everyone who knew anything about it.

* ProperlyParanoid: Coulson is understandably distrustful of Deke after discovering that he sold out Daisy to Kasius and goes to far as to weld the door to his room shut while he figures out a plan with Mack and Yo-Yo.

* FaceHeelTurn: Fitz is implied to have done this, given that he suggests Daisy be put into a death match.
* ItAmusedMe: Why Mack was shocked instead of the others. Apparently its funnier because he's bigger.

* ItAmusedMe: Why Mack was shocked instead of the others. Apparently its funner because he's bigger.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By letting the telepath into his presence, Kasius allows himself to be read and exposes his plan to destroy what's left of humanity once he gets what he wants out of them. The telepath thus aids Daisy and Jemma rather than exposing their lies.

* {{Telepathy}}: The Inhuman introduced in this episode, Ben, can read the minds of others. Unbeknownst to the Kree, he can also telepathically send messages to others as well, which he uses to help Daisy and Jemma maintain a cover story that the latter couldn't hear the former telling.

* ProperlyParanoid: Coulson is understandably distrustful of Deke after discovering that he sold out Daisy to Kasius and goes to far as to weld the room to his door shut while he figures out a plan with Mack and Yo-Yo.

Tropes appearing in this episode:
* AbsenteeActor: Subverted - Fitz doesn't appear for most of the episode, but he returns in TheStinger.
* BerserkButton: Gunner, when Yo-Yo and Mack find out he was expecting a child, repeatedly insults Mack, asserting that it's a good thing he's not a father. Mack, who lost his daughter years ago, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown flips out]].
* DesignerBabies: Downplayed - the Kree's breeding program isn't confirmed to be selecting for specific features, aside from sensitivity to Terrigenesis.

* MamaBear. May when she finds out that Deke sold out Daisy. She attacks him the second she finds out and it's clear she was going to tear him apart if they hadn't been interrupted.

* WhamShot: At the end of the episode, Kasius is presenting Daisy to a crowd, including one person in a black mask. When he announces an exhibition of her power, the person in the mask points out that she is Quake, destroyer of worlds, and thus should have to fight to the death. While he says this, he removes his helmet, revealing himself to be a surprisingly well-preserved Fitz.

* AbsenteeActor: Again, Fitz doesn't appear - [[SubvertedTrope Oh]], [[TheStinger but]] [[UnexpectedCharacter wait]]...

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Mack's BerserkButton was unknowingly pushed way too hard.