History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS6E06Inescapable

* SpotOfTea: [=FitzSimmons=] manifest some very British afternoon tea to share space adventures over.

!!Tropes in this episode:

** [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS5E11AllTheComfortsOfHome Noah]] described Enoch as being "[[CowboyCop quite reckless]]" by [[AlienNonInterferenceClause Chronicom standards]]. Here, we get to see quite ''how'' reckless - as in [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight betraying the other Chronicoms to save FitzSimmons.]]
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Mack makes this rationalization as to why [=FitzSimmons=] will be fine with the Chronicoms. Little does he know that Altarah is irrational enough to potentially get them killed in search of the information she needs.
* CharacterDevelopment: Enoch realizes that he cares more about protecting [=FitzSimmons=] than he does about being a good Chronicom, and breaks them out of Altarah's mind prison.
* ChekhovsSkill: Altarah informs [=FitzSimmons=] that the mind prison can be used to conjure about anything that their mind wants. [=FitzSimmons=] eventually figures out they can conjure their friends to help them: Daisy for Jemma and Mack for Fitz.
* ContinuityNod: Oh, ''several'' of them, especially during [=FitzSimmons's=] blazing row in the containment pod.
** Fitz sarcastically challenges a pre-teen Simmons that [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E12Seeds he might be the only one to enter the SHIELD Academy with a PhD.]]
** Jemma warns Fitz about [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS5E14TheDevilComplex his mental break and the Doctor]] when they're both experiencing their memory in the SHIELD dormitory.

** While ranting about how much Jemma hurt him, Fitz recalls her [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E1Shadows temporary leave from SHIELD,]] [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E22SOSPart2 her unintentional transport to Maveth by the Monolith,]] and [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E54722Hours her affair with Will while on said planet.]] Jemma then shoots back that Fitz [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E4LetMeStandNextToYourFire created Aida]] and [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E17IdentityAndChange manifested his id as the Doctor.]]

** Enoch subdues Altarah (and presumably the other Chronicoms) with the same device that produces a high-pitched whine as they used on him in the [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS6E03FearAndLoathingOnThePlanetOfKitson third episode of the season.]]

* EmotionalRegression: Simmons reverts to her seven ([[InsistentTerminology and a half!]]) year old self in the beginning of the episode at the stress of their situation. To a lesser extent, [=FitzSimmons=] both regress to their SHIELD Academy selves as they go through their memories there.
* EmotionSuppression: Ever since she was a little girl, Simmons has shoved away any negative emotions that might trouble her into a little music box-- or, as she puts it, kept things nice and tidy. The Scottish Fitz has the ''perfect'' response to it.

-->'''Mack''': Kinda stole my thunder there.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Before freeing [=FitzSimmons=] from the mental prison, Enoch single-handedly neutralized every Chronicom in the room, somehow. That large gun he was holding when the duo woke up may have played a part in it, or perhaps use of the sound signal that incapacitated Enoch a few episodes ago (we hear it briefly when Aldarah is in the simulation).

* ShoutOut: Simmons' dark side resembles the girl from the Literature/TheRing,[[note]] Sadako Yamamura (or Samara Morgan in the Americanized version)[[/note]] as Fitz himself [[LampshadeHanging points out]]. He also compares it to Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968.

* TryingNotToCry: Fitz is trying and failing to suppress tears upon learning that Coulson - the one father figure that didn't betray him in some way - died while he was off planet.

* NotSoDifferent: It turns out Jemma has her own inner monster, born of all the issues she's suppressed over the years. Fitz doesn't hesitate to point this out during their argument.

[=FitzSimmons=] are finally reunited, (again). But much to their horror, they find out that the Chronicoms have uplinked their minds together into one mind prison so they can work on inventing time travel to save the Chronicoms.

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: {{Deconstructed}} as [=FitzSimmons=] hash out this aspect of their relationship. Fitz feels patronized by Simmons always coming to his rescue and Simmons hates Fitz always sacrificing himself and leaving her to mourn. They eventually work out that they'll both always do that because of how deeply they love each other.

* BaitAndSwitch: After their highly emotional argument in the containment pod, Fitz and Simmons resolve their differences and agree to face their nightmare selves together, only to find that the Doctor and Nightmare Simmons are...[[UnusualEuphemism otherwise engaged.]]

* BottleEpisode: Played with; most of the episode takes place in the mind prison but the fact that it's a mental projection means all kinds of sets and characters as [=FitzSimmons=] explores their memories.

* CharacterDevelopment: Enoch realizes that he cares more about protecting Fitz and Simmons than he does about being a good Chronicom, and breaks them out of Altarah's mind prison.

** Fitz points out the Doctor's ruthlessness at least partly stems from Simmons [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E20FarewellCruelWorld killing Alastair.]]

** When they ultimately resolve their shouting match, Fitz mentions Jemma won't get a free pass from being stuck with him [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS5E22TheEnd just because of his other self's death.]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: For Jemma and Fitz.

* EmotionSuppression: Ever since she was a little girl, Simmons has shoved away any negative emotions that might trouble her into a little music box -- or, as she puts it, keep things nice and tidy. The Scottish Fitz has the ''perfect'' response to it.

* FightingDownMemoryLane: The Chronicoms put [=FitzSimmons=] into a machine that combines their minds so that their combined intellect can work out time travel. Unfortunately, it was meant for Chronicoms, not humans (whose emotional problems can disrupt the process and cause great risk of destroying them). This manifests in [=FitzSimmons=]'s darker alter-egos, who actively threaten each other as they lay out all their issues from their tumultuous relationship. They manage to save themselves when they realize they're not alone and conjure memories of their respective closest friends to fend of each other's dark sides, buying them enough time to reconcile with each other.

* HeadTiltinglyKinky: Fitz and Simmons react this way to Leopold and Nightmare Simmons getting freaky:

* InsecureLoveInterest: Fitz's issues in his relationship with Simmons is that he feels like he has to be looked after by her, making him feel pitied in the relationship and resentful that she left when he was brain damaged and she found someone else when they were physically separated. His Doctor persona liked Aida in the Framework because his ego was satisfied with someone he felt didn't have to constantly do that.

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Jemma and Fitz have several arguments like this throughout the episode, coincidentally involving his discovery that she married an alternate timeline version of him, culminating in their heated shouting match in the containment pod.
* LockedInARoom: Played with; [=FitzSimmons=] are imprisoned for the episode in a mental construct so they are forced to work out time travel. It starts out as a mostly featureless room where they can freely manifest whatever they can conceive. This becomes a problem as they touch upon the emotional issues their relationship has developed over the years but they eventually reconcile their feelings and come out all the stronger for it.

* MoodWhiplash: The very serious moment where Fitz and Jemma hash out their problems and prepare to face off with Leopold and Nightmare Simmons comes to a screeching halt when they find their dark selves heavily making out.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Before freeing Fitz and Simmons from the mental prison, Enoch single-handedly neutralized every Chronicom in the room, somehow. That large gun he was holding when the duo woke up may have played a part in it, or perhaps use of the sound signal that incapacitated Enoch a few episodes ago (we hear it briefly when Aldarah is in the simulation).

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Fitz's reaction to seeing Nightmare Simmons and Leopold making out: "What...the Hell?"
* TheReveal: Coulson was the one who gave Simmons the go ahead to find Fitz.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Fitz lets out an especially high-pitched squeal when he turns around and sees Jemma as a seven year-old girl.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Enoch turns against his people in order to save Fitz and Simmons.

* TheStinger: Mack and Daisy talking about how unstoppable Fitz and Simmons are and filling her in on what's she missed. It should be noted that representations of both of them were used by Fitz and Simmons to assist them in their mind prison.
* StupidEvil: Altarah, again. She hooks Fitz and Simmons in a mind prison, similar to the Framework, allowing them to share brains and memories. She knows the effects could possibly kill them -- and if that would happen she'd lose the Chronicoms' only chance of getting time travel -- but she doesn't care.
* TryingNotToCry: Fitz is trying--and failing--to suppress tears upon learning that Coulson--the one father figure that didn't betray him in some way--died while he was off planet.

* YearInsideHourOutside: Fitz and Jemma spend the majority of the episode's 42 minute runtime in the simulation, and from their point of view it must have been even longer than that, but after they resolve their issues, we learn from Altarah that it's only been 5 minutes and 33 seconds in the real world.

* YourMindMakesItReal: Jemma's and Leopold's suppressed thoughts pose a serious damage to them within the mind prison. This later becomes a ChekhovsSkill where they use these thoughts to summon representations of Mack and Daisy to help them against The Doctor and Nightmare Simmons.

-->'''Enoch:''' ''([[{{Adorkable}} proudly]])'' [[BadassBoast I have taken]] ''[[ColdHam bold]]'' [[ColdHam action.]]

* ShoutOut: Simmons' dark side resembles the girl from the Literature/TheRing[[note]] Sadako Yamamura (or Samara Morgan in the Americanized version)[[/note]], as Fitz himself [[LampshadeHanging points out]]. He also compares it to Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968.

* ShoutOut: Simmons' dark side resembles the girl from the [[Literature/TheRing]][[note]] Sadako Yamamura (or Samara Morgan in the Americanized version)[[/note]], as Fitz himself [[LampshadeHanging points out]]. He also compares it to Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968.

** Enoch subdues Altarah (and presumably the other Chronicoms) with the same device that produces a high-pitched whine as they used on him in the [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS6E03FearAndLoathingOnThePlanetOfKitson third episode.]]

* ShoutOut: Simmons' dark side resembles [[Literature/TheRing Sadako Yamamura/Samara Morgan]], as Fitz himself [[LampshadeHanging points out]]. He also compares it to Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: The Doctor trick Jemma by crying for help, pretending to be the real Fitz, causing her to run to him and being apprehended.

* CharacterDevelopment: Enoch realizes that he cares more about protecting Fitz and Simmons than he does about being a good Chronicom, and breaks them out of Altarah's mind prison.
* ChekhovsSkill: Altarah informs [=FitzSimmons=] that the mind prison can be used to conjure about anything that their mind wants. [=FitzSimmons=] eventually figures out they can conjure their friends to help them: Daisy for Jemma and Mack for Fitz.

* CallBack:
** [=FitzSimmons's=] "cursed" love is brought up again.
** The brief RunningGag of everyone assuming [=FitzSimmons=] were one person is brought back.
** The hoodie Simmons wore after her return from Maveth shows up in a flashback. [[HerBoyfriendsJacket Turns out it originally belonged to Fitz.]]
** When Nightmare Simmons tortures Fitz, she starts by having him chained upside down in the Quinjet docking bay and [[ToThePain wondering aloud which part of him will suffer first]] like it's a biological experiment. This is just like a few episodes ago where she tortured aliens in a similar manner, exploiting the fact that their biology was used to lighter gravity than Earth's.
** When a 7-year old Simmons asks Fitz to read her a bedtime story, it briefly transforms into the Darkhold.
** Once again, Jemma enters a simulated world with someone she loves, while their bodies in the real world are lying next to each other on tables. Last time it was with Daisy in the Framework, now it's with Fitz in the Chronicom mind-prison.
** [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS5E11AllTheComfortsOfHome Noah]] described Enoch as being "[[CowboyCop quite reckless]]" by [[AlienNonInterferenceClause Chronicom standards]]. Here, we get to see quite ''how'' reckless - as in [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight betraying the other Chronicoms to save FitzSimmons.]]
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Mack makes this rationalization as to why [=FitzSimmons=] will be fine with the Chronicoms. Little does he know that Altarah is irrational enough to potentially get them killed in search of the information she needs.

-->'''Fitz:''' ''[exasperated]'' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Oh, you're]] ''[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe so]]'' [[StiffUpperLip English!]]\\

Jemma and Fitz are finally reunited, (again). But much to their horror, they find out that the Chronicoms have uplinked their minds together into one mind prison so they can work on inventing time travel to save the Chronicoms.

* EmotionalRegression: Simmons reverts to her seven year old (and a half) self in the beginning of the episode at the stress of their situation. To a lesser extent, [=FitzSimmons=] both regress to their SHIELD Academy selves as they go through their memories there.

* YourMindMakesItReal: Jemma's and Leopold's suppressed thoughts pose a serious damage to them within the mind prison.

* BottleEpisode: Played with; most of the episode takes place in the mind prison but the fact that it's a mental projection means all kinds of sets and characters as FitzSimmons explores their memories.

* BottleEpisode: Most of the episode takes place in the mind prison.

* LockedInARoom: [=FitzSimmons=] are imprisoned for the episode in a mental construct that starts out as a mostly featureless room. They can freely manifest whatever they can conceive within it, which becomes a problem as they touch upon the emotional issues their relationship has developed over the years. They eventually reconcile their feelings and come out all the stronger for it.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Before freeing Fitz and Simmons from the mental prison, Enoch single-handedly neutralized every Chronicom in the room, somehow. That large gun he was holding when the duo woke up may have played a part in it.

* YearInsideHourOutside: Fitz and Jemma spend the majority of the episode's 42 minute runtime in the simulation, and from their point of view it must have been even longer than that, but after they resolve their issues, we learn from Altarah that it's only been 5 minutes and 22 seconds in the real world.

* BigDamnHeroes: Enoch ultimately rebels against Altarah, frees Fitz and Jemma from their mind prison, and teleports them off of the Chronicoms' starship.

** Enoch subdues Altarah (and presumably the other Chronicoms) with the same device that produces a high-pitched whine as they used on him in the [[Recap/AgentsOfShieldS6E4FearAndLoathingOnThePlanetOfKitson fourth episode.]]

* SpotOfTea: [=FitzSimmons=] manifest some very British afternoon tea to share space adventures over.
* TheStinger: Mack and Daisy talking about how unstoppable Fitz and Simmons are and filling her in on what's she missed. It should be noted that representations of both of them were used by Fitz and Simmons to assist them in their mind prison.

* ShoutOut: Simmons' dark side resembles [[Literature/TheRing Sadako Yamamura/Samara Morgan]], as Fitz himself [[LampshadeHanging points out]].