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* UnusuallyUniterestingSight: A black man and a latin woman having lunch at a diner in the fifties? Unusual, except it's in ''Nevada'', where people of color are expected to associate regardless. Coulson and Daisy having lunch? A little more unusual, except that the Asian-American population was heavier on the west coast. Even so, Coulson and Daisy would probably have raised a few more eyebrows.
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* UnusuallyUniterestingSight: UnusuallyUninterestingSight: A black man and a latin woman having lunch at a diner in the fifties? Unusual, except it's in ''Nevada'', where people of color are expected to associate regardless. Coulson and Daisy having lunch? A little more unusual, except that the Asian-American population was heavier on the west coast. Even so, Coulson and Daisy would probably have raised a few more eyebrows.
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* AbsenteeActor: Fitz, played by Creator/IainDeCaestecker, is once again absent from this episode.
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** Let's be honest; Coulson also gets to geek out over old SHIELD tech.
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* UnusuallyUniterestingSight: A black man and a latin woman having lunch at a diner in the fifties? Unusual, except it's in ''Nevada'', where people of color are expected to associate regardless. Coulson and Daisy having lunch? A little more unusual, except that the Asian-American population was heavier on the west coast. Even so, Coulson and Daisy would probably have raised a few more eyebrows.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Deke calls Daisy out for ordering him to kill Freddie in the previous episode, because he's trying not to be the person he was when they first met him.
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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero:
** Mack chews out Daisy for ordering Deke to kill Freddie because ''that would give the Chronicoms exactly what they want''. They're not here to save lives, they're here to save the ''future''.
** He also calls out Deke for following her orders instead of his own. "In the future you may be a CEO, but here you're an agent of SHIELD and you follow my orders."
** Deke calls Daisyout out, too, for ordering him to kill Freddie in the previous episode, because he's trying not to be the person he was when they first met him.
** Mack chews out Daisy for ordering Deke to kill Freddie because ''that would give the Chronicoms exactly what they want''. They're not here to save lives, they're here to save the ''future''.
** He also calls out Deke for following her orders instead of his own. "In the future you may be a CEO, but here you're an agent of SHIELD and you follow my orders."
** Deke calls Daisy
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* Area51: The Quinnjet is spotted landing... just north of Groom Lake, Nevada, home to Area 51.
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* AllWomenAreLustful: The girl in the cold open.
-->'''Boy:''' This is where I saw it, the flying saucer.\\
'''Girl:''' Really? I thought that was just a line to get me up here.\\
'''Boy:''' You did?\\
'''Girl:''' I did. And I'm up here.
-->'''Boy:''' This is where I saw it, the flying saucer.\\
'''Girl:''' Really? I thought that was just a line to get me up here.\\
'''Boy:''' You did?\\
'''Girl:''' I did. And I'm up here.
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** Sharpe is quite quick with the racist barbs, calls Mack "Boy", Yo-Yo "Mamacita Caliente" (hot mama), and May an "Oriental".
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* WroteTheBook: Used quite literally by Sharpe when Mack and Yo-Yo tries to interrogate him:
-->'''Sharpe:''' I didn't just teach interrogation and resistance, I wrote the field manual. Do your worst.
-->'''Sharpe:''' I didn't just teach interrogation and resistance, I wrote the field manual. Do your worst.
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* ScreamingWoman: Fitting with the '50s AlienInvasion movie theme of the intro, the girl in the car mistaking the ''Zephyr'' for a flying saucer lets out a long, shrill scream.
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* DutchAngle: Most close shots inside the Chronicom ship are slanted, to accentuate the inhumanity of the alien robots.
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* AscendedFanboy: Back in Season 2, Simmons was revealed to be a big fan of Peggy Carter, one of the founders of SHIELD. In this episode, she and Coulson have to infiltrate the Area 51 SHIELD base to stop the Chronicoms. For her cover, she impersonates Peggy to gain access, and is shown clearly loving every minute of it.
-->'''Coulson:''' You're enjoying this way too much...Peggy.
-->'''Coulson:''' You're enjoying this way too much...Peggy.
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* AscendedFanboy: Back in Season 2, Simmons was revealed to be a big fan of Peggy Carter, one of the founders of SHIELD. S.H.I.E.L.D. In this episode, she and Coulson have to infiltrate the Area 51 SHIELD S.H.I.E.L.D. base to stop the Chronicoms. For her cover, she impersonates Peggy to gain access, and is shown clearly loving every minute of it.
-->'''Coulson:''' You're enjoying this way too much... Peggy.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Daisy calls Wilfred Malick "the Grand Wizard of HYDRA", Deke retorts that "Grand Wizard" sounds cool, clearly ignorant of the significance of the title as that of the head of the Ku Klux Klan.
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** When Daisy calls Wilfred Malick "the Grand Wizard of HYDRA", Deke retorts that "Grand Wizard" sounds cool, clearly ignorant of the significance of the title as that of the head of the Ku Klux Klan.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Naturally, since the episode is set in the 50s, racism is prevalent:
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Simmons mentions she could easily modify the base's [=EMP=] to be more effective. By the end of the episode she does exactly that in order to disable Helius.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Simmons mentions she could easily modify the base's [=EMP=] EMP to be more effective. By the end of the episode she does exactly that in order to disable Helius.
* HeroAntagonist: Daniel Sousa, who uncovers Simmons' and Coulson's deception and has them locked up.
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* InspectorJavert: Daniel Sousa, who uncovers Simmons' and Coulson's deception and has them locked up.
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** Simmons insinuates that one of the male scientists is a Chronicom, commenting that any of them could be mistaken for emotionless robots until [=STEM=] fields have a more diverse population. One of the two Chronicoms present is disguised as a white woman secretary, pretty much beneath notice in this setting. The other one was actually one of the scientists, but Simmons didn't get to interrogate him due to Sousa's interference.
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** Simmons insinuates that one of the male scientists is a Chronicom, commenting that any of them could be mistaken for emotionless robots until [=STEM=] STEM fields have a more diverse population. One of the two Chronicoms present is disguised as a white woman secretary, pretty much beneath notice in this setting. The other one was actually one of the scientists, but Simmons didn't get to interrogate him due to Sousa's interference.
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** Simmons is overjoyed at getting to see S.H.I.E.L.D.'s early tech development facility (though the 50's-level tech doesn't do much to impress her). She's also clearly enjoying her guise as Peggy Carter.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Mack and Deke pretend to be alien abductors and threaten Sharpe to never reveal what he saw or they'll "probe" him. Sharpe runs back to the diner claiming he was abducted by aliens, but of course no one believes him, which is what Mack and Deke were counting on.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Mack and Deke pretend to be alien abductors and threaten Sharpe to never reveal what he saw or they'll "probe" him. Sharpe runs back to the diner claiming he was abducted by aliens, but of course no one no-one believes him, which is what Mack and Deke were counting on.
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** Daisy recounts Sousa's history during the war, the SSR
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Throughout Coulson and Simmons' vetting of the science team, the last man in the lineup consistently displays Chronicom-like behavior. [[note]]This particular scientist in a bow tie maintains his perfect seating posture with a blank stare straight ahead, and never fidgets at all.[[/note]] Unfortunately, Sousa interrupts before Simmons gets a chance to question him, allowing the Chronicom to surprise Daisy later on.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Throughout Coulson and Simmons' vetting of the science team, the last man in the lineup consistently displays Chronicom-like behavior. [[note]]This particular scientist in a bow tie maintains his perfect seating posture with a blank stare straight ahead, and never fidgets at all.[[/note]] Unfortunately, Sousa interrupts before Simmons gets a chance to question him, allowing the Chronicom to surprise Daisy later on.
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* OffscreenBreakup: For whatever reason, Sousa and Peggy don't seem to be a thing anymore. Most likely Peggy was off running SHIELD with Howard Stark.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: This episode introduces Sybil, a Chronicom Predictor. Daniel Sousa can also come off as this for viewers who did not watch Agent Carter.
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** This episode introduces Sybil, a ChronicomPredictor. Predictor.
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** This episode introduces Sybil, a Chronicom
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* SpottingTheThread: HYDRA's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't entirely undetectable, especially so early in the organisation's history; by the time this episode takes place, Sousa can tell that something is amiss, although he hasn't entirely zeroed in on who the culprits are.
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* SpottingTheThread: HYDRA's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't entirely undetectable, especially so early in the organisation's history; by the time this episode takes place, Sousa can tell that something is amiss, although he hasn't entirely zeroed in on who the culprits are.
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* RealityEnsues:
** The turtle question drives an old woman to tears, and she asks Coulson why he'd be so cruel as to suggest that she'd do such a thing; the woman wasn't a Chronicom and had no idea why Coulson was asking the question, so he just comes off as incredibly mean-spirited.
** HYDRA's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't entirely undetectable, especially so early in the organisation's history; by the time this episode takes place, Sousa can tell that something is amiss, although he hasn't entirely zeroed in on who the culprits are.
** The turtle question drives an old woman to tears, and she asks Coulson why he'd be so cruel as to suggest that she'd do such a thing; the woman wasn't a Chronicom and had no idea why Coulson was asking the question, so he just comes off as incredibly mean-spirited.
** HYDRA's infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't entirely undetectable, especially so early in the organisation's history; by the time this episode takes place, Sousa can tell that something is amiss, although he hasn't entirely zeroed in on who the culprits are.
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