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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Chronicom who had replaced Mack's father taps May on the shoulder for gratitude as part of his [[BitchInSheepsClothing ruse]], allowing May's empathic abilities to determine he's an impostor. Though in fairness, none of the Chronicoms are aware of May's abilities.
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* TakingYouWithMe: LMD-Coulson blows up the Chronicom Hunter ship while he's still on board.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Luke is seemingly finally killed, as is the Chronicom Hunter ship, as is Nathaniel Malick, and with both HYDRA and the Chronicoms out of the Lighthouse in 1976 and Project Insight foiled, Stoner gets down to returning things to normal. However, many agents were killed for disguises by the Chronicoms, Daisy is rendered comatose from Nathaniel's experiments, LMD-Coulson sacrificed his life, Mack's parents have been killed in this timeline where he and his brother Ruben are still at a very young age, and his resulting grief over this causes him and Deke to be stranded in time.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Rick Stoner shoots Luke just before he's about to execute Mack.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Luke is killed by Stoner with a Chronicom weapon.



* UncertainDoom: Nathaniel is last seen being crushed by a falling piece of roof, which may or may not have killed him after the injuries he sustained from copying Daisy's powers.

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Nathaniel is last seen being crushed by a falling piece of roof, which may or may not have killed him after the injuries he sustained from copying Daisy's powers.powers.
** Luke is last seen shot by Rick Stoner using one of the Chronicom's own weapons, but it's unknown if he's fully dead.
** Sybil is only seen in a virtual environment in this episode when Coulson interfaces with the Hunter ship. While the ship itself is blown up, Sybil's fate is unknown.
*** Though the promo for the following week's episode mentions that [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil Sybil indeed survived]].

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* AffablyEvil: Sybil remains calm and civil throughout her talk with Coulson, honestly answering all of his questions.



* CallingParentsByTheirName: A drugged, drained, and barely-conscious Daisy recalls how her mother Jiaying suffered similar horrors at Daniel Whitehall's hands that she is enduring at Nathaniel Malick's. She refers to Jiaying by name, instead of describing her as her mother, which is understandable, given [[OffingTheOffspring Jiaying's last attempted deed]], the fact that Daisy had previously shown no qualms about desecrating her remains, and the fact that Daisy is so out of it that she can barely form a coherent sentence.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: Nathanial takes Daisy's powers only to realize too late just ''how'' powerful she is when his bones crack under constant vibrations he can't control.

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* {{Determinator}}: Despite being drained of blood and spinal fluid to the point of near-death, Daisy still had the presence of mind to palm a piece of broken glass so she and Sousa could escape. What's more, according to Sybil, she had an 86% chance of surviving the experience, another testament to Daisy's hardiness.
-->'''Coulson''': That's my girl.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Nathanial Nathaniel takes Daisy's powers only to realize too late just ''how'' powerful she is when his bones crack under constant vibrations he can't control.control. According to Sybil, his plan only had 22% chance of working anyway.



* HeroicBSOD: Mack goes through one after finding out Chronicoms killed and replaced his parents.

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* FantasticRacism: While she frames it as TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies, Sybil's argument for why Chronicoms are superior to humans amounts to this; as artificial beings that don't age or die, Chronicoms see mortal beings, like humans, as weak and irrational for fearing death, and thus, they're inferior to the Chonicoms and will inevitably bow to their superiority or simply die out. Coulson [[ShutUpHannibal shuts Sybil up]] with a powerful humanist speech.
* HeroicBSOD: Mack goes through one after finding out Chronicoms killed and replaced his parents.parents and being forced to personally destroy the one that replaced his mother. He's so out of it afterwards that he doesn't even seem to notice the ''Zephyr'' leaving without him and Deke.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The story Sousa tells Daisy to keep her awake revolves around a soldier named Mike, who mouthed off and stole from his platoon, and who stayed with Sousa night and day after the injury that crippled his leg, inspiring Sousa to do the same for Daisy at the end of the episode.
* KickTheDog:
** Sybil takes a few shots at Coulson's artificial nature, explicitly saying that he's "not a person".
** The Chronicom who replaced Mack's father gloats about "harvesting their skins", even mockingly calling Mack "son".



* ManipulativeBitch: At Mack's mercy, the Chronicom posing as his mother adopts her persona again, begging him to show mercy. Mack still manages to find the will to toss her out of the Quinjet.



* PowerIncontinence: Nathanial gains Daisy's powers but can't control them, cracking his own bones before bringing the ceiling down on himself.

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* NotAfraidToDie: Coulson, at this point; as he says to Sybil, dying is practically his superpower.
* PowerIncontinence: Nathanial Nathaniel gains Daisy's powers but can't control them, cracking his own bones before bringing the ceiling down on himself.himself.
* RealityEnsues: The massive blood and spinal fluid loss that Daisy suffered at Nathaniel's hands leaves her comatose at the end of the episode.



* TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies: Essentially the Chronicoms' logic for why they deserve Earth more than humans do, at least according to Sybil; they don't age or die naturally, and are therefore superior to humans, whose fear of death (both their own and of others) drives them to behave irrationally. Therefore, the Chronicoms, who would thrive on Earth, deserve it more.



* SuperhumanTransfusion: Nathanial is able to use Daisy's blood and spinal fluid in conjunction with Whitehall's research to gain her powers, but he can't control them and it's hard to say if it's permanent.

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* SuperhumanTransfusion: Nathanial Nathaniel is able to use Daisy's blood and spinal fluid in conjunction with Whitehall's research to gain her powers, but he can't control them and it's hard to say if it's permanent.



* UncertainDoom: Nathanial is last seen being crushed by a falling piece of roof, which may or may not have killed him after the injuries he sustained from copying Daisy's powers.

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* UncertainDoom: Nathanial Nathaniel is last seen being crushed by a falling piece of roof, which may or may not have killed him after the injuries he sustained from copying Daisy's powers.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Like his father before him in the previous episode, Nathaniel Malick survives only six years beyond his original designated death before he is [[UncertainDoom seemingly]] killed.
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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: As Coulson exits the virtual world with Sybil and is prepared to detonate the explosives, we can see in the background someone (presumably a Chronicom) descending the hatch into the ship. The implication is thus Coulson would not have had the time to escape the ship before hitting the detonator and really did have no choice but to perform a HeroicSacrifice.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Nathanial takes Daisy's powers only to realize too late just ''how'' powerful she is when his bones crack under constant vibrations he can't control.


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* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: Chronicom-Lilla tries to act like Mack's mother to stop him from pitching her out of the Quinjet mid-flight, but he steels himself and does it anyway.


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* UncertainDoom: Nathanial is last seen being crushed by a falling piece of roof, which may or may not have killed him after the injuries he sustained from copying Daisy's powers.


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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Once again attempted by May and Coulson now that they're in Stoner's custody. He's still reluctant to believe them, though the base computer suddenly gaining a mind of its own leaves him at least a little suspicious. Nearly getting replaced convinces him fully.
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* SarcasticConfession: When Stoner expresses his frustration at infiltrators using the base, including "his face" (i.e. the recordings he made for the enacting of various Lighthouse protocols), the Chronicom impersonating Agent Kojak assures him they will "remove his face". While Stoner reads it as a joke, [[DramaticIrony the audience knows she's dead serious]].
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-->'''Chronicom:''' I harvested their skins. We could have had so much fun together, '''son'''.

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-->'''Chronicom:''' I harvested their skins. We could have had so much fun together, '''son'''.''son''.
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* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: In a moment of [[KickTheDog incredible cruelty]], the Chronicom replacing Mack's father gives this gem:
-->'''Chronicom:''' I harvested their skins. We could have had so much fun together, '''son'''.
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* BigBadWannabe: While Nathaniel Malick is a real threat by taking Daisy and Sousa out of commission when they could be an enormous asset at the Lighthouse (and ultimately leaving the former in a coma by the episode's end following his experiments on her), he's still a tiny fry when compared with the danger posed by the Chronicoms, and even ends up accidentally killing himself in the episode's climax.


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* ConvenientComa: What happens to Daisy at the end of the episode, after surviving Nathaniel Malick's experiments on her.


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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Like his father before him in the previous episode, Nathaniel Malick survives only six years beyond his original designated death before he is [[UncertainDoom seemingly]] killed.


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* SelfDisposingVillain: Nathaniel Malick's death is ultimately caused by his own PowerIncontinence after trying to harvest Daisy's powers for himself.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: May's empathic abilities allow her to detect who is a Chronicom and who isn't, allowing her and Coulson to save Stoner before he is killed and replaced by a Chronicom, and later on determining that Mack's parents are really Chronicoms in disguise.


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* TookALevelInBadass: Coulson and May realize that the Chronicoms are [[TitleDrop adapting]] and can now not only mimic the appearances of those whose faces they steal, but their emotions and personalities as well. Fittingly, the technology the Chronicoms are using to accomplish this has changed as well, going from a simple hand-held device that steals faces to a large, table-sized medical-like apparatus.
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* AmbiguousSituation: By the episode's end the Chronicom Hunter ship is destroyed and a few Hunters that ''weren't'' on the ship at the time like Luke and the ones replacing Mack's parents are killed anyway, so it's unknown if the Chronicoms still remain an active threat or if [[DiscOneFinalBoss they're gone]].


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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: How the Chronicoms that [[KillAndReplace replaced]] Mack's parents are defeated (though the one replacing Mack's father had already been given a NeckSnap by Yo-Yo and was at least knocked out at the time, if not outright dead).

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* AbsenceOfEvidence: May's empathic abilities allow her to detect Chromicoms by their absence of emotions. Regardless of how well they can simulate them, they no more have real emotions than Coulson's LMD does.
* AbsenteeActor: Iain De Castecker again does not appear as Fitz. Jemma finally explains to Deke that Fitz is guiding their movements from a hidden place, but if the Chronicoms were to find out where he is, they would kill him.
** While Fitz doesn't [[TheGhost physically appear]], he is the one pulling the strings and knowledge of where he is jeapordizes his safety and the mission.
* AllAccordingToPlan: Sybil anticipated the destruction of Insight and the death of Wilfred Malick, knowing both events would lead S.H.I.E.L.D. to expose themselves and make them easier to stop.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Nathaniel says that none of Hydra's main branches spoke to him, not sacrificing members for a squid alien or taking over the world, but seeing Daisy's powers made him research Inhumans, eventually wanting to gain powers of his own. He decides to take one of the most dangerous powers in existance, and has no idea how to control them, much as Daisy did when they first manifested. This culminates in him demolishing his hideout, killing himself (after he broke almost every bone in his body from the constant vibrations).

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* AbsenceOfEvidence: May's empathic abilities allow her to detect Chromicoms by their absence of emotions. Regardless of how well they can simulate them, they no more have real emotions than Coulson's LMD LMD-Coulson does.
* AbsenteeActor: Iain De Castecker again does not appear as Fitz. Jemma finally explains to Deke that Fitz is guiding their movements from a hidden place, but if the Chronicoms were to find out where he is, they would kill him.
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him, so she's suppressed that knowledge. So while Fitz doesn't [[TheGhost physically appear]], he is ''is'' revealed to be the one pulling the strings of the operation, and knowledge of where he is jeapordizes jeopordizes his safety and the mission.
* AllAccordingToPlan: Sybil anticipated the destruction of Insight and the death of Wilfred Malick, knowing both events would lead S.H.I.E.L.D. to expose themselves and make them easier to stop.
stop. It's unknown as yet if she anticipated LMD-Coulson blowing himself up, as she was apparently banking on his being afraid to die.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Nathaniel says that none of Hydra's main branches spoke to interested him, not sacrificing members for a squid alien or taking over the world, but seeing Daisy's powers made him research Inhumans, eventually wanting to gain powers of his own. He decides to take one of the most dangerous powers in existance, and has no idea how to control them, much as Daisy did when they first manifested. This culminates in him demolishing his hideout, killing himself (after he broke almost every bone in his body from the constant vibrations).



* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Turns out the Chronicom's time ship has been underground throughout their journey, which explains why the team couldn't find it.



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* ImprovisedWeapon: Daisy manages to palm a small glass shard while being harvested by Nathanial, which Sousa then uses to stab the guard who comes to collect him.

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* ImprovisedWeapon: Daisy manages to palm (literally, she forced it ''under the skin of her palm'') a small shard of glass shard while being harvested by Nathanial, which Sousa then uses to stab the guard who comes to collect him.



* TheStinger: Deke tries to talk to Mack, but a sudden malfunction in the time drive jumps the ''Zephyr'' away before either can return.

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* SmugSmiler: Sybil has a superior smirk on her face all throughout her talk with Coulson. When he reacts in an unexpected way (by pointing out that he's not afraid to die) and exits the neuralspace, the smirk vanishes instantly.
* TheStinger: Deke tries leaves the ''Zephyr'' to talk to Mack, but a sudden malfunction in the time drive jumps the ''Zephyr'' team away before either can return.
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* CranialProcessingUnit: Not explicitly stated, but implied by the way a NeckSnap kills a Chronicom just as easily as a human.
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** While Fitz doesn't [[TheGhost physically appear]], he is the one pulling the strings and knowledge of where he is jeapordizes his safety and the mission.


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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Nathaniel says that none of Hydra's main branches spoke to him, not sacrificing members for a squid alien or taking over the world, but seeing Daisy's powers made him research Inhumans, eventually wanting to gain powers of his own. He decides to take one of the most dangerous powers in existance, and has no idea how to control them, much as Daisy did when they first manifested. This culminates in him demolishing his hideout, killing himself (after he broke almost every bone in his body from the constant vibrations).


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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Deke and Mack are stuck in an unknown time period after the ''Zephyr'' departs without them.
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** The Chronicoms using a system to steal the memories and personalities along with "stealing" the physical bodies of individuals to convincingly replace them, is exactly like the "Delta" [=LMDs=] in the 1988 ''Nick Fury Vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.'' comic maxiseries.

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** The Chronicoms using a system to steal stealing the memories and personalities along with "stealing" the physical bodies of individuals to convincingly replace them, is exactly like the "Delta" [=LMDs=] in the 1988 ''Nick Fury Vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.'' comic maxiseries.
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** The Chronicoms using a system to steal the memories and personalities along with "stealing" the physical bodies of individuals to convincingly replace them, is like the "Delta" [=LMDs=] in the 1988 ''Nick Fury Vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.'' comic maxiseries.

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** The Chronicoms using a system to steal the memories and personalities along with "stealing" the physical bodies of individuals to convincingly replace them, is exactly like the "Delta" [=LMDs=] in the 1988 ''Nick Fury Vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.'' comic maxiseries.
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** The Chronicoms using a system to steal the memories and personalities along with "stealing" the physical bodies of individuals to convincingly replace them, is like the "Delta" [=LMDs=] in the 1988 ''Nick Fury Vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.'' comic maxiseries.
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* HeroicBSOD: Mack goes through one after finding out Chronicoms killed and replaced his parents.

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** From [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS5E11AllTheComfortsOfHome All the Comforts of Home]] while watching Rick Stoner's projection Coulson mentions the Hydrogen Wave Crisis being averted during 1972. May suggests that as the cover story for what really happened.

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** From [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS5E11AllTheComfortsOfHome "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS5E11AllTheComfortsOfHome All the Comforts of Home]] Home]]" while watching Rick Stoner's projection Coulson mentions the Hydrogen Wave Crisis being averted during 1972. May suggests that as the cover story for what really happened.


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* CallBack: After Nathaniel gives himself quake powers, he has the same problem controlling them and suffers the same injuries as Daisy did when she first got her powers.

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After Nathaniel gives himself quake powers, he has the same problem controlling them and suffers the same injuries as Daisy did when she first got her powers.powers.
** From [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS5E11AllTheComfortsOfHome All the Comforts of Home]] while watching Rick Stoner's projection Coulson mentions the Hydrogen Wave Crisis being averted during 1972. May suggests that as the cover story for what really happened.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: May's empathic abilities allow her to detect Chromicoms by their absence of emotions. Regardless of how well they can simulate them, they no more have real emotions than Coulson's LMD does.


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* DeadAllAlong: Mack's parents were killed and replaced before the ''Zephyr'' arrived.


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* FailedASpotCheck: As May lampshades to the Chromicoms about to copy Stoner, never turn your back to the only door.


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* TheReveal: The implant in Jemma's neck is a memory suppressor designed to prevent her from knowing Fitz's location and thus making it impossible for her to reveal it by accident, since Fitz would be helpless if the Chronicoms ever found him.
* SecretKeeper: Deke becomes this for Jemma, keeping her implant a secret for the sake of Fitz.


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* SuperhumanTransfusion: Nathanial is able to use Daisy's blood and spinal fluid in conjunction with Whitehall's research to gain her powers, but he can't control them and it's hard to say if it's permanent.
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* TheStinger: Deke tries to talk to Mack, but a sudden malfunction in the time drive jumps the ''Zephyr'' away before either can return.

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* CallBack: After Nathaniel gives himself quake powers, he has the same problem controlling them and suffers the same injuries as Daisy did when she first got her powers.

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* AllAccordingToPlan: Sybil anticipated the destruction of Insight and the death of Wilfred Malick, knowing both events would lead S.H.I.E.L.D. to expose themselves and make them easier to stop.
* CallBack: After Nathaniel gives himself quake powers, he has the same problem controlling them and suffers the same injuries as Daisy did when she first got her powers.powers.
* EurekaMoment: During his argument with May, Coulson notes that she seems to be showing emotion as she goes on about having to mourn him repeatedly, or at least has learned to imitate it. He then realizes the Chronicoms must have done the same by stealing memories in addition to faces.
* HeroicSacrifice: Coulson blows himself up with the Chronicom ship, but both he and May note he has an uncanny knack for coming back to life and don't expect this to be the end.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Daisy manages to palm a small glass shard while being harvested by Nathanial, which Sousa then uses to stab the guard who comes to collect him.
* KillAndReplace: The Chronicoms are systematically replacing S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, copying their memories to make their simulations more convincing.
* NeckSnap: Yo-Yo kills the Chronicom of Mack's father by snapping his neck.
* PowerIncontinence: Nathanial gains Daisy's powers but can't control them, cracking his own bones before bringing the ceiling down on himself.
* TrojanHorse: Mack's parents were replaced long before they were put in the Lighthouse, so Mack would be motivated to rescue them and bring them to the ''Zephyr''.
* VillainsNeverLie: Sybil honestly answers all of Coulson's questions, because she sees no reason not to.
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* AbsenteeActor: Iain De Castecker again does not appear as Fitz. Jemma finally explains to Deke that Fitz is guiding their movements from a hidden place, but if the Chronicoms were to find out where he is, they would kill him.

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* AbsenteeActor: Iain De Castecker again does not appear as Fitz. Jemma finally explains to Deke that Fitz is guiding their movements from a hidden place, but if the Chronicoms were to find out where he is, they would kill him.him.
* CallBack: After Nathaniel gives himself quake powers, he has the same problem controlling them and suffers the same injuries as Daisy did when she first got her powers.

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The team, still in 1976, must stop the Chronicoms' latest scheme to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D.

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The team, still in 1976, must stop the Chronicoms' latest scheme to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. Meanwhile, Daisy and Sousa must find a way to escape from Nathaniel Malick.



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