History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS2E17Melinda

* {{Seer}}: Raina has become one due to her mutation, seeing the future in her dreams.

* InfantImmortality: Averted with May shooting Katya.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: When only he and May remained during Bahrain mission, Coulson contacted S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ to request for reinforcements. But whoever he's talking to was rather... slow to learn how desperate the situation really is. They also turned down Coulson's suggestion to send ''[[OneManArmy May]]'' in.

* StormingTheCastle: The S.H.I.E.L.D. strike team led by Agent Hart did this to Belyakov's Bahraini gangsters' warehouse. They failed, because they didn't expect the little girl they attempted to save were the ''real'' threat.

* TemptingFate: Agent Hart in the flashback in Bahrain. "[[ComicBook/NickFury Fury]] will have our asses if an Index Candidate falls to government's hands." Oh, if only he knew he's about to suffer [[BrainwashedAndCrazy worse predicament]] than ''that''.

* TurnOffTheMillennium: The time period during the Bahrain mission. Notably, neither Coulson, May, or Andrew use smartphones.

* DwindlingParty: The S.H.I.E.L.D. strike team led by Agent Hart that attacked the Belyakov's Bahraini gangsters' warehouse go down ''absurdly fast'', much to Coulson and May's shock. Not because they're killed, but because they're all brainwashed by the little girl they attempted to save in the first place.

* MadeOfIron: May shrugs off getting PunchedAcrossTheRoom by the superstrong Eva, twice, after having fought through atleast a couple of thugs and then still continues to fight [[MadeOfIron after being shot in the leg]]

* SkewedPriorities: Agent Hart in the flashback in Bahrain. "[[ComicBook/NickFury Fury]] will have our asses if an Index Candidate falls to government's hands." Oh, if only he knew he's about to suffer [[BrainwashedAndCrazy worse predicament]] than ''that''.

** Turns out Raina is an oracle but the visions only come in her dreams.

* {{Seer}}: Raina has become one due to her mutation; seeing the future in her dreams.

** The flashbacks are set seven years earlier, i.e. right when the MCU first got started, meaning Coulson chats a bit about Fury's new idea for assembling a team of Earth's mightiest heroes. He also uses S.H.I.E.L.D.'s full name with the local law enforcement instead of the acronym, as he did back in the first ''Film/IronMan1''.

** The flashbacks are set seven years earlier, i.e. right when the MCU first got started, meaning Coulson chats a bit about Fury's new idea for assembling a team of Earth's mightiest heroes. He also uses S.H.I.E.L.D.'s full name with the local law enforcement instead of the acronym, as he did back in the first ''Film/IronMan''.

* AbsenteeActor: Ward, yet again, is absent.

** Actually her reputation is not based on her formidable fighting prowess. But her acting as a [[{{MeaningfulName}} one woman Cavalry]] storming an [[{{StormingTheCastle}}enemy fort and taking out multiple opponents]] including a [[{{SuperStrength}} super strong combatant alone.]] In order to rescue [[{{TheCavalry}} her fellow agents inside.]]

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: After Katya starts killing off her puppets, May only thinks to talk her down after the local mooks are dead and her fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are next on the list.

* {{Seer}}: Raina appears to have become one.

* VillainHasAPoint: The last few episodes indicated that "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. was over-reacting to little things about Coulson's behaviour. Now that they've shared the actual reason behind their hostility -- the mysterious "Theta Protocol" -- it puts some weight behind their concerns that Coulson may be dangerous, even if a lot of it is guesswork. Even May is convinced of the need to investigate it, if only to prove that Coulson has a good reason for hiding it.

** Actually her reputation is not based on her formidable fighting prowess. But her acting as a [[{{MeaningfulName}} one woman Calvary]] storming an [[{{StormingTheCastle}}enemy fort and taking out multiple opponents]] including a [[{{SuperStrength}} super strong combatant alone.]] In order to rescue [[{{TheCavalry}} her fellow agents inside.]]

** The [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E10WhatTheyBecome Theta Protocol]] is bought up, and seemingly explains why "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. distrusts Coulson.

* OneManArmy: This episode finally shows where May got this reputation. While she did end up with credit for a handful of kills that weren't actually hers, she did stealth into a fortified location, kill a few brainwashed guards, slip away from a dozen brainwashed special forces agents, fight and kill three men in hand-to -hand, and finally do the same to a woman with superstrength. Yes, her reputation was unintentionally exaggerated, but she's still no slouch.

** Actually her reputation is not based on her formidable fighting prowess. But her acting as a [[{{MeaningfulName}} one woman Calvary]] storming an [[{{StormingTheCastle}}enemy fort and taking out multiple opponents]] including a [[{{SuperStrength}} super strong combatant alone.]] In order to rescue [[{{TheCalvary}} her fellow agents inside.]]