History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS2E5AHenInTheWolfHouse

* {{Gainaxing}}: Simmons while fleeing the HYDRA agents.

* ReverseMole: Bobbi Morse turns out to be one, having either faked her "compliance" with HYDRA, or thrown it off afterwards. She comes to the rescue after Simmons' cover is blown.

** In the 5th episode of Season 1 "Girl in the Flower Dress", Coulson warns Skye she may not like what she finds regarding her parents. "A Hen in the Wolf House" happens to be the 5th episode of Season 2; Skye finally learns about her father ... and she doesn't like what she learns.

** Morse and Simmons immediately hitting it off might have something to do with the fact that their back-stories (as biologists who went through S.H.I.E.L.D. science academy before becoming field agents) are very similar; one early fan theory even had it that Simmons would eventually become the [[MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] version of Mockingbird.

* RememberTheNewGuy: We meet Bobbi Morse for the first time; however, save for Simmons, and presumably Skye and Fitz, everyone already knows her, in fact, and she seems to be pretty good friends with Mack and Tripp, as well as highly respected and trusted by Coulson.

'''Skye''': Hold on, [[spoiler:''are you saying I'm an alien'']]?!\\

* AxCrazy: Skye's father has some...issues, to say the least; ''Hulk'' style issues.

* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: When her cover is blown, Simmons is rescued by... the evil HYDRA's chief of security, claiming to work for Coulson?

** In the 5th episode of Season 1 "Girl in the Flower Dress", Coulson warns Skye she may not like what she finds regarding her parents. "A Hen in the Wolf House" happens to be the 5th episode of Season 2; Skye finally learns about her father.... and she doesn't like what she learns.

** The location Coulson meets with Raina is La Comtesse Furieuse - which translates to The Furious Countess. In the comics, Nick Fury is often connected to the Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine - ergo, Fury and Contessa for Furious Countess.

* SwissCheeseSecurity: HYDRA is running a covert, heavily guarded, research facility...and yet not only does Raina somehow get everyone's email address to send the photo, Skye's father is able to stroll into Whitehall's office before an alarm is raised or someone tries to stop him when they ''know'' their location has been compromised.

* OffhandBackhand: The sheer casual-ness with which Skye's dad kills the HYDRA goons in Whitehall's office is chilling. He acts as if he was involved in a coffee mishap after the bodies hit the floor, including wiping up some blood.

* ShaggyDogStory: Whitehall gives Raina 48 hours to get him the Obelisk or else she dies, and she has to go through hell to try and bargain for it from Skye's Father so she won't get killed. At the end of the episode, Skye's Father just gives the Obelisk to Whitehall anyway of his own free will.

* TomatoInTheMirror: Coulson tells Skye his theory that she's actually an alien. It doesn't thrill her. She starts thinking it over afterwards, and seems to be okay with that theory given all the information she has available, implying that she has come to terms with her potential origins; at least for now.

* TheUnreveal: Skye's father insists that Skye is "not her real name" when Raina calls her by it, but doesn't further elaborate.

** Raina, after Coulson allows the photo of Simmons to leak into HYDRA. [[EvenEvilHasStandards It's clear she didn't really want him to do that.]]

* OffhandBackhand: The sheer casual-ness with which Skye's dad kills the HYDRA goons in Whitehall's office is chilling. He acts as if he was involved in a coffee mishap after the bodies hit the floor.

* OffhandBackhand: The sheer casual-ness that Skye's dad kills the HYDRA goons with in Whitehall's office is chilling. He acts as if he was involved in a coffee mishap after the bodies hit the floor.

* BigBadDuumvirate: By the end of the episode, Skye's Father and Daniel Whitehall.
* BigBadEnsemble: HYDRA (led by Daniel Whitehall) and Skye's Father, until they [[VillainTeamUp team up]] at the end of the episode due to their [[EnemyMine mutual enemy]].
* ChainOfDeals: Raina takes a photo linking Simmons to S.H.I.E.L.D. She bargains with Coulson not to send it to HYDRA if he hands over Skye, whom she will deliver to Skye's Father to bargain for the Obelisk, which she will give to Whitehall so her life is spared. Things don't go as planned.

* CurbStompBattle: [[OneManArmy Mockingbird]] takes on and easily defeats a number of armed HYDRA agents while extracting Simmons and then presumably does the same when she stays behind to buy Simmons time. Really, even calling it a "battle" might be putting it generously, since she comes out of both skirmishes no worse for the wear.

** Hunter complains about Bobbi's hair, saying he preferred seeing her as a blonde. Mockingbird's hair color is typically blonde[[note]]this probably was a FandomNod as well, since some fans were concerned about Bobbi having black hair in early shots[[/note]].

** Mockingbird and Simmons immediately hitting it off might have something to do with the fact that their back-stories (as biologists who went through S.H.I.E.L.D. science academy before becoming field agents) are very similar; one early fan theory even had it that Simmons would eventually become the [[MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] version of Mockingbird.

* UnreliableNarrator: Hunter has spent the last few episodes repeatedly talking about his ex-wife being the worst person imaginable and how he couldn't stand her keeping secrets from him. Turns out she's SHIELD Agent Barbera 'Bobbi' Morse, aka Mockingbird.

* ReverseMole: Bobbi Morse turns out to be one, having either faked her "compliance" with HYDRA, or thrown it off afterwards. She comes to the rescue after Simmons' cover is blown...
** Except that when the two of them are making their escape, she sends Simmons ahead while she confronts Bakshi...and then the confrontation is not shown and Bakshi is uninjured when shown later, so there's a possibility that she helped Simmons to escape under orders from HYDRA so that she could infiltrate Coulson's cell. [[DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent She might actually be a SHIELD agent brainwashed by HYDRA into pretending to be a SHIELD agent who managed to infiltrate HYDRA.]]

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: HYDRA's head of security being [[ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} Bobbi Morse]], and thus a DeepCoverAgent rather than a villain, was a plot twist in the episode, but it was spoiled already by months of hype concerning the character combined with the fact that [[IKnewIt pretty much everyone knew]] [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt that they wouldn't actually]] turn an ''Avenger'' [[AdaptationalVillainy into a villain]]. A few obscure SHIELD agents like Sitwell, Pierce, and Garrett? Sure, but not a co-founder of the West Coast Avengers.
** Except, as previously mentioned, the circumstances of her escape make it possible that she is really, truly brainwashed by HYDRA, and was allowed to escape so as to infiltrate Coulson's cell of SHIELD. That doesn't rule out an eventual [[TapOnTheHead cognitive]] [[Film/TheAvengers recalibration]], though.

* [[IKnowYourTrueName I Know Its True Name]]: As the Doctor reveals, what we Earthlings call the "Obelisk," is known in its native language as the "Diviner." And that's just the beginning of what he knows about it...