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* BigEater: It/Hive devours pounds of meat to recover its strength.


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** Using its powers to recruit Giyera rips the flesh from Ward's hand.
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* KickTheDog: The dirty cop kills Elena's cousin to send a message.

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* KickTheDog: The dirty cop kills Elena's cousin to send a message. He was practically a kid.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Daisy likes Mack and Yo-Yo.
-->'''Mack:''' It might be useful keeping her close. [Daisy smirks] Don't look at me like that.
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* KickTheDog: The dirty cop kills Elena's cousin to send a message.
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* MundaneUtility: Bobbi admits she was tempted to try the tainted fish oil supplements, not because she wants superpowers, but because she thought undergoing Terregenesis might let her skip the rest of her recovery therapy.
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* AesopAmnesia: Two weeks ago, Coulson was told how saying outright that he was running a trace on the phone call to Grant Ward was a terrible idea. This week, he gets his hands on the private line to Gideon Malick - and does it again.
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* BilingualDialogue: Between Mack and Yo-Yo's fractured command of each other's language, he figures out that her powers also came from those fish oil capsules.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Hunter took fish oil pills to see if he would get powers, and Bobbi admits she was tempted to as well. Mack does not approve.
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* In Season 2, Daisy suggested to Simmons that she should tell Fitz that she missed him during their separation while she was undercover with Hydra. One season later, Simmons finally tells Fitz, "I miss you."

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* ** In Season 2, Daisy suggested to Simmons that she should tell Fitz that she missed him during their separation while she was undercover with Hydra. One season later, Simmons finally tells Fitz, "I miss you."
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* In Season 2, Daisy suggested to Simmons that she should tell Fitz that she missed him during their separation while she was undercover with Hydra. One season later, Simmons finally tells Fitz, "I miss you."
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** Mack describes Elena Rodriguez's powers as being "like a yo-yo" and uses it as an AffectionateNickname at the end of the episode; she's the MCU counterpart of Slingshot, whose real name is Yo-Yo Rodriguez.

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** Mack describes Elena Rodriguez's Rodríguez's powers as being "like a yo-yo" and uses it as an AffectionateNickname at the end of the episode; she's the MCU counterpart of Slingshot, whose real name is Yo-Yo Rodriguez.Rodríguez.
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* PowerPerversionPotential: Implied. Hunter imagines the possibilities that come with being invisible; when Bobbi asks him to be specific, he unconvincingly says, "Nothing fun!"
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* YouDidTheRightThing: Both Coulson and Simmons try to assure Fitz that he did the right thing in destroying Will once it was revealed he was a walking corpse possessed by Hive.
-->'''Coulson''': You did what you had to do. We both did. Sometimes there's no choice but the hard choice. That's the job.
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-->'''Simmons''': [[HeroicSacrifice Will died saving me.]] What you did was kill a thing, a monster. You've been nothing less than extraordinary this whole time.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: After Elena is captured and they find she has no criminal record, Lance makes a comment about people with powers turning evil despite being law-abiding citizens before. Daisy and Joey turn to stare at him, but he brings up Andrew/Lash as a defense. They admit he has a point.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: After Elena is captured and they find she has no criminal record, Lance Hunter makes a comment about people with powers turning evil despite being law-abiding citizens before. Daisy and Joey turn to stare at him, but he brings up Andrew/Lash as a defense. They admit he has a point.

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* CallBack:
** President Ellis notes that the public still isn't over [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier helicarriers blowing each other up]] over Washington D.C.
** This also isn't the first time Coulson has been [[Film/TheAvengers2012 calmly put on hold]].
** It's also not the first time an episode of the series has started with an InMediasRes segment [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E2084 showing a S.H.I.E.L.D.-related aircraft suffering an explosion at high altitude]].

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* CallBack:
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CallBack: President Ellis notes that the public still isn't over [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier helicarriers blowing each other up]] over Washington D.C.
** This also isn't the first time Coulson has been [[Film/TheAvengers2012 calmly put on hold]].
** It's also not the first time an episode of the series has started with an InMediasRes segment [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E2084 showing a S.H.I.E.L.D.-related aircraft suffering an explosion at high altitude]].
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* ContinuityNod:
** This isn't the first time Coulson has been [[Film/TheAvengers2012 calmly put on hold]].
** It's also not the first time an episode of the series has started with an InMediasRes segment [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E2084 showing a S.H.I.E.L.D.-related aircraft suffering an explosion at high altitude]].



* FlashForward: The opening stinger shows a scene three months in the future--the bloody interior of a quinjet in orbit, someone wearing a S.H.I.E.L.D. jumpsuit, a cross necklace [[ChekhovsGun like Elena is later seen wearing]] appearing to have been ripped off and left drifting, and ending with [[StuffBlowingUp an explosion]].

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* FlashForward: The opening stinger shows a scene three months in the future--the future -- the bloody interior of a quinjet in orbit, someone wearing a S.H.I.E.L.D. jumpsuit, a cross necklace [[ChekhovsGun like Elena is later seen wearing]] appearing to have been ripped off and left drifting, and ending with [[StuffBlowingUp an explosion]].



* PowerIncontinence: Lucio can't 'turn off' his paralyzing gaze, so he wears sunglasses at all times to keep it under control.

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* PowerIncontinence: Lucio can't 'turn off' "turn off" his paralyzing gaze, so he wears sunglasses at all times to keep it under control.



* ShipTease: Mac and Yoyo very quickly bond over their [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} shared faith]], and Mac seems to have grown quite fond of her by episode's end. Yoyo (having only spoken Spanish until then) even manages to say a few English sentences to thank him and say goodbye.

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* ShipTease: Mac and Yoyo Yo-Yo very quickly bond over their [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} shared faith]], and Mac seems to have grown quite fond of her by episode's end. Yoyo Yo-Yo (having only spoken Spanish until then) even manages to say a few English sentences to thank him and say goodbye.



* SuperSpeed: Elena can move at somewhere around 180 metres per second for one heartbeat, then instantaneously snaps back to where she was before she started using her powers.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Coulson's reaction when he finds out Talbot is the new face of the ATCU, since the two have an ... ''interesting'' working relationship.

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* SuperSpeed: Elena can move at somewhere around 180 metres meters per second for one heartbeat, then instantaneously snaps back to where she was before she started using her powers.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Coulson's reaction when he finds out Talbot is the new face of the ATCU, since the two have an ...an... ''interesting'' working relationship.
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* AgeLift: In the comics, Yo-Yo Rodríguez is a teenager. Here, she's an adult woman in her late thirties.

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* AgeLift: In the comics, Yo-Yo Rodríguez is a teenager. Here, she's an adult woman apparently in her late thirties.mid-thirties.
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** Lucio having to use CoolShades to combat his inability to turn off his eye-based superpower is a lot like [[ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} another Marvel character]] [[ExiledFromContinuity who isn't available to the MCU.]]

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*LightningCanDoAnything: Werner gets stuck in a [[MadnessMantra traumatic loop]] inside the Theta Brainwave Frequency machine due to remembering Kebo stabbing him. Coulson asks Lincoln to see if his electric powers could stimulate brain activity elsewhere in Werner to continue the questioning. Despite Lincoln's skepticism, it actually works.



* PowerIncontinence: Lucio can't 'turn off' his paralysing gaze, so he wears sunglasses at all times to keep it under control.

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* PowerIncontinence: Lucio can't 'turn off' his paralysing paralyzing gaze, so he wears sunglasses at all times to keep it under control.
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** Whilst recuperating Hive is seen wrapped in a brown cloak. Hive is mainly seen wearing a similar brown cloak in the comics.
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** Mack describes Elena Rodriguez's powers as being "like a yo-yo"; she's the MCU counterpart of Slingshot, whose real name is Yo-Yo Rodriguez.

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** Mack describes Elena Rodriguez's powers as being "like a yo-yo"; yo-yo" and uses it as an AffectionateNickname at the end of the episode; she's the MCU counterpart of Slingshot, whose real name is Yo-Yo Rodriguez.
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* MythologyGag:
** Mack describes Elena Rodriguez's powers as being "like a yo-yo"; she's the MCU counterpart of Slingshot, whose real name is Yo-Yo Rodriguez.

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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After all that's happened to and between them both, Fitz and Simmons decide that the way to get past their relationship difficulties is to start over, beginning with reintroducing themselves to each other.



* ResetButton: Invoked when, after all that's happened to and between them both, Fitz and Simmons decide that the way to get past their relationship difficulties is to start over, beginning with reintroducing themselves to each other.

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