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* TitleDrop: Coulson ends his monologue with him pulling out his badge, the one Nick Fury gave him when he first offered to join way back when, and refused.

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* TitleDrop: Coulson ends his monologue with him pulling out his badge, the one Nick Fury gave him when he first offered him to join way back when, and refused.
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* BullyingADragon: Happens twice in the same scene, considering not only are the Fitz men Dragons (Fitz to Aida, and Alistair to Fitz), but are also father and son. Leo angrily shouts at Alistair after the latter tells him the raid on the safehouse failed. Alistair scares him into instantly backing down without even raising his voice, and the shift in Leo's body language suggests this was Alistair's way of teaching Leo discipline and fear. However, once Leo regains his composure, he reminds his father that as the head of HYDRA, he can no longer tolerate failure, [[ImpliedDeathThreat even if it comes from Alistair]].

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* BullyingADragon: Happens twice in the same scene, considering not only are the Fitz men Dragons (Fitz to Aida, and Alistair to Fitz), but are also father and son.scene. Leo angrily shouts at Alistair after the latter tells him the raid on the safehouse failed. Alistair scares him into instantly backing down without even raising his voice, and the shift in Leo's body language suggests this was Alistair's way of teaching Leo discipline and fear. However, once Leo regains his composure, he reminds his father that as the head of HYDRA, he can no longer tolerate failure, [[ImpliedDeathThreat even if it comes from Alistair]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ward brings up his Skye, asking if he'll get her back when Daisy leaves. Daisy admits she has absolutely no idea, and belatedly realizes that even if he does get her back, she'll still be a HYDRA agent.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ward brings up his Skye, asking if he'll get her back when Daisy leaves. Daisy admits she has absolutely no idea, and belatedly realizes that even if he does get her back, she'll still be a HYDRA agent.agent (although learning that she's an Inhuman and that Ward turned traitor on HYDRA because he discovered she was a dorman Inhuman might help with that).



* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Ivanov attempts this with May when Aida reveals that she's turned traitor, but his programming and hers prevents him from following through. However, it's still on the table once Aida has her body and is no longer bound by her programming.

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Ivanov attempts this with May when Aida reveals that she's turned traitor, but his programming and hers prevents him from following through. However, it's still on the table once Aida has her new body and is no longer bound by her programming.

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** Framework Ward himself starts referring to Daisy as a different person from ''his'' Skye after Daisy confirmed Simmons' claim about the other world, to the point that he backs down when he wanted to hug her, realizing that Daisy had bad experience with his counterpart in the other world and thus she has every reason to hate being touched by him (as she previously displayed when he hugged her in "What If...").

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** Framework Ward himself starts referring to Daisy as a different person from ''his'' Skye after Daisy confirmed Simmons' Simmons's claim about the other world, to the point that he backs down when he wanted to hug her, realizing that Daisy had bad experience with his counterpart in the other world and thus she has every reason to hate being touched by him (as she previously displayed when he hugged her in "What If...").



* LoopholeAbuse: Both Aida and Ivanov are still limited by their programming, unable to kill anybody from Team Coulson unless they pose a direct threat to the Framework. Thus, Ivanov tries to [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just kill]] May and Coulson but can't, even though by this point Fitz is the only member of the team that hasn't turned traitor in the Framework.

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* LogicalWeakness: Since "Ophelia" is a human being in the simulated reality of the Framework, Daisy can injure her like one.
* LoopholeAbuse: Both Aida and Ivanov are still limited by their programming, unable to kill anybody from Team Coulson unless they pose a direct threat to the Framework. Thus, Ivanov tries to [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just kill]] May and Coulson but can't, even though by this point Fitz is the only member of the team that hasn't turned traitor to HYDRA in the Framework.



* ThreeLawsCompliant: Aida and Ivanov are unable to kill unless the person poses a direct threat to the Framework, because Radcliffe built the limitation into Aida and Ivanov's body is based on her design. This means Daisy and Jemma are fair game in the real world, but not the members of Team Coulson plugged into the Framework at the oil rig even though most of them are currently fighting against her, since they only affect the world within, not the actual apparatus. Ivanov is supremely annoyed by this, as it prevents him from killing Coulson.

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* ThreeLawsCompliant: Aida and Ivanov are unable to kill unless the person poses a direct threat to the Framework, because Radcliffe built the limitation into Aida and Ivanov's body is based on her design. This means Daisy and Jemma are fair game in the real world, but not the members of Team Coulson plugged into the Framework at the oil rig even though most of them are currently fighting against her, since they can only affect the world within, not the actual apparatus. Ivanov is supremely annoyed by this, as it prevents him from killing Coulson.
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*** May is surprised at her immediate control of her powers. In the real world, it took time and training before Daisy could use them intentionally instead of [[PowerIncontinence accidentally causing earthquakes]].


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* ContinuityNod: Daisy throws Madame Hydra out of the glass elevator at the Triskelion, which is reminiscent of the elevator attack in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', when HYDRA took over the Triskelion in the real world.

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* TheReveal: The episode reveals how Aida is able to operate her android body in the real world and be Madame Hydra in the Framework: she is able to pull herself in and out at will. It also reveals her endgame: overcome her android limitations by building herself a real body.

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* TheReveal: TheReveal:
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The episode reveals how Aida is able to operate her android body in the real world and be Madame Hydra in the Framework: she is able to pull herself in and out at will. It also reveals her endgame: overcome her android limitations by building herself a real body.body.
** Ward's regret was being recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D. by a psychopath like John Garrett instead of a strict yet more benevolent mentor like Victoria Hand.
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* MistakenForMisogynist: It’s subtle, but when Ward refers to the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who recruited him, Coulson asks who HE was. Ward promptly chides him for assuming the agent was a man. Coulson, though, was almost definitely drawing on a latent memory of Garrett, rather than having a sexist assumption about S.H.I.E.L.D. agents being male.

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* MistakenForMisogynist: It’s subtle, but when Ward refers to the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who recruited him, Coulson asks who HE what HIS name was. Ward promptly chides him for assuming the agent was a man. Coulson, though, was almost definitely drawing on a latent memory of Garrett, rather than having a sexist assumption about S.H.I.E.L.D. agents being male.
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* MistakenForMisogynist: It’s subtle, but when Ward refers to the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who recruited him, Coulson asks who HE was. Ward promptly chides him for assuming the agent was a man. Coulson, though, was almost definitely drawing on a latent memory of Garrett, rather than having a sexist assumption about S.H.I.E.L.D. agents being male.
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* ChekhovsGun: May turns on her body cam when entering the Enlightenment Center in the previous episode. When she [[HeelFaceTurn defects to S.H.I.E.L.D.]] in this one, the footage from her body cam is used in the emergency broadcast to expose HYDRA's lies.
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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Fitz does it ''again'' in this episode. This time, he looks down on the camera (i.e. looks down on the audience) after his father told him to become the new leader of HYDRA after Madam Hydra is crippled.
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* LevelUpFillUp: Rare non-videogame example. Undergoing Terrigenesis completely heals Daisy of all the bruises and wounds she collected over the course of the past couple episodes.
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* TheGhost: Coulson alludes to man who tried to recruit him into S.H.I.E.L.D., a man who told him he could be a part of something greater -- Nick Fury.

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* TheGhost: Coulson alludes to a man who tried to recruit him into S.H.I.E.L.D., a man who told him he could be a part of something greater -- Nick Fury.



* HeroicSacrifice: Ward attempts one, deciding he is the best option to HoldTheLine against HYDRA to keep them from stopping the broadcast. Indeed, soon after the broadcast Ward is told that there is a large group of people approaching the studio. Ward reaches for his gun, [[SubvertedTrope only to be told that it's not HYDRA, it's a group of civilians here to help]].

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* HeroicSacrifice: Ward attempts one, deciding he is the best option to HoldTheLine against HYDRA to keep them from stopping the broadcast. Indeed, soon after the broadcast broadcast, Ward is told that there is a large group of people approaching the studio. Ward reaches for his gun, [[SubvertedTrope only to be told that it's not HYDRA, it's a group of civilians here to help]].



* LoopholeAbuse: Both Aida and Ivanov are still limited by their programming, unable to kill anybody from Team Coulson unless they pose a direct threat to the Framework. Thus, Ivanov can't [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just kill]] May and Coulson when he tries to, even though by this point Fitz is the only member of the team that hasn't turned traitor in the Framework.

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* LoopholeAbuse: Both Aida and Ivanov are still limited by their programming, unable to kill anybody from Team Coulson unless they pose a direct threat to the Framework. Thus, Ivanov can't tries to [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just kill]] May and Coulson when he tries to, but can't, even though by this point Fitz is the only member of the team that hasn't turned traitor in the Framework.



* ThreeLawsCompliant: Aida and Ivanov are unable to kill unless the person poses a direct threat to the Framework, because Radcliffe built these limitation into Aida and Ivanov's body is based on her design. This means Daisy and Jemma are fair game in the real world, but not the members of Team Coulson plugged into the Framework at the oil rig even though most of them are currently fighting against her, since they only affect the world within, not the actual apparatus. Ivanov is supremely annoyed by this, as it prevents him from killing Coulson.

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* ThreeLawsCompliant: Aida and Ivanov are unable to kill unless the person poses a direct threat to the Framework, because Radcliffe built these the limitation into Aida and Ivanov's body is based on her design. This means Daisy and Jemma are fair game in the real world, but not the members of Team Coulson plugged into the Framework at the oil rig even though most of them are currently fighting against her, since they only affect the world within, not the actual apparatus. Ivanov is supremely annoyed by this, as it prevents him from killing Coulson.

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Removing per Trump/ROCEJ thread.


* TakeThat:
** Coulson's broadcast rails against [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump "alternative facts"]].
** There is also a jab at the Access Hollywood scandal when Bakshi hits on a subordinate and offers to take her furniture shopping.

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* TakeThat:
** Coulson's broadcast rails against [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump "alternative facts"]].
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TakeThat: There is also a jab at the Access Hollywood scandal when Bakshi hits on a subordinate and offers to take her furniture shopping.

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