History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS2E4FaceMyEnemy

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: After the painting survives a fire at a church, the local priest calls it a miracle and is slightly annoyed when his superior says investigation is required. In reality the Catholic church requires an investigation of any alleged miracle before any official is allowed to agree one occurred, and rejects more than 99% of claims. A priest would know that and not be surprised by his superior’s statement.

* BilingualBonus: May and the host at the party, speaking un-subtitled Spanish.
-->'''May:''' ''(flirting)'' I believe that [[Literature/TheBible it's better [to give] than to receive.]]\\
'''Soto:''' ''(flirting back)'' You're my kind of woman!
* BluffTheImpostor: When Agent 33 (posing as May) agrees to go out for a coffee with Coulson, he immediately punches her in the face.
-->'''Coulson:''' [[SomethingHeWouldNeverSay May hates coffee.]]
* BreakTheCutie: It's implied that part of what makes Fitz antisocial now is the fact that Simmons left S.H.I.E.L.D. and he perceives it to be a rejection of his confession.
* BorrowedBiometricBypass: Coulson uses a neat eye hologram to get himself and May into a restricted lift.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Kick the [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]] in this case. No matter how much of a scumbag Whitehall himself is, it was ''deeply'' satisfying seeing him forcibly shutting Raina up and putting outright '''terror''' on her face.

* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Fitz manages to form a coherent sentence without the help of Imagined!Simmons near the conclusion of the episode.

* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Coulson and May are courteous enough to hack in a secure channel to let Talbot know that HYDRA impersonated him with a photo-veil capable of mimicking his face and voice. He tells them that he's starting to miss the days where the enemy was less complicated to fight and deal with.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: After the painting survives a fire at a church, the local priest calls it a miracle and is slightly annoyed when his superior says investigation is required. In reality the Catholic church requires an investigation of any alleged miracle before any official is allowed to agree one ocurred, and rejects more than 99% of claims. A priest would know that and not be surprised by his superior’s statement.

* BorrowedBiometricBypass: Coulson uses a neat eye hologram to get him and May into a restricted lift.

* CombatStilettos: Averted: May complains about being forced to wear heels and wanting to wear flats. Later, Agent 33 takes off her heels (the same pair, nonetheless) before getting in a fight with May.

* DesignatedGirlFight[=/=]MirrorMatch: May vs. Agent 33, who's still disguised as May.

* {{Fanservice}}: It's an entire episode of May either in a very nice dress or her underwear, and with some time spent handcuffed to a chair in the latter.

* MaleGaze: May's introduction in the episode is getting ready for the undercover mission. A couple close-ups of her bare feet during the second half of the episode. [[AuthorAppeal Maybe Joss Whedon suggested that?]]

* MinoredInAssKicking: Inverted. May apparently minored in ''ballroom dancing'', as she mentions offhandedly at one point.

* OhCrap:

--> '''Coulson:''' There goes our cover.

-->'''Coulson:''' [[DeadpanSnarker To be fair, we're not that close.]]

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Coulson hates laser grids.

* AbsenteeActor: For the second time in the series' run (and in the space of three episodes, no less), Brett Dalton (Ward) doesn't appear.

** The holographic eye scan Coulson uses to access the elevator is similar to the tech Loki used in ''Film/TheAvengers''.

** Agent 33 agreeing too readily with Coulson's plans while disguised as May causes Coulson to get suspicious, resulting in him trying a BluffTheImposter trick.

** When Bakshi realizes that May has freed herself and is running in his direction, he has this magnficient expression of fear.

* CombatStilettos: Averted: May complains about being forced to wear heels and wanting to wear flats. Later, Agent 33 takes off her heels before getting in a fight with May.

** And for the "general crowd pleasing" definition of "fanservice": having two Mays fight each other. As Coulson says, "I can't believe I'm seeing this."

** And for the "general crowd pleasing" definition of "fanservice": having two Mays fight each other.

-->'''May:''' ''(flirting)'' I believe that [[TheBible it's better [to give] than to receive.]]\\

* CallBack: The masks that Bakshi and Agent 33 use are very similar to the photo-veil mask Black Widow used in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
** The holographic eye scan Coulson uses to access the elevator is similar to the tech Loki used in ''Film/TheAvengers''.

* ContinuityNod: Agent 33 uses a [[LatexPerfection holographic mask]] identical to the one [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Black Widow used to impersonate a World Security Council member]].

* DesignatedGirlFight / MirrorMatch: May vs. Agent 33, who's still disguised as May.

** And Ward saw similar carvings in [[Recap/AgentsOfShieldS1E4EyeSpy ''Eye-Spy'']] in the building he infiltrated... Is the other one in HYDRA perhaps?

** Agent 33 being friendly and talkative while disguised as May causes Coulson to get suspicious, resulting in him trying a BluffTheImposter trick.
** The real Talbot basicly implies this to Director Coulson, concerning why he did not realize the other Talbot was a fake by the very fact that the situation involving "him" had to do with a painting.