History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS3E1LawsOfNature

* AccidentalMisnaming: Coulson slips and refers to Daisy as "Skye," noting how it's difficult to break old habits. Hunter and Mack both shrug and say no, not really.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Rosalind Price's group, the Advanced Threat Containment Unit, is willing to do whatever it takes to eliminate potential threats from empowered people, up to and including lethal force. This is shown to not be their first course of action though, as they initially tried to detain Joey and seemed dismayed at the dead Inhuman's they were finding.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Rosalind Price's group, the Advanced Threat Containment Unit, is willing to do whatever it takes to eliminate potential threats from empowered people.

* NotMeThisTime: When Rosalind blames Coulson for several dead Inhumans, both parties realize there's a third party out there killing them.

** Coulson's amputated and petrified hand, still clutching a terrigen crystal, is seen in containment in the lab.

* TheStinger: Simmons is alive, but stranded on an alien world (probably the Kree homeworld), being chased by something.

* WhamShot: Coulson's simulation indicates that if something isn't done to stop the spread of Terrigen, everything in the world's oceans will be infected within a year and a half. Which means that two years from now, all any Descendant will have to do to undergo Terrigenesis is eat seafood.

* AccidentalMisnaming: Coulson slips and refers to Daisy as "Skye," noting how it's difficult to break old habits. Hunter and Mack both shrug and say no, not really[[note]]to be fair, they've known her a much shorter time, so if she wants to go by a different name, it's all the same to them[[/note]].

* MeaningfulEcho: In-universe. President Ellis echos Rosalind's "laws of nature" line, indicating that her influence is far-reaching indeed.

** Rosalind reveals to Coulson that she knows about [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E14Tahiti Tahiti]], even quoting Coulson's season 1 catch phrase of "it's a magical place".

** The ACTU has shades of this, believing the Inhumans to be belligerent aliens that are a threat.

** Daisy is able to learn enough about Joey to make him think that she'd been spying on him for a long time just by reading his Facebook page, echoing Coulson's comment back in season one that social media made his job much easier, as people started voluntarily surveilling themselves.

* AbsenteeActor: Neither Ming-Na Wen nor Brett Dalton appear.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: The events of Season 2 have left Lincoln heavily disillusioned with being an Inhuman, calling his gift curse, and he's just trying to live a quiet life as a regular doctor.

* MeaningfulEcho: President Ellis echos Rosalind's "laws of nature" line, indicating that her influence is far-reaching indeed.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: The events of Season 2 have left Lincoln heavily disillusioned with being an Inhuman, calling his gift curse, and his just trying to live a quiet life as a regular doctor.

** May is still "on vacation". Coulson seems to believe it's permanent.
** The President references the events of ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]]'', ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', and ''Film/AvengersAgeofUltron'' when referring to attacks against humanity. He also references the [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier fall of]] [[Recap/AgentsofSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn S.H.I.E.L.D.]].

** The ACTU has shades of this believing the Inhumans to be belligerent aliens that are a threat.
** Mack, still has shades of this as he did not approve of Lincoln being allowed to live a civilian life.

** Fitz has one at the Kree Monolith screaming at it to do something

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Rosalind Price's group, the Advanced Threat Containment Unit, is willing to do whatever it takes to eliminate potential threats from empowered people.

* FreakOut: Joey breaks out with unhinged laughter when Daisy explains that he's not really human anymore.

* TheStinger: Simmons is alive, but stranded on an alien world, being chased by something.

The Season Three premiere of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.

* TheBusCameBack: [[Film/IronMan3 President Ellis]] makes his second appearance in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Cinematic Universe]].

** The President references the events of ''[[Film/TheAvengers The Avengers]]'', ''[[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld Thor: The Dark World]]'', and ''[[Film/AvengersAgeofUltron Avengers: Age of Ultron]]'' when referring to attacks against humanity. He also references the [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier fall of]] [[Recap/AgentsofSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn S.H.I.E.L.D.]].
** Coulson states that Simmons could have shrunk out of existence, citing the [[Film/AntMan Pym Tech incident]].
* UnexpectedCharacter: President Ellis' appearance was not hyped up at all and mostly kept a secret.

** The President references the events of ''[[Film/TheAvengers]]'', ''[[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld]]'', and ''[[Film/AvengersAgeofUltron]]'' when referring to attacks against humanity. He also references the [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier fall of]] [[Recap/AgentsofSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn S.H.I.E.L.D.]].