History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS4E21TheReturn

* CallBack: After Aida unleashes her superpowers, an exasperated Coulson looks up towards the heavens and begs, "Can we get a break, please?!". At the end of the episode, his prayers are answered; not by Heaven, but by Hell in the form of Ghost Rider; much like Robbie Reyes's own prayers during the crash caused by the Locos.

* NeverMyFault: Aida says that everything that happened in the Framework was Radcliffe's fault and she only ever followed her programming. Pretty far fetched, given that she ''murdered'' the man and had him trapped in the Framework (though she did employ LoopholeAbuse so that it still satisfied her programming), as well as the fact that everything bad happening to the world in there was on her Madame Hydra self's watch. Strangely, Fitz doesn't even call her out on it.

* NeverMyFault: Aida says that everything that happened in the Framework was Radcliffe's fault and she only ever followed her programming. Pretty far fetched, given that she ''murdered'' the man and had him trapped in the Framework (though she did employ LoopholeAbuse so that it still satisfied her programming), as well as the fact that everything bad happening to the world in there was on her Madame Hydra self's watch. Strangely, Fitz doesn't even call her out on it.

* SuperpowerLottery: Aida gave herself every power from every Inhuman that HYDRA studied inside the Framework. So far, she has demonstrated {{Teleportation}}, ShockAndAwe, SuperStrength, and a HealingFactor.

* NeverMyFault: Aida says that everything that happened in the Framework was Radcliffe's fault and she only ever followed her programming. Pretty far fetched, given that she ''murdered'' the man and had him trapped in the Framework (though she did employ LoopholeAbuse so that it still satisfied her programming), as well as the fact that everything bad happening to the world in there was on her Madame Hydra self's watch. Strangely, Fitz doesn't even call her out on it.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The reveal of Project Looking Glass -- create an Inhuman body for Aida complete with '''''every''''' Inhuman ability she researched in the Framework. So far she has displayed {{Teleportation}}, [[ShockAndAwe electrokinesis]], SuperStrength and [[HealingFactor regenerative abilities]], with potentially hundreds more in the wings.

* CardboardPrison: Even being a TailorMadePrison for Inhumans, it only took Aida a second to get out of it. They failed to anticpate her having multiple powes.

* ComboPlatterPowers: Aida's body is practically stuffed with Inhuman powers. She has {{Teleportation}}, SuperStrength, ShockAndAwe, and a HealingFactor. There may be even more than that. It's the product of Framework Fitz experimenting on Inhumans with those powers and finding a way to duplicate them.

* SuddenlyShouting: Aida, after Fitz turns her down. it really comes out of nowhere and is very scary.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The reveal of Project Looking Glass -- create an Inhuman body for Aida complete with '''''every''''' Inhuman ability she obtained in the Framework. So far she has displayed {{Teleportation}}, [[ShockAndAwe electrokinesis]], SuperStrength and [[HealingFactor regenerative abilities]], with potentially hundreds more in the wings.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: In the beginning, Ivanov is seen complaining to one of his henchmen, who the camera doesn't show in full. Annoyed by the henchman's silence, he leaves, grumbling that he's "tired of talking to [him]self". A few minutes later, we see that the "henchman" he was talking to was in fact, another one of himself, [[MesACrowd and he has more]].

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Having been imprisoned in the Framework since the end of the Ghost Rider arc, May has no idea who Ivanov is, as he was introduced late in the LMD arc. She also doesn't know how the Ghost Rider arc ended. Coulson fills her in on both, while leaving out the more [[TheBigDamnKiss awkward detials]].

'''Fitz:''' For her.\\

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Having been imprisoned in the Framework since the end of the Ghost Rider arc, May has no idea who Ivanov is, as he was introduced late in the LMD arc. She also doesn't know how the Ghost Rider arc ended. Coulson fills her in on both.

* WomanScorned: Hell hath no fury like an android-that-became-a-woman scorned. Aida '''''flips out''''' when she realizes that Fitz still loves Jemma instead of her. She got loose from the cell (specially designed to keep inhumans trapped) and started a killing spree.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The reveal of Project Looking Glass -- create an Inhuman body for Aida complete with '''''every''''' Inhuman ability she obtained in the Framework. So far she has displayed {{Teleportation}}, ShockAndAwe, SuperStrength and regenerative abilities, with potentially hundreds more in the wings.

* CardboardPrison: Even being a TailorMadePrison for inhumans, it only took Aida a second to get out of it.

* WomanScorned: Aida '''''flips out''''' when she realizes that Fitz still loves Jemma instead of her.

** Ivanov describes himself as being "designed only for killing," as was the Marvel character M.O.D.O.K.

* ActuallyADoombot: Ivanov was already a remote-piloted LMD, but when Coulson decapitates him with his energy shield, another Ivanov LMD comes in. Apparently he made more copies, all of which are under his mental control..

* AllYourPowersCombined: The reveal of Project Looking Glass -- create an Inhuman body for Aida complete with '''''every''''' Inhuman ability she obtained in the Framework. So far she has displayed teleportation, ShockAndAwe, SuperStrength and regenerative abilities, with potentially hundreds more in the wings.

* BrickJoke: Subtle and possibly unintentional. In the previous episode, Radcliffe stated how Aida has acted like a terrible teenage daughter. Here, her breakdown upon Fitz's rejection looks like a spoiled teenage girl who becomes very angry when she doesn't get what she wants.

* ComboPlatterPowers: Aida's body is practically stuffed with Inhuman powers. She has teleportation, SuperStrength, ShockAndAwe, and a HealingFactor. There may be even more than that. It's the product of Framework Fitz experimenting on Inhumans with those powers and finding a way to duplicate them.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Averted; when Aida insists that Fitz has to love her after he rejects her, it's treated as horrifying and the moment where they need to get him out of there. He's visibly shaken after, and Jemma gets over her own discomfort following his time as 'The Doctor' to console him.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Coulson's currently not aware that Ivanov's now an LMD controlled by a BrainInAJar. Needless to say, he's at a disadvantage during their fight.

* FanDisservice: Aida angrily kissing Ivanov and removing his shirt, seemingly intending to have sex with him, is already disturbing enough, but then she ''smashes his head in''.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: S.H.I.E.L.D. ''again''. The explosion at the Playground attracted the attention of the government, who found quite a few dead robots and several injured agents. The small handful of agents uncounted for are labeled as suspected terrorists and since Daisy is among them, her powers are seen the likely cause of the mess. Also, after Mace's death, Aida and Ivanov arranged it so that his body would be found in such a way implicating Daisy as his killer. This is why the plane couldn't refuel or recharge. Now Talbot has no idea who to trust because anyone could be a robot.

* HopeSpot: For half the episode it looks like Fitz is going to convince Aida to perform a HeelFaceTurn and make amends for the crimes she committed while an android by helping take down Ivanov. She even saves Mack from drowning. Then Fitz admits that he's still in love with Simmons and Aida ''snaps''.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: May says, "It's good to be back." Cue the ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' logo, '''not''' ''[[SpecialEditionTitle Agents of HYDRA]]''.

* MesACrowd: Ivanov has multiple copies of himself running around, and presumably has the means to make more. Given that Ivanov orders the copies of himself around, it appears that [[BrainInAJar his head]] can only directly control one LMD at a time, {{Body Surf}}ing between them as needed (such as when one "dies"), while the others are just drones programmed to follow his orders. He may have stolen the idea from Ultron.
* MookHorrorShow: Aida is this for the US soldiers and SHIELD agents after going on her rampage.

** Ivanov describes himself as being "designed only for killing," as was the Marvel character MODOK.

''Cue Aida throwing lightning, Lincoln-style.''

* OutOfTheFryingPan: Team Coulson (sans Mack) got themselves out of the Framework... and into a sinking ''oil rig'' controlled by the enemy. Daisy and Jemma, meanwhile, are on the Zephyr... which has little power and is being shot down.

* ProperlyParanoid: ButtMonkey Talbot may still be, but you sure can't blame him for suspecting everyone in Team Coulson to be an android.
* PsychopathicManChild: What becoming human (or Inhuman?) turns Aida into. While she has the capacity for reasonable and rational thought like an adult, her new emotions are as intense and unrefined as a baby's. When Fitz admits that he is still in love with Jemma, Aida screams and thrashes around like SpoiledBrat being told "No" for the first time.
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Coulson fights an android Ivanov to no avail... all to lure it into a trap.
* RealityEnsues: Talbot says the bomb from "Self-Control" put twelve agents in the hospital.

* SenseFreak: Aida showed a bit of this at the end of the last episode, but she really dials it UpToEleven in this one.

* SuperpowerLottery: Aida gave herself every power from every Inhuman that HYDRA studied inside the Framework ([[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway or at least all the]] ''[[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway good]]'' [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway powers]]). So far, she has demonstrated teleportation (Gordon), ShockAndAwe (Lincoln), SuperStrength (possibly Eva Belyakov, or Framework!Mace if HYDRA recovered his body from the rubble quickly enough), and a HealingFactor (possibly Jiayang, although she doesn't need to [[LifeDrinker suck the life out of anyone]] to make it work). Given that she has Gordon's, Lincoln's, and maybe Jiayang's powers, it opens up a whole new bit of FridgeHorror when one realizes that HYDRA probably attacked Afterlife, capturing all of the Inhumans there and used Fitz to extract their powers for her to assimilate.

* TrashTheSet: We see that the base is wrecked after the bomb went off in "Self-Control."

** Yo-Yo wanted to be with Mack, but he wants to be with Hope. So Yo-Yo jumps into the Framework alongside him -- and ends up strapped to a table with no way out.

* EntitledToHaveYou: As far as Aida's concerned, Fitz should love her since she's chosen to love him. His attempts to explain the flaws in this logic fall on deaf ears.

* FrameUp: Ivanov apparently decided to do this to Daisy while she was in the Framework. After Mace's death, Ivanov took a hammer and mutilated the body, in such a way that once the body washed up on a beach, Daisy was blamed because the damage to his bones resembled her powers. Now the world suspects she's leading a traitorous faction of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Given that Talbot found the Playground nearly destroyed, filled with injured agents and LMD parts, it's not surprising that it worked.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Ivanov has now hid his head and produced ''dozens'' of LMD's of himself, making it extremely hard to kill him....or control him, as Aida learns the hard way.

* MesACrowd: Ivanov has multiple copies of himself running around, and presumably has the means to make more. Given that Ivanov orders the copies of himself around, it appears he can only directly control one at a time, {{Body Surf}}ing between them as needed, while the others are just drones. He may have stolen the idea from Ultron.

* NeverMyFault: Aida says that everything that happened in the Framework was Radcliffe's fault and she only ever followed her programming. Pretty far fetched, given that she ''murdered'' the man and had him trapped in the Framework, as well as the fact that everything bad happening to the world in there was on her Madame Hydra self's watch. Strangely, Fitz doesn't even call her out on it.

* SuperpowerLottery: Aida gave herself every power from every Inhuman that HYDRA studied inside the Framework ([[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway or at least all the]] ''[[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway good]]'' [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway powers]]). So far, she has demonstrated teleportation (Gordon), ShockAndAwe (Lincoln), SuperStrength (possibly Eva Belyakov), and a HealingFactor (possibly Jiayang). Given that she has both Gordon, Lincoln, and maybe Jiayang's powers, it opens up a whole new bit of FridgeHorror when one realizes that HYDRA probably attacked Afterlife, capturing all of the Inhumans there and used Fitz to extract their powers for her to assimilate.

** Just when Ivanov taunts Coulson about not being able to hide behind his S.H.I.E.L.D. he gets his face cut off by Coulson's hard light......shield.

* BrickJoke: Subtle and possibly unintentional. In the previous episode, Radcliffe stated how Aida has acted like a terrible teenage daughter. Here, her breakdown upon Fitz's rejection looks like a spoiled teenage girl who becomes very angry if she doesn't get what she wants.

* BrokenAce: May is still worn out from her months long imprisonment in the Framework. She defeats an Ivanov LMD after injecting herself with epinephrine, but only just barely, and collapses immidiately afterwards.
* BullyingADragon: Aida, now human, can feel empathy, and doesn't want Coulson, Mack, or May to die. She orders Ivanov to call off his attack on the oil rig, but he informs her that since he completed her objective, she can't control him anymore. Furthermore, he's hidden his organic head in a secret location to prevent anyone from stopping him.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Averted; when Aida tries to rape Fitz after he rejects her, it's treated as horrifying and the moment where they need to get him out of there. He's visibly shaken after, and Jemma gets over her own discomfort following his time as 'The Doctor' to console him. Albeit its unclear if Aida actually intended to rape him or something else violent.
** "We're going to build a life together whether you want to or not" is...not suggestive of consent.

* HeelRealization: Aida realizes all the horrible stuff she did after gaining a conscience. Unfortunately, it then turns into IgnoredEpiphany, see below.

** Aida having the powers of a lot of Inhumans makes her similar to Marvel characters like [[FantasticFour Super-Skrull]], [[XMen Mimic]] and the [[TheAvengers Super-Adaptoid]].

* RealityEnsues: Talbot says the bomb from "Self-Control" put 12 agents in the hospital.

* TalkingToThemself: Ivanov even lampshades this. He keeps talking to all nearby LMD's of himself despite the fact that they are all remote controlled by himself, not individual persons.

* TheStinger: Yo-Yo wakes up in the Framework strapped to an operating table in a collapsing building, without her powers (and even if she does have her powers, they wouldn't do her much good, as SuperSpeed isn't that useful if you can't move).

* SuperpowerLottery: Aida gave herself every power from every Inhuman that HYDRA studied inside the Framework ([[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway or at least all the]] ''[[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway good]]'' [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway powers]]). So far, she has demonstrated teleportation (Gordon), ShockAndAwe (Lincoln), SuperStrength (possibly Eva Belyakov), and a HealingFactor (possibly Jiayang). Given that she has both Gordon, Lincoln, and maybe Jiayang's powers, it opens up a whole new bit of FridgeHorror when one realizes that HYDRA probably attacked Afterlife, capturing all of the Inhumans there and used Fitz to extract their powers for her to assimilate.
* TeleportSpam: Aida uses her teleportation to get behind people and kill them.

** Aida having the powers of a lot of Inhumans makes her similar to Marvel characters like Super-Skrull, Mimic and the Super-Adaptoid.
** Ivanov describes himself as being "designed only for kiling," as was the Marvel character MODOK.