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* BoundAndGagged: Daisy is tied to a chair after her fight with Robbie as he looks through her things, and he gags her with a piece of tape just before leaving her. Given her powers, it doesn't last long.
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* SuperStrength: Jeffrey has it, which he uses to easily knock out May.
* SuperToughness: Jeffrey is able to easily endure a beating from May, even with a metal pipe.
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* BaitAndSwitch: After a whole episode building up how the new director is a complete hardass who causes nothing but problems for the team, he turns out to be a quite personable guy, who's still able to put his foot down when he needs to.
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* MythologyGag: During a conversation between Coulson and Jeffrey, it's mentioned that Coulson wanted the new Director to be a powered person that the public could trust, like Captain America. In the comics, Jeffrey was a LegacyCharacter for Cap.
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* CassandraTruth: Faisy scoffs at the idea that Robbie sold his soul to become Ghost Rider, assuming him to be an Inhuman who just won't admit it. She seems more open to the idea after the Rider kills a ghost.

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* CassandraTruth: Faisy Daisy scoffs at the idea that Robbie sold his soul to become Ghost Rider, assuming him to be an Inhuman who just won't admit it. She seems more open to the idea after the Rider kills a ghost.

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* BullyingADragon: Daisy deliberately antagonizes Robbie, despite it being quite apparent that she cannot beat him and he is quite willing to kill her. He concludes that she is trying to die.
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* BullyingADragon: Daisy deliberately antagonizes Robbie, despite it being quite apparent that she cannot beat him and that he is quite willing to kill her. He concludes that she is trying to die.
* ContinuityNod: CassandraTruth: Faisy scoffs at the idea that Robbie sold his soul to become Ghost Rider, assuming him to be an Inhuman who just won't admit it. She seems more open to the idea after the Rider kills a ghost.
* ContinuityNod:
** Mack still has that shotgun-axe from last season.



** Robbie vs Daisy. He walks thourgh everything she hurls at him and knocks her out with a flaming weapon.

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** Robbie vs Daisy. Daisy, round two. He walks thourgh through everything she hurls at him and knocks her out with a flaming weapon.weapon. He doesn't even need the Rider's help this time, since Daisy's bones are in no shape to handle her powers.

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* ContinuityNod:
** Jeffrey references Captain America going rogue, in reference to ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.
** Mack makes a reference to Gordon from Season 2 when fighting one of the ghosts. He says that he hates it when they disappear.



** Robbie vs Daisy. He walks thourgh everything she hurls at him and knocks her out with a flaming weapon.



* DeadpanSnarker: Jeffrey has his moments.



* DemonicPossession: May is driven insanely paranoid by the ghost which possessed her at the end of the last episode, to the point that she has to be knocked out and forcefully restrained to not endanger her fellow agents.



* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How Daisy justifies her leaving.
* InternalReveal: Mack finds out that Elena has been in touch with Daisy for a while now.



* NiceGuy: Despite being SlaveToPR, Jeffrey is a well-meaning and friendly person.



* NotSoDifferent: Robbie says this in regards to Daisy and she agrees.



* SlaveToPR: Jeffrey is this, {{justified}} as he wants to bring back S.H.I.E.L.D. as a legal, legitimate organization.
* StoryBreadcrumbs: The group of ghosts is apparently somehow involved in Robbie's backstory.



* TheUnintelligible: One of the ghosts, Vincent, has it worst since the rest of the group can't understand him even while he is obviously screaming on top of his lungs.



* WhatTheHellHero: Both Mack and Fitz call Daisy out on running away, stating that while they understand what she's going through, her leaving hurt them, too.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Both Mack and Fitz call Daisy out on running away, stating that while they understand what she's going through, her leaving hurt them, too. Mack also gives her a scolding for excusing Robbie's methods.

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* BerserkButton: Robbie is fuming with anger as Daisy spends much of the day needling him, but keeps the lid on until she mentions his brother.



* DeathSeeker: Robbie deduces that Daisy is deliberately putting herself in harms way as penance for Lincoln's death.
* DoingInTheWizard: Subverted. Analysis of the box reveals it's some form of incomprehensible technology and the ghosts hail from an energy lab, but they attribute their creation to a book called the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Darkhold]], so they were definitely made from supernatural means.

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* DeathSeeker: Robbie deduces that Daisy is deliberately putting herself in harms harm's way as penance for Lincoln's death.
* DoingInTheWizard: Subverted. Analysis of the box reveals it's some form of incomprehensible technology and the ghosts hail from an energy lab, but they attribute their creation to a book called the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Darkhold]], so they were definitely made from supernatural means.means, and Robbie believes Ghost Rider, a supernatural entity, is connected to them.



* SeenItAll: Although initially taken aback, Fitz and Mack seem to recover quickly enough from the fact they ''just saw a man with a flaming skull kill a ghost''.



* WrongGenreSavvy: Fitz and Simmons try to find a scientific explanation behind the ghost who left the box. While there is one for that, the ghost really is a ghost.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: Fitz and Simmons try to find a scientific explanation behind the ghost who left the box. While there is one for that, the box, the ghost really is a ghost.
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* DoingInTheWizard: Subverted. Analysis of the box reveals it's some form of incomprehensible technology and the ghosts hail from an energy lab, but they attribute their creation to a book called the Darkhold, so they were definitely made from supernatural means.

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* DoingInTheWizard: Subverted. Analysis of the box reveals it's some form of incomprehensible technology and the ghosts hail from an energy lab, but they attribute their creation to a book called the Darkhold, [[TomeOfEldritchLore Darkhold]], so they were definitely made from supernatural means.
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* TakeThat: [[BitingTheHandHumor To the show's own overlords]], as Coulson tells the Congresspeople that Peggy Carter had a ton of amazing adventures that sadly went undocumented, thanks to her show's cancellation.

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* TakeThat: [[BitingTheHandHumor To the show's own overlords]], as Coulson tells the Congresspeople Congress people that Peggy Carter had a ton of amazing adventures that sadly went undocumented, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork thanks to her show's cancellation.cancellation]].
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* TakeThat: To the show's own overlords, as Coulson tells the Congresspeople that Peggy Carter had a ton of amazing adventures that sadly went undocumented, thanks to her show's cancellation.

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* TakeThat: [[BitingTheHandHumor To the show's own overlords, overlords]], as Coulson tells the Congresspeople that Peggy Carter had a ton of amazing adventures that sadly went undocumented, thanks to her show's cancellation.



* WorfhadTheFlu: Daisy gets it even worse in this episode. When she's attacked by Robbie for mentioning his brother, she can barely manage a few attacks before he lands a strike on her fractured arm and knocks her out. Last time, she held her own until the Rider took over.

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* WorfhadTheFlu: WorfHadTheFlu: Daisy gets it even worse in this episode. When she's attacked by Robbie for mentioning his brother, she can barely manage a few attacks before he lands a strike on her fractured arm and knocks her out. Last time, she held her own until the Rider took over.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Coulson stepped from Director on his own, but he's staring to regret it due disagreeing with Jeffrey.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Coulson stepped down from being Director on his own, but he's staring to regret it due disagreeing with Jeffrey.



* GhostlyGoals: The ghosts who were trapped in the boxes are trying to find the Darkhold, reverse what happened to them, and kill the one responsible for their current state.

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* GhostlyGoals: The ghosts who were trapped in the boxes are trying to find the Darkhold, reverse what happened to them, and kill the one responsible for their current state. It's hinted the one that first escaped has more sinister motives.



* NoSell: When May attacks Jeffery, a barrage of punches and pipe to the chest don't even make him flinch.
* TheReveal: Coulson stepped down from SHIELD on his own free will for personal reasons, and Jeffrey happens to be an Inhuman.

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* NoSell: NoSell:
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When May attacks Jeffery, Jeffrey, a barrage of punches and pipe to the chest don't even make him flinch.
** The ghosts, shown to only be tangible when they wish to be and drive others insane by touch, are completely powerless against Ghost Rider. He can grab and hold them against their will and without ill-effect.
* OhCrap: The ghost that can drive anyone insane with a touch is understandably freaked out when someone grabs him and shows off a flaming skull.
* TheReveal: Coulson stepped down from SHIELD on S.H.I.E.L.D. of his own free will for personal reasons, and Jeffrey happens to be an Inhuman.


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* WhatTheHellHero: Both Mack and Fitz call Daisy out on running away, stating that while they understand what she's going through, her leaving hurt them, too.
* WorfhadTheFlu: Daisy gets it even worse in this episode. When she's attacked by Robbie for mentioning his brother, she can barely manage a few attacks before he lands a strike on her fractured arm and knocks her out. Last time, she held her own until the Rider took over.
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* MagicVersesScience: Explicitly supernatural ghosts were somehow trapped by technological means.

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* MagicVersesScience: MagicVersusScience: Explicitly supernatural ghosts were somehow trapped by technological means.
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* MagicVsScience: Explicitly supernatural ghosts were somehow trapped by technological means.

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* MagicVsScience: MagicVersesScience: Explicitly supernatural ghosts were somehow trapped by technological means.

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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Discussed, when Jeffrey is trying to convince Coulson to lead a tour of government officials around the Playground. He states that when SHIELD was in the shadows, they may have had the resources to build something like the Zephyr, but not anymore with government oversight and funding.

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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Discussed, when Jeffrey is trying to convince Coulson to lead a tour of government officials around the Playground. He states that when SHIELD S.H.I.E.L.D. was in the shadows, they may have had the resources to build something like the Zephyr, ''Zephyr'', but not anymore with government oversight and funding.



* BullyingADragon: Daisy deliberately antagonizes Robbie, despite it being quite apparent that she cannot beat him and he is quite willing to kill her. He concludes that she is trying to die.
* CurbStompBattle:
** May vs. Jeffrey. He {{No Sell}}s every hit, does a NeckLift, and slams her into a pillar to knock her out.
** Ghost Rider vs. a ghost. The ghost is immolated with zero effort.
* DeathSeeker: Robbie deduces that Daisy is deliberately putting herself in harms way as penance for Lincoln's death.
* DoingInTheWizard: Subverted. Analysis of the box reveals it's some form of incomprehensible technology and the ghosts hail from an energy lab, but they attribute their creation to a book called the Darkhold, so they were definitely made from supernatural means.



* HeKnowsTooMuch: Robbie wants to kill Daisy because she figured out his identity, but this is complicated by the fact that he can't because she's not guilty of anything. He resorts to going through her stuff looking for an excuse, which helps lead him to his next target instead.
* HeroicWillpower: All the others driven insane by the ghosts did so immediately. It took at least a day for the same to happen to May and she still isn't willing to kill.
* MagicVsScience: Explicitly supernatural ghosts were somehow trapped by technological means.
* NoSell: When May attacks Jeffery, a barrage of punches and pipe to the chest don't even make him flinch.



* WhamLine: "I prefer the term 'Inhuman'."
* WrongGenreSavvy: Fitz and Simmons try to find a scientific explanation behind the ghost who left the box.

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* WhamLine: "I TouchOfDeath: Anyone the ghosts manage to touch is driven violently insane.
* WhamLine:
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prefer the term 'Inhuman'."
'Inhuman'.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Fitz and Simmons try to find a scientific explanation behind the ghost who left the box. While there is one for that, the ghost really is a ghost.
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* GhostlyGoals: The ghosts who were trapped in the boxes are trying to find the Darkhold and reverse what happened to them.
* TheReveal: Coulson stepped down from SHIELD on his own free will for personal reasons.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Ghost Rider and Daisy arrive just in time to rescue Mack and Fitz from one of the spirits.
* GhostlyGoals: The ghosts who were trapped in the boxes are trying to find the Darkhold and Darkhold, reverse what happened to them.
them, and kill the one responsible for their current state.
* TheReveal: Coulson stepped down from SHIELD on his own free will for personal reasons.reasons, and Jeffrey happens to be an Inhuman.



* ThatCameOutWrong: May tells Piper to drop formalities when talking to her and just address her by name. She responds with "I can do May" before re-saying it as "I can do ''that'', May".
* WhamLine: "I prefer the term "Inhuman".

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* ThatCameOutWrong: May tells Piper to drop formalities when talking to her and just address her by name. She responds with "I can do May" before re-saying quickly rephrasing it as "I can do ''that'', May".
* WhamLine: "I prefer the term "Inhuman".'Inhuman'."
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* TakeThat: To the show's own overlords, as Coulson tells the Congresspeople that Peggy Carter had a ton of amazing adventures that sadly went undocumented, thanks to her show's cancellation.
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* GhostlyGoals: The ghosts who were trapped in the boxes are trying to find the Darkhold and reverse what happened to them.



* WhamLine: "I prefer the term "Inhuman".

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* WhamLine: "I prefer the term "Inhuman"."Inhuman".
* WrongGenreSavvy: Fitz and Simmons try to find a scientific explanation behind the ghost who left the box.
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Given she's possessed by a ghost and attacked other agents, that is a completly reasonable reaction.


* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jeffrey seems like nice (if a little harsh) guy...until we see that he had May tied up in a straightjacket and put her in Quinjet to who knows wear.

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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Discussed, when Director Mace is trying to convince Coulson to lead a tour of government officials around the Playground. He states that when SHIELD was in the shadows, they may have had the resources to build something like the Zephyr, but not anymore with government oversight and funding.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jeffrey seems like nice (if a little harsh) guy...until we see that he had May tied up in a straightjacket and but her in Quinjet to who knows wear.

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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Discussed, when Director Mace Jeffrey is trying to convince Coulson to lead a tour of government officials around the Playground. He states that when SHIELD was in the shadows, they may have had the resources to build something like the Zephyr, but not anymore with government oversight and funding.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Coulson stepped from Director on his own, but he's staring to regret it due disagreeing with Jeffrey.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jeffrey seems like nice (if a little harsh) guy...until we see that he had May tied up in a straightjacket and but put her in Quinjet to who knows wear.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Jeffrey seems like nice (if a little harsh) guy...until we see that he had May tied up in a straightjacket and but her in Quinjet to who knows wear.
* TheReveal: Coulson stepped down from SHIELD on his own free will for personal reasons.



* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"I prefer the term 'Inhuman'."]]

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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"I "I prefer the term 'Inhuman'."]]"Inhuman".
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* whamLine: [[spoiler:"I prefer the term 'Inhuman'."]]

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* whamLine: WhamLine: [[spoiler:"I prefer the term 'Inhuman'."]]
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* ThatCameOutWrong: May tells Piper to drop formalities when talking to her and just address her by name. She responds with "I can do May" before re-saying it as "I can do ''that'', May".

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* ThatCameOutWrong: May tells Piper to drop formalities when talking to her and just address her by name. She responds with "I can do May" before re-saying it as "I can do ''that'', May".May".
* whamLine: [[spoiler:"I prefer the term 'Inhuman'."]]
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Robbie's friends ask him if he watched the football game last night and add that they "finally got a team back in town", referring to the Los Angeles Rams returning to the city after moving to St. Louis in 1994.

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Robbie's friends ask him if he watched the football game last night and add that they "finally got a team back in town", referring to the Los Angeles Rams returning to the city after moving to St. Louis in 1994.1994.
*ThatCameOutWrong: May tells Piper to drop formalities when talking to her and just address her by name. She responds with "I can do May" before re-saying it as "I can do ''that'', May".
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*ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Discussed, when Director Mace is trying to convince Coulson to lead a tour of government officials around the Playground. He states that when SHIELD was in the shadows, they may have had the resources to build something like the Zephyr, but not anymore with government oversight and funding.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Robby's friends ask him if he watched the football game last night and add that they "finally got a team back in town", referring to the Los Angeles Rams returning to the city after moving to St. Louis in 1994.

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Robby's Robbie's friends ask him if he watched the football game last night and add that they "finally got a team back in town", referring to the Los Angeles Rams returning to the city after moving to St. Louis in 1994.
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Daisy continues to investigate Robbie after encountering his other side. Coulson must deal with the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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