History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS6E03FearAndLoathingOnThePlanetOfKitson

* BreatherEpisode: Arguably the first episode in the entire series that is played almost ''entirely'' for laughs, at least until TheStinger. We have an almost-comical WretchedHive in Kitson, [[MushroomSamba half of the cast tripping balls throughout the entire episode]], and Enoch's [[HeroicBSOD ridiculous existential crisis]] which would ''almost'' be a TearJerker if he wasn't being such an [[ColdHam over-the-top drama queen]].

* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: The casino has an alien variation of Blackjack where players put themselves up as collateral. Losing means being sold into slavery. Getting 14 means you get an arrow to the chest.

* DeadlyGame: In the high-stakes Blackjack game, getting 14 causes a dart launcher to pop up from the table and kill the unlucky player.

* AbsenteeActor: May, Elena, Mack and everybody else on Earth sit this episode out (with the sole exception being Sarge and Jaco's short appearance in TheStinger). May's voice is heard on the "Previously, on..." recap, if that counts.

* MushroomSamba: The alien treats that Daisy, Jemma, and Davis snack on result in, among others things, Jemma hallucinating ''a tiny Fitz dressed in a monkey costume'' dancing on the tip of her straw.

!!Tropes in this episode:

** PlayedForLaughs when a drugged-up Daisy goes on about how she feels very close to Jemma... only to realise that she's talking to an alien gambler, who promptly hits on her. Played straight when Daisy and Jemma, despite being wacked out of their minds, get a moment to tearfully express their affection for each other [[ItMakesSenseInContext while huddled under a gaming table]].

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Being the only crew member to not ingest any of the alien hallucinogens, poor Piper is stuck babysitting Davis and contending with his drug-induced antics onboard the ''Zephyr One''.

* AlienBlood: Crepitolian blood is 75% sulfur, which translates to it being yellow, smelling really bad and, most importantly, being highly flammable, which Fitz uses to their advantage to escape the Blackjack room.

* CassandraTruth: Davis asserts that the Hunter Chronicom is "some sort of shape-shifting, contortionist assassin", which is true. Since he's high as a kite on alien puffs at the time, Piper isn't inclined to take him seriously.
* CasinoEpisode:

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Enoch warns Fitz against eating some alien food that's not fit for Terran consumption. Later, Daisy, Jemma, and Davis eat them. Turns out to humans, they're the exterrestrial equivalent of psychedelic shrooms. It's later implied they are intended to have this effect on their regular consumers, too, just not so extreme, with one alien thinking Jemma had simply had too many of them.

* MushroomSamba: The alien treats that Daisy, Jemma and Davis snack on result in, among others things, Jemma hallucinating ''a tiny Fitz dressed in a monkey costume'' dancing on the tip of her straw.

* PunchClockVillain: When the thuggish alien in charge of the AbsurdlyHighStakesGame sees Jemma coming out of her high, he sternly but gently tells her she's too good for a place like Kitson, and to lay off the alien drugs.

** An artificial life form having an encyclopedic knowledge of a certain game of chance but nevertheless being totally blindsided by the concept of bluffing? [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Sounds familiar.]]
* SkilledButNaive: Enoch is an exceptional gambler, but he's never heard of bluffing, and thus is easily scammed out of his winnings.

* WhatTheHellHero: Daisy and the others rightfully call Jemma for endangering herself and her teammates all on a ''hunch'', though she seems EasilyForgiven when said hunch proves to be correct.

* LoopholeAbuse: Enoch is able to bypass a ban on androids, synths, e.t.c. because technically he's ''not'' one, and his non-organic components are shielded against scans. At least at first.

* AbsenteeActor: May, Elena, Mack and everybody else on Earth sit this episode out (with the sole exception being Sarge and Jaco's short appearance in TheStinger).

* ShoutOut: The whole episode is one to ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' by Creator/HunterSThompson, complete with Daisy, Jemma, and Davis getting high on what are basically alien shrooms.

* BreatherEpisode: Arguably the first episode in the entire series that is played almost ''entirely'' for laughs, at least until TheStinger. We have an almost-comical WretchedHive in Kitsom, [[MushroomSamba half of the cast tripping balls throughout the entire episode]], and Enoch's [[HeroicBSOD ridiculous existential crisis]] which would ''almost'' be a TearJerker if he wasn't being such an [[ColdHam over-the-top drama queen]].

AbsenteeActor: May, Elena, Mack and everybody else on Earth sit this episode out (with the sole exception being Sarge and Jaco's short appearance in TheStinger).

* ArcWords: "You're bluffing" and "my best friend" for Enoch and Fitz.

* UngratefulBastard:
** Jemma is annoyed with Piper and Davis's anger at her recklessness, even calling them "cowards" for being unwilling to take the extreme risks that she's prepared to take. They, along with Daisy, are the only ones who have stuck by Jemma up to this point.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Piper and Davis angrily rail against Simmons' recklessness, going so far as to suggest that she be locked up for the voyage back to Earth. While they're understandably angry with her, they're not wrong that she risked all of their lives on weak evidence. That she turned out to be right was little more than luck.

** Jemma is annoyed with Piper and Davis' anger at her recklessness, even calling them "cowards" for being unwilling to take the extreme risks that she's prepared to take. They, along with Daisy, are the only ones who have stuck by Jemma up to this point.
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with two of the crewmen Fitz and Enoch saved from the Controller; they ''are'' grateful, just not enough to be above robbing them of valuable merchandise and stranding them on Kitson.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Enoch warns Fitz against eating some alien food that's not fit for Terran consumption. Later, Daisy, Jemma, and Davis eat them. Turns out to humans, they're the exterrestrial equivalent of psychedelic shrooms. Its later implied they are intended to have this effect on their regular consumers too, just not so extreme, with one alien thinking Jemma had simply had too many of them.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Enoch warns Fitz against eating some alien food that's not fit for Terran consumption. Later, Daisy, Jemma, and Davis eat them. Turns out to humans, they're the exterrestrial equivalent of psychedelic shrooms.

* NoJustNoReaction: Fitz flatly refuses Enoch's idea to become boy whores at the local brothels for quick cash. Jemma says she'd rather find him dead than there, which she and Daisy share a laugh about.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Jemma's desire to find Fitz is clouding her judgement. Not only is she putting herself and her teammates in danger, but she's also willing to leave S.H.I.E.L.D. and search space herself if that's what it takes to find her husband.