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I must have said holy crap about 20 times in that episode. It was a major gear shift as well. Especially after the opener which reminded you of every 70's TV show with the voice over "Starring Clark Greg . . . "



But this episode managed to surprise and terrify and at the same time set things up for the rest of the year.

Spoiler!

The Chronicoms have been busy. They've fully infiltrated Shield Malik senior didn't die which shifted the time line. He's basically the head of Shield, and the events from Winter Soldier are happening 40 years early with project insight nearing completion and with that the extermination of senior Shield Leaders and Bruce Banner.


At the same time we are seeing problems in the team with their powers, Yo Yo is still debilitated, May is only able to feel other people's emotions which is a benefit but also a real problem as she got completely drunk without drinking in the Shield hideout bar. There's a serious problem with Simmons, as she gets confused easily and has memory and focus issues, the returning Enoch seems to know what's happening but we don't dive into it.




At the same time Sousa is a man out of time, and he's realizing how destructive the Shield team going through time is on the time line, and like Deke who regrets not killing Malik, Sousa is angry about being pulled out of the time line, when he could have stayed behind and gone after the Hydra inflitration of Shield.


The Chronicom's are learning fast. They know that the human weakness is strong attachment as displayed by Malik when the Shield agents kidnap Gideon (the future Power's Booth) to negotiate their escape. The Chronicoms then drove forward three years to the future completion of Insight, and also presented what they learned by kidnapping Macks parents preventing Shield from destroying the Lighthouse and preventing the launch of the missiles.


Instead Mack is willing to sacrifice himself and his team by revealing the Zephyr to destroy the Insight rocket and thus putting his whole team in danger.


Meanwhile Sousa and Daisy were kidnapped, and Gideon phones to talk to Daniel Whitehall (remember him) about the surgical technique that can be used to steal Daisy's powers (Remember him chopping up Daisy's mother to gain her powers).


Another amazing episode.


Random thoughts.


Nathan Malik lives, remember he was sacrificed to Hive in the stone drawing ceremony that saved Gideon. Some how Wilfred saved both of his son I wonder if this means that the whole Hive thing is wiped out in this time line.


Sousa's use of the term Trout in the Milk was only surpassed when Deke was asking Simmons about Fitz because if Fitz and Daisy don't "Bump Lemons" Deke's mother might not be born.


Speaking of Deke he finally killed Wilfred, but it was far too late.