Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Previously on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."...

Hello, Skye. I'm Gordon.

I'll take you to a place

where you can be with people like us.

You can learn about your gift.

We founded the real S.H.I.E.L.D.

On the belief that leadership should operate

with transparency.

Coulson and his secrets that's the threat.

And I think it's time that we remove that threat.

This should get you by for a few days.

Without you, there is no S.H.I.E.L.D.

They know about Skye. Find her.

Gordon, help.

Can I let you in on a little secret?

I've got a genuine, honest Abe, God-given superpower.

You want to know what it is?

I'm afraid to guess.

I can look at any man

and tell him exactly what kind of car he should be driving.

Maybe I'll just look around.

Y-you know, I look at you,

and I see a man who's played it safe his whole life,

but lately feels like he's stuck in a rut.

Life's lost its thrill.

The kids are monsters. The wife's taken to muumuus.

And now you're thinking,

"it's time to let the tiger loose."

Am I hitting the Mark?

Amazing.

Then this is the car for you.

Actually, I'm interested in this S.U.V.

I'm going off-roading.

I need something that can take a beating.

I'll pay you cash right now.

A man with cash is a man with class.

I'll do you one better...

2010 4-wheel drive Wrangler Rubicon... came in.

A bit pricier, but she's a beaut.

It's... well, it looks like this one here.

- Get in. - What are you doing?

Put that back. I'm making a deal.

For that piece of junk?

This is my vehicle.

You know, I need you to get out of there right now.

We're not criminals. We don't want to draw any more attention.

If it makes you feel better, you can send him a check.

Oh, wait.

No, we can't, because our bank accounts have been frozen.

So just get in. I'll get you to Skye, I promise.

Hold on a second. You two are in cahoots?

You know what? I-I'm gonna call the police.

See what you did? He's calling the police.

Are you happy? Sorry, Eddie.

The tiger's been loose for awhile.

Hey.

Everything's gonna be okay. You're safe now.

Gordon, where am I?

This is the place I told you about.

You called for me. Do you remember?

How long have I been here?

Two days.

T-t... I need to I need to go.

They need me. Something bad has happened.

Oh, why can't I move?

What are you doing to me?

We're healing you.

Leaving now wouldn't exactly be...

You ever made microwave popcorn?

Leave it in too long, and it's charcoal.

Take it out too soon, and it's a bag of kernels.

That might be the worst analogy ever.

Gordo, help me out here.

You are on your own with this one.

I have to go now.

You're in very good hands.

He's smarter than he looks.

How do you know that?

He's been by your side since the moment you got here.

Who are you?

Sorry.

I thought... I'm Lincoln, your transitioner.

Right. I-I keep forgetting you're new to this.

E-everyone who goes through terrigenesis

has, uh, a transitioner to help them.

Please cut to the chase. I...

Right, yeah.

Let me start from the top.

Imagine a thousand years of evolution

taking place instantaneously.

T-that's what happened to you after the mist.

These treatments... we're helping your body

adjust properly to the change,

transitioning you quickly and painlessly, I hope.

We usually like to start the process

- right after the mist, but as... - How long?

How long? When can I go?

You got places to be, people to see?

I'm worried about my friends.

I think they're in danger.

You're the one that's in danger, Skye.

Remember? You're being hunted.

Seven agents down, Calderon barely hanging on,

and you want to defend that thing?

She's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, not a thing.

What happened wasn't her fault.

I was there. Calderon fired at her.

She was armed and hostile.

She was scared and defending herself.

I don't care if she was chasing butterflies.

We can't wear kid gloves around something

with powers of that magnitude.

- She could have killed everyone. - But she didn't.

Only because that other freak pulled her from the fight.

Was he one of Coulson's?

We've only recently encountered him.

Coulson's as in the dark as we are.

Are you certain about that?

If Coulson's collecting powered people,

we need to know before they come knocking on our door.

No one wants a war, Barbara.

That's not gonna happen. Coulson's reasonable.

Then we need to get into that box to know for sure.

Well, then you need Fitz.

Pure vibranium shell...

no ports, no external power source.

How do you get inside to retrieve the data?

I suspect advanced biometric access points.

Probably loaded with self-destruct triggers.

Yeah.

Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, the ones that got away.

I had my eye on you two when you were at the academy.

I wanted to recruit you, but Coulson beat me to it.

I heard he actually bribed Weaver with cupcakes.

Robert Gonzales.

We know who you are,

and we are quite aware of your commendable reputation.

Under different circumstances, we might even be flattered...

Which is why this is so hard to comprehend.

Under different circumstances,

we would have preferred to be invited guests,

but that forced our hand.

We had to take it out of play.

What's inside that's so important?

All we know is that Coulson and Fury both believed

it was valuable enough or dangerous enough

to protect with extreme measures.

Maybe it was their favorite recipes.

Maybe it is.

Then, maybe, we can put all this behind us and move on.

That's why I'm asking you for your help, Leo.

And if he refuses, will you lock him up,

like you did Agent May?

There are no prisoners here. We are all S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

Exit protocols have not changed.

Once you're cleared and debriefed,

you're free to go, if that's what you really want.

Okay.

I'll start packing my things.

You should have brought cupcakes.

Well... You have to admire their loyalty.

Loyalty to a man and not to S.H.I.E.L.D.

That makes Coulson as dangerous as whatever's in that box.

What the hell happened here?

Skye.

Did they do this to her, or did she do it to them?

One way to find out.

My God. Skye's doing that?

Glad she's on our side. She's still on our side, isn't she?

This isn't good.

Well, at least they didn't take her.

That means she's out there, so we'll find her and...

that's new.

Did she just get abducted by aliens?

What the hell was that?

We don't know what he is. He took Skye's father and Raina.

Seriously? I was only gone a week.

We don't know where he comes from,

where he goes, or who he works for.

He doesn't leave trails or clues.

I lost her.

How are you feeling?

Kind of normal.

- Normal's good. - Yeah.

We flushed your lymphatic and circulatory systems,

so you'll be weak for a few days, but...

I need to give a message to my friends.

Gordon's the only one who can make contact

with the outside world.

We can talk to him when he gets back.

Where exactly are we?

No one really knows.

Uh, the official name is Chinese, I think...

Lai Shi... doesn't exactly translate.

So we just call it "Afterlife."

You say the name of this place is Chinese.

- Are we in China? - No idea.

Gordon's the only one who knows where we are,

and he's the only way in or out.

It keeps us secret and safe from the outside world.