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

Previously on "marvel's agents of s.H.I.E.L.D."...

Your apb's been lifted.

You could go back to your old life if you want.

I don't know. It's pretty interesting here.

I'll appoint a new head of the atcu...

One who understands they answer to you.

Oh, boy.

We need to replace our losses.

And our guest needs inhumans.

Ward: You want to believe, but you don't know if you can.

You'll believe

Once I make a believer out of him.

Grant ward.

I wish we could have met under different circumstances.

Malick: He was a good soldier.

He dedicated his life to hydra.

Thank you for arranging that.

He was strong, resilient... A perfect host.

I made some moves this week

To ensure we have all the inhumans we need

When the time comes.

In fact...

I just acquired one you might find useful.

Bring him in.

See if you can get through to him.

I want to see his eyes.

Aah!

What are you?

What are we?

Don't leave like this, carla. It's not my fault.

I just couldn't say no to the president.

Yes, you could have. You just didn't want to.

You're always choosing career over family, glenn.

That's not true.

And now we're finally paying the price.

I'm gonna fix this, carla.

Everything okay?

What the hell are you doing here?

Are you spying on me?

You know, my personal life is none of your damn business.

Coulson: You're right.

But the atcu is, which you now run.

And since you refuse

To talk to me or return my calls,

I didn't really have a choice.

I've been busy.

You know I'm technically your boss now, right?

But I'd prefer to be partners.

You are not now, nor will you ever be, my boss.

And we will never be partners.

I didn't ask to get put in front of this sideshow circus.

If I find out you had anything to do with it...

It was the president's idea, as was the symposium in taiwan

That we're supposed to be getting ready for.

We need to be prepared.

Somehow, I have a feeling

Your idea of being prepared and my idea of being prepared

Are two wildly different things.

Watch where you're aiming that!

You're not seriously gonna take that with you, are you?

Best to be overprepared than caught with your guns down.

It's a diplomatic conference.

Yeah.

Throw inhumans into the mix,

And you have to expect the unexpected...

Speedy powers, melty powers, eyeball death rays.

Well, that's why we've got daisy and lincoln with us.

Oh, yeah. Good old shake'n bake.

What's in the case?

It's the director's new toy... Something we've been working on.

Does it kill, stun, or disintegrate?

It makes gloves.

Hey, fitz.

Are you coming with us?

My work's done.

I'm just gonna put this in the director's cabin.

So, what do you know about this conference?

I know it's small, secret, just a few countries.

They're calling it "a symposium on the alien contagion."

No wonder everyone is afraid of us

When they use words like that.

And you know, we're only part alien,

And it's not a disease... It's an awakening.

Interesting word choice.

I mean, for me.

Terrigenesis made me who I was supposed to be.

I was given a gift, and I use it

To stop bad people from doing bad things.

Unfortunately, some of those bad people were also inhumans.

Yeah, well, you know who else does bad things are humans,

But you don't see any symposiums on the human contagion.

Humans, we know.

Inhumans are brand-new territory.

People fear what they don't understand.

Any word from lincoln?

How's his field op with may going?

Just a trial run.

But having been there myself, I'd say...

He's miserable.

May: You're too obvious. Blend in.

I've been blending in half my life.

Pretty sure I can handle this.

Where are you?

Watching your every move.

Stay focused.

Field work isn't always

About rushing in and using your powers.

Look for anything out of the ordinary...

People with their hands in their pockets,

Long coats,

Clothes that don't match the weather.

Wait.

I think I see something suspicious.

What is it? What do you see?

No one would ever intentionally cut their hair like that.

Not funny.

We're here to protect the director.

Try and remember that.

This symposium is gonna be a colossal waste of time.

Sitting around a conference table, singing "kumbaya"

Is not going to accomplish a damn thing.

I'm less interested in the symposium

Than I am with the intel we can gather there.

We need to know if any of these countries

Are harboring inhumans.

So it's a sneaky, little spy mission.

S.H.I.E.L.D., remember? That's how we roll.

May, I've got one. No joke.

My gut tells me malick will have a presence there...

Someone in his pocket

Trying to influence the delegates

While getting information on any inhumans.

Sounds like you.

Yeah.

But we're the good guys.

I know it's none of my business,

But I hope you and carla work things out for your son...

George, right?

What is he... 11 now?

He's 12.

A good age. Yeah.

Good night, general.

Director.

May: Coulson, 6:00. Get out of there now!

Creel.

Get in. Hey. Hey!

What are you doing?

May, they got carl creel. I need backup.

Lincoln, forget what I said. Rush in and use your powers.

Lincoln: I'm on it.

Hey, michelin man.

Let's finish this.

Lincoln!

Lincoln, enough!

Coulson: Stand down.

That's an order!

What the hell do you think you're doing?!

It's creel.

He was trying to assassinate you.

Assassinate me?

He's here to protect me.

His absorbing powers don't seem so impressive now,

Not with all the inhumans around.

Mr. Creel,

I'd like to ask you a few questions,

If you don't mind.

Do you know how you got your powers?

An experiment.

Something went wrong.

Something went right.

You're the only human who survived contact

With a terrigen obelisk.

What was that like?

It hurt.

Well, by all accounts, you should be dead.

Only inhumans can touch them and survive.

Do you know how that was possible?

Beats me.

I still have a sample of his dna.

Yeah, perhaps we should reopen our study,

Now we know more about the inhumans.

Do you know how long we'll be keeping him here?

I don't know.

There's still a lot of bad blood.

He killed my friends, izzy and idaho.

I watched them die.

He was brainwashed by hydra.

He didn't know what he was doing.

It took us months to undo their dirty work.

He's a good kid. - He's a murderer.

And he had a criminal record

Long before hydra got their hands on him.

He's from the streets. He made some mistakes.

He's reformed.

I believe everyone deserves a second chance,

But taking him with us on a covert mission

Doesn't seem like the place to test it.

It's a crazy world out there, full of powered people.

I finally have one of my own.

I don't leave home without him.