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

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

What is that thing parading around as Grant Ward?

He connects to the Inhumans,

and they instantly joined the hive.

I have to get back to the base.

They have something we need.

Daisy showed me the Kree artifact you gave her,

and it's missing its companion piece.

I buried it. What is it?

The only thing that can destroy me.

How do we disinfect Daisy?

Meet Dr. Holden Radcliffe.

You're the only one that can save my friend.

With your help, we're going to redefine humanity.

H-how could you...

By re-creating the same Kree experiment that was done to me.

It was in that moment my world had changed forever.

The Kree Reapers brought me back to their ship

and began the experiment.

I didn't know it then, but the Reapers

were using their own Kree blood to transform my DNA.

Once they changed what I was,

the Reapers took the final step,

fulfilling the promise of what I would become.

So that's how you became an Inhuman.

Myself and many others.

Put through the Kree experiment thousands of years ago.

These first Inhumans... they were your ancestors.

Your ancestors started Hydra.

You fought to bring me back,

yet are the only faithful to evade being captured

after Gideon Malick's spineless betrayal.

Well... the time has come for your reward.

Thank you, but...

what does that have to do with your story?

Isn't it obvious?

We've been working hard to re-create the Kree experiment.

And you're next.

Any word on Daisy?

Nope.

You tried reaching out to any old contacts?

- Uh-huh. - Maybe if...

We're handling it.

I just want to help.

If I'm locked down on the base,

at least let me do something.

The last time you helped wasn't helpful.

Alisha had answers. I was just trying to make her talk.

You threatened to torture her.

- How'd that work out? - I'm not going to apologize

for trying to save someone I care about.

We all care about Daisy.

- Oh, it's not the same. - No.

The rest of us have known her a lot longer.

You really want to help?

Stop trying.

This is hopeless.

Just hold on, Simmons.

The antitoxin appears to be fighting the Hive parasites.

Yes, but first,

it would probably destroy the host's immune system,

and who even knows how it will react with Inhuman DNA?

Well, I'll admit that it's not ideal,

but what other choice do we have?

You didn't see Daisy.

She acted like we were still best of pals,

all while threatening to murder me.

No, you're right. I didn't see that.

I was much too busy listening

to the disgusting face of Grant Ward act like my dead boyfriend.

That's true. That does sound worse.

Right. If this was a competition, I would win.

I had to shoot him three times just to shut him up.

- Bet that felt good. - Yeah, it did,

though it would have felt better had he actually died,

instead of just sort of oozing.

What if Hive can't be killed?

What then?

This antitoxin might be the best chance we have

to free Daisy of his hold on her.

Yes, or it could put her into cardiac arrest or seizures.

Okay, but, then, we find a way to test it.

And who's going to volunteer for that?

We need an Inhuman, and those who aren't in hiding

are already under Hive's sway and would kill us for trying.

I'll do it.

You can test it out on me.

Footage is from some mechanic's garage in south Wyoming.

What's in south Wyoming?

Not much, by the looks of it.

Says it was an old mining town

that went through a natural-gas boom.

But with the influx of dirty wells,

it drove out almost all the locals.

And the ones that remained

were recently bought out by a shell corporation.

- Owned by Malick. - Yeah.

And now the town's crawling with military.

It seems the personal guard

that we encountered in Malick's hidden bunker...

They got out with Hive, relocated.

Won't be easy to grab Daisy.

You realize this is a trap, right?

Why?

W-W... Because we have a lead?

Because Daisy's a highly trained spy.

No S.H.I.E.L.D. agent would get caught on camera that easily.

She's trying to draw us out.

Daisy warned Fitz not to have S.H.I.E.L.D. follow.

Why would she want to lure us in now?

It doesn't add up.

None of this adds up.

There's an ancient Inhuman

controlling one of my best agents,

the same agent who helped reprogram

the facial-recognition software that she just got flagged on.

What?

Suddenly, Daisy doesn't know how it works?

Ohh, no, I don't... I don't... it's...

I th...

I think she wants us to rescue her.

- Mack. - Look, just hear me out.

Daisy's too strong to give up control without a fight.

I think there's a part of her that's still resisting Hive.

That's just not the reality. It's you projecting.

Look, Fitz said Daisy wasn't a zombie.

She's still herself, only with Hive's agenda.

That means she's still in there.

I wish that was true, Mack, believe me,

but we cannot be driven by our emotions on this.

That's how Ward ended up dead, which

is how we ended up in this mess.

Sir...

We don't have time to debate this.

You and I need to get on the same page.

Understood.

Good.

'Cause I'm sending a team in there,

and I want you and May to lead it.

So, then, we are saving Daisy.

This isn't a rescue mission, Agent Mackenzie...

it's a targeted strike.

We're gonna kill Hive.

This town represents the worst of humanity...

allowing the greed of a few to destroy the needs of many.

Their water was poisoned, which drove them out.

The great failing was their unwillingness to band together.

Sometimes it's hard to join forces.

You need a good leader.

Like Coulson?

He was the reason why I joined S.H.I.E.L.D.

S.H.I.E.L.D. is no better than those Kree Reapers,

both making soldiers for their never-ending wars.

My friends at S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to stop wars,

not start them.

By building giant battleships floating in the sky?

The only reason S.H.I.E.L.D. exists is to fight wars.

But isn't that why we exist?

I mean, that's what the Kree Reapers

were hoping to make, right?

Soldiers.

Which is not what I became.

Sometimes, the world's greatest miracles happen by accident.

The world I was born into was primitive.

It has evolved at a remarkable pace while I was away.

So, what happened back then, to get you kicked off of Earth?

People saw the connection I had with other Inhumans,

and that made them afraid.

That fear bred paranoia, which led to civil war.

Not much has changed, really.

Only now we have the ability to re-create the Kree experiment.

Are the patients ready, Dr. Radcliffe?

Yes... not that you did us any favors

with your alien-abduction story.

Took a good hour to assure them

there'd be no probes of any sort.

Well, your method is much more elegant.

Not to mention more efficient,

now that I've added the Terrigen Crystals

- to the prokaryotic compound. - W...

You can change their DNA and turn them Inhuman,

all at the same time?

Ah, the old one-two punch.

That particular bit of ingenuity was my idea.

So... to the moment at hand.

The world fears our kind of power

because not everyone has it.

Only billionaires can build iron suits.

Only the military can make super soldiers,

which can only lead to a war of its own,

whereas I plan to apply a more, uh, collectivist philosophy.

Does, uh, does that mean we can get started?

Yes.

Right. Great.

Oh, God, please, make it stop!

How many others we got?

Four volunteers from operations...

aware of the danger and all pretty gung ho.

Don't know if that'll be enough to take out Hive.

Maybe not.