1 00:00:01,301 --> 00:00:03,861 COULSON: Previously on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I. E.L. D... 2 00:00:03,970 --> 00:00:06,598 You were dead for days. 3 00:00:06,673 --> 00:00:09,107 - I wanted to die. - And we should have let you. Ripped By mstoll 4 00:00:09,175 --> 00:00:12,770 We gave you a pleasant memory of a beautiful island. 5 00:00:12,846 --> 00:00:15,314 You spent no time at the Academy. 6 00:00:15,715 --> 00:00:18,479 I didn't go to your S.H.I. E.L.D. Hogwarts, or whatever. 7 00:00:18,551 --> 00:00:20,109 And an 084 is? 8 00:00:20,186 --> 00:00:22,518 An object of unknown origin. Kind of like you. 9 00:00:22,622 --> 00:00:25,182 Skye's trying to ID the agent that dropped her off at the orphanage. 10 00:00:25,291 --> 00:00:27,623 We agreed to protect her from the truth. 11 00:00:27,727 --> 00:00:29,217 You have to decide why you're here. 12 00:00:29,329 --> 00:00:30,887 If you can't put aside your personal attachments, 13 00:00:30,997 --> 00:00:32,988 then you shouldn't be here. 14 00:00:42,842 --> 00:00:45,868 CALLIE: I completely blew the question on von Neumann's entropy, 15 00:00:45,979 --> 00:00:47,970 freaking thermodynamics. 16 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:49,913 The test is over, Callie. Just let it go. 17 00:00:50,016 --> 00:00:52,814 Yeah, it's easy for you to say. You probably aced it. 18 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:54,854 What you need a little distraction. 19 00:00:55,255 --> 00:00:57,655 CALLIE: This'll distract me just fine. 20 00:00:57,724 --> 00:00:59,589 SETH: Yeah, well, suit yourself. 21 00:01:05,265 --> 00:01:06,562 Whoo! 22 00:01:08,234 --> 00:01:10,828 Come on, Callie. Live a little. 23 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:13,372 WOMAN: (GIGGLING) What are you waiting for? 24 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:16,001 SETH: Callie, relax. 25 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:18,170 WOMAN: Yes, we've earned this. 26 00:01:19,045 --> 00:01:21,377 SETH: Come on, time to have some fun, Callie. 27 00:01:21,948 --> 00:01:23,438 WOMAN: Come on, take it off! 28 00:01:23,516 --> 00:01:24,881 (LAUGHING) 29 00:01:25,285 --> 00:01:27,185 (WATER HARDENING) 30 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:30,151 Guys, get out. 31 00:01:31,591 --> 00:01:33,456 They can't bust us for coming in here. 32 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:37,921 Get out, now! 33 00:01:38,031 --> 00:01:39,623 (PANTING) 34 00:01:49,242 --> 00:01:50,800 SETH: Come on, get it off me! 35 00:01:50,977 --> 00:01:52,103 (YELLING) 36 00:01:52,212 --> 00:01:54,612 CALLIE: Seth, pull! Come on! SETH: I'm trying! 37 00:01:55,081 --> 00:01:56,708 - My leg! - Hey. 38 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:58,512 Get it off, man! 39 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,813 SIMMONS: There is nothing more unsettling. 40 00:02:35,922 --> 00:02:39,824 Being a part of something so horrible. Completely unaware. 41 00:02:39,926 --> 00:02:41,325 The cadet could've died. 42 00:02:41,427 --> 00:02:43,657 We drew up those concepts years ago. 43 00:02:44,264 --> 00:02:46,289 We didn't know they'd be applied in that way. 44 00:02:46,399 --> 00:02:48,799 SKYE: Is this the device they found in the frozen pool? 45 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:51,268 Correction, the instantly frozen indoor pool? 46 00:02:51,337 --> 00:02:53,635 WARD: Seems like it was planted in the filter days before. 47 00:02:53,740 --> 00:02:55,674 Like someone was waiting for those specific cadets. 48 00:02:55,742 --> 00:02:57,004 Well, as far as they can tell, 49 00:02:57,076 --> 00:03:00,443 the device uses a crystalline nucleation process she designed. 50 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:02,504 And a delivery mechanism he invented. 51 00:03:02,615 --> 00:03:04,674 That's why we're being asked to consult on the investigation. 52 00:03:04,784 --> 00:03:07,344 - So, we're going to the Academy? - Science and Technology Division. 53 00:03:07,954 --> 00:03:09,512 Cadets are pretty shaken up over what happened. 54 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:11,012 Agent Weaver asked if you two 55 00:03:11,090 --> 00:03:13,285 could speak to the student body about "potentiality." 56 00:03:13,359 --> 00:03:15,122 - Calm them down. - Of course. 57 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:18,164 The talk. We've all heard the talk. 58 00:03:18,264 --> 00:03:20,095 - I haven't. - WARD: I guess you will. 59 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,859 Well, I've heard a lot about the Academy. 60 00:03:22,936 --> 00:03:24,631 I'm excited to finally see it. 61 00:03:24,704 --> 00:03:26,865 Me too. Never been to Sci-Tech before. 62 00:03:26,940 --> 00:03:27,964 SKYE: Never? 63 00:03:28,308 --> 00:03:31,141 Huh. The different S.H.I. E.L.D. Academies don't interact? 64 00:03:31,644 --> 00:03:33,839 WARD: Not much. Academy of Communications does. 65 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:36,609 But they're the biggest, and focused on data analysis. 66 00:03:36,683 --> 00:03:38,651 - Boring. - By far the easiest to get into. 67 00:03:38,718 --> 00:03:41,152 - That's where you'd be, Skye. - Thanks. 68 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:43,314 WARD: Operations is the most aggressive program. 69 00:03:43,389 --> 00:03:45,789 More people wash out of Operations than the other Academies. 70 00:03:45,858 --> 00:03:47,553 So, which one is the hardest to get into? 71 00:03:50,330 --> 00:03:53,663 I'm picking up on the rivalry between Sciences and Operations. 72 00:03:53,733 --> 00:03:55,030 You and Coulson past all that, 73 00:03:55,134 --> 00:03:56,897 or are you going to help Ward steal their mascot? 74 00:03:57,003 --> 00:03:59,062 We're not going. After we drop you off, 75 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:01,800 Coulson and I have other matters to attend to. 76 00:04:06,813 --> 00:04:09,407 Coulson hasn't come out of his office in a while. 77 00:04:09,515 --> 00:04:11,881 - Do you think he's all right? - We saw him at a low. 78 00:04:12,252 --> 00:04:15,380 That's not easy for anybody. Coulson's tough as they come. 79 00:04:15,488 --> 00:04:17,547 He'll be good. Just give him time. 80 00:04:18,658 --> 00:04:19,852 While he takes that time, 81 00:04:19,926 --> 00:04:21,985 it's on us to figure out what's going on at the Academy. 82 00:04:27,367 --> 00:04:31,030 SIMMONS: This was the SSR facility before S.H.I. E.L.D. Was even founded. 83 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,298 SSR stands for... 84 00:04:32,372 --> 00:04:34,363 Strategic Scientific Reserve. Yeah, I know. 85 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,670 Is this where you got all your PhD's? 86 00:04:36,743 --> 00:04:39,211 Oh, no, you need at least one to get through the door. 87 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,713 Science and Technology what you imagined, Agent Ward? 88 00:04:42,181 --> 00:04:44,672 Yep. No uniforms. No rope course. 89 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:46,718 No defined muscularity on anyone. 90 00:04:46,853 --> 00:04:49,822 FITZ: No marching in place. No IQs in double digits. 91 00:04:51,357 --> 00:04:53,450 There they are. So good to see you. 92 00:04:53,559 --> 00:04:56,119 - You look as lovely as ever. - I concur. 93 00:04:56,229 --> 00:04:57,628 Thank you. 94 00:04:57,764 --> 00:04:59,425 Agent Ward, a pleasure to have you, sir. 95 00:04:59,499 --> 00:05:01,933 Agent Weaver. There's a list of suspects? 96 00:05:02,035 --> 00:05:03,627 Based on the level of intelligence it would take 97 00:05:03,703 --> 00:05:05,261 to put a device together like the one we found, 98 00:05:05,371 --> 00:05:08,238 we've narrowed it down to the top 10% of our cadets. 99 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:09,969 I'm worried there's a bad seed. 100 00:05:11,444 --> 00:05:12,741 Ops and Sciences have differences, 101 00:05:12,812 --> 00:05:15,406 but both have to be careful about what we call "bad seeds." 102 00:05:15,481 --> 00:05:16,914 People want to use the tools we give them... 103 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:19,213 "Bad seed" isn't a S.H.I. E.L.D. Term, Ward. 104 00:05:19,285 --> 00:05:20,309 Just a term. 105 00:05:22,121 --> 00:05:23,383 I know you've already questioned the victim, 106 00:05:23,456 --> 00:05:25,856 but I have a few questions I'd like to ask him myself. 107 00:05:25,925 --> 00:05:28,621 I'll arrange for you to talk to Seth Dormer when he's out of class. 108 00:05:28,728 --> 00:05:30,855 Now, if you'll excuse me, I'd like to get Agents Fitz and Simmons 109 00:05:30,930 --> 00:05:32,522 settled into the lecture hall. 110 00:05:32,932 --> 00:05:33,921 Come on. 111 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,160 WOMAN: There he is. MAN: Wow. 112 00:05:35,234 --> 00:05:36,428 SKYE: Look at them. 113 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:38,970 The popular kids. Who knew? 114 00:05:39,639 --> 00:05:40,697 I did. 115 00:05:41,574 --> 00:05:43,701 Come on. While we have a minute, 116 00:05:43,776 --> 00:05:46,267 I think there's something you'll wanna see. 117 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:54,851 SKYE: The Wall of Valor. WARD: So you've read about it? 118 00:05:54,954 --> 00:05:57,149 Every S.H.I. E.L.D. Facility has a memorial 119 00:05:57,256 --> 00:05:59,690 to the agents lost in the line of duty. 120 00:06:01,227 --> 00:06:04,924 S.H.I. E.L.D.'s history can be traced on walls like this. Huh. 121 00:06:07,767 --> 00:06:08,825 "Bucky" Barnes. 122 00:06:09,335 --> 00:06:11,599 WARD: Puts it in perspective, what we do. 123 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:15,007 SKYE: Must make you guys proud. 124 00:06:15,074 --> 00:06:17,702 All this history. Just wish I was a part of it. 125 00:06:21,748 --> 00:06:23,409 It's not self-pity, really. 126 00:06:23,483 --> 00:06:25,644 I'm just saying, everyone here has earned this. 127 00:06:25,752 --> 00:06:27,276 They deserve it. 128 00:06:27,353 --> 00:06:29,014 I hacked my way in. 129 00:06:29,822 --> 00:06:31,153 Feels like I cheated. 130 00:06:32,525 --> 00:06:35,494 All you need to join is a dedication to the greater good. 131 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:39,327 Coulson saw that in you the moment he met you. 132 00:06:48,608 --> 00:06:49,870 (MAY SIGHING) 133 00:06:52,879 --> 00:06:54,676 You have got to put that away. 134 00:06:54,981 --> 00:06:57,040 How can I? You read it. 135 00:06:57,517 --> 00:06:59,815 And you haven't stopped reading it. 136 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,111 (SIGHING) I just can't get my head around it. 137 00:07:04,190 --> 00:07:07,284 I remember what happened, the pain, 138 00:07:07,627 --> 00:07:09,356 but I also remember Tahiti. 139 00:07:09,462 --> 00:07:12,761 What's in that file, it's the truth. 140 00:07:12,832 --> 00:07:13,856 Says who? 141 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:15,859 Director Fury. 142 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:18,165 If I hadn't asked, he'd have kept it from me, 143 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:19,295 kept me from knowing. 144 00:07:19,372 --> 00:07:21,169 And now that you know, do you feel better? 145 00:07:22,775 --> 00:07:24,299 Put it away. 146 00:07:28,548 --> 00:07:32,450 (SIGHING) You wanna tell me why we're flying to Mexico City? 147 00:07:32,518 --> 00:07:34,486 To get your head working on something else. 148 00:07:35,321 --> 00:07:37,186 I've been looking into Skye's past like you asked, 149 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:39,485 into the agent who dropped her off at the orphanage. 150 00:07:40,159 --> 00:07:41,956 Agent Avery. She was killed. 151 00:07:42,028 --> 00:07:44,394 But her partner wasn't. He disappeared. 152 00:07:46,399 --> 00:07:48,993 - COULSON: Richard Lumley. - Went off-grid 23 years ago. 153 00:07:49,068 --> 00:07:50,626 Day after Avery was crossed off. 154 00:07:50,703 --> 00:07:51,795 He's resurfaced? 155 00:07:51,871 --> 00:07:53,236 A few days ago, a Mexican teenager 156 00:07:53,339 --> 00:07:55,569 posted a selfie on his Facebook page 157 00:07:55,675 --> 00:07:56,869 and managed to capture our guy 158 00:07:56,976 --> 00:07:59,240 leaving a grocery store in the background. 159 00:07:59,312 --> 00:08:01,610 If he's good enough to avoid S.H.I. E.L.D. All these years, he'll know. 160 00:08:01,681 --> 00:08:02,705 And he'll be on the move. 161 00:08:02,815 --> 00:08:04,749 We have a short window to intercept. 162 00:08:04,851 --> 00:08:05,875 He may have killed Agent Avery. 163 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:07,816 Or wanted to avoid the same fate. 164 00:08:07,887 --> 00:08:10,515 We find him, we find out. How long till we touchdown? 165 00:08:11,257 --> 00:08:13,521 Forty minutes. I'll gas the car. 166 00:08:16,229 --> 00:08:20,063 Today, we're proud to welcome back two of S.H.I. E.L.D. Academy's finest. 167 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:22,657 Our youngest graduates to date. 168 00:08:22,768 --> 00:08:25,168 You know their names. Please join me in welcoming 169 00:08:25,238 --> 00:08:28,071 Agent Leopold Fitz and Agent Jemma Simmons. 170 00:08:34,881 --> 00:08:37,714 Thank you, Agent Weaver. It's nice to be back. 171 00:08:37,783 --> 00:08:40,843 Unfortunately, it has to be under these circumstances. 172 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,047 FITZ: If you don't know the history of S.H.I. E.L.D. By now, 173 00:08:43,122 --> 00:08:44,646 there's no excuse. 174 00:08:46,025 --> 00:08:47,822 Unless you fell asleep in Professor Vaughn's class, 175 00:08:47,894 --> 00:08:50,419 - that's a perfectly acceptable excuse. - (ALL LAUGHING) 176 00:08:52,398 --> 00:08:55,731 Our instinct, as scientists, is to move forward, 177 00:08:55,801 --> 00:08:58,235 advance quickly, push the envelope. 178 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:00,739 But given recent events, 179 00:09:00,806 --> 00:09:03,741 it makes sense to reflect back on our history. 180 00:09:03,809 --> 00:09:05,242 WARD: You can't think of any reason 181 00:09:05,311 --> 00:09:06,903 a top student would want to go after you? 182 00:09:06,979 --> 00:09:09,880 No. The top students are my friends. 183 00:09:10,449 --> 00:09:13,646 It's competitive here, but we usually don't resort to knocking each other off. 184 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:15,781 This isn't Operations. No offense. 185 00:09:16,322 --> 00:09:17,380 None taken. 186 00:09:17,456 --> 00:09:19,151 All these names you would consider friendly? 187 00:09:20,593 --> 00:09:21,719 Well... 188 00:09:22,728 --> 00:09:25,094 Not Donnie Gill. I barely know the kid. 189 00:09:25,164 --> 00:09:26,256 He doesn't talk to anyone. 190 00:09:26,332 --> 00:09:28,300 - And he was at the pool. - Studying. 191 00:09:28,401 --> 00:09:29,766 But I don't think he's the guy. 192 00:09:29,835 --> 00:09:33,566 He just has trouble communicating with anyone below a 170 IQ. 193 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:36,932 S.H.I. E.L.D. Was founded after the SSR was able to defeat 194 00:09:37,009 --> 00:09:40,410 the nearly indomitable force known as HYDRA. 195 00:09:40,479 --> 00:09:43,448 We tend to forget that these organizations, 196 00:09:43,516 --> 00:09:45,677 HYDRA, Centipede, AIM, 197 00:09:45,785 --> 00:09:49,186 were also made up of extremely brilliant scientists. 198 00:09:49,288 --> 00:09:53,486 Men and women who started with the same unlimited potential as you or I. 199 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:56,585 Potential can sometimes be dangerous. 200 00:09:56,662 --> 00:09:59,631 Plutonium has the potential to power a city, 201 00:09:59,699 --> 00:10:01,326 or to be a nuclear bomb. 202 00:10:01,434 --> 00:10:04,198 SIMMONS: Today we'd like to share a few stories from the field 203 00:10:04,303 --> 00:10:06,601 in which we learned this lesson, up close. 204 00:10:07,373 --> 00:10:10,934 And faced the consequences when untested technology or biology 205 00:10:11,010 --> 00:10:12,637 lands in the wrong hands. 206 00:10:13,179 --> 00:10:15,113 And don't worry, we brought pictures. 207 00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:16,910 (ALL LAUGHING) 208 00:10:16,983 --> 00:10:18,780 Oh, God. Oh, God. 209 00:10:19,318 --> 00:10:22,879 What is this? What's happening to me? Help me! Help me! Get it off. 210 00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:25,046 Make it stop! 211 00:10:25,124 --> 00:10:28,287 Help me! Get it off! No! Make it stop! 212 00:10:28,361 --> 00:10:29,726 (PEOPLE CLAMORING) 213 00:10:31,097 --> 00:10:32,462 (WOMAN SCREAMING) 214 00:10:37,670 --> 00:10:38,898 SIMMONS: Find exposed skin. 215 00:10:39,005 --> 00:10:41,337 He needs glucose to lower his body's natural freezing point. 216 00:10:41,407 --> 00:10:42,669 Simmons, I need something to break the ice. 217 00:10:48,748 --> 00:10:49,874 Jemma. 218 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:51,748 - Ready? - Yeah. 219 00:10:54,186 --> 00:10:55,210 WARD: Fitz, talk to me. 220 00:10:55,321 --> 00:10:57,414 Something's doing this to him. Find it. 221 00:11:01,694 --> 00:11:03,355 SKYE: Ward, there it is. Fitz, what now? 222 00:11:03,429 --> 00:11:04,953 Smash the damned thing! 223 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:09,594 (GROANING) 224 00:11:09,669 --> 00:11:10,761 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 225 00:11:11,937 --> 00:11:15,031 FITZ: It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's over. 226 00:11:15,541 --> 00:11:16,940 (ALL APPLAUDING) 227 00:11:22,048 --> 00:11:24,676 I don't want to hear excuses why it didn't work. 228 00:11:24,750 --> 00:11:26,183 I have people who do that for me. 229 00:11:27,286 --> 00:11:30,380 I just want you to take care of it before I arrive. 230 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:35,486 Just keep in mind how much this will benefit us both, yeah? 231 00:11:40,866 --> 00:11:43,198 MAN: Mr. Quinn, plane's waiting for you, sir. 232 00:11:44,737 --> 00:11:47,638 And you can't think of anyone here who'd want to hurt you? 233 00:11:47,740 --> 00:11:49,401 I don't know anyone. 234 00:11:49,475 --> 00:11:51,909 Donnie, I'm going to have you escorted back to your room. 235 00:11:51,977 --> 00:11:54,070 You get some rest. Stay warm. 236 00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:02,282 Sorry I ruined your lecture. I was really looking forward to it. 237 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:04,322 SIMMONS: It's not your fault, Donnie. 238 00:12:06,025 --> 00:12:08,459 No genetic materials or prints found on the device. 239 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:09,789 The components are rare and expensive. 240 00:12:09,895 --> 00:12:12,363 Freshman pranks are tradition, but these are something else. 241 00:12:12,431 --> 00:12:13,864 Attempted murder. 242 00:12:13,933 --> 00:12:16,128 So, Donnie was the intended target all along. 243 00:12:16,368 --> 00:12:18,928 Did he have anything in common with the cadets at the pool? 244 00:12:19,705 --> 00:12:21,434 These kids were popular. Donnie was... 245 00:12:21,507 --> 00:12:22,872 Not. 246 00:12:22,942 --> 00:12:25,877 Donnie hadn't made any enemies here, but he hadn't made any friends either. 247 00:12:25,945 --> 00:12:28,277 He had a hard time adjusting? How old is he? 248 00:12:28,380 --> 00:12:30,940 Eighteen. Youngest since you guys. 249 00:12:31,217 --> 00:12:34,084 190 IQ and failing out of high school when we met him. 250 00:12:34,153 --> 00:12:35,814 Probably bored out of his mind. 251 00:12:35,921 --> 00:12:38,253 If things went well, we were considering graduating him early 252 00:12:38,324 --> 00:12:39,791 and assigning him to the Sandbox. 253 00:12:39,892 --> 00:12:42,258 Wow! Well, he would love it there. 254 00:12:42,328 --> 00:12:43,761 He doesn't like it here. 255 00:12:43,829 --> 00:12:45,729 So, I'm afraid he'll wash out. 256 00:12:45,798 --> 00:12:47,629 WARD: Maybe that was the idea. 257 00:12:47,733 --> 00:12:49,928 Agent Weaver, keep working with investigations. 258 00:12:50,002 --> 00:12:51,299 Interviewing cadets, instructors. 259 00:12:51,403 --> 00:12:52,427 Of course. 260 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:56,768 - And us? - Their interviews won't bear fruit. 261 00:12:57,309 --> 00:12:59,277 We teach cadets to keep secrets. 262 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:02,478 Where did you guys hang out 263 00:13:02,581 --> 00:13:05,448 when you wanted to get away from the faculty? 264 00:13:05,518 --> 00:13:07,486 Can we tell someone from Operations? 265 00:13:07,586 --> 00:13:10,680 Yes. Because we need to conduct our own investigation. 266 00:13:22,301 --> 00:13:24,030 COULSON: Dario Marquez's dress shop. 267 00:13:25,171 --> 00:13:27,105 Marquez doesn't do the best papers in town, 268 00:13:27,173 --> 00:13:29,334 but he also doesn't use a computer. 269 00:13:29,441 --> 00:13:31,432 So, if Lumley's going to make a run for it, 270 00:13:31,510 --> 00:13:33,705 your guess is he might pass through that door? 271 00:13:33,813 --> 00:13:36,373 It's worth a shot. So we wait. 272 00:13:38,551 --> 00:13:39,711 SIMMONS: And when we get there? 273 00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:41,343 WARD: We mingle, low key. 274 00:13:41,453 --> 00:13:42,784 You and Skye get comfortable with the students, 275 00:13:42,855 --> 00:13:44,152 see if you can get them gossiping. 276 00:13:44,223 --> 00:13:45,383 Skye looks young enough to blend in. 277 00:13:45,491 --> 00:13:47,982 SKYE: You're not exactly OI' Man River, and Fitz looks younger than us. 278 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:49,755 The time will come when you won't make fun of me for that. 279 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:52,457 You'll be jealous. You'll be jealous, wrinkly old hags. 280 00:13:52,531 --> 00:13:53,725 WARD: I want Fitz to go talk to Donnie. 281 00:13:54,366 --> 00:13:56,095 - Sorry? - Donnie's withdrawn. 282 00:13:56,168 --> 00:13:57,396 Might know more than he's letting on. 283 00:13:57,503 --> 00:13:59,403 You're a hero here, Fitz. He looks up to you. 284 00:13:59,505 --> 00:14:00,631 Go hang out with him. 285 00:14:00,706 --> 00:14:02,537 Even if he has no clue who might be after him, 286 00:14:02,608 --> 00:14:05,338 - he could use a friend. - That is a wonderful idea. 287 00:14:05,411 --> 00:14:07,504 Ward has them from time to time. I'll meet you later. 288 00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:11,874 WARD: What? 289 00:14:11,984 --> 00:14:14,043 - It's strategic. - It's adorable. 290 00:14:14,153 --> 00:14:15,677 The Tin Man has a heart after all. 291 00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:19,889 So, where are we going? (CLEARING THROAT) 292 00:14:20,426 --> 00:14:21,723 (CHUCKLING) 293 00:14:21,961 --> 00:14:24,555 SIMMONS: S.H.I. E.L.D. Keeps careful watch of everything within their walls. 294 00:14:24,630 --> 00:14:26,257 So, in the late '60s, 295 00:14:26,332 --> 00:14:28,527 to escape the cameras and the prying eyes of the faculty, 296 00:14:28,601 --> 00:14:31,092 a few cadets started sneaking down to The Boiler Room. 297 00:14:31,203 --> 00:14:33,330 To play cards, exchange ideas... 298 00:14:33,405 --> 00:14:34,531 SKYE: My kind of people. 299 00:14:35,007 --> 00:14:37,601 Some amazing breakthroughs have come out of here. 300 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:39,041 So the tradition lives on. 301 00:14:39,111 --> 00:14:41,102 Of cramming into The Boiler Room? 302 00:14:42,681 --> 00:14:44,012 - (DANCE MUSIC PLAYING) - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) 303 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:47,052 SIMMONS: Well, over the years, we've made a few improvements. 304 00:14:47,119 --> 00:14:48,108 (SKYE LAUGHING) 305 00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:54,115 SIMMONS: Do you have one of these at Operations? 306 00:14:55,594 --> 00:14:56,618 No. 307 00:14:58,264 --> 00:15:00,459 Did not think so. 308 00:15:01,066 --> 00:15:02,090 Drinks are on me. 309 00:15:05,237 --> 00:15:06,329 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 310 00:15:08,774 --> 00:15:10,901 - Donnie. - Agent Fitz, sir. 311 00:15:10,976 --> 00:15:12,273 Oh, please, call me Fitz. 312 00:15:13,545 --> 00:15:16,309 - Mind if I come in? - Yeah. I mean no, I don't. 313 00:15:19,351 --> 00:15:22,616 Okay. My room was just like this, except... 314 00:15:24,256 --> 00:15:26,281 there was a lot more laundry on the floor. 315 00:15:26,358 --> 00:15:27,655 (CHUCKLING) 316 00:15:28,961 --> 00:15:30,053 You feeling better? 317 00:15:32,164 --> 00:15:33,597 You know, you shouldn't be afraid to tell me 318 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:35,827 if you think someone could be targeting you. 319 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:40,296 No. It was probably just a prank. Freshmen get pranked. 320 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:41,668 I remember, vividly. 321 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:45,403 But that doesn't mean that every freshman needs to be thawed. 322 00:15:45,477 --> 00:15:48,810 Is that a design for organic light-emitting diodes? 323 00:15:48,914 --> 00:15:51,178 - For active camouflage, I'm thinking. - Huh. 324 00:15:53,986 --> 00:15:55,476 An ionized air cannon? 325 00:15:56,989 --> 00:15:58,354 It's so small. 326 00:15:58,457 --> 00:16:00,288 Well, I was able to double the pressurization by making... 327 00:16:00,359 --> 00:16:03,260 By making it compact. Clever. 328 00:16:04,163 --> 00:16:05,425 I must say, 329 00:16:05,497 --> 00:16:08,432 these ideas are way beyond what I was toying with in my first few months. 330 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:11,128 You shouldn't keep these big ideas to yourself. 331 00:16:11,203 --> 00:16:13,034 You should run them by your instructors. 332 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:16,434 These aren't my big ideas. 333 00:16:20,045 --> 00:16:23,811 So, say you're going to do what this guy did. 334 00:16:23,882 --> 00:16:27,283 Leave S.H.I. E.L.D. Go off the grid. What's your move? 335 00:16:31,323 --> 00:16:32,790 I'd hide in the wheel well 336 00:16:32,858 --> 00:16:36,316 of a 747 flight from Newark to Singapore. 337 00:16:36,395 --> 00:16:37,862 Oxygen. A chute. 338 00:16:37,963 --> 00:16:41,126 The back half of the trip passes over 3,000 miles of land, 339 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,031 a dozen countries. 340 00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:44,568 Could drop anywhere. 341 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:52,072 You'd probably head to South America. You speak Spanish. 342 00:16:52,177 --> 00:16:53,474 Vacation Spanish. 343 00:16:53,545 --> 00:16:55,445 Lima, most likely. 344 00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:57,846 - What with the growing food scene... - All right. What's up? 345 00:16:59,218 --> 00:17:01,812 - You tell me. - You're talking. 346 00:17:01,887 --> 00:17:03,980 - More than ever. - 'Cause you're not. 347 00:17:04,056 --> 00:17:05,819 You suddenly became active on the Skye investigation? 348 00:17:05,891 --> 00:17:06,983 She's proved herself. 349 00:17:07,059 --> 00:17:10,722 Stepped up in a big way. For our team. For you. 350 00:17:11,997 --> 00:17:15,057 Is that it? Or is it just to distract me? 351 00:17:15,134 --> 00:17:17,125 (SIGHING) Both. 352 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:20,297 I know you're having a hard time believing what... 353 00:17:20,372 --> 00:17:21,805 They changed my memories. 354 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:23,239 Who's to say they didn't change more? 355 00:17:23,509 --> 00:17:24,806 (SIGHING) 356 00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:25,901 I say. 357 00:17:27,413 --> 00:17:30,348 I know you, Phil. And I knew you before. 358 00:17:31,183 --> 00:17:33,174 You know I'd be the first to go down that road 359 00:17:33,252 --> 00:17:35,584 if I thought it led somewhere. 360 00:17:36,855 --> 00:17:39,221 Do you believe me, at least? 361 00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:43,160 - Do you? - Yes. 362 00:17:43,228 --> 00:17:44,354 Good. 363 00:17:47,766 --> 00:17:49,233 But I'm tired of secrets. 364 00:17:49,935 --> 00:17:51,402 So, I'm glad we're here. 365 00:17:52,571 --> 00:17:54,971 We need to root out all the secrets. 366 00:17:59,211 --> 00:18:01,270 Agent Ward and I have been having sex... 367 00:18:01,346 --> 00:18:02,973 I got him. 368 00:18:15,694 --> 00:18:17,286 COULSON: He's headed your way. 369 00:18:29,541 --> 00:18:32,066 Looks like he's heading down the alley. 370 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:45,048 (GRUNTING) 371 00:18:47,192 --> 00:18:48,181 (GRUNTING) 372 00:19:04,676 --> 00:19:06,803 (TIRES SCREECHING) 373 00:19:15,754 --> 00:19:17,381 (MACHINERY WHIRRING) 374 00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:25,153 I'm Agent Coulson. With S.H.I. E.L.D. 375 00:19:26,031 --> 00:19:27,430 Oh, thank God. 376 00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:31,662 This is about the baby girl, isn't it? 377 00:19:36,675 --> 00:19:37,699 COULSON: Cyanide? 378 00:19:38,377 --> 00:19:40,277 What did you think we were gonna do to you? 379 00:19:40,345 --> 00:19:41,369 What they did to her. 380 00:19:42,514 --> 00:19:45,847 - COULSON: Agent Linda Avery? - She wasn't the first one to die. 381 00:19:46,785 --> 00:19:49,253 We were headed into the Hunan Province of China. 382 00:19:50,155 --> 00:19:53,352 A senior agent called in an 084. 383 00:19:53,458 --> 00:19:55,221 An object of unknown origin. 384 00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:57,685 We've dealt with those before. 385 00:19:57,796 --> 00:20:01,664 He said the entire village had died trying to protect this one. 386 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:04,165 Avery and I were just fresh out of the Academy. 387 00:20:04,803 --> 00:20:06,828 There were five of us running the back-end. 388 00:20:06,905 --> 00:20:09,339 Until we lost communication with the first team. 389 00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:11,975 We went searching. 390 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:14,376 Found the senior agent under a bridge. 391 00:20:14,479 --> 00:20:16,970 He managed to escape with a gunshot wound to the neck, 392 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:18,073 but he bled out. 393 00:20:19,918 --> 00:20:21,977 He was still holding on to the 084. 394 00:20:22,754 --> 00:20:23,743 (SCOFFING) 395 00:20:25,624 --> 00:20:27,319 Poor thing was covered in blood. 396 00:20:29,595 --> 00:20:31,358 We thought she was dead, too. 397 00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:36,998 But she was just asleep in the dead agent's arms. 398 00:20:38,604 --> 00:20:39,593 The baby? 399 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:41,701 The girl was the 084? 400 00:20:41,773 --> 00:20:44,571 If she had powers or something, we never witnessed it. 401 00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:47,744 The five of us helicoptered the kid out. 402 00:20:48,447 --> 00:20:49,436 Headed home. 403 00:20:49,848 --> 00:20:52,817 After we landed, we started getting crossed off. 404 00:20:52,951 --> 00:20:55,545 - Executed? - Tortured. Heads bashed in. 405 00:20:55,621 --> 00:20:57,384 When it came down to Avery and I, 406 00:20:57,456 --> 00:21:00,084 we realized the only way to keep our people and the kid 407 00:21:00,192 --> 00:21:01,216 from being hunted... 408 00:21:01,293 --> 00:21:03,227 Was to erase her from existence. 409 00:21:03,295 --> 00:21:04,421 Avery was smart. 410 00:21:04,863 --> 00:21:06,854 She used the lead agent's credentials 411 00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:08,797 to fake a Level 8 clearance. 412 00:21:09,568 --> 00:21:11,934 She'd set up a nearly invisible protocol. 413 00:21:12,037 --> 00:21:13,129 The foster system 414 00:21:13,238 --> 00:21:16,139 was ordered to move the child around every few months. 415 00:21:16,241 --> 00:21:17,435 But they still got to Avery. 416 00:21:17,542 --> 00:21:19,237 She died protecting that secret. 417 00:21:19,311 --> 00:21:21,779 - And you left town. - Oh, I left everything. 418 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,277 I mean, whoever killed that kid's family, and all those agents, 419 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:27,282 was a force to be reckoned with. 420 00:21:27,352 --> 00:21:29,217 - That girl... - Don't tell me a damn thing about her. 421 00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:31,688 I don't wanna know. You understand? 422 00:21:32,324 --> 00:21:33,450 Just tell me... 423 00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:35,684 Is she okay? 424 00:21:36,361 --> 00:21:37,419 She's safe. 425 00:21:38,430 --> 00:21:40,261 Then maybe it was all worth it. 426 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:42,825 You taking me in? 427 00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:45,631 - Yeah. - No. 428 00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:50,673 I'm not sure S.H.I. E.L.D. Is the safest place for you right now. 429 00:21:52,678 --> 00:21:55,579 We'll get in the air and drop you somewhere along the route. 430 00:21:55,647 --> 00:21:56,944 Thank you. 431 00:22:02,754 --> 00:22:04,119 Bit of advice. 432 00:22:04,756 --> 00:22:07,987 Stop digging. And stay the hell away from that girl. 433 00:22:08,093 --> 00:22:10,926 'Cause wherever she goes, death follows. 434 00:22:16,601 --> 00:22:20,628 It's best no one knows about this. For Skye's safety and for ours. 435 00:22:21,306 --> 00:22:23,103 You can never tell her. 436 00:22:25,143 --> 00:22:26,474 (DANCE MUSIC PLAYING) 437 00:22:30,782 --> 00:22:32,181 Bartender seemed chatty. 438 00:22:32,284 --> 00:22:33,808 He's in Computer Sciences. 439 00:22:33,885 --> 00:22:36,979 Didn't take long to convince him I was a Level 7 CS operative. 440 00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:39,050 And guess where I'm stationed? 441 00:22:39,825 --> 00:22:41,190 The Sandbox. 442 00:22:41,293 --> 00:22:42,317 Good thinking. 443 00:22:42,394 --> 00:22:45,852 I asked if any of the cadets had hopes on getting assigned there. 444 00:22:46,465 --> 00:22:47,989 Behind me. Curls. 445 00:22:49,835 --> 00:22:52,235 Callie Hannigan. Ambitious. 446 00:22:52,337 --> 00:22:54,498 Gunned hard for getting assigned to the Sandbox. 447 00:22:54,573 --> 00:22:59,306 And apparently, word's gotten around she's lost the top spot. 448 00:22:59,745 --> 00:23:02,543 - She was at the pool. - But didn't wanna go in. 449 00:23:06,585 --> 00:23:09,076 FITZ: A battery that carries a terawatt of energy? 450 00:23:09,855 --> 00:23:11,288 This is amazing. 451 00:23:12,391 --> 00:23:13,688 Would be. If it worked. 452 00:23:14,693 --> 00:23:16,593 I'm close. I've built some quarter scale. 453 00:23:16,661 --> 00:23:17,685 They work at that size, 454 00:23:17,763 --> 00:23:20,231 but the heat increases at a 4:1 ratio with scale. 455 00:23:20,332 --> 00:23:21,390 And it melts down. 456 00:23:25,437 --> 00:23:28,201 Why not use oxygen? Breathe it in from the outside? 457 00:23:28,273 --> 00:23:30,605 Sure, it's not gonna react as well with the lithium ion, 458 00:23:30,709 --> 00:23:33,644 but the cooling effect would surely make up for that discrepancy. 459 00:23:36,381 --> 00:23:37,405 No? 460 00:23:37,482 --> 00:23:38,676 Holy crap. 461 00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:41,218 - I mean, it's just an idea. - That's insane. 462 00:23:41,286 --> 00:23:44,084 But you should show it to Agent Weaver before you test it. 463 00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:46,521 You have no idea how powerful this thing could be. 464 00:23:46,591 --> 00:23:47,615 Of course. 465 00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:49,519 Wow. 466 00:23:50,095 --> 00:23:51,562 I'm sorry, that was awesome. 467 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:52,961 It's true what the other guys say, 468 00:23:53,064 --> 00:23:55,032 you are the smartest person to come through here. 469 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,465 Is that what they say? 470 00:23:56,735 --> 00:24:00,193 Yeah. Well, Simmons is probably smarter, technically, 471 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:04,033 but that's because she likes homework more than life itself. 472 00:24:05,744 --> 00:24:09,111 Nice to have someone to talk shop with all the time. 473 00:24:09,714 --> 00:24:11,579 Or to just plain talk to. 474 00:24:13,084 --> 00:24:16,144 You know... I didn't like it here at the Academy, at first. 475 00:24:18,857 --> 00:24:20,256 - You didn't? - No. 476 00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:22,891 I was shy. A bit of a Ioner. 477 00:24:23,895 --> 00:24:25,226 My mum did her best at home. 478 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:28,926 But I might as well have been speaking Japanese when I talked electronics. 479 00:24:31,436 --> 00:24:33,097 So, I kept things to myself. 480 00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:34,700 Me too. 481 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,806 Kids in my hometown wouldn't talk to me. 482 00:24:37,909 --> 00:24:39,809 And when S.H.I. E.L.D. Told my dad I was gifted, 483 00:24:39,911 --> 00:24:41,105 he said, "At what?" 484 00:24:41,179 --> 00:24:43,170 (CHUCKLING) Yeah. 485 00:24:44,282 --> 00:24:46,773 Well, hang in there. You'll find a friend here. 486 00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:50,717 Actually, I'm off to meet the team right now 487 00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:52,416 at The Boiler Room, 488 00:24:53,458 --> 00:24:54,482 if you'd like to join. 489 00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:58,160 Uh, maybe later. I'm gonna try to draw up some of those changes. 490 00:25:00,632 --> 00:25:01,758 Later it is. 491 00:25:02,767 --> 00:25:04,598 And thanks. 492 00:25:05,937 --> 00:25:06,995 No problem. 493 00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:12,367 Not a bad shot. 494 00:25:12,711 --> 00:25:13,769 You mean for a girl. 495 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:15,703 WARD: For anybody. 496 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:18,843 Elastic collision equations, contact point geometry, 497 00:25:18,950 --> 00:25:19,974 and practice. 498 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:21,543 Hmm. 499 00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:23,918 So, why's a guy from Operations 500 00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:25,957 hanging out in The Boiler Room anyway? 501 00:25:29,227 --> 00:25:31,320 Looking for the smartest mind you have here. 502 00:25:32,130 --> 00:25:34,655 To duck out, join my top Shadow Unit. 503 00:25:34,733 --> 00:25:36,963 - Is that you? - Could be. 504 00:25:37,802 --> 00:25:39,167 Shadow Unit doing what? 505 00:25:40,505 --> 00:25:44,134 I've said too much already. But that tech in the lecture hall... 506 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:46,302 It was impressive. 507 00:25:46,811 --> 00:25:48,039 Whoever built that tech, 508 00:25:48,146 --> 00:25:50,706 I could see them moving to Level 6 within the year. 509 00:25:52,150 --> 00:25:54,277 Even though Donnie and Seth were hurt? 510 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,251 The boys survived. 511 00:25:56,855 --> 00:26:00,382 Yeah. Probably the best thing that's happened to them all year. 512 00:26:03,828 --> 00:26:05,489 Why don't you tell me what you meant by that, 513 00:26:05,597 --> 00:26:08,464 and I'll not tell Agent Weaver how eager you were 514 00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:10,262 to jump rank over at Operations. 515 00:26:12,203 --> 00:26:14,501 I'm just saying, they got to meet Agent Fitz. 516 00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:16,564 They've been talking about it for weeks. 517 00:26:16,675 --> 00:26:19,235 Weeks? We just came here. 518 00:26:22,180 --> 00:26:23,442 Talking about it to whom? 519 00:26:24,783 --> 00:26:26,114 Each other. 520 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:44,694 Jemma, please don't tell me you've left The Boiler Room already. 521 00:26:44,769 --> 00:26:46,430 Fitz, they staged the attacks. 522 00:26:46,538 --> 00:26:47,630 Well, that's nonsense. Why? 523 00:26:47,739 --> 00:26:48,763 To lure us to the Academy, 524 00:26:48,873 --> 00:26:50,864 and to take them off our radar as suspects. 525 00:26:50,942 --> 00:26:52,273 You need to get out of there, he's after you! 526 00:26:52,377 --> 00:26:54,072 Relax, I'm out. You're overreacting. 527 00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:55,604 He's just a lonely kid. 528 00:26:55,714 --> 00:26:59,206 We had a nice little hang session. I actually helped him solve his... 529 00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:01,082 ...power problem. 530 00:27:07,826 --> 00:27:08,918 Oh, no. 531 00:27:08,994 --> 00:27:12,157 That's what you're trying to power. A bigger version of the ice machine. 532 00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:13,322 You weren't supposed to see this. 533 00:27:13,398 --> 00:27:15,889 This is very, very dangerous, okay? 534 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:18,995 You can't have this here. We have to turn it in to Agent Weaver. 535 00:27:20,405 --> 00:27:21,531 You weren't supposed to see this. 536 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:26,668 We need to go. 537 00:27:28,179 --> 00:27:29,305 Come on. 538 00:27:36,354 --> 00:27:37,878 How could I have been so stupid? 539 00:27:37,956 --> 00:27:39,116 Fitz, will you stop? 540 00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:40,919 I'm sorry, sir. It's my fault. 541 00:27:40,992 --> 00:27:42,323 Any word on the missing cadets? 542 00:27:42,427 --> 00:27:44,327 Ward's coordinating the search effort with Agent Weaver. 543 00:27:44,429 --> 00:27:46,829 They've set up a perimeter and are going building-to-building. 544 00:27:46,931 --> 00:27:48,228 Where'd you guys go? 545 00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:49,857 - We were trying to reach you. - Not now. 546 00:27:49,934 --> 00:27:52,334 - How dangerous are they? - Extremely dangerous. 547 00:27:52,437 --> 00:27:54,837 This device turns any moisture around it to ice, 548 00:27:54,939 --> 00:27:56,839 very rapidly, at a great range. 549 00:27:56,941 --> 00:27:57,965 But Donnie's a good kid. 550 00:27:58,810 --> 00:27:59,970 Just felt isolated. 551 00:28:00,045 --> 00:28:01,979 Seth must have befriended him to manipulate him, 552 00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:04,379 using him to finish the product. 553 00:28:04,482 --> 00:28:05,710 Product? 554 00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:06,944 Oh... 555 00:28:07,318 --> 00:28:09,047 Okay, I think they have a backer. 556 00:28:09,154 --> 00:28:12,385 The device, the components are incredibly rare and expensive. 557 00:28:12,490 --> 00:28:14,958 Nothing either of them could find on the open market themselves. 558 00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:17,722 If the parts are that rare, we can trace the purchases. 559 00:28:17,829 --> 00:28:20,957 Sometimes it's not a bad seed. Just a bad influence. 560 00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:22,056 Let's go. 561 00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:24,827 No, no. No, that's not the issue. 562 00:28:24,903 --> 00:28:27,804 Look, Donnie and I have the device ready to sell. 563 00:28:27,872 --> 00:28:29,134 And we solved the power problem. 564 00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:31,402 But... Look, we ran into some trouble. 565 00:28:31,509 --> 00:28:33,636 - S.H.I.E.L.D. 's looking for us now. - Seth. 566 00:28:34,379 --> 00:28:36,745 What did I say was the most important aspect of this deal? 567 00:28:37,315 --> 00:28:39,340 - That nobody know about it. - Right. 568 00:28:40,085 --> 00:28:42,246 Well, now the deal's gonna have to change. 569 00:28:42,353 --> 00:28:44,253 SKYE: We were worried about bad influences, 570 00:28:44,355 --> 00:28:45,754 he's the worst there is. 571 00:28:45,857 --> 00:28:47,722 Lan Quinn. You've got to be kidding. 572 00:28:47,826 --> 00:28:49,418 FITZ: Thermopower radiation sensors. 573 00:28:49,527 --> 00:28:52,496 Shipped to Seth's father, who's a lawyer for Quinn Worldwide. 574 00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:54,191 Quinn's buying their technology. 575 00:28:54,265 --> 00:28:55,323 SIMMONS: What a sleaze. 576 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,061 The cadets have no idea he's a criminal. 577 00:28:57,168 --> 00:28:58,692 To them, he's just a venture capitalist. 578 00:28:58,770 --> 00:28:59,828 This is Quinn's MO. 579 00:28:59,904 --> 00:29:01,929 He finds young talent, and he takes advantage. 580 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,508 Right? Hello? 581 00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:06,203 Contact Ward and Agent Weaver. 582 00:29:06,277 --> 00:29:09,678 Have them widen their search to include lan Quinn. 583 00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:11,875 Hey, can I talk to you for a second? 584 00:29:12,784 --> 00:29:14,445 I have to brief May. 585 00:29:14,552 --> 00:29:16,520 Just two seconds. That's all. 586 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:18,749 Yeah. 587 00:29:20,792 --> 00:29:23,386 This is an unfortunate situation you've gotten us into, Seth. 588 00:29:23,461 --> 00:29:24,519 Where are you? 589 00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:27,292 We're hiding at a parking garage, near the Academy. 590 00:29:27,398 --> 00:29:30,128 There's checkpoints set up all around. We're boxed in. 591 00:29:30,235 --> 00:29:31,896 It looks like I'll be turning around. 592 00:29:31,970 --> 00:29:33,301 Sorry we couldn't do business. 593 00:29:33,404 --> 00:29:34,803 No, wait, Mr. Quinn, please. 594 00:29:34,906 --> 00:29:36,771 Can you send a chopper or something to come and get us? 595 00:29:36,875 --> 00:29:38,968 Look, believe me, it's worth it. 596 00:29:40,178 --> 00:29:41,475 Prove it, Seth. 597 00:29:41,579 --> 00:29:44,013 - What do you mean? - A demonstration. 598 00:29:44,349 --> 00:29:47,147 I want to see what I'm paying for, in action. 599 00:29:47,252 --> 00:29:48,685 Right there at S.H.I. E.L.D. 600 00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:50,277 Then you'll come and get us? 601 00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:53,188 - I wouldn't be able to resist. - Okay. 602 00:29:53,391 --> 00:29:54,415 (SIGHING) 603 00:29:54,492 --> 00:29:55,686 The deal's a no-go. 604 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:57,659 Let's turn around, go back to the Seychelles. 605 00:29:57,729 --> 00:30:00,220 - PILOT: Copy that, sir. - Darling, can you freshen this up? 606 00:30:00,298 --> 00:30:01,492 You ready for this, Donnie? 607 00:30:03,568 --> 00:30:05,263 Hey, we've come this far. 608 00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:08,803 Maybe it's too far. 609 00:30:09,207 --> 00:30:10,231 (SIGHING) 610 00:30:10,308 --> 00:30:11,741 We're in this together. 611 00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:14,478 You and me against the world, right? 612 00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:15,945 How many times have we said 613 00:30:16,014 --> 00:30:18,642 we want a chance to do something incredible? 614 00:30:19,117 --> 00:30:20,277 Well, this is it. 615 00:30:20,885 --> 00:30:22,876 And it comes with a ton of money. 616 00:30:23,888 --> 00:30:25,355 Come on, say something. 617 00:30:27,158 --> 00:30:28,557 I'm nervous. 618 00:30:29,627 --> 00:30:32,323 The prototypes are harmless, burn out in minutes. 619 00:30:32,397 --> 00:30:33,625 But this? 620 00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:36,197 We haven't run virtual simulations. 621 00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:38,631 At this size, with the new power source, 622 00:30:38,703 --> 00:30:40,000 it's not safe. 623 00:30:40,071 --> 00:30:42,164 Donnie, you need to grow a pair. 624 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,574 You can't bail on me now. 625 00:30:44,676 --> 00:30:46,837 We have one chance to impress Mr. Quinn. 626 00:30:46,911 --> 00:30:48,173 And now, he's our only way out. 627 00:30:49,314 --> 00:30:51,748 We can't turn back after what we did back there. 628 00:30:51,816 --> 00:30:53,078 What you did. 629 00:30:54,185 --> 00:30:55,812 You knocked Agent Fitz unconscious! 630 00:30:55,887 --> 00:30:56,911 He found us out. 631 00:30:57,021 --> 00:31:00,513 And it was your idea to draw him here to fix your damn power source. 632 00:31:03,261 --> 00:31:05,593 Our plan has worked so far, Donnie. 633 00:31:07,198 --> 00:31:08,859 And so will this. 634 00:31:16,007 --> 00:31:17,497 (ENERG Y BUILDING) 635 00:31:26,517 --> 00:31:29,179 What happened? Is it a dud? 636 00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:32,083 I don't... I don't know. 637 00:31:35,793 --> 00:31:37,556 Ever since you got back from who-knows-where, 638 00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:38,789 you won't even look at me. 639 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:41,964 I know things have been heavy right now, 640 00:31:44,369 --> 00:31:46,030 but did I do something wrong? 641 00:31:47,372 --> 00:31:48,430 No. 642 00:31:50,942 --> 00:31:52,034 I did. 643 00:31:53,211 --> 00:31:56,078 Lan Quinn's not the only one who manipulates people, Skye. 644 00:31:56,314 --> 00:31:57,645 We do it all the time. 645 00:31:58,249 --> 00:32:00,217 Actually teach it at the Academy. 646 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:02,981 - It's our trade. - What are you talking about? 647 00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:05,719 I've been keeping something from you. 648 00:32:07,125 --> 00:32:10,583 But recently, I realized I had no right to do that. 649 00:32:12,864 --> 00:32:13,922 You lied to me. 650 00:32:16,067 --> 00:32:19,161 Agent May and I went down to Mexico City to talk to somebody. 651 00:32:20,338 --> 00:32:22,704 Somebody who knows where you came from. 652 00:32:27,578 --> 00:32:28,806 Tell me. 653 00:32:29,314 --> 00:32:31,214 When we started this, I warned you 654 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:35,449 that you might not like what you learn. 655 00:32:36,287 --> 00:32:37,914 And I told you 656 00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:43,984 that it can't be worse than what I've imagined. 657 00:32:47,598 --> 00:32:48,622 It is. 658 00:32:51,703 --> 00:32:55,104 The agent who dropped you at St. Agnes was not your mother. 659 00:32:56,941 --> 00:32:59,034 But she was killed trying to protect you. 660 00:33:01,312 --> 00:33:05,112 Twenty-four years ago, an entire S.H.I. E.L.D. Team 661 00:33:05,183 --> 00:33:08,277 and a small village were massacred. 662 00:33:09,854 --> 00:33:12,186 (VOICE FADING) 663 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,198 (INAUDIBLE) 664 00:33:38,816 --> 00:33:40,716 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 665 00:33:56,701 --> 00:33:57,963 (THUNDER CRACKING) 666 00:34:08,913 --> 00:34:09,902 (CLATTERING) 667 00:34:14,519 --> 00:34:15,986 I'll be damned. We did it. 668 00:34:16,521 --> 00:34:17,579 It worked! 669 00:34:34,605 --> 00:34:35,936 I did it. 670 00:34:38,943 --> 00:34:41,207 SETH: The ice stopped. So it's ending? 671 00:34:42,814 --> 00:34:45,282 DONNIE: No. It's just beginning. 672 00:34:46,584 --> 00:34:48,575 We're in the eye of the storm. 673 00:34:48,786 --> 00:34:49,810 Storm? 674 00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:51,752 The crystalline nucleation should only create ice... 675 00:34:51,823 --> 00:34:52,881 It did. 676 00:34:54,725 --> 00:34:55,817 Up there. 677 00:34:56,227 --> 00:34:57,421 SETH: We seeded the clouds. 678 00:34:57,628 --> 00:34:59,892 In the most effective way in history, Seth. 679 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:02,464 We created a super storm. 680 00:35:03,267 --> 00:35:04,996 He said he wanted a demonstration. 681 00:35:07,338 --> 00:35:08,464 SETH: What are you doing? 682 00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:09,938 DONNIE: I have to try to reverse the process. 683 00:35:10,007 --> 00:35:11,338 Look, Quinn specifically said he needed 684 00:35:11,409 --> 00:35:12,603 a working apparatus to come and pick us up. 685 00:35:12,677 --> 00:35:15,145 All the money in the world won't matter if we're dead. 686 00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:19,006 Please. Just please help me. 687 00:35:20,351 --> 00:35:21,409 COULSON: How do we stop it? 688 00:35:21,486 --> 00:35:23,477 We can't stop it. They're in real trouble. 689 00:35:23,921 --> 00:35:25,013 Where is the device? 690 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:27,614 Most likely, right there. Dead center of the storm. 691 00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:29,353 FITZ: We've got to get Donnie out of there. 692 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:30,791 Ward, how are things on the ground? 693 00:35:30,862 --> 00:35:32,989 We got almost everyone safe in The Boiler Room. 694 00:35:33,097 --> 00:35:35,691 Everybody, move back. Make some space. 695 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:36,994 How bad is this going to get? 696 00:35:37,101 --> 00:35:39,968 Bad. Can you reach the North Campus parking garage? 697 00:35:40,304 --> 00:35:41,828 We think Donnie Gill and his device 698 00:35:41,939 --> 00:35:43,839 may be trapped in the center of the storm. 699 00:35:43,941 --> 00:35:45,499 That's not far from where I am. 700 00:35:45,610 --> 00:35:46,872 I can get there. 701 00:35:46,944 --> 00:35:48,309 (WIND ROARING) 702 00:35:52,683 --> 00:35:54,446 Yeah, I can't get there. 703 00:35:54,519 --> 00:35:56,316 Is there another way to get to Donnie? 704 00:35:56,387 --> 00:35:57,684 Think fast, people. 705 00:35:58,389 --> 00:35:59,515 I know one way. 706 00:36:08,199 --> 00:36:09,723 Hold on tight. 707 00:36:41,332 --> 00:36:44,062 Seth, hold the barium hydroxide chamber in place. 708 00:36:44,168 --> 00:36:46,033 - Okay. - Hold on. 709 00:36:47,104 --> 00:36:48,537 Okay. That should do it. 710 00:36:49,507 --> 00:36:50,997 - Now take... - (SETH YELLING) 711 00:37:00,418 --> 00:37:01,442 Seth! 712 00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:04,948 Seth. 713 00:37:05,456 --> 00:37:07,583 We're gonna have to try to get underground, 714 00:37:07,692 --> 00:37:09,455 ride it out till the storm passes. 715 00:37:10,294 --> 00:37:12,285 Hey, Seth? Seth? 716 00:37:13,130 --> 00:37:15,826 Hey, Seth? Seth, can you hear me? Seth? 717 00:37:31,115 --> 00:37:33,811 DONNIE: He's been hurt. Please, you need to help him. 718 00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:41,589 SIMMONS: He's in cardiac arrest. Skye, get a blanket for his head. 719 00:37:41,726 --> 00:37:42,818 Lay him down here. 720 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:44,588 Sir, I need a AED. 721 00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:47,756 Fitz, oxygen. 0.4 milliliters of epinephrine. 722 00:37:47,832 --> 00:37:48,890 FITZ: Got it. 723 00:38:04,148 --> 00:38:06,946 Get ready to clear. Charging. 724 00:38:07,418 --> 00:38:09,045 - COULSON: Get back. - (DEVICE CHARGING) 725 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:10,485 And clear. 726 00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:13,287 SIMMONS: Pulse? COULSON: Nothing. 727 00:38:13,357 --> 00:38:14,415 SIMMONS: Charging. 728 00:38:17,762 --> 00:38:18,990 Clear. 729 00:38:19,363 --> 00:38:21,126 - Pulse? - No. 730 00:38:21,766 --> 00:38:23,461 Charging. 731 00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:25,694 He's gone. 732 00:38:31,442 --> 00:38:32,500 No. Seth. 733 00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:36,636 Seth! Seth! 734 00:38:39,183 --> 00:38:41,151 Come on! No! 735 00:38:46,190 --> 00:38:47,316 No. 736 00:38:50,127 --> 00:38:51,219 No. 737 00:39:07,244 --> 00:39:09,303 FITZ: Donnie, I wanted to wish you good luck. 738 00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:12,247 - And I'm very sorry. - Don't say you're sorry. 739 00:39:12,516 --> 00:39:15,212 My only friend is dead because of me. 740 00:39:15,586 --> 00:39:17,486 FITZ: I don't know what else to say. 741 00:39:17,555 --> 00:39:19,750 Then don't say anything. 742 00:39:24,995 --> 00:39:26,758 MAY: What will happen to him? 743 00:39:27,264 --> 00:39:29,425 They're moving him to the Sandbox. 744 00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:32,525 But not as a researcher. They want to keep an eye on him. 745 00:39:37,174 --> 00:39:40,200 Did you hear what I said in Mexico? 746 00:39:41,579 --> 00:39:42,773 What specifically? 747 00:39:44,014 --> 00:39:46,380 About Ward and me... 748 00:39:46,450 --> 00:39:48,111 Yeah, I heard. 749 00:39:52,056 --> 00:39:53,921 I trust you know what you're doing. 750 00:39:54,024 --> 00:39:55,048 If it's a problem... 751 00:39:55,526 --> 00:39:56,993 I'll end it. 752 00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:06,632 Skye requested a moment alone on campus. 753 00:40:08,372 --> 00:40:10,203 - You told her, didn't you? - I had to. 754 00:40:10,808 --> 00:40:12,605 Must have destroyed her to hear all that. 755 00:40:13,444 --> 00:40:15,275 That's the thing about Skye. 756 00:40:15,946 --> 00:40:18,574 What I told her shattered her world. 757 00:40:20,050 --> 00:40:23,383 Her lifelong search led to stories of murder, 758 00:40:23,454 --> 00:40:26,116 and now it's too difficult to continue. 759 00:40:26,791 --> 00:40:28,452 Her search is over. 760 00:40:29,293 --> 00:40:31,124 Her story ends here. 761 00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:34,257 - But you know what she said? - Tell me. 762 00:40:35,833 --> 00:40:37,232 She said, no. 763 00:40:37,835 --> 00:40:39,564 Her story started here. 764 00:40:40,771 --> 00:40:43,467 Her whole life, she thought she wasn't wanted, 765 00:40:43,574 --> 00:40:44,734 that she didn't belong. 766 00:40:44,809 --> 00:40:47,778 That every family that took her in didn't want her to stay. 767 00:40:47,845 --> 00:40:48,937 Didn't care. 768 00:40:49,013 --> 00:40:52,141 But all that time, it was S.H.I.E.L.D. Protecting her, 769 00:40:52,850 --> 00:40:54,408 looking after her. 770 00:40:54,952 --> 00:40:57,250 That's what she took away from the story. 771 00:40:57,321 --> 00:41:00,620 Not the family she'll never have, but the one she's always had. 772 00:41:01,826 --> 00:41:06,160 Here I am, telling her something that could destroy her faith in humanity. 773 00:41:06,230 --> 00:41:09,688 And somehow, she manages to repair a little piece of mine. 774 00:41:10,968 --> 00:41:14,631 The world is full of evil and lies and pain and death, 775 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,501 and you can't hide from it. 776 00:41:18,075 --> 00:41:19,235 You can only face it. 777 00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:23,174 The question is, "When you do, 778 00:41:24,381 --> 00:41:25,473 "how do you respond? 779 00:41:27,585 --> 00:41:29,177 "Who do you become?" 780 00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:32,547 (GLASS HARDENING) 781 00:41:42,399 --> 00:41:44,060 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 782 00:41:44,368 --> 00:41:47,337 Seth, I've gotta say, you have exceeded my expectations. 783 00:41:47,438 --> 00:41:48,530 COULSON: We're on to you. 784 00:41:49,907 --> 00:41:52,398 - Who is this? - Agent Phil Coulson, with S.H.I.E.L.D. 785 00:41:53,077 --> 00:41:56,069 We've never actually met, but I'm familiar with your work. 786 00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:57,442 All of it. 787 00:41:57,548 --> 00:41:59,607 So, this is a getting-to-know-you call? 788 00:41:59,717 --> 00:42:01,617 No. Just a message. 789 00:42:02,353 --> 00:42:04,048 That the first time your aircraft drifts over 790 00:42:04,121 --> 00:42:05,611 any country allied with S.H.I. E.L.D., 791 00:42:05,723 --> 00:42:07,350 we'll shoot you out of the sky. 792 00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:09,187 So, this is a courtesy call. 793 00:42:10,461 --> 00:42:12,122 Well, thank you, Agent Coulson. 794 00:42:13,130 --> 00:42:15,064 And I have a message for you. 795 00:42:15,933 --> 00:42:18,527 The Clairvoyant told me to say, "Hello." Ripped By mstoll