Before we check back in on that, though, this episode begins with a look at those S.H.I.E.L.D.
agents in their suspended animation, and then at the Superior himself.
Anton Ivanov survived his battle with Daisy, but just barely.
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Hes now laid out on an operating table, where AIDA is getting ready to fix him.
She agrees, but the changes she has in mind sound even more extreme than that.
She soon picks up a chainsaw and fires it up.
Now we get a look at S.H.I.E.L.D.
Mack LMD wants to bring all Inhuman S.H.I.E.L.D.
assets to base, presumably to kill them.
He also suggests splitting up, but Fitz and Simmons insist on sticking together.
Unfortunately, as they talk, FitzSimmons head through another LMD detector, and it goes off.
Each naturally suspects the other of being the robot, but Simmons is the one who draws a gun.
She insists that Fitz cut his wrist (non-lethally) to prove hes not a robot.
He does so, but he starts tearing up and worrying that he accidentally severed a key artery.
This gets Simmons to lower her guard, and Fitz attacks, revealing himself as the LMD.
So much for that you and me against the world vibe they had going.
Seems the Framework has a bit of time distortion going on.
Radcliffe is opposed, but he spends most of his time these days in the Framework anyway.
In his absence, AIDA is slowly asserting more authority and vision.
Their conversation ends with AIDA off-handedly revealing the other S.H.I.E.L.D.
member not yet in their possession, and its Daisy, not Fitz.
He says that hes doing it so that they can be together forever inside the Framework.
In the meantime, she breaks free of her restraints and takes down the fake Fitz.
As for the other remaining non-robotic S.H.I.E.L.D.
agent, Daisy is currently paired with the Mack LMD to welcome the returning Inhumans.
Unlike her other teammates, Daisy has been reproduced several times over.
When Mack goes to check one of them up close, she reveals herself and blasts him into submission.
agents find Fitzs wiring, they are promptly executed by the LMD versions of Coulson and Mace.
Luckily, shes not the only one there.
They soon split up to handle different aspects of this problem.
Anyway, Daisy is able to overcome LMD Mace by finally realizing her true potential as an anime fighter.
Thats the kind of fight youd see inDragon Ball Z.
Meanwhile, Simmons regroups with a couple of other human S.H.I.E.L.D.
agents, and they prepare to escape on the Zephyr.
She doesnt care if anyone believes her anymore.
After defeating Mace LMD, Daisy is shot by Coulson LMD and Mack LMD.
This, however, is when she really ratchets up the levels ofDragon Ball Z.
When she unleashes it, the effect is devastating.
The skin literally peels off Mack LMDs face.
Listen, I think its great.
If anything, this show needs MOREDBZinfluence, in my humble fanboy opinion.
They didnt account for her.
At the same time, Coulson LMD has managed to recover from his bout with Daisy.
When he arrives at May LMDs post, however, he sees that she let them through.
Coulson LMD asks what shes done, and May LMD responds that she finally did what she wanted.
Coulson insists that everythings under control, but May asks the right follow-up: Whose control is that?
She doesnt want to be a puppet of Radcliffe, especially when it goes against her own inclinations.
And unfortunately, though hes got the looks down, this robot isnt the Coulson she knows and loves.
On board the Zephyr, Simmons and Daisy explain the situation to Yo-Yo.
We get a montage showing where each of our characters is at in the world of the Framework.
Needless to say, there are majorHouse of Mvibes coming off this one.
In the bookend, Ivanov finally wakes up.
When AIDA appears, she confirms that she did not mess with his mind in any way.
She even has her own ambition: to learn human emotion like him.
That Fitz twist was an interesting moment.
