11. The Magical Place

Complete story — includes the ending

Victoria Hand leads S.H.I.E.L.D.'s efforts to rescue Coulson while Centipede tortures him to learn the secret of his resurrection. Believing Skye to be untrustworthy and after seeking May's input, Hand has Skye removed from the Bus. Skye sets out on her own investigation, which leads the team to Coulson's location. After the Clairvoyant kills Po, Raina takes over Coulson's interrogation. She uses a scanning device to compel him to remember aspects of his being brought back to life. As Coulson experiences flashbacks, the team rescues him after capturing Raina. Coulson confronts Streiten, who tells Coulson he had been dead for days and was resurrected on the orders of Director Fury. Streiten reveals that, after his revival, Coulson had lost the will to live and the doctors manipulated Coulson's brain to give him false memories in order for him to continue his work. It is later shown that Peterson is alive, albeit badly burned, missing the lower half of his right leg and with an explosive surveillance eye implanted in him by someone working for the Clairvoyant.