EPISODE

2. Purpose in the Machine

The team turn to Asgardian Elliott Randolph for help deciphering the monolith and rescuring Jemma. Meanwhile, Grant abducts a key player in his quest to rebuild Hydra, while Lance begins his quest to find--and kill--Grant.

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Dr. Andrew Garner evaluates Gutierrez and deems him not yet ready to join the Secret Warriors, Daisy's potential team of Inhumans. Grant Ward, looking to rebuild Hydra, recruits Werner von Strucker, son of previous leader Baron Wolfgang von Strucker. Tasked with hunting down and killing Ward, Agent Lance Hunter tracks down Garner's ex-wife Agent Melinda May, who has been on leave from S.H.I.E.L.D. for six months. May is convinced not to run from her life, despite difficulties in her relationships with Garner and Coulson, and eventually agrees to join Hunter in his mission. Fitz realizes that the Monolith is a portal and S.H.I.E.L.D. enlists Asgardian Elliot Randolph. Randolph takes them to an old English castle, where a now-deteriorated machine was constructed to open the Monolith using vibrations. Daisy is able to replicate this effect with her abilities and Fitz sends a flare through before entering the portal himself. He finds Simmons and is able to bring her back just as Daisy's power destroys the Monolith.

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