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♪ Well, I'm sitting at this
bar, drinking whiskey ♪
♪ holding tight to a
photograph of you ♪
Hi.
Is there a problem?
Jack Benson was a
friend of mine.
- I'm... I'm so sorry.
- You were the one in charge, right?
Some kind of manager?
Uh, he... he was
my friend, too.
Jack's wife said it was your fault.
That true?
You know what? Um, never mind.
I think I'm just gonna
go somewhere else.
Hey! I asked you a question.
Stay away from me.
Oh, man! What the hell?
- You did that?
- No, I... I swear.
Aah!
Get away from me!
No. Lord, please, not again.
1x09 - Repairs.
We have a mission.
- Any specifics?
- No.
Well, we should follow the
same plan as before...
take separate routes back, stagger
our timing so no one suspects...
Wait, a telekinetic? I
thought they didn't exist.
We never verified one. That's why
we're going to Batesville...
to conduct an index asset
evaluation and intake.
Does that mean we talk to her
and see if she has powers?
- Basically.
- Well, that needs a better name...
less I.R.S., more... better.
Something like the
welcome wagon.
I want you to pay close
attention on this one, Skye.
It's an opportunity to learn
how to deal with someone
with newfound abilities.
It's not like I've never
done this before.
- I found Mike Peterson before you did.
- Remember how that went?
This is a chance to see how
it's done when it's done right.
How many people like this
have you encountered?
A handful. There's not that
many people on the index.
They must wig out when they see
the S.H.I.E.L.D. trucks roll up.
Each case is different. Some
people are in complete denial
that there's anything
unusual about them.
It's a delicate process,
and from all reports,
this sounds like a particularly
sensitive situation.
"Particle accelerator explodes."
Hannah Hutchins, one of the
quality-control engineers.
- Was it her fault?
- The town blames her.
Four technicians died in that blast...
on her watch.
That's terrible...
all those families.
Small church community...
they're pretty rattled.
She must be, too.
Friends, co-workers dead,
and on top of all that,
she might have some crazy
power she can't understand.
- Or control.
- Sir, the department of energy's
declared the particle acceleration
lab too dangerous to enter.
But the good news is,
we still think we can retrieve
the disaster-event data
from the instruments.
We'll determine the 'cause and
see if there's any correlation
between telekinesis
spontaneously forming
and a particle
accelerator exploding.
Well, it does use giant magnets to
fire billions of subatomic particles
into their anti-particles
at the speed of light
to create miniature big bangs, so...
seems like a good place to start.
- I read.
- I'll try not to mention big bangs
when we talk to Hutchins
about the explosion.
You'll stay in the car. This
is a delicate situation.
We don't know what kind of
danger this woman poses,
so I'll make initial contact
with Agents Ward and May.
Wheels up in five.
Better strap in.
It's a delicate situation, so you're
bringing along warm and fuzzy?
- Hey, guys.
- You're late.
We know what you did.
She blew up that gas station.
Why aren't you arresting her?
Officer, is there anything you can
do to get these people to disperse?
Been trying, but
it's a free country.
Miss Hutchins, I'm
Agent Coulson.
We specialize in strange occurrences
like the ones you've encountered.
- You've come to lock me up?
- To talk.
Well, what good will that do?
Get out of here!
We don't want you here anymore.
Officers, get those people back.
Move it! Move it!
It's her! That freak
just tried to kill us!
Calm down.
Easy, officer. Put
the gun down.
Leave me alone.
Miss Hutchins, please calm down.
- It wasn't me.
- Please calm down.
We're not gonna let
anyone hurt you.
- Time to go.
- So much for the welcome wagon.
We don't believe that people
have telekinetic powers, do we?
Well. May was forced
to sedate her.
The woman made a police car move...
with her mind.
There's no principal
that would support...
Telekinesis. Not yet.
We did believe for a bit, though, remember?
Freshman year?
When Sally Webber made the books
fall off the table in neurobiology?
Oh, well, that was a
particularly cruel prank.
- You screamed like a girl.
- I am a girl.
You know, that's the one drawback
of graduating three years early...
we never to pull any freshman
pranks on anyone else.
Mm.
Fitz... Skye never
went to the academy.
- She's a freshman.
- A wide-eyed little freshman.
And being pranked is an integral part
of becoming a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
Well, mandatory, really.
Why not give her the full S.H.I.E.L.D.
academy experience?
It would be unjust to
deny her such a thing.
Information data uploaded.
Let's get going.
Yes, sir.
Just a mattress, sir? It's a
six-hour-long ride to the fridge.
Fitz added magnetic shielding to the
cage after Simmons had her scare.
If miss Hutchins has this power,
then that room should
keep it from getting out,
but in there, she'll
be just as dangerous.
- How is she?
- The dendrotoxin's wearing off.
She'll be awake soon,
scared, in a strange room.
Our next interaction with her is
crucial to gaining her trust,
which is why I want you there.
Are you sure that's a good idea?
If miss Hutchins is gonna
believe anything we say,
she needs to know we're not
hiding things from her,
which means you
explaining the situation.
What if that doesn't calm her down?
What if that makes her more agitated?
- Then he definitely wants me in there.
- Pretty much.
- I'll observe from out here.
- And I'll lose the tie.
If she is telekinetic, I don't want
to have a noose around my neck.
Brought you some water.
It's okay. I'm Phil.
This is Melinda May.
- How did I get here?
- I sedated you.
I apologize for bringing
you in that way.
Things were escalating. It
was for everyone's safety.
Everyone's safety. Good. Okay.
Oh, lord, what have I done? I
promise you, miss Hutchins...
nobody was hurt back there.
Wherever I go, things turn bad.
Were you angry at those
people, back at the house?
Um, angry? No. I
know most of them.
They were angry. I understand.
Oh, God. Frank's wife... the
way she was looking at me.
Frank Delacort. He
died in the accident.
Because of me, they're gone.
I killed them.
- So sad.
- And normal.
These readings are entirely
within average ranges.
Of course, it's hard
to find something
when you don't know what
you're looking for.
All I can tell from these
brain waves is she's upset.
You need a computer for that?
May's in there... the
woman who shot her.
Sedated her.
Things got out of hand.
May sorted it out.
- She's the Cavalry.
- Mm.
Where does that name
come from, anyway?
- Didn't Ward tell you?
- You don't know?
Of course not. You spent
no time at the academy.
It's quite a story.
Yeah, well, Ward isn't
exactly a chatty S.O.
Well, imagine if you will...
...a heavily secured compound.
Manama, Bahrain.
Multiple S.H.I.E.L.D.
agents are taken hostage,
tortured for information.
May's mission...
eliminate the threat.
You mean kill people.
Not people... entire
squads of mercenaries,
- almost 100.
- More than 100.
More than 100 men,
heavily armed.
Her vehicle got totaled,
so she rode in.
And, um, she had a
M249 in each hand.
Right... in each hand. And
she rode in on a horse.
- Hence the name... the Cavalry.
- Is this real?
She eliminated the enemy
threat single-handedly.
She saw a lot of hurt that day.
- Is that why she's so...
- Happy?
Particle accelerator
data loading.
No! You do not touch that!
Two semesters minimum of
holographic engineering
- before you get to touch this!
- All right, all right.
I get it. I didn't
go to your stupid.
S.H.I.E.L.D. Hogwarts or whatever.
I'm gonna go upstairs.
And I'm gonna do my own
research on my computer...
my boring, old, flat computer.
- Can you believe she bought that?
- A horse... brilliant.
You think you have
the next prank?
- We must carry on the tradition.
- Yeah.
For weeks, I was getting
reports from section two
complaining that the coupling assembly
was coming loose at the bolts.
Tobias is the...
He was the technician
down there.
We replaced the part, and we
triple-checked it for damage.
Seems like I went down
there every few days.
Did you find a problem?
No. But clearly, I
missed something.
My team is working to determine
what really did happen and
what might have happen to you.
To me? What do you mean?
We believe that somehow, as
a result of the accident,
you acquired some form
of telekinetic ability.
You think it's me?
The police car, the gas sta...
you think I did that?
We're not sure, and this can
be a hard thing to hear,
but all these events have
one thing in common.
Me, but I'm not causing it.
It's not me.
I wish it were because then
maybe I could make it stop.
But if it's not you,
then what is it?
You people won't believe me.
Try me.
God's punishing me.
He abandoned me. He doesn't
protect me anymore.
That's why this is happening.
- Protect you from what?
- Demons, sir.
I'm being haunted by demons.
Delusions of being persecuted
aren't uncommon after trauma.
She's certainly been
through her fair share.
She's blaming herself.
It's guilt.
It's all of it. She's broken.
Pore over the accident site.
If that tragedy gave her powers,
we need to shut them down.
If it wasn't her
fault, even better,
but until then, she's a
danger to all of us.
Just let me go in and talk
to her, sir, as a friend.
I can't let you do that.
It's too dangerous.
She's not dangerous. She's nice...
like, overly nice.
She never misses a birthday
post to her friends,
runs the youth program at
her church, rescues dogs.
Hannah's a safety inspector not
just because she's detail-oriented
- but because she...
- She genuinely cares.
Right. And someone
with that much empathy
being responsible for that much
loss of life, she's devastated,
spouting nonsense about
God punishing her for...
People believe what they need to
believe to justify their actions.
Is that how you justify
your shoot-first policy?
At least let me try to
repair that damage.
Until we figure out
what's going on with her,
she stays locked up
and you stay away.
Thought that was glued down.
You're asking the right
questions, Skye,
but for now, that's all you get to do.
I'm sorry.
I just don't
understand her at all.
Everything to her is just...
Target acquired.
Threat eliminated.
- Well, she's a specialist.
- In one thing.
You can catch a lot
more flies with honey
- than with ***... just saying.
- Hand me the lettuce.
And she says I need to stay away,
but you know what I think?
I think she needs to get laid.
Might want to be less
confrontational with Agent May.
I'm not scared of her.
Well, I am,
but just because the Cavalry
shot 100 guys on horseback
doesn't mean she knows
how people work.
Wait, horseback?
Where'd you hear that?
- Fitz-Simmons.
- Were they messing with you?
Story gets bigger every year.
It wasn't 100 guys... it was 20.
Trained assassins.
May crossed them off with
one pistol, no support.
- She rescued a bunch of agents?
- Mm-hmm.
There definitely wasn't a horse.
Well, if it went so well, why's
she so squirrelly about the name?
I don't know, May's not
in it for the glory.
She got the job done.
End of story.
Where'd I put that knife?
Leave me alone!
Oh, God, please forgive me!
Oh. This must be the
coupling from the reports.
Oh, dear. The
technicians were right.
Were you even listening?
You weren't even a
wee bit scared?
More disappointed, really.
It's fine. It's fine.
I'm just workshopping here,
and, yes, I was listening.
I was about to go fetch our
own magnetic couplings
to run simulations.
Oh, well, while you're in there,
grab some more Diazepam for Hannah.
She may need to be
more heavily sedated.
And the prank needs
more work, as well.
I know. I'm trying
different things.
It's the timing that
matters, Simmons.
Skye can't suspect a thing.
Ward, come look at this.
Tobias Ford.
Oh, isn't he one of the technicians
who died at the plant?
Yeah, and he filed three
safety complaints
in the past month, each one
in Hannah's department.
She thought he was a friend.
But he had it out for her.
Sad part is... he was right.
Oh. Couplings.
Couplings, couplings. Yes.
Actually... Oh.
Now, this I could use.
All I need now is a
little bit of twine
and an unsuspecting victim.
Oh, that's fantastic, that is.
Well, that's odd.
My God. Fitz, look at this.
What are we seeing here?
It's as if the explosion tore
open some sort of window to...
- To hell.
- Aah!
Simmons! Are you okay?
Sir, Hannah's telling the truth.
She's not telekinetic.
There's someone
else on this plane.
- What was that?
- Plane's lost power.
We're going down.
- Ward, you certified?
- What about engine-driven generators?
Those are dead, too.
Switch batteries to
maintain flight controls.
The rest will be needed to
keep the cage shielded.
Flaps... 10.
- Lower landing gear.
- What can I do?
Buckle up.
There's a decent-sized field up
ahead, but it's gonna be rough.
Vertical landing's out.
- Coming in a little hot.
- I got it.
Our ear comms are usually
relayed through the plane,
so here's some hardware.
Did the girl do
this to us, sir?
We believe miss Hutchins
is the victim here.
Our theories about her
powers have been disproved.
- By who?
- I saw a ghost.
I... I know how it sounds,
but a man attacked me,
and then he disappeared.
- Did you get a good look at him?
- He dematerialized!
May, run your systems checks.
Is the cage still shielded?
Most of the power
dedicated to it.
This man or whatever he is has
been tormenting miss Hutchins.
The cage might be the one
thing protecting her now.
- We'll inform her.
- Sir, can it be me to talk to Hannah?
Her life has been turned upside down,
and we stuck her in a nightmare box.
She thinks she's being punished.
Can I please be the one
to deliver the good news?
That a non-corporeal
madman is hunting her?
Again, I think it'd be better
coming from anyone else, really.
All right. I'll head upstairs,
activate the emergency
transceiver, and radio HQ.
Ward, take a firearm. Escort
Fitz-Simmons downstairs,
assess the damage, get
us up and running.
Wait. Guys, um...
where's Fitz?
Hello? Can anybody hear me?
What the hell's happening?
Did we crash? Who
was screaming?
This is not funny, Jemma,
if this is a prank.
This is a prank.
Clever.
Simmons?
Come on. Turn on the lights.
Thank God. Where
have you been?!
I have been locked in a
closet freaking out,
- thanks to you two geniuses.
- That wasn't us.
- Well, then, who was it?
- We found Fitz.
Good, we'll need him.
Looks like the main problem
is in avionics bay two.
But he took out
all our systems.
- Who's she talking about?
- Grab your equipment and get in there.
I'm going to power down flight
controls to conserve energy
and then go defend the cage door
in case this ghost comes knocking.
Did she just say "ghost"?
Mayday, mayday, mayday.
Region North, this is S.H.I.E.L.D.
616.
We've lost electrical
and are grounded.
Calculating coordinates,
requesting supp...
1990s technology at its best.
- Hannah?
- Who's there?
My name is Skye. We
haven't met yet.
We crashed, didn't we?
Are you all hurt?
- I'm so sorry.
- No. No, no, no. We're okay.
Whatever's happening,
it's not your fault.
We were wrong.
But you need to stay in that
room so that you're safe.
Something... bad is out here.
Demons.
I don't know what it is.
Do you believe in God?
Honestly?
- Not really.
- Well, I do.
And I know that he's punishing
me, and I deserve it.
No. No, you don't.
No one does.
I had a few nuns around me growing
up, and they would talk like that,
scaring kids with
stories of God's wrath.
It made me not want to believe.
The only words
that stuck with me
were something that sister McKenna
said from the Bible, I think.
She said, "God is love."
It's simple and it's
a little sappy,
but that's the version I like.
God is love...
the thing that
holds us together.
And if that's true,
I don't think he would punish
you for making a mistake.
I think he'd
forgive a mistake.
- I want to believe that. I do.
- I'll stand guard now.
Coulson needs help with the
emergency transceiver.
I would rather stay
here for a while...
It needs to get done, not discussed.
That's an order.
I'll nearby if you
need me, okay?
Try not to hurt her any more than
you already have, Agent May.
He thinks it's hell, but I
think it's an alien world.
- Fitz, it was stunning.
- Well, there were reports in London
after the spaceship landed
of multiple portals opening,
Thor passing between worlds.
You think that's what they
were researching at that lab?
Trying to create
another portal, yes.
Failing until a malfunction
produced a burst of energy.
This "ghost" is a man trapped
between our universe and another.
Perhaps that's how all ghosts are.
It's a simple explanation, really.
Simple would be a relative
term in this case.
- Bloody hell.
- He was thorough.
Oh, God.
Plane's on uneven ground.
Could just be settling.
Or the other thing.
Get to work.
Clear.
Ward, help!
Quiet.
Oh!
Help!
Seems like a hardware
issue, not firmware.
I should be with Hannah, anyway. No
wonder she keeps screaming in there.
You keep sending in the Cavalry,
you're bound to get a
reaction like that.
- Don't... don't call her that.
- Why not?
No normal person can
shoot 100 Bahrain...
- That's not how it went down.
- Whatever, 20.
- I just... I don't understand...
- She didn't have a gun.
None of us did.
And it wasn't a
rescue or an assault,
whatever they say at the
academy these days.
We were the welcome wagon.
And it went South.
- How many...
- Plenty.
A civilian girl and a few of our
guys were stuck inside a building,
being held by the followers
of this gifted individual...
or worshippers. We
never found out.
May did.
She took it upon herself
to get them out.
Said she could fix the problem.
So she went in, crossed
off the enemy force.
- Didn't say how.
- Did she lose anyone in there?
Herself. May used
to be different.
She was always
quiet, she just...
she was warm.
Fearless in a different
way, getting in trouble,
pulling pranks, thought rules
were meant to be broken.
Sound familiar?
But when she walked out
of that building...
it was like that part
of her was gone.
I tried to comfort her,
but she wouldn't tell me
what went down in there.
What did you say?
I said the words I thought
she needed to hear.
It's why you want
her on the plane...
to see if that person is
still in there somewhere.
The lock is jammed.
Let me in or let her out.
- That's not up to us.
- Let her out!
Talk to me. What's happening?
May, he's disappearing. He's
passing between worlds.
It seems a little less of him is
returning every time he appears.
But why is he after you guys?
Because he can't get to Hannah in there.
She's safe.
If we wait it out, maybe
he'll disappear fully.
- What are you going to do?
- Fix the problem.
We got to find a
way out of here.
Any of this crap still work?
There he is.
- What happened?
- Well, we lost communication.
And you were hit with a very
large plumber's wrench.
- A wrench?
- Yeah.
That guy's traveling back and forth
between alien worlds with a wrench?
Must have been in his
hand when the blast hit.
Not the kind of wrench you would
use to loosen a coupling, is it?
There?
Maybe it doesn't
work after all.
Uh, yes, yes, we're here, sir.
Where'd you go?
Nowhere. We were
attacked, locked in,
then the guy disappeared.
- Hey, that's our story.
- Is May with you guys?
She isn't with you?
I don't mean to scare you, I
just need to use you as bait.
Well, that's comforting.
To draw him out,
away from my people.
Then what will you do?
Whatever I have to.
You're sure this
is how to do it?
Yes. I'll Max the signal,
and the transceiver
will act as a trigger.
Okay, fine.
They only made 20, I think.
Oh.
So, we believe that this man
is responsible for the blast?
Skye said she thinks he's the
worker who filed all the reports.
Tobias Ford. It
looks like him.
It makes no sense for a man to
complain about safety issues
- whilst causing them. Another theory is...
- Theories don't matter.
Only facts, and the fact is,
a bullet will take you out
of whatever world you're in.
Any idea which direction
may could've taken her?
We'll deploy the golden retrievers.
They're in here.
Fitz! This is no time for
childish nonsense like this!
Pranking was your idea.
And obviously, I rigged
this little beauty
before I knew there was
a dimension-jumping
- psychopath in the mix.
- Wait, childish.
- This guy is childish.
- What are you getting at?
Tobias. Is that you?
He wanted her to notice him.
Why would he file a complaint
to her office when there was
nothing wrong and then 'cause
an actual safety issue himself?
To get her fired?
To get her attention, to spend time with her.
Think about it...
he scared the guy who was
harassing her at the airport.
- He tried to hit you with a cop car.
- When we took her into custody.
Yeah, he's not
trying to hurt her.
- He's trying to protect her.
- He likes her.
Stay here.
It's okay. It's okay.
- Tell him I won't hurt you.
- Tobias, wait, she's a friend.
- Hannah.
- You have to stop.
- Please.
- Listen, we believe
you're trapped between
two worlds...
- this world...
- And hell.
I'm being dragged to
hell for what I did.
What did you do?
Just loosen a few bolts,
and then you'd visit.
It was the best part of my day.
I'm sorry. I... I didn't
mean for anyone to get hurt.
Oh, no. Tobias.
- How could you?
- I killed them. I know.
And even worse, everyone
started blaming you.
- I tr... I tried to stop them.
- But you hurt more people.
I was trying to protect
you from them,
trying to atone from my sin.
Hannah, please,
maybe if you forgive me,
I won't go to hell.
- Only God can forgive you.
- And he won't.
You can't undo what's been done.
That will be with you forever.
But trying to hold
on to this life,
clinging to the person you thought
you could be, that's hell.
And you're dragging
her down with you.
You have to let go before my
people come and make you do it.
If you care about her,
and I know you do,
let her go.
Let the girl go, Tobias.
Let the girl go.
- Are you okay?
- Yes.
What did you say to him?
Same words you said
to me in Bahrain.
- She all right?
- Much better.
Let me know if she
needs anything.
- Can Fitz repair it?
- No. This one's a lost 'cause.
But May isn't.
If anyone can bring
her around, it's you.
You know what makes people tick.
Pun intended.
So do you. You see
the good in them.
You were a friend to Hannah,
you can't wait to get
inside May's head,
and you figured out Tobias
without even trying.
Guess I'm full of surprises.
But this isn't one of them. I
wanted you paying close attention
to the index asset evaluation
and intake process
because someday, you'll
be really good at it...
even the best.
- Thanks, A.C.
- Maybe you'll get to rename it.
Good, because that
name is super stupid.
I know.
Mind if I keep you company?
Cool.
We'll return in a moment.
- Ta-da!
- That isn't a word in our language.
- I've never heard of it.
- I'm checking.
Our language?
You mean the English language,
first spoken in England?
"Aglet... a plastic or metal tube
covering the end of a shoelace."
Oh, come on.
- She used her Britishness against us.
- It's a word.
It's not funny. I was
sleeping peacefully.
- Very clever, Simmons.
- I didn't... I didn't do it.
- Well, Ward, I don't appreciate...
- Don't look at me!
- Okay, well, Skye...
- No.
Well, who, then? Look, the bunks
should be off-limits, okay?
Don't laugh! Because I
know it was one of you.
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