Open doors
A short time later, Coulson meets with Garner at the Playground; he is “looking into some options” for his amputated arm. He also has a “new program” in mind, which Garner has approved Skye for.
Mack is sticking around, and Coulson puts him in charge of the alien artifacts. Meanwhile, May has asked for some time off; she does, however, bring her gun on her holiday. And Bobbi is stable, but has a long recovery ahead of her. “I can’t do this anymore,” she admits to Hunter.
Skye says a tearful goodbye to her father, who is “going away for good.” At long last, father and daughter are meeting on equal footing. Skye promises to visit.
Oh, and Evil Ward is still around. His efforts to find leads at Hydra are literally dead ends, so Evil Ward takes over and co-opts a few minions. “What’s the plan, sir?” one asks. Evil Ward looks at his photo of Kara.
“Closure,” he says, evilly.
Ripples
Skye visits Cal, but he has gone through the TAHITI program. Cal is living happily as a veterinarian and has no memory of Skye — or of Daisy.
Coulson offers Skye her own opportunity — a team centered on people with powers, called “CATERPILLARS.”
(Also, she can drive Lola.)
“My mother was right about one thing,” Skye says. “People like me need to be kept a secret.” Coulson agrees to anonymity, but tells her they have to do it; his arm is a constant reminder.
“We’ll never get ahead of the consequences that I, that you, that S.H.I.E.L.D. have set in motion,” he says.
“Like a ripple in the water,” Skye muses.
“But this ripple won’t fade,” Coulson says. “It will grow, and grow, until it’s a tidal wave.”
And in fact, this seems to be literally true. The Terrigen crystals Skye dumped into the ocean dissolve into the water, slipping into schools of fish which are caught and processed into pills.
Soon, they land on shelves around the world. “Natural Omega 3 Fish Oil,” the bottles boast. “Health Benefits That Will Change Your Life.”
And then that’s it, the end, the episode is over.
This is the end
…okay fine, one more thing happens.
Fitz and Simmons study the Evil, Horrible, Evil, Scary, Evil, Why-Does-This-Abomination-Exist Evil Kree Thing, and then Fitz adorably, awkardly asks Simmons out to dinner, and she gets the hint and says yes!
And that’s it! The end! The episode is OVER!
…okay fine, one more thing happens.
Fitz leaves Simmons alone to finish her work and THAT IS IT. THE END. THE EPISODE IS OVER.
Okay.
Fine.
One more thing happens.
Simmons notices that something is misplaced at the front of the glass. She reaches out to fix it, like the wonderful, helpful, brilliant, beautiful, fearless scientist she is.
And the door bursts open. The Thing — the Evil, Horrible, Evil, Scary, Evil, Why-Does-This-Abomination-Exist Evil Kree Thing — spills out. It gushes over Agent Simmons. It swallows her whole and screaming and re-forms, like there is nothing wrong — no horrible gaping hole at the center of the world.
That’s it. The end.
The episode — and who knows what else — is over.
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