Ascension

"Ascension" is the sixty-sixth episode of the ABC/Marvel series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the second part of the two-part finale of season three. It premiered on May 17, 2016.

Plot[]

Following directly on from "Absolution", Daisy begs Hive to control her again, but Lash's powers have rendered her immune. She instead attacks Hive but is defeated and captured as James and Giyera arrive, and they escape in the Zephyr. However. May and Fitz stow away on board and rescue Daisy, and Fitz kills Giyera.

Most of the Primitives remain behind to fight the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and Elena intercepts a bullet meant for Mack and is almost killed, but Simmons interferes with the creatures' poor eyesight by increasing the base's heating, and they are defeated. After taking Elena and Radcliffe to safety, Coulson, Simmons, Mack and Lincoln pursue the Zephyr in a quinjet, planning to steal the warhead containing the Primitive pathogen and send it into space aboard the quinjet, to disperse the pathogen harmlessly. Lincoln defeats James but is badly wounded, and Daisy, having found the crucifix in Fitz's jacket, decides to fulfill her vision of a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent's death in space by flying the quinjet to make sure nothing goes wrong.

While Coulson, May, Fitz, Simmons and Mack fight the remaining Primitives, Hive pursues Daisy aboard the quinjet, but Lincoln (having stolen the crucifix) gets on board, fries the manual control system and ejects Daisy. He then flies the plane into space, professing his love for Daisy over the communications system, and the warhead detonates, killing him and Hive while dispersing the pathogen harmlessly. The human race is saved, but Daisy is left heartbroken.

A flashforward to six months later reveals that Daisy has left S.H.I.E.L.D. and began operating as a vigilante, dubbed 'Quake' by the press. Coulson (no longer S.H.I.E.L.D.'s director) and Mack almost track her down as she arranges the relocation of Charles Hinton's wife Polly and daughter Robin, but she escapes after directing Polly to Cal's veterinary practice. In an end tag. Radcliffe is revealed to have been working on a robotics project, the 'Life Model Decoy', as part of which he uploads his artificial intelligence AIDA into the prototype android.

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Shows Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Characters Phil Coulson • Melinda May • Grant Ward • Daisy Johnson/Quake • Leo Fitz • Jemma Simmons • Lance Hunter • Mockingbird • Hive • Alphonso Mackenzie • Lincoln Campbell • Holden Radcliffe • Yo-Yo • Deke Shaw • John Garrett • Michael Peterson • Franklin Hall • Ace Peterson • Chan Ho Yin • Victoria Hand • Akela Amador • Raina • Elliot Randolph • Lorelei • Audrey Nathan • Agent Koenig • Antoine Triplett • Absorbing Man • Sunil Bakshi • Angar the Screamer • Agent 33 • Daniel Whitehall • Calvin Zabo • Robert Gonzales • Gordon • Aida • Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider • Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider • Patriot • Kasius • Sinara • Sarge • Izel • Phil Coulson (LMD) • Freddy Malick • Ernest Koenig • Viola • Sibyl • Nathaniel Malick • Kora • Grill • Ellen Nadeer • Christian Ward Episodes Season One: "Pilot" • "0-8-4" • "The Asset" • "Eye Spy" • "Girl in the Flower Dress" • "FZZT" • "The Hub" • "The Well" • "Repairs" • "The Bridge" • "The Magical Place" • "Seeds" • "T.R.A.C.K.S." • "T.A.H.I.T.I." • "Yes Men" • "End of the Beginning" • "Turn, Turn, Turn" • "Providence" • "The Only Light in the Darkness" • "Nothing Personal" • "Ragtag" • "Beginning of the End" Season Two: "Shadows" • "Heavy is the Head" • "Making Friends and Influencing People" • "Face My Enemy" • "A Hen in the Wolf House" • "A Fractured House" • "The Writing on the Wall" • "The Things We Bury" • "...Ye Who Enter Here" • "What They Become" • "Aftershocks" • "Who You Really Are" • "One of Us" • "Love in the Time of HYDRA" • "One Door Closes" • "Afterlife" • "Melinda" • "The Frenemy of My Enemy" • "The Dirty Half Dozen" • "Scars" • "S.O.S." Season Three: "Laws of Nature" • "Purpose in the Machine" • "A Wanted (Inhu)man" • "Devils You Know" • "4,722 Hours" • "Among Us Hide..." • "Chaos Theory" • "Many Heads, One Tale" • "Closure" • "Maveth" • "Bouncing Back" • "The Inside Man" • "Parting Shot" • "Watchdogs" • "Spacetime" • "Paradise Lost" • "The Team" • "The Singularity" • "Failed Experiments" • "Emancipation" • "Absolution" • "Ascension" Season Four: "The Ghost" • "Meet the New Boss" • "Uprising" • "Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire" • "Lockup" • "The Good Samaritan" • "Deals With Our Devils" • "The Laws of Inferno Dynamics • "Broken Promises" • "The Patriot" • "Wake Up" • "Hot Potato Soup" • "BOOM" • "The Man Behind the Shield" • "Self Control" • "What If..." • "Identity and Change" • "No Regrets" • "All the Madame's Men" • "Farewell, Cruel World!" • "The Return" • "World's End" Season Five: "Orientation" • "A Life Spent" • "A Life Earned" • "Rewind" • "Fun & Games" • "Together or Not at All" • "The Last Day" • "Best Laid Plans" • "Past Life" • "All the Comforts of Home" • "The Real Deal" • "Principia" • "The Devil Complex" • "Rise and Shine" • "Inside Voices" • "The Honeymoon" • "All Roads Lead..." • "Option Two" • "The One Who Will Save Us All" • "The Force of Gravity" • "The End" Season Six: "Missing Pieces" • "Window of Opportunity" • "Fear and Loathing on the Planet of Kitson" • "Code Yellow" • "The Other Thing" • "Inescapable" • "Toldja" • "Collision Course (Part I)" • "Collision Course (Part II)" • "Leap" • "From the Ashes" • "The Sign" • "New Life" Season Seven: "The New Deal" • "Know Your Onions" • "Alien Commies from the Future!" • "Out of the Past" • "A Trout in the Milk" • "Adapt or Die" • "The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and the D" • "After, Before" • "As I Have Always Been" • "Stolen" • "Brand New Day" • "The End is at Hand" • "What We're Fighting For" • Objects Plasma Particle Beam • Gravitonium • Obelisk • Super Soldier Serum • Vehicles Quinjet • L.O.L.A. • S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier • Groups S.H.I.E.L.D. • HYDRA • Inhumans • Asgardians • Kree • United Nations • Howling Commandos