Chapter Summaries

S.H.I.E.L.D. traced the attack to Ian Quinn, the CEO of Quinn International, and debated how to reach him in Malta without official authority. The team settled on a deniable operation, while Evenson offered to sink the island and Coulson chose to keep planning a covert infiltration.

• Fitz traced the impure gold used in the attack to the Daisy Mine in Tanzania, whose owner was already under S.H.I.E.L.D. investigation.
• Coulson identified Ian Quinn as the mastermind and explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. suspected him of crimes including smuggling, human trafficking, and financial fraud.
• Coulson said Quinn was in Malta for an upcoming shareholder meeting, where S.H.I.E.L.D. had no operational authority.
• Evenson proposed a covert assault led by Rumlow, but Coulson rejected it because Quinn's defenses and the meeting's high profile made exposure too risky.
• Skye noted Quinn's charitable reputation, and Evenson admitted he had once received relief money from Quinn's foundation before arguing the donations could conceal criminal profits.
• Coulson's team decided to act unofficially and sought a covert way past Quinn's laser barriers; Evenson offered to sink the island, but Coulson continued planning an infiltration.

Coulson’s team struggled to find a way past Quinn’s laser defenses before Dr. Hall could be forced to reveal his research. Skye and Evenson secured invitations to Quinn International’s shareholder meeting, giving them a covert way onto the island as the rescue mission moved forward.

• Ward proposed giving himself a week to infiltrate the island, but Coulson rejected the delay because Quinn had kidnapped Dr. Hall.
• Fitz suggested sending a monkey to disable the laser grid, while Evenson dismissed the idea as impractical.
• Skye revealed that she had an electronic invitation to Quinn International’s shareholder meeting, though Ward worried she lacked field training.
• Evenson offered to accompany Skye and said he had secured his own invitation rather than forcing his way through the defenses.
• Evenson explained that Gideon Malick had arranged the invitation, and the team agreed that the plan could get them onto the island.

While waiting for Quinn International’s shareholder meeting, Evenson and Ward trained Skye for her first field assignment and warned her about the dangers agents faced. At the meeting on the island, Skye entered under the cover of Evenson’s date and appeared at ease as they mingled.

• Ward tried to teach Skye how to disarm an armed opponent, but she resisted the training and balked at the size of the Field Agent Skills Manual.
• Evenson urged Skye to take agent training seriously, explaining that technical personnel could be high-priority targets and warning her that capture in Malta could mean execution.
• Skye became more serious about Ward’s gun-disarming lessons after Evenson’s warning.
• Evenson and Skye linked arms, presented their invitations, and entered the island hosting Quinn International’s shareholder meeting.
• Evenson commented on Skye’s appearance, prompting her to roll her eyes and walk toward a nearby dining table.

At a shareholder meeting, Evenson used a supernatural trick to frighten Kasim Zagler unconscious, then approached Ian Quinn while posing as Gideon Malick’s representative. As Quinn began speaking, Coulson and Ward secretly arrived on the island to back up Evenson.

• Skye met Dubai tycoon Kasim Zagler, whose profile Melinda sent through the team’s communicator.
• Annoyed by Zagler’s attention to Skye, Evenson enchanted a bell and feather to invoke a frightening legend, causing Zagler to faint.
• Evenson told Skye that Ian Quinn had arrived, then introduced himself to Quinn as Leon Scott Kennedy, Malick’s representative.
• Evenson steered Quinn away from discussing Malick’s matter in public, and Quinn began his shareholder-meeting speech.
• Coulson and Ward landed on the island and prepared to back up Evenson, with Coulson warning that the operation could become destructive.

Evenson met Quinn to discuss Malik’s proposed investment, while Fitz’s devices helped S.H.I.E.L.D. breach Quinn’s defenses. After Quinn’s guards caught Skye, Evenson appeared to betray her by throwing her from a balcony, then disappeared before Quinn could catch him.

• Quinn praised Gravitonium and claimed it could protect him from S.H.I.E.L.D., then met Evenson privately at his villa.
• Quinn agreed to Malik’s investment proposal, but Evenson warned him that S.H.I.E.L.D. was investigating him.
• Evenson activated Fitz’s signal relay as Quinn boasted that he would unveil his technology and become untouchable.
• Quinn’s guards brought in Skye, and Quinn discovered the relay hidden in her compact after receiving word that the defense grid had been breached.
• Evenson claimed he needed to learn whether Skye was investigating him or Quinn, then threw her over the balcony to prove his loyalty.
• Quinn rushed to the balcony and realized the pool was below, but Evenson had vanished.

Quinn’s island was thrown into chaos when Dr. Hall activated a Gravitonium experiment intended to destroy the device and Quinn. As Coulson tried to stop him, Evenson confronted Hall over his plan and defended humanity’s right to resist alien threats; Hall ended the argument by firing wildly at Evenson.

• After Evenson triggered the signal relay, Fitz disabled the laser defenses and Coulson and Ward entered the island facility to rescue Dr. Hall and help Skye.
• Coulson found Hall operating the Gravitonium device, but Hall refused to leave and revealed that he planned to bury the machine and Quinn beneath the ocean.
• Hall activated the experiment, distorting gravity throughout the facility, while Coulson learned that Hall had secretly arranged his own kidnapping to carry out the plan.
• Evenson arrived and argued that humanity should strengthen itself rather than surrender the Cosmic Cube or yield to alien threats, leaving Hall shaken and furious.
• Hall cursed Evenson and fired his gun at him.

Evenson survived Dr. Hall’s attack, contained the Gravitonium before it could sink the island, and returned to the plane with Coulson. Skye immediately confronted him for throwing her out, only to crash into his barrier.

• Dr. Hall fired wildly at Evenson, but a ricocheting bullet struck Hall in the chest and fatally wounded him.
• Evenson took a purple crystal from Hall’s body, and Coulson accused him of killing Hall instead of saving him.
• Evenson used rune chains to pull the Gravitonium free from the device and stored it away, stopping the room’s escalating gravity.
• Evenson and Coulson returned to the plane, where Skye charged at Evenson and bounced off his barrier.

Skye recovered from being thrown into Quinn’s swimming pool and confronted Evenson aboard the plane. He explained that he had wanted her to learn from disobeying orders, and she accepted his hand before biting his nearly indestructible wrist and fleeing in pain.

• Skye was caught inside Quinn’s mansion with a signal relay, then Evenson threw her from a balcony into a pool as the S.H.I.E.L.D. team’s infiltration proceeded.
• Ward helped Skye back to the plane, where Melinda blamed her for acting without authorization and Ward was scolded for failing to supervise her.
• When Evenson returned, Skye charged at him but bounced off his Void Protection barrier.
• Skye argued with Evenson about throwing her into the pool, and he explained that he wanted her to remember the danger of disobeying orders rather than rely on him to rescue her.
• Skye accepted Evenson’s offered hand, then bit his wrist and ran off in tears when she hurt her teeth on his Demon Skin.

Evenson and the S.H.I.E.L.D. team transported the Gravitonium to The Fridge and sealed it in a specially designed containment box. The mission ended with Coulson teasing Evenson about stealing from S.H.I.E.L.D., while the team laughed together.

• Evenson and the agents flew to The Fridge to store the Gravitonium.
• The Fridge staff explained that the box's electrical frames, designed using data from Fitz, would keep the Gravitonium stable.
• Evenson placed the Gravitonium in the box, where it floated quietly and appeared smaller than before.
• Evenson explained that the Gravitonium had contracted after he rendered it inert.
• Coulson and Melinda teased Evenson about taking supplies from S.H.I.E.L.D., and the team laughed.

After leaving S.H.I.E.L.D., Evenson returned to the Eredar Twins with the Gravitonium he had secretly hollowed out, which Aurelles identified as Earth Spirit Marrow Fluid. The twins warned that extracting too much of it from Earth could destroy the planet by disrupting its gravity.

• Melinda gave Evenson liquor and beef as thanks, while Ward told him Skye had chosen to train; Evenson teleported away after saying he looked forward to her improvement.
• Skye trained until her hands bled and resolved to prove herself and throw Evenson down next time.
• Evenson met the Eredar Twins and revealed a large hidden mass of Gravitonium he had taken during the mission.
• Aurelles identified the substance as Earth Spirit Marrow Fluid, and Saloras questioned where it had been extracted.
• The twins explained that the Burning Legion mined the material from planetary cores and that excessive extraction could ruin a planet; Evenson realized Earth could face the same danger.

Moira and McNair questioned Jessica Jones about Kilgrave, but Jessica dismissed their ability to stop him and demonstrated her strength. Moira revealed her own power, pinned Jessica against the wall with the table, and asked her to sit down and talk.

• Moira dismissed a police report about a supposed bloodsucker as a case of severe gingivitis and warned the officers to screen cases before sending them to the Black Badge Division.
• Moira woke the dozing McNair, and they went to question Jessica Jones in the precinct’s interrogation room.
• Moira told Jessica that the Black Badge Division was investigating Kilgrave and asked her to cooperate.
• Jessica denied knowing Kilgrave, then broke her handcuffs and crushed her chair to show how strong she was.
• Moira shoved the table into Jessica and pinned her against the wall, then used black arms to restore the chair and asked Jessica to sit down.

Moira forced Jessica Jones to acknowledge her strength and persuaded her to share everything she knew about Kilgrave. After assessing Kilgrave’s abilities, Moira decided to bring Jeffrey Mason in to test his combat readiness against him.

• Moira overpowered Jessica, who surrendered and admitted Moira was physically stronger than her.
• Jessica warned that Kilgrave could control Moira and explained how he had enslaved her and made her commit terrible acts.
• Moira questioned Jessica about Kilgrave’s speech and abilities, confirming that he was British and that his control required hearing him in person.
• Moira and McNair judged Kilgrave’s limitations manageable, and Moira approved bringing Jeffrey Mason in to test his combat adjustments.

The Eredar Twins completed Jeffrey Vison’s transformation into the cybernetic soldier Soldier 76, and Moira brought him into the operation against Kilgrave. Jessica Jones offered information in exchange for learning the government’s plans, then insisted that exposing Kilgrave was necessary to clear Hope.

• The Eredar Twins replaced nearly all of Jeffrey Vison’s body with mechanical systems and named him Soldier 76 before handing him over for combat testing.
• Moira thanked Jessica Jones for cooperating, but Jessica stopped her and offered information about Kilgrave’s whereabouts.
• Moira offered to erase Jessica’s criminal record, but Jessica asked what the government planned to do with Kilgrave.
• Moira said she intended to capture and dissect Kilgrave, while refusing to put him on public trial because revealing his powers could provoke attacks on people with superpowers.
• Jessica argued that Kilgrave’s existence and mind-control ability had to be proven publicly so Hope could be cleared of murdering her parents under his control.

Jessica Jones demanded that Moira help expose Kilgrave’s mind control to save Hope from a murder conviction, but Moira struggled to honor the request without compromising the Black Badge Division. She summoned Hope’s defense attorney Jerry and prosecutor Samantha Reyes to discuss the case, leaving them stunned that the meeting concerned mind control.

• Jessica explained that she needed Kilgrave caught and his abilities proven so Hope could be saved, and she threatened to end her deal with Moira if the Black Badge Division would not help.
• Moira rejected Jessica’s idea of recording Kilgrave’s confession, explaining that evidence obtained through coercion would not hold up in court and could expose the division.
• Moira recalled that Samantha Reyes was prosecuting Hope and made a series of calls to arrange a meeting.
• Jerry and Samantha arrived, immediately clashing over their roles as Hope’s defense attorney and prosecutor.
• Moira said the meeting was about learning the situation, and Samantha asked whether she actually believed Hope had been mind-controlled.

Moira persuaded prosecutor Samantha to withdraw the charges against Hope by offering a plausible alternative explanation for the murders and threatening to expose Samantha’s role in covering up the Park Massacre. Samantha agreed to free Hope, while Moira left her own claims about the massacre’s evidence and jurisdiction unresolved.

• Moira sent Jessica Jones out of the room and proposed that a cult member had killed Hope’s parents, drugged Hope, and framed her for the murders.
• Samantha rejected Moira’s proposed account and threatened to prosecute her for fabricating evidence.
• Jerry challenged Samantha’s political motives, and Moira warned that refusing to correct a wrongful prosecution could ruin her reputation.
• Moira showed Samantha a crime-scene photo and accused her of mishandling the Park Massacre and covering up evidence, including falsifying a family’s deaths.
• Moira argued that the Black Badge Division could reopen the massacre investigation if enhanced individuals were involved and choose which authorities received the case.
• Samantha agreed to withdraw Hope’s charges after Moira offered to keep the Park Massacre allegations quiet.

Moira resolved Samantha’s involvement in the Park Massacre, while Evenson learned Kamar-Taj had accepted his recommendations for Watson and Holmes and had found Stephen Strange as the Ancient One’s apprentice. After hearing Strange’s hands might be treated with Gospel Company’s healing potion, Evenson planned to have it secretly diluted so Strange would still need Kamar-Taj.

• Moira used Samantha’s guilt and connection to the Park Massacre to make her give in, then reported the outcome to the Eredar Twins.
• Klayya told Evenson that Kamar-Taj had accepted Watson and Holmes for study, though some masters objected to his recommendation.
• Klayya said the Ancient One had found Stephen Strange after he ruined his hands in a crash caused by his reckless driving.
• Evenson learned that Kamar-Taj wanted to know whether Gospel Company’s healing potion could restore Strange’s hands.
• Evenson proposed having a nurse secretly dilute the potion so it would not heal Strange.

Evenson and Klayya discussed their plans for Dr. Strange and Klayya’s studies before witnessing a suspicious attack in New York. Klayya then went to Kamar-Taj’s library to read the Book of the Vishanti, carefully surrounding herself with protective Magic circles.

• Klayya explained that Dr. Strange’s treatment had been delayed by a nurse who diluted his medicine, and said he would have a choice once he reached Kamar-Taj.
• Klayya told Evenson she had mastered his assigned spells but wanted to follow her own path, then said she would stay at Kamar-Taj to read a restricted book.
• Evenson and Klayya watched a man in a purple suit get struck by an apparent weapon and hurried away by two women, then left the coffee stand.
• Evenson and Klayya played a game and exercised at home before Klayya opened a portal back to Kamar-Taj.
• Klayya went to the library and began cautiously reading the Book of the Vishanti, using Magic circles for protection.

Simpson kidnapped Kilgrave to avenge Kilgrave’s earlier mind control, but Kilgrave’s guards rescued him before Simpson and Jessica could learn where he was taken. When McNair and Moira confronted them, Jessica admitted she had acted early because she distrusted the deal over Hope’s case, and Moira attacked her, warning that the group had nearly been killed.

• Simpson captured and interrogated one of Kilgrave’s guards, who said only Kilgrave’s driver knew the locations of his safe houses.
• McNair arrived with a woman in a beret and revealed that she had once been Simpson’s first sergeant.
• McNair ordered Simpson to step aside, and he questioned her about their former unit, Orion, before she warned him not to mention it again.
• Moira confronted Jessica for acting two hours before their agreed time, and Jessica admitted she did not trust her or the others.
• Moira struck Jessica with a lash of black energy and warned that a small change in the bullet’s path could have killed everyone.

Moira ended her cooperation with Jessica after her unauthorized operation nearly provoked Evenson, but Soldier 76 appealed for Jessica to get another chance. Jessica proposed using Kilgrave’s belief that she was harmless to lure him into a trap, and Moira agreed to continue working with her.

• Moira warned Jessica and the others that their operation had nearly angered the dangerous Evenson, whose retaliation could have drawn S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra into the matter.
• Moira ended her deal with Jessica, refusing to help Hope, and Jessica begged for another chance.
• Soldier 76, also known as Jeffrey Mason, arrived and urged Moira to reconsider because he could not ignore Hope’s situation.
• Jessica offered to lure Kilgrave by making him think she posed no threat, while keeping Moira and her team hidden from him.
• Moira accepted Jessica’s plan and resumed their cooperation, warning Jessica to cherish her final chance.

Jessica Jones and Luke Cage survived Kilgrave’s attack on Luke’s bar, but the explosion destroyed the bar and left Luke shaken after he was forced to cause it. A mysterious armored man emerged from the wreckage and attacked Luke, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Jessica Jones arrived at Luke Cage’s bar and saw it explode, but Luke walked out of the flames unharmed.
• Luke told Jessica that Kilgrave had forced him to call her and blow up the bar, and Jessica explained Kilgrave’s powers and threat.
• Luke remembered that a customer had been inside the bar, but Jessica stopped him from entering the burning ruins.
• A man burst out from beneath the rubble, accused Luke Cage of destroying the bar, and attacked him with a metal-armored arm.
• The armored man knocked Luke around with powerful punches and launched metal spikes from his gauntlet at him.