Recaps

Lynn used Wanda’s attachment to him to gain leverage against Hydra while secretly sabotaging Project Insight and drawing Steve Rogers into the fight. The Winter Soldier failed to kill Lynn, and Project Insight launched early as Fury faced Pierce’s forces.

• Lynn chose Wanda Maximoff as his simulation target and sacrificed himself to save Pietro during the Battle of Sokovia, awakening Wanda’s Chaos Magic and earning new powers from the system.
• Wanda broke free of Hydra’s restraints and traveled to the Triskelion, where she crushed S.H.I.E.L.D. forces and reunited with Lynn.
• Lynn secretly absorbed Wanda’s magic and let Hydra agents take him, prompting Wanda to attack their Quinjet and rescue him before S.H.I.E.L.D. escorted them to safety.
• Lynn secured Level Seven clearance and resources from Pierce, then stopped Wanda from killing Natasha Romanoff while secretly signaling Natasha to contact Fury.
• Lynn found Pierce’s elimination order in Hydra’s files, sabotaged the Zola Algorithm, and sent Steve Rogers evidence that Project Insight targeted him and other perceived threats.
• Lynn confronted Steve and revealed that Hydra planned to control Wanda and that the Winter Soldier had a metal left arm, drawing Steve into the fight against Pierce.
• Pierce sent the Winter Soldier to kill Lynn, but Wanda stopped his shot and crushed him at the Clock Tower until Lynn intervened, allowing him to escape with his arm mangled.
• Steve warned Fury that Project Insight targeted threats to Hydra, while Rumlow’s troopers confronted Fury as he realized the Helicarriers had launched early.

Lynn helped stop Project Insight, stole Hydra’s intelligence, and withdrew with Wanda to Eden Manor as S.H.I.E.L.D. marked them as threats. Gwen and Natasha followed him into a growing struggle over his loyalties, while Lynn used simulations and staged injuries to keep the women from killing one another.

• Steve, Natasha, and Sam confronted Pierce as Wanda destroyed the Helicarriers targeting Lynn’s safe house, and Lynn stopped Wanda from killing Gwen before escaping with her.
• Lynn revealed he had stolen Hydra’s core database and led Wanda to Eden Manor, where Fury designated them Zero Number Taboo and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to stop tracking them.
• Gwen confronted Lynn at Eden, and Wanda attacked her after realizing their connection, but Lynn’s blood opened a rift that he persuaded them to seal together.
• Lynn began a Budapest simulation targeting Natasha, while Gwen found the unconscious agent at Eden and nearly killed her before Lynn stopped her through their Bond Line.
• Natasha fled Eden to draw S.H.I.E.L.D. away, and Lynn completed the simulation, gaining stealth and combat abilities as Fury learned Natasha had switched sides.
• Wanda and Gwen fought at Eden until Lynn threw himself between them, then feigned weakness and made them promise not to fight or hurt each other.
• Lynn launched another Budapest simulation for Natasha, who collapsed after seeing him through her rifle scope and awoke in a S.H.I.E.L.D. medical room.
• Fury warned Natasha that S.H.I.E.L.D. might eliminate Lynn, and Natasha took his sidearm and aimed it at him.