Recaps

After S.H.I.E.L.D. outsourced Loki’s capture to Vought and barred Captain America and Natasha from joining, Lin Xiao sent Bobby and Walker to Stuttgart to bring Loki in. Loki agreed to go after Walker relayed Lin Xiao’s warning, while Lin Xiao watched nearby with Blink and was ready to intervene.

• Hill announced that Vought would handle Loki’s capture independently, while Captain America and Natasha were prohibited from participating and Fury would return to headquarters.
• Lin Xiao recruited Bobby to capture Loki and gave Walker a pinhole camera, along with instructions for speaking to him.
• Bobby and Walker confronted Loki at the Stuttgart concert hall, where Loki attacked them and threw Bobby into a row of seats.
• Walker warned Loki that the encounter was being livestreamed and relayed Lin Xiao’s message, prompting Loki to release him and willingly accept handcuffs.
• Lin Xiao watched from a nearby café with Blink, who realized he had been prepared to rush in and save his employees.

May, Betty, Jane, and Gwen transformed life at Kamar-Taj with modern comforts and construction projects, while Wong struggled to accept the changes. Tao Yuhan received Lin Xiao’s Mark Armor blueprints and S.P.E.A.R. ordered him to protect the Lin family and support their stay.

• May, Betty, Jane, and Gwen persuaded the Ancient One to approve air conditioning, new mattresses, Wi-Fi, underfloor heating, and other improvements at Kamar-Taj.
• May and Betty arranged a hot spring and wind turbines, while the masters adapted to the renovated rooms and upgraded meals.
• Tao Yuhan and Tao Yusun arrived at Kamar-Taj and learned that Mrs. Lin was overseeing a hot spring project.
• May gave Tao Yuhan Lin Xiao’s complete Mark Armor blueprints, covering the first through fifth generations.
• Tao Yuhan reported the blueprints to Director Zheng Xian, who ordered S.P.E.A.R. to provide support and protect the Lin family.
• Wong watched the masters enjoy their new comforts and began to think the changes might not be so bad.

Lin Xiao returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. after spending time with Blink and learned that two unidentified fast-moving objects were approaching the plane carrying Loki. He recognized their arrival as a double blessing, while Hill demanded to know who the second person was.

• Lin Xiao received a notice that US$4 million had been spent on special materials and accepted the expense as part of the surprise May and the others were preparing.
• Lin Xiao read Tao Yuhan’s message thanking him for his help and asking for his bank account number, then concluded that May had delivered the Mark I through Mark V blueprints.
• Blink opened a portal to S.H.I.E.L.D., and Lin Xiao stepped through before she could stop him.
• Lin Xiao reached Hill’s office, where she showed him two unidentified objects racing toward the plane carrying Loki.
• Lin Xiao called their arrival a double blessing, and Hill grabbed his waist and demanded to know who the second person was.

Thor and Sif arrived at the S.H.I.E.L.D. plane carrying Loki, and the newcomers learned why he had been imprisoned. The flight continued safely, while Thor teased Sif about her feelings for Lin Xiao and Bobby realized he had fallen for her.

• As the plane bucked through a storm, Bobby froze a replacement wall over the torn-open doorway, but Thor smashed through it and entered with Sif.
• Walker fired at Thor, and Sif deflected Bobby's ice spear before Walker stopped the fight and explained that the encounter was a misunderstanding.
• Thor questioned Walker about Loki's imprisonment, then heard how Loki had killed people in Stuttgart and condemned his brother for disgracing their father.
• Thor asked Walker about Lin Xiao and Vought, while Sif reacted quietly to Lin Xiao's name and Thor teased her about wanting to see him.
• Bobby watched Sif deny her feelings for Lin Xiao and cursed his boss after realizing he had fallen for her.

Lin Xiao welcomed Thor and Loki at the Triskelion, provoking Loki with hints that he knew about the god’s plans for the Helicarrier. Loki was confined in a glass cage, where he silently marked Lin Xiao as a target.

• Thor arrived at the Triskelion, but Lin Xiao dodged his attempted reunion and embraced Sif instead.
• Walker tried to set Bobby up with his sister, whose supposed resemblance to Walker made Bobby reject the offer.
• Lin Xiao traded barbs with Loki, hinted that he knew about the planned sabotage, and warned Loki not to hurt anyone aboard the carrier.
• Sif took Lin Xiao’s hand in support, while Hill noticed and Wanda felt a flash of jealousy.
• Agents locked Loki inside a reinforced-glass cage, and Loki watched Lin Xiao before silently naming him as prey.

Lin Xiao ignored a barrage of calls while spending the day with Sif, then learned that Fury had paid Vought to send personnel aboard the carrier. Banner had already left with Steve, so Lin Xiao hurried out to confront him.

• Lin Xiao finally checked his phone after Sif told him to deal with his calls.
• Hill told Lin Xiao that Fury had returned and paid Vought thirty million dollars to send security personnel aboard the carrier.
• Lin Xiao called Tony and ordered him to keep Banner at Vought, but Tony said Banner had already departed with Steve on a Quinjet.
• Lin Xiao swore to confront Banner and hurriedly left to board the carrier.

Loki escaped his cell and fought Steve, Coulson, and Natasha, while Hulk’s rampage crippled the Helicarrier and a researcher fled with the Tesseract. As the carrier tilted out of control, a man in a red bodysuit flew toward it over New York.

• Banner boarded the Helicarrier with Steve, while Loki sensed his arrival and escaped his damaged cell.
• Steve confronted Loki, and Coulson stunned him with a tranquilizer dart and survived an energy blast using Lin Xiao’s Magic Shield Talisman.
• Natasha ambushed Loki with the Invisibility Cloak and took his scepter, but Loki revealed that his people had provoked Hulk.
• Hulk rampaged through the control room as a bespectacled researcher escaped with the Tesseract, leaving the Helicarrier’s engines and hull out of control.
• A man in a red bodysuit flew toward the Helicarrier over New York.