History Recap / AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace

* CuffsOffRubWrists: Skye after Coulson removes her [[WalkingTechbane tracking bracelet]].

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: When Hand makes it clear she doesn't trust Skye or want her on the mission, which is focused only on Centipede and not on rescuing Coulson, the entire team (including, secretly, Maye) bands together to give Skye the freedom and resources to act on her own to find him.

%%* BreakTheCutie:

%%* TraumaCongaLine: Both Coulson and Mike.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Clairvoyant suffered significant losses to Centipede assets and personnel (including Po and Raina) in order to discover the secret of Coulson's revival. Given what we saw of it, it would take an inordinate amount of effort to duplicate, and since Coulson never actually divulged the secret to Raina, it's not clear if the Clairvoyant even learned anything.

* ActingUnnatural: When Skye thinks Fitzsimmons are giving her a sandwich: "Yes. It is that."

* GallowsHumor: Coulson reassures Skye that he's fine and says "they were just messing with my head." It's also an an InJoke, as Skye won't know what he's referring to.

* AGlitchInTheMatrix: A very subtle one. The first time we see Coulson's flashback of Tahiti[[note]]in this episode[[/note]], the cabana boy that walks up is carrying two different tropical-looking drinks on his tray. The second time we visit the exact same memory (once Coulson is trying to break through the illusion), the tray now bears two ''of each'' drink.

!!Tropes in this episode:

* ContinuityNod: The Clairvoyant, after speaking to Raina, has her hand the phone back to Po. The phone emits a tone that kills him, similar Obadiah Stane's paralyzer device in the first ''Film/IronMan'' movie.

* AGlitchInTheMatrix: A very subtle one. The first time we see Coulson's flashback of Tahiti[[note]]in this episode[[/note]], the cabana boy that walks up is carrying two different tropical-looking drinks on his tray. The second time we visit the exact same memory (once Coulson is trying to break through the illusion), the tray now bears two ''of each'' drink.

* YouHaveFailedMe: The Clairvoyant has Po killed for his failure in retrieving Coulson's secrets and starts talking directly to Raina.

* BrickJoke: Skye takes note of the car with the VanityPlate early into breaking into Rathson's place. [[HeroStoleMyRide Eventually she leaves the place in it.]]

%%* BreakTheCutie: And how!

* EvilPlan: The Clairvoyant really wants to know how Coulson survived Loki's attack. Raina states this is because he wants super soldiers that will never die.
** InterrogatedForNothing: Between the time and effort it takes to reproduce Coulson's resurrection, and the extreme psychological trauma it causes, the process is not practical for said aim.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Clairvoyant suffered significant losses to Centipede assets and personnel (including Po and Raina) in order to discover the secret of Coulson's revival. But given what we saw of it, it would take an inordinate amount of effort to duplicate, and since Coulson never actually divulged the secret to Raina, it's not clear if the Clairvoyant even learned anything.

%%* TraumaCongaLine: Both Coulson and Mike. Yeesh...

* ActorAllusion: Dr. Streiten describes Coulson's experience as "[[{{Series/Firefly}} ungodly]]."

* {{Jossed}}: The most common theory regarding Coulson's revival is that he's a Life Model Decoy or a clone. He's not.

* WhamEpisode: Coulson knows (most) of the horrifying truth behind his revival, Po is dead, Raina is in custody, and Mike is on Centipede's ExplosiveLeash.

** You'd think they'd have known better, given how [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer other]] [[Series/{{Angel}} series]] linked to Joss Whedon ([[Series/{{Revenge}} and other ABC shows]]) averted this trope.