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First the brain damage from drowning, to till the soil. Then the "lifetime" spent in the Framework, to plant the seed. Then goodness knows how many days of overwork and no sleep while being terrorized by apparitions of pure fear, to water the ground. That's an excellent way to grow a psychotic break.

I liked how the "twist" faked out both the gang and the viewers because we had been carefully primed into thinking that "Framework Fitz" and his reprogrammed robots were apparitions.

I liked the camerawork near the end, when Jemma and Fitz are separated by the glass window. We see Fitz and his reflection, representing his two broken halves. It looks like he's standing next to her, but it's just his reflection. Then, when she leaves, it looks like she's walking towards him, but actually she's walking away.

The "hi grandma" --> instant morning sickness part was a tad too on the nose though. Well, hopefully it was just nausea at finding out she's related to such an annoying person.

- They're bringing new meaning to the concept of "plot armor".

- I like that Coulson lampshaded the continental breakfast, right as I was thinking the same thing. C+ for Cap'n Crunch All Berries!

- The "Confederacy" is obviously the Kree and their subject races, so I assume the unnamed enemy is the Skrull. They've been hinting at the Kree-Skrull War for a while now without actually naming it — after all, that's why the Kree came to Earth and created Inhumans in the first place. Or "engineered warriors", as the writers helpfully reminded us this week.

- Ever since they teased "Coulson in space" at the end of last season, I've been hoping for some version of S.W.O.R.D. But that and the Kree-Skrull War seem rather ambitious for this series, given its budget. I'm thinking instead — along with many other MCU fans, of course — that the Phase Four, post-Thanos movies (e.g., Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy 3) will go in that direction. That or maybe the Secret Invasion / Dark Reign storyline, depending on how Disney feels about Trump at that time.

- So if the Skrull will be done in the movies, does that mean the rest of this season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will only be about the team dealing with the inevitability of the future they saw?

- It's weird to have Struckers in both this series and The Gifted. Some of the same Fox-Disney licensing overlap that gave us two versions of Quicksilver.