T.A.H.I.T.I.

T.A.H.I.T.I. is the fourteenth episode of the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
==Synopsis==
Coulson goes on the attack to save Skye--enlisting the aid of Ward's former S.O. John Garrett--and uncovers shocking truths about his own life and S.H.I.E.L.D.
==Plot==
After being shot and on the brink of death, Skye struggles to survive. The team enters a S.H.I.E.L.D. Trauma Zentrum and Jemma Simmons explains to the doctors what happened. The team argues about whose fault it is, while Phil Coulson tries to contact Nick Fury for "answers that only he can give." Melinda May ends the argument, stating that only Quinn was at fault for having shot Skye. Jazuat returns to bear bad news. The damage is too great and Skye will only remain alive on life support. In grief, May returns to the Bus and begins to beat Ian Quinn senseless to his utter dismay. Coulson orders her out, and orders that they would now look for a way to save Skye's life, like the doctors did to him. Coulson explains to Grant Ward, Leo Fitz, and Simmons what actually happened in Tahiti.
They start the mission, and the Bus receives a transmission from nearby planes that they would be boarding and taking control because of their failure to relinquish Quinn to the Sandbox. Coulson greets Ward's former S.O. John Garrett as he boards the plane and asks for Quinn. Coulson explains to him the situation and convinces him to help them save Skye, but not before a fight breaks out between Ward and Garrett's agent, Antoine Triplett. Coulson and Garrett stop the fight, explaining that Garrett convinced HQ to let him interrogate Quinn on the Bus itself.
Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons read Coulson's file and are shocked by the process that brought him back to life. Simmons wonders if the price for bringing Coulson back was too much and if they really should try it with Skye. While interrogating Quinn, Garrett shows he is not playing games by grabbing Quinn's tongue as he is speaking, and threatens to tear it out. They begin to question him regarding the Project Deathlok. Coulson asks if he shot Skye because she saw what they were delivering to him, and Quinn responds that he did it because the Clairvoyant told him to. Simmons explains to Fitz that Skye is deteriorating, and only a drug, known as GH.325, seemed to regenerate Coulson's cells. Simmons says she does not believe it is possible to find it, and Fitz says he may be able to help with that. They use the Echo Chamber, to access the Triskelion's archive. Fitz states that they may be able to find travel records in what seems to be a large electronic library.
They find a place called the Guest House that may have been where Coulson was taken because it was opened only once by a level 10 operative, who would have to have been Fury himself. They find themselves trying to open an encrypted file, wondering what Skye would do in their situation. They realize it is not an encryption, but a location hidden within the location of the numbers. Garrett, Coulson, Fitz, and Ward prepare to enter the Guest House, which is not a S.H.I.E.L.D base, figuring that there might be hostiles. Agents Triplett and May are left aboard the Bus in case their skills are needed there. The field team reaches the doors, only to be greeted with the protocol sentence. After many tries to strike an agreement, they decide that they have to fight their way in.
They enter a sealed bulletproof glass room to receive hostile gunfire. Ward shoots one hostile and Garrett kills the other. They follow the trail of blood of the first injured hostile, who, while dying, says he recognized Coulson and told him about the "timer." Garrett finds a bomb and begins to disarm it with Ward. Coulson and Fitz search for some way to help Skye. Back on the Bus, Skye worsens, and they all rush over to help her.Coulson finds the operating room where he was resurrected, and experiences flashbacks of the horrific procedure. Coulson and Fitz search for something to save Skye. They find a medicine cabinet and search for the drug, and find a substance marked "GH-325". They are able to remove it with just four minutes to spare on the bomb when Coulson finds a door marked "T.A.H.I.T.I." 
While preparing to leave, Coulson decides stays behind out of curiosity. He soon finds a Kree corpse. Garrett goes to get Coulson while Fitz and Ward leave to save Skye. Garrett finds Coulson in a daze, telling him not to let Skye take the drug. They barely make it back on the Bus, which takes off to a huge explosion. Coulson enters the medical pod yelling, for them to not administer the drug, but Simmons had already proceeded. Skye begins to stabilize, only to worsen considerably, right before stabilizing again. Garrett then takes Quinn off the plane. May confronts Coulson, congratulating him for doing the impossible in saving Skye. He leaves to sit with Skye as she recovers.
Elsewhere, Lorelei wanders through the Death Valley. She finds a motel where newlyweds Jimmy and Nicole Mackenzie are asking for a map. Lorelei snatches the bottled water from Mackenzie's hand and drinks as she asks him where she is. As the two converse, Lorelei notices that Mackenzie is a newlywed and begins to enthrall him. Mackenzie drove off with her, abandoning his new wife.
==Cast==
Main Cast:
*Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
*Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May
*Brett Dalton as Grant Ward
*Chloe Bennet as Skye
*Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz
*Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons
Guest Stars:
*Bill Paxton as Agent John Garrett
*David Conrad as Ian Quinn
*B.J. Britt as Agent Antoine Triplett
*Sarayu Rao as Doctor Jazuat
*Michael J. Silver as Alpha
*Jake Newton as Beta
*Elena Satine as Lorelei
*Rob Belushi as Jimmy Mackenzie
*Julie Civiello as Nicole Mackenzie
*Imelda Corcoran as Doctor Goodman (archive footage; uncredited)
*Ron Glass as Doctor J. Streiten (archive footage; uncredited)
*Brandon Kolpack as G.H. (uncredited)
==Appearances==
===Locations===
*Zurich, Switzerland
**S.H.I.E.L.D. Trauma Zentrum
*Guest House
*Mojave Desert, California
**Death Valley
*Bethesda, Maryland (mentioned)
*Malta (mentioned)
*Italy (mentioned)
*Berlin, Germany (mentioned)
*Morocco (mentioned)
*New York City, New York (mentioned)
*Istanbul, Turkey (mentioned)
*Tahiti, French Polynesia (mentioned)
*Bandung, Indonesia (mentioned)
*Hunan, China (mentioned)
**Shangri-La (mentioned)
*Egypt (mentioned)
**Coventry (mentioned)
*Triskelion (mentioned)
*Fridge (mentioned)
*S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters (mentioned)
===Events===
*Raid of the Guest House
*Battle of New York (mentioned)
*World War II (mentioned)
===Items===
*Hyperbaric Chamber
*Medical Pod
*GH.325
*Holotable
*Bulletproof Vest
*Night-Night Gun
*Flash Bomb
*Semtex
*Memory Overwriting Machine
*Echo Chamber
*Healthy Wheat 'O's
===Vehicles===
*Bus
*L.O.L.A.
*S.H.I.E.L.D. SUV
*Jeep
*S.H.I.E.L.D. Jump Jet
*F-35 Lightning II
===Sentient Species===
*Humans
*Inhumans
*Kree
*Asgardians
===Organizations===
*S.H.I.E.L.D.
**Coulson's Team
**Garrett's Team
**Project T.A.H.I.T.I. (mentioned)
*HYDRA
*Cybertek (mentioned)
**Project Deathlok (mentioned)
*Strategic Scientific Reserve (mentioned)
===Mentioned===
*Nick Fury
*J. Streiten (flashback)
*Goodman (flashback)
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==Awards==
*This episode was nominated for a Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Special and Visual Effects.
==Videos==
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1x14 "T.A.H.I.T.I." - Promo
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1x14 "T.A.H.I.T.I." - Sneak Peek 1
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1x14 "T.A.H.I.T.I." - Sneak Peek 2
==References==
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Category:Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episodes