This episode contains one of the first times Coulson directly addresses his own "death" in New York, showing his scar and admitting he feels "different".
The tension shifts to the "Bus" (the team's plane), which becomes a high-altitude quarantine zone. Simmons estimates she has only before the virus causes her to erupt in a lethal electrostatic burst—one strong enough to take down the entire plane. [S1E6] F.Z.Z.T.
The story begins with a series of bizarre deaths: victims are found hovering in mid-air, surrounded by crackling electrostatic energy, before their bodies internally combust. Investigating a scout campsite and a local firehouse, Fitz and Simmons trace the cause back to a —a "souvenir" kept by firefighters who served during the Battle of New York. This episode contains one of the first times