Fitz, who started out as one of two science whizzes who provided the do-gooders in “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” with their nifty gadgets in season 1, was in a tough spot when season 2 began. Having almost died after professing his feelings for his partner in science crime (er, figurative crime, that is), Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge), and saving her life at the end of season 1, Fitz was still firmly in recovery mode when the second season picked up. The show didn’t fast-forward through Fitz’s healing process or skip right into the next phase of his and Simmons’ slow-burn romance either, which made it all the more satisfying when Fitz was finally back on his feet and ready to move forward by the time “S.O.S. Part 2” rolled around.
No moment signified this more than when Fitz and his fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, specifically his big brother-y buddy Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie (Henry Simmons), and boss Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), successfully laid a trap for their enemy Gordon (Jamie Harris) — an eyeless teleporting Inhuman whose makeup was probably only slightly more comfortable than Alan Cumming’s getup as fellow teleporter Nightcrawler in “X2: X-Men United” — using the power of Science™. Reveling in his triumph, Fitz informs a gobsmacked Gordon that he has, in fact, been cornered through the magic of “Science, biatch,” doing his best to channel Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman and his iconic catchphrase from “Breaking Bad.” That Fitz doesn’t quite pull it off is certainly on-brand for the S.H.I.E.L.D. team’s resident lovable dork.
Clark confirmed this moment was completely improvised shortly after “S.O.S. Part 2” aired. Meanwhile, the episode itself affirmed that “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” much like Fitz, was stronger and better than ever before.
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