The Ghost

"So... you got the Devil inside you too?"

- Robbie Reyes to Daisy Johnson

The Ghost is the first episode of the fourth season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  and the sixty-seventh episode overall.

Synopsis
Ghost Rider is coming, and S.H.I.E.L.D. will never be the same.

Plot
R. Moore, D. Anderson, M. Scott and T. Mitchell of the Aryan Brotherhood steal and deliver a crate containing Lucy Bauer. In their getaway, they are attacked by Quake, who slows them down.

Suddenly, Robbie Reyes drives up and transforms into Ghost Rider when Moore fires a rocket at him. He brutally murders Moore and Anderson, then kidnaps Mitchell, before getting in the Hell Charger and driving away. Johnson, who could do nothing but watch in horror, is forced to escape when the police arrive.

The next day, Melinda May sends a request out to the Zephyr One to return to the Playground. Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie return as May is training a new team of specialist agents. She reveals to them details of the Ghost Rider incident, and in private, tells them Quake was there. She also reveals the officials are tracking Johnson with the intention of killing her.

Meanwhile, Johnson breaks into Scott's hospital room to question him about the crate and Ghost Rider, although he passes away. Back at the playground, Coulson and Mack visit Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons. Fitz gives them new equipment, including an update for Phil Coulson's Prosthetic Hand.

Leo Fitz meets with Holden Radcliffe to watch the finals. However, when Radcliffe steps out of the room, Fitz discovers AIDA in her new Life-Model Decoy. Fitz begins to panic because Radcliffe had built her body without permission and could get arrested.

Quake continues research into the Ghost Rider in an attempt to find him. She meets Yo-Yo Rodriguez on a bus to recieve pills that she stole from S.H.I.E.L.D..

Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie go to Canelo's Auto and Body to investigate. They find bodies brutally murdered. Robbie Reyes, suspecting they're here for the Ghost Rider, murders T. Mitchell, whom he's been torturing for information, to cover his tracks.

Chen opens the box with Lucy Bauer, allowing her to escape and infect him. The infection causes him to hallucinate his co-workers with demonic faces. Melinda May and the STRIKE team arrive to arrest them. Unknown to May, Bauer infects her before fleeing. Quake, having found Robbie Reyes' location, meets him at Canelo's Auto and Body to misdirect information out of him. Reyes attempts to subdue her unsuccessfully, and Johnson reveals her powers. After questioning him, Reyes transforms into Ghost Rider and attempts to kill her. However, Johnson manages to keep herself alive, and the Rider, peeking into her soul, decides to let her live.

The next day, Robbie Reyes picks up Gabe Reyes, his crippled brother, to hang out with him for the day. Quake watches from a safe distance.

Melinda May discovers her infection caused by Lucy Bauer, hallucinating Phil Coulson with a demonic face.

Cast
Main Cast:
 * Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
 * Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May
 * Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson/Quake
 * Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz
 * Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons
 * Henry Simmons as Alphonso Mackenzie
 * John Hannah as Holden Radcliffe

Guest Stars:
 * Gabriel Luna as Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider
 * Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez
 * Lorenzo James Henrie as Gabe Reyes
 * Mallory Jansen as AIDA
 * Lilli Birdsell as Lucy Bauer
 * Briana Venskus as Agent Piper
 * Max Osinski as Agent Davis
 * Ricardo Walker as Agent Prince
 * Wilson Ramirez as Diego
 * Jen Kuo Sung as Chen
 * Samuel Barajas as Felix
 * Ian Hutton as Scott
 * Edward Gelhaus as Mitchell
 * Blaise Miller as Nathanson
 * Bryan Rasmussen as Warehouse Manager
 * Jerry Ying as Thug #1
 * Jenson Cheng as Chen's Thug #1
 * Ken DuBois as Chen's Thug #2
 * Victor Chi as Chen's Thug #3
 * Edwin H. Bravo as Chen's Thug #4
 * Unknown actress as Janet
 * Jed Whedon as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Locations

 * Playground
 * Los Angeles, California
 * Canelo's Auto and Body
 * El Monte Junk and Salvage
 * Cosmogenic Warehouse
 * West Covina, California (mentioned)
 * Alhambra, California (mentioned)
 * Miami, Florida (mentioned)
 * Berlin, Germany (mentioned)
 * Colombia (mentioned)

Events
To be added

Items

 * I.C.E.R.
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Lanyard
 * Framework
 * Phil Coulson's Prosthetic Hand
 * Exploding Pen
 * Mapping-Action Eyewear
 * Rapid Bone-Healing Pills

Vehicles

 * Hell Charger
 * Zephyr One
 * Quinjet
 * Daisy Johnson's Van
 * Lola (mentioned)

Sentient Species

 * Humans
 * Inhumans
 * Life-Model Decoys

Organizations

 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * May's Team
 * Aryan Brotherhood
 * Strategic Scientific Reserve (logo)
 * Watchdogs (mentioned)


 * Chinatown Crew
 * United States Armed Forces (mentioned)
 * Cosmogenic
 * (mentioned)
 * United Nations (mentioned)

Mentioned

 * Jeffrey Mace
 * Sokovia Accords
 * Roger Perez
 * Thomas Wright
 * Glenn Talbot
 * Matthew Ellis
 * Ultron
 * Lincoln Campbell
 * Andrew Garner
 * Antoine Triplett
 * Janet's Sister
 * Canelo
 * Artificial Intelligence
 * Artificial Intelligence
 * Artificial Intelligence
 * Artificial Intelligence
 * Artificial Intelligence
 * Artificial Intelligence
 * Artificial Intelligence

Trivia

 * The opening scene where Robbie Reyes's Charger is hit with an RPG, flips in the air, and lands on its wheels, is direct reference to All-New Ghost Rider #2.