Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-112155-20160406004352/@comment-27112771-20160406155911

GliderMan wrote: I just had an awful thought concerning the show.

We saw in Bouncing Back that Hive can control people, as he took control of the inhuman Lucio. When he did this, it looked very similar to his "sandstorm" powers.

On Maveth, Simmons was smack dab in the middle of the sandstorm twice. What if Simmons has been under Hive's control the whole time?

A friend of mine pointed out that Hive probably wouldn't let her work on an Inhuman cure if she was under his control, but I would rule it out just yet. We still don't know his agenda really. Andrew/Lash didn't seem opposed to the cure, so who knows if Hive would either. He may have some plan for it that we don't know. Brett Dalton said Hive's world plans are actually "rather inclusive," so maybe he'd elect to prevent the "unworthy" inhumans from getting powers rather than just killing them.

And then the control aspect could also be that they just have to obey Hive, not that he's literally in their minds. So there's also the chance that he doesn't know she's working on it. Anything's possible.