Missing Pieces

"You guys never wavered. You stayed on when the rest of the crew got off. Thank you. I know this is a lot more than what you guys bargained for. And I think we will all benefit from getting back to familiar territory. To loved ones. We need them. And they may need us."

- Daisy Johnson to Piper and Davis

Missing Pieces is the first episode of the sixth season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the one-hundred and eleventh episode overall.

Synopsis
Scattered across the galaxy, the team works to find their footing in the wake of losing Coulson.

Plot
Shortly after the Destruction of Earth was prevented, an energy source in the form of a spiral was created very close near Enoch's spaceship. The Chronicom apologised to Fitz for the situation, trying to estimate his chances of survival. He looked at the spiral through a window, as it suddenly got bigger and cut the ship in two.

One year later, Daisy Johnson, Jemma Simmons, Piper and Davis were being chased down by the Confederacy and were forced to land Zephyr One on an unknown planet. One D'Rillian named Trok intercepted them and asked for their permission to land. Johnson choose to confront them alone, pretending that the ship had run out of fuel, and the D'Rillians soon discovered that she was actually Quake. Johnson used her powers to destroy the D'Rillians' weapons, which made them flee in fear. However, Trok attempted to attack Quake and was quickly defeated and thrown to the ground. Jemma came and threatened the D'Rillian, saying that the they were looking for someone who they wanted to bring back to Earth.

Meanwhile, at the Lighthouse from Earth, several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, including the director, Alphonso Mackenzie, were searching for signals of paranormal activities on an electronic world map. Mackenzie ordered the four STRIKE teams to be on position. Soon, the signal goes off and Fox traces it to Indiana. Being the closest to the location, the team consisting of Melinda May and Keller goes to investigate.

In a park nearby, a group of teenagers were playing basketball, when anomalies began to happen, such as their ball breaking like glass and then turning into bats. A portal opened in wall and Jaco came out of it, scaring the boys, who ran away in fear. Another portal opened in the same wall and Tinker came halfway through it, reaching his hand for Jaco. However, the portal closed immediately and most of Tinker's body turned to stone. Jaco mourned silently for his fallen friend before S.H.I.E.L.D. came and he was asked to surrender. He simply shot a fireblast at the Quinjet and walked away. The plane crashed, but fortunately no one was killed.

Cast
Main Cast:
 * Clark Gregg as Sarge / 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
 * Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Yo-Yo Rodriguez
 * Jeff Ward as Deke Shaw (credit only)

Guest Stars:
 * Max Osinski as Agent Davis
 * Briana Venskus as Agent Piper
 * Joel Stoffer as Enoch
 * Barry Shabaka Henley as Doctor Marcus Benson
 * Lucas Bryant as Agent Keller
 * Winston James Francis as Jaco
 * Matt O'Leary as Pax
 * Brooke Williams as Butterfly
 * Glenn Keogh as Trok
 * Levi Meaden as Agent Fox
 * Xavier Jimenez as Tinker
 * Donovan Estrada as Tim
 * Matthew Law as Agent Julian
 * Miguel A. Lopez as Agent More
 * Geri-Nikole Love as Quinjet Pilot
 * Adam Burnette as Agent Runco (uncredited)

Locations

 * D'Rill
 * Earth
 * Lake Ontario, New York
 * Lighthouse
 * Indianapolis, Indiana
 * Muncie, Indiana
 * Museum of Natural History
 * Culver University (mentioned)
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy (mentioned)
 * Trinawa (mentioned)
 * Pyree (mentioned)
 * Naro-Atzia (mentioned)
 * Fear Dimension (indirectly mentioned)

Events

 * Attack on the Chronicom Vessel
 * Search for Leo Fitz
 * Destruction of the Museum of Natural History
 * Destruction of Earth (mentioned)

Items

 * Yo-Yo Rodriguez' Prosthetic Arms
 * Quake Gauntlets
 * Cryo-Freeze Chamber
 * Toolbox
 * Ionizer Missiles
 * Phase Harmonic Teleportation Device

Vehicles

 * Chronicom Vessel
 * Zephyr One
 * Quinjet
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. SUV
 * Confederate Destroyer Ship
 * Sarge's Truck

Sentient Species

 * Humans
 * Inhumans
 * Chronicoms
 * D'Rillians
 * Aeonians (mentioned)

Creatures

 * (mentioned)
 * (mentioned)

Organizations

 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * STRIKE
 * Sarge's Crew
 * Confederacy

Mentioned

 * Nick Fury
 * Andrew Garner
 * Marcus Benson's Husband
 * Davis' Son
 * The Controller

Trivia

 * This episode includes an epitaph before the ending credits for the late Stan Lee.