Purpose in the Machine

Purpose in the Machine is the second episode of the third season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  and the forty-sixth episode overall.

Synopsis
Fitz and the team enlist the aid of an Asgardian to unlock the secrets of the ancient Monolith that swallowed Simmons, and Agent May is at a crossroads in her personal and professional life.

Plot
To be added

Cast
Main Cast:
 * Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
 * Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May
 * Brett Dalton as Grant Ward
 * Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson
 * Iain De Caestecker as Leo Fitz
 * Elizabeth Henstridge as Jemma Simmons
 * Nick Blood as Lance Hunter
 * Adrianne Palicki as Bobbi Morse
 * Henry Simmons as Alphonso Mackenzie
 * Luke Mitchell as Lincoln Campbell (credit only)

Guest Stars:
 * Peter MacNicol as Elliot Randolph
 * James Hong as William May
 * Alex Hyde-White as Lord Thornally
 * Spencer Treat Clark as Werner von Strucker
 * Blair Underwood as Andrew Garner
 * Daz Crawford as Kebo
 * Daniel J. Wolfe as Lord Manzini
 * Piers Stubbs as Younger Lord
 * Darius Cottrell as Moe (uncredited)
 * Mark Casimir Dyniewicz as 1830's Nobleman (uncredited)
 * Unknown Actor as Carmine

Locations

 * Playground
 * Norway
 * Ibiza, Spain
 * Sun City, Arizona
 * West Virginia
 * Culver University
 * Gloucestershire, England (flashback)
 * Morocco (mentioned)
 * Novi Grad, Sokovia (mentioned)
 * Honolulu, Hawaii (mentioned)
 * Maui, Hawaii (mentioned)
 * France (mentioned)
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 * Afterlife (mentioned)
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Events

 * Battle of Sokovia (mentioned)

Items

 * Phil Coulson's Prosthetic Hand
 * Monolith
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Lanyard
 * Extraction Pod

Vehicles

 * Zephyr One
 * Quinjet

Sentient Species

 * Humans
 * Inhumans
 * Asgardians
 * Kree (mentioned)

Organizations

 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * HYDRA
 * Advanced Threat Containment Unit (mentioned)

Mentioned

 * Joey Gutierrez
 * Lian May
 * Lash
 * Jiaying
 * Wolfgang von Strucker

Trivia

 * Andrew Garner refers to the team Daisy Johnson is trying to build as the "Secret Warriors".