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The Things We Bury

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November 18, 2014

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"We may actually have a shot at finding the city."
"Are you sure it's something you want to dig up?"
"If we don't, HYDRA will. We need to get there first."

―Phil Coulson and Skye^[src]

The Things We Bury is the eighth episode of the second season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Synopsis

Coulson and team find themselves in an epic face-off against HYDRA to uncover an ancient secret, while Ward kidnaps his brother, Senator Christian Ward, for a violent trip down memory lane.

Plot

In 1945, in his HYDRA Fortress, Werner Reinhardt and a team of HYDRA scientists documented the effects of the Obelisk on the inhabitants of Hunan province who found it. One particular young woman caused the artifact to glow with strange writing when she touched it. Before Reinhardt could discover what made this woman unique, an officer told him of the demise of the Red Skull and the coming of the Allied forces.

Reinhardt was captured and sent to the Rat for interrogation by Peggy Carter. He asked if he could make a deal, but she adamantly refused. To entice her, he told her what he knew of "blue angels" coming to Earth and that he could save humanity. Carter sentenced Reinhardt to a life sentence in the Strategic Scientific Reserve facility.

In 1989, Alexander Pierce freed Reinhardt, officially saying that budget cuts were necessary. He had Hauer take him to his old headquarters. HYDRA gathered the elders of Hunan for Reinhardt to inspect; he saw the young woman, looking unaged after so many years. Reinhardt performed experiments on the woman. Taking her bodily fluids and DNA, Reinhardt used them to get a transfusion that restored his youth. Agent Hauer was told to dispose of her remains. Those remains were found by Calvin Zabo, who swore vengeance.

In the present, Melinda May is in charge of the Playground as Phil Coulson takes Leo Fitz, Antoine Triplett and Skye to Hawaii. He gives each a particular mission, then has the Bus take them to Australia. At Laura Creek, there is a satellite relaying station that is easier to infiltrate than the Kaena Point Air Force Base in Oahu. The weird assignments Coulson gave earlier is to cause an EMP blackout at that base which would cause the one at Laura Creek to be used as a back-up. Coulson wants their satellites hacked so he can find the city that matches the Words of Creation. However, while there, the team is ambushed by HYDRA and Triplett is fatally shot.

HYDRA is there because Zabo explained to Daniel Whitehall that the Diviner selected worthy people to go within a temple in a hidden city. Zabo sought that city, but Triplett's injury gives him an opportunity to meet Coulson personally. He is surprised that Coulson knows about the city since Whitehall had to be told by him. The Diviner has something inside it explains Zabo. Coulson allows Zabo to escape in order to save Triplett.

Grant Ward captures his brother and has him confess that he was the torturer of Thomas. Grant then kills his mother and father and has the news believe that it was a murder-suicide by Christian Ward.

When Zabo returns to Whitehall, he meets Ward.

In the Playground, May opens Vault B so that the others can research the past of Daniel Whitehall. They discover his past identity as Werner Reinhardt but not the secret of his youth. When this information is told to Sunil Bakshi during his interrogation by Bobbi Morse, he takes a cyanide pill to commit suicide, but he is saved.

Before Skye can be told that Coulson and Fitz met her father, the satellites find a match.

Cast

Main Cast:

Guest Stars:

Kyle MacLachlan as Calvin Zabo
B.J. Britt as Agent Antoine Triplett
Henry Simmons as Agent Alphonso Mackenzie
Adrianne Palicki as Agent Bobbi Morse
Simon Kassianides as Sunil Bakshi
Hayley Atwell as Agent Peggy Carter
Reed Diamond as Werner Reinhardt/Daniel Whitehall
Tim DeKay as Senator Christian Ward
Dichen Lachman as Jiaying
Lou Ferrigno Jr. as Agent Hauer
Al Coronel as Agent Rivera
Ian Gregory as General Cole
Shannon Mosley as Darren
Eijiro Ozaki as HYDRA Prisoner
Alexander Leeb as HYDRA Scientist
Willem van der Vegt as HYDRA Fortress Officer

Appearances

Locations

HYDRA Warehouse
Playground
Massachusetts
Oahu, Hawaii
- Kaena Point Air Force Base
Laura Creek, Australia
- Laura Creek Station
Austria (flashback)
- HYDRA Fortress (flashback)
Rat (flashback)
Kree City (mentioned)
London, England (mentioned)
Afterlife, Nepal (mentioned)
Arnsberg, Germany (mentioned)

Events

Items

Vehicles

Sentient Species

Humans
Inhumans
Kree (mentioned)
Asgardians (mentioned)

Organizations

S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Coulson's Team (mentioned)
HYDRA
United States Air Force
WHiH World News
Strategic Scientific Reserve (flashback)
Howling Commandos (mentioned)
Allies of World War II (mentioned)
Geek Squad (mentioned)

Mentioned

Trivia

Bobbi Morse compares Sunil Bakshi to a "classic Bond villain". Simon Kassianides, the actor portraying Sunil Bakshi, portrayed the villain Yusef Kabira in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace.
This was the only episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. with the TV-14 rating instead of the normal TV-PG until The Ghost.
On Werner Reinhardt's Strategic Scientific Reserve booking photograph, it identifies the SSR as part of the US Department of the Army. This is an anachronism for 1945, as that branch of government was known as the Department of War until 1947.
This episode reunites Dollhouse co-stars Reed Diamond and Dichen Lachman. Dollhouse was also created by Joss Whedon and both Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen wrote episodes of the show.

Videos

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 2x08 Promo "The Things We Bury" (HD)

Coulson Travels to Hawaii - Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2, Ep. 8 - Clip 1

Agent Carter Returns - Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2, Ep. 8 - Clip 2

References

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External Links

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Season One	Pilot • 0-8-4 • The Asset • Eye-Spy • Girl in the Flower Dress • FZZT • The Hub • The Well • Repairs •The Bridge • The Magical Place • Seeds • T.R.A.C.K.S. • T.A.H.I.T.I. • Yes Men • End of the Beginning • Turn, Turn, Turn • Providence • The Only Light in the Darkness • Nothing Personal • Ragtag • Beginning of the End

Season Two	Shadows • Heavy is the Head • Making Friends and Influencing People • Face My Enemy • A Hen in the Wolf House • A Fractured House • The Writing on the Wall • The Things We Bury • ...Ye Who Enter Here • What They Become • Aftershocks • Who You Really Are • One of Us • Love in the Time of HYDRA • One Door Closes • Afterlife • Melinda • The Frenemy of My Enemy • The Dirty Half Dozen • Scars • S.O.S. Part One • S.O.S. Part Two

Season Three	Laws of Nature • Purpose in the Machine • A Wanted (Inhu)man • Devils You Know • 4,722 Hours • Among Us Hide... • Chaos Theory • Many Heads, One Tale • Closure • Maveth • Bouncing Back • The Inside Man • Parting Shot • Watchdogs • Spacetime • Paradise Lost • The Team • The Singularity • Failed Experiments • Emancipation • Absolution • Ascension

Season Four	The Ghost • Meet the New Boss • Uprising • Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire • Lockup • The Good Samaritan • Deals With Our Devils • The Laws of Inferno Dynamics • Broken Promises • The Patriot • Wake Up • Hot Potato Soup • BOOM • The Man Behind the Shield • Self Control • What If... • Identity and Change • No Regrets • All the Madame's Men • Farewell, Cruel World! • The Return • World's End

Season Five	Orientation Part One • Orientation Part Two • A Life Spent • A Life Earned • Rewind • Fun & Games • Together or Not at All • The Last Day • Best Laid Plans • Past Life • All the Comforts of Home • The Real Deal • Principia • The Devil Complex • Rise and Shine • Inside Voices • The Honeymoon • All Roads Lead... • Option Two • The One Who Will Save Us All • The Force of Gravity • The End

Season Six	Missing Pieces • Window of Opportunity • Fear and Loathing on the Planet of Kitson • Code Yellow • The Other Thing • Inescapable • Toldja • Collision Course Part One • Collision Course Part Two • Leap • From the Ashes • The Sign • New Life

Season Seven	The New Deal • Know Your Onions • Alien Commies from the Future! • Out of the Past • A Trout in the Milk • Adapt or Die • The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and the D • After, Before • As I Have Always Been • Stolen • Brand New Day • The End is at Hand • What We're Fighting For

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 |first aired = November 18, 2014
 |previous =''[[The Writing on the Wall]]''
-|next = ''[[Ye Who Enter Here]]''}}
+|next = ''[[...Ye Who Enter Here]]''}}
-{{Quote|We may actually have a shot at finding the city."<br>"Are you sure it's something you want to dig up?"<br>"If we don't, [[HYDRA]] will. We need to get there first.|[[Phil Coulson]] and [[Skye]]|The Things We Bury}}
+{{Quote|[[S.H.I.E.L.D.|We]] may actually have a shot at finding the [[Kree City|city]]."<br>"Are you sure it's something you want to dig up?"<br>"If we don't, [[HYDRA]] will. We need to get there first.|[[Phil Coulson]] and [[Skye]]|The Things We Bury}}
-'''''The Things We Bury''''' is the eighth episode of the [[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D./Season Two|second season]] of the television series ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' and the thirtieth episode overall.
+'''''The Things We Bury''''' is the eighth episode of the [[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D./Season Two|second season]] of the television series ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]''.
 ==Synopsis==
-Coulson and team find themselves in an epic face-off against [[HYDRA]] to uncover an ancient secret, while [[Grant Ward|Ward]] kidnaps his brother, Senator [[Christian Ward]], for a violent trip down memory lane.
+[[Phil Coulson|Coulson]] and [[S.H.I.E.L.D.|team]] find themselves in an epic face-off against [[HYDRA]] to uncover an ancient secret, while [[Grant Ward|Ward]] kidnaps his brother, Senator [[Christian Ward]], for a violent trip down memory lane.
 ==Plot==
 [[File:Diviner Skye's Mother.png|left|250px|thumb]]
-In 1945, in his [[HYDRA Fortress]], General [[Werner Reinhardt]] and a team of scientists documented the effects of the [[Obelisk]] on the [[China|Chinese]] people who found it. One [[Skye's Mother|particular young woman]] caused the artifact to glow with [[Words of Creation|strange writing]] when she touched it. Before Reinhardt could discover what made this woman unique, an [[HYDRA Fortress Officer|officer]] told him of the demise of the [[Red Skull]] and the coming of the Allied forces.
+In [[1940s|1945]], in his [[HYDRA Fortress]], [[Werner Reinhardt]] and a team of [[HYDRA]] scientists documented the effects of the [[Obelisk]] on the inhabitants of [[Hunan]] province who found it. One [[Jiaying|particular young woman]] caused the artifact to glow with [[Words of Creation|strange writing]] when she touched it. Before Reinhardt could discover what made this woman unique, an [[HYDRA Fortress Officer|officer]] told him of the demise of the [[Red Skull]] and the coming of the Allied forces.
+[[File:Agent Carter 01.jpg|thumb|250px]]
 Reinhardt was captured and sent to the [[Rat]] for interrogation by [[Peggy Carter]]. He asked if he could make a deal, but she adamantly refused. To entice her, he told her what he knew of [[Kree|"blue angels"]] coming to [[Earth]] and that he could save humanity. Carter sentenced Reinhardt to a life sentence in the [[Strategic Scientific Reserve]] facility.
-In 1989, [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] undersecretary [[Alexander Pierce]] freed Reinhardt, officially saying that budget cuts were necessary. He had Agent [[Hauer]] take him to his old headquarters. HYDRA gathered the elders of the [[Hunan|Chinese village]] for Reinhardt to inspect; he saw the young woman, looking unaged after so many years. Reinhardt performed experiments on the woman. Taking her bodily fluids and DNA, Reinhardt used them to get a transfusion that restored his youth. Agent Hauer was told to dispose of her remains.
+In 1989, [[Alexander Pierce]] freed Reinhardt, officially saying that budget cuts were necessary. He had [[Hauer]] take him to his old headquarters. HYDRA gathered the elders of [[Hunan]] for Reinhardt to inspect; he saw the young woman, looking unaged after so many years. Reinhardt performed experiments on the woman. Taking her bodily fluids and DNA, Reinhardt used them to get a transfusion that restored his youth. Agent Hauer was told to dispose of her remains. Those remains were found by [[Calvin Zabo]], who swore vengeance.
-Those remains were found by [[Calvin Zabo|Skye's Father]], who swore vengeance.
-In the present, [[Melinda May]] is in charge of the [[Playground]] as [[Phil Coulson]] takes [[Leo Fitz]], [[Antoine Triplett]] and [[Skye]] to [[Hawaii]]. He gives each a particular mission, then has the [[Bus]] take them to [[Australia]]. At [[Laura Creek]], there is a [[Laura Creek Station|satellite relaying station]] that is easier to infiltrate than the [[Kaena Point Air Force Base]] in [[Oahu]]. The weird assignments Coulson gave earlier is to cause an EMP blackout at that base which would cause the one at Laura Creek to be used as back-up. Coulson wants their satellites hacked so he can find the city that matches the [[Words of Creation]]. However, while there, the team is ambushed by HYDRA and Triplett is fatally shot.
+In the present, [[Melinda May]] is in charge of the [[Playground]] as [[Phil Coulson]] takes [[Leo Fitz]], [[Antoine Triplett]] and [[Skye]] to [[Hawaii]]. He gives each a particular mission, then has the [[Bus]] take them to [[Australia]]. At [[Laura Creek]], there is a [[Laura Creek Station|satellite relaying station]] that is easier to infiltrate than the [[Kaena Point Air Force Base]] in [[Oahu]]. The weird assignments Coulson gave earlier is to cause an EMP blackout at that base which would cause the one at Laura Creek to be used as a back-up. Coulson wants their satellites hacked so he can find the city that matches the [[Words of Creation]]. However, while there, the team is ambushed by HYDRA and Triplett is fatally shot.
-HYDRA is there because [[Calvin Zabo|Skye's Father]] explained to [[Daniel Whitehall]] that the [[Diviner]] selected worthy people to go within a temple in a hidden city. Skye's Father sought that city, but Triplett's injury gives him an opportunity to meet Coulson personally. He is surprised that Coulson knows about the city, since Whitehall had to be told by him. The Diviner has something inside it explains The Doctor. Coulson allows The Doctor to escape in order to save Triplett.
+HYDRA is there because Zabo explained to [[Daniel Whitehall]] that the [[Diviner]] selected worthy people to go within a temple in a hidden city. Zabo sought that city, but Triplett's injury gives him an opportunity to meet Coulson personally. He is surprised that Coulson knows about the city since Whitehall had to be told by him. The Diviner has something inside it explains Zabo. Coulson allows Zabo to escape in order to save Triplett.
 [[File:City Found.png|250px|thumb]]
 [[Grant Ward]] captures [[Christian Ward|his brother]] and has him confess that he was the torturer of [[Thomas Ward|Thomas]]. Grant then kills his [[Grant Ward's Mother|mother]] and [[Grant Ward's Father|father]] and has the [[WHiH World News|news]] believe that it was a murder-suicide by [[Christian Ward]].
-When Skye's father returns to Whitehall, he meets Ward.
+When Zabo returns to Whitehall, he meets Ward.
 In the Playground, May opens Vault B so that the others can research the past of [[Daniel Whitehall]]. They discover his past identity as [[Werner Reinhardt]] but not the secret of his youth. When this information is told to [[Sunil Bakshi]] during his interrogation by [[Bobbi Morse]], he takes a [[Cyanide Pills|cyanide pill]] to commit suicide, but he is saved.
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 '''Guest Stars:'''
 *[[Kyle MacLachlan]] as [[Calvin Zabo]]
-*[[B.J. Britt]] as [[Antoine Triplett]]
+*[[B.J. Britt]] as Agent [[Antoine Triplett]]
-*[[Henry Simmons]] as [[Alphonso Mackenzie]]
+*[[Henry Simmons]] as Agent [[Alphonso Mackenzie]]
-*[[Adrianne Palicki]] as [[Bobbi Morse]]
+*[[Adrianne Palicki]] as Agent [[Bobbi Morse]]
 *[[Simon Kassianides]] as [[Sunil Bakshi]]
-*[[Hayley Atwell]] as [[Peggy Carter]]
+*[[Hayley Atwell]] as Agent [[Peggy Carter]]
-*[[Reed Diamond]] as [[Daniel Whitehall|Daniel Whitehall/Werner Reinhardt]]
+*[[Reed Diamond]] as [[Daniel Whitehall|Werner Reinhardt/Daniel Whitehall]]
 *[[Tim DeKay]] as Senator [[Christian Ward]]
 *[[Dichen Lachman]] as [[Jiaying]]
 *[[Lou Ferrigno Jr.]] as Agent [[Hauer]]
-*[[Al Coronel]] as Agent [[Rivera (S.H.I.E.L.D.)|Rivera]]
+*[[Al Coronel]] as Agent [[Rivera]]
-*[[Eijiro Ozaki]] as [[HYDRA Prisoner]]
 *[[Ian Gregory]] as General [[Cole]]
 *[[Shannon Mosley]] as [[Darren]]
+*[[Eijiro Ozaki]] as [[HYDRA Prisoner]]
 *[[Alexander Leeb]] as [[HYDRA Scientist]]
-*[[Willem van der Vegt]] as [[HYDRA Fortress Officer|HYDRA Officer]]
+*[[Willem van der Vegt]] as [[HYDRA Fortress Officer]]
 ==Appearances==
 ===Locations===
+*[[HYDRA Warehouse]]
 *[[Playground]]
+*[[Massachusetts]]
 *[[Oahu]], [[Hawaii]]
 **[[Kaena Point Air Force Base]]
 *[[Laura Creek]], [[Australia]]
 **[[Laura Creek Station]]
-*[[HYDRA Warehouse]]
-*[[Massachusetts]]
 *[[Austria]] <small>(flashback)</small>
 **[[HYDRA Fortress]] <small>(flashback)</small>
 *[[Rat]] <small>(flashback)</small>
-*[[Afterlife]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
+*[[Kree City]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 *[[London]], [[England]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
-*[[Arnsberg]], [[Germany]] <small>(written mention)</small>
+*[[Afterlife]], [[Nepal]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
+*[[Arnsberg]], [[Germany]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 ===Events===
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 **[[Infiltration into Laura Creek Station]]
 *[[Assassination of Christian Ward]]
+*[[Attack on HYDRA Research Facility Number 4]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 ===Items===
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 *[[Bobbi Morse's Battle Staves]]
 *[[Cyanide Pills]]
+*[[Bulletproof Vest]]
 *[[S.H.I.E.L.D. ID Cards]]
 *[[Tesseract]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
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 *[[Humans]]
 *[[Inhumans]]
+*[[Kree]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 *[[Asgardians]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
-*[[Kree|Blue Angels]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 ===Organizations===
 *[[S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
+**[[Coulson's Team]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 *[[HYDRA]]
 *[[United States Air Force]]
-*[[Strategic Scientific Reserve]]
 *[[WHiH World News]]
+*[[Strategic Scientific Reserve]] <small>(flashback)</small>
 *[[Howling Commandos]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
+*{{WPS|Allies of World War II}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
 *{{WPS|Geek Squad}} <small>(mentioned)</small>
 ===Mentioned===
 *[[0-8-4 (Code)|0-8-4]]
-*[[Operation Paperclip]] <small>(indirectly mentioned)</small>
+*[[Operation Paperclip]]
 *[[Faustus]]
 *[[Red Skull]]
 *[[Nick Fury]]
-*[[Thomas Ward]]
+*[[Cam]]
+*[[Anna Ward]]
 *[[Grant Ward's Mother]]
 *[[Grant Ward's Father]]
-*[[Anna Ward]]
+*[[Thomas Ward]]
 *[[Audrey Nathan]]
 *[[Alexander Pierce]]
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 *{{WPS|Project MKUltra}}
 *''{{WPS|O Captain! My Captain!}}''
+==Trivia==
+*[[Bobbi Morse]] compares [[Sunil Bakshi]] to a "classic Bond villain". [[Simon Kassianides]], the actor portraying Sunil Bakshi, portrayed the villain Yusef Kabira in the {{WPS|James Bond}} film ''{{WPS|Quantum of Solace}}''.
+*This was the only episode of ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' with the TV-14 rating instead of the normal TV-PG until [[The Ghost]].
+*On [[Werner Reinhardt]]'s [[Strategic Scientific Reserve]] booking photograph, it identifies the [[SSR]] as part of the US Department of the Army. This is an anachronism for 1945, as that branch of government was known as the Department of War until 1947.
+*This episode reunites ''{{WPS|Dollhouse}}'' co-stars [[Reed Diamond]] and [[Dichen Lachman]]. ''Dollhouse'' was also created by [[Joss Whedon]] and both [[Jed Whedon]] and [[Maurissa Tancharoen]] wrote episodes of the show.
 ==Videos==
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 Agent Carter Returns - Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2, Ep. 8 - Clip 2
 </gallery>
-==Trivia==
-*[[Bobbi Morse]] compares [[Sunil Bakshi]] to a "classic Bond villain". [[Simon Kassianides]], the actor portraying Sunil Bakshi, portrayed the villain Yusef Kabira in the James Bond film ''{{WPS|Quantum of Solace}}''.
-*This was the only episode of ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' with the TV-14 rating instead of the normal TV-PG.
-*On [[Werner Reinhardt]]'s [[Strategic Scientific Reserve]] booking photograph, it identifies the SSR as part of the US Department of the Army. This is an anachronism for 1945, as that branch of government was known as the Department of War until 1947.
 ==References==
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+*{{Disney+
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