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Wake Up

First Aired

January 24, 2017

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"Congratulations. You got further this time than your previous attempts at this course."
"What is this?"
"We call it the Framework. Your journey to escape Dr. Radcliffe's lab, our fight, all of this... it's a simulation."

―Aida and Melinda May^[src]

Wake Up is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the third episode of the LMD pod.

Synopsis

May races to find the truth about what happened to her, while Aida's next move could mean the death of them all.

Plot

A flashback shows what happened when Melinda May went to the Radcliffe Residence to enlist Aida's help in order to fight Eli Morrow after discussing with Holden Radcliffe about Aida and the Darkhold. Aida, who had been warned by Radcliffe about May's impending visit, knocked May out and replaced her with a Life-Model Decoy uploaded with May's memories. The real Melinda May was placed in a looped simulation where she believed to be in a spa: as soon as she tried to leave the spa, the simulation resumed, which eventually made her dubious about where she was and finally woke her up. However, her escape attempt was stopped by Aida and Radcliffe who designed a new simulation for her. Afterward, Aida and Radcliffe discuss May's fate and Radcliffe tells Aida that he does not intend to kill May as long as it is not an absolute necessity and also evokes a second LMD which is now active.

Wake Up 12 — Melinda May tries to escape in a simulation

In the new simulation, May believes that she wakes up once again and manages to get free of her bonds. She is found by Aida who chases her through the Radcliffe Residence. Eventually, May discovers that she is still in a simulation where she has something to fight, which corresponds better to May's nature. Aida informs May that she goes further and further in this Framework simulation despite her memory being erased after Aida catches her.

At the Playground, S.H.I.E.L.D. decides to have Daisy Johnson sign the Sokovia Accords at the Capitol while Elena Rodriguez infiltrates Senator Ellen Nadeer's office, an operation to which Glenn Talbot reluctantly agrees, stating that if Nadeer discovers their operation, she might endanger S.H.I.E.L.D. welfare. In the meantime, Alphonso Mackenzie receives a text message and informs Rodriguez that he cannot join the mission and that he has something else to do while Leo Fitz still struggles to find answers regarding Aida's former rebellion and discusses with May's LMD about the influence that the Darkhold could have had on Aida.

JMaceDJohnson-AccordsSigning — Daisy Johnson prepares to sign the Sokovia Accords

Jeffrey Mace, Talbot and Johnson go to the public hearing prior to the signing of the Sokovia Accords in the presence of Nadeer while Phil Coulson and Rodriguez tries to infiltrate the Senator's office. Jemma Simmons and May's LMD also take part in the mission, ensuring communications and guiding their colleagues. During the mission, Rodriguez asks Coulson whether he knows why Mackenzie requested some personal time, but Coulson advises her to ask him directly. Nadeer confronts Johnson about her Inhuman nature and her illegal activities while she was fighting the Watchdogs as the vigilante nicknamed Quake. She then reveals that she is aware that her office is currently being broken into. Indeed, Coulson and Rodriguez were spotted and arrested, which leads to S.H.I.E.L.D. being put under public investigation. This makes Coulson and the others think that there is a mole within S.H.I.E.L.D.

May's LMD and Simmons discuss the leak and Simmons confronts Fitz about his work on Aida's first version's severed head that he kept and secretly worked on. Indeed, Simmons thinks that the footage from the head's eye camera could have provided Nadeer with the intel. However, Fitz denies the idea, saying that he did not attend the meeting where the operation was decided and also refuses to admit that his work is an obsession. Instead, Fitz informs the other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that he investigated the real cause of Aida's rebellion and finally found it: Holden Radcliffe himself. S.H.I.E.L.D. assembles a team which goes to the Radcliffe Residence, where May's LMD had gone first in order to confront Radcliffe about her nature before realizing that she cannot go against Radcliffe's secret programming; therefore she cannot attack Radcliffe or even disclose her true identity to the other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

WU Radcliffe Arrest — Simmons, Fitz and Coulson arrest Holden Radcliffe

The S.H.I.E.L.D. team finally breaks in the Radcliffe Residence and arrest Radcliffe, who is locked in a Containment Chamber at the Playground. Mackenzie finally returns from his personal time and tells Rodriguez the real reason of his absence: he went to see his ex-girlfriend Nicole to support her since the day after is the birthday of the daughter they had together eleven years ago and who died four days after being born. Fitz later visits Radcliffe and confronts him about lying to everyone. However, Fitz figures out that the person he is speaking to is not human: it is an LMD as well. Therefore, Fitz shoots the android in the head, revealing its true nature. The real Radcliffe watches the whole scene through the LMD's eye camera while striking an alliance with Nadeer and the Watchdogs. In order to prevent May from escaping the simulation, Radcliffe also had her living a rewritten life: he modified her memories of the Rescue in Bahrain and implanted in her mind a new version of the story where she saved Katya Belyakov instead of killing her, wiping May's greatest regret.

Cast

Main Cast:

Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
Ming-Na Wen as Melinda May / Melinda May LMD
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 / Holden Radcliffe LMD

Guest Stars:

Adrian Pasdar as Brigadier General Glenn Talbot
Parminder Nagra as Senator Ellen Nadeer
Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Agent Yo-Yo Rodriguez
Mallory Jansen as Aida
Jason O'Mara as Director Jeffrey Mace
Chuck McCollum as Senator Gene Williams
Sally Shamrell as Senator Maria Nunez
Ava Acres as Katya Belyakov (Framework)
Jonathan Stanley as Attendant
Mikel Miller as Capitol Police Lt.
Derek Phillips as Agent O'Brien (Framework; archive footage, uncredited)
Terrell Tilford as Agent Hart (Framework; archive footage, uncredited)
Winter Ave Zoli as Eva Belyakov (Framework; archive footage, uncredited)
Blair Underwood as Andrew Garner (Framework; archive footage, uncredited)
Unknown Actress as Senator Jessica Oppenheim (uncredited)

Appearances

Locations

Events

Infiltration into Ellen Nadeer's Office
Arrest of Holden Radcliffe
Rescue in Bahrain (Framework)
Replacement of Melinda May (flashback)
Rescue from the Interdimensional Void (mentioned)
Symposium on Alien Contagion (mentioned)
Rescue in Bahrain (mentioned)

Items

Vehicles

Watchdogs Submarine
Zephyr One (flashback)

Sentient Species

Organizations

Mentioned

Videos

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 4x11 Promo (HD)

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 4x11 Sneak Peek (HD)

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 4x11 Sneak Peek 2 (HD)

References

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External Links

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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

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 |title = Wake Up
 |season = [[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D./Season Four|4]]
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 |previous = ''[[The Patriot]]''
 |next = ''[[Hot Potato Soup]]''}}
+{{Quote|Congratulations. You got further this time than your previous attempts at this course."<br>"What is this?"<br>"We call it the [[Framework]]. Your journey to escape Dr. [[Holden Radcliffe|Radcliffe]]'s lab, our fight, all of this... it's a simulation.|[[Aida]] and [[Melinda May]]|Wake Up}}
-{{Quote|Perhaps you are going to be a problem after all.|[[Aida]] to [[Melinda May]]|Wake Up}}
-'''''Wake Up''''' is the eleventh episode of the [[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D./Season Four|fourth season]] of the television series ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' and the seventy-seventh episode overall.
+'''''Wake Up''''' is the eleventh episode of the [[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D./Season Four|fourth season]] of the television series ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' and the third episode of the ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: LMD|LMD]]'' pod.
 ==Synopsis==
-[[Melinda May|May]] races to find the truth about what happened to her, while [[Aida]]’s next move could mean the death of them all.
+[[Melinda May|May]] races to find the truth about what happened to her, while [[Aida]]'s next move could mean the death of them all.
 ==Plot==
+A flashback shows what happened when [[Melinda May]] went to the [[Radcliffe Residence]] to enlist [[Aida]]'s help in order to fight [[Eli Morrow]] after discussing with [[Holden Radcliffe]] about Aida and the [[Darkhold]]. Aida, who had been warned by Radcliffe about May's impending visit, knocked May out and replaced her with a [[Melinda May (Life-Model Decoy)|Life-Model Decoy]] uploaded with May's memories. The real Melinda May was placed in a looped simulation where she believed to be in a spa: as soon as she tried to leave the spa, the simulation resumed, which eventually made her dubious about where she was and finally woke her up. However, her escape attempt was stopped by Aida and Radcliffe who designed a new simulation for her. Afterward, Aida and Radcliffe discuss May's fate and Radcliffe tells Aida that he does not intend to kill May as long as it is not an absolute necessity and also evokes a second [[Life-Model Decoy|LMD]] which is now active.
-''To be added''
+[[File:Wake_Up_12.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Melinda May]] tries to escape in a simulation]]
+In the new simulation, May believes that she wakes up once again and manages to get free of her bonds. She is found by Aida who chases her through the Radcliffe Residence. Eventually, May discovers that she is still in a simulation where she has something to fight, which corresponds better to May's nature. Aida informs May that she goes further and further in this [[Framework]] simulation despite her memory being erased after Aida catches her.
+At the [[Playground]], [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] decides to have [[Daisy Johnson]] sign the [[Sokovia Accords]] at the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] while [[Elena Rodriguez]] infiltrates Senator [[Ellen Nadeer]]'s office, an operation to which [[Glenn Talbot]] reluctantly agrees, stating that if Nadeer discovers their operation, she might endanger S.H.I.E.L.D. welfare. In the meantime, [[Alphonso Mackenzie]] receives a text message and informs Rodriguez that he cannot join the mission and that he has something else to do while [[Leo Fitz]] still struggles to find answers regarding Aida's former rebellion and discusses with May's LMD about the influence that the Darkhold could have had on Aida.
+[[File:JMaceDJohnson-AccordsSigning.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Daisy Johnson]] prepares to sign the [[Sokovia Accords]]]]
+[[Jeffrey Mace]], Talbot and Johnson go to the public hearing prior to the signing of the Sokovia Accords in the presence of Nadeer while [[Phil Coulson]] and Rodriguez tries to infiltrate the Senator's office. [[Jemma Simmons]] and May's LMD also take part in the mission, ensuring communications and guiding their colleagues. During the mission, Rodriguez asks Coulson whether he knows why Mackenzie requested some personal time, but Coulson advises her to ask him directly. Nadeer confronts Johnson about her [[Inhumans|Inhuman]] nature and her illegal activities while she was fighting the [[Watchdogs]] as the vigilante nicknamed Quake. She then reveals that she is aware that her office is currently being broken into. Indeed, Coulson and Rodriguez were spotted and arrested, which leads to S.H.I.E.L.D. being put under public investigation. This makes Coulson and the others think that there is a mole within S.H.I.E.L.D.
+May's LMD and Simmons discuss the leak and Simmons confronts Fitz about his work on Aida's first version's severed head that he kept and secretly worked on. Indeed, Simmons thinks that the footage from the head's eye camera could have provided Nadeer with the intel. However, Fitz denies the idea, saying that he did not attend the meeting where the operation was decided and also refuses to admit that his work is an obsession. Instead, Fitz informs the other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that he investigated the real cause of Aida's rebellion and finally found it: Holden Radcliffe himself. S.H.I.E.L.D. assembles a team which goes to the Radcliffe Residence, where May's LMD had gone first in order to confront Radcliffe about her nature before realizing that she cannot go against Radcliffe's secret programming; therefore she cannot attack Radcliffe or even disclose her true identity to the other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
+[[File:WU_Radcliffe_Arrest.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Jemma Simmons|Simmons]], [[Leo Fitz|Fitz]] and [[Phil Coulson|Coulson]] arrest [[Holden Radcliffe]]]]
+The S.H.I.E.L.D. team finally breaks in the Radcliffe Residence and arrest Radcliffe, who is locked in a [[Containment Module|Containment Chamber]] at the Playground. Mackenzie finally returns from his personal time and tells Rodriguez the real reason of his absence: he went to see his ex-girlfriend Nicole to support her since the day after is the birthday of the daughter they had together eleven years ago and who died four days after being born. Fitz later visits Radcliffe and confronts him about lying to everyone. However, Fitz figures out that the person he is speaking to is not [[Humans|human]]: it is an LMD as well. Therefore, Fitz shoots the android in the head, revealing its true nature. The real Radcliffe watches the whole scene through the LMD's eye camera while striking an alliance with Nadeer and the Watchdogs. In order to prevent May from escaping the simulation, Radcliffe also had her living a rewritten life: he modified her memories of the [[Rescue in Bahrain]] and implanted in her mind a new version of the story where she saved [[Katya Belyakov]] instead of killing her, wiping May's greatest regret.
 ==Cast==
 '''Main Cast:'''
 *[[Clark Gregg]] as [[Phil Coulson]]
-*[[Ming-Na Wen]] as [[Melinda May]]/[[Melinda May (Life-Model Decoy)]]
+*[[Ming-Na Wen]] as [[Melinda May]] / [[Melinda May (Life-Model Decoy)|Melinda May LMD]]
 *[[Chloe Bennet]] as [[Quake|Daisy Johnson/Quake]]
 *[[Iain De Caestecker]] as [[Leo Fitz]]
 *[[Elizabeth Henstridge]] as [[Jemma Simmons]]
 *[[Henry Simmons]] as [[Alphonso Mackenzie]]
-*[[John Hannah]] as [[Holden Radcliffe]]/[[Holden Radcliffe (Life-Model Decoy)]]
+*[[John Hannah]] as [[Holden Radcliffe]] / [[Holden Radcliffe (Life-Model Decoy)|Holden Radcliffe LMD]]
 '''Guest Stars:'''
-*[[Natalia Cordova-Buckley]] as [[Yo-Yo Rodriguez]]
-*[[Jason O'Mara]] as Director [[Jeffrey Mace]]
-*[[Mallory Jansen]] as [[Aida]]
 *[[Adrian Pasdar]] as Brigadier General [[Glenn Talbot]]
 *[[Parminder Nagra]] as Senator [[Ellen Nadeer]]
-*[[Chuck McCollum]] as Chairman [[Gene Williams]]
+*[[Natalia Cordova-Buckley]] as Agent [[Yo-Yo Rodriguez]]
+*[[Mallory Jansen]] as [[Aida]]
+*[[Jason O'Mara]] as Director [[Jeffrey Mace]]
+*[[Chuck McCollum]] as Senator [[Gene Williams]]
 *[[Sally Shamrell]] as Senator [[Maria Nunez]]
+*[[Ava Acres]] as [[Katya Belyakov/Framework|Katya Belyakov]] <small>([[Framework]])</small>
-*Unknown Actress as Senator [[Jessica Oppenheim]]
+*[[Jonathan Stanley]] as [[List of Minor Characters#Wake Up|Attendant]]
 *[[Mikel Miller]] as Capitol Police Lt.
+*[[Derek Phillips]] as Agent [[O'Brien/Framework|O'Brien]] <small>([[Framework]]; archive footage, uncredited)</small>
-*[[Ava Acres]] as [[Katya Belyakov]]
+*[[Terrell Tilford]] as Agent [[Hart/Framework|Hart]] <small>([[Framework]]; archive footage, uncredited)</small>
-*[[Jonathan Stanley]] as [[Attendant]]
-*[[Derek Phillips]] as Agent [[O'Brien]] <small>(stock footage)</small>
+*[[Winter Ave Zoli]] as [[Eva Belyakov/Framework|Eva Belyakov]] <small>([[Framework]]; archive footage, uncredited)</small>
-*[[Terrell Tilford]] as Agent [[Hart]] <small>(stock footage)</small>
+*[[Blair Underwood]] as [[Andrew Garner/Framework|Andrew Garner]] <small>([[Framework]]; archive footage, uncredited)</small>
-*[[Winter Ave Zoli]] as [[Eva Belyakov]] <small>(stock footage)</small>
+*Unknown Actress as Senator [[Jessica Oppenheim]] <small>(uncredited)</small>
-*[[Blair Underwood]] as [[Andrew Garner]] <small>(stock audio)</small>
 ==Appearances==
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 *[[Washington, D.C.]]
 **[[Radcliffe Residence]]
+**[[United States Capitol]]
+**[[Washington Monument]]
+*[[Ivanov Oil Platform]]
 *[[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
-*[[Bahrain]] <small>(mentioned, holographic memory)</small>
+*[[Bahrain]] <small>([[Framework]])</small>
 ===Events===
+*[[Infiltration into Ellen Nadeer's Office]]
+*[[Arrest of Holden Radcliffe]]
+*[[Rescue in Bahrain (Framework)|Rescue in Bahrain]] <small>([[Framework]])</small>
 *[[Replacement of Melinda May]] <small>(flashback)</small>
-*[[Escape from Hell]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
+*[[Rescue from the Interdimensional Void]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 *[[Symposium on Alien Contagion]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
-*[[Rescue in Bahrain]] <small>(altered holographic memory)</small>
+*[[Rescue in Bahrain]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 ===Items===
 *[[Phil Coulson's Prosthetic Hand]]
 *[[Framework]]
+*[[Backscatter X-Ray Eye Implant]]
+*[[Asset Communication Device]]
+*[[Darkhold]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
+*[[Sokovia Accords]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 ===Vehicles===
+*[[Watchdogs Submarine]]
 *[[Zephyr One]] <small>(flashback)</small>
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 ===Organizations===
 *[[S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
+*[[United States Air Force]]
 *[[United States Congress]]
+*[[Watchdogs]]
-*[[United States Armed Forces|United States Air Force]]
+*[[United States Capitol Police]]
+*[[S.H.I.E.L.D. (Framework)|S.H.I.E.L.D.]] <small>([[Framework]])</small>
+*[[United Nations]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
 ===Mentioned===
-*[[Sokovia Accords]]
 *[[Sunset Protocol]]
 *[[Nathanson]]
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 *[[George Talbot]]
 *[[Deathlok]]
-*[[Nicole]]
+*[[Nicole (Mack)|Nicole]]
 *[[Hope Mackenzie]]
 *[[Hive]]
-*[[Superior|The Superior]]
+*[[Superior]]
 *''{{WPS|The Odd Couple}}''
-==Trivia==
 ==Videos==
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