"Emancipation" is the twentieth episode of the third season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division), revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they attempt to defeat Hive while dealing with the Sokovia Accords. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. The episode was written by Craig Titley, and directed by Vincent Misiano. Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series, and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell. The episode serves as a tie-in to the film Captain America: Civil War, taking place in the aftermath of that film and showing how the Accords it introduced to the MCU affect the series' characters. "Emancipation" originally aired on ABC on May 10, 2016, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 2.93 million viewers. Plot Hive and James capture several Watchdogs to serve as test subjects for Radcliffe's next experiment, for which he has devised an airborne pathogen created by combining the GH325 in Daisy's blood, Terrigen, and Hive's parasites. However they become super-strong, deformed creatures incapable of speech or independent thought, completely subservient to Hive, who wants a disgusted Radcliffe to make more 'Primitives'. Following the signing of the Sokovia Accords, Talbot visits the Playground to discuss the Sokovia Accords, wanting to register the Inhumans, to which Coulson is strongly opposed. Elena also returns, wanting to help rescue Daisy, and she tries to help a dispirited Mack as he recovers from the injuries Daisy inflicted, encouraging him to regain his faith. Daisy hacks into the Playground mainframe to talk to a still-quarantined Lincoln, who asks her to run away with him, abandoning both Hive and S.H.I.E.L.D. She agrees while secretly planning to hand him over to Hive, and helps him break out of his cell, steal a quinjet and escape the Playground, sending him her co-ordinates. However this was part of a plan devised earlier by Lincoln, Coulson and May, who send Lash instead, hoping he may be able to kill Hive. Lash proves a formidable opponent to Hive, neutralizing his parasites when he attempts to enthrall him, and slaughtering the Primitives. He then uses his powers to draw