Phil Coulson approaches Glenn Talbot, who has been ignoring his efforts to contact him, to prepare for an international symposium in Taiwan, to discuss how to deal with the Inhumans.
This causes an argument between Lincoln, who supports the idea of the vaccine, and Daisy Johnson, who believes Terrigenesis is the birthright of all Inhumans, good or evil.
May rescues George, to Talbot's relief, while other agents retrieve Fesi from Australian custody, and Hunter and Morse are sent to pursue Malick.
The ancient Inhuman ensures that Giyera and Lucio are loyal to him, and sends them to abduct five humans, whom he kills gruesomely, absorbing their life force to restore Grant Ward's body to full strength.
In February 2016, Marvel announced that the twelfth episode of the season would be titled "The Inside Man", to be written by executive producer Craig Titley, with John Terlesky directing.
[1] In February 2016, Marvel revealed that main cast members Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, Nick Blood, Adrianne Palicki, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell would star as Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Hive, Daisy Johnson, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, Lance Hunter, Bobbi Morse, Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, and Lincoln Campbell, respectively.
[1] It was also revealed that the episode's guest cast would include Powers Boothe as Gideon Malick, Mark Dacascos as Giyera, Adrian Pasdar as Brigadier General Glenn Talbot, Raquel Gardner as Carla Talbot, Brian Patrick Wade as Carl Creel, Ravil Isyanov as Anton Petrov, Melissa Bickerton as Ellen King, Bayo Akinfemi as Nathi Zuma, Alexandra Chun as Xiao Chen, Tohoru Masamune as Haruto Yakimura and Gabriel Salvador as Lucio.