New York, 1931, and the clock is literally ticking. With the team about to be forcibly pulled back to their own time, the mission comes down to one question: does Freddy Malick live or die? The vials he is carrying already bear the Hydra logo, and his survival is the linchpin that leads to both Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. Daisy pushes Deke to take the shot and end it, a baby-Hitler gamble that he ultimately cannot pull the trigger on, preserving the timeline in the process. Amid a Chronicom firefight, Freddy slips away, shoots Ernest Koenig, and walks off into villainy with a faceless figure in a waiting car. The agents make their exit, all except Enoch, who misses the window by seconds and takes the long road home, hired on as a bartender to wait out the century. The timeline holds, Hydra is born, S.H.I.E.L.D. follows, and the stage is set for the da ...