This article is about theAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode. For the animated series, seeWhat If...?.
"What If..."Season 4 Number 16 
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"What If..." is the sixteenth episode of the fourth season of theABC/Marvel seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.and the eighty-second episode overall.
Synopsis[]
Daisy and Simmons uncover secrets and lies in a world gone mad. With HYDRA in control, they are our only hope to save everyone.
Plot[]
In the Framework,Johnson discovers that she andWard are agents ofHYDRA, working underMay andFitz. The tragic event from May's past has no longer happened; in the real world she killed a youngInhuman girl, but in the Framework she brought the girl back to America as a refugee, who then became a mass murderer and the catalyst for HYDRA to take power.Simmons awakens in a mass grave ofS.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and eventually comes acrossCoulson who is teaching a HYDRA-approved curriculum that warns against the dangers of Inhumans. Simmons is unable to convince Coulson that he is inside a virtual simulation, and he calls HYDRA. Johnson races to find Simmons before the rest of HYDRA, and is followed by Ward, who reveals himself to be a mole inside HYDRA for the Resistance. Johnson and Simmons try to exit the Framework using a safeguard the latter created, but it has been blocked by AIDA, who has entered the Framework as the Director of HYDRA and Fitz's lover. Johnson then goes to Coulson, and he remembers her name.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Clark Gregg asPhil Coulson
- Ming-Na Wen asMelinda May
- Chloe Bennet asDaisy Johnson/Quake
- Iain De Caestecker asLeo Fitz
- Elizabeth Henstridge asJemma Simmons
- Henry Simmons asAlphonso Mackenzie
- John Hannah asHolden Radcliffe
Guest Starring[]
- Brett Dalton asGrant Ward
- Mallory Jansen as AIDA/Madame Hydra
- Manish Dayal as Vijay Nadeer
- Brandon Morales as Agent Pinsky
- Taj Speights as Burnell
- Chad T. Wood as Agent Slate
- Jade Harlow as Julia Price
- Jim Hanna as Guy
- Heather Olt as Woman
- Jason Medwin as HYDRA Guard
- Richard Pierre-Louis as HYDRA Agent
- Andrew McGinnis as HYDRA Agent #1
- Skyler James as Chris Adler
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References[]
http://marvelcinematicuniverse.wikia.com/wiki/What_If...
