The crew's collective grief and refusal to give up on Simmons marks the moment they stop being just "assets" and start becoming a family. H.I.E.L.D. missions?
This episode contains one of the first times Coulson directly addresses his own "death" in New York, showing his scar and admitting he feels "different". [S1E6] F.Z.Z.T.
S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters orders Coulson to "dump the cargo" (Simmons) to save the team. Coulson refuses, but Simmons, unwilling to let her friends die, knocks Fitz unconscious and leaps out of the plane mid-flight. The crew's collective grief and refusal to give