The way Season 2 ended, with Simmons getting swallowed up by the Monolith had me counting the days of summer until the return of MAoS. Season 3 couldn't get here fast enough as I really didn't know what the Monolith was and what exactly happened to Simmons. Was she stuck inside a rock? Was she killed off? Who the f*ck knew. We don't learn her fate until the final scene of Episode 1 when we discover that the Monolith is a black hole teleportation device and see her on another planet. Season 3 picks up 6 months later from the season finale and in that time, Fitz never gave up and has been searching for answers to what that rock is and how to save her. Really loved the scene where he has a meltdown at realizing that she is long gone and takes out his anger on the Monolith. Very powerful moment.

That brings us to tonight's episode and it was f*cking awesome. The whole rescue with Fitz diving head first into the Monolith, traveling to another planet and finding Simmons just as the black hole was closing and disintegrating into dust was epic. I was totally on the edge of my seat thinking Fitz was going to let go of her hand. When it was revealed that he had in fact brought her back, I don't think I've ever been that happy for two characters on this show as I was tonight. Now she better show her gratitude and hook up with Fitz. He's earned it! Out of all the characters that come and go and all the superheroes and whatnot that populate SHIELD, I never would have thought that it was two scientists with no powers of any kind that would prove to be the most compelling of the series.