The finale, "The End," forces the team to choose. They have the technology to save Coulson using a serum that was meant to seal the Gravitonium. But using it on Coulson means Daisy cannot use it to stop the villain. In a quiet, devastating scene, Coulson steals the serum, injects himself into the Gravitonium to stop the villain Talbot, and dies on a alien planet with May holding his hand. It is a heroic death that the MCU films never allowed him to have.

. They discover that Earth has been destroyed by a cataclysmic event and humanity is enslaved by the Kree. Led by the ruthless