EPISODE

5. 4,722 Hours

Jemma tells Fitz how she survived on the alien planet for six and a half months... and who helped her.

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Simmons agrees to tell Fitz of her six months on the planet. After being dragged through the portal, she found herself on an apparently sun-less, deserted planet, where she came across a pool of water and an alien life form inhabiting it, allowing her to sustain herself until she met stranded astronaut Will Daniels. Daniels had traveled through the portal with a team of scientists in 2001, when the monolith was in NASA's possession, but, over time, they had been driven mad by the planet and an evil entity upon it, each eventually dying.

Simmons realized that the opening of the portal could be predicted by studying the stars and alignment of the planet's moons and, over months, they were able to anticipate the next opening of the portal. When they missed it, Simmons lost hope, but found solace with Daniels and fell in love with him. When they saw Fitz's flare, Simmons was able to make it to him while Daniels distracted the entity. Now, Simmons wants to reopen the portal so they can return to save Daniels, something with which Fitz agrees to help.

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