Ahhh...that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the tip. I wasn't expecting more Raina or Quinn after that scene anyways and it was a little surprising to see both actors back for just one scene.
One of the two stingers that they actually used instead to end S1 set up the Cal/ Mr. Hyde/ Daisy's dad character for season 2. We saw Raina approach Cal (in shadows before Kyle MacLachlan was cast) and tell him that she had found his daughter. The other one set up Coulson and his obsession with the alien writing.
This is just totally my head canon of course, but recall that Raina had a real talent at reading people. Look how easily she played poor "Scorch" for a fool by knowing exactly what he wanted to hear before he even knew he wanted to hear it. She knew how to read, play, and manipulate people like a maestro. So, my theory is that Raina could tell by the Gravitonium's "body language" that there was a consciousness in there that grew agitated whenever Ian Quinn was nearby.
I've been thinking for years that Shield was safe until ABC had something to replace it with.
That's the bloke who was the closest thing season 1 had to a recurring villain. He was the tech savvy billionaire behind or at least involved in pretty much every nefarious scheme the team encountered. Later revealed to be taking orders from "The Clairvoyant", so basically an unknowing pawn of Hydra. He also shot Daisy in the gut.
There just aren't words for how dramatically unsatisfying that would be on so many levels. It would be better to drop the plotline entirely.
