Agents of SHIELD S2: Fitz holds onto Simmons' relationship 'quite strongly,' says Iain De Caestecker 

\'Agents of SHIELD\' Season 2: Fitz holds onto Simmons\' relationship \'quite strongly,\' says Iain De Caestecker

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"Marvel\'s Agents of SHIELD" dropped a bit of a bomb at the end of the Season 2 premiere when it was revealed Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) had left SHIELD during the hiatus between seasons, and that brain damaged Leo Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) had been hallucinating her throughout the entire episode. Considering in many ways FitzSimmons had become the heart of the show in Season 1, the struggle Fitz is going through without his female counterpart was a dark turn for the series.

There\'s no word yet on when Simmons\' current whereabouts will be revealed or when she\'ll be reintroduced into the series, so for the time being the only version of Henstridge\'s character fans will see is the one in Fitz\'s head. It\'s a development that showrunners Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon say is true to people who suffer brain damage like Fitz did, and one that De Caestecker says he\'s enjoying exploring.

"It\'s something cool to play with," he tells Zap2it, adding that "the writers did a lot of research before, and then I started doing some" during the season.

Don\'t expect a quick fix for Fitz in Season 2. De Caestecker says that the only thing to help Fitz get better is "time, really" as he seeks to heal mentally and emotionally after his near-death experience at the end of Season 1.

"Like with a lot of things, that\'s one of the biggest healers: Time," he explains. "[Fitz] and Simmons no matter what are always going to have a strong relationship, so that\'s something which I think he holds onto quite strongly."

Henstridge told Zap2it that both Fitz and Simmons have to "find out who they are as individuals" in Season 2, which De Caestecker notes isn\'t something that Fitz is especially happy about. 

"I think this has been pushed upon him a little bit," he says. "I think in his head he would rather things go back to the way things were before he found out that Ward, or HYDRA, was the thing that really changed everything. The idea of going back to that for him is a good thing. He\'s not looking too hard at the future right now. I think he\'s just taking it day-by-day."

As for what comes next, De Caestecker thinks that Coulson\'s group being a support system is one of the best elements that will help Fitz recover. "Those kinds of things have a long recovery process," he says of Fitz\'s trauma. "The whole group is a really solid group. Even though it seems with the new season they\'re kind of dispersed in different areas, there\'s still a very strong group. That\'s the main thing that\'s helping him through, that support."

"Marvel\'s Agents of SHIELD" airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.

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