It feels like Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been gone forever – since November! – but happily for us it’s back tonight, and the team’s search for Coulson is on. For better or worse, they’re not alone in their search, since tonight they’re joined by Agent Hand (Victoria Burrows), whom we already know is very much a company woman.

Here’s a clip:

Clip: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Episode 11

Executive Producer Jeffrey Bell told Marvel.com that the midseason finale last month was when all the pieces from the prior episodes started coming together, and the rest of the season will continue to ramp it up:

For us, this is right in the pocket of all the stuff we’d set up… There’s Mike from the pilot, and the eye from [episode] four, and Centipede stuff from [episode] five, and Coulson’s journey and what’s going on with Skye. We’re taking all these pieces that we’d been setting up in more standalone fashion and we’re showing the audience these are all actually connected. Hopefully we’re gaining momentum and in the back half of the season we can really drive towards bringing all this together in a really exciting fashion.

So when are we going to find out how Coulson survived the attack in New York? And are viewers going to learn some things before Coulson even does? Clark Gregg told HitFix that “I think that’s been the case a little bit so far and I think everybody’s gonna be on the same page” after tonight’s new episode.

Bring it!

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., starring Clark Gregg, Brett Dalton, Ming-na Wen, Iain De Caestecker, Elizabeth Henstridge, and Chloe Bennet, airs Tuesdays at 8/7c, on ABC.