On Tuesday, May 17th, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD wraps up its third season with an action-filled two-episode finale all about our heroes trying to thwart Hive's sinister schemes to turn the entire world into Inhuman slaves.

In "Absolution" and "Ascension," the stakes have never been higher. It all comes down to stopping Hive, but do Coulson's team, and a recovering Daisy, have what it takes?I spoke to star Brett Dalson, who plays Hive (formerly Grant Ward - the wolf-in-SHIELD's clothing) about the upcoming season finale, Hive's feelings toward Daisy, his ultimate master plan and more.

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Oh, let's just go ahead and spoil it, man. [laughs] Let's do it. Seriously though, what can I tease? I think we've really outdone ourselves on this show. This is an action-packed two-hour finale. From minute one. There is an arms race as SHIELD is trying to stop Hive from using his nuclear delivery system. Daisy's in captivity. They're not sure if she's still maybe slightly under Hive's control - swayed in some way. They don't know what happened with Lash exactly. Can they trust her intel or is she trying to con SHIELD and Coulson? And, of course, there's always the question of "Who will die?" Who is the Fallen Agent? I bet it's a real estate agent. I bet it's someone they introduce right at the end.I mean, I think she's the one who got away. The one who escaped. Every other Inhuman has been susceptible to Hive's sway, including her, but this monster Lash came along and now none of Hive's tricks worked. Daisy was somehow able to have her Hive-ness removed and crushed right in front of him. Hive is all about destiny. He believes in a purpose. A higher purpose that everyone has. And he's incredibly smart. He's probably put it together that Lash's purpose perhaps was to take Daisy off of the Hive drug and be free. And that's a threat, but also Hive is used to threats. And things not working out as planned. But that won't stop him. He's still very much on a mission. There are just a couple more complications now and hopefully they won't come back to bite him on the behind. Or the BE-HIVE.I think he's of the mind that humans had their chance with Earth. We saw on Maveth that there used to be a civilization there and they were quite advanced. But things didn't quite work out. It's a muddy story that we don't hear too much about, but we heard little bits of it from Will when he was taken over by Hive, just before Fitz killed him. And so as Hive's now looking out at this cityscape with Daisy, he says humans have had their chance. I think what he wants is are all Inhumans to under Hive, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [laughs]Hive wants to have everyone with a collective purpose. And if they're all under sway, there's no conflict. No war. No famine. None of the things that continue to plague humanity. All Inhumans will be under the same banner essentially and all have the same common goal. They'll have different superpowers, obviously, but those powers will all be in the service of the same thing. And Hive happens to be at the head of it and of course Hive has an ego. But at the end of the day, this is just what he thinks is his purpose. To be the great unifier of all these Inhumans. So let's release some crystals! Let's do it globally. And if you're human you may have to die. But if you're Inhuman there's going to be another world on the other side of it.

Agents of SHIELD: "Absolution" and "Ascension" air Tuesday, May 17th at 9/8c on ABC.Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association (TCA). Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/Showrenity