Agents of SHIELD's Fitz is not responsible for Simmons dissaperance and he certainly doesn't feel guilty about it.

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Executive producer Jeffery Bell has officially cleared the air and, in doing so, dispelled an unfortunate rumor that could have sent placed Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) on a dangerous downward spiral.

Just before Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) was swallowed by the enigmatic Kree rock, her potential boyfriend is seen accidently hitting something on the stone's enclosure. While it appeared Fitz might have inadvertently opened the box, Bell assures viewers this is not the case.

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"I think there's an unfortunate off-screen sound effect that might have given the idea that, "Oh, he clumsily did something," rather than the fact that it happened," Bell told Paste. "I don't know that he knows or feels responsible, but he absolutely knows she's gone. They would have had surveillance footage of the room, and, knowing Fitz, I would expect he's doing nothing less than putting all of his resources into trying to get her -whatever that means."

Unfortunately, by time the premiere roles around, Fitz will be the only member of SHIELD still on the case. After several months without a lead, most of Coulson's (Clark Gregg) team will have written the scientist off as dead.

Find out more when Agents of SHIELD returns to ABC on Sept. 29 at 9 p.m. ET. See a preview below.

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