Phil Coulson quotes from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

May

I don't answer to you, not here or any other fantasy world you two might've cooked up.

Daisy

You told her?

Coulson

It came up in conversation.

Daisy

How does the existence of an alternate reality come up in... in casual conversation?

Coulson

I like to think it's because we were bonding, though I don't really want to speak for her.

Coulson

Is that really necessary?

Necessary? It's essential! Unless you can explain to me, in 50 words or less, why I found Jeffrey Mace's body washed up on the beach with his bones quaked apart, days after I found this base in flames, flesh melting off of robot bodies, 12 S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in critical with burns or broken bones, 3 dead- double hits to the heart and crushed fricking skulls! Can you explain it?

Coulson

I can try.

Coulson

General, I'm relieved that you're still alive.

Three of my finest aren't so fortunate, and I have no idea what killed them.

Coulson

We lost good people, too. The short answer is they were murdered by a vanishing banshee made out of matter from another dimension.

You expect me to put that in my report?

Coulson

I have a cybernetic hand. I've been to an another planet. This happens in S.H.I.E.L.D.

Coulson

So you're saying Aida is made out the same stuff that made the Darkhold?

Robbie

Yeah. And the Rider wants to send them both back to where they came from.

Daisy

I hope that means hell.

Robbie

Hell is relative. Dimensions, space, planets - it's all connected. Plenty of them qualify as hell. The Earth is just one territory in a war that's been going on forever.

Daisy

Can you beat Aida?

Robbie

I don't know. But what I do know the demon in me hates her in ways I've never felt.

Coulson

We all feel like that.

Mack

The good news is that Talbot is alive, he's in a coma, but alive.

Yo-Yo

The bad news is they know we're here and they're on their way.

Fitz

Yeah, you should go while you can.

Coulson

Yeah, we're all going.

Fitz

Nah, I'm gonna stay. This is my fault, AIDA, the LMDs, all the deaths. Those aren't on S.H.I.E.L.D., those are on me. And I can explain that I built the LMD that shot Talbot, that way–

Daisy

Fitz! We were all in the Framework together, we understand how confusing and screwed up that world is. And trust me, it's gonna take me years to process everything that happened in there. But the one thing that I don't need time to understand is that we are all in this together. I tried to take the blame for everything not too long ago. I dyed my hair, I ran away. I thought that separating myself from the team would help me protect it, but in truth I kind of just lost myself. And you, you were the one who pulled me back in. This is not on you, okay? We all lost ourselves in there. And yeah, it might take you a long time to forgive yourself, but speaking on behalf of the team: you have nothing to apologize for.

May

If there's a price to pay, we pay it, together.

Simmons

I'm in.

Coulson

Well, I don't have many details, but I do know we're in space.

Mack

Yeah, that makes sense. That's one thing we haven't done yet.

Mack

Look, I'm just saying, what good is it having a state-of-the robotic hand if you don't have it on you when your kidnapped by Martians?

Yo-Yo

Looks like he's got both hands to me.

Mack

Ah, that's his civvy hand. It's just a prosthetic without all the cool doodads. It should've been a hook. At least you can stab things with a hook.

Coulson

Thought I was gonna be arrested.

Yo-Yo

So, wait, that one doesn't have a blowtorch or the laser gun or anything?

Coulson

First of all, I'm not Inspector Gadget. And second of all, the authorities would've confiscated it. Prison's bad enough without being down an appendage.

Mack

First rule of Boy Scouts is always come prepared.

Simmons

How were we supposed to be prepared for this, Mack?

Mack

I don't know, we gotta be prepared for everything, apparently. Look, not a day ago, I was trapped inside a-a computer-generated mind prison, and now... You know what? You know what, Coulson? I'm out. I'm out. We get through this, I am packing it in.

Coulson

Sorry, Mack. You already quit years ago.

Mack

Yeah, well, I didn't quit hard enough. Look, I'm not comfortable at the pace at which we deal with new trials and tribulations.

Simmons

Fury never said anything about deep space outposts being developed, did he?

Coulson

There was nothing like this in his black box.

Yo-Yo

So, wait, S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't have a space division called S.P.E.A.R. or something?

Coulson

[nods no]

Yo-Yo

Really? I always thought you guys had people hiding on the moon.

Coulson

We should split up.

Mack

Oh, hell no. We are sticking together, one hundred percent. Have you never seen an Alien movie?

Daisy

Mack, it's the best way to cover the most ground.

Mack

Okay... okay, you see, that's exactly what they say before they get picked off one by one. And you know who the first one will be.

Mack

You're gonna leave us here to die?

That's the hope.

Mack

If we don't, you and me are gonna have a conversation.

Yo-Yo

Where's an axe when you need one, huh?

Coulson

Still too soon.

Mack

That is not something to joke about.

The Renewal lost me time and tokens! So if things don't start picking up around here, I'm gonna be doing some renewing of my own! Is that understood?!

Coulson

Thinking I may have been wrong to trust Grill.

Yo-Yo

This is what we call an understatement, no?

May

You think we're gonna find something out there? Maybe a way back?

Coulson

I don't know. Maybe there is no way back.

May

That doesn't sound like you.

Coulson

Just managing expectations.

May

You're being fatalistic.

Coulson

Look, you know I'm not big on destiny, but maybe our destiny's here, in this time, helping these people.

May

It's not like I don't want to help. I do. But after that, I'm going home. I spent weeks in the Framework, strapped to a board, thinking I was Hydra. I've earned a night in my own bed.

Coulson

We need to talk.

Deke

"Say, Deke. How you doing? You look really good. Can we have a word?" See? It's not that hard. I was coming to find you guys, anyway, 'cause I haven't seen you in a little while.

Coulson

I was hoping Daisy was with you. Last we heard, she was looking for you.

Deke

Yeah. She found me. I was just with her a couple hours ago. And it's it's-it's all good. I-I helped her onto a lower medical floor. It's where we think your other friend is.

May

She never came back or checked in.

Deke

She said something about no further contact spy stuff. How'd she put it? "Silent mode"?

May

Going dark.

Deke

Yeah. That. And I told her that you'd wonder, and she said, "Get out of my way. This is what I do. My friend's life is on the line. I'll figure something out."

Coulson

Yeah. That sounds like Daisy.

Coulson

Why would you lie about Daisy unless you sold her out?

Deke

Okay, well, this is probably the part where I should explain.

Coulson

No. This is the part where May breaks your face. You explaining, kind of secondary.

Coulson

Oh, please. That wasn't the first time you went for a payday. You weren't out to save lives. You made a profit.

Deke

The two aren't mutually exclusive.