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

Coulson

Love what they've done with the place.

May

Looks like, uh, you had a rough landing.

Coulson

Yeah, can't recommend the airline. Inexperienced pilot, lot of turbulence, ran out of pretzels in coach.

Fitz

To me, Robin was a little girl only days ago.

Simmons

We're not meant to see a life like this... at its beginning and end. It's too much.

Coulson

Maybe it makes us appreciate how short life really is.

Daisy

So, what now?

Deke

We live on this crashed airplane until the Kree or... or the roaches or the gravity storms finish us off.

Coulson

I think we can do better than that.

Daisy

Yeah, but at least that way, I don't go back in time and quake the world apart.

May

We do go back. Robin told me how. We can save everyone. Just one question, though. Who's Flint?

Coulson

I'm sorry she [Robin] had to go like that. You want to talk about it?

May

I, um... don't know where to start.

Coulson

An old woman tells you that she was your daughter and that you'll save the planet from cracking apart. Doesn't happen every day.

May

It's hard to believe.

Coulson

That we can do it?

May

That... I was a mom. I just... I can't see it.

Coulson

I can.

Daisy

Yeah. You'd be that no phone, no TV, 7:30 curfew kind of mom. [May scowls] You're kind of... proving my point with the face.

Deke

Oh, damn it. Really? We had to leave the machine in the hands of some automaton? I knew the moment that I laid eyes on all of you that it was gonna spell my downfall. I'll go. I'll secure the machine and save the weird robot.

Daisy

Well, I'll come. It'd be better if we take the plane together.

Deke

Yeah. No duh. But none of the time travelers can go, because you all need to be at the rendezvous when it's turned on, so do the math.

Coulson

You're one guy against the Kree. You'll be massively outgunned.

Deke

I'm kind of trying to do the whole hero thing here, man. Is that your pep talk? You guys get killed, and who saves the world then? I told my parents not to believe in this roach-crap fairy tale, and they went and they died for it anyway. And I'm probably next in line. But there is no way in hell that I am gonna let some blue Kreeper destroy that machine before I get to see whether or not that damn thing was worth any of this.

Daisy

Look, I'm sure you put up a good fight, but if my ride home depends on that machine, I'm gonna secure it myself.

Deke

You, you drive me out of my skull, this part of you this impetuous, bullheaded squabble

Daisy

I was offering backup, genius.

Deke

No, when the other side of you is a friggin' hero who can't help herself but do good, then be great. The world needs that person to make it home. Just try not to destroy it when you get there.

Daisy

It was almost nice knowing you.

Deke

And you're a pain in my ass.

May

Hey, could be worse.

Simmons

True. We could be enslaved by an alien sociopath in a dystopian future.

Mack

Or we could be trapped inside a virtual-reality fascist state.

Fitz

Or stuck at the bottom of the ocean.

Yo-Yo

Or stopping a crazy robot lady.

Simmons

Or falling out of a plane.

Mack

Fighting Daisy's mom.

Coulson

Or fighting Daisy's dad.

May

Or dancing.

Daisy

How could you... keep this from us?

Coulson

I'm sorry. I didn't want you trying to find a solution when we had bigger problem...

Daisy

We had a solution. Tess was brought back from the dead. We had a solution right there.

Coulson

I didn't want to go through all that... again.

Daisy

So you just give up? You don't get to do that. You make life-and-death decisions for us all the time, and we're not allowed the same courtesy? After everything? We deserved to... We deserved to know. [Leaves, with Coulson looking on]

Mack

How much more time does he have on his clock?

Simmons

Um, I won't be able to tell until I can chart its progression, but even now, he's at risk of various... At some point, sir, your heart will just stop beating.

Coulson

The last thing you need is to waste your time on another lost cause.

May

Who I waste my time on is for me to decide. It's not like you to just roll over. There has to be a way out of this.

Coulson

I've come to terms with it. I got a second chance. I made a difference in a few people's lives. I don't want to be greedy. It's time to make space for somebody else.

May

For Daisy.

Coulson

I won't be around forever, and despite appearances to the contrary, neither will you. We need fresh blood to lead the team.

May

It's more than a team, and you know it. None of us are giving up on you.

Coulson

Well, great, because I have every intention of walking back out of that basement. Just because I've made peace with dying doesn't mean I'm in a hurry. Now, you want to help me get into this gear Fitz has for me? It's super sexy.

You know there's something deeper, and you're here to face it.

Coulson

Face my fear?

How am I your fear, Phil? No, I mean face facts.

Coulson

What facts?

That this is all in your head.

Coulson

Are you telling me that I'm still in Tahiti?

No, Coulson, I'm telling you that you've never been to Tahiti. Or Malta or Puerto Rico or outer space... or the Framework... or the future. You're on the table, Coulson, code blue.

Nightmare? This whole thing has been a dream. And every time the dream is too random or doesn't reconcile with a memory, your mind creates a scenario to make it work.

Coulson

See, now you're losing me.

What does that even mean? You really think your skull is caught on fire, Phil? Or does it hurt to have electrodes on your scalp for this long? You think there was an alternate reality where you were a history teacher? Or were you remembering your father, who was a history teacher?

Coulson

Okay, stop.

You're reliving mementos of your life mixed with the dreams you wish had come true.

Coulson

No, Mike. This is fear. I thought I'd come to terms with death, but this is my fear of it manifesting, because it's harder to let go of than I thought it would be.

Yes. You're struggling to let go. At least now you admit you're dying. What's the hardest part?

Coulson

The life I have yet to live.

And that's why your mind created this story, where you spent years doing all the things you never got a chance to do... to vacation on a white beach with blue water. To travel to the stars. To own your own plane, a car that flies, your own team. To have a family. The brilliant students you never got a chance to mentor. The daughter you never had. And above all, a chance to be a hero. You said it yourself, Coulson. It matters who you are.

Coulson

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today for a moment we all knew was coming, some of us even before these two did, and I think we can all agree that to wait even one second to do this is playing with fire. All in favor?

Aye.

Coulson

The ayes have it. So, all right. Time for the exchanging of the vows, I guess.

Simmons

[Pulls out a piece of paper] I had to write it down. Fitz. I knew from the moment I saw you, from our first conversation about dielectric polarization, that you'd be in my life for a long time. But I didn't know... you would be my life. My heart. My home. We joined this team for adventures and got more than we had hoped... but I can't wait for our next adventure... building a family together. My love for you grows deeper and always will, no matter where the universe takes us next.

Coulson

Agent Fitz?

Fitz

Um. Okay. Um. I have been thinking about what to say. Uh. Just... Words don't really seem enough. Here. I think that you are perfect. And, um... I don't deserve you, Jemma. I don't. I don't deserve you. And I'm well-aware that I'm the luckiest man on any planet.

Coulson

Okay. Let's have the rings. Quickly, please, before this forest collapses around us. Okay, Fitz, repeat after me. "With this ring..."

Fitz

With this ring...

Coulson

...I thee wed.

Fitz

...I thee wed.

Deathlok

So, you got the rings, huh? It's a nice one.

Deke

Turns out a lot of people pawn wedding rings. I had to find one that was gonna be small enough for his little-boy fingers. And then, for hers, found this ring that looks just like this one that my mom used to wear sometimes. It was my grandma's, I think.

Coulson

Fitz is gonna do the best prosthetics work he's ever done for you, but it may take some time. We don't have the materials he needs here, but we're gonna find a way to get them. In the meantime, I need you to focus on resting and healing.

Yo-Yo

Sitting still isn't my strong suit.

Coulson

I know, but he'll make it worth the wait. See? [Shows her his prosthetic arm] People can't even tell the difference. And, honestly, this one's way more fun. He's always adding...

Yo-Yo

Does it feel the same?

Coulson

Actually, no. It doesn't feel at all, but you get used to it.

Yo-Yo

[To Mack] How are you gonna feel about dating someone with robo-parts?

Mack

Those aren't the parts that matter.

Simmons

Mack!

Mack

What? Oh, no, come on. That's not what I meant. What I meant was that the thing I hate about robots is that they have no heart, no soul... those are the parts that matter.

Yo-Yo

Nice save. And sweet. Okay. You can be annoying again.

Fitz

I was just coming to see you.

Coulson

Tidings of comfort and joy?

Fitz

Warnings of doom and gloom.

You didn't really think you'd seen the last of me, did you?

Coulson

I should have known there was more of you out in the wind. You squash one cockroach, there's bound to be others nearby.

Although I think you will find I do not squash so easily these days.

Coulson

So much for the "superior humanity" shtick.

I have simply redefined what that means. Parts of me will always be human. But I have gained so much more with this new form. Strength. Immortality. How's that for a cool origin story, bro?

May

So, what? You turned over a new leaf? Or just another Russian infiltrating our democracy?

May

We know this is a trap, Phil.

Coulson

Yeah. And it's a really good one, too.

May

Don't do that. Not now. Not when you're turning your back on me.

Coulson

Turning my back on you? What other way out is there? This is unavoidable.

May

It's suicidal. Which is now a recurring theme for you.

Coulson

I'm not airing our dirty laundry in front of the bad guys right now.

May

How considerate. [To Hale] He's all yours.

Coulson

Of all the blindfolds I've forcibly worn, that was one of the nicest.

General Hale

There's a method to this madness. All of your questions will be answered in the morning.

Coulson

Not my first rodeo, so I may have already figured out a little bit of what's going on here. You've got the Gravitonium and the total disregard for human safety. Check. You've got Ivan Drago and Crusher Creel on the payroll. Check. And then there's you, rogue general, operating with zero oversight. Add it all up, it just doesn't feel like an Air Force operation.

Hale

It's not. It's Hydra.

Coulson

I thought we stomped you out.

Hale

Yes. Just as you were stomped out. And yet here we are in the same room. I'd like to tell you my story, and I think you'll know it's time.

Coulson

Time for what?

Hale

It's time for S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra to finally unite.