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

Coulson

I spent every second since you murdered Rosalind trying to understand just how your sick mind works.

Ward

Shouldn't be that hard. We're not that different, you and me. It's not like we operate in different worlds, Coulson. We both got blood on our hands.

Ward

Saw something terrible today. When I say "terrible," I mean ancient and powerful. It's changed how I see things. I've never believed I was worth anything... that what I said or did had any meaning. Maybe that's why I'm a spy. Or why I agreed to come here.

Coulson

If you're trying to talk me out of this, you can save your breath.

Ward

I'm not looking for mercy or absolution. I just want you to know, I've been where you are right now. Filled with rage, wanting revenge... I chose Hydra for petty, personal, selfish reasons... for a father figure, for vengeance... for closure. But what I saw today gave my life meaning. For the first time ever, I have a sense of satisfaction that I never experienced when I was seeking revenge.

Coulson

[shoots Ward in the arm] Gotta say, feels pretty satisfying to me.

Coulson

So we're your black-ops response?

Isn't black-ops where you feel most comfortable?

Coulson

I certainly prefer it to bureaucracy.

I don't care what they call it. It's a dress. You must be loving this.

Coulson

You're the president's official representative. It's a customary way to honor them for hosting the symposium, and you look very dignified.

It's all loosey-goosey under there.

Hunter

If we get to Malick, have we got the green light?

Coulson

You want to assassinate a former member of the World Council on Russian soil knowing that if we get caught, or our actions are tied to the US government in any way, that it'll be considered an act of war?

Hunter

So, you're saying...?

Fitz

Pretty sure that's gonna be a "no".

Coulson

It's a big "no"!

Daisy

With Mack on bed rest, we could use the extra muscle.

Coulson

He's the only one with extra muscles.

Coulson

Is this even possible?

May

That's a dumb question.

Coulson

Got to admit this time stuff's always been a little over my head. Like, in Terminator. If John Connor's alive and able to send his friend back in time to save his Mom to make sure he's born, doesn't that mean he doesn't have to?

Lincoln

I... uh... I never saw the original Terminator.

Coulson

You're off the team.

Lincoln

Don't worry about me, sir, worry about yourself.

Coulson

Because Daisy saw me shoot her?

Lincoln

Because I'd kill you if you did.

Fitz

Giyera uploaded his data to a set of servers in Schoonebeek. It's on the Dutch-German border. It's an abandoned oil field.

Coulson

So Hydra’s in the oil business, now? It’s like they’re not even trying to avoid the bad-guy cliches.

I believed that I could resurrect a god. But instead, I freed the Devil.

Coulson

Only technically. I mean, all the ancient Satanic creation myths, they were based on him, which you knew.

The Devil promises everything and then lets you destroy your own world. I sacrificed my brother to him. Still, he took my daughter. And that image... of her body lying on that floor... I failed her. What else matters?

Coulson

What you do next matters.

[chuckles] Are you trying to sell me on the idea that I can set everything right?

Coulson

I'm trying to sell you on revenge. I have an image, too, of a body on the floor... Rosalind Price. Love turned to rage in that moment. So I hunted down and murdered Grant Ward. Not to serve any good. Not to serve any belief. I wanted revenge. I wanted to feel him die. That's the sin that gave your Devil new life.

To come and take everything we love.

Coulson

Let it turn into rage. Tell me how to stop him.

This god has outlived...

Coulson

I've met gods. Gods bleed.

I never saw my last rodeo being with S.H.I.E.L.D... What would you like to know?

Coulson

Start with everything.

Coulson

Ok, the plan's simple. Go in, kill Hive, get out.

May

What's protocol when it comes to the other Inhumans in town?

Coulson

Do not engage unless absolutely necessary. These people are under Hive's control. We don't want to hurt them. I can't be with you on the ground, but I will be watching your helmet feeds. Be careful and be smart. This may be our only chance to catch Hive by surprise.

Mack

And worse case scenario? If Hive can't be killed?

Coulson

I suggest running. Very fast. Away.

May

Was that a spaceship?

Coulson

It's too small. Looks like more of a satellite.

Mack

Why am I not relieved?

I'm here because the president sent me. Sokovia Accords are the law of the land now. He's concerned you may have undocumented enhanced assets working for you.

Coulson

And why would he think that?

Because he's not a moron. C'mon Phil, it's time for S.H.I.E.L.D. to come in from the cold. Relegitimize.

Coulson

In exchange for revealing and registering any Inhumans we may have? Not gonna happen.

Why are you so pig-headed? It's good enough for the Avengers.

Coulson

Not all of them. And the Avengers operate in the spotlight, we work in the shadows.

What's going on in those shadows Phil? That's what I want to know.

Well well well, if it isn't the hothead who tried to kill my bodyguard.

Lincoln

What's he doing in here? I thought this was a germ-free zone.

Coulson

I see you two remember each other.