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Melinda May quotes from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Played by Ming-Na Wen · 113 quotes · page 7 of 8

Melinda May

3rd most-quoted character in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: in 113 of its 679 quotes
Most scenes with: Phil Coulson (47), Mack Mackenzie (20), Daisy Johnson (15)

Scenes with Melinda May 106

Remember how good it felt to walk in here when we first got back? The Zephyr has been the one place we've been able to call home these last few years.

I'll always miss the Bus.

May

Me, too.

I wish I would've known you guys back then.

We were different people back then.

I spent a lot of years– Sorry. I've lived a life– surrounded by heroes. None bigger than all of you. Since the day you joined, same as anyone in the line of duty– heroes, because you– because we sign up to lose each other. To get close to good people– and have them taken away. We've all suffered losses. Never lose sight of that.

I never forget those we've lost.

May

That's right.

Yeah. That's why we're putting that badge up in the cockpit. To never forget.

You don't have to forget. But you have to move on.

No. With respect, sir, you're wrong. We don't move on. We hold that place in our heart, we close it off, we lock the door, we visit from time to time, but we don't move on. Even after we say goodbye.

[Mack is watching a hologram of Coulson]

Take it one step at a time. It's not your job to solve every problem. Your job is to put together a team you trust and then to tell them to take it one step at a time. That's all you can do. If you think about everything you're up against all at once, you'll crack. Fury always said, a man can accomplish anything once he realizes he's a part of something bigger.

May

Still watching those?

I'm hesitant to stop.

May

He'd be proud. The job suits you. The agents out there know it.

Yeah, well, I'll never be the Director Coulson was.

May

No, you're a different Director. That's not a bad thing.

May

Where are you on this doppelganger?

MBMarcus Benson

Oh, I have several viable hypotheses. That's what scientists say when they don't know squat. Odds are, it's related to one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s previous mistakes, which I'm working my way through a very long list um, fear manifestations, nano-masks, Inhumans. Though I'm thinking I should revisit the file on those Life Model Decoys, which really shouldn't be a thing, by the way.

No argument here.

May

Could this guy be an LMD?

Well, if there's already been one of Phil Coulson, it seems like a possible explanation. But I would need to talk to the idiot who designed them.

You forgot to mention the fact that your former boss had died and come back to life before.

That's not what this is.

Are you sure? This LMD theory's not panning out. LMDs don't have DNA.

We didn't bring him back to life trust me. That was a hot topic.

Well, maybe he never died in the first place. You love secrets, Melinda. Anything you want to share?

Hey, take it easy.

May

I was there until the very end. He's gone. You have no right to question that. Find me a way to kill that thing out there pretending to be him. And if that's too hard, you know your way back to the bar.

That sounds nice right about now. And good luck sorting out this evidence alone.

Okay, that's enough. Now, is this the DNA you're talking about?

Yeah. This is a sample from the convenience store. At first, I thought it was alien radiation markers I've never seen, foreign methyl groups. Strip that all away, and what you have left is a 100-percent match for Phillip J. Coulson.

May

What's her [Izel's] motive?

Hatred. For all living things.

What's yours?

Love. [Pause] No, it's hate. That's my thing, too. Hate and revenge. She took my family from me. I won't stop until she pays for that.

May

Well, if she's that powerful, how can you kill her?

There's only one way to kill the beast. [Holds a sword]

A galaxy hopping hate-beast that eats planets, and you want to defeat her with a, um, sword?

It's sharp. Feel it.

[Later]

Well, Benson gave us some information that might help us understand her. Has Sarge shared how he plans to take her out?

It's unclear but it may or may not involve a magical sword.

May

Where is it?

Where's what?

The bomb. Mack's on the phone. He wants to talk. Your boy Pax squealed.

Yes, tell him he needs to learn to keep his mouth shut. Did he tell you what kind of bomb?

One that'll leave a crater 200 miles wide.

Well, I don't know miles, but if that's a lot, then yeah, that kind of bomb. I told you I had an insurance policy.

You're not gonna use it.

I am. You were right. Swords just don't cut it. I'm not taking any chances. When Izel lands, I'm gonna blow her, her ship, and her black tower of death into oblivion.

May

We're just outside a city. You'd kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people along with her.

A small price to pay for saving your planet and countless others. Now, we need to get on the same page and get off this truck before we become part of that small price.

[The team realizes that Izel can possess people but cannot access their memories.]

So everybody just needs to share a secret that she wouldn't know. The more private, the better.

Right, but it has to be something that one other person can confirm.

Yeah. We'll clear everyone here first, then everyone else in the base. It's the best plan so far.

Okay. I'll go first. Um, I, uh, tell people that the only time I miss Pitosí is during Christmas, but that's not exactly true.

It's not?

May

No, it's not. She told me.

There's one day every year where I miss him more.

May

Your mother's birthday.

That's May.

May

She's good, too.

Okay, um Daisy anonymously sends part of her S.H.I.E.L.D. salary to someone every month.

Amanda Campbell, Lincoln's sister. Mack's clear.

So are you.

When the monoliths exploded, it opened this Fear Dimension. I fought a Kree, and I saw my mother, which was horrible, and you got married in a forest a few floors down. That was nice. The other you.

It actually manifested living things? Flesh and blood?

May

Yes. Coulson went in, sealed it up.

Maybe it wasn't a dimension. Izel said the monoliths had the power to create. Now, we know that one monolith was "space", another was "time". What if the third one was "creation"?

May

That's where our fears came from?

Yeah, think about it. The physical stones blew apart. That doesn't... It doesn't mean...

...Doesn't mean that the energy went away. It could... The light could just be uncontained monolith energy.

Exactly. Exactly. We're looking for a link. That could be it.

May

O-Okay, so you're saying that, when Coulson went in there with it...

It's possible that the three energies combined to create another Coulson through space and time on some other planet years ago. And he was left there when our Coulson sealed the Gravitonium device.

May

If that's true, he doesn't know it.

Just saying, the other you thought it was a Fear Dimension.

Yeah, well, he wasn't the smart one.

May

You kept it in check when Daisy spoke to you. Whatever she did got you thinking straight.

There's no thought. Only the rage. And if I see Izel...

May

You'll defeat her. You let the rage out. Then let the other part of you rein it in.

It's not as simple as you make it sound.

May

That's why I'll be there. To remind you.

May

[To Sarge] Don't let that thing inside you take control. There is good in you. Look at me!

Your friend doesn't know when to quit. Tell me. What do you feel?

Anger. And fear. Fear of this pain that's been a knife in my heart for so long.

May

That's love. That pain is love. I know because I was afraid of it, too. But you let me feel it. You gave that gift to me. You pulled me out of that cubicle. You gave me purpose, a crew. Remember me. Remember us: Daisy and Mack and Yo-Yo, Fitz and Simmons. You love us.

You're right. It's love. The pain is love.

May

Yes.

And now I know how to end it. To cut it out of me. Slice it away and be done with it. [Stabs May with a sword and shoves her through the portal] How's that for a sign?

I see you discovered life and death are meaningless in this realm, which is why we find it so curious that you cling to one and dread the other. I sang my song. Connected our worlds. Now I will open the door to this temple so our kind can pass through, find a voice of their own.

May

Humans will fight back. Always do.

[The team is now in 1973. Sousa emerges from a clothing store still wearing his suit from 1955]

What happened to blending in?

I just don't understand the functional appeal of those... elephant... pants.

You mean the bell-bottoms?

Sure. How do people in your time function with all the extra fabric around their feet?

I got news for you. This isn't actually our time period.

Well, fortunately, there's unfashionable squares in every decade, so you are... set.

And nobody seems to look you in the eye now.

May

Wait 'til they all get cellphones.

So, I was thinking, how do you guys know I was supposed to die in 1955?

It's in the history books.

Yeah, but... but what if you always plucked me out of time? Does that mean I always survive? And if we end up in your present, will we even be in the same timeline?

I'd stop thinking about it. Your brains will spill out.

No. Is that... Little Ricky?

If by "Little Ricky" you mean General Rick Stoner, then yes. He's top brass at S.H.I.E.L.D. You knew him?

Yeah. I remember when he was an enlistee. Poor kid couldn't tell a mag from a clip.

SStoner

Alright, thank you. Thank you for coming. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank all of you for being here today. I know that you are all excited to, uh, kick off S.H.I.E.L.D.'s next phase in global security. So please welcome the man responsible, my boss and our friend, Wilfred Malick.

May

Freddy's still alive.

FFreddy

Thanks, General. So good to be here. I got my start working in this gin joint, long before it was a S.H.I.E.L.D. asset. Look how far we've come. From hiding underground, keeping vigilant watch, to having eyes in the sky, ensuring the Earth's safety. Using targeting satellites and pinpoint laser telemetry, S.H.I.E.L.D. will now be able to neutralize hostiles anywhere in the world before they pose a threat.

This sound familiar to you?

Yeah. Sounds like Hydra's 40 years ahead of schedule.

FFreddy

I present to you... Project Insight.

So, these folks are secretly squids.

No, just a few at the top are Hydra. Most are loyal S.H.I.E.L.D., like Stoner.

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