Sousa quotes from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Hey, hey, hey. You wanted to hear my story, right? Right, well, I think it was, uh, foggy. I can't really remember the hit, but I came to, and my leg was a pulpy mess... and I was completely alone. Okay. And then Mike Stephens showed up. And the thing about Mike is he was a resolute ass. He would never shut up. He was always bullying the new guys, stole cigs. But that day, he just kept talking to me... carried me back from the line. Hey. Hey. Wake up. Okay? Stay awake, okay? For the next couple hours, he stayed with me. When the Germans advanced, when the cold got so bad I thought we would freeze, he just kept telling me, "We are going home". And then at some point, I was in a field stretcher, and, uh... Mike wasn't. So... consider my yapping as a way of passing on the favor. We are going home, Agent Johnson. You hear me? We're going home. But you have got to fight.

Agent Carter?

Simmons

In the flesh.

Well. Glad to finally put a face to the name. I gotta say, I've waited a long time to meet the famous Agent Carter. But I'm surprised to find you here, running a security op in our little patch of desert.

Simmons

I apologize for the short notice, but we had to act quickly. I believe this base may have been infiltrated.

No. Imagine that. An infiltrator, right under our noses.

Simmons

And you arrived just this morning, Agent...?

Call me Daniel.

Simmons

Daniel. And where exactly did you materialize from?

I just flew in from L.A.

Simmons

Oh, you work at the old SSR [Strategic Scientific Reserve] office.

I'm in charge of it.

Simmons

Daniel, your surname wouldn't happen to be Sousa?

It would.

Simmons

Which would make you the former colleague of Agent Peggy Carter.

It would.

Simmons

I suppose you'll be arresting me now.

You got it all figured out, don't you?

[Sees Daisy in his office] Who the hell are you?

Daisy

Who I am is on a need to know basis.

I need to know.

Daisy

Ah, no, you don't. Because I don't exist and we never met. Now, can you shut the door, please?

Not to be rude, but it's been one of those days, so produce some credentials or I'm gonna put you in handcuffs.

Daisy

Here. [Shows him a card] I should inform you that's not my real name. My initials are "C", "I", and "A". Catch my drift?

Subtle, but yeah, I get it. I'm also gonna call your bosses in Foggy Bottom and confirm it. [Picks up a phone]

Daisy

Oh, please do. I'm sure they would love to learn how two moles walked into this base on your watch. Let me guess. They rolled in with flawless ID cards, made a beeline for the scientists... for some routine questioning?

[Puts down the phone] How'd you know that?

Daisy

CIA. We know all. Even about you, Mr. Sousa. How you were a scout for the 28th infantry till you took shrapnel at Bastogne, worked at Isodyne Energy, took down Hugh Jones and the Council of Nine. And those are just the investigations that I am cleared to talk about.

Why are you really here? Is this about the report I sent you guys?

Daisy

I can neither confirm nor deny that.

Well, I hope so. Because if S.H.I.E.L.D. has been infiltrated with sleepers post-World War II, we need to root it out right now, before it takes hold.

Daisy

Look, all I can say is that you are not crazy. And the people that you have locked up [Simmons and LMD Coulson II] might be the key to proving it.

The lady pretending to be Carter? Worst fake accent you've ever heard.

Daisy

You should tell her that.

[Narrating in a film noir parody] Fate. I don't believe in it. But I know history. I know how the story goes. And when it's playing out right in front of you, it feels like you can't escape it. That fate's gonna catch up to you, tap you on the shoulder, whisper in your ear that your time's up.

I thought I shook you. [He is shot]

And then your story ends. Sometimes the hero has to die, and there's nothing you can do about it. That day started in a fog. My circuits were crossed up. Color had bled from the world, and I could hear my thoughts pinging around my head.

The agent's life... must be exciting.

It fills the days. Lot of threats out there.

Russians.

And others. Lying low, biding time. I take it science doesn't leave much time for a personal life either.

I don't follow.

No ring on your finger.

There was someone. I couldn't stick around long enough to make it last. How 'bout you?

Similar story.

S.H.I.E.L.D.

Future S.H.I.E.L.D. We're in a fight against body-snatching robots from another planet who want to wipe us out and take the Earth. The melting man you saw was one of them.

Why didn't you lead with that?

Do I really have to answer?

You'd be surprised what I've seen.

I sort of doubt that.

Daisy

What happened to blending in?

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

Daisy

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.

Daisy

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?

Daisy

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.

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.

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.

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.

Daisy

My head. Ohh, I can barely... Feels like there's cement running through my veins.

Drugs. Haven't been this messed up since the field hospital.

Daisy

I want to hear that story when I can remember it. [Tests her powers] I can't quake. Malick's little psycho...

Psycho? That's unfair... and very well-timed. Wow. Right as I'm walking in. Hi. Nathaniel. Uh, the two of you took me hostage... changed my life.

Daisy

Yeah. Uh, will you unchain us, and we can hug it out? And Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. can be together at last.

Hydra? I-I look like Hydra to you? Take a look at Ron's suit. Guy's here 'cause he's got mouths to feed, not 'cause he worships a space octopus. No. Religion's not really my thing.

I don't want to know what your thing is, kid.

But it's you, Daniel. You're my thing. Whoa. Come on. Danny. You know. I know. Daisy here can move things without touching them. And you? You either fought the Krauts in diapers or you're aging much slower than the other 60-somethings I know.

Deke

Stand back. There's gonna be a big surge of electricity. Electricity's dangerous.

Do I look like a Neanderthal to you?

Enoch

I spent time with a tribe of Neanderthals. Agent Sousa does not resemble one. He lacks the characteristic brow ridges.

Daisy

Every time I ask you for help, you say yes. Even if I don't ask, you're waiting here to make sure I rest or... whatever. Why? Be honest.

Honest? I know your type.

Daisy

My what, now?

I know people like you. Some of my favorite people are people like you. Focused on the greater good, even at your own expense. You want people to think you like being alone, even though you always end up back with friends. You hate losing.

Daisy

Everyone hates losing.

Yeah, but you'll keep running at the problem full-tilt until you either solve it or slam headlong into a brick wall.

Daisy

Some of those walls are literal.

I know.

Daisy

But how does that...

Because when people like you run into those walls, you should have someone there to pick you back up.

Daisy

And you... you like to... be that someone?

Not for everyone. It helps if they're fun to be around and if they say what they mean and if they have that superpower where they can rock things around, which is very impressive.

Daisy

That's, um... that is awfully specific.

[Regarding his new prosthetic leg] I think I'm a fan of the 21st century.

Daisy

Yeah, don't get your hopes up. We make a mean prosthetic, but, uh, fascism is back.

You mean the thing I helped wipe out 10 years ago?

Daisy

Yeah. The past won't leave us alone.

Yeah, Mack caught me up. You know, you said her name to me when Malick was doing a number on you. "Jiaying."

Daisy

Hydra did the same thing to her. They cut her up, they took her power, in my past and in her future. She can heal herself, live a long time.

Malick thought that's what I could do. He's after the real thing now.

Daisy

Did Mack say anything about what happened with her and I? Yeah, well, things got really bad, and it's a long story. But it came to an end.

Maybe now's your chance to experience what she was like before that. You should talk to her.

Daisy

No, I shouldn't. She can't know who I am.

Why not?

Daisy

Because of the timeline...

The timeline is screwed. Pardon my French. And look who you're talking to: a guy who served under "I Like Ike" and was supposed to be dead by now.

Daisy

Ike?

Point is, you got a rare opportunity here. I got a list of people long gone by now I'd do anything to have one last stolen moment with. Regardless of what space-time has to say about it.

Mack

What are your intentions?

Sir?

Mack

With Daisy.

I don't have any intentions.

Mack

Well, then, you better get some. And quick. 'Cause this thing is coming for you.

This thing?

Mack

She's into you. And I'm not even sure she knows it yet, but pretty soon, she'll figure it out. And when she does, watch out. 'Cause when she gets something into her head...

She won't stop. Yeah, I noticed.

Mack

But listen, Daisy's been hurt. Bad. So, I'm happy she's ready to dive back in, and I'm happy it's you. I like you. You seem like a good man. Even if you're a little, you know, straight ahead...

Wait, is that bad?

Mack

But I'm not about to let her get hurt again. You hear what I'm saying?

I think so. I think you're... threatening me. Sir.

Mack

No. Not just me. Every member of this team. And we have technology at S.H.I.E.L.D. that you've never even seen...

I hear you. Loud and clear. I would never hurt her.

Mack

[Lightens up a bit] Imagine that. The man out of time and Quake. Just like a damn comic book.

Hold on. What did you just call her?

Mack

Quake. It's her superhero name.

Really?

Mack

[Starting to giggle] Yeah. Yeah, really.

[Also starting to giggle] Do you not hear how hilarious that sounds? Quake.

Daisy

Thank you.

For what?

Daisy

Just, being here.

It was nothing, but you're welcome, Quake.

Daisy

I'm sorry, what, now?

Nothing, just happy to help, Quake. Whatever you need.

Daisy

Are you being funny?

Uh, is it funny? Not if that's what you like to be called, Quake.

Daisy

The press called me that. I never...

You should probably put a Q on your utility belt so people know it's you.

Daisy

That is really smart, yeah. Yeah, yeah, make fun of the person who can literally turn you to dust.

Yeah, you can Quake me. No, I get it. That's why they call you that.

Daisy

I don't know if that matters. 'Cause this is the last mission together, isn't it?

Fitz

How could you know that?

Simmons

Enoch told us. Before he died.

Fitz

Yeah, that's true. In fact, no matter what the outcome, this will be the last time we're all in the same room together. Ever.

I'll stay. I belong here. I've already been given the privilege of a second chance, of meeting all you fine people. It's only right. If the Army taught me anything, it's that you can't...

Deke

[Blows a raspberry] I'll stay. First of all, I'm the one with the scientific knowledge to be able to repatch the power. Danny boy over here is still impressed by a light bulb.

That's not accurate or nice.

Deke

And second, seems like you and Daisy have a real thing going, and I just want you to be happy. [To Fitz] And third, as long as you reconnect with Nana and then, you know, connect, then maybe you'll see me again someday. And honestly, I'm kind of a rock god here, anyway.

Mack

Watch over little Alphie, will you? Hell, watch over all of us.

Deke

You know I will. I don't...

Mack

You don't give up on friends. I know better than anyone. Thank you for everything, Agent Shaw.