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

Well I'll be damned.

Revenge only provides a temporary pleasure.

Ward

But a pleasure nonetheless.

You should think on a grander scale.

Ward

Oh, it'll be grand. I'm going to cut off the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., because without Phil Coulson, S.H.I.E.L.D. won't grow back.

The octopus is one of the great symbols of Hydra. Supremely intelligent, highly adaptable, and they are ruthless killers. A nearly perfect predator. Same could be said of you.

Ward

Well it's a terrifying symbol, but not my idea of dinner. Then again, I am adaptable. I hope you can be too.

I know you're all about rebooting Hydra and all that. But do you know much about our history, our origin?

Ward

Yeah, World War II, Red Skull used Nazi funding to build this old empire...

[laughs] Red Skull was following the principle that Hydra was built upon, that the ultimate power was not of this world, but Hydra... well, we're much, much older than that.

Thousands of years ago, an Inhuman was born on this planet that was destined to rule it, so powerful, so fearsome that others were consumed with dread, and so they banished it from the Earth, sent it through the portal to a distant planet. Hydra was founded with the sole purpose of engineering its return. Over generations, Hydra's taken different shapes. The entity has been given different names. But every generation has sent men through the portal, hoping to save or at least serve our leader on the other side. Now we're building an army for it to command when it returns, and you and I will rule beside it.

Ward

Okay. That's, uh... a lot to take in.

[chuckles] Well, it's a tall tale. I know.

Ward

And why exactly should I believe a word of it?

Because we're closer than ever to the final chapter. We're gonna write it ourselves. But you don't have to believe me. I know you want revenge, to cut the head off of S.H.I.E.L.D., to watch it writhe. I'll help you do that.

Ward

And in return?

You'll help me learn how S.H.I.E.L.D. was able to achieve something with the portal that Hydra, in thousands of years, has never been able to accomplish.

Ward

And what is that?

They brought someone back.

Hive

I thought it was time.

Time for what?

Hive

To reveal my true self.

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.