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

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.

Deke

[To Fitz] Well, why don't I stay here and stare at the numbers for a little while? You can go visit Mrs. Fitz. You guys just got married. All the grown-ups are gone. I bet she's just dying for a little post-wedding yee-haw.

Put that down! You'll cut yourself. Are you getting enough to eat here? I see you're making some friends.

Deke

I don't know if I'd call them friends.

You like them. I can tell.

Deke

S-Some, maybe.

And that Daisy girl is cute.

Deke

Mom, no, she's not. Stop it.

Remember, sweetie, the steps you take don't need to be big.

[Together] They just need to take you in the right direction.

Deke

You always used to say that.

And my mom said it to me.

Yo-Yo

I'm just trying to not lose faith. We're gonna change things.

Simmons

That's the spirit. Oh, I'm just holding onto that thing in case of emergency. Don't beat yourself up while you're trying to heal. Go slow. The steps you take don't need to be big. They just need to take you in the right direction. [Sees Deke, who overheard the last part] Oh. Can we help you with something? What's wrong, Deke? Did you see another ghost from your past?

Deke

No, it wasn't a ghost. I... I just saw you standing there and, uh... How are you? What... I'm... I... And, um... They're... They're... They're back. That... That's what I came to tell you.

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.

Simmons

You would point a gun at me?

Fitz

The Doctor would. He programmed it to make sure I'd go through with it. He didn't want to hurt you. Just like he didn't want to hurt Mack. But it's just... I wouldn't have done any of this if I didn't believe it was going to work.

Simmons

You don't know it's going to work.

Fitz

The science is sound. There are always risks involved. You know that, Jemma.

Simmons

You're right, but potentially paralyzing Daisy or destroying the world are two massive risks, Fitz.

Fitz

Let's hope that that doesn't happen.

Daisy

No. No, no, no, no, no. Fitz, Fitz, Fitz! No, please. Please, Fitz. Fitz, I am begging you. Please, you do not want to do this.

Fitz

No, I don't. But I have to.

Daisy

No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no! [softly] I will... I will never forgive you.

Fitz

I suspect you won't be the only one.

Simmons

How long have you been seeing him [His Framework persona]?

Fitz

My mind's been through a lot. Been hearing him for a while now. Since we left the Framework. Only just started seeing him.

Simmons

It's your injury acting up. You used to see me, too, when I wasn't there.

Fitz

You were my conscience.

Simmons

Then what was he? You had a psychic split. But that dark persona, that's not you.

Fitz

It is me. It's not an apparition. It's not some evil doppelganger. It... was... me. How are Daisy and Mack?

Simmons

You have to talk to them. They can come to forgive you if you just explain...

Fitz

I don't deserve forgiveness, Jemma.

Simmons

Just like you don't deserve me?

Fitz

Mack's injured. Daisy's traumatized. Do you know what the worst part about all of this is? I still believe that it was the right thing to do.

Deke

I don't know really what to say.

Simmons

That's a first.

Deke

I guess I don't have to ask how you're doing.

Simmons

I'm sorry. You didn't deserve that. You're a victim in all of this, too. I just don't... I don't really know how to process it. He's losing himself. I feel like I'm losing him, too.

Deke

You haven't lost him. You know him better than he even knows himself. He's complicated. And he's stubborn.

Simmons

Yes.

Deke

That's why you let him win arguments sometimes, right? He can be a real baby when he's sick, so that's why you got to take care of him. And he's always got the weight of the world on his shoulders. That's why he needs you there to help lighten the load. Oh, and he loves his prosciutto and mozzarella sandwiches that no one can make right except you.

Simmons

How could you possibly know all those things?

Deke

Because my mom used to tell me about her parents all the time. She always spoke about her dad with so much love and admiration on her face. Said that he was the best man she ever knew. So I know that you can help Fitz. And I know that you two are gonna be okay because... the steps you take don't need to be big...

Simmons

They just need to take you in the right direction. You're our grandson? [Vomits]

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.