So you asked how she could have cracked the system. I have a pitch, but it's way outside the box.
I live outside the box.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
Have you seen Skye?
Not since weapons training.
She stop saying "bang" when she pulls the trigger?
Mostly. Now if she can just learn the difference between the safety release and the magazine release, we will be making real progress.
What's up, Phil?
I prefer you not call me "Phil".
OK, you're the boss, AC.
[Fitz and Ward are playing poker on the plane]
... I call, and raise a hundred.
Do you know how I'm gonna beat you?
By losing?
You have a tell. A psychological tick that lets me know you're bluffing. If I watch you carefully ... [Louder, into his earpiece] If I watch you carefully ...
Oh, sorry. One minute. [Grabs the eye-spy x-ray glasses] You know that if I do this, I'll not only see Ward's cards, I'll see you without any clothes on?
... I fold, you win. [Leaves]
[With a gun.] Safety off. [She accidentally releases the magazine.] Bang?
[Skye and Ward are playing Battleship]
Every decision you make from here on out ... has consequences. So be warned: the kiddie gloves are off.
... G-7.
[reluctantly] Hit.
Yes! [Ward places a red peg in one of his ships.] So explain to me again what this has to do with my training.
Well, it's important for every S.O. to ... evaluate their student's thought process.
[not convinced] Mm-hm.
And I like board games. B-10.
Nope. This isn't thinking; this is stabbing in the dark. But it's nice to take a break from the workouts.
[uncharacteristically nice] Well...you deserve a break. Gotta give Coulson credit. I never would've pegged an ex-Rising Tide hacker as a good fit, but...you're pickin' things up pretty fast.
[smiling, surprised] Did you just...give me a compliment?
[taken aback] I - no, I made a comment.
A kind one. Did it physically hurt to do that? [with a look of mock concern] Do you need an ice pack?
[Ward smiles]
[laughing] Wow! A compliment and a smile.
[more insistent] Comment.
I don't wanna ruin the moment...but I'm 'onna have to respond with...G-4. [Ward looks, then a look of unease crosses his face. Skye starts to smile in triumph.] Say it, Ward. [Ward says nothing.] Say it.
[reluctantly] You sank my battleship.
[in triumph] Ha-ha! Yes!
I come as a friend.
CHChan Ho Yin
English isn't my first language, but that word means something different than you think.
His file say anything about him being homicidal?
Just said he was kind of a tool.
CHChan Ho Yin
Poor little Chan Ho Yin may have believed your lies, but not Scorch!
Who?
Oh, crap. They gave him a name.
[to Edison Po] We all have to do things that make us uncomfortable...if we are ever to get our toy soldiers off the shelf.
Working up a good sweat there, sir?
I don't sweat. I glisten.
Blood pressure, heart rate, biochems, all normal. All that’s left is the blood sample.
You should know, I’m not a fan of getting poked.
Tell me, sir, have you been feeling under the weather lately?
Why?
I just noticed from your chart that you’re not due for a general physical for another three months.
I made a mistake, took a call from my physical therapist. Asked how I was feeling, I said “a little rusty”. Next thing you know I’m wired to this hamster wheel.
Well, you can officially tell your physical therapist that you're fit as the proverbial fiddle, especially for a man of your age.
A man of my age? That's something you say to an old person.
[nervous] Is it? Well, let’s get you some electrolytes, shall we?
I wanted it to be a person, some superpowered psychopath someone I could hurt, someone I could...punish. That I could do. What I can't do is protect you guys from stuff I can't even see or understand.
[Upset] was doing just fine tucked away in a safe, indoor, non-mobile lab at the academy! Then you had to go and drag us into this flying circus! Didn’t even pass our field assessments, for God’s sake!
[Also upset] Oh, please, as if I forced you to follow me anywhere.
You said, and I quote… [Mocking her voice] “Oh, Fitz, it’s the most perfect opportunity for us to see the world! We’d be fools to pass this one up!”
I hate it when you use that voice. That’s not even how I sound. And you were just afraid of going into the field.
I was not afraid.
And don’t you dare act like these last months haven’t been the highlight of your entire pasty life!
Pasty? Oh, really? Well, when did you become so sun kissed? Because I’m pretty sure that every minute of every day you’ve been stuck in a lab right beside me. At the academy, at sci-ops, this plane, you’ve been beside me the whole damn time! [Pause, scared] You have to fix this.
Sir, I know the protocol in these circumstances, but could you please tell my dad first? I just think my mum would take it better if it comes from him.
We’re not there yet, there’s still time.
Sir, please. Would you mind if I had a brief moment alone with Fitz?
Come on, let’s go.
We’ll try again. The electrostatic pulse from the third rat seemed much less, so we’re making progress. If we can calibrate the antiserum…
Antiserum, yes. You finally got it right, Fitz. [Conks him on the head] I’m so sorry.
I suppose now's as good a time as any to tell you that I may have misled you earlier. You see, when I gave you back the night-night pistol, I lied. It's still an ounce off.
I know.
You do? Of course.
After all...[imitating the others imitating him] I'm Agent Grant Ward. I just jumped out of a plane without a parachute on and saved your life!
[laughing] Actually, that's not quite it. It's a bit more nasally than that.
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