MMace
S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't leave a man behind.
You really think this is our best move?
You know the saying - if a jet crashes in the woods and there's no one to hear it, stick to the guy with super strength.
All S1
S1 E15Unfinished Business
What happened? She was supposed to be in a relaxing simulation!
She was in a day spa, getting a hot stone massage.
How hot did you make the stones?
Agent May, with the possible exception of my mother, you are the single most intimidating woman I have ever met.
MMace
I believe that Inhumans deserve the same rights as anyone else in this country.
With Nadeer and her staff in the meeting we have an opportunity.
What opportunity? I wasn't briefed on any opportunity.
While Nadeer's in with Daisy, Yo-Yo and I will get into her office and plant surveillance.
We can finally keep an eye on her, figure out her next move.
What? No! No! No, there'll be no planting, no I'ing, no Yo-Yo'ing. S.H.I.E.L.D. is now legitimate. We have to remain above reproach.
You mean like juicing our directors so we can pretend to be Inhuman? [Talbot shakes his head] Look, you were reacting to the situation we had, you put Jeffrey in place, I understand. But we're S.H.I.E.L.D., we have to be proactive.
This is politics, Phil. Which means politicians. They are a festering cesspool of toxic waste fires. You swim in those waters, you could get pulled under.
You and the director can handle it, we'll handle the rest.
MMace
How you holding up? It's okay to be nervous you know.
Me? Nah, I don't get nervous anymore.
MMace
Okay. Well, I'm just saying if you are...
I mean it's not like my comfort zone, but I'm good. I'll just tell the truth, I'm good at that. You?
MMace
You don't talk much about your childhood, do you? The foster homes? Bouncing around. I imagine a lot of times you felt you had to perform to convince people to like you.
Only at the places I wanted to stay. Why are you asking?
MMace
Because if you enter every room thinking you have to do a song and dance, eventually everything becomes a performance. And believe me, I know how it feels putting on an act full-time.
Yeah, you do, don't you?
MMace
Anyway, I know it's not an act with you. Coulson's been saying since day one that you're the real deal, and I've learned to trust his read on people. So...
He believed in me before I believed in myself. You too, you know. That's why he still wants you with us. He keeps saying you're trying to do the right thing.
So Mack, personal time?
Don't put me in the middle of this.
What middle? No middle. But you know something.
It's not for me to say. Mack's a very private person. All I know about him is what's in his file. I spent 6 months on a place with the guy and I know even less than you.
So maybe something's on his file.
Maybe you should ask him.
I don't want to annoy him.
Well, I don't know about annoying him, but you're certainly starting to annoy me. Isn't it better to learn things organically, instead of all at once in a report?
No, all at once much better. Private person, secret, same thing. Must be even tougher with May. [both stop walking] If it's better to get to know each other in tiny, slow, annoying pieces...
I don't think that's how I put it.
... then you two will never get together.
Me and May? No, it's not like that.
Please, I don't need to read a file about you two to know. [superspeeds to get a security guard's tag]
You know, no one likes a smartass.
That hasn't been my experience.
NNadeer
Agent Johnson, as an Inhuman yourself, do you feel more responsibility to help Inhumans than normal Americans?
Well, first of all Inhumans are normal, let's be clear about that. But with regard to whom I'll help, I'm here for all Americans, but more often than not, Inhumans are left to fend for themselves with few resources.
NNadeer
So Inhumans cause more trouble?
No, Inhumans are more likely to be victims of hate crimes, which is not fair. They are our friends, they are our co-workers, our brothers. They all deserve help, wherever they may be.
[kicks AIDA off the balcony into a computer matrix] Oh no.
[entering the room] Hello Agent May. [May turns around] Congratulations, you got further this time than your previous attempts at this course.
What is this?
We call it "The Framework." Your journey to escape Dr. Radcliffe's lab, our fight, all of this, is a simulation. I assure you, you're safe, we've moved you to another location.
You've put this in my head.
Dr. Radcliffe knew the best way to keep you busy was to give you something to fight.
Something like you.
Yes, but this is the program's end. We're coding more, but we can't keep up with you. You keep getting through it faster. I'll wipe your memory and send you through again.
You wipe my memory, but I get better every time.
Yes, memory traces.
So I'm beating it, and I'll get out eventually, beat you.
TSTerrence Shockley
The one who comes in this room next won't be me. The man who comes in here will do things to you that I can't even watch. He will break you.
Yeah, well, Koenigs don't break. All right? We're programmed to take pain, so bring it on! Bring it on! [Shockley leaves] Oh, my God. I'm in so much pain. I don't think I can take this. That guy hits really hard.
I don't care what this is or what you guys do. I'm not gonna talk.
You won't have to. That's the beauty of it. This machine will allow me access to his mind. We'll get all the information we need without laying a hand on him
Well, you're not gonna get anything out of me. Because my mind is a steel trap inside of a sealed box surrounded by quicksand and - [Radcliffe puts the machine on his head] Oh, is that a puppy?
AIAnton Ivanov
This book better be worth it.
If you want to get rid of the Inhumans, the answer will be in it.
And what's in it for you?
A better world.
Then we want the same thing.
So, what was it like growing up with four of them?
There was a lot of crying.
They picked on you?
LTL.T.
I picked on them. It was fun. The laundry was disgusting. Enough DNA to make a clone army.
[connects LMD Radcliffe] Just you and me now Tin Man. You don't mess with my buddy and walk away from it.
LRLMD Radcliffe
If you shoot me now, it'll be murder.
Nice try, wrong guy. You're just a bunch of ones and zeroes, not flesh and blood.
LRLMD Radcliffe
Flesh and blood? That's not life Mack, that's just biology, and biology's just... software, programming you to die.
Maybe, but I have something you will never have: a soul, that will continue long after I'm gone.
LRLMD Radcliffe
How can you be so sure I don't have one? If a soul doesn't come from your flesh and blood and my ones and zeroes, then it has to come from somewhere else, somewhere unrelated to our physical bodies. If you can have one, so can I.
My, you are a sly one, aren't you?
LRLMD Radcliffe
If you don't think I'm alive and don't have a soul, then why did you feel the need to switch me on before killing me?
[cocks his shotgun] I like to hear robots scream.
I'd be the first to admit that I followed my worst instincts at times. Last year. Loss will make you do that. Feels good in the moment, but it never ends well. I've lost my temper, I've killed. But lately, I have this voice in my head telling me not to go down that path again. It's telling me to be patient. To stay steady.
I take it you don't mean me sir.
It's Agent May. She'd tell me to stay on mission.
Listen to the woman, she knows what she's talking about.
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