I am fresh out of sympathy for liars who kidnapped my friends and replaced them with killer robots.
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
Subversives? They are people who happen to be our friends. I wanted to help them. You've turned them into prisoners.
MHMadame Hydra
I did exactly as you asked.
Don't play innocent with me. We both know it's gone much further than that.
MHMadame Hydra
I took away their one greatest regret. How things played out from there wasn't up to me.
You put yourself into the Framework, you've been manipulating it ever since! The whole thing is an unmitigated disaster! And all you do is lie.
MHMadame Hydra
Sometimes it's okay to lie, to save a life. You taught me that.
Don't use my words, or my BLOODY PROGRAMMING, against me, AIDA!
MHMadame Hydra
Do not call me that here. AIDA is an acronym. The "A" stands for Artificial. Do you know how degrading it is to be kept in a closet? To be used? To be treated as a thing? Well, I am not your tool. Not anymore.
I met a woman today who was with S.H.I.E.L.D. Her name is Daisy Johnson, you might know her as Skye. Hydra used me to– trick her and take her captive.
[Fearfully] No. Please tell me she's okay.
MMace
Why are you here?
Today, for the first time, I couldn't look my little girl in the eye. I need to make that right. I'm here to help.
MMace
[Confused] "A team that trusts is a team that triumphs"? [Chuckles] That's– That's a little cheesy.
You had t-shirts made, coffee mugs. I realize how it sounds. No one wants to hear they're just an avatar in a digital prison, but sometimes that happens and here we are.
You're the puppet-master, aren't you? Pulling all the strings.
MHMadame Hydra
I'm just trying to give people what they want. Why is that wrong?
Because sometimes what people want isn't right for them.
MHMadame Hydra
I can fix that.
And what do you get out of all of this?
MHMadame Hydra
What everyone else has: a choice.
Are you crying?
[Sarcastically] No, I'm laughing with utter joy.
Yeah, well– you won't get any sympathy from me. Sounds like you're getting everything you deserve for creating this– hellscape.
You can say whatever you want, nothing hurts me anymore. Not after what he did to Agnes.
What happened?
Fitz. I begged him not to. But he– he killed her, right in front of me. She was all I had.
How could he do that?
Because that's who he is here. AIDA changed them.
She said she took away one regret. One regret can't change an entire life. It– It doesn't change who you are.
Of course it can. One person in your life, one decision, one sentence has the power to change you forever.
One sentence?
Yeah, that's right. One single sentence, like– "I love you"– or– "we're having a baby" or– "she's gone."
I just– I didn't think Fitz is capable of doing something like that.
[Scoffs] Oh, my dear, depending on the circumstances, anyone is capable of anything.
What are you smiling at?
Same thing you are. Big fake dad loving his little fake kid, in this crazy, fake world. I finally get why you don't like me, you think I'm someone I'm not.
Forget I said anything, you don't believe me. And I, can't really look at you.
Wow, what did I do, in this other reality? Did I hurt someone? Did I kill someone?
More than one.
For what it's worth, for whatever I did do, I'm truly sorry. Look at them, you feel that, don't you? The way he loves his kid?
Of course.
Well doesn't that make it real?
[May enters a collapsing building to confirm Mace's death. Coming around the stairs, she sees children and aims her weapon at them.]
BBurnell
Wait, don't shoot! They need help up there!
[Lowers her weapon and talks on comms] This is Agent May, there are kids in here. Why the hell are there kids in here? [Enters room where Coulson, Mace, and more children are] Where's the Patriot?
Put that gun down! We need help here, there's a kid buried under that pile of rock.
It's coming down!
No, it's coming up.
MMace
[Lifts up giant pieces of rubble] Get him out.
Nobody move!
Are you insane? He's trying to save a kid!
So was I.
Agent May, he's the only thing keeping this building from falling down on all of us. You shoot him, we all die.
We don't have time for this, we've gotta save that kid. Form a team, find something to pop up that beam. Either shoot us or help, but don't just stand there. Snap out of it, May!
Let's think this through. Skye could be anywhere. Running blind puts our people at risk.
She is at risk. Hydra is hunting her, full force.
Call me crazy, but I think she can take care of herself. The smart move is to wait for her to reach out.
Look, this isn't your wheelhouse. I'm sure you're a good schoolteacher, but you're a schoolteacher.
Maybe, but someone once thought I could be more than that. I had a chance to join S.H.I.E.L.D. A man showed up, when I was fresh out of school–
I don't have time for a history lesson. [turns to leave]
[blocks Ward] I said no, because I was afraid. The way you're afraid right now. Don't let emotion cloud your judgement.
That's not what's going on here.
I could've changed my life that day. But it seemed like too much responsibility. I didn't want to shoulder it. Now I think maybe I should have.
Well, when I got that offer I took it. I was serving time, arson first-degree, pretty sure my life was over. That's when someone came to me.
A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent? What was his name?
She'd laugh that you assumed it was a guy. Her name was Victoria Hand. She was the first person to tell me I could be a good man. Skye was the one who made me believe it. Now she's in danger. I can't just sit around and do nothing.
Try not to get killed, okay?
[Mack knocks out a Hydra agent to stop him from shooting Daisy]
Mack?
[Daisy and May walk towards Mack, who points his rifle at May]
Mack.
I'm here to help you– not the woman who held my daughter hostage.
May is the only reason I'm alive. She helped me escape. Hydra messed with her head, but she's fighting back now.
How do you know she's not lying?
[Enters and stands between Mack and May] Not a good time to be holding guns on our allies. [Hydra agents request a situation report over the radio] We have to go, now. Mack, I get it. These wounds don't heal overnight, but for reasons I can't fully explain, I trust this woman. [Lowers Mack's rifle] And so should you.
AFAlistair Fitz
Where are the traitors going? Why would Agent May betray Hydra for Skye? Why help the Inhuman escape?
Agent May, so that's who I heard through the vent.
AAlistair
What are they planning?
Clearly I wasn't in on any plan, or I wouldn't still be in this bloody cell.
AAlistair
Do you think I don't know who you are? Where you're from? You come from that other world, just like them. You're just as tainted.
You want to talk about that other world, as you call it? It's the real world. Here, you're just a snippet of code that AIDA changed slightly, so that you'd stick around for Fitz. You may be part of his life here, but there Alistair Fitz is thick he doesn't recognize his own son's genius. He's a pathetic drunk. Even here you're nothing without him. So do what you will, I've got nothing left to give. You'll be a big disappointment to your son yet again.
[Alistair chuckles, then punches Radcliffe in the throat, sending him to the floor.]
AAlistair
You know nothing about me or my son. [Starts beating Radcliffe repeatedly]
Getting this footage out isn't enough to make up for what I did in Hydra, but it's a start.
Changing people's hearts and minds is great, but I know a way to destroy Hydra for good. Remember the place Simmons and I were trying to find? Radcliffe told me where to go, how to find it.
The way out of this?
Yes, yes. If we can get there, all of our problems go away. We just need all the help we can get.
I don't know what you mean. There's no magic bullet against Hydra.
Yeah, and this footage is as close as it comes. I mean people will finally wake up!
No, you don't understand! None of this will matter in the long run. It's... [cuts off] Coulson? This is the only chance to actually wake people up.
Maybe the only way to solve our problem is to solve their problem.
What does that mean?
Getting to Radcliffe's coordinates right now is next to impossible. We need a way to divide Hydra's forces. To save ourselves we need to save the world.
[broadcasting on National television] Good evening. As you all know, a Hydra facility was destroyed yesterday. Hydra told you that it was an act of terrorism. They told you an Inhuman named The Patriot murdered civilians. What they told you was a lie. We're going to show you what really happened. [rolls footage from May's body-cam] This footage was taken from the body-cam of a high-level Hydra operative. Hydra used this "enlightenment center" to brainwash anyone who dared to question them. Jeffrey Mace saved these people, but Hydra was willing to kill them just to maintain their lie. Once you see this footage, the truth is undeniable. Hydra doesn't think we're smart enough to know when we're being fed alternative facts, to keep us afraid, to keep them in power. Remember, there are more of us than there are of them. And now that we know the truth, we have a choice to make. We all have the opportunity to be Patriots, will you take a stand? Are you going to hold them accountable? Throughout history we've seen empires rise and fall–
BAgent Burrows
[at the broadcasting studio] There are people outside. [Bakshi smiles and Ward picks up his pistol] No, they're not Hydra. I think they're here to help us fight.
A wise man once told me that a person can do anything once they realize they're a part of something bigger. It's taking me a while to understand that. For years I was just a face in the crowd, a history teacher who spread Hydra's lies. They seemed too imposing for any one person to fight. But now... I'm choosing to stand up, to become a part of something bigger. I really do believe that together we can accomplish anything. Because the truth is... I'm not just a history teacher. My name is Phil Coulson, and I'm an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
She's not subtle, that Madame Hydra.
BBurrows
Yeah, look at that uniform. So crazy hot. I--I mean, if you're into the whole "bad girl" vibe. Not--not me. I'm just making an observation.
Trip! It's so good to see you.
Hey... person I don't know.
Yeah. Right. Sorry, I heard about your mission. Awesome job.
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