[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.
“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)
FDFear-Dimension Deke's Mother
Put that down! You'll cut yourself. Are you getting enough to eat here? I see you're making some friends.
I don't know if I'd call them friends.
DSDeke's Mother
You like them. I can tell.
S-Some, maybe.
DSDeke's Mother
And that Daisy girl is cute.
Mom, no, she's not. Stop it.
DSDeke's Mother
Remember, sweetie, the steps you take don't need to be big.
DSDeke's Mother and Deke
[Together] They just need to take you in the right direction.
You always used to say that.
DSDeke's Mother
And my mom said it to me.
I'm just trying to not lose faith. We're gonna change things.
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?
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?
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.
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?
So, what? You turned over a new leaf? Or just another Russian infiltrating our democracy?
[General Hale insists that Coulson go with her.]
We know this is a trap, Phil.
Yeah. And it's a really good one, too.
Don't do that. Not now. Not when you're turning your back on me.
Turning my back on you? What other way out is there? This is unavoidable.
It's suicidal. Which is now a recurring theme for you.
I'm not airing our dirty laundry in front of the bad guys right now.
How considerate. [To Hale] He's all yours.
[A mech is holding Simmons at gunpoint while Fitz works on removing Daisy's inhibitor.]
You would point a gun at me?
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.
You don't know it's going to work.
The science is sound. There are always risks involved. You know that, Jemma.
You're right, but potentially paralyzing Daisy or destroying the world are two massive risks, Fitz.
Let's hope that that doesn't happen.
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.
No, I don't. But I have to.
No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no! [softly] I will... I will never forgive you.
I suspect you won't be the only one.
How long have you been seeing him [His Framework persona]?
My mind's been through a lot. Been hearing him for a while now. Since we left the Framework. Only just started seeing him.
It's your injury acting up. You used to see me, too, when I wasn't there.
You were my conscience.
Then what was he? You had a psychic split. But that dark persona, that's not you.
It is me. It's not an apparition. It's not some evil doppelganger. It... was... me. How are Daisy and Mack?
You have to talk to them. They can come to forgive you if you just explain...
I don't deserve forgiveness, Jemma.
Just like you don't deserve me?
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.
I don't know really what to say.
That's a first.
I guess I don't have to ask how you're doing.
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.
You haven't lost him. You know him better than he even knows himself. He's complicated. And he's stubborn.
Yes.
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.
How could you possibly know all those things?
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...
They just need to take you in the right direction. You're our grandson? [Vomits]
Of all the blindfolds I've forcibly worn, that was one of the nicest.
There's a method to this madness. All of your questions will be answered in the morning.
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.
It's not. It's Hydra.
I thought we stomped you out.
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.
Time for what?
It's time for S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra to finally unite.
[Flashback]
WWhitehall
You completed your final test? [Young Hale shows him an empty dog collar] Well-done. It's a rite of passage. You must eliminate any weakness, no matter how difficult. I imagine it wasn't easy to sleep last night.
Not with all the boys sobbing through the walls.
WWhitehall
Leadership expected nothing less. In fact, we're confident we see the future of Hydra in you. That's why I've selected you for my program.
Sir, I'm honored. Um, I've dreamed of working with you, and I really think that the chamber can revolution...
WWhitehall
No, Von Strucker will be working on the chamber.
I-Is this because he and I got into a fight?
WWhitehall
In a sense, yes. We're actually impressed by your strength, your mettle. We think that you will be essential in engineering the perfect human specimen for the chamber.
But sir, I'm... I'm not a biologist.
WWhitehall
Correct, but you're the only candidate left with the other... necessary qualifications.
You want me to be...
WWhitehall
Artificially inseminated. It's quite exciting, yes? You should be honored. You will give birth to our new leader. As I said, we see the future of Hydra in you.
So you want my help to arm alien warlords. You ever consider they may not hold up their end of the bargain? That maybe something called the Confederacy will just enslave us all?
We had to seal the rift shut.
[Very angry] By any means, no matter how sadistic.
Okay. Well, would you have agreed to do it?
Never.
Well, then, I didn't have a choice.
[enraged, pushes him against the wall with her powers.] You didn't have a choice? You drugged me, you restrained me, and you cut into me.
I don't feel good about it, either, but in a few hours, the town up there would've been affected, as well, so, I'm sorry. I don't need your forgiveness. I just need you to trust me.
You are not leaving this room. You are Hydra.
Well, that's an advantage. I salute the same flag as those people.
Yeah, but we don't turn on our own here.
Do you want me to recount all the times that you did?
[Shows Fitz a multitool] Do you recognize this?
Yeah. It's mine. After my injury, I got the number engraved because I couldn't remember the name.
See, that's the thing. [Shows him a newer but otherwise identical multitool] This one's yours. That other tool belongs to Deke, who got it from his grandfather.
He's my... our... grandson?
Yeah.
But... he's the worst.
I think he's perfect. Plus, his very existence proves that you and I make it to the Lighthouse... and live long enough to raise a daughter. Do you see what this means?
Yeah, I do. It means that our daughter's obviously gonna marry some belligerent space goon if she's gonna give birth to a Deke?
No, Fitz. It means you and I are invincible.
General Hale. I know you're bummed the whole team-up thing isn't gonna happen. But it still seems kind of petty, taking away my cot... my chair... and my Cap'n Crunch. That last one really hurt. And you're gonna destroy the Earth, so...
[Examining Deke] I don't see it. None of you looks like me.
Well, I don't know what to tell you, Grandpappy. I guess your daughter found a real man.
Of all people. Why couldn't it be Flint? I liked Flint.
Well, that's a lovely sentiment. That's almost as loving as when you had a robot... point a gun to my head.
I didn't want to hurt anybody.
It's fine. It's the first move you made that actually made me respect you a little bit. It's my kind of move. And this place, 80 years from now, I'd survived on moves like that. 'Cause it was kill or be killed. I know Johnson's still mad at me about the whole "selling her into slavery" thing, but you got to play the long game, or else the whole world is gonna be a vacancy, right?
Maybe.
And you say you don't see the resemblance? Okay. Well, quality time was fun, but I'm late. I don't know if you noticed, but... ever since she's been in charge, Daisy's kind of a hard-ass.
[Gestures toward his cell] I noticed.
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