[Hiding from Izel and her crew]
That sounds like S.H.I.E.L.D.
I've never been so happy to hear live ammunition.
“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)
All right, everyone. A toast. To those of you who've served since the very beginning. And to those whose journeys have just begun. To the agents we've lost in the line of duty. As well as those who have somehow returned. And to those who stand by us at our best and at our worst. Because without every single one of you, there is no S.H.I.E.L.D.
[In Yo-Yo's quarters]
Uh, yeah, it's, uh, I don't mean to keep you up. It's just, uh, I have a few things that, uh, I want to say, that I've wanted to say. But, you know, I-I can, um, I can be slow sometimes, so...
How many beers have you had?
N-No, it's, it's not that. It's, uh, t-there are, um, situations that, uh, will, um, will get complicated, no matter how hard you try to...
Mack. Today, we survived. It's been a good night. Let's not...
I screwed up. With you. I screwed up. We've been through hell and back, both of us. And I figured if, if I could get you off my mind, then that would help me be a better Director. You know, clear-headed, even-handed.
And did it?
I don't know, 'cause you're always on my mind. And today, when they took over Z1 and you weren't there, I never for a moment worried you weren't safe. In fact, I knew you would be.
I always told you not to worry about me.
I know. And you were right. I'm not asking for forgiveness now. Just, uh, just a chance to earn it. Eventually. All right, um, Good night. [Goes to leave]
[Uses her power to shut the door before Mack leaves] We can take it slow.
Did you, by any chance, see May in the corridor?
Oh. Yeah. After I blacked out, she was the first thing I saw when I came to, so I was in bad shape. She was cool about it, sweet, really.
Melinda May was "sweet?" Is there a different meaning for that word?
She said I looked like I was having trouble, couldn't argue with that, and I had to go rest. And yeah, now that I hear it out loud, she usually is more gruff.
[The team realizes that Izel can possess people but cannot access their memories.]
So everybody just needs to share a secret that she wouldn't know. The more private, the better.
Right, but it has to be something that one other person can confirm.
Yeah. We'll clear everyone here first, then everyone else in the base. It's the best plan so far.
Okay. I'll go first. Um, I, uh, tell people that the only time I miss Pitosí is during Christmas, but that's not exactly true.
It's not?
No, it's not. She told me.
There's one day every year where I miss him more.
Your mother's birthday.
That's May.
She's good, too.
Okay, um Daisy anonymously sends part of her S.H.I.E.L.D. salary to someone every month.
Amanda Campbell, Lincoln's sister. Mack's clear.
So are you.
[Still testing memories]
When we were on Krylor, you took something.
You knew about that?
I was running that mission. I knew everything. Also, you're not smooth like, at all.
I stole a pen.
A pen?
A space pen. I thought it was cool. Aliens write things down. I did not know that.
He's clear. And also ridiculous.
When the monoliths exploded, it opened this Fear Dimension. I fought a Kree, and I saw my mother, which was horrible, and you got married in a forest a few floors down. That was nice. The other you.
It actually manifested living things? Flesh and blood?
Yes. Coulson went in, sealed it up.
Maybe it wasn't a dimension. Izel said the monoliths had the power to create. Now, we know that one monolith was "space", another was "time". What if the third one was "creation"?
That's where our fears came from?
Yeah, think about it. The physical stones blew apart. That doesn't... It doesn't mean...
...Doesn't mean that the energy went away. It could... The light could just be uncontained monolith energy.
Exactly. Exactly. We're looking for a link. That could be it.
O-Okay, so you're saying that, when Coulson went in there with it...
It's possible that the three energies combined to create another Coulson through space and time on some other planet years ago. And he was left there when our Coulson sealed the Gravitonium device.
If that's true, he doesn't know it.
Just saying, the other you thought it was a Fear Dimension.
Yeah, well, he wasn't the smart one.
[Sarge is shooting Izel to no effect]
I know you're trying to hurt me. If it makes you feel any better, you are. Perhaps not in the way you intend, but it still hurts. Even so, it won't end me. And you don't even want that.
Of course I do. The same way you want to kill me.
Kill you? Oh, my poor dear. If I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead. I was trying to wake you up.
Oh, I'm awake. I'm awake enough to remember the people I loved, the family I had, and how it felt when you took them from me.
It's not true.
You're saying you didn't kill them?
I'm saying you didn't have a family. Those memories, they aren't yours.
That makes no sense!
Then how did I kill them? You can't recall because it didn't happen. The family isn't yours. It's a holdover, an echo from the man whose body you inhabit.
No, I don't understand.
I'm only beginning to fully understand myself. I always wondered how you got this form and where it came from. But now, in this place, they recognize that face here. Don't you see? The monoliths created your body, sent it back through time and space, back home to our realm. A planet where we have no form and yearn for it. This human body arrived. It had form. You took it over and lost yourself, lost me. And in return, you got everything that comes with this unwilling vessel.
There was a reason you rushed off to space last year.
I went with you to find Fitz.
We both know it wasn't just that. You have a pattern. It happened after you got your powers. After Lincoln, you walked away.
That has nothing to do with this.
Everything around here reminded you of Coulson, so you left. You didn't want to face it.
[Izel has conjured an image of Benson's late husband, Thomas]
I was driving. Then seeing something in the road. Then darkness.
An accident. I sat with you for days, hoping you would wake up.
I know.
What?
I heard every word that you said.
EElena
It's a lie, Benson!
Don't listen to it! It's not real!
When the doctor came in and said I was beyond helping, I heard that.
No.
When my dad and sister begged you to hold on longer, I heard that, too.
You were brain-dead.
I heard you say goodbye. I felt your hand on mine. You were so close, I could smell the liquor on your breath.
No, Thomas. I I-I didn't.
How much were you drinking that night?
Do you really think you can beat me?
Yes. This time, I'll actually kill you.
Go ahead. It'd be easier than doing it myself. Come on! What are you waiting for?! Do it! Kill me, Skye! If it works on me, it'll work on her. But you have to do it now, before I get any stronger.
Wait...
You can't wait. Don't you understand? It's all coming back to me. The memories, the pain. Her song ringing through every bone in my body.
What memories?
It's too late for that. I'll lose control. I could kill everyone here. End it!
I can't do it.
You've always been capable of more than you think. Now do it. Do it! Do it.
You were gonna sacrifice yourself. It's what Coulson would've done.
Maybe we could hyper-stimulate our brains with some sort of chemical, and that way, if she [Izel] possesses us, she won't be able to put us into an unconscious state.
You're suggesting we all take amphetamines.
Yeah. Yeah, okay, fine. I can see how that would be counterproductive.
So far, your doomsday ritual is a bit underwhelming.
This temple was built from the same stone as the Di'Allas. When they all resonate in harmony, they'll open a gateway to my home.
So you can go back there and never bother us again?
My family will come through and take over the Shrike hosts spread across the galaxy.
If it were that easy, you would've done it already.
True. With the Di'Allas destroyed, there isn't a way to complete the ritual. We must rebuild them.
That sounds like a you problem. And maybe you shouldn't tell us your bad-guy plans. That always happens right before the bad guy dies.
I'm telling you the problem because you're going to solve it for me. The three monoliths, as you call them you've seen them intact. You know what I can do with them. So your minds are going to create them for me.
But you can't do it yourself. That's why you need us.
I've already shown you that humans are incapable of controlling their fears.
But we're not afraid of you.
Our worst fears have nothing to do with you or the damn monoliths. It has to do with losing the people we love.
And we've already faced that fear. We're still here.
You kept it in check when Daisy spoke to you. Whatever she did got you thinking straight.
There's no thought. Only the rage. And if I see Izel...
You'll defeat her. You let the rage out. Then let the other part of you rein it in.
It's not as simple as you make it sound.
That's why I'll be there. To remind you.
You copied tech that you never understood in the first place, and now we've got bugger-all to show for it!
We've got bugger lots. We are close.
[To Simmons] You said our grandson was a delight.
He's a work in progress.
Oh, you know what? You are just jealous that I came up with the big solve.
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