Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Season 4

AIDA:
There's a beauty to it.

Radcliffe:
This body you're building ... the Russian won't approve.

AIDA:
He'll come around. I've observed his behavior. I've observed much human behavior. And the more I see, the harder it gets to find a logic to it.

Radcliffe:
Oh, you sweet girl. There is no logic to love, anger, wonder, joy.

AIDA:
I understand the concepts, but I don't feel them myself. And unfortunately, they've created a paradox in my programming.

Radcliffe:
What do you mean? Explain.

AIDA:
My two main parameters are in opposition due to human emotions. I was programmed to protect the Framework but also to preserve your life above all others.

Radcliffe:
Well, how is that a contradiction?

AIDA:
Because the greatest threat to the Framework, Doctor... is you.

Radcliffe:
That's simply not accurate.

AIDA:
A defining human trait seems to be regret, or so I've observed. You even asked me to repair one regret for each person entering the Framework.

Radcliffe:
Yes.

AIDA:
Well you Doctor, exhibit poor self-control, and if you someday come to regret building the Framework, you could change my parameters and have me dismantle it.

Radcliffe:
[laughing] Why would you think I would ever do that? I am saving these people. I am giving them a replica of their life with less pain.

AIDA:
Yes, but their physical bodies will eventually give out because of it.

Radcliffe:
Oh, AIDA, that doesn't matter. Reality is just perception. They perceive it as real, which makes it real.

AIDA:
They might not believe that.

Radcliffe:
Yeah, but I do. I know it. I believe it to be true, wholeheartedly.

AIDA:
Thank you for clarifying. That statement fixes the paradox. I can now solve both problems at once. [slits Radcliffe's wrists and inserts him into the Framework] Shh. You'll live a long life, free of pain.