Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Season 3

Coulson:
How's he doing?

Skye/Daisy Johnson:
Okay- for now.

Coulson:
Third incident already this month, but at least we're able to get our hands on this one.

Daisy:
The rate of new cases is increasing.

Coulson:
We knew it would, after the initial reports.

Daisy:
A new Inhuman could emerge anywhere, without any idea what's happened.

Coulson:
Only in the continental U.S. so far. Plus, this new aircraft can stay in the air much longer than the old plane. Days, really, so rapid response anywhere is-

Daisy:
[grins] You love your new toy, don't you?

Coulson:
[smiles] I very much love my new toy. But, even with the mind-boggling range on this puppy-

Daisy:
Inhumans are still disappearing.

Hunter:
[on the Black Ops group who are capturing Inhumans] They're not Hydra. You know I've been digging, and my street sources tell me Hydra's gone silent. Eerily silent, yes, but-

Coulson:
Yep. The Hydra finances we track are static; no money's changing hands.

Hunter:
And by the looks of the hardware these gung-ho nutters are using, they're well-funded. [holds up one of their guns]

Coulson:
So, if this woman's not Hydra, what is she?

Mack:
[indicates her files] Everything else? I mean, look at this- two years, CIA-

Hunter:
Is that MI6?

Mack:
Yeah, at which time she was consulting with the CDC, apparently.

Coulson:
All under different aliases.

Hunter:
Hmmm- I like her.

Mack:
How we supposed to track down someone like this? We can't look everywhere.

Coulson:
If we can trace that hardware, that'll give us a place to start. [to Hunter] Take that down to Bobbi in the lab- have the team analyze it.

Hunter:
Ohhh no, no, no- no, I- I'm not going anywhere near Bobbi. [Coulson and Mack give each other incredulous looks]

Coulson:
Fine, I'll take it to her myself. [removes his mechanical forearm] I wouldn't want you to do anything that makes you uncomfortable.

Hunter:
Yeah, I know that's sarcasm, and I'm choosing to accept your thoughtfulness at face value.

Coulson:
Mack, you should head downstairs, assist Skye with intake.

Mack:
Daisy.

Coulson:
Daisy! Damn it. [shakes his head] Hard for us to get used to, huh? [Hunter and Mack shrug]

Mack:
Mmmm... No, just you.

Bobbi:
My name’s Bobbi. As in the name usually short for Robert, but in my case, Barbara, which, to me, is worse.

Daisy:
This is my partner, Mack- we're just going to talk.

Joey Gutierrez:
[to Mack] So- she's the greeting party, and you're the muscle, huh?

Mack:
Believe me- she is the muscle.

Bobbi:
Who is Professor Randolph?

Coulson:
This monolith has been studied for centuries. Well, Randolph's actually been on the planet for those centuries. And he's traveled through space in a portal. And he's also an alien. So, he's got a lot going for him.

Bobbi:
This looks a lot like it was made to hold...

Fitz:
The monolith! This machine was designed to control the portal. To open and close it at will.

Coulson:
Do you know that? Or is that just what you hope it to be?

Fitz:
Well there's only one way to find out.

Daisy:
If the point of the machine was to resonate the room at a certain frequency; I can do that.

Coulson:
And you can replicate it?

Daisy:
Kind of drilled into my brain.

Coulson:
And it could kill you. How long to you think you could hold it?

Daisy:
Maybe a minute.

Coulson:
If it's too much, you pull back. I can't lose you too.

Coulson:
Skye, hey? Skye are you okay? Skye?

Daisy:
It's Daisy.

Coulson:
What?

Bobbi:
It's Daisy now sir. You're really having a hard time with this huh?

Coulson:
Damn it, yeah.

Garner:
You know why most people take psyche, right? They're trying to figure out families.

Werner von Strucker:
You got me there. You wouldn't believe how messed up mine is.

Coulson:
Simmons didn't have to go through quarantine- which is good, all things considered.

Mack:
What exactly are these things that we're considering?

Bobbi:
Everything that comes with being on another planet for months.

Fitz:
Different atmosphere, different levels of oxygenation, different microgravity- every system in her body's out of whack. Cardiovascular, inner ear, respiratorial, got used to being... not here.

Coulson:
Daisy, I need you to monitor all law-enforcement activity near Lincoln's last known location.

Daisy:
How 'bout we take a team and go look for him ourselves-

Mack:
No. The A.T.C.U.'s on a witch hunt for powered people.

Daisy:
I'm not afraid of them.

Coulson:
No, but they're terrified of you. Which makes them dangerous. Until we know where he is, you're not going out there.

Daisy:
[annoyed] Permission to speak freely?

Coulson:
[smiles] Do I have a choice?

Daisy:
I could've talked him in, if you didn't put an unsolicited tracker under his skin.

Mack:
If you didn't call to alert him, then-

Daisy:
Why wasn't I told?

Coulson:
We thought you were a little close to the situation.

Daisy:
[angrily] Of course I'm close to the situation! You asked me to assemble a team, and I accepted. I didn't expect to be undermined-

Coulson:
[curtly] You know what I didn't expect? A global outbreak, the A.T.C.U., their Inhuman manhunt. I didn't see all that coming, to be honest. I wanted to assemble a team, to get ahead of the problem, but that didn't happen. So, Daisy? [looks pointedly at her]

Daisy:
I'll scan law-enforcement channels.

Coulson:
Thank you.

May:
So, you trust Spud?

Hunter:
[tsks] Trust is a strong word, for a psychopath. He's a murderous thief who I once saw bite a man's nose clean off. But, he'll get us through the door. [pause] You'll find this funny. Back at H.Q., we've got a little wager going- on what happened between you and the good doctor. [May reaches for a knuckle-duster] My guess is? You walked away. Not in a huff or anything, just couldn't stand the constant talking, sharing-

May:
It's true, I don't like a lot of talking. [slaps her brass-knuckled fist into her palm] This fight? It's our way to Ward, so if you're gonna do this, you need to win.

Hunter:
You suggesting I can't win?

May:
I'm not saying you can't- but, I know I can.

Hunter:
Spud runs with a type. And, if that type sees some small, Asian woman destroy a wannabe Hydra thug in a bare-knuckle brawl, that type will talk. And word might spread up the ranks.

May:
... I see your point. [drops the knuckle-duster]

Hunter:
[smiles] You're just anxious to bash some heads after being out of the game. [pause] Look, I've rarely lost a fight, when I'm sober- which, I plan on being. And, I can take a punch, so worst case I'll do that 'till the other guy tires out. [May stares at him for a moment]

May:
So... how much do you have riding on this bet that I left Andrew?

Hunter:
A significant sum.

May:
[nods, smiles] Well... you lost it.

May:
[to the three huge Hydra recruits she just decked] How 'bout I do you a favor, and not tell anyone... that a tiny little Asian woman kicked your ass.

Rosalind Price:
[on Lincoln] He's extremely dangerous-

Coulson:
He wouldn't be, in our custody.

Price:
We're not going to harvest him for parts, if that's what you're worried about. We're not Hydra.

Coulson:
You say that now. What's so important about him?

Price:
Are you serious? He could bring down a plane. Feels like a man worth talking to-

Coulson:
I have another theory: the President makes a big speech about this new organization he's put into place. I imagine that puts a lot of pressure onto you. [Price looks away] Pressure to show results.

Price:
[turns towards him]... You're not wrong. And that's why I'm taking him in. [glances out at the sea] But why are we here, Phil? We waiting to watch the sunset together? 'Cause if you didn't come here to make a deal, then what do you want?

Coulson:
You have an ace up your sleeve, and I'm tired of waiting for you to play it.

Price:
Is that so?

Coulson:
We have surveillance from the hospital, which means there's another picture, you chose not to put on T.V.

Price:
[after finding her team, Mack and Daisy holding each other at gunpoint] Everybody, stand down! S.H.I.E.L.D.'s not the enemy, and you definitely don't wanna piss off the young Agent Johnson here. [indicates Daisy, who glares at her] We've got about nineteen Agent Johnsons on our side, though none that can take down a building. [Coulson appears at her side] Rosalind Price, by the way.

Daisy:
Coulson?

Coulson:
It's okay. The A.T.C.U. is here to help.

Mack:
Really? 'Cause the other day, they wanted Daisy's head for their trophy case!

Coulson:
Agent Mackenzie.

Price:
Bit of an exaggeration- but, that was then, and this is now. And, right now, we're here to contain a threat, same as you. Fan out! [she and her team move out]

Daisy:
[angrily to Coulson] I get that you cut a deal with them, but for the record-

Coulson:
It's a means to an end.

Daisy:
[sharply] Ours, or theirs?

Coulson:
I think the conspiracy nut in you had a few too many lattes this morning.

Daisy:
I did have a latte. It was a double.

Coulson:
Where are you taking the victims?

Price:
That's classified. Oh, it's not fun when it's you, right? Can't believe I just said that to the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Coulson:
You know, I'm really not feeling the spirit of cooperation here.

Simmons:
I know you're looking for signs of PTSD, but I assure you I'm fine.

Garner:
You've been through something pretty extreme. There will be after-effects, and that's okay. It's okay to struggle.

Coulson:
Mr. Frye, we can help you, but you have to trust me. This Lash is not some angel of mercy.

Dwight Frye:
No, he's no angel. He's just a guy trying to do the right thing.

Simmons:
Next time you have doubts about whether someone is real, ask them to hit you.

Will Daniels:
I'll keep that in mind.

Simmons:
Perhaps it's best if we start over since we're going to be working together.

Will:
Working together? On what?

Simmons:
On getting home.

Will:
There's no getting home. Sooner you accept that the better. Survival's all that matters.

Simmons:
I will not accept that. There's always hope.

Simmons:
Eat, shower, or sleep? What are you gonna do first when we get back?

Will:
Eat. Please. Who you talking to? What're you gonna do?

Simmons:
Ummm, I'm going to eat in the shower and fall asleep while doing it.

Will:
That's very efficient. I expect nothing less.

Will:
If you're not with NASA, how did you get into the monolith?

Simmons:
It's not with NASA anymore. It's with S.H.I.E.L.D. They've had it for quite some time. I'm not sure how or why.

Will:
That's real, S.H.I.E.L.D?

Simmons:
It was, I was recruited right out of the academy.

Will:
I was a test pilot for the Air Force, recruited by NASA. Now here I am.

Simmons:
Here we are. At least you volunteered.

Will:
Yeah.

Simmons:
[having lost the opportunity to return to Earth] You were right. There's no hope on this planet.

Will:
That's what I used to think. Then you showed up.

Daisy:
Lash was tracking us. He knew where our truck was. He needed inside info for that.

Coulson:
You think he's got access to ATCU information?

Daisy:
No, I think he's in the ATCU. We know that he can transform himself into a regular size guy and back. What if he's hiding out as one of them?

Coulson:
That's a scary thought.

May:
Andrew didn't get all the details exactly right. He said there were four men on the scene, but only three bodies were recovered: Coulson's man and two Hydra guys. The fourth guy was one of Andrew's students. [brings up the I.D. for "Alexander Braun"] That's his I.D., but it's an alias. He's not Alexander Braun. [glances at Bobbi] He's Werner von Strucker.

Bobbi:
Wait, von Strucker? As in-

May:
[nods] Hail Hydra.

Bobbi:
[nods] Ward was starting his own little Hydra dynasty. Cute.

May:
We find the Strucker kid, he'll lead us back to Ward.

Bobbi:
You got a how?

May:
S.H.I.E.L.D's been monitoring several Hydra bank accounts for a while now, one just woke up. Cayman Islands.

Bobbi:
Strucker needed funds, makes sense. So what's the op?

May:
How's your Mandarin?

Bobbi:
[in Mandarin] You tell me.

May:
If we head down there, maybe we'll pick up his trail. He's on the run from Ward. From us. Almost makes me feel sorry for the kid.

Fitz:
What, you don't think I should help Simmons rescue Will?

Hunter:
Do you think you should? He's the competition. If your girlfriend's ex wants to visit from Phoenix, you do not buy him a plane ticket.

Fitz:
That's really specific. Anyway, this guy kept Simmons alive. I owe him. He deserves my help.

Hunter:
Is that a person?

Daisy:
Oh god.

Hunter:
Is he dead?

Daisy:
No they're monitoring him. He's alive.

Mack:
But in, some kind of what... a coma?

Daisy:
This is ATCU. This is where they're storing Inhumans they find. Like animals in cages.

Lincoln:
Safe as houses.

Daisy:
What?

Lincoln:
It's an expression, people say that.

Daisy:
Sure. And someday you can tell me how you survived the Dust Bowl and the Hoover Administration, Grandpa.

Lincoln:
That's an ugly side of you, Daisy.

Coulson:
The ATCU is looking for a cure. I'm not suggesting that's for everyone, because it's not, but some people might want to...

Daisy:
We are not a disease.

Coulson:
I didn't say that you were.

Daisy:
You can't just expect people to go through that kind of change and immediately have a handle on it. Do you remember how scared I was at first?

Coulson:
Yes, I also remember you iced yourself so that you wouldn't hurt any of us. You've got to admit, things are getting out of hand.

Daisy:
Just admit it, you're afraid of people like me. Afraid of our power.

Price:
Absolutely. Do you even know your own strength? Could you take down this plane for instance?

Daisy:
I wouldn't do that.

Price:
But if you wanted to? You could kill me right now. Mankind's scary enough as it is, some psycho gets a gun and watch out. But now, people are their own weapon.

Daisy:
Not everyone is like...

Price:
Some is enough. That's all it takes.

Daisy:
You only see the terrible things.

Price:
That's not true.

Daisy:
I protect people.

Price:
It doesn't matter.

Daisy:
How can you say that?

Price:
Because for every Daisy Johnson, there's a Lash and it's ignorant for you to think otherwise.

Price:
So, are you gonna tell me what really happened? Cause I'm not quite buying this shark attack bit.

Coulson:
You're not buying that? One of my men cut it off. Saved my life.

Price:
By chopping off your hand?

Coulson:
Kind of had to be there.

Price:
Does it hurt?

Coulson:
Everyday.

Price:
Phantom pain. The thing that's missing is the thing that you feel the most.

Coulson:
Makes it hard to forget.

Price:
So maybe you don't. But it's also important to look ahead. See what's in front of you.

[after May shoots Andrew into the containment unit and is shown to have survived]

Coulson:
How did you know that wasn't going to kill him?

May:
I didn't.

Gideon Malick:
Revenge only provides a temporary pleasure.

Ward:
But a pleasure nonetheless.

Malick:
You should think on a grander scale.

Ward:
Oh, it'll be grand. I'm going to cut off the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., because without Phil Coulson, S.H.I.E.L.D. won't grow back.

Malick:
The octopus is one of the great symbols of Hydra. Supremely intelligent, highly adaptable, and they are ruthless killers. A nearly perfect predator. Same could be said of you.

Ward:
Well it's a terrifying symbol, but not my idea of dinner. Then again, I am adaptable. I hope you can be too.

[flight attendant hands Ward two bottles of alcohol]

Ward:
Thank you. These should keep me warm. This gonna get you in trouble?

Flight Attendant:
Up here, I control everything.

Ward:
Always? You ever find yourself completely out of control?

Flight Attendant:
I'll be in Moscow soon enough with a day off. Come see for yourself.

Ward:
I wish I could, but I'm not going to Moscow. This was the only flight I could find passing over Zepkow. [whispers into her ear, she backs away in terror] [on intercom] Ladies and gentlemen, please return to your seats and keep your seat belts fastened. You may experience some turbulence coming up. Don't be alarmed. That's just your pilot diving to equalize cabin pressure before you freeze to death. Oh, and, uh... from all of us here at Hydra, thanks for flying the friendly skies. [clicks detonator, explodes out of airplane]

Fitz:
Do you love him?

Simmons:
I don't know. I think... yes.

Fitz:
Yeah, of course you do. He's strong and smart. And you gave each other hope on the edge of nowhere.

Simmons:
Don't do this Fitz.

Fitz:
You think I didn't look for dirt on him? I did, and there's nothing. I can't hate him, he's great. Why else would you fall for him? He did everything right.

Simmons:
And you dove through a hole in the universe for me.

Malick:
I know you're all about rebooting Hydra and all that. But do you know much about our history, our origin?

Ward:
Yeah, World War II, Red Skull used Nazi funding to build this old empire...

Malick:
[laughs] Red Skull was following the principle that Hydra was built upon, that the ultimate power was not of this world, but Hydra... well, we're much, much older than that.

Malick:
Thousands of years ago, an Inhuman was born on this planet that was destined to rule it, so powerful, so fearsome that others were consumed with dread, and so they banished it from the Earth, sent it through the portal to a distant planet. Hydra was founded with the sole purpose of engineering its return. Over generations, Hydra's taken different shapes. The entity has been given different names. But every generation has sent men through the portal, hoping to save or at least serve our leader on the other side. Now we're building an army for it to command when it returns, and you and I will rule beside it.

Ward:
Okay. That's, uh... a lot to take in.

Malick:
[chuckles] Well, it's a tall tale. I know.

Ward:
And why exactly should I believe a word of it?

Malick:
Because we're closer than ever to the final chapter. We're gonna write it ourselves. But you don't have to believe me. I know you want revenge, to cut the head off of S.H.I.E.L.D., to watch it writhe. I'll help you do that.

Ward:
And in return?

Malick:
You'll help me learn how S.H.I.E.L.D. was able to achieve something with the portal that Hydra, in thousands of years, has never been able to accomplish.

Ward:
And what is that?

Malick:
They brought someone back.

Price:
Any sensible girl would swipe left in this moment.

Coulson:
Honestly, don't know what means.

Price:
You're such a Luddite.

Coulson:
You know I have a flying car right?

Price:
Yeah. It's from the '60s.

Ward:
Now you know how it feels, Coulson, to have someone you care for bleed out right in front of you.

Coulson:
Ward?

Ward:
I gotta admit, it still sounds funny when you don't say "agent" first.

[Coulson, Hunter and Bobbi have kidnapped Grant Ward's younger brother, Thomas Ward, and taken him prisoner aboard the Quinjet]

Thomas Ward:
Please don't kill me.

Bobbi:
Nobody wants that.

Thomas:
That's not very reassuring when he's got a gun to your head.

Hunter:
I hate to break it to you but your brother isn't a very nice guy.

Thomas:
You're the one who just kidnapped me. What's wrong with you people?

Coulson:
Ward hurt someone I care about. And as far as we can tell, you're the only thing left in this world that he cares about. Which means, you're the only way I can draw him out.

Thomas:
Okay... but you better finish him off when you do.

Hunter:
[surprised] Honestly I wasn't expecting that.

Thomas:
It's what Grant's always done; hurt people and lie to himself about it.

Hunter:
So all that talk about a "traumatic childhood" is... just rubbish then?

Thomas:
Sure, whatever he told you about our parents is true. See my Dad, he had some... real anger issues, and my Mom... well she had Dad issues. So they spent most of their time taking those issues out on us.

Bobbi:
What about your brothers, you're close?

Thomas:
Christian was a lot older, so we never really hung out much, but Grant... he was my best friend. Protected me from Mom and Dad, and Christian. Then one day he... didn't.

Coulson:
The day he pushed you down the well.

Thomas:
Grant totally changed after that. It was like he felt guilty but couldn't admit what had really happened. Instead he kept promising never to let anyone hurt me again.

Hunter:
Slightly unnerving coming from the guy who just chucked you down a well.

Bobbi:
You two keep in touch? Family reunions, holidays, that sort of thing?

Thomas:
Grant was 17 when he burned my parents house down with Christian inside. Ever since I've made sure to give him a pretty wide berth.

Hunter:
[to Coulson] Pretty sound logic actually.

Bobbi:
Well, you don't really seem like your brother.

Thomas:
Just because you grow up in a family of abusive monsters doesn't mean you have to become one.

Thomas:
Grant?

Ward:
Thomas... you okay?

Thomas:
Is everything they're saying true?

Ward:
Don't listen to them, they're the bad guys. They killed someone I love very much.

Thomas:
Then why is this happening?

Ward:
They know how much I care about you. They wanna hurt me.

Thomas:
It's been almost 15 years.

Ward:
I tried to see you, Mom and Dad made that impossible. They kept you hidden.

Thomas:
That wasn't Mom and Dad, that was me. I changed my name and moved so you'd never find me.

Ward:
Why would you do that?

Thomas:
'Cause I didn't wanna let you hurt me again!

Ward:
That was one time.

Thomas:
Really? One time? Then explain what the hell you did to Mom and Dad!

Ward:
Thomas...

Thomas:
No you killed them! And Christian too!

Ward:
You know what type of people they were, they hurt us both, I couldn't let that happen again.

Thomas:
Dad needed a walker to get around, who was he gonna hurt?

Ward:
I know this is tough to hear, but sometimes you gotta do a bad thing for the right reasons.

Thomas:
Stop trying to justify what you did, just stop! You know they were my parents too? And yeah, they were horrible people, but you are so much worse! You set them on fire!

Ward:
Thomas, calm down, listen to me for a second...

[Coulson takes the phone from Thomas]

Coulson:
Time's up.

Coulson:
I spent every second since you murdered Rosalind trying to understand just how your sick mind works.

Ward:
Shouldn't be that hard. We're not that different, you and me. It's not like we operate in different worlds, Coulson. We both got blood on our hands.

Bobbi:
All we have to do is take control of the castle and open the portal so they can return.

Mack:
So, just take the ultra-fortified Hydra castle and open the alien portal. That's it? You know, you're wired different than most folks.

Bobbi:
I'm not saying it'll be easy.

Hunter:
I wouldn't mind hearing it's gonna be easy.

Bobbi:
It'll be easy.

Hunter:
Doesn't work if I know you're lying.

Ward:
So how long you been here?

"Will":
Feels like forever.

Ward:
[looks at It's bed, which has room for two people] So you're how Simmons managed to survive all those cold nights, huh? [pretends to offer Fitz his gun] Maybe you wanna pull the trigger?

Fitz:
Grow up Ward.

[Fitz and It discover the ruins of an ancient city on Maveth]

Fitz:
Jemma never told me there was an ancient civilization here. [takes pictures with his phone]

"Will":
She never saw it. We're still in the No-Fly Zone.

[they continue walking]

Fitz:
What else do you know about the ancient city? What happened to it... [It collapses on his damaged leg] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hey, hey, hang on, [helps It up] hang on. Let me fix that. [takes off his backpack and begins searching in it]

"Will":
There used to be nine cities on this planet. The beings who lived there were fairly advanced. But they feared change, they were easily divided. They warred among themselves, destroyed their entire race.

Fitz:
You seem to know a lot about them. [pulls out a first aid kit and prepares to tend to It's bandaged leg]

"Will":
They had a chance, to become something great, something beautiful, but, in the end...

Fitz:
How do you know so much about... [pulls aside the bandage to discover that Will's leg has rotted to the bone]

It:
Because I was there.

Fitz:
You're not Will.

It:
No. Will died saving Jemma. From me.

Ward:
Saw something terrible today. When I say "terrible," I mean ancient and powerful. It's changed how I see things. I've never believed I was worth anything... that what I said or did had any meaning. Maybe that's why I'm a spy. Or why I agreed to come here.

Coulson:
If you're trying to talk me out of this, you can save your breath.

Ward:
I'm not looking for mercy or absolution. I just want you to know, I've been where you are right now. Filled with rage, wanting revenge... I chose Hydra for petty, personal, selfish reasons... for a father figure, for vengeance... for closure. But what I saw today gave my life meaning. For the first time ever, I have a sense of satisfaction that I never experienced when I was seeking revenge.

Coulson:
[shoots Ward in the arm] Gotta say, feels pretty satisfying to me.

[Malick sees Ward's reanimated corpse possessed by Hive]

Malick:
Well I'll be damned.

Coulson:
So we're your black-ops response?

President Ellis:
Isn't black-ops where you feel most comfortable?

Coulson:
I certainly prefer it to bureaucracy.

Hunter:
Invisibility. Imagine the possibilities.

Bobbi:
What are you imagining?

Hunter:
Nothing fun.

Bobbi:
Get used to it. Can't put the Terrigen genie back in the bottle. Powers are the new normal.

Mack:
Maybe you're just jealous.

Hunter:
Damn right I am. Tell me you didn't try one of those little fish oil pills. I had my fingers crossed for X-ray vision. [pause] I was just curious! I wasn't the only one.

[Mack looks at Bobbi]

Bobbi:
I mean I thought about it, I didn't actually do it.

Daisy:
How do you lose someone as big as Mack?

Mack:
[Tied to a chair in Elena's apartment] The chair's an upgrade. At least there's that.

Elena 'Yo-Yo' Rodriguez:
[In Spanish] I don't know what you're saying.

Mack:
Yeah, I don't know what you're saying.

Mack:
[Gathering intel on Elena] She works a clerical job in a museum. At night, art classes.

Hunter:
Artist turned gun runner. Kinda sexy.

Bobbi:
No record.

Mack:
It doesn't add up.

Hunter:
She's got powers. That's how it adds up. [At Joey's and Daisy's hard looks] Andrew was a lovely head shrinker before he turned into a not so lovely Inhuman serial killer.

Mack:
Point made.

Bobbi:
So, what do you know about this conference? Other than small, secret, just a few countries.

Daisy:
They're calling it a "Symposium on the Alien Contagion". No wonder everyone is afraid of us, when they use words like that. And you know, we're only part alien- and it's not a disease, it's an awakening.

Bobbi:
...Interesting word choice.

Daisy:
I mean, for me. Terregenesis... made me who I was supposed to be. It's given me a gift, and I use it to stop bad people from doing bad things.

Bobbi:
Unfortunately, some of those "bad people" are also Inhumans.

Daisy:
Yeah, well you know who else does bad things? Humans! But you don't see any "Symposium on the Human Contagion!"

Bobbi:
[shrugs] Humans, we know. Inhumans are brand new territory- people fear what they don't understand. [pause] Any word from Lincoln? How's his, uh, field op with May going?

Daisy:
[shrugs] It's just a trial run. But, having been there myself, I'd say... he's miserable.

Hunter:
What's in the case?

Fitz:
It's the Director's new toy. Something we've been working on.

Hunter:
Does it kill, stun or disintegrate?

Fitz:
It makes gloves.

Talbot:
I don't care what they call it. It's a dress. You must be loving this.

Coulson:
You're the president's official representative. It's a customary way to honor them for hosting the symposium, and you look very dignified.

Talbot:
It's all loosey-goosey under there.

May:
Great. Coulson's in trouble, this place is crawling with armed Hydra agents, and we have no weapons.

Hunter:
Not strictly true. [reveals batons and guns he was hiding in a serving tray] Buon appetito.

Bobbi:
I love you.

May:
I don't hate you quite as much.

Coulson:
[to the Hydra agents taking him prisoner] You gentlemen interested in changing jobs? The good guys are hiring. You don't get to kill people in cold blood, but we've got a really good retirement plan.

Hunter:
If we get to Malick, have we got the green light?

Coulson:
You want to assassinate a former member of the World Council on Russian soil knowing that if we get caught, or our actions are tied to the US government in any way, that it'll be considered an act of war?

Hunter:
So, you're saying...?

Fitz:
Pretty sure that's gonna be a "no".

Coulson:
It's a big "no"!

Hunter:
Bobbi and I were on holiday picking mushrooms...

Inspector Duval:
In the woods of Siberia in the dead of winter.

Hunter:
Do you know a better place to find the jumbo chaga mushroom? Because I certainly do not.

Duval:
You were caught with a weapon standing over a dead man.

Hunter:
An unfortunate circumstance.

Hunter:
I really should stretch before running.

Bobbi:
He was just doing his job.

Hunter:
So was Stalin.

Bobbi:
We took an oath. To BE the shield.

Hunter:
To protect those in danger.

Fitz:
Hey, hey. The residue from the bombs. It's got nitromine in it.

Daisy:
I don't know what that is, but your tone of voice makes it sound bad.

Fitz:
It's uh, Howard Stark developed it after World War II. It causes implosions.

Mack:
Uh. That's weird.

Daisy:
Weird, how? That they got their hands on it?

Mack:
Nitromine isn't stable enough to be used in a gel based explosive. Or, at least it shouldn't be.

Fitz:
So, the Watchdogs have been making improvements to nitromine.

Daisy:
Well... just, just to be clear...

Fitz:
Actually, I think I've got some sodium hydrogen acetate back in Zephyr 1.

Mack:
That'll help if we encounter any more bombs.

Daisy:
[Shakes her head in confusion] Sodium hy...

Fitz:
Hydrogen acetate.

Fitz and Mack:
It neutralizes nitromine.

Daisy:
Okay. Thank you, nerd herd.

Mack:
[observing the imploded building] Do we take this to bring back with us? Study it?

Fitz:
Uh, yeah, sure. Have you been working out? 'Cause it weighs, like, 100,000 tons. It's a building.

Mack:
So... no, then.

May:
Don't give me hope, Jemma. I don't want hope.

Fitz:
What does he think you do?

Mack:
Insurance.

Fitz:
Well, not any more, I'd wager.

Daisy:
Alphie? Thank you for that.

Daisy:
With Mack on bed rest, we could use the extra muscle.

Coulson:
He's the only one with extra muscles.

Coulson:
Is this even possible?

May:
That's a dumb question.

Coulson:
Got to admit this time stuff's always been a little over my head. Like, in Terminator. If John Connor's alive and able to send his friend back in time to save his Mom to make sure he's born, doesn't that mean he doesn't have to?

Lincoln:
I... uh... I never saw the original Terminator.

Coulson:
You're off the team.

Lincoln:
Don't worry about me, sir, worry about yourself.

Coulson:
Because Daisy saw me shoot her?

Lincoln:
Because I'd kill you if you did.

Daisy:
I know what's coming.

May:
Then get off your ass and show me.

Coulson:
This is not Ward.

Daisy:
Sure is creepy like Ward.

Simmons:
We think Ward's body was possessed, for lack of a better word, by It. The creature.

Fitz:
Giyera uploaded his data to a set of servers in Schoonebeek. It's on the Dutch-German border. It's an abandoned oil field.

Coulson:
So Hydra’s in the oil business, now? It’s like they’re not even trying to avoid the bad-guy cliches.

Mack:
You're gonna tell us everything you know. About Malick, about your plans, about that thing you brought back through the portal.

Giyera:
I should thank you. Without S.H.I.E.L.D., he never would've made it home.

Mack:
[chuckles] Wow. You're really drinking the Kool-Aid, aren't you? Oh, this leader of yours must be a real charmer.

Giyera:
We don't have leaders. We're working towards a common goal.

Mack:
That's what they tell you when you join a cult, but it's actually not true.

Hive:
I thought it was time.

Malick:
Time for what?

Hive:
To reveal my true self.

Yo-Yo:
What is Hydra?

Daisy:
Kidnapping Inhumans, global terrorism, all-around bad dudes.

Simmons:
May! You can't even walk!

May:
But I can still fly.

Malick:
I believed that I could resurrect a god. But instead, I freed the Devil.

Coulson:
Only technically. I mean, all the ancient Satanic creation myths, they were based on him, which you knew.

Malick:
The Devil promises everything and then lets you destroy your own world. I sacrificed my brother to him. Still, he took my daughter. And that image... of her body lying on that floor... I failed her. What else matters?

Coulson:
What you do next matters.

Malick:
[chuckles] Are you trying to sell me on the idea that I can set everything right?

Coulson:
I'm trying to sell you on revenge. I have an image, too, of a body on the floor... Rosalind Price. Love turned to rage in that moment. So I hunted down and murdered Grant Ward. Not to serve any good. Not to serve any belief. I wanted revenge. I wanted to feel him die. That's the sin that gave your Devil new life.

Malick:
To come and take everything we love.

Coulson:
Let it turn into rage. Tell me how to stop him.

Malick:
This god has outlived...

Coulson:
I've met gods. Gods bleed.

Malick:
I never saw my last rodeo being with S.H.I.E.L.D... What would you like to know?

Coulson:
Start with everything.

Coulson:
Hive destroyed the most sacred thing for a team. Trust. I know you want to destroy Hive for what he's done to you. We all do, and we will. I know you want revenge. But we have to be better, we have to do what's best for the team. It's times like these, when there's no clear path, that I understand why people pray.

[Fitz and Simmons kiss]

Fitz:
[breaks off] Sorry. Starting over, didn't mean to push too fast.

Simmons:
Too fast? Fitz, it's been ten years. We can't waste any more time.

Mack:
How's he holding up?

May:
No one comes to me with their feelings.

Mack:
Makes sense.

May:
Coulson has another way. But it's risky and irresponsible.

Mack:
Then why are you smiling?

Fitz:
Things are about to get complicated.

Simmons:
You mean once we have sex?

Daisy:
How you been James?

James:
You know, just catching up on my soaps. What brings you out here in the middle of nowhere? Did you break things up with blondie, looking for a lap to cry on?

Daisy:
Are you drunk?

James:
Well, I'm Australian, so yes.

Coulson:
You mess with a man's family, all bets are off.

Hive:
The world fears our kind of power because not everyone has it. Only billionaires can build iron suits. Only the military can make super soldiers, which can only lead to a war of its own. Whereas I plan to apply a more... collectivist philosophy.

Dr. Holden Radcliffe:
Does, uh... Does that mean we can get started?

Coulson:
Ok, the plan's simple. Go in, kill Hive, get out.

May:
What's protocol when it comes to the other Inhumans in town?

Coulson:
Do not engage unless absolutely necessary. These people are under Hive's control. We don't want to hurt them. I can't be with you on the ground, but I will be watching your helmet feeds. Be careful and be smart. This may be our only chance to catch Hive by surprise.

Mack:
And worse case scenario? If Hive can't be killed?

Coulson:
I suggest running. Very fast. Away.

Fitz:
You didn't see Daisy. She acted like we were still best of pals, all while threatening to murder me.

Simmons:
No, you're right. I didn't see that. I was much too busy listening to the disgusting face of Grant Ward act like my dead boyfriend.

Fitz:
That's true. That sounds worse.

Simmons:
Right. If this was a competition, then I'd win. I had to shoot him three times just to shut him up.

May:
Hey! This area is authorized for Hydra personal only. Who the hell are you?

James:
Hello gorgeous. I'm James. Single, 33, originally from Brisbane. I'm a Leo, with a little dab of Scorpio thrown in there for good measure. I like a decent drink, a decent meal, an indecent lass and not necessarily in that order. And you are?

May:
Nauseous.

May:
Was that a spaceship?

Coulson:
It's too small. Looks like more of a satellite.

Mack:
Why am I not relieved?

Talbot:
I'm here because the president sent me. Sokovia Accords are the law of the land now. He's concerned you may have undocumented enhanced assets working for you.

Coulson:
And why would he think that?

Talbot:
Because he's not a moron. C'mon Phil, it's time for S.H.I.E.L.D. to come in from the cold. Relegitimize.

Coulson:
In exchange for revealing and registering any Inhumans we may have? Not gonna happen.

Talbot:
Why are you so pig-headed? It's good enough for the Avengers.

Coulson:
Not all of them. And the Avengers operate in the spotlight, we work in the shadows.

Talbot:
What's going on in those shadows Phil? That's what I want to know.

Talbot:
Well well well, if it isn't the hothead who tried to kill my bodyguard.

Lincoln:
What's he doing in here? I thought this was a germ-free zone.

Coulson:
I see you two remember each other.

Mack:
Armageddon. Whatever he's doing is pure evil. I'm talking end of times, biblical evil. 2000 years of darkness evil.

Yo-Yo:
You need a beer. And some faith.

Mack:
You ever wonder if that's a word we use to fool ourselves? To give us false hope?

Yo-Yo:
That's how evil wins. When good people begin to doubt, and run the other way, instead of stand up and fight. You see it everywhere. In Colombia we have a saying El mal presas los débiles porque miedos fuertes.

Mack:
Evil preys on the weak because it fears the strong.

[Yo-Yo winks at Mack]

Talbot:
Do you have any idea how to stop him? You make him sound invincible.

Coulson:
Calm down general. You'll pull something.

Talbot:
Calm down? This is an end-of-the-world type deal! Don't you tell me to calm down! I'm the one who tells you to calm down! [pause] How are you so calm anyway?

Coulson:
I'm getting used to this sort of thing.

Daisy:
This is Agent Daisy Johnson. I'm coming home. Repeat. I'm coming home.

Yo-Yo:
[about the kill switches to hers and Lincoln's vests] Would you really use these? [Mack looks away solemnly, but doesn't reply] Good. Because I'd rather die than be anyone's slave.

Mack:
I don't know why you're on this damned mission. It's too dangerous. That's why you should have this. [hands her back her cross]

Yo-Yo:
What do you think you're doing?

Mack:
I'm giving you your cross back. You need it more than I do.

Yo-Yo:
This isn't a lucky rabbit's foot. This is a symbol of faith! Who would return such a gift?

Simmons:
You think I'm not romantic? I'm gonna do something with you on that island that will take your breath away.

Fitz:
What is... eh... are... are you... what?

Simmons:
Snorkelling!

Daisy:
When Hive takes over a body, he steals that person's memories. That's as close to stealing a soul as you can get.

Mack:
Memory is the scribe of the soul.

Daisy:
The Bible?

Mack:
Aristotle. What? I have dimensions.

Daisy:
The worst part about Hive is, when he's making you hurt the people you care about, he makes you love him for it. If Hive isn't the Devil, he's the closest thing to it you and I will ever see.

Daisy:
Hey.

Hive:
Sorry. Having trouble; my memories. You were in that one.

Daisy:
Do you have any idea what you did to me?

Hive:
Yes. I remember. You're in pain.

Daisy:
[getting down on her knees] Please... take me back.

Hive:
You know, killing me won't make the pain go away. Or will it? I can't remember.

Daisy:
I don't want you to die. I want you to suffer.

Daisy:
Even when I tried killing him, he beat me. My powers are nothing compared to Hive.

May:
I don't give a damn about your powers. They're not what made you an agent. I did.

Daisy:
You have no idea what I did. I have nothing left.

May:
Why did Andrew save you? Yeah, you did a lot of bad things. All you can do now is balance the scales, do some good. You wanna give up? Live in a box? Go ahead. But that hurt stays in there with you, believe me.

Coulson:
I'm just here to offer a helping hand. Pun absolutely intended.

Hive:
You have given me exactly what I need to defeat them, your body. I'll shed this host and take you, and march down to announce to the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that I finally succeeded in defeating the great Alveus. The day is won. No need to remain concealed in the shadows.

Coulson:
Yeah, you sound just like me.

Hive:
Oh I will. Once I'm in that head of yours. I can't wait. We're two sides of the same coin Coulson. Commanders leading soldiers.

Coulson:
The only difference is when you give an order, your followers have no choice but to obey, but when I gave my team the order to stay behind they just wouldn't listen. They got out, right before docking was complete, climbed along the top of the fuselage to a maintenance hatch. I'm just a distraction. [Hive tries to grab Coulson and discovers he's a hologram] I said I was willing to die sure, but I certainly don't want to. Picked up this little move from my misguided buddy Blake, figured I could get an egomaniac who'd been alone for a thousand years to chat. Plus, I always wanted to do this: [bows forward] "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."

Coulson:
Now all we have to do is decide who goes and who stays to hold off a wave of primates and Hive the Terrible.

Mack:
Well, I'd like to be in the fight. [wields shotgun-axe] Built this damn thing for a reason.

Daisy:
[crying] You can't just die for me like this. It's... it's wrong!

Lincoln:
I don't know, saving the girl I love and the world at the same time? Feels pretty right to me.