Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Season 5

Coulson:
Well, I don't have many details, but I do know we're in space.

Mack:
Yeah, that makes sense. That's one thing we haven't done yet.

Mack:
Look, I'm just saying, what good is it having a state-of-the robotic hand if you don't have it on you when your kidnapped by Martians?

Yo-Yo:
Looks like he's got both hands to me.

Mack:
Ah, that's his civvy hand. It's just a prosthetic without all the cool doodads. It should've been a hook. At least you can stab things with a hook.

Coulson:
Thought I was gonna be arrested.

Yo-Yo:
So, wait, that one doesn't have a blowtorch or the laser gun or anything?

Coulson:
First of all, I'm not Inspector Gadget. And second of all, the authorities would've confiscated it. Prison's bad enough without being down an appendage.

Mack:
First rule of Boy Scouts is always come prepared.

Simmons:
How were we supposed to be prepared for this, Mack?

Mack:
I don't know, we gotta be prepared for everything, apparently. Look, not a day ago, I was trapped inside a-a computer-generated mind prison, and now... You know what? You know what, Coulson? I'm out. I'm out. We get through this, I am packing it in.

Coulson:
Sorry, Mack. You already quit years ago.

Mack:
Yeah, well, I didn't quit hard enough. Look, I'm not comfortable at the pace at which we deal with new trials and tribulations.

Simmons:
Fury never said anything about deep space outposts being developed, did he?

Coulson:
There was nothing like this in his black box.

Yo-Yo:
So, wait, S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't have a space division called S.P.E.A.R. or something?

Coulson:
[nods no]

Yo-Yo:
Really? I always thought you guys had people hiding on the moon.

Simmons:
Again, let's not postulate. Let's apply scientific principles and consider the evidence we have.

Mack:
Look, this is magic, okay? Can we all agree this is magic at play?

Simmons:
Magic is just science we don't understand yet.

Mack:
Ah, please. We just got zapped through space by Stonehenge, and we're trying to rule out a flaming-headed demon from east L.A.? Science my ass.

Coulson:
We should split up.

Mack:
Oh, hell no. We are sticking together, one hundred percent. Have you never seen an Alien movie?

Daisy:
Mack, it's the best way to cover the most ground.

Mack:
Okay... okay, you see, that's exactly what they say before they get picked off one by one. And you know who the first one will be.

May:
So we'll have to find our own way back.

Simmons:
Well, I'm a biologist, but sure I can invent time travel. Just give me a minute.

Deke Shaw:
Daisy? Pretty name. Like the flower?

Daisy:
Does that line work in the future?

Deke:
Guess not.

Mack:
Ready, and go.

[Yo-Yo runs off and and returns in a blink]

Yo-Yo:
You should see your "go-face" in slow-motion. Classic.

Mack:
You're showing off.

Yo-Yo:
If you got it, flaunt it.

Mack:
You're gonna leave us here to die?

Grill:
That's the hope.

Mack:
If we don't, you and me are gonna have a conversation.

Yo-Yo:
Where's an axe when you need one, huh?

Coulson:
Still too soon.

Mack:
That is not something to joke about.

Deke:
Quake. You see, I'm the one person that's pieced history together, who has an idea what happened. You want to know what kind of force can tear a planet apart? It was you. You think if you work hard enough if you inspire them, that you can put the pieces back together? You think you can save mankind? Give them back a world with justice and freedom and all that other pledge-of-allegiance garbage? I'm telling you to make peace with it. Surrender to it and make this your home, just the way it is. Because S.H.I.E.L.D. tried to save the world. And you want to see the consequences? Take a look. [shows Daisy on a screen the planet Earth which is blown apart] Do you see an Earth that can be saved? It's too late. It's already been quaked apart.

Grill:
The Renewal lost me time and tokens! So if things don't start picking up around here, I'm gonna be doing some renewing of my own! Is that understood?!

Coulson:
Thinking I may have been wrong to trust Grill.

Yo-Yo:
This is what we call an understatement, no?

May:
You think we're gonna find something out there? Maybe a way back?

Coulson:
I don't know. Maybe there is no way back.

May:
That doesn't sound like you.

Coulson:
Just managing expectations.

May:
You're being fatalistic.

Coulson:
Look, you know I'm not big on destiny, but maybe our destiny's here, in this time, helping these people.

May:
It's not like I don't want to help. I do. But after that, I'm going home. I spent weeks in the Framework, strapped to a board, thinking I was Hydra. I've earned a night in my own bed.

Kasius:
Did you set our little healer up to fail because I think she's pretty? Or did you really think she'd succeed? You want to see me happy. Then tell me, what does Jemma have that makes her so different, makes her capable to succeed in this?

Sinara:
Compassion.

Daisy:
Where I come from, we protect each other.

Deke:
You are storming the castle. Any plan how you're gonna do that alive? [No answer] That's what I thought.

Daisy:
This is what I do. My friend's life is on the line, so I'll figure something out.

Deke:
Oh, just all in, totally blind, huh? It's a stupid way to play, even if you have a good hand. You should be playing the long game.

Daisy:
The long game?

Deke:
Yes. I can make it so that you could waltz down there with an invitation from the big man, but that takes serious time. It takes finesse.

Kasius:
You were right. It's a rare occasion that I am surprised, but count this among them.

Deke:
I told you she'd find her way down here. And demonstrating her powers, no less. That right there is a weapon of mass destruction, tied up in one pretty, little package, all for you. We can talk about price later, but I expect that you'll be more than fair.

Kasius:
So, this is Quake, Destroyer of Worlds. How is it possible that she's here?

Deke:
The important thing is... she's yours.

Daisy:
I'll kill you. I swear.

Deke:
Sorry, sweetheart. I'm just playing the long game.

Ben:
We do this, demonstrate our powers, and go with whomever buys us because our families get compensated once we're gone.

Daisy:
You mean they get paid to sell you.

Ben:
I mean they have a better shot at survival. Survival is everything.

Daisy:
This is insane.

Ben:
This is life. Otherwise, our families could pay the price. You have people you care about I heard that much. If you care about them, I suggest you play the game. And if they pit us against each other, I suggest you try to win. 'Cause I will.

Coulson:
We need to talk.

Deke:
"Say, Deke. How you doing? You look really good. Can we have a word?" See? It's not that hard. I was coming to find you guys, anyway, 'cause I haven't seen you in a little while.

Coulson:
I was hoping Daisy was with you. Last we heard, she was looking for you.

Deke:
Yeah. She found me. I was just with her a couple hours ago. And it's it's-it's all good. I-I helped her onto a lower medical floor. It's where we think your other friend is.

May:
She never came back or checked in.

Deke:
She said something about no further contact spy stuff. How'd she put it? "Silent mode"?

May:
Going dark.

Deke:
Yeah. That. And I told her that you'd wonder, and she said, "Get out of my way. This is what I do. My friend's life is on the line. I'll figure something out."

Coulson:
Yeah. That sounds like Daisy.

Coulson:
Why would you lie about Daisy unless you sold her out?

Deke:
Okay, well, this is probably the part where I should explain.

Coulson:
No. This is the part where May breaks your face. You explaining, kind of secondary.

Coulson:
Oh, please. That wasn't the first time you went for a payday. You weren't out to save lives. You made a profit.

Deke:
The two aren't mutually exclusive.

Mack:
When Hope died, the real Hope, she never came home, and, still, it took me weeks before I could walk into her nursery and take everything away, but I did it eventually.

Yo-Yo:
It must have been hard.

Mack:
But this Hope, my Hope in the Framework, she, uh... This is harder. I miss her so much. It's so much worse. Imagine that. I survived the pain of losing my real child, but I can't get over the pain of losing a fake one, so what kind of a father does that make me? Maybe Gunner was right about me. Maybe I really am already lost. I...

Yo-Yo:
Hey. Hope might not have been real, but your love for her was. And that makes you a great father and a good man.

Hunter:
[Ghost Rider's] the strangest thing I've ever heard. Except for the sexy robot that you made that became human and wanted you to stick the old...

Fitz:
Please.

Hunter:
...floppy into her love drive.

Fitz:
Can we not talk about this, please?

Hunter:
Copy that. Message received. Well, my life has been perfectly boring by comparison. Mercenary work, working with unscrupulous dirtbags like Rusty.

Fitz:
How are things with Bobbi?

Hunter:
Good. Yeah. We're 100% compatible... 50% of the time. Nearly got married again, until the ninjas showed up.

Fitz:
So... you are together?

Hunter:
Together forever, just... doing our own thing. Distance is our savior. How about you and Simmons? Did you find a way to work it out?

Fitz:
Distance is our curse.

Hunter:
So... you and Simmons?

Fitz:
Yeah. Yeah, we're together now. Everyone knows. Even looked for a place together.

Hunter:
Oh, congrats, mate. I remember when you couldn't even admit that you liked her.

Fitz:
Maybe it should have stayed that way. Everything that keeps happening to us does seem like the universe doesn't want us to be together.

Hunter:
The universe doesn't want or care about anything. And even if it did, why wouldn't it want you to be together? You two are so perfect for each other, it makes everyone a little bit nauseous.

Fitz:
Maybe it's trying to protect her.

Hunter:
From what?

Fitz:
From me. From what I was in the Framework... 'cause that came from inside me. That... wasn't programming.

Fitz:
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Careful. These are extremely volatile and unpredictable. Screw up once... you could lose a limb.

Hunter:
Once we do this, that's it, no turning back.

Fitz:
Let's do it.

Hunter:
Okay. Release the ferrets.

Hunter:
Brings back memories. We had some good times back in the day, in between all the bad times and being shot at and chased and attacked by monsters.

Fitz:
Yeah. This place, the base, always felt like home. Like family.

Hunter:
Ah, don't worry. You'll be together again soon.

Fitz:
You're just saying that.

Hunter:
Yeah, of course I am. They're stuck 70-odd years in the future, and our world's about to end. The odds, my friend, are not in your favor.

Fitz:
Are they ever?

[Fitz is inside a cryo-freeze chamber]

Hunter:
I love you.

Fitz:
I know.

Fitz:
Jemma, it's me. Don't turn around. Just play it cool. I've missed you so much. You know, I spent six months locked up in an off-the-books military prison—not to mention 80 years frozen in space—all just hoping to find you, and here you are. You know, I realized something. The universe can't stop us. 'Cause we've crossed galaxies. We've traveled through time. We've survived the bottom of the Atlantic just so we could be together. Now, a love like that, that's stronger than any curse. And you and I, we are unstoppable together. I, I don't want to live another day without you. So, Jemma Simmons, will you marry me?

[Simmons does not notice him.]

[Watching Ben get the upper hand in his fight against May.]

Fitz:
I came to see the Destroyer fight, not some ancient... has-been.

[May glares at him.]

Flint:
Well, how come I don't have my powers yet?

Yo-Yo:
You have your power. It just hasn't revealed itself.

Flint:
How long did yours take?

Yo-Yo:
Oh, it was a total disaster. I crusted over three weeks earlier, after eating fish soup and tacos.

Flint:
What are tacos?

Mack:
What the hell kind of future is this?

Yo-Yo:
Tacos are a food. Anyways, I had told myself this was just a dream. And then my cousin Francisco calls with bad news about his mom. I was upset, so I went to get a beer, and... whoosh! I'm back on my couch, beer in one hand. I realize I need a bottle opener, and whoosh again... I'm back on my couch, bottle opener in the other hand.

Flint:
What did you think was happening?

Yo-Yo:
My heart was beating so fast, I thought someone had put cocaine in my beer.

Mack:
Whoa. Dial it back, Escobar.

Yo-Yo:
I got so worried, I told my cousin Francisco to come over. He spent countless hours talking me out of an exorcism.

Daisy:
How is Fitz even here?

Simmons:
I don't know! He just showed up out of nowhere with his own spaceship.

Daisy:
It's a baller move. Not to mention the whole bounty-hunter look he's rocking.

Simmons:
I still prefer him in cardigans.

Daisy:
Do you have any idea what he's planning?

Simmons:
Yeah, I'm not sure, actually. We haven't had a moment to speak, though it would seem he's here to purchase us.

Daisy:
What if it doesn't work?

Simmons:
I have a knife. [Shows Daisy a butter knife.]

Daisy:
We can do better.

Simmons:
Well, there was limited cutlery to choose from.

Fitz:
I'm never leaving you again.

[They kiss. Fitz ICEs Sinara.]

Simmons:
Then marry me, Fitz.

Fitz:
Absolutely.

Simmons:
Okay, come on.

Fitz:
Also, um, just to say, I did propose earlier, when Kasius had your hearing turned off.

Simmons:
[sarcastically] Oh, of course you did.

Fitz:
No, I... Seriously, I did.

Fitz:
I have a ship. We get there, then comes the plan. Hey, how's your head?

Daisy:
I'll tell you when the ringing stops. By the way, "fight to the death"? Really?

Fitz:
Yeah, well, I had to make a splashy entrance.

Daisy:
Yeah, well, you could have jumped in the octagon yourself, then.

Fitz:
Well, wouldn't be fair. I do push-ups now. Double digits.

Simmons:
You have no idea how good it is to see you. You're here... with a spaceship. Seems impossible.

Fitz:
Nothing is impossible anymore.

Simmons:
Full story later.

Fitz:
Yeah, there will be pints.

Simmons:
There will be gin.

Enoch:
Hello! That is the third Vrellnexian I have eliminated in pursuit of you! Not to toot my own horn, as you would say.

May:
I would never say that. Who the hell are you?

Enoch:
My name is Enoch. Fitz sent me.

May:
Fitz? How were you not eaten by those things?

Enoch:
They have no interest in me, as I have no tender insides for them to extract.

May:
[angrily] I thought Fitz was done building robots.

Enoch:
I am not a robot. I am a sentient Chronicom from the constellation you know as Cygnus. I am here to aid you, you who will save humanity: Melinda May, Jemma Simmons, Phillip J. Coulson...

Daisy:
Well, it's convenient, you showing up right now.

Deke:
Convenient? No, it's mind-blowing I managed to escape my room after Coulson welded the door shut. I had to crack a window. A lot of my personal valuables are now floating around space, thanks very much, everybody.

Daisy:
What? This story's supposed to make me feel better, that Coulson locked you up?

Deke:
We were working out our differences, all right? I don't have time to get into this.

Fitz:
Can we discuss this after we're out of the line of fire?

Deke:
Yes, thank you, this guy. Now please follow me. We go up the service shafts. It'll lead us right onto the trawler.

Daisy:
No, no, no, no. This is the guy that sold me to Kasius.

Simmons:
Oh. Kill him. He's a snake.

Fitz:
I'm gonna cut his throat open.

Deke:
I'm a pragmatist, all right? Just lis... just listen. I told you that I would lead you to your friend. There she is. And I stopped you from doing something drastic that would have gotten people killed in the process. [Notices a wounded Fitz.] Though you don't look great.

Fitz:
Thank you.

Fitz:
Okay, if you guys really are gonna go fight a bunch of alien warriors, then you might be interested to know that, in the past, I hid a crate of S.H.I.E.L.D. tech in a wall on the base.

Mack:
Oh, that's what I'm talking about. Thanks, Turbo.

Yo-Yo:
Where?

Fitz:
Level three.

Mack:
Oh, you got to be kidding me.

Yo-Yo:
You mean the level infested with aliens that suck your blood?

Fitz:
Well, how was I... I feel like I'm not getting enough credit here. I have traveled through time and space to find you. I think we're moving past that bit a little bit too quickly.

Mack:
Turbo, Turbo, Turbo, we wouldn't expect anything less. Thank you.

Faulnok:
Sinara, holding your own against the Destroyer of Worlds, felling my own best warrior. It seems I underestimated you and your desire to climb higher in the ranks, within which I now have an opening. My brother confines you to his dungeon, denying you the right to shine. On my side, you will shine more radiant than the stars we will conquer. A warrior such as yourself deserves a leader worthy of your talents. I will show you things Kasius could never... [Kasius bayonets him in the back.]

Kasius:
Sinara is not some object to be taken. The truth, brother? We both know father sent me on a suicide mission. Two of my generals were dead at my feet, yes, because Sinara killed them. They were preventing me from fleeing the battlefield. You see, Sinara said, and I agree, that the battlefield is not my place. I'm not built for it. With the bloodshed left to her, I can focus on greater things, and have. I wasted so much time on my knees, seeking your approval. No more.

Faulnak:
You play god over a dead rock. But you're just a coward who hides, then stabs his enemies in the back.

Kasius:
And in the front [bayonets Faulnak in the chest]. A life spent. A life earned. [to Sinara] Think how warmly father will greet us when we avenge my brother's death and bring him the Destroyer of Worlds. Everything we've ever wanted will soon come to bear.

[Coulson arrives at the Zephyr after crashing a trawler]

Coulson:
Love what they've done with the place.

May:
Looks like, uh, you had a rough landing.

Coulson:
Yeah, can't recommend the airline. Inexperienced pilot, lot of turbulence, ran out of pretzels in coach.

Robin Hinton:
Phillip J. Coulson. He can bring all the pieces together.

Deke:
When you're a kid, you... you learn fast not to cross the Kreepers because they'll send you to the surface, and up there, you die. But, hey, turns out that everything's a lie and people can survive up here, and even that batty old lady made it.

Daisy:
The one who sees through time? Probably should've mentioned that.

Deke:
Yeah, well, I thought she was crazy, all right? And as I mentioned, dead. Back in the Lighthouse, Virgil used to bring her tea every day and listen to her stories. That is, until Kasius sent her and my dad topside.

Daisy:
Must have been sad to lose him. I'm... sorry.

Deke:
No, I was too bitter to be sad. As far as I was concerned, his loony theories got my mom killed. So he gets himself sent to the surface... good riddance. Then you guys actually show up...

Daisy:
Sucks when your parents get to say, "I told you so."

Deke:
Yeah, he can say it. I just hope he says that he forgives me.

Daisy:
Yeah, well, from my experience, he probably wants the same thing.

Robin:
Too late to stop it! There's so much blood.

Fitz:
May, I've had it. I'm done. She can't control herself, she can't stop seeing how people die, keeps muttering about it...

May:
Hold on!

Fitz:
She just described Jemma's death. Why don't you tell me how I'm supposed to live with that?

Robin:
I thought I already told you.

May:
You know she can't help it. She sees death like her father, but she also sees a way out. That's why you designed the machine.

Fitz:
Oh, you don't get it. Nothing... we do... matters. Because we can't change time.

May:
You don't know that!

Fitz:
Of course I do! Because we've tried! For all I know, we've tried a thousand times! Always ends the same. It's like a record that keeps on skipping, and we are repeating this loop again and again and again!

May:
Fitz, take a breath!

Fitz:
And every time, Jemma dies. They all die. Robin can't change it. Voss couldn't change it. Even Daisy couldn't change it. She saw the aftermath, and she still destroyed the world.

Fitz:
To me, Robin was a little girl only days ago.

Simmons:
We're not meant to see a life like this... at its beginning and end. It's too much.

Coulson:
Maybe it makes us appreciate how short life really is.

Daisy:
So, what now?

Deke:
We live on this crashed airplane until the Kree or... or the roaches or the gravity storms finish us off.

Coulson:
I think we can do better than that.

Daisy:
Yeah, but at least that way, I don't go back in time and quake the world apart.

May:
We do go back. Robin told me how. We can save everyone. Just one question, though. Who's Flint?

Enoch:
Agent Coulson, we are evacuating to the caves for shelter, are we not?

May:
Zephyr flies again, metal man.

Enoch:
I am mostly plastic alloy. And Chronicoms do not have gender.

Coulson:
I'm sorry she [Robin] had to go like that. You want to talk about it?

May:
I, um... don't know where to start.

Coulson:
An old woman tells you that she was your daughter and that you'll save the planet from cracking apart. Doesn't happen every day.

May:
It's hard to believe.

Coulson:
That we can do it?

May:
That... I was a mom. I just... I can't see it.

Coulson:
I can.

Daisy:
Yeah. You'd be that no phone, no TV, 7:30 curfew kind of mom. [May scowls] You're kind of... proving my point with the face.

Enoch:
As the gravitational forces accelerate, our chances of implosion are rapidly increased.

May:
Tell me your primary function again?

Enoch:
To observe and record the evolution of your species.

May:
More observing, less sharing.

Yo-Yo:
"Don't do anything rash, stay calm, and don't kill anyone, Yo-Yo." Yes, I remember your many stern warnings.

Mack:
Okay. 'Cause we both know you don't exactly do well around people like this.

Yo-Yo:
Evil men who kidnap and torment defenseless women and children? No, I don't.

Kasius:
Stand down or experience death like your friend, many, many times.

Mack:
You're a real piece of work, you know that?

Kasius:
I am a god to be feared. Humans beg to be ruled. Without me, they'd have perished long ago.

Mack:
I guess you're not a New Testament guy. Vengeance and torment are tools of of the Devil.

Yo-Yo:
And of the weak.

Kasius:
You want a devil? I'll show you a Hell you cannot imagine.

Yo-Yo:
You're no god, no devil. You're just a cruel, sad, little blue man. So why don't we skip to the part where I end this?

Deke:
Guns, man! It's like cheating! They shouldn't give these to anyone that's not a really, really good person.

May:
You think there'd be a law.

[Yo-Yo meets her future self]

Future Yo-Yo:
I waited so long to see myself again, still with hope in my eyes.

Yo-Yo:
How are you alive?

Future Yo-Yo:
They killed me, brought me back to take my blood, my DNA, then again and again for years. They revive me when they want, kill me when they don't.

Yo-Yo:
What? H-How? How many times?

Future Yo-Yo:
I held on to the thought of this moment.

Yo-Yo:
No. This is wrong.

Future Yo-Yo:
But this time, when they asked me how our team fought back, I tried to give them as little as I could. But I knew you were close. You and Mack. Mack. He's still alive. Hold him for as long as you can.

Deke:
Oh, damn it. Really? We had to leave the machine in the hands of some automaton? I knew the moment that I laid eyes on all of you that it was gonna spell my downfall. I'll go. I'll secure the machine and save the weird robot.

Daisy:
Well, I'll come. It'd be better if we take the plane together.

Deke:
Yeah. No duh. But none of the time travelers can go, because you all need to be at the rendezvous when it's turned on, so do the math.

Coulson:
You're one guy against the Kree. You'll be massively outgunned.

Deke:
I'm kind of trying to do the whole hero thing here, man. Is that your pep talk? You guys get killed, and who saves the world then? I told my parents not to believe in this roach-crap fairy tale, and they went and they died for it anyway. And I'm probably next in line. But there is no way in hell that I am gonna let some blue Kreeper destroy that machine before I get to see whether or not that damn thing was worth any of this.

Daisy:
Look, I'm sure you put up a good fight, but if my ride home depends on that machine, I'm gonna secure it myself.

Deke:
You, you drive me out of my skull, this part of you this impetuous, bullheaded squabble

Daisy:
I was offering backup, genius.

Deke:
No, when the other side of you is a friggin' hero who can't help herself but do good, then be great. The world needs that person to make it home. Just try not to destroy it when you get there.

Daisy:
It was almost nice knowing you.

Deke:
And you're a pain in my ass.

Future Yo-Yo:
Phil Coulson is dying. And you have to let him.

Yo-Yo:
Coulson? How? How does he die?

Future Yo-Yo:
It's already begun. He's sick, and he knows it. We tried to stop it. Loyalty, it cost us the world.

Mack:
[To Flint] You got this. Just concentrate.

Fitz:
He's a bright kid. Sorry I killed the guards in front of him.

Mack:
Yeah. It's good to see him building something. There's too much death in this place. And asking him to blow out that window and the Krees didn't help.

Fitz:
Oh, that wasn't me. That was the fiancée.

Mack:
Fiancée?

Fitz:
What are you observing now?

Noah:
Various potential threats. You'd be surprised how frequently S.H.I.E.L.D. is mentioned.

May:
We have a small but active fan base.

May:
Hey, could be worse.

Simmons:
True. We could be enslaved by an alien sociopath in a dystopian future.

Mack:
Or we could be trapped inside a virtual-reality fascist state.

Fitz:
Or stuck at the bottom of the ocean.

Yo-Yo:
Or stopping a crazy robot lady.

Simmons:
Or falling out of a plane.

Mack:
Fighting Daisy's mom.

Coulson:
Or fighting Daisy's dad.

May:
Or dancing.

Mack:
I know what's got you worried.

Yo-Yo:
No, it's just...

Mack:
"How will I ever find job satisfaction without crushing rocks for no good reason?" Am I right?

Yo-Yo:
It's like you can read my mind.

Daisy:
Um, Chief... Wellins, is it? I'm here for Deke Shaw over there. I'm his state-assigned social worker.

Chief Wellins:
Well, he didn't mention a social worker was supervising him. Your name?

Daisy:
Sinara. Sinara Smith. It's Portuguese, Sinara, not Smith. Uh, he wandered off during a day trip. My apologies.

Wellins:
He was out of control.

Daisy:
Yeah.

Deke:
Says you.

Daisy:
He's not even my toughest customer, believe me. Just a little... slippery. If you check online, you'll see that I sent out an alert when I lost him.

Wellins:
What are Mr. Shaw's issues?

Daisy:
I mean, how much time do you have, sir? Uh, complex neurological deficiencies, low... low I.Q., poor motor skills. Oh, he hasn't, uh, soiled himself today, has he?

Daisy:
How do you show up in another time and, like, immediately get arrested?

Deke:
Have you even tried Zima?

Daisy:
I thought they might have gotten you to talk about us or something.

Deke:
What? No. I know you guys are covertness. I'm not gonna talk about you. You forget, I survived the Kree.

Daisy:
Yeah, by ratting people out.

Deke:
Yes, true, that did happen. But not this time.

Daisy:
I thought you'd be, like, emotionally distraught or something.

Deke:
Emotionally distraught? This is awesome! I thought that I was gonna die. But instead, I'm about to go for a walk outside. Also, there is "an outside." I was walking here, and, yes, I was pretty drunk, but I... I saw in a store window there was these green apples and steaks and these... and these things called gummy bears. You know what people aren't eating here is sterilization pellets. I love this place so much.

Daisy:
How could you... keep this from us?

Coulson:
I'm sorry. I didn't want you trying to find a solution when we had bigger problem...

Daisy:
We had a solution. Tess was brought back from the dead. We had a solution right there.

Coulson:
I didn't want to go through all that... again.

Daisy:
So you just give up? You don't get to do that. You make life-and-death decisions for us all the time, and we're not allowed the same courtesy? After everything? We deserved to... We deserved to know. [Leaves, with Coulson looking on]

Mack:
How much more time does he have on his clock?

Simmons:
Um, I won't be able to tell until I can chart its progression, but even now, he's at risk of various... At some point, sir, your heart will just stop beating.

Coulson:
The last thing you need is to waste your time on another lost cause.

May:
Who I waste my time on is for me to decide. It's not like you to just roll over. There has to be a way out of this.

Coulson:
I've come to terms with it. I got a second chance. I made a difference in a few people's lives. I don't want to be greedy. It's time to make space for somebody else.

May:
For Daisy.

Coulson:
I won't be around forever, and despite appearances to the contrary, neither will you. We need fresh blood to lead the team.

May:
It's more than a team, and you know it. None of us are giving up on you.

Coulson:
Well, great, because I have every intention of walking back out of that basement. Just because I've made peace with dying doesn't mean I'm in a hurry. Now, you want to help me get into this gear Fitz has for me? It's super sexy.

Fear-Dimension Mike Peterson:
You know there's something deeper, and you're here to face it.

Coulson:
Face my fear?

Peterson:
How am I your fear, Phil? No, I mean face facts.

Coulson:
What facts?

Peterson:
That this is all in your head.

Coulson:
Are you telling me that I'm still in Tahiti?

Peterson:
No, Coulson, I'm telling you that you've never been to Tahiti. Or Malta or Puerto Rico or outer space... or the Framework... or the future. You're on the table, Coulson, code blue.

Peterson:
Nightmare? This whole thing has been a dream. And every time the dream is too random or doesn't reconcile with a memory, your mind creates a scenario to make it work.

Coulson:
See, now you're losing me.

Peterson:
What does that even mean? You really think your skull is caught on fire, Phil? Or does it hurt to have electrodes on your scalp for this long? You think there was an alternate reality where you were a history teacher? Or were you remembering your father, who was a history teacher?

Coulson:
Okay, stop.

Peterson:
You're reliving mementos of your life mixed with the dreams you wish had come true.

Coulson:
No, Mike. This is fear. I thought I'd come to terms with death, but this is my fear of it manifesting, because it's harder to let go of than I thought it would be.

Peterson:
Yes. You're struggling to let go. At least now you admit you're dying. What's the hardest part?

Coulson:
The life I have yet to live.

Peterson:
And that's why your mind created this story, where you spent years doing all the things you never got a chance to do... to vacation on a white beach with blue water. To travel to the stars. To own your own plane, a car that flies, your own team. To have a family. The brilliant students you never got a chance to mentor. The daughter you never had. And above all, a chance to be a hero. You said it yourself, Coulson. It matters who you are.

Coulson:
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today for a moment we all knew was coming, some of us even before these two did, and I think we can all agree that to wait even one second to do this is playing with fire. All in favor?

Everyone:
Aye.

Coulson:
The ayes have it. So, all right. Time for the exchanging of the vows, I guess.

Simmons:
[Pulls out a piece of paper] I had to write it down. Fitz. I knew from the moment I saw you, from our first conversation about dielectric polarization, that you'd be in my life for a long time. But I didn't know... you would be my life. My heart. My home. We joined this team for adventures and got more than we had hoped... but I can't wait for our next adventure... building a family together. My love for you grows deeper and always will, no matter where the universe takes us next.

Coulson:
Agent Fitz?

Fitz:
Um. Okay. Um. I have been thinking about what to say. Uh. Just... Words don't really seem enough. Here. I think that you are perfect. And, um... I don't deserve you, Jemma. I don't. I don't deserve you. And I'm well-aware that I'm the luckiest man on any planet.

Coulson:
Okay. Let's have the rings. Quickly, please, before this forest collapses around us. Okay, Fitz, repeat after me. "With this ring..."

Fitz:
With this ring...

Coulson:
...I thee wed.

Fitz:
...I thee wed.

Deathlok:
So, you got the rings, huh? It's a nice one.

Deke:
Turns out a lot of people pawn wedding rings. I had to find one that was gonna be small enough for his little-boy fingers. And then, for hers, found this ring that looks just like this one that my mom used to wear sometimes. It was my grandma's, I think.

Coulson:
Fitz is gonna do the best prosthetics work he's ever done for you, but it may take some time. We don't have the materials he needs here, but we're gonna find a way to get them. In the meantime, I need you to focus on resting and healing.

Yo-Yo:
Sitting still isn't my strong suit.

Coulson:
I know, but he'll make it worth the wait. See? [Shows her his prosthetic arm] People can't even tell the difference. And, honestly, this one's way more fun. He's always adding...

Yo-Yo:
Does it feel the same?

Coulson:
Actually, no. It doesn't feel at all, but you get used to it.

Yo-Yo:
[To Mack] How are you gonna feel about dating someone with robo-parts?

Mack:
Those aren't the parts that matter.

Simmons:
Mack!

Mack:
What? Oh, no, come on. That's not what I meant. What I meant was that the thing I hate about robots is that they have no heart, no soul... those are the parts that matter.

Yo-Yo:
Nice save. And sweet. Okay. You can be annoying again.

Fitz:
I was just coming to see you.

Coulson:
Tidings of comfort and joy?

Fitz:
Warnings of doom and gloom.

Deke:
[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.

Fear-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.

Deke:
I don't know if I'd call them friends.

Deke's Mother:
You like them. I can tell.

Deke:
S-Some, maybe.

Deke's Mother:
And that Daisy girl is cute.

Deke:
Mom, no, she's not. Stop it.

Deke's Mother:
Remember, sweetie, the steps you take don't need to be big.

Deke's Mother and Deke:
[Together] They just need to take you in the right direction.

Deke:
You always used to say that.

Deke's Mother:
And my mom said it to me.

Yo-Yo:
I'm just trying to not lose faith. We're gonna change things.

Simmons:
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?

Deke:
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.

Ivanov:
You didn't really think you'd seen the last of me, did you?

Coulson:
I should have known there was more of you out in the wind. You squash one cockroach, there's bound to be others nearby.

Ivanov:
Although I think you will find I do not squash so easily these days.

Coulson:
So much for the "superior humanity" shtick.

Ivanov:
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?

May:
So, what? You turned over a new leaf? Or just another Russian infiltrating our democracy?

[General Hale insists that Coulson go with her.]

May:
We know this is a trap, Phil.

Coulson:
Yeah. And it's a really good one, too.

May:
Don't do that. Not now. Not when you're turning your back on me.

Coulson:
Turning my back on you? What other way out is there? This is unavoidable.

May:
It's suicidal. Which is now a recurring theme for you.

Coulson:
I'm not airing our dirty laundry in front of the bad guys right now.

May:
How considerate. [To Hale] He's all yours.

[A mech is holding Simmons at gunpoint while Fitz works on removing Daisy's inhibitor.]

Simmons:
You would point a gun at me?

Fitz:
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.

Simmons:
You don't know it's going to work.

Fitz:
The science is sound. There are always risks involved. You know that, Jemma.

Simmons:
You're right, but potentially paralyzing Daisy or destroying the world are two massive risks, Fitz.

Fitz:
Let's hope that that doesn't happen.

Daisy:
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.

Fitz:
No, I don't. But I have to.

Daisy:
No, no, no, no. No, no, no, no! [softly] I will... I will never forgive you.

Fitz:
I suspect you won't be the only one.

Simmons:
How long have you been seeing him [His Framework persona]?

Fitz:
My mind's been through a lot. Been hearing him for a while now. Since we left the Framework. Only just started seeing him.

Simmons:
It's your injury acting up. You used to see me, too, when I wasn't there.

Fitz:
You were my conscience.

Simmons:
Then what was he? You had a psychic split. But that dark persona, that's not you.

Fitz:
It is me. It's not an apparition. It's not some evil doppelganger. It... was... me. How are Daisy and Mack?

Simmons:
You have to talk to them. They can come to forgive you if you just explain...

Fitz:
I don't deserve forgiveness, Jemma.

Simmons:
Just like you don't deserve me?

Fitz:
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.

Deke:
I don't know really what to say.

Simmons:
That's a first.

Deke:
I guess I don't have to ask how you're doing.

Simmons:
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.

Deke:
You haven't lost him. You know him better than he even knows himself. He's complicated. And he's stubborn.

Simmons:
Yes.

Deke:
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.

Simmons:
How could you possibly know all those things?

Deke:
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...

Simmons:
They just need to take you in the right direction. You're our grandson? [Vomits]

Coulson:
Of all the blindfolds I've forcibly worn, that was one of the nicest.

General Hale:
There's a method to this madness. All of your questions will be answered in the morning.

Coulson:
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.

Hale:
It's not. It's Hydra.

Coulson:
I thought we stomped you out.

Hale:
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.

Coulson:
Time for what?

Hale:
It's time for S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra to finally unite.

[Flashback]

Whitehall:
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.

Young Hale:
Not with all the boys sobbing through the walls.

Whitehall:
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.

Young Hale:
Sir, I'm honored. Um, I've dreamed of working with you, and I really think that the chamber can revolution...

Whitehall:
No, Von Strucker will be working on the chamber.

Young Hale:
I-Is this because he and I got into a fight?

Whitehall:
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.

Young Hale:
But sir, I'm... I'm not a biologist.

Whitehall:
Correct, but you're the only candidate left with the other... necessary qualifications.

Young Hale:
You want me to be...

Whitehall:
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.

Coulson:
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?

Fitz:
We had to seal the rift shut.

Daisy:
[Very angry] By any means, no matter how sadistic.

Fitz:
Okay. Well, would you have agreed to do it?

Daisy:
Never.

Fitz:
Well, then, I didn't have a choice.

Daisy:
[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.

Fitz:
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.

Daisy:
You are not leaving this room. You are Hydra.

Fitz:
Well, that's an advantage. I salute the same flag as those people.

Daisy:
Yeah, but we don't turn on our own here.

Fitz:
Do you want me to recount all the times that you did?

Simmons:
[Shows Fitz a multitool] Do you recognize this?

Fitz:
Yeah. It's mine. After my injury, I got the number engraved because I couldn't remember the name.

Simmons:
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.

Fitz:
He's my... our... grandson?

Simmons:
Yeah.

Fitz:
But... he's the worst.

Simmons:
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?

Fitz:
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?

Simmons:
No, Fitz. It means you and I are invincible.

Coulson:
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...

Fitz:
[Examining Deke] I don't see it. None of you looks like me.

Deke:
Well, I don't know what to tell you, Grandpappy. I guess your daughter found a real man.

Fitz:
Of all people. Why couldn't it be Flint? I liked Flint.

Deke:
Well, that's a lovely sentiment. That's almost as loving as when you had a robot... point a gun to my head.

Fitz:
I didn't want to hurt anybody.

Deke:
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?

Fitz:
Maybe.

Deke:
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.

Fitz:
[Gestures toward his cell] I noticed.

Simmons:
I've realized we have to think differently. Fitz started to, and he's paying for it. But you can't deny it worked. And you. Mack said you believe you can't die.

Yo-Yo:
I know it sounds crazy, Jemma...

Simmons:
I don't think it's crazy. I believe it's true.

Yo-Yo:
I'm glad someone understands.

Simmons:
I don't just mean you.

Yo-Yo:
You guys didn't see yourselves in the future.

Simmons:
No. Deke is our proof. His mother... was our daughter.

Yo-Yo:
Deke...

Simmons:
Is our grandson.

Yo-Yo:
[To Fitz] Wow. I'm sorry.

Coulson:
[[To Carl Creel] You can tell the General there's nothing you can do to make me join her evil league of evil.

Polly Hinton:
Can I ask you something? I don't understand everything that's happened here today, but Robin clearly has a connection with you.

May:
I, uh... don't know if I can explain it. I don't fully understand it myself.

Polly:
You don't have to. I've seen the drawings. I know that I'm not in them.

[They see a sign warning of radiation danger outside the suspected Hydra facility]

Yo-Yo:
Radiation poisoning would be a horrible way to find out we can still die. Should we turn back?

Simmons:
No need. [referring to some flowers growing nearby] Primula vulgaris... primrose. I used to pick these as a girl. I mean, it's a hardy species, but even it couldn't survive in irradiated soil.

Fitz:
[Using a Geiger counter] You'll find more radiation in a dentist's office.

Simmons:
Talbot probably just posted these signs to keep out interlopers.

Yo-Yo:
They won't scare off Hydra. Let me. [She breaks the lock on the gate with her mechanical arms.]

Fitz:
Well, looks like getting your arms chopped off isn't all bad. The... Well... Yeah... It is... obviously, it's bad. It's really bad getting your arms chopped off, but maybe there is a silver lining...

Talbot:
[Referring to Deke] So, this kid's from the future?

Coulson:
Yeah. And in that future, Earth is gone, and the last of humanity is enslaved by alien overlords.

Talbot:
Alien... over... I should've stayed in my cell. You're telling me that we got our asses handed to us by little green men.

Coulson:
They were big and blue. But they didn't crack the world apart. They said it was Daisy.

Talbot:
And you're still sending her on missions?

Coulson:
I need her leading missions. I got an old injury acting up. Not sure what my timetable is, exactly.

Talbot:
Oh, for the love of flapjacks. Do you ever have any good news?

Coulson:
There's a young Inhuman who's seen a better future. We're working toward that.

May:
All Daisy could think about was getting you back. She's not ready for your job, Phil.

Coulson:
She has to be. My time is running out.

May:
Because you're being irresponsible. You said you weren't in a hurry to die, but you're not acting like it.

Coulson:
So this isn't so much about my stupidity as it is about me dying.

May:
Seems like one thing led to the other.

Coulson:
You realize this isn't easy for me, but I've accepted it.

May:
Which is the problem.

Coulson:
Maybe I'm reckless. But if this is the end, better to go out doing something that matters.

May:
No. You don't get to make that decision alone. That decision is made with the people who love you.

Coulson:
May...

May:
And that's me. I love you. [Coulson is speechless] I thought that would shut you up.

Fitz:
[To Yo-Yo] We have a rule.

Simmons:
We never leave each other's side anymore.

Fitz:
[To Simmons] I'm sorry you never got the honeymoon you dreamed of.

Simmons:
Nonsense. I'm protecting England from evil robots with the man I love.

Deke:
[Under the influence of painkilling medication] Is Daisy here? She's so pretty.

Mack:
What now?

Deke:
I want to put my mouth on her mouth and move it around a lot. But I don't want to do that unless she wants to, too, 'cause that's what makes it nice. But I don't think she wants that, 'cause she does not like me one bit.

Piper:
I mean, she's... she's not my type, but I... I get it.

Mack:
Okay, Spaceman, maybe we should...

Deke:
Ma-a-a-a-ck! Dude! You are so cool. Do we know any handshakes?

Mack:
Uh, I appreciate that, but...

Deke:
Should I shave my head?

Piper:
Yeah, no, I see no flaws in that plan.

Deke:
Maybe then Daisy would like me, because she... she protected me. She's very smart.

Ruby Hale:
[To FitzSimmons] Aww. You two are adorable. I ship it. I really do.

May:
You're late.

Coulson:
Hold up. Please. We didn't have a chance to finish our conversation.

May:
I said what I had to say.

Coulson:
Melinda...

May:
We have a mission, Phil.

Coulson:
[To himself] Good talk, Phil. Good talk.

Deke:
Just for grins, say I were interested... in someone... anyone. How would I... Like, you got a good thing going.

Mack:
Don't look at me. Last time I saw Yo-Yo, she lied to me, locked me up, and ran off.

Deke:
Coulson?

Coulson:
Sorry, bro. Apparently, I'm incapable of expressing my feelings or letting people take care of me.

Deke:
You guys are useless. It's lemons, then.

Coulson:
Come again?

Deke:
Well, in my day, when you wanted to tell someone how you felt, you'd just save up your tokens, you'd buy a lemon, you leave it on their bunk. That's... That's a thing here, right?

Coulson:
100%.

Mack:
Oh, yeah, absolutely.

Coulson:
When in doubt, get a bunch of lemons.

Ruby:
[To Daisy] You know, for a long time, you were everything that I wanted. You were my hero. And now look at us.

Hale:
Ruby, let her go.

Ruby:
I am more than you will ever be.

Daisy:
Ruby, I am not here to fight you. You need help.

Ruby:
I don't want your help! I want to crush you.

Hale:
Ruby, that's enough! That's enough! You listen to her. She is on your side.

Ruby:
Then why aren't you?! Mom, face it, I was never good enough for you.

Hale:
I found what you're looking for.

Qovas:
My Gravitonium.

Hale:
S.H.I.E.L.D. has it.

Qovas:
Then you failed. Perhaps our deal has reached its end.

Hale:
I can tell you where they're hiding. But they won't give it willingly.

Qovas:
You'd have me kill them?

Hale:
I have no reason to stop you.

[An alien spaceship appears over the Lighthouse.]

General Rick Stoner:
Please go to the main computer terminal and choose from the following options. If the Lighthouse is experiencing an extreme-weather event, press 1.

Agent Kim:
Agent Coulson, I can't silence the alarms.

Stoner:
If you're experiencing a nuclear attack, press 2.

Coulson:
Screw it. [Presses 2]

Stoner:
For an alien invasion, press 3. You have selected nuclear attack. For your own health, safety, and radiation protection, all outer doors will remain sealed for 15 years.

May:
Did he just say 15 years?

Coulson:
How was I supposed to know there would be an "alien invasion" option?

May:
You always listen to the whole menu. Always!

Coulson:
[Over the intercom] You may be noticing that the Lighthouse is going into lockdown mode. This is not a drill. The Lighthouse is keeping us safe. All exits, including the hangar, have been sealed to protect us from any outside intrusion. Which is good, 'cause there is currently a sizeable alien spaceship overhead. Oh, and due to a technical malfunction, the Lighthouse thinks we're under nuclear attack, so we may be trapped inside for 15 years... ish.

[Qovas appears on the viewscreen.]

Coulson:
I remember you, too. The lighting wasn't great, but the whole vision thing was hard to forget. Did General Hale send you?

Qovas:
You will be dealing with me now. I'm here for what was promised, the Gravitonium.

Coulson:
Yeah, that's gonna be a hard pass. Maybe you haven't realized it yet, but this bunker, it's apocalypse-proof. It can withstand a nuclear blast. We have years of food, water, and air.

Kim:
[Whispers to May] Is that true?

May:
[Whispers back] Not good food.

Coulson:
And pretty soon, the world's gonna realize there's this giant ship in its atmosphere, and I'm thinking, in the current political climate, won't be long before you're blown out of the sky. [To May] Too much?

Mack:
In the future, we swore... We swore we wouldn't lose ourselves.

Yo-Yo:
I know.

Mack:
Or lose each other.

Yo-Yo:
I know. I love you. I'm doing this for you, but you need to believe me. You need to trust that I know what I'm doing. Please, Mack. You know me. You know I may run away, but I always come back to where I started.

Mack:
I know. I just don't know if I'll be here when you do.

May:
Look, I can't tell you if what you did [killing Ruby] was right or wrong. That's up to you to decide. But it doesn't just change you. It changes how people see you. And the only thing you can do is make peace with it.

Yo-Yo:
I'm trying.

Yo-Yo:
I could've warned myself about a lot of things: Ruby, Hale, these aliens; but instead, she told me... Instead, she told me, "Coulson is dying, and we need to let him." I'm sorry, sir. I hated keeping this. I owe you so much. You're my family.

May:
No, you're wrong. Robin said Coulson puts the pieces back together. And you're saying that we should've just left him to freeze to death in the middle of nowhere.

Yo-Yo:
I have to listen, May. She was me. She's lived through this, through the loop, who knows how many times.

May:
Exactly. You don't know. We haven't lost yet, and as far as we know, they can't get in here, and until they do you better believe we're gonna do everything possible to keep him alive.

Captive Marauder:
The Confederacy has stood more than 1,000 years. They will seek vengeance, making slaves of you all.

Simmons:
Really wish we could happen upon some non-slave-trading aliens.

May:
Any idea why this one is more rabid than the rest?

Mack:
It probably has something to do with this. [Holds a bottle of Odium] I'm pretty sure this is the same stuff Kasius took.

Simmons:
Must give them some sort of energy boost.

Captive Marauder:
You are not worthy of holding the Odium.

May:
'Course it would have a dumb name.

Coulson:
What was Hydra's arrangement with the Confederacy?

Hale:
To protect the Earth from being attacked.

Talbot:
In exchange for what?

Hale:
Resources. Inhumans and Gravitonium above all.

Coulson:
Why Gravitonium?

Qovas:
Because its power is unlimited. It can bend space, build empires, and destroy them.

Coulson:
Couldn't you just find a fun game on your phone instead?

Daisy:
I've been better. It's like the universe keeps reminding me that I should never have come back from the future. Also, some creep put a bunch of lemons on my bed as some weird sort of prank.

Deke:
Sounds like classic Fitz. Look, I, um I feel like you're exactly where you're supposed to be. I, on the other hand, I, I lived in the Lighthouse my entire life, only to time travel into the past and still spend every single day of my life inside the freaking Lighthouse. So it's like, even without Kasius around, this place just has this leash that keeps pulling me back in.

Daisy:
Well, I'm glad you stuck around, even if it's a little crazy.

Deke:
W-Well, maybe it's not that crazy. I-I-I've been wanting to tell you something since we've gotten, you know, I don't want to say closer, but...

Daisy:
You really don't. Everyone who gets close to me ends up dying.

Fitz:
We were trying to get ahead of the problem.

Mack:
By having Yo-Yo execute a kid?

Fitz:
Things got messy, but, I mean, it was the only way that Y-Yo...

Mack:
When does killing become the only way? We're S.H.I.E.L.D. Aren't we supposed to be better than that? None of this would've happened if you would've just said this invincible nonsense wasn't real. But instead you and Simmons lit the match, and now Yo-Yo's responsible for a girl's death.

Fitz:
I'm sorry, Mack. I really am. But it's not that simple.

Mack:
Simple is how you live a good life. Not with your theories or prophecies. It's following the Good Word and doing the right thing every time, simple as that.

Fitz:
No. Not always, 'cause there are lots of instances in history where, where it was necessary to sacrifice the few in order to save the lives of many.

Mack:
'Course you'd say that.

Fitz:
Ruby was dangerous and it got complicated and that is just the way it was. So I'm sorry if that doesn't fit whatever narrative that you've built for yourself.

Mack:
You need to look inside yourself and figure out what kind of man you want to be. 'Cause lately, what you've been, it needs fixing.

Daisy:
If I'm the one you want, fine, I won't resist, but first you have to put Coulson down.

Talbot:
You and I both know you can't be trusted.

Hale:
I trust her.

Talbot:
Why would you trust Quake?

Hale:
Because she kept her word. When Ruby was infected with Gravitonium, she tried to help.

Talbot:
Infected? Ruby was weak. Gravitonium wasn't intended for some itty-bitty little girl. It was meant for a hero strong enough to handle it.

Hale:
You need to take a deep breath and calm your mind, Glenn. You know what's best. It's best if you comply.

Talbot:
Compliance will be rewarded.

Hale:
That's right.

Talbot:
And so will your betrayal. [Kills Hale]

Qovas:
And how do you plan to stop me? With Earth weapons? The tools of cowards. We Remorath earn our kills. That is how we earn our rank. With humans, it's not about earned power. It's about the gun. It allows the weak to pretend to be strong.

May:
I don't need a gun to stop you.

May:
Look, I hate it, too, but I've seen a man go rotten overnight. He might be lost. You don't have to feel like you're responsible.

Coulson:
Of course I do. After all our ups and downs, Talbot got shot in the head, and he waited for us to rescue him from Hale.

May:
We were a little busy.

Coulson:
Yes, but even after we didn't come, even after Hydra messed with his brain, he still put himself in that machine. He did that for us.

May:
We didn't ask him to.

Coulson:
We didn't have to. What?

May:
The first time we met him.

Coulson:
When he told us about the peacekeeping force he was sending to the Hub?

May:
I mean, imagine back then if someone had told us that someday we'd be worried about Glenn Talbot.

Coulson:
I know. But things evolve. They change. People change.

Coulson:
That's the same writing that was in the Lighthouse in the future. What's it say, Deke?

Deke:
How would I know?

Coulson:
Because you lived there.

Deke:
Well, they don't teach you the language. I can count to five.

Coulson:
You lived there for decades, and you know five numbers?

Deke:
I also know zero, so, no, I know six numbers.

May:
I'm amazed you were able to survive.

May:
I'll take care of it. Go home, Phil, now.

Coulson:
Are you giving me an order? 'Cause that sounded like you were giving me an...

May:
Yes, I'm giving you an order! You're just gonna slow me down, so zip it and get to the... [Coulson kisses her]

Coulson:
Thought that might shut you up. Now go.

Daisy:
Uh...

Coulson:
Not a word, Agent Johnson. That's an order.

Daisy:
Copy that, Hot Lips.

Qovas:
You have just sealed the fate of everyone in your base. And now you will die. [Launches missiles]

May:
Well, one little thing. We changed the target. Told ya I didn't need a gun to stop you.

Qovas:
[Sees the missiles headed toward his ship] How?

Deke:
I know zero.

Yo-Yo:
Stop making me the bad guy. I'm not. You just don't want him to die.

Daisy:
Put it down.

Yo-Yo:
I don't want him to die, either, but he's just one man.

Mack:
[Stops Daisy before she can start forward] No, no! None of that. Think about what you're doing here.

Yo-Yo:
You won't listen. I'm in a nightmare, and I'm screaming at the top of my lungs, and none of you can hear me!

Simmons:
We hear you.

Yo-Yo:
Well, you won't listen! You all saw what happened, and none of you will help me stop this! I'm alone, and even you, even you won't help me.

Mack:
No, you're not alone. We're in this with you, but we need to hold it together.

Yo-Yo:
There's nothing holding us together.

Mack:
Yes, there is! Hope. We never give up. We're always held together by hope.

Daisy:
I'm glad you're taking point here at the Lighthouse. Who better than you to decide what the next generation will look like. Get to show them the ins and outs of this place.

Deke:
Yeah, I don't know if I'm gonna be around for all that. I'll call the mayor and give the tour, but when you get back, I-I think I'll be out of here.

Daisy:
[Surprised] Why?

Deke:
This is my room. I'm like a squirrel, hoarding anything I can find. Also, side note, found a nature book. Learned about squirrels.

Daisy:
Old habits die hard.

Deke:
It's more like I'm a damaged person. From a damaged world. If there's even a chance that could happen again...

Daisy:
You'd want to see the world before it does.

Deke:
I mean, besides, according to Fitz, if the world doesn't crack open and you break the time loop, I'll just blink out of existence anyway, so it's just one more vacancy, right? Come on. I never totally fit in with the gang, anyway.

Daisy:
Is that what we are?

Deke:
You know, when I first met you guys, I'd never seen anything like that. I'd seen people kill for each other without hesitation all the time, but I'd never seen a group that was willing to die for each other. Your trust, it just seemed too strong to break. And you trying to fix Coulson, that's great. I love the guy, but if you really want to lead one day, then you got to fix that. Just my two cents. I also read a book on idiomatic expressions.

May:
I'm not going to detail what we risked to get this [Centipede serum].

Coulson:
I'm aware. And I'm not happy I was left out of that decision.

May:
You wouldn't wake up. But now the decision is yours. You're too weak to stand? Well, we'd like to see you walk out of this room and rejoin the fight. But it's up to you if you think more time is worth it. I've made it clear how I feel.

Coulson:
I think I have, too.

May:
But even now the word scares you.

Coulson:
I'm just having a hard enough time leaving you behind.

May:
So don't.

Daisy:
Yeah. I'm aware that we rolled the dice with Coulson, and I still believe that we need him for this, but I will admit that I let my emotions get the best of me. I thought that Coulson was the only one who could keep us all on the same page. You would say that's proof that I can't do the job, that I shouldn't lead. Well, I agree. The truth is, I can't hold the team together. But he can. Coulson wants me to call the shots in his absence. Well, that's my decision. Mack should call the shots. He has the biggest heart. I mean, physically, but also, you know... You are our moral center. And, look, I never want to stop being a soldier. He's a general we can all rally behind. Anyone who thinks I'm 100% right about this, raise your hand? :[Everyone raises their hands.]

Coulson:
[Enters the room] Couldn't have said it better myself.

Simmons:
Oh, thank god.

Fitz:
Sir, good to see you.

Coulson:
Hold the applause. She didn't go through that for nothing. Time to suit up. So what do we do?

Mack:
We save lives.

Mack:
Remember how good it felt to walk in here when we first got back? The Zephyr has been the one place we've been able to call home these last few years.

Daisy:
I'll always miss the Bus.

May:
Me, too.

Yo-Yo:
I wish I would've known you guys back then.

Simmons:
We were different people back then.

Coulson:
I spent a lot of years– Sorry. I've lived a life– surrounded by heroes. None bigger than all of you. Since the day you joined, same as anyone in the line of duty– heroes, because you– because we sign up to lose each other. To get close to good people– and have them taken away. We've all suffered losses. Never lose sight of that.

Daisy:
I never forget those we've lost.

May:
That's right.

Mack:
Yeah. That's why we're putting that badge up in the cockpit. To never forget.

Coulson:
You don't have to forget. But you have to move on.

Simmons:
No. With respect, sir, you're wrong. We don't move on. We hold that place in our heart, we close it off, we lock the door, we visit from time to time, but we don't move on. Even after we say goodbye.