Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Jon Hamm: Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson

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• Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : Your reputation precedes you.

  Maverick : Thank you, Sir.

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : It wasn't a compliment.

  Maverick : I have to admit I wasn't expecting an invitation back.

  Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates : They're called *orders*, Maverick.

• Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : You have put me in a difficult position, Captain. On the one hand, you have demonstrated that this mission can be flown, perhaps the only way it can be survived. On the other hand, you did it by stealing a multi-million dollar military aircraft and flying it in such a manner that it may never be airworthy again. Iceman is no longer here to protect you. I have everything I need to have you court-martialed and dishonorably discharged. So what do I do? Risk the lives of my pilots, and perhaps the success of this mission, or risk my career by appointing you team leader?

  Maverick : Sir...

  Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates : I think the Admiral is asking a rhetorical question, Captain.

• Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : [while Cyclone is giving the pilots new instructions on the mission, the screen shows a plane is about to run the course]  Who the hell is that?

  Maverick : Maverick to Range Control. Entering Point Alpha, confirm Green Range.

  Mission Controller : Maverick, Range Control. Green Range is confirmed. I don't see an event scheduled for you, sir.

  Maverick : Well, I'm going anyway.

  Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace : Nice.

  Maverick : Set the time to target, 2 minutes 15 seconds.

  Payback : 2:15? That's impossible!

  Maverick : File attack point, Maverick's inbound.

  [Maverick runs the course and gets to the target] 

  Maverick : Bomb's away!

  Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd : [after Maverick ran the training course in 2:14.84 and destroyed the target]  Bullseye, holy shit!

  Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin : Damn!

• Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado : Sir, we're receiving a signal from Rooster's e-set, but there seems to be a malfunction.

  Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates : Have you lost him?

  Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado : No, sir. He's supersonic.

  Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates : He's airborne!

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : In what?

  Comms-Crew Tech : Sir, Overwatch reports an F-14 Tomcat is airborne and on course for our position.

  Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates : Can't be, it-it can't be!

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : [Utters in disbelief]  Maverick!

• Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : The hard deck is 5,000 feet above ground level, a perimeter set not just for the safety of our pilots, but for the safety of their aircraft. 5,000 feet is not just a rule, it is a law, as immutable as gravity.

  Maverick : The hard deck will be much lower for the mission, sir.

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : And it will not change without my approval, especially not in the middle of an exercise! And that Cobra maneuver of yours? That could have got all three of you killed. I never want to see that shit again!

  Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates : What exactly do you suppose you were teaching, captain?

  Maverick : As good as they are, sir, they still have something to learn.

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : You are talking about the best fighter pilots on the planet, captain.

  Maverick : And they've been told that their entire career, while they've been dropping bombs from a high altitude with little to no dog fighting. The parameters of this mission call for something they have never encountered, something...

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : You have less than three weeks to teach them how to fight as a team and how to strike the target.

  Maverick : ...and how to come home. And how to come home, sir.

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : Every mission has its risks. These pilots accept that.

  Maverick : I don't, sir.

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : Every morning from this day forward you will brief us on your instructional plans in writing and nothing will change without my express approval.

  Maverick : Including the hard deck, sir?

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : *Especially* the hard deck, captain.

  Maverick : [Maverick places a folder on Cyclone's desk]  Sir.

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : What is this?

  Maverick : It's a request to lower the hard deck sir, to practice low level bombing per the mission parameters.

  Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates : You can learn a thing or two about timing, captain.

• Maverick : [the recruits are playing football at the beach]  Sir.

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : What is this?

  Maverick : It's dogfight football. Offense and defense at the same time.

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : Who's winning?

  Maverick : I think they stopped keeping score a while ago.

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : This detachment still has some training to complete, Captain. Every available minute matters.

  Maverick : Yes, sir.

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : So why are we out here playing games?

  Maverick : You said to create a team, sir. There's your team.

• Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : All right, now hit your target and come home.

• Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : Let me be clear: This will be your last post, captain. You fly for Top Gun - or you don't fly for the Navy ever again.

• Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : Seems like we're not the only ones holding on to old relics.

• Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : This is what you've all been training for. Come home safely.

• Maverick : Dagger 1 up and ready on catapult 1.

  Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin : Dagger spare standing by.

  Payback : Dagger 4 up and ready.

  Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace : Dagger 3 up and ready.

  Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw : Dagger 2 up and ready.

  Air Control Officer : Report axis airborne, strike package ready, standing by for launch decision.

  Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson : Send them.