Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series)
The Only Light in the Darkness (2014)
Clark Gregg: Phil Coulson
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Phil Coulson : Marcus Daniels was an assistant at a physics lab where they were trying to harness the electrical power of something called "Darkforce". And nothing bad ever happens when you work with something called "Darkforce."
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Phil Coulson : I gave Daniels to S.H.I.E.L.D. to rehabilitate him. Turns out, they just gave him an upgrade.
Leo Fitz : Well, I mean, there's a slight chance he would absorb the energy and gain more power, but it's unlikely.
Phil Coulson : Who did you say created this technology, again?
Leo Fitz : Bruce Banner.
Phil Coulson : Then I'm sure it'll go off without a hitch.
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Agent Eric Koenig : Just gonna need you guys to answer a few questions, a few psychoanalytic, non sequitur questions.
Phil Coulson : A lie detector.
Agent Eric Koenig : *The* lie detector, Agent Coulson. This baby measures galvanic skin response, oxygen consumption, micro-expressions, biofeedback brain waves, pupil dilation, voice biometrics - 96 variables in all. Fury designed this himself. He wanted a lie detector Romanoff couldn't beat.
Grant Ward : Did she?
Agent Eric Koenig : [scoffs] Like Fury would tell!
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Phil Coulson : Skye, I need you on threat assessment. Pull up a list of all the inmates at the Fridge. I want to know just how bad this is.
Skye : This is really, really bad. Quinn is the least scary of the bunch, and he shot me - twice.
Phil Coulson : Quinn's more a sociopath. A lot of those inmates are full-blown psychopaths - Violent, impulsive.
Skye : And some with superpowers. Lovely.
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Phil Coulson : I assume the prisoners are no longer prisoners.
Skye : So... Ian Quinn...
Grant Ward : I'm sorry. He's out. They all are.
Leo Fitz : And Garrett? Did he get away?
Grant Ward : Couldn't stop him taking The Fridge, but I wasn't gonna let Garrett walk... Not after what he did.
Skye : Is he the one who did this to you?
Grant Ward : He was a tough son of a bitch.
Melinda May : "Was? Past tense?
Grant Ward : Soon as I had the upper hand, I put two in the back of his head.
Leo Fitz : Good.
Grant Ward : One from me... One from you.
Antoine Triplett : I would have emptied the mag.
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Agent Eric Koenig : No, you're not. Absolutely not. You can't leave. There are protocols.
Phil Coulson : Since the entire's agency pretty much collapsed, maybe now is not the time to stand on protocol.
Agent Eric Koenig : Fine. Forget protocols. What part of "secret base" don't you get? Fury said to let you in, and you show up with a bunch of people?
Phil Coulson : Agents!
Agent Eric Koenig : Whatever. The point is, they know what this place is now, and *I* don't know them.
Phil Coulson : Hydra just released the entire population of The Fridge into the wild. There's gonna be violence. People will die. And I still consider it my duty to be the shield that protects them.
Agent Eric Koenig : Moving speech, truly. But nobody leaves until they go through orientation.
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Phil Coulson : You're safe. I'm still here. I promise. I'm still here with you.
Audrey Nathan : [Semi-conscious] Phil...
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Melinda May : I remember when you brought Daniels in. I know how personal this is for you, but...
Phil Coulson : We don't do personal... not anymore.
Melinda May : Phil, the polygraph cleared me. I'm not hiding anything.
Phil Coulson : You mean you're not hiding *anything* else, unless you *do* know who was behind the Tahiti project.
Melinda May : I didn't ask. I was ordered not to. And you would have done the same thing. Our job is to follow orders.
Phil Coulson : It's also our job to determine right from wrong. Watching someone in agony, searching for the truth, not saying anything - that's wrong.
Melinda May : Look, I was just trying...
Phil Coulson : And don't tell me it's because you care so damn much. Fury's no longer around telling you what to do, so why are you here? You want some orders to follow? Follow mine, or find somewhere else to be.
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Phil Coulson : Mr. Daniels, we don't want to hurt you. We need to take you in, for your safety and the safety of others.
Marcus Daniels : It was you! You took me there! They did things to me there!
Phil Coulson : They were trying to contain you.
Marcus Daniels : No! They were trying to make me stronger. And they did.
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Phil Coulson : Yeah, we're safe here. But what about everyone else? The people that don't happen to have access to a top secret, underground shelter? What about them? I don't know if it's wise, but it's right. I'm taking a team, and that's the end of it.
