Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series)

The Laws of Inferno Dynamics (2016)

Clark Gregg: Phil Coulson

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• Daisy 'Skye' Johnson : Plus, it doesn't hurt if the new face of S.H.I.E.L.D. is an Inhuman. Your idea?

  Phil Coulson : I thought the new face of S.H.I.E.L.D. *should* be an Inhuman - didn't mean him, though.

  Daisy 'Skye' Johnson : Yeah, right. Maybe in the comic-book version.

• Phil Coulson : What's all this?

  Aida : Components from the transdimensional Arch and the neodymium core from an EMP generator.

  Holden Radcliffe : Aida thought they could be quite useful.

  Melinda May : Aida thinks?

  Phil Coulson : Maybe about electric sheep.

  Aida : I take it that was a joke and does not require a response.

• Jeffrey Mace : How many people do we think Morrow has in there?

  Melinda May : A small army. Leftovers from a Chinatown gang and some ex-cons he recruited while he was in prison.

  Phil Coulson : We need to move in.

  Jeffrey Mace : Press is everywhere on this. We can't afford to be seen working with Daisy or Reyes. He's a vigilante killer.

  Phil Coulson : It's a little more complicated than that, but yes. He's also nearly unstoppable, and he's on our side.

  Jeffrey Mace : And what happens when he's not?

  Phil Coulson : Then we deal with him. But right now the reality is this: Eli Morrow just wiped out an entire S.H.I.E.L.D. tac team with a few shards of carbon that he created out of thin air.

  Melinda May : And that's just what we've seen. What else is he capable of?

  Phil Coulson : We need the big guns on this one, and Yo-Yo, Daisy, and Reyes are the biggest guns we have.

• Phil Coulson : [about Aida]  She's an android.

  Melinda May : Had me fooled, too.

  Jeffrey Mace : But that's... Okay. I mean, forget about the fact that I was mildly attracted to her. That totally goes against the Sokovia Accords. Doesn't anyone remember Ultron?

• Jemma Simmons : See this beryllium lid? It's a neutron reflector rigged to drop at the touch of a finger.

  Leo Fitz : If that lid drops into place, it would trigger supercritical mass.

  Daisy 'Skye' Johnson : Wait, time out. Failsafe, supercritical mass. Are you guys talking about what I think you're talking about?

  Phil Coulson : Eli's made his way through the periodic table, all the way to plutonium.

  Alphonso 'Mack' Mackenzie : And if Matchstick messes with it?

  [Fitz pantomimes an explosion] 

  Phil Coulson : Time for plan B. Anyone? Feel free to chime in.

• Eli Morrow : Agent Coulson... you should be dead.

  Phil Coulson : I get that a lot. Never gets old, though. It means I'm still here.

  Eli Morrow : How? I watched you get vaporized.

  Phil Coulson : Just a fact that you're asking "How?" shows you how little about what happened... or what's about to.

  Eli Morrow : I'm not sure if that's an insult or a threat. Either way - not a good idea.

• Phil Coulson : I wouldn't count out the previous owner just yet.

  Daisy 'Skye' Johnson : Do you think Robbie will make it back?

  Phil Coulson : The last Ghost Rider did.

  Daisy 'Skye' Johnson : Wait a minute. Wait. What?

  Phil Coulson : Long story. Regardless, I don't think we've seen the last of Mr. Reyes.

• Melinda May : [leaving a meeting with Mace]  Bold move, telling him about Aida.

  Phil Coulson : It was a strategic play.

  Melinda May : Felt like poking the bear?

  Phil Coulson : More like feeding the bear. I'm hoping if I give him something, maybe he'll give me something.

  Melinda May : Like Senator Nadeer.

  Phil Coulson : I want to know what his deal is with her. She hates Inhumans, hates S.H.I.E.L.D., yet he sends Simmons off to examine a new Inhuman for her. I don't like it.

  Melinda May : Tough, isn't it? Not to be the keeper of all the secrets?

  Phil Coulson : It's not about that. I just want to know whose side he's on.

• Jeffrey Mace : Oh, come on, Phil! Make up your mind! You want to be director or not? 'Cause I'm not some meat puppet who's just going to smile and roll over on command.

  Phil Coulson : No one's asking you to roll over, but you do have a nice smile.

• Phil Coulson : When this is over; it's time. We are cracking that bottle.

  Melinda May : You don't have to twist my arm.

  Phil Coulson : I wouldn't dare. You might whip my ass.

• Eli Morrow : I'm rewriting the laws of nature.

  Phil Coulson : Yeah, but you're drunk on power or drinking your own Kool-Aid or drunk on Powerade; I don't know. The point is, you're not creating energy, Eli, you're stealing it.