Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 15 - One Door Closes - full transcript

War comes to Coulson's doorstep in a way he never anticipated as shocking revelations are brought to light, and Skye struggles to control her new abilities but will soon make a decision that irrevocably changes her life.

Previously on "Marvel's
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."...

- Skye: What is this place?
- Coulson: It's a safe house for people

with powers. Simmons has been
working around the clock on these.

So these take my powers away?

- Are there side effects?
- A few.

Mack: Bobbi and I work for an organization

that came out of the
wreckage from what Fury left.

Who the hell are you working for?

The real S.H.I.E.L.D.

There's nowhere to go!

Weaver: It appears Hunter escaped



using one of the ship's submersible pods.

I know Coulson.

His behavior's grown
increasingly more troubling.

Coulson and his secrets, that's the threat.

And I think it's time
that we remove that threat.

I want to go back in.

[Explosions] Today, world leaders
are scrambling for answers

- after S.H.I.E.L.D. was crippled...
- [Glass shattering]

by a series of devastating attacks.

No one seems to be sure

how long the terrorist
group known as Hydra

- has been operating within S.H.I.E.L.D.'s ranks.
- [Electricity crackling]

But today, they
made their presence known

when they destroyed
S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters,



- the Triskelion.
- I can't feel my arm, Mack.

Can't feel it.

Tim, I'm gonna need you
to trust me now, buddy.

- It's gonna be okay.
- Once affiliated with the Nazi party, Hy...

[gunshot] [Electricity crackles]

[Explosions continue in distance]

Always with the Nazi stuff.

_

Now, which one of you
is the chief engineer?

[Gunfire in distance]

I ask one more time, and
then I start shooting.

Who is this ship's chief engineer?

It's me.

- I-I'm chief.
- No! No! No!

- [Gun cocks]
- He's lying to protect me.

I'm the one you're looking for.

- [Grunts]
- Tim! No! No!

I don't like liars.

So, with that in mind, where
are the ship's schematics?

- [Guns cock]
- Get down!

That man just died because of you.

How many more do you want on
your conscience today, huh?

- What the hell is that?
- [Beeping]

Weapons down.

[Grunts]

[Electricity crackles]

Got to get you a gun one of these days.

Save my bullets for the real fight.

[Gunfire continues in distance]

[Indistinct shouting in distance]

[Blows]

What is that thing?

A phone. Needed a distraction.

We used all of our other
gadgets getting into the ship.

Hydra's everywhere, Mack.

Hey. This isn't over yet.

[Gun cocks]

Time to get moving.

What's the plan? What
are you even doing here?

Fury left us orders.

To do what?

To save S.H.I.E.L.D.

_

[tires screech]

So, I got to say, this is quite an honor.

I know how much Lola means to you.

I figured you earned a peek under the hood,

but not without supervision.

[Chuckles] Of course not.

- Wouldn't have it any other way.
- Sir?

No sign of Hunter.

He must have taken off
right after Mack saw him.

Guess you were right.

Permanence isn't his thing.

I believe any reservations
that he has are about me,

not S.H.I.E.L.D.

Honestly, I let things get out of hand

between the two of us.

- I take full...
- Don't.

Hunter's not your responsibility.

He's my agent.

That's why I put out feelers of my own.

We'll see soon enough where he stands.

Well, let me know if there's
anything I can do to help.

The path we've chosen... [sighs]

Doesn't leave a lot of
room for trust, does it?

[Beep]

Skye: It's a little weird here.

But I'm settling in.

I've played a couple
dozen games of solitaire.

It's a lonely game, that solitaire.

[Chuckles] Well, May will head there soon,

so don't give up on solitaire just yet.

And who do I have to thank for
the little Debbie snack cakes?

That was Coulson's idea.

But I did pick you out
some nice gluten-free biscuits.

Ah. Yeah, I'll... I'll...
I... I'll look for those.

Have you tried on the gloves yet?

I have not, but I... I will.

Well, when you're feeling up to it,
it might be worth giving them a go.

They're obviously just a prototype,

but they're laced with
a microthread I designed,

which should accelerate your healing

and dampen the vibrations.

I just want you to be safe, Skye.

You know that, right?

I do.

It means a lot, Jemma. Thank you.

Okay, then. Call me if you need anything.

I will. Bye.

[Beep]

How's your science experiment going?

I told you, Leo, I'm only trying to help.

Whatever, Jemma.

It's not the first time

you've taken a look
under Lola's hood, is it?

That toy car you gave me...
It's a perfect replica.

Well, almost perfect.

It doesn't fly yet, sir, but I
promise you I'm working on it.

That was unfortunate, but that's
not what I'm talking about.

I'm sorry, sir. I'm not following.

Yes, you are.

I know Lola like the back of my hand,

so it wasn't too hard to
find once I went looking.

I still haven't figured out

what that component you put in there does,

but I'm having Fitz take a look now.

You could save everyone a lot of trouble

by just telling me what it is you're after.

You went through rigorous
testing when you joined my team.

Help me remember.

What did you say when I asked if
you were loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D.?

I said I was because I am,
and that's the truth, sir.

Look...

you've always been brutally honest with me,

and I value that.

So I'm giving you a chance here.

Just tell me who you're working for.

I work for S.H.I.E.L.D.

So you want to do this the other way?

Okay, then.

[Guns cock]

[Gun cocks]

I've lost too many friends to Hydra.

So have I.

You're not in this alone. I know that much.

Are you working with Hunter?

Or is he just a pawn in this, too?

Oh, God.

Get May on the line... now.

[Beep]

- [Gun cocks]
- May: I told Coulson there was no way.

I hate being wrong.

Please, okay?

There's no need for the gun. I can explain.

Can't wait.

I work for S.H.I.E.L.D. I do. I swear.

But you don't.

Try again.

What Coulson's doing here,
this isn't S.H.I.E.L.D...

not the real S.H.I.E.L.D., anyway.

The last person who betrayed
me... I broke his larynx.

Hand that over.

[Grunts]

May, it doesn't have to be like this.

[Both grunting]

[Gun cocks]

I didn't want this.

[Grunts]

Damn it.

You three, find him. The
rest of you, follow me.

It's us. Found Fitz.

Talk to me.

It's Bobbi. She set off some kind of E.M.P.

She's gone.

Mack, too.

He embedded a scanner
into little Lola's engine.

It was programmed to find
anything with vibranium.

[Sighs] That's how
Bobbi knew where to look.

She has Fury's toolbox.

Go. Find her.

We can't let them escape.

We won't.

I'll make my way to the server room

and initiate a manual lockdown.

They know all of our protocols.

We handed Mack the schematics of our base.

They don't know everything about
this place... not like we do.

She said she was working
for S.H.I.E.L.D., Phil...

the real S.H.I.E.L.D.

What the hell does that mean?

[Gun cocks]

_

We're running out of time,
Mack. I need to find him.

Conference room is up ahead.

If he's not there...

[Gunfire in distance]

[Glass shatters]

Commander Gonzales, wait.

- We're not Hydra.
- I've heard that before.

I'm Agent Bobbi Morse.

We're here under Fury's
orders... protocol A-S-T-A-0-6.

Thank God.

It's been a bastard of a day.

Sir, our mission is to
get you off the ship.

That man there had an ax.

Now I have it.

Still, left quite a mark.

[Indistinct conversations in distance]

[Beep]

Agent Morse.

Coulson and May knew something
was up. I had to go to plan "B."

What about Mack?

Unclear, but I have the toolbox.

Good work.

Any word on Hunter?

We're still trying to track the evac pod.

No luck yet.

Have you found the girl's location?

No, but if Coulson knew something was up,

he probably took Skye
somewhere far away from here.

[Crickets chirping]

[Fire crackling]

[Sighs]

[Sighs]

[Inhales sharply]

[Groans]

[Breathing heavily]

[Whirring]

Whoa.

[Keyboard clacking]

[Computer dinging]

[Beeping]

[Ringing]

Simmons: Hello. This is Jemma
Simmons. Please leave a message.

- [Beep]
- Hey, Jemma. It's me. Um, can you call me back?

I... I put the gloves on,

but, uh, are they supposed
to make you feel woozy?

Um, maybe that's just a side effect.

Also, are they supposed to be this tight?

I'm not complaining. I'm just wondering.

Anyway, call me back when you can.

- Okay, bye.
- [Beep]

[Clanging]

[Knocking]

Whoa.

[Electricity crackling]

[Beeping]

Uh, Fitz, why did you make me
watch "Paranormal Activity"?

[Electricity crackles]

[Door creaks]

[Sighs]

[Door creaks]

[Knock on door]

Hello, Skye. I'm Gordon.

May I come in?

[Chuckling] So, what is the plan with that?

You... You can see?

Hmm. [Door closes]

Not the way you do, but
I can see that you are afraid.

You don't need to be. Not with me.

Who are you?

I'm like you.

And I've come here as a friend.

Can't imagine how it must have felt

to go through your transformation

without any understanding
of what to expect.

I had years to prepare.

And still. [Chuckles] I was
horrified by what I became.

Granted, I was younger.

May I sit?

[Sighs]

This couch is very uncomfortable.

I wish you wouldn't stare.

- Uh...
- Th-that was a joke.

I'm not very good at them.

I don't mind that you're curious, honestly.

And, yes, I used to have
eyes. They were blue.

This...

This was the obvious change for me,

but what happens inside
can be just as profound.

You see, the mist changes
everyone differently.

The real difference between the two of us

is what happened after
we went through the mist.

What do you mean?

I knew from an early
age how special I was...

had a mentor, a guide of sorts.

And the first thing she
did after I transformed

was embrace me.

Tell me, Skye, what was the first thing

that S.H.I.E.L.D. did to you?

[Clip clicks]

[Gasps] Bobbi!

[Sighs] Thank God it's you.

I couldn't find anyone.

Me, neither.

But we'll be safer now that we're together.

Right. Good. So, what's next?

[Beep]

Found my three agents.

May: Let me guess ... Unconscious?

Mack took them out, then disabled the bus.

- Any luck on the Quinjet?
- Engine line's shot.

Looks like they don't want to be followed.

They're not killing anyone.

Is this you looking at the bright side?

Hydra leaves bodies behind.

Honestly, I don't give a
damn who they're working for.

If they took Fury's toolbox,

I bet that's not the
only thing they're after.

Gordon: What does it feel like, your gift?

I don't know. Um...

It's intense.

[Sighs]

Like 1,000 bees are trapped inside of me.

And I feel it all the time.

It's always there.

And I can't stop it.

Why would you want to stop it?

Because I destroy everything around me.

That is simply not true.

Every object in this universe
gives off a vibration.

Did you know that?

Nothing rests... animals, trees, people,

even this ratty couch.

And you... you have the ability

to tap into those vibrations.

Don't you see?

You could become magnificent.

But something's inhibiting
you, constraining your energy.

Uh, no. No, no.

My, um... my friend's a scientist.

She made these to protect me.

Or do they protect people from you?

No, it's not like that.

My powers, I... I can't control them.

And when I try to, it hurts me.

Most gifts come with a price,

but you could learn to manage it.

I apologize. I'm saying too much.

This is probably not the best place

to continue our conversation.

You don't have the tools
or the understanding

that you need just yet.

To do what?

To be who you were always meant to be

without fear, without pain.

We can offer that to you.

How?

I'll take you to a place

where you can be with people like us.

Us?

How many are there?

You can learn about yourself, your gift.

You can be safe.

But only if you want to come.

[Sighs]

When you're ready, I'll find you.

How will you find...

Trust me. I'll know.

[Electricity crackles]

You know, we really should get going.

Yes, I know, but it's in here somewhere.

See, I don't think an E.M.P. hit our base.

When those occur, the
pulse typically wipes out

any electronic devices powered up,

but anything that's off remains functional.

Here. Take this.

But something different's happening now.

I think whoever did this
set up a ghost interface

that's overriding our system directly.

If I could just find this prototype.

You know what? Maybe Fitz has it.

We should go try to find
him, make sure he's okay.

Oh! Here we go.

- What...
- [Electricity crackles]

[Gun cocks]

Coulson, May, I've got her.

[Beeping]

Why is that not working?

Something else.

[Muttering]

[Beeping]

What the hell is that?

Fitz, don't.

Mack.

I'm not gonna hurt you, buddy.

I would never hurt you. You know that.

I just need you to trust
me right now, please.

[Gunfire in distance]

[Indistinct shouting in distance]

When I was a kid, I had
this coin collection,

but one day, I-I couldn't find it.

Got so mad, I punched the floor.

And it felt good at the time.

And then, a week later,

my, uh... my hand turned black and blue.

It was swollen out to
here. I almost lost it.

It turns out, I broke my fifth metacarpal.

I had no idea.

They call it a, uh... a boxer's break.

You getting ready for a point here, chief?

Yeah.

The most dangerous kind of
pain is the kind you can't feel.

[Bone cracks]

[Grunts] I got you, sir.

I got you.

Not much of a trainee anymore.

Okay, guys, we got to move.

Hydra's closing in on both sides.

His leg's bad.

Think you can clear a path to the
top deck and ready the chopper?

An opportunity to kill
more of these bastards?

[Gun cocks] I love you're
whole thing. You know that?

Hold out for them as long as you
can. They'll be right behind you.

And, um, would you mind...

Could you give this to Hunter?

Bobbi.

He's gonna be pissed. You know that?

Yeah.

[Gunfire, indistinct shouting in distance]

Hartley's gonna clear a path.

You think you can carry
Gonzales to the top deck?

- Yeah. What about you?
- I'll meet you up there.

What are you talking about?

Fury gave me a second mission.

I need to get to the server core.

Once you get Gonzales off the ship,

- I'm gonna sink it.
- What the hell you talking about?

That disk will detonate
every weapon on this ship.

There's no way you will make it out

before you're 80 feet underwater.

Why would the director do this?

Gonzales: Because of what's on the ship.

We're carrying a cargo

that we can't let Hydra get their hands on.

That's why I can't let you waste your time

or your resources trying
to get me off of this ship

when it's in play.

I'm coming with you.

Sir, all due respect, my orders are clear.

The server core's back
at the operation center.

Do you know how many Hydra agents

there's got to be between
here and there now?

- Mack...
- If you want to get this job done,

you're gonna need all the help you can get.

I signed up for this. No one else.

Stop being so damn stubborn, Barbara.

You don't need to do this one alone.

He's right.

God, help us.

I'm still the commander
of this ship, Agent Morse,

which means you have new orders.

We're gonna help you finish this job.

What is that?

It's a gift from Fury...
A means to rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D.

What do you plan to do with her, sir?

That might depend on what she
was planning to do with us.

Hopefully, May will have some answers soon.

[Rattling]

[Knocking]

They're not trying to get out.

[Hissing]

Don't... I need you to get
away from that wall right now.

Stay back, stay back.

Fitz, you wouldn't understand.

[Rumbling] Fitz. Fitz!

Fitz!

Mack needs medical.

[Gunfire in distance]

You think Hydra destroyed the wall?

What wall?

Back at the academy... for
the fallen S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

Not sure.

Sorry about Tim.

[Grunting]

Stay back.

It's heavier than I thought.

Yeah, right?

What are you doing back here?

A few S.H.I.E.L.D.
agents have gotten a hold

of the turret on the top deck.

They were fighting back, so
I thought, "why the hell not?"

It's ours now.

What, S.H.I.E.L.D. has the top deck?

And I heard from Vic.
She's gonna hold the hub.

Bobbi, what if we can take back the ship?

There's still 14 more decks.

And we're outnumbered three to one.

The ship's already lost.

And if we want S.H.I.E.L.D. to survive...

We need to push on.
We're running out of time.

There'll be time to
explain everything to him.

And if he's as good a man
as you say, he'll understand.

Still no sign of May?

We'll find her.

Weaver: Agent MacKenzie's stabilized.

- Any others injured?
- None.

I'd like to officially withdraw my concerns

about using the dendrotoxin gas.

It's got style.

If only someone were taking minutes.

Where do we stand with Agent Skye?

Our techs found the
Quinjet's flight recorder.

Looks like Coulson took
her to, uh, retreat.

Really?

Bold, taking her to the
house that banner built.

That's why I'd like to take
a team of tactical agents

and retrieve her.

Bobbi: Sends a pretty aggressive
message, don't you think?

Skye doesn't mean anyone harm.

It doesn't mean she can't harm anyone.

If Coulson put her at the retreat,

he thinks she's dangerous, too.

Then I'd like to join.
Familiar face couldn't hurt.

I'll update Agent Oliver with our status.

Good. We'll be in touch.

[Crickets chirping]

[Sighs]

[Indistinct conversations]

Agent Weaver.

It's been awhile.

You're working with them?

I could ask the same about you.

I went to the academy to look
for you, but you weren't there.

We didn't even know if you were alive.

If it weren't for Agent
Calderon, I wouldn't be.

He co-opted a squadron of
Quinjets to come to the academy.

He saved us.

If it weren't for him, we
would have lost even more...

Young, talented minds that day.

Then, why are you...

why are you betraying S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Phil Coulson has no right
to call this S.H.I.E.L.D.

We obviously have a lot to discuss.

But right now I need your help, Jemma.

Agent MacKenzie's injuries have stabilized,

but I need you to take a look,
see if we missed anything.

There are few whose opinion I value more,

and we could use your expertise.

Wait outside.

Nice office.

Lots of light.

You haven't even delved
into the record collection.

I have no plans of moving in.

You may not know who I am, but I...

Oh, no.

I actually know quite
a bit about you, Robert.

You started in S.H.I.E.L.D. young, like me,

dropped out for awhile
when your wife passed,

but then came back with a vengeance,

rose to command the Iliad three years later

and, by all accounts, became
one of the best commanders

S.H.I.E.L.D. ever had.

I know this because I spent
months searching for you

when S.H.I.E.L.D. fell,

because I'd heard you were a good man,

'cause I wanted you on my team.

I wish I could say the same.

I wish you were the man
you were even two years ago.

But by all accounts, you're not.

You didn't know me then,
and you don't know me now.

I know that Fury brought
you back from the dead.

Right. I didn't ask for that.

But I've come to appreciate the gesture.

And that he filled your
veins with alien blood.

God knows what that did.

Weaver thinks it made you

into some kind of a
messenger for an alien race.

Can you say with certainty
that that's not true?

And we haven't even begun

to talk about your protégé, Skye.

You two have a lot in common.
At least, you once did.

What happened in the alien city, Phil?

You say that you're the director?

So did she drag you down
there kicking and screaming,

or were you curious?

I went to Puerto Rico
to destroy the alien city

and stop Dr. Whitehall,
and that's what we did.

In part, that's true.

And that's why I want to give you a chance

to be the good man I know you once were.

We believe that Fury

kept a lot of what he did
from the world council,

that he had objects and
people of terrifying power

hidden across the globe.

We want to find them,
and we want to make sure

that they don't destroy the very world

that we fight so hard to keep safe.

Show me how to open it.

[Static]

[Cellphone ringing]

[Beep] Hello?

- May: Skye.
- May, what's happening?

I couldn't connect to you guys.

You need to get out of there... now.

What? Why? What are you talking about?

There's a panel on the
southwest corner of the compound.

It'll let you bring down
the laser-grid fence.

May, stop.

You can do this, Skye. I believe in you.

But you need to run... now.

They're coming for you.

Who... who's coming for me?

- Who...
- S.H.I.E.L.D.

May?

May?

[Quinjet roaring]

Oh, my God.

[Panting]

Do not approach the target alone!

- If you see her, you send up a flare!
- [Guns cock]

Remember, Skye's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent

like one of us. Icers only.

[Gunfire in distance]

Come on! Move!

Mack!

Where's the server core?

Behind here.

Take that exit.

Same deal as before... get
everyone you can off the boat.

I'll wait to blow the
ship as long as possible.

[Beeping]

What about the agents we don't find?

They're out there fighting,

dying right now to take back the ship.

You're just gonna blow
them to kingdom come?

- Fury's orders are...
- Well, Fury's dead!

He's not seeing what we're seeing.

Hartley: He's right, Bobbi.

We already took the top deck.

Gonzales: Director Fury left orders,

and we're gonna follow them.

Hydra will not get this ship and its cargo.

They won't.

We'll kill every last one of them.

You know we can do this.

Since when do you not fight
for what you believe in?

Gonzales: You have your
orders, Agent Morse.

This is not a democracy.

Maybe it should be.

We can't keep pretending

that everything's the
same as it was yesterday.

I mean, look around.

Half of our friends are
either dead or have turned.

This isn't a time to go down with the ship.

We need to do something.
We need to stop this.

We're taking back this damn
ship whether you like it or not.

[Gunfire, indistinct shouting in distance]

Let's just hope we don't live
to regret this, Agent Morse.

Let's just hope we live.

[Guns cock]

Gonzales: I was wrong that day.

Had we followed Fury's orders,
hundreds of men and women

who had devoted their lives to
this organization would be dead.

And if I had been the man in charge...

They'd all be lost.

So now you all operate as what?

Five friendly faces
who agree on everything?

I don't see the other four
here talking to me... just you.

I have no desire to be the director.

You think I did? Fury chose me.

He made you.

You're literally his creation.

He thought of himself as some kind of king

and made damn sure that he
had an heir to the throne.

Try and remember Project
Insight was Fury's idea.

Secrets are what brought S.H.I.E.L.D. down

the first time, and we
won't let that happen again.

If you wanted to talk
to me, Agent Gonzales,

you should have talked to me.

You put spies on my team,
invaded my base, hurt my people.

Fury's secrets didn't
bring down S.H.I.E.L.D.

Hydra did.

I wonder if you really believe that.

Guard, give this to
Weaver and Fitz-Simmons.

It may take some time,

but they'll figure out how to open it.

You really think they're gonna help you?

Everyone on your team
is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.

We'll let them make their
own decisions. [Gunshot]

Already made mine.

That's a really nice entrance.

This should get you by for a few days.

What are you talking about?

You have to go... now.

- Fitz-Simmons. - I'll take care of them.
Without you, there is no S.H.I.E.L.D.

They know about Skye, Phil. Find her.

Agent May.

Calderon: Weaver ever tell
you what happened to her

at the academy that day?

Hydra released an enhanced on them,

found Weaver fighting to protect

the ones that were left behind.

She was actually going
toe-to-toe with that monster.

That's not Skye.

[Grunts]

All agents, converge on that sound!

[Both grunting]

No! Skye!

[Whirring]

[Rumbling]

Oh, my God.

[Breathing heavily]

Gordon, help.

[Electricity crackles]

Would you like to go home?

[Electricity crackles]

We'll return in a moment.

♪ They say, "yo-ho,
and a bottle of rum" ♪

♪ Drink it all down, baby... ♪

That's a lot of umbrellas for one drink.

Let me guess... She got the house.

♪ You don't have to
deal with it... ♪

[Sighs]

[Sighs] I'll take whatever he's having.

Sorry I'm late.

An evacuation pod will wash
up where and when it wants to.

Maybe a couple of those little
umbrellas if you have them.

So, how have you been?

Anything new?

Same old, same old.

So, you finished your vacation?

Absolutely.

You know, I never did understand
the appeal of cruise ships.

Oh, almost forgot.

[Seagull crying]

[Pen clicks]

What's that?

You offered me a permanent position.

Consider that my contract.

So, what's the plan, boss?