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

Pilot (2013)

J. August Richards: Mike Peterson

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• Mike Peterson : You said if we worked hard, if we did right, we'd have a place. You said it was enough to be a man but there's better then man! There's gods... and the rest of us? What are we? They're giants... we're what they step on.

  Phil Coulson : I know. I've seen giants, up close, and that privilege cost me, nearly everything. But the good ones, the real deal? They're not heroes because of what they have that we don't, it's what they do with it. You're right, Mike, it matters who you are.

  Mike Peterson : I could, you know? Be a hero.

  Phil Coulson : I'm counting on it.

• Skye : [Coming up to Mike in a diner]  Just act natural.

  Mike Peterson : What?

  Skye : Just pretend that we're talking.

  Mike Peterson : We *are*.

  Skye : Good. 'Cause you never know who's listening.

  Mike Peterson : I don't even know who's *talking*.

• Mike Peterson : You and me. What are we?

  Ace Peterson : We're a Team.

• Skye : You're in danger.

  Mike Peterson : What do you mean danger?

  Skye : S.H.I.E.L.D.

  Mike Peterson : [Confused]  Shield what? I should carry a shield?

  Skye : S.H.I.E.L.D. Government. Scary men in dark suits who come after guys like you.

• Debbie : You said you could keep it together. Our first subject lost it... walked into the lab with a fricking bomb.

  Mike Peterson : [Indignant]  I'm not like him.

  Debbie : Well, tell that to your foreman in the I.C.U.

  Mike Peterson : I saved you!

  Debbie : You *exposed* me! You exposed the program.

  [Exhales sharply] 

  Debbie : The people who gave me this technology... they are very serious and they do not want to be revealed. Mike Peterson needs to disappear.

  Mike Peterson : [Thoughtful]  You're right. I'm not him anymore. I'm someone else now.

  Debbie : Oh please. You're juiced Mike. And you're losing it just like the last guy.

  [sighs] 

  Debbie : This is a disaster.

  Mike Peterson : No. It's an Origin Story.