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

Pilot (2013)

Cobie Smulders: Maria Hill

Photos 

Quotes 

• Maria Hill : The battle of the New York was the end of the world. This - now - is the new world. People are different. They have access to tech, to formula, secrets they're not ready for.

  Grant Ward : Why was I pulled out of Paris?

  Maria Hill : That, you have to ask Agent Coulson.

  Grant Ward : Uh, yeah. I'm clearance Level Six. I know that... Agent Coulson was killed in action before the battle of New York. Got the full report.

  Phil Coulson : [walks out of the dark]  Welcome to Level Seven.

  [Normal voice] 

  Phil Coulson : Sorry, that corner was really dark, I couldn't help myself. I think there's a bulb out.

• Maria Hill : What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for, Agent Ward?

  Grant Ward : Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.

  Maria Hill : And what does that mean to you?

  Grant Ward : It means someone really wanted our initials to spell out "shield." It means we're the line between the world and the much weirder world. We protect people from news they aren't ready to hear. And when we can't do that, we keep them safe.

• Phil Coulson : Agent Hill did a very detailed assessment of your last three missions. Combat, top grades. Espionage, she gave you the highest marks since Romanoff. Under people skills she drew a... I think it's a little poop, with knives sticking out of it.

  Grant Ward : WHAT?

  Phil Coulson : That's bad right?

  Maria Hill : [after Ward leaves]  It was a porcupine. It was not a poop. It just means he...

  Phil Coulson : No, I'm pretty sure...

  [Looks at the book] 

• Grant Ward : Something turns up like this Chitauri neural link... we get to it before someone bad does.

  Maria Hill : Any idea who Vanchat was planning to sell it to?

  Grant Ward : I'm more interested how this Rising Tide group found out about it. I thought they were just hackers. What changed?

  Maria Hill : Everything's changing. A little while ago, most people went to bed thinking that the craziest thing in the world was a billionaire in a flying metal suit. Then aliens invade New York then were beaten back by among others, a giant green monster, a costumed hero from the 40's, and a God.

  Grant Ward : I don't think Thor's technically a God.

  Maria Hill : Well, you haven't been near his arms.

• Dr. Streiten : I would have been very happy not to clear you, Phil. I'd love for you to rest up some more.

  Phil Coulson : I've had plenty of that. Thanks.

  Maria Hill : You sure?

  Phil Coulson : You should go sometime.

  Maria Hill : Where?

  Phil Coulson : Tahiti. It's a magical place.

  Maria Hill : Three days in, I'd be begging for an assignment.

  Phil Coulson : Exactly.

  [Coulson leaves] 

  Dr. Streiten : Tahiti. He really doesn't know does he?

  Maria Hill : He can never know.

• Grant Ward : Director Fury faked your death - to motivate the Avengers.

  Maria Hill : Well, the death of a common ally is a particulary team builder.

  Phil Coulson : Plus, it wasn't much of a stretch. I stopped breathing for about 40 seconds.

  Maria Hill : Eight. It gets longer every time you tell it.

  Phil Coulson : Yeah, well, you get shanked by the Asgardian Mussolini, you can tell it your way. I was looking at the big white light, and it felt a lot longer than eight seconds.

  Grant Ward : Do they know? The Avengers - that Fury played them?

  Maria Hill : They're not Level Seven.

  Phil Coulson : Got of the I.C.U., Fury stuck me in a grass shack in Tahiti. Rough gig. Mai Tais, Travis McGee novels, and a physical therapist whose command of English was... irrelevant.