- Phil Coulson: If I don't put my faith in them, then S.H.I.E.L.D. will fall apart all over again.
- Lance Hunter: Hate to break it to you, but S.H.I.E.L.D. will also fall apart if a dozen angry enhanced blokes rain terror on us all.
- Leo Fitz: Yeah
- Phil Coulson: I think we've been spending too much time together.
- Lance Hunter: You're really going to let Captain Ahab just waltz in there and have a fireside chat with Skye's mom?
- Phil Coulson: I am, though that is a really strange way of putting it.