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

Beginning of the End (2014)

Bill Paxton: John Garrett

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• John Garrett : [Flexing his new Dethlok-tech robotic body]  There's a reason why they say, "cut off the head." Now I'll be unstop...

  John Garrett : [gets vaporized by Coulson] 

  Phil Coulson : [Holding the "0-8-4", the object that turned out to be HYDRA technology powered by Tesseract energy]  Hey, guys! I found it. Told you it'd be in here.

• John Garrett : You remember that speech you used to give us, Nick, about how one man can accomplish anything once he realizes he can be something bigger? Well, now I am.

  Nick Fury : A part - a *part* of something bigger.

  John Garrett : Is that how it went?

  Phil Coulson : Not a great listener.

  Nick Fury : If you told me this whole Hydra path thing you took is because you misheard my damn "one man" speech...

  John Garrett : I am the key to the future of the universe. I'm the origin of all things.

  Nick Fury : [to Coulson]  You got it right?

  Phil Coulson : Totally. Loud and clear.

• John Garrett : Fury! Well, hell... When was the last time anyone saw a tag-team wrestling match with four dead guys?

  Phil Coulson : I see only one dead guy in here.

  John Garrett : Oh, the power's all on this side of the room, fellas. Phil, I'm surprised you try and stop me. Of course, I don't blame you, Nick. You haven't seen the big picture, the big bang, the timeless frozen ocean, but Phil here has. We share a bond. We're blood brothers.

  Nick Fury : You didn't tell me he'd gone this crazy.

  Phil Coulson : He's really stepped it up a notch.

• Phil Coulson : Hi, John.

  [Coulson punches Garrett] 

  John Garrett : Hi, Phil.

  [Garrett knocks Coulson across the room] 

  Phil Coulson : Well, that's new.

• John Garrett : I order you to stand down. You must obey me. You need to to translate the words of creation. You don't wanna do this , Mike. Tell him, Phil.

  Phil Coulson : Mr Peterson is free to do whatever he wants.

  [Mike Peterson stomps Garrett in his face] 

  Nick Fury : You think he learned his lesson?

  Phil Coulson : He learned something.

• John Garrett : There's a reason they say cut off the head. Now I'll be unstop...

  [Zap] 

  Phil Coulson : He guys... I found it. I told you it'd be in here.

• John Garrett : You don't need to be set to default. You haven't left me alone all day.

  Mike Peterson : I was told never to leave your side, sir.

  John Garrett : I love you, too.

• Ian Quinn : This is our strategy consultant, John Garrett.

  General Jacobs : I want full disclosure right now, or our boys will come in and shut you down. Why do I hear gunfire?

  John Garrett : You hear the dying breath of an old world, general. And a new world is coming. I've tasted it on my tongue.

  General Jacobs : This is your strategy consultant?

  Ian Quinn : He's... part-time.

  John Garrett : New strategy - you shut your mouth and give us everything we want.

  General Jacobs : You threaten a United States general, and there are consequences.

  John Garrett : Oh, you feel powerful now, don't you? But you're all just slaves who will serve our future.

  General Jacobs : Listen, you crazy son of a bitch...

  Ian Quinn : Gentlemen, perhaps a small demonstration will...

  John Garrett : Yes. Oh, yes. A demonstration.

  [punches in General Jacob's stomach] 

  John Garrett : I've seen the future. I've glimpsed it through the eyes of every creature - dead, living, and yet to be. This is the beginning.

  Grant Ward : The beginning of what, John?

  John Garrett : The end.

• John Garrett : [Writing with a nail on a board]  Just getting some ideas down. I can't keep everything in my head.

  Grant Ward : Got to be honest with you, John. Looks like you're kind of losing it.

  John Garrett : [Chuckling]  I'm alive for the first time, thanks to you. Took some hits along the way, but we did it.

• Raina : Ward's concerned you're going mad.

  John Garrett : The drug didn't just strengthen my body. It gave me clarity of mind. It gave me a vision of the world that's waiting beneath the surface of this world. You don't think that's mad, do you? You know exactly what I'm talking about. You always have.

  Raina : I have no allegiance to Hydra, Centipede, Cybertek, you. I was only ever interested in...

  John Garrett : Evolution. You know we're prehistoric creatures oozing out of the swamps, through the mist, clawing our way onto land so we can finally stand. Or plant roots. Or fly.

  Raina : Exactly. I was saddened to learn you weren't Clairvoyant. I had a question I didn't get to ask, but now...

  John Garrett : Now the truth is written on the back of my eyes. So go ahead, Flowers. Ask.

  Raina : What will I become?

• John Garrett : Well hell, when was the last time anyone saw a tag-team wrestling match with four dead guys.