"I wasn't hiding," Mac replied, not looking up from the wrench in his hand. "I was just gone."
Hours later, safely back at the Phoenix base, James stood by the window, watching the sunset. He turned to Mac, who was cleaning the grease from his fingernails. "You didn't follow the protocol," James remarked. [S3E1] Improvise
With James free, they scrambled toward the back exit. Mac rigged a pressurized steam pipe to blow, creating a curtain of scalding fog that masked their escape. "I wasn't hiding," Mac replied, not looking up
Mac looked his father in the eye. "The protocol was broken the moment you lied to me. I didn't save you because of the Foundation. I did it because you're the only father I've got, even if I don't like you very much right now." "You didn't follow the protocol," James remarked
