Bones (TV Series)
The Wannabe in the Weeds (2008)
Emily Deschanel: Temperance Brennan
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Quotes
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Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : [after Booth knocks on a door] Hey, break down the door.
Special Agent Seeley Booth : It hurts my shoulder when I break down the door.
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Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : The guitar string could definitely be the murder weapon.
Special Agent Seeley Booth : Because it cut the cheese?
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Because the exemplar wound approximates the tool marks on the victim's C5.
Dr. Camille Saroyan : Yeah, he knew. He just wanted to say "cut the cheese."
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Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : I can't just bust into song. I have to have music. And an appropriate atmosphere of frivolity.
Special Agent Seeley Booth : Diva! Forensic genius. Best selling author. Better that Cyndi Lauper?
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Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : You enjoy it because you're a superb agent.
Special Agent Seeley Booth : You think?
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Of course, since I'm the best in my field. It would be self-destructive for me to work with some who was beneath me.
Special Agent Seeley Booth : Okay, that's good, because I have to be honest, here. Sometimes I think you feel you're better than me.
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Well objectively, I'm more intelligent-.
Special Agent Seeley Booth : See? There you go!
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : In certain areas. And in others, I understand my limitations, and I admire your expertise.
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Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Who's Kelly Clarkson?
Special Agent Seeley Booth : American Idol. "Because of You."
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Because of *me*?
Special Agent Seeley Booth : Never mind. Okay, just stay here. Not up there.
[points to the stage]
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Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Until I was 13, I wanted to be the next Cyndi Lauper.
Special Agent Seeley Booth : I'd say you were kidding. But I don't think you know how to kid.
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Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : [Sweets is trying to convince Bones to get up and sing] Really? What about you?
Dr. Lance Sweets : Hey, I will be singing "Lime in the Coconut" after you, and you will be extremely impressed... as was my abnormal psychology class in college. This opportunity is a gift from.... Agent Booth. Trust yourself, trust your friends, and let 'er rip!
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Adam Matthews : Then about a month ago, she showed up in the middle of the night, and started banging on the door.
Special Agent Seeley Booth : Oh, was she angry?
Adam Matthews : She was wearing a teddy, and high heels. So I'm thinking angry *wasn't* her emotion.
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : You're implying she was sexually stimulated.
Special Agent Seeley Booth : So were they um -?
[claps his hands]
Special Agent Seeley Booth : You know. Did they -?
[claps his hands]
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Did they have sexual intercourse?
Adam Matthews : If they did it was through a locked door.
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : So... no?
Special Agent Seeley Booth : [clapping] Very good, Bones. Okay, let's go.
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Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Well this obsession with physical perfection clouds a society's vision. You are oogling that woman!
Special Agent Seeley Booth : What? No! I'm not.
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Yes, you are!
Special Agent Seeley Booth : I'm just, um, admiring her routine.
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Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Hodgins. You are the guitar player. Zack, you are Tommy.
Dr. Lance Sweets : Re-enactment. Facinating.
Dr. Zack Addy : Not for me. I'm always the one that gets killed.
Dr. Jack Hodgins : Dude, you're the singer. Singer was the vic.
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Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : So do you think she killed him?
Dr. Lance Sweets : Well
[exhales]
Dr. Lance Sweets : there's no question she's deluded. She truly *believes* he was going to marry her. And she was setting herself up for a tragic ending.
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Tragic?
Dr. Lance Sweets : Well one way to ensure he didn't leave her...
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Would be to kill him.
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Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : How does a former sniper have a grass allergy? I mean wouldn't a sneeze give away your position?
Special Agent Seeley Booth : Bones, okay. I worked in the *desert*. Sand. No grass.
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Dr. Lance Sweets : You have an irrational prejudice against psychology. Probably because of some emotions so complicated for you to deal with.
[starts playfully poking Bones]
Dr. Lance Sweets : And I poked and prodded them which makes them real and painful.
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : And yet I feel no pain. Just a sort of disinterest. So why don't you take your powers of observation and focus them on her?