BoothHey, guys! Guys, listen, I'm going to need some science jibber-jabber to distract these guys!
Oh, do you know who's really good at jibber-jabber?
Booth
Who?
Booth
Perfect! My lucky day!
[...]
Because you have forbidden us from taking samples in order to estimate the osteoconductivity of the oblique taphonomic remodeling to the mid saggital plane, enchaplametric transaction, or translation, if you will of the intramatrix can be deduced by correlating the force displacement values with the osteogenic and geogenic hydrogel nanocomposite we placed inside the surrogate.
WAgent White
Which is the cantaloupe?
You understand me perfectly.
Were you aware that JFK had scarlet fever in childhood?
Hodgins informed me of that fact, yes.
Scarlet fever can cause osteomyelitis.
It's very rare, Cam. It can happen in approximately one in a hundred cases. It's statistically unlikely that it was Kennedy.
You're a good person. I will never forget what you did for him.
[...]
Booth
[offers Brennan his arm before crossing the street] Shall we?
Booth
You know, you must think I'm crazy for being so happy that it wasn't JFK.
I'm very impressed. You wanted the truth, even if it was going to hurt you.
Booth
I learned that from you.
Booth
Yeah. I mean, sometimes you have to go with your brain over of your gut.
That's nice, but I prefer that you always go with your brain over your gut, because your gut cannot think.
Booth
Your brain can't digest a breakfast burrito. I'm just saying, to each their own!
AHAndrew Hacker
[on the phone to Booth] Booth, are you being held against your will?
Booth
[scoffs] C'mon. I can get out if I wanted to.
That's not the question I asked you. I asked you, is an agent of the FBI being held by persons unknown against his will?
Booth
Yeah. We all are.
Then on behalf of the FBI I am annoyed by their arrogance.
[Sweets, Hodgins and Angela watch on as Booth single-handedly takes on the three GSA agents assigned to lock down the lab.]
GGSA Agent
[corners Booth] What've you got, feeb?
[Cam cringes as Booth kicks the agent in the groin and subdues him.]
Booth
[handcuffing the agent] Good old American classic on that one, pal.
[laughs and applauds] Oh my god!
Man, you Butch Cassidy'd them!
[cheers] That was totally ninja! Maybe some anger issues there but you kicked ass!
[Hacker enters building with SWAT]
[via megaphone] Stand down and drop your weapons! This facility is officially under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [Booth looks at him incredulously] Aw man. Ten seconds earlier and I would've been the hero right?
Booth
Right now I'm worried about a safe distance between you and me.
Booth
Why? Because we're going to a church, and you tend to get blasphemous in churches.
You're afraid if God smites me with lightning you could get hit?
Booth
Yeah, I'm usually standing right beside you.
The Greek god Zeus also used lightning to incinerate his enemies, although Zeus apparently had better aim than your god.
Booth
Exactly. Stuff like that. Just don't say stuff like that.
You have faith that you will retain your faith? Why?
Booth
Because, Bones. The sun will come up and tomorrow is a new day.
Booth
Really?
Booth
You know what it feels like to get your faith back?
When I see effects and I am unable to discern a cause, my faith in reason and consequences is shaken.
Booth
Then what happens?
Two plus two equals four. I put sugar in my coffee and it tastes sweet. The sun comes up because the world turns. These things are beautiful to me. There are mysteries I will never understand, but everywhere I look I see proof that for every effect there is a corresponding cause. Even if I can't see it. I find that reassuring.
Booth
And life is good again.
Booth
Yes, it is.
Booth
Do you own a gun, Mr. Ceraficki?
CCeraficki
Of course, I own a gun! This is a pawn shop! I never have to use it. I mean, I wave it around from time to time, but --
BBrenna
Why is he allowed to carry a guy after being arrested on a concealed weapon charge?!
CCeraficki
Innocent mistake. I accidentally put it in my pocket, you know, when I left work.
Booth
Could I see the gun, please?
CCeraficki
She's right over here.
Booth
Real easy there, pal! I don't want any sudden movements. No mistakes. That's it.
IInagawa
That is very sexy! Big Andy with a gun, protecting Kathy!
No, no. He is not Andy and I am not Kathy. [smiles] It's even more exciting when he shoots someone with it.
Booth
Bones.
Well, it is, Booth, and it's very impressive! He never misses.
IInagawa
Andy sometimes misses!
Booth
I still can be surprised by people.
Booth
Bad, I think. I don't know.
Well, if she's convicted, even with good behavior, she'll be in prison for the next fifteen years.
Booth
He said they're soulmates and he'll wait for however long it takes for her to get out.
Booth
Soulmates. Yeah.
The idea of soulmates actually originated with Plato.
Booth
Yeah, from the clay kids play with.
No! The anc -- aw. [laughs] You're joking.
Booth
Me, joke? No. [smirks]
The ancient Greek philosopher. His theory was that humans originally consisted of four arms, four legs and two faces. Zeus was threatened by their power and split them all in half. Condemning us all to spend our lives trying to complete ourselves.
Booth
[smiles] I don't believe that's true.
[laughs] I agree. It's ridiculous.
Booth
Right? [they smile]
Booth
[notices Sweets looking distracted] Sweets?
[snaps out of it] Yeah, yeah. Sorry.
Booth
You sure you're ready to come back to work?
Booth
That guy in the subway, one way to look at it is, um, that he died happy.
[looks at Booth curiously] What?
Booth
You think about. Guy gets this great news. What does he do? He shares it with a stranger.
You're gonna think I'm stupid for saying this but the whole thing, it felt like a message.
Booth
Right, a message. I believe in messages.
Yeah, it was like a message. "Go ye forth and live life to the fullest". Something like that.
Booth
[smiles] Live life to its fullest. Maybe we should do that more often. Moment to moment, day to day.
[Flashback to Booth and Brennan's first case]
Booth
Special Agent Seeley Booth from the FBI.
I'm Dr. Temperance Brennan of the Jeffersonian Institution.
Booth
Do you believe in fate?
[smiling] Absolutely not. It's ludicrous.
[Flashback to Booth and Brennan's first case]
Booth
Listen, I've got something to confess.
Is it the fact that you're a direct descendant of John Wilkes Booth? I already know that.
Booth
Wait, wait a second. How do you know that?
From your bone structure.
Booth
Keep that under your hat for now, okay?
Booth
I'm a gambler. [Brennan gives him a quizzical look] I believe in giving this a chance. Look, I wanna give this a shot.
You mean us? [Booth nods] No, the FBI won't let us work together --
Booth
Don't do that, that is no reason -- [he kisses her, but after a moment she pushes him away]
Booth
[desperately] Why? Why?
You -- you thought you were protecting me, but you're the one who needs protecting.
Booth
Protecting? From what?
From me. I -- I don't have your kind of open heart.
Booth
Just -- just give it a chance, that's all I'm asking!
No, you said it yourself: the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.
Booth
Well, then let's go for a different outcome, here! All right, let's just hear me out, right? You know when you talk to older couples who, you know, have been in love for thirty or forty or fifty years, all right? It's always the guy who says, "I knew." I knew, right from the beginning.
Your evidence is anecdotal.
Booth
I'm that guy. Bones, I'm that guy! I know.
[crying] I -- I am not a gambler. I'm a scientist. I can't change! I don't know how. I don't know how. [Booth looks crushed] Please don't look so sad.
Booth
All right, okay. [sighs, then hangs his head.] You're right. You're right.
Can we still work together?
Booth
[Booth hesitates, Brennan gives him a pleading look] Yeah. [wipes away a tear]
Booth
But I gotta move on. You know, I gotta find someone who -- who's gonna love me in -- in thirty years, or forty or fifty.
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