A character in Bones
5th most-quoted character in Bones: in 206 of its 1,470 quotes
Most scenes with: Temperance Brennan (75), Jack Hodgins (74), Angela Montenegro (43)
I just wish Zack was here, that's all.
You gotta get over it. Zack's not coming back!
I know where to find the victim's head.
[Everyone turns and stare at Zack}
This is not good.
How did you get out?
You don't look happy to see me.
Oh, we're not!
I am. I really am. (runs to hug Zack, others follow except for Booth)
Any leads on who she is?
The hot chick is doing a sketch from the few pieces of skull I could locate and reconstruct.
Hot chick?
Sorry. The other hot chick.
I should have found that earlier. [sighs] Dr. Brennan's gonna fire me, isn't she? I guess, while I was trying to see the metaphorical sun I totally forgot that the chances of survival in an unfriendly cosmos––
Have you considered Prozac, Mr. Fisher?
Already on it.
Then double your dose 'cause you're bringing me down. And that's hard to do 'cause I've worked with death for years and you are making it all look like good times now, so get it together, ok, Eeyore?
We already have Agent Booth to make lame jokes. Let's stick to facts.
The rods in the human eye are sensitive enough to detect the light emitted by a struck match from as much as a mile away on a clear night.
Okay, let's stick to relevant facts.
The sockets have been ground down.
Okay, that could be useful. [looks expectantly at Vincent, who smiles but says nothing] Especially if you have an explanation.
Plastic surgery. Oh, uh, she had [gestures with his hands in front of his chest] fake boobs, too.
"Sockets," "eyeballs," "boobs" -- I wouldn't use these words when conferring with Dr. Brennan.
I know. With her it's all "supraorbital nimbus" and "mammary implants." But you seemed a more colloquial sort.
Well, in that case, what about the "backbone"?
[about the victim] "He"?
Mmm-hmm. Triangular pubis, no evidence of a ventral arc. The pelvic bone speaks. It says, "I be male."
The pelvic bone can say whatever it wants to say. This part here [points in the general direction of the lower body] says female.
What part's that?
It's called a vagina.
[She walks up while Daisy and Cam are discussing the sculpture, and dumps a giant container of flesh-eating beetles onto it. They look at her with consternation.] I was going to say that I slipped, but I don't like to lie.
You dumped a bucket full of Dermestes beetles onto this work of art. They'll strip the flesh off our victim in no time.
[nodding] Within 30 hours. Am I fired?
Au contraire. Remind me of this moment around Christmas bonus time.
[Booth, Brennan, Cam and Hodgins look on in shock as Dr. Sweets and Daisy kiss on the forensic platform.]
I am shocked.
Yeah. They should not be doing that on the forensic platform.
That's a method of termination I've never tried. Bravo, Dr. Sweets.
They'll never work. They're, like, complete opposites.
I agree. For all her faults, she's a woman of science. Sweets bases his life on the vagaries of psychology and emotion. There's no common ground.
Right.
You need common ground. What else is there?
Absolutely.
[Booth and Brennan look at each other as Sweets and Daisy walk away together.]
[Booth joins Brennan, Cam and Hodgins on the loft and watching Sweets and Daisy down below]
What's going on?
Sweets is firing Daisy for us.
We're wondering what his method will be.
He'll explain to her logically that this environment is not conducive for either her or us and as a scientist, she'll realize that he's right.
[shakes head] No, Sweets is a lot sneakier than that. He'll use some kind of psychological Jedi mind trick to make her think it was her idea to quit.
I didn't have sex with him, Cam.
Didn't have sex with who?
Jared Booth.
Good.
Why good?
Because... because...
Because he's Booth's little brother, and it would just be a creepy way to have sex with a Booth without having sex with the real Booth.
Kudos, Angela. I would not have had the guts to say that out loud.
Dr. Brennan, I don't want you to think this is an intervention.
I don't know what that means.
An intervention is when a group of loved ones bands together to help one of their own make a difficult decision.
Oh, um, then this is an intervention.
Are you my loved ones?
Your dad works here now?
Not my idea.
She wants me to fire him.
Why?
This is a crime lab! My father is a bank robber and an accused murderer!
Booth's killed more people than Max has and he works here.
Don't bring that up! Why did you have to bring that up?!
We're not idiots.
I feel like an idiot. [Hodgins glares at him]
[to Wendell] You don't speak right now. Either of you.
[Hodgins continues glaring at an intimidated Wendell]
My people were right.
Your people???
We're Booth's people.
[notices Fisher looking depressed] What's with the long face there, "sunshine"?
[to Hodgins] Mr. Fisher just broke up with his girlfriend and he's feeling a little down. [Fisher is sighing and groaning at the side]
What about me? My girlfriend and I broke up and I gotta see her at work everyday.
Well, obviously it hasn't blackened your soul like it has mine.
There was some light charring.
I'm dead inside.
Ok. You win. Happy?
[looks up at Hodgins] Not that I can ever remember.
[Hodgins and Cam look at each other.]
[referring to the corpse that is being examined] Forgive me, doctors, but...is his skin moving?
Ooh...God, that's strange.
Insect activity?
Never seen insects like that...'cept in Alien.
I'm secreting adrenaline.
Temperance BrennanEmily Deschanel · 767 quotes
Seeley BoothDavid Boreanaz · 756 quotes
Jack HodginsT.J. Thyne · 286 quotes
Angela MontenegroMichaela Conlin · 229 quotes
Lance SweetsJohn Francis Daley · 128 quotes
Zack AddyEric Millegan · 89 quotes
Caroline JulianPatricia Belcher · 53 quotes
AubreyBrandee Steger · 44 quotes
Wendell BrayMichael Grant Terry · 31 quotes
Colin FisherJoel David Moore · 23 quotes
Clark EdisonEugene Byrd · 22 quotes
GoodmanCarrie Wiita · 20 quotes
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