Pickering quotes from Bones

Pickering

Didn't I see you on television this morning, Dr. Brennan?

Brennan

How could I possibly know what you watched on television?

Pickering

Yes, that was her.

Goodman

Perhaps you should work your way up to Dr. Brennan.

Pickering

When was the last time you saw your husband?

Angela

My husband?

Pickering

Yes.

Angela

[surprised] Oh. [laughs] Oh. [chuckles] Wow, you mean that actually took? Really, it didn't seem legal. We were in Fiji. You know, there was a fire dance. You know how those things can be, right?

Pickering

I really don't, Miss Montenegro.

Pickering

What I need to do here is to establish that you are not a threat to the security of this country.

Zack

I'm getting a degree in Forensic Anthropology; I'm halfway through another in Engineering. What are you afraid I will do? Build a race of criminal robots that will destroy the earth?

Pickering

Do you have that kind of fantasy often?

Zack

Very often.

Pickering

Does it concern you that such adolescent thoughts are a sign of emotional retardation?

Zack

I've been told. I'm working on it.

Pickering

Can you understand why that concerns us?

Zack

Not really.

Pickering

Can you tell me what you were doing in Cuba?

Brennan

Only if you tell me first.

Pickering

I beg your pardon?

Brennan

I don't know your security clearance.

Pickering

Well, what is your security clearance?

Brennan

You should check with the State Department.

Pickering

I'm from the State Department.

Brennan

Then that should make it easy for you.

Pickering

When you were in Cuba, did you meet with a man called [consults notebook] Juan Guzman?

Brennan

[holds up finger, dials a number from memory] This is Dr. Brennan at the Jeffersonian; you told me to call you if anyone ever asked about...him. [In response to question] Someone from the State Department, an Agent Pickering. [she hands the phone to Pickering]

Pickering

[picks up phone, annoyed] Pickering. Yes Sir, yes, I'll wait here. [hands the phone back to Brennan to hang up, looks shocked]

Brennan

Any other questions?

Pickering

No. No, the review has been suspended. I've been ordered to wait here until someone comes to destroy my notes.