[to the "squints"] Pelant thinks he's smarter than all of us, which might be true but he's not smarter than all of us put together.
“The Sense in the Sacrifice” · Season 9, Episode 4
In this episode: Temperance Brennan (10), Seeley Booth (6), Cam (2), Flynn (2), Jack Hodgins (1), Angela Montenegro (1), Caroline Julian (1), Aldo (1)
[Brennan and Cam show Booth and Flynn the corpse]
Wow...that's....wow.
[excitedly] This is actually a fascinating exercise. Did you know this is the first time I've burned human bone?
[unamused] Not the right tone, Bones.
Oh. Yeah.
I'm not about to argue with a woman who could solve a murder using only a tooth and magnifying glass.
I have solved a murder using only a tooth but I use significantly more sophisticated equipment than a magnifying glass...
[cuts Brennan off] I'll do exactly what you say.
Do you wish you were going with him?
I wish I killed Pelant three months ago.
It'll be better to catch him alive.
Better for who?
[Booth is sitting next to Brennan, who is tucked in bed]
I wish the call would come in.
We could have sex?
Huh?
Well our bodies need to relieve tension so we can sleep.
Wow, way to take the romance out of it.
Well, I'm just being practical. I just know I sleep best after several orgasms. (She lies down, snuggling into the duvet)
[mischievously] Well is that some kind of challenge. [Booth leans down kissing her]
Maybe. [They kiss some more until both of their phones ring breaking them apart]
He's telling us that this is our fault.
But it's not.
We were trying to piss him off. Well, we succeeded and we got Flynn killed!
We did not kill Hayes Flynn, Pelant did. The only we can do is try to catch Pelant using the evidence in front of us.
What if we don't? What if this just goes on forever??
CCam
[solemnly] It won't. In fact, I almost feel sorry for Pelant.
[in disbelief] What?!
CCam
He killed someone who saved Booth's life.
Cam's right. Booth will never give up.
The absence of evidence is, in itself, evidence.
[Booth and Brennan share a passionate kiss in front of his office door. Several agents turn and stare at them.]
[in a low voice] We agreed to avoid public displays of affection at the FBI.
To hell with the FBI.
[grins at Brennan] I know you. You'll find me. It's in the stars.
Do you think he'll kill Pelant the next time he has a chance?
CCam
Usually I'd say no but the way Booth's turning Flynn into a saint, feels like he's working himself up for something. But Booth's a complex man. I'm not sure any of us can tell what he's really thinking deep down.
[Inside Aldo's bar]
Booth wants to kill Pelant, which is fine. He's a very bad man, he's murdered...we don't know how many people. What if there's someone worse and we need Pelant to catch that killer?
[rolls his eyes] Oh god... [looks at Brennan] It's these ethical dilemmas that drove me out of the priesthood.
I need to know what Booth is going to do.
So you can protect Pelant.
He's more valuable alive than dead, that's all.
It depends which Booth is there.
[confused] Seeley Booth, the one I love.
No, I mean, like all of us, he has two sides to him. There's one side that wants to save the world and one side that wants to take care of the people he loves. Those two collide, well, that's what you called a "tortured soul".
There's no such thing as a soul.
Says you, but Booth values nothing higher than his soul, yet he's willing to sacrifice his soul by killing Pelant.
Why?
[smirks] You, of course. It's always gonna come down to you.
[sarcastically to Sweets] What, you're gonna say that you found something that indicates that Flynn was Freudian delusional with synergistic narcissism disorder, huh?
[seriously] Look, we gotta make a deal and this deal has got to stick, all right? From now, I will do all the fighting and the shooting and the apprehending of killers, ok? You can do all the smart stuff, right? Stay in the lab, play with your bones...and all that good stuff. You know, I don't come to your lab there and play with your telescopes––
I don't have a telescope.... [turns and looks at Booth, concerned] What's wrong?
[...]
[swallows] Look, the main reason I wanted to kill Pelant is because he kept me from marrying you.
I thought it was something like that.
And if I told you why we couldn't get married he was gonna kill innocent people.
You made the right choice. It's alright. [He smiles and takes her hands in his]
Bones, If I ask you to marry me, will you say yes?
If I say yes will we get married?
Yes. [They smile at each other before kissing]
[Unbeknownst to them, Angela, Hodgins, Cam and Caroline are watching via the security camera and smiling.]
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