“The Price for the Past” · Season 12, Episode 4
In this episode: Seeley Booth (3), Temperance Brennan (2), Caroline Julian (1), Aubrey (1), Jessica (1)
I hear Aldo was in rough shape. What was going on with him?
I don't know, Caroline. I hadn't spoken to him for over a year.
If I know you, you tried.
You know what? I'm not gonna let myself off the hook on this one, all right? Anytime I needed anything, anything, Aldo was always there for me.
I'm sure that goes for the other men in your unit, too.
What does that mean?
He took on all their troubles.
Moving forward, there is only one thing you can do for Aldo.
Look, if you're gonna tell me to forgive myself, please don't.
Forgiveness would be ineffective.
Okay then, what? I mean, what works?
Revenge.
That's not me. I mean, there are rules.
You will follow those rules. The act of bringing a murderer to justice is, anthropologically speaking, a form of revenge. You have suffered a loss. Making the killer suffer for that loss will help.
Yeah, well, I hope so, Bones. Because right now I couldn't feel much worse.
It didn't go well with the men?
These guys saw hell. You know, most of them are still paying the price.
You feel the effects of war, too, Booth.
Yeah. Yeah, but I got lucky. I got a great family and great life. Got all this.
You're an addict, just like Aldo.
Yeah.
Unlike him, you got help.
Yeah. But you're in my corner. That's the difference. Aldo had no one.
Look, there's something else that I've been thinking about. I want you to know that I'm not him [his father].
Uh, I know that, Aubrey.
[chuckles nervously] He left his wife, he left me. You know, I would-- I would never ever do that.
What are you saying?
I'm saying that when I commit to something, it's real. That I'm serious about us. [looks at Jessica staring at him] Did I say the wrong thing?
No. Of course not, Aubrey...but there's a lot going on...
I know. And when it's all taken care of, I'm gonna feel the same way.
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