Angela, nothing Pete and I ever did was messy.
Then you weren't doing it right
“Pilot” · Season 1, Episode 1
In this episode: Temperance Brennan (10), Seeley Booth (7), Angela Montenegro (3), Zack Addy (1), Goodman (1), Zach (1)
[looking at the screen] What exactly am I supposed to be squinting at?
It's like pornography; you'll know it when you see it.
I do not view you as property, Dr. Brennan. You are one of the Jeffersonian's most valuable assets.
An asset is, by definition, property.
What's the rule, Mr. Addy?
You only converse with PhDs. You do realize I'm halfway through two doctorates. Two halves make a whole, so mathematically speaking...
Go polish a bone, Mr. Addy.
What are you trying to do?
Blackmail you.
Blackmail a federal agent?
Yes.
I don't like it.
I'm fairly certain you're not supposed to.
Fine. You're in.
What's it going to take?
Full participation in the case.
Fine.
Not just lab work. Everything.
What? You want me to spit in my hand? We're Scully and Mulder.
I don't know what that means.
ZZach
Right away Dr. Brennan.
He's got no sense of discretion. That kid. Typical squint.
I don't know what that means.
Well when the cops get stuck we bring in people like you. You know, squints. You know to squint at things.
Oh you mean people with very high IQs and basic reasoning skills.
Yeah.
Split the difference. Mixed race.
Lenny Kravitz or Vanessa Williams?
I don't know what that means.
BBooth
A case this big. The director is going to create a special investigation unit and if I line all my ducks up in a row, I can maybe, I can head it up.
I don't know what that means, but I think maybe I can be a duck.
You're not a duck, okay. On this one we stick to the book. Cops on the streets. Squints in the lab.
Well in that case, the Jeffersonian will be issuing a press release identifying the girl in the pond.
If you do that i'm a dead duck.
What if Booth is right? What if I'm only good with bones and lousy with people?
People like you.
I don't care if men like me.
Okay, interesting jump from "people" to "men," but I'm sure it means nothing.
I hate psychology. My most meaningful relationships are with dead people.
[Booth and Brennan are arguing about the case after questioning the victim's parents.]
Which they won't read because they don’t want to, especially because towards the end Cleo and her parents weren't even speaking.
They told you that?
You know, getting information out of live people is a lot different then getting information out of a pile of bones. You have to offer up something of yourself first.
What exactly did you do in the military?
You see. You see what you did right there Bones? You asked a personal question without offering anything personal in return and since I'm not a skeleton, you get zilch. Sorry.
Thought I’d find you here. You know, you being a good shot and doing martial arts, it’s all your way of dealing. Who knows better than you how fragile life can be?
Maybe an Army Ranger sniper who became an FBI homicide investigator?
Ah, you looked me up, huh.
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