Strange question, I know, but I've gotta ask. [pulls EPT test from behind her back] Are you, by any chance, pregnant?
No, I haven't had sexual intercourse in quite some time.
Do you want to know why I'm asking?
You're holding a home pregnancy test. I assume it's positive and you're worried about losing the most important person in this lab.
No. Very modest. I'm asking because Michelle was here earlier this afternoon and the only other two people who you use that bathroom, beside me, are you and Angela.
Well, Angela is currently sexually active.
And even if they use condoms, Wendell is young! His sperm is likely to be extremely motile.
You are so cheering me up right now.
Bone graft. It looks like a repair to a screw hole.
Huh. I count three metal plates.
Indicating multiple corrective surgeries.
Which could help us positively identify these remains.
Mr. White told us to regard identification as a zero priority.
I'm not as good as you are at doing as I'm told.
Hey, guys! Guys, listen, I'm going to need some science jibber-jabber to distract these guys!
Oh, do you know who's really good at jibber-jabber?
[...]
Because you have forbidden us from taking samples in order to estimate the osteoconductivity of the oblique taphonomic remodeling to the mid saggital plane, enchaplametric transaction, or translation, if you will of the intramatrix can be deduced by correlating the force displacement values with the osteogenic and geogenic hydrogel nanocomposite we placed inside the surrogate.
W Agent White
Which is the cantaloupe?
You understand me perfectly.
You two don't understand. Booth is a very patriotic man. He really believes this is the greatest country ever.
Being the best doesn't mean being perfect.
It's naive to think that a country the size and influence doesn't pursue secret agendas.
Kennedy's assassination wasn't a secret agenda, it was a black stain. A dark moment in history. Do you know how many people Booth has shot for his country?
Wow. That's a lot of blood to have on your hands. It's the kind of thing that would keep a person awake at night.
And Booth did that because he trusted that it was right, and who did he trust?
If they lied about the murder of a president, they can lie about anything.
Were you aware that JFK had scarlet fever in childhood?
Hodgins informed me of that fact, yes.
Scarlet fever can cause osteomyelitis.
It's very rare, Cam. It can happen in approximately one in a hundred cases. It's statistically unlikely that it was Kennedy.
You're a good person. I will never forget what you did for him.
[...]
[offers Brennan his arm before crossing the street] Shall we?
You know, you must think I'm crazy for being so happy that it wasn't JFK.
I'm very impressed. You wanted the truth, even if it was going to hurt you.
Yeah. I mean, sometimes you have to go with your brain over of your gut.
That's nice, but I prefer that you always go with your brain over your gut, because your gut cannot think.
Your brain can't digest a breakfast burrito. I'm just saying, to each their own!
AH Andrew Hacker
[on the phone to Booth] Booth, are you being held against your will?
[scoffs] C'mon. I can get out if I wanted to.
That's not the question I asked you. I asked you, is an agent of the FBI being held by persons unknown against his will?
Then on behalf of the FBI I am annoyed by their arrogance.
[Sweets, Hodgins and Angela watch on as Booth single-handedly takes on the three GSA agents assigned to lock down the lab.]
G GSA Agent
[corners Booth] What've you got, feeb?
[Cam cringes as Booth kicks the agent in the groin and subdues him.]
[handcuffing the agent] Good old American classic on that one, pal.
[laughs and applauds] Oh my god!
Man, you Butch Cassidy'd them!
[cheers] That was totally ninja! Maybe some anger issues there but you kicked ass!
[Hacker enters building with SWAT]
[via megaphone] Stand down and drop your weapons! This facility is officially under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [Booth looks at him incredulously] Aw man. Ten seconds earlier and I would've been the hero right?
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