“The Bikini in the Soup” · Season 6, Episode 14
In this episode: Seeley Booth (3), Temperance Brennan (2), Jack Hodgins (2), Angela Montenegro (1), Cam (1), Clark Edison (1)
[answers mobile phone] Brennan. Oh, hello, Douglas. No, I can't tonight. I'm busy. I'm sorry. Okay, goodbye!
So you have plans tonight? That's nice!
No. No. A date on Valentine's Day comes with the expectation of affectionate companionship and probably sex. I have no intention of engaging in either.
So this one must be a tough one, huh?
What? The case?
Valentine's Day. I mean, so soon after your breakup with Hannah.
Not really.
Really not really?
Really. Can't we just focus on the case?
No twinges at all?
It's over, okay? Hannah and I are done. I've moved on.
Okay. So what are you gonna do?
Nothing! Valentine's Day is not a holiday. It's just made up by these greeting card companies and florists.
Well, then, maybe you should find somebody else who's doing nothing so that you two can do nothing together.
So do you want the good news first or the bad news?
Is the order at all relevant?
You know, people like to get the bad news first so the conversation ends in happiness.
All right, then. What's the bad news?
Well, the court refuses to compel a DNA sample from Ericson based on what we have so far.
[mobile phone rings] Do you mind? It's not work related.
Go right ahead.
Brennan.
I'll be right here.
[to person on the phone] For Valentine's Day?
Oh! A Valentine's date, huh?
A secret service agent from my gym.
Of course.
[laughs to person on the phone] No, it's not my mother. [to Booth] He thinks that you're my mother.
Look, I'm not her mother!
[to person on the phone] Okay, I don't have a mother. Could I phone you back to tell you no? Thanks! [to Booth] All right, what's the good news so that we may end this conversation on a happy note.
Ericson has a son in prison for insider trading.
Why is that good news? It seems the entire family is degenerate.
Bones, it's good news because it means the son's DNA is on file with CODIS.
Right. So Cam can compare it to the sample from under the fingernails to see if there's sufficient alleles in common to match the dad.
See. Always start with the bad news first then go with the happy. Are you happy now?
It's good news.
Are you happy?
I'm happy!
Ok, look, I know you and Hannah broke up, but for most people Valentine's Day––
[cuts Hodgins off] You don't wanna finish that sentence.
No. No I don't.
People, there is death in this world and there is romance. Today, death is the loser and romance wins.
[Clark and Angela clap and cheer but Hodgins looks disappointed.]
What about justice? [Angela smacks him on the back of the head and he reluctantly claps.]
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