You're the best!
Tell me something I don't know.
“The Killer in the Crosshairs” · Season 6, Episode 15
In this episode: Seeley Booth (16), Caroline Julian (9), Temperance Brennan (7), Jack Hodgins (4), Lance Sweets (3), Angela Montenegro (2), Broadsky (2), Vincent Nigel-Murray (1)
Funny thing about Witness Protection…
What's that?
…It sort of comes with a built-in motive for murder attached, doesn't it?
(laughs) That's why they need protection.
The bullet severed the C5.
Right. Severing the spinal cord from the brain stem is the gold standard for snipers. We call it disconnecting the computer.
You can never have too many cute phrases for taking a life.
Anyway, Angela's father...
[smile fades from his face, with dread] Oh God.
What?
Are you gonna ask me some interpersonal family question? Or...
Why is that so strange? You are a shrink.
[to Sweets] He wants to name our baby. We're not supposed to have any input. Now that is weird! Right?
Um, well you know it's... it's complicated, of course, as all family issues are. [pauses] No, I'd rather not shoot from the hip on this one. Perhaps some research and reflection....
[chuckles] You are avoiding this.
[denying] No! No, I'd just be remiss if I didn't consult my books, you know? I have so many books.
[grins] You are afraid of him
Come on, afraid? [discreetly] Yes I'm afraid.
He is a very sweet man.
He kidnapped Hodgins and gave him a tattoo while he was unconscious, Angela!
But he loves that tattoo now. Don't you, babe? [smiles and looks at Hodgins] [Hodgins fidgets and looks at her uncomfortably]
I don't....[shakes head] I have a lot of work to do... [gets up to leave] I'm gonna get take-out or something.
You are running away!
I'm walking.
[sighs] I don't get it. Broadsky was a good man. I don't understand what happened to him. I mean, what gives him the right to make these kind of calls?
[...]
Being the cause of someone's death, no matter what the circumstances, leaves a man with a great burden. And people deal with that burden in different ways, you know? Some celebrate it. They relish the power as a way of justifying what they've done. Others like Broadsky, they justify another way. They feel that it's their destiny to mete out justice. They convince themselves that they have the moral high ground to make these calls. It's the only way they can live with what they've done.
What about me?
From my perspective, you're a healthy man. You can accept what you've done and the pain and sadness and regret that comes with it. You know, not everybody has the strength to deal with that reality. It's a testament to you that you've built this life with family and friends who love and respect you. Booth, that can't be easy.
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