I have been to 74 interrogations with Booth, 42 in the room and 32 observing.
Uh huh.
I should be able to do it.
What? Interrogate?
Yes. I even engaged in a very interesting session with Sweets to improve my ability to manipulate people.
[chuckles] Ohhh. That wouldn't work.
Why not?
Because what Booth has, you can't learn from Baby Boy Shrink. Booth's brilliant at pretending to be stupider than he actually is most of the time.
Brilliant at stupidity?
Uh-hmm. Especially around you.
[...]
Why would Booth do that?
Well, he knows that you like to be the smart one and so he lets you have that.
[...]
You know, I am smarter than Booth.
[smiles] Ok. So maybe you should just let him have the people skills part of the job to himself then.
[...]
[Brennan determines that the murder weapon is a pair of scissors]
Hey sweetie. I think you'll find that the murder weapon was a pair of tailor shears.
Why?
Why don't you run this information by Booth and see how quickly he comes to the same conclusion?
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