Bones · Season 5
I do not like cats.
Well, that's consistent with the person you were before your brain surgery.
I don't own a nightclub, I'm not married to Bones, you are not a singing bartender and I hate clowns. So, can I go back to work now?
When our sense of reality is challenged - you know - really challenged, it can take some time to regain our footing.
Look, it's been six weeks since I put my brain box through the blender, there. I am back, baby, huh! Special Agent Seeley Joseph Booth!
[Angela has enlisted the services of a psychic, Avalon Harmonia, to perform a tarot reading on Brennan]
This man was lost. You brought him the light that showed him the way home. Without it he would have died.
Booth was in a coma. Brennan read him the book that she was writing. When he woke up he thought that they had a whole different life together, he thought they were married. He thought that for days.
You were joined at that time. You're still joined.
[Getting up to leave.] Nothing either of you is saying makes sense.
[Turns over another card] Were you pregnant?
[Dismissively] What? No, of course not.
I mean in your book.
[Stares, surprised, for a moment] No, I deleted the book. I'm tired, Angela, I'm going to go check in at the office then go home. Nice to meet you, Miss Harmonia. [Leaves]
[About Brennan] Underneath the icy exterior beats a very warm heart.
Her life is at a very critical turning point. Between great happiness - [She turns over a card.]
[Reading the card] That's "Death".
[Avalon gives Angela a meaningful look but says nothing.]
What's really on your mind?
[Sighs, troubled] All right, um, that place that, uh, I went to, you know, in my coma dream? It was just, Bones and I, it was so real.
[Bluntly] You're in love with Dr. Brennan.
[Booth is shocked, Cam just smiles gently.]
[After a pause] What I'm wondering is, am I the same guy?
A sweet, kick-ass FBI murder solver with hard fists and a lion heart? Mmm, yep, you're still him. My advice, for what it's worth, is forget the bruised brain and go with the lion heart.
Right, and tell Bones how I feel.
Yes. Except, be sure about your feelings, because if you crack that shell and you change your mind, she'll die of loneliness before she'll ever trust anyone again.
Do you know what you're looking at?
Yeah, and I'm pretty sure you haven't been this close to one in a long time.
It's a PET scan of your brain.
Hmm. Then I was wrong.
This is called the ventral tegmental area, and this is the dorsal caudate body. Now these two areas have been proven to be linked to romantic love and sexual arousal.
If this is your version of dirty pictures, they're not working for me right now. [Closes the laptop computer.]
No. [Reopens computer] This scan was taken before your operation. The green and blue areas indicate low activity. The same scan while you were in the coma: lit up like the fourth of July. You were dreaming of being in love, of being married, right? [changes image] The same scan, three days ago. Before your operation you were not in love. After your operation you were. Conclusion: your feelings are not real and will fade away, like every other symptom. Now, I think you and I both know that Dr. Brennan's hyper-rationale is really just a cover for a very vulnerable and sensitive core.
Well, great. So we're talking about Bones' brain, too, here now.
So, if you breach those defenses and it turns out you don't really love her -- [puts PET scans on table] -- I left you hard copies.
Dr. Brennan, how are you feeling?
Well, they gave me medication, so I feel how I imagine people of average intelligence feel all the time. I came here to see if you ran away.
No, I'm here looking for clues. Something I might have missed.
In your cards? Because that is a waste of time.
You say that after I sent Agent Booth to save your life.
Well, you knew where the bodies were buried. You knew Dr. Leacock would attack me.
[turns over a card] You were an abandoned child. [turns over another card] The world scares you, so you wrap it up neatly in bonds of reason, education and proof. All riddles are solvable to you, except for one.
Yes, the riddle of how you knew where your sister was buried.
No. The riddle you can't solve is how somebody could love you.
[laughs dismissively] Well, I'm beautiful and very intelligent.
The answer to the question you're afraid to say out loud is: yes, he knows the truth about you, and he is dazzled by that truth.
[Booth and Brennan discover a rotting corpse in the trunk of a James Bond style car]
Whoa! Ok, that is going to kill the blue book value.
Do you want my advice?
No.
Okay, if you really want to help Booth, you should let him teach you about plumbing.
I'm a wealthy, accomplished woman. Why would I want to learn a menial skill?
Well, for Booth, so he can regain whatever he feels he's lost. I think, for once, it would be beneficial if you were the student.
Perhaps he's a double agent. I mean, Rutledge certainly fits the profile. They're usually intelligent male officers, who had poor father figures resulting in repressed anger and revenge fantasies.
Double agent?
By betraying his country Rutledge is essentially choosing a new father. One who might treat him better than the last.
Yes, but that would also fit Booth and he's not a double agent. Are you?
Stop. Watch it, Sweets!
All elephants are gray, Agent Booth, but not all gray things are elephants.
[whispers] That's good for me, right?
[whispers] Yeah.
Shouldn't we be honest with each other?
We're honest! I mean, aren't you? I mean, I am.
So you have no problem with me making so much more money than you.
No. [Brennan makes a face] Well, yeah, but it's -- it's a little weird. I mean, you're loaded. You're really loaded, and you still don't even have a flat screen. That's just kind of weird, to be honest. It's a little French, if you ask me.
Rutledge said the bug was checked out in your name.
I got the bug because I was afraid Greg was cheating on me.
So why didn't you mention this before?
We weren't supposed to date! I guess it's not like the FBI. We're not allowed to sleep with someone we're working with.
Is she talking about us?
We're not.
No!
Oh, it's okay. I'm CIA. My lips are sealed.
I'm afraid protocol in the intelligence community isn't as simple as someone like you is used to. [Brennan looks to Booth]
Someone like me? Look, Rutledge, the more you tell us about your agent's assignment, the easier it will be for us to track down the guy who murdered him.
That's what "someone like him" does.
[...]
As far as what assignments he was working on, that information is classified. And far beyond what I am able to share with...
With someone like me.
Yes.
FYI, you know what? I have Level 3 clearance and my SSBI was renewed two months ago, which allowed me to get this warrant. [shows Rutledge a warrant]
[impressed] Well played Booth!
Thanks Bones!
[reads the warrant] Right. She doesn't have clearance. [points to Brennan] You can wait in the lobby, Dr. Brennan.
[as she is about to leave] You know, I can keep a secret.
You know, when I was a kid, Bones, I always wanted to be a hobo. I wanted to ride the rails, play the guitar --
Be malnourished, riddled with preventable disease.
You know what? You could make Santa Claus cry. You really could.
Hey, you're wearing your belt buckled again! Cocky.
Yeah. Ever since the whole coma thing I just kept staring at it thinking to myself, why would I wear something like this?
Because you love it. You always have.
Yeah, that's what I landed on, Bones.
Oh, well I'm glad you did, because I like it. It's Boothy.
Boothy?
I'm more of a lab rat, Dr. Brennan. Perhaps somebody more outdoorsy would be better.
Clark, if there's spinal damage that corresponds to the compression fractures on the long bones, we could have cause of death. I need those bones. You're the most qualified. Don't scratch your neck with the gloves!
[affects a Southern accent] Well, is it all right if I get a drink of water, boss? You know, it's awful hot out there, and them tools is mighty heavy.
Of course you can get water. Why are you talking like that?
Nevermind. I'll go.
You just said you were having sex when you were sixteen.
That's different!
Oh, so there's a double standard?
Of course! You know what, Cam needs to shut that down.
I said that Michelle should wait until she's at least seventeen and a half.
Is that how old you were?
No, I was 22.
Twenty-two?! twnent--, why?
Don't -- why do you sound shocked?!
No, it's just that that's a good age. Twenty-two??
It was an important decision! I gave it a lot of thought. I finally found a man who could provide a skillful introduction.
You make it sound like it was a class that you took. You know, the first time you should be in love. You know, totally goo-goo for the other person.
Were you when you were sixteen?
Well part of me was.
I'm scared. Is that weird? I mean, it's just sex, right? It's all over the TV and everywhere.
Whoa, there's no such thing as 'just sex', Michelle. Every time you give a bit of yourself to the person you're with. So it's okay to wait as long as you want.
I don't want to lose Perry.
If Perry doesn't understand how you feel, he doesn't deserve you.
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