Bones (TV Series)

The Wannabe in the Weeds (2008)

David Boreanaz: Seeley Booth

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Quotes 

• Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : [after Booth knocks on a door]  Hey, break down the door.

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : It hurts my shoulder when I break down the door.

• Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : The guitar string could definitely be the murder weapon.

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : Because it cut the cheese?

  Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Because the exemplar wound approximates the tool marks on the victim's C5.

  Dr. Camille Saroyan : Yeah, he knew. He just wanted to say "cut the cheese."

• Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : I can't just bust into song. I have to have music. And an appropriate atmosphere of frivolity.

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : Diva! Forensic genius. Best selling author. Better that Cyndi Lauper?

• Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : You enjoy it because you're a superb agent.

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : You think?

  Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Of course, since I'm the best in my field. It would be self-destructive for me to work with some who was beneath me.

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : Okay, that's good, because I have to be honest, here. Sometimes I think you feel you're better than me.

  Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Well objectively, I'm more intelligent-.

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : See? There you go!

  Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : In certain areas. And in others, I understand my limitations, and I admire your expertise.

• Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Who's Kelly Clarkson?

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : American Idol. "Because of You."

  Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Because of *me*?

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : Never mind. Okay, just stay here. Not up there.

  [points to the stage] 

• Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Until I was 13, I wanted to be the next Cyndi Lauper.

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : I'd say you were kidding. But I don't think you know how to kid.

• Adam Matthews : Then about a month ago, she showed up in the middle of the night, and started banging on the door.

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : Oh, was she angry?

  Adam Matthews : She was wearing a teddy, and high heels. So I'm thinking angry *wasn't* her emotion.

  Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : You're implying she was sexually stimulated.

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : So were they um -?

  [claps his hands] 

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : You know. Did they -?

  [claps his hands] 

  Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Did they have sexual intercourse?

  Adam Matthews : If they did it was through a locked door.

  Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : So... no?

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : [clapping]  Very good, Bones. Okay, let's go.

• Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Well this obsession with physical perfection clouds a society's vision. You are oogling that woman!

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : What? No! I'm not.

  Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Yes, you are!

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : I'm just, um, admiring her routine.

• Special Agent Seeley Booth : [after Bones arrives at the bar]  Finally! One more show tune and I was going to start shooting!

• Dr. Jason Bergman : I have nothing to do with clay.

  Dr. Jack Hodgins : Oh, no? You're totally in the clear.

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : Hey! You can't say that! This is *my* place.

• Special Agent Seeley Booth : So presumably he was killed, decapitated, and mulched. Wow. Can it get any worse for this guy?

• Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : How does a former sniper have a grass allergy? I mean wouldn't a sneeze give away your position?

  Special Agent Seeley Booth : Bones, okay. I worked in the *desert*. Sand. No grass.