Bones (TV Series)
The Superhero in the Alley (2006)
Emily Deschanel: Temperance Brennan
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Quotes
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Zack Addy : [about the victim] Epiphyseal union with the diaphysis on the wrists, knees and ankles suggests the was between 14 and 18 years old. 1.6 meters tall, a very slight build suggesting that he was at the younger end of the scale.
Dr. Jack Hodgins : That tracks with the bag. The degraded cellulose we found is a graphic novel.
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : A what?
Dr. Jack Hodgins : It's a comic book.
Zack Addy : I never read comic books.
Dr. Jack Hodgins : Really? Oh, I had you pegged for a graphic novel nut.
Zack Addy : The face and cranial vault are badly fractured. Blows to the parietal have sent radiating fracture lines between the mid-frontal and anterior temple buttresses.
[to Hodgins]
Zack Addy : Why?
Dr. Jack Hodgins : Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica...
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : Focusing gentleman.
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Special Agent Seeley Booth : Okay, so did he jump or was he pushed, Bones?
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : That's what we have to figure out. We can take the skeleton in, give you a report; maybe after next week.
Special Agent Seeley Booth : No you don't have to solve the whole case. Just tell me if I'm looking at a murder. Maybe, you know, pull a quick ID?
[Smiles charmingly]
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : [Smiles while Amused] Don't use your charm smile on me.
Special Agent Seeley Booth : What? It's a mark of respect, that's all.
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Special Agent Seeley Booth : Okay. Well, in your book, your partner's a former Olympic boxer... who graduated from Harvard and spoke six different languages. In real life... you've got me.
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan : So what you're saying is that reality falls far, far short of the fictional.
Special Agent Seeley Booth : Yeah. Thanks a lot, Bones.