In Which The Ball Starts Rolling

Season 1, Episode 3

The Boy in the Tree

Not all that much in this one. Just some short and sweet statements about certain exchanges.

Booth:  I don’t…I don’t like people who think they’re better then other people.
Bones:  Some people are better then other people.
Booth: uh, you know what you said right there that is so Un-American.  All men are created equal either you believe that or you don’t.
Bones:  Some people are smarter then others, there’s no use being offended by the fact.  What are we going to tell Nester’s parents?
Booth:  We tell them that their son was found dead.  We’re looking into it.  Sorry for your loss, and we are.
Bones:  What?
Booth:  Sorry for their loss.  It’s sad.  Try to remember that.
Bones: Uh, I’m not a sociopath.
Booth:  You’re bad with people, okay.  No use being offended by the fact.

Perfect example of one of their many classic it-goes-on-both-sides scenes, where one of them starts something, and the other flips it around and brings out a flaw or an issue of the other person.

Bones:  Ambassador Olivos, you told me that all a mother wants is to know that she’s raised her child well.  That your biggest regret is that you will never know if Nester would have grown up to be a good man but he was a good man. (she hands the picture to her)  He died because he was trying to do the right thing.
(Booth walks over to Bones.)
Booth:  Very impressive, Temperance. You got that one right.

D'awww. See, she's learning already.

Bones:  I’ve been thinking about your whole something stinks aptitude.  I think you have a subconscious knack for reading body language…stress in the voice …other subtle but disconcernable indicators.  It’s not mysterious but it is impressive and in the future I will try to record it in an appropriate degree of objective worth.
Booth:  Thank you, Temperance.  Appreciate that. So, uh, what part of “this is mine” did you not understand?  What?  Do you want me to say it in Latin?
Bones: Abset invidia.
(Bones gets up and places an ID card for the lab for Booth on the table. She walks away and Booth picks it up to look at it.  It has his picture and information on it.)
Booth: (smiles) Nice.

This acts as an indicator for the whole episode in its relation to Booth and Brennan's progress in their relationship: they're slowly getting to like each other more. Nothing ground-breaking, but basic, much-needed progress.