In Which Even An Empiricist Can Have A Heart, Booth

Season 2, Episode 2

The Mother and Child in the Bay

BRENNAN: (as she climbs out of the car) She beat us here, she was in a truck.

BOOTH: Well, you know, you’re the one who wanted to go through Grafton.

BRENNAN: Well, you could have used the siren. You know, why do you have one if you’re not going to use it?

I spy with my little eye some typical, comfortable B&B bickering. Love it.

BRENNAN: Okay, then the lesson I would learn from the myth –

BOOTH: Myth?

BRENNAN: Well, it fits the definition.

BOOTH: Okay, fine.

BRENNAN: That when it comes to your children your love has to be absolute. The messenger represents goodness, what you know to be right. Ergo, you have to remain open to what you know is true.

(Booth chuckles softly, smiling at Brennan)

BOOTH: Are you sure you’re not religious?

BRENNAN: (nods) Science all the way.

BOOTH: Science all the way.

BRENNAN: Hey, even an empiricist can have a heart, Booth.

I've just now realized that this is a very underrated little gem of a scene. No, nothing huge happens, nothing monumental for their relationship, nothing that breaks the cute meter... but the way they smile at each other after she says that last line. Go get your dvds out and watch it now, because it just delightful. From both of them, they're friendly smiles. They're warm smiles. The scene ends in a way that's not like the couple of set ways a scene like this normally ends, and it's so nice.