The Beaver in the Otter
BOOTH: I mean, Jared should not go to India alone, he’ll get in all kinds of trouble.
BRENNAN: You said he’s never been alone.
BOOTH: Exactly, you know what? He’ll get eaten alive
BRENNAN: If you go with him, then he won’t be alone, you won’t let him be bad and his frontal lobe will always be the size of a raison, that’s what you said. Makes no scientific sense.
BOOTH: Yea, I said that…got it (He nods)
Scientific!Bones to the rescue, and for once she's helpful in a non-scientific situation. This is one of those cases where Booth really does have to push aside his own feelings and do what's best, in this case, what's best for his brother. He has to do what makes the most logical sense, and Bones is there to remind him. For the first time in awhile it's Bones helping Booth and not vice versa, which is good to happen every once in awhile because we need to be reminded that this is, in fact, a symbiotic relationship; he isn't there just to be a catalyst to Bones' emotional development. She has things to offer him, too.
BRENNAN: So, uh, do you…do you really think you have to be bad to be good?
BOOTH: Yeah, I do.
BRENNAN: Well, I’ve never done anything bad.
BOOTH: I believe you
BRENNAN: I mean, I’ve made mistakes, of course, but I’ve never purposely done anything bad.
BOOTH: And I believe you.
BRENNAN: I don’t want my frontal lobe to be a dried up raisin.
BOOTH: You know what? We’re going to do something bad now!
BRENNAN: What?
BOOTH: Have you ever dined and dashed? You know the concept, right? We’re gonna run outta here without paying the bill.
BRENNAN: No…That’s stealing
BOOTH: That’s why they call it bad. We’re doing something bad.
BRENNAN: No! No! I can’t…really? NO
BOOTH: Come on
(Booth gets up)
BRENNAN: No!
BOOTH: One
BRENNAN: Are you serious?
BOOTH: Two
BRENNAN: Oh my God!
BOOTH: Three Go, go go
(She gets up and starts running. Booth takes out a bill from his pocket and leaves it on the bar. He runs after her)
BRENNAN: No, No, OH! We’re bad. We’re bad
BOOTH: Get in the car
BRENNAN: Woohoo! We’re baaaaad!
Oh god, I just love this. So. Much.
Mostly, how he leaves the money there when she's not looking. Because they're not bad people. They're good. That's their whole underlying common ground. But she needs to at least think she's being bad, since she has this notion that she's missing out on something by not.
