Bones, Season 3

Brennan:
Okay, stop. You don't know Booth. You don't know me. You have a limited view of us based on superficial data you've accumulated on a standardized questionnaire and a subjective analysis from talking to us that is not at all scientific. So back off.

Sweets:
Just trying to help.

Brennan:
By questioning his humanity?

Booth:
Okay, Bones, now you're going a little bit overboard. He's just a kid, right? I mean, the worst thing that's probably ever happened to him was he lost at Mortal Kombat.

Sweets:
Are you normally this protective of him, Dr. Brennan?

Brennan:
We.. We are partners. Our lives depend on being protective of each other.

Sweets:
And you feel the same way, Agent Booth?

Booth:
Sweets, I can only hope that one day you know what a real partnership is.

Sweets:
You two are very close. That was evident, in your superficial, standardized questionnaire and my unscientific observations.

Booth:
Yeah?

Sweets:
You complement each other.

Booth:
[Laughing] No, she never compliments me. Did you compliment me in the questionnaire?

Brennan:
"Complement," not "compliment." "Ple." He means that we complete each other... uh... as a team.

Booth:
Yeah, right.

Sweets:
Now, we got a lot to work on over the next few months.

Brennan:
Meaning that we get to stay together?

Sweets:
Yes...

Booth:
I'm sensing a but.

Sweets:
However...

Brennan:
Same as a but...

Sweets:
[doggedly continuing] I have observed some underlying issues that need to be addressed.

Booth:
Issues?

Sweets:
Yes, there's clearly a very deep emotional attachment between you two.

Booth:
We're just partners.

Sweets:
And why do you think I would have thought otherwise?

Booth:
'Cause you're 12.

Brennan:
Don't read into anything that Booth said. We're professionals. There's a line that doesn't even need to be there.

Booth:
Not at all. I mean, if... if there were no more murders, I would probably not even, you know, see her.

Brennan:
Very true.

Booth:
Might have coffee.

Brennan:
Probably not.

Booth:
What?

Brennan:
What?

Booth:
You wouldn't even have coffee with me? [He's obviously hurt, Sweets is temporarily forgotten as he and Brennan lean towards each other to finish the conversation.]

Brennan:
Well, in your scenario, we wouldn't even know each other, because there are no murders.

Booth:
Were, I said, no more murders.

Brennan:
Then fine, we could have a coffee. So that's clear then, we'd have coffee and that's our relationship, coffee?

Booth:
[Solid, now that he and Brennan have talked.] Yeah, let's move on, Sweets.

Sweets:
[Nods, but there's a tiny smile on his face from watching Booth and Brennan talk.]