Bones, Season 6

Booth:
I'm glad that you apologized to the Canadian. I'm proud of you, Bones!

Brennan:
I didn't apologize.

Booth:
I thought --

Brennan:
The word apology derives from the ancient Greek apologia, which means a speech in defense. When I defended what I said to him you told me that wasn't a real apology.

Booth:
Why don't you think of a word that means you feel bad for making someone else feel bad.

Brennan:
Contrite! From the Latin contritus, meaning crushed by a sense of sin.

Booth:
There that's is! Contrite! I'm happy that you contrited to the Canadian.

Brennan:
Would you like to hear some more things that I feel contrite about?

Booth:
There's more?

Brennan:
Yes. I feel contrite that I think your socks are silly.

Booth:
What?!

Brennan:
Also, I am contrite that I think you are foolhardy in the way you approach a cup of coffee.

Booth:
How do I approach a cup of coffee?

Brennan:
You drink it without checking the temperature and then you complain all day that your tongue is burnt! I feel contrite that I think that's stupid.

Booth:
Let's recap okay: foolhardy and stupid.

Brennan:
There's more.

Booth:
Bones, you don't have to apologize for things that you think.

Brennan:
Oh!

Booth:
Believe me, if we had to be sorry for every single thought...

Brennan:
Like what?

Booth:
Oh, believe me, I'm not going to fall down that path.