Bones, Season 7

Brennan:
Did your interest in forensics stem from a plan to murder your stepfather?

Finn:
Yes, ma'am, it did.

Brennan:
Dr. Saroyan mentioned that he was physically abusive to both you and your mother.

Finn:
He had a temper. Probably why I behaved like I did. I could never find a way to make the mad go away.

Brennan:
So did you murder your stepfather, Mr. Abernathy?

Finn:
No, ma'am. I did not.

Brennan:
What stopped you?

Finn:
I read a paper you wrote: postmortem dismemberment analysis. I knew no matter how careful I was I'd never get away with killing him. At least not with ya'll around.

Brennan:
I like to think that's true.

Finn:
I took it as a sign from above to keep me on the straight and narrow. I haven't so much as talk in church since.

Brennan:
What happened to your stepfather?

Finn:
Last time I saw him I told him he was a dead man if he ever touched my mama again. I guess the son of a bitch didn't know I was bluffing.

Brennan:
I can imagine how it must feel to know people are thinking that you did something like that.

Finn:
I appreciate that.

Brennan:
[affects southern drawl] You must never walk out again, you hear? There ain't gonna be no more second chances. [smiles at Mr. Abernathy] I love John Wayne movies.