- Temperance Brennan: Dr. Wells, please note the impact fractures to the manubrium and the right humerus
- Dr. Oliver Wells: Oh, I've already noted those. The plotting indicates blunt force trauma with a heavy, rounded object, consistent with slamming into a tree and, before you even ask, remodeling suggest the injury took place two years ago
- Camille Saroyan: Dr. Wells, is everything okay? You seem...
- Angela Montenegro: Even douchier than usual
- Camille Saroyan: I was gonna say: on edge
- Temperance Brennan: I'm not concerned with Dr. Wells' attitude
- Dr. Oliver Wells: Good
- Temperance Brennan: If it continues, he's easily replaceable. In fact I've already enlisted the help for an additional intern
- Camille Saroyan: Dr. Brennan, you didn't clear this with me first
- Temperance Brennan: Trust me, Dr. Beth Mayer's brilliance as a forensic scientist is unrivaled... with the exception of myself, of course
- Dr. Oliver Wells: This new intern, she isn't not hot, is she?
- Angela Montenegro: You say "hot" like you would prefer the "hideous"?
- Temperance Brennan: Dr. Mayer has exceptional bone structure and perfect facial symmetry
- Dr. Oliver Wells: Great! Now I'll have to deal with another gorgeous, intelligent woman
- Seeley Booth: You know what? There's a lot to hash out when your wife is plotting your own murder.
- Temperance Brennan: It's not you, it's a fictional character
- Seeley Booth: Oh, you know, that... that reminds me. You were right
- Temperance Brennan: Of course I was! About what?
- Dr. Beth Mayer: Gals like us can't stand peace and quiet. We need to be challenged. That's why I loved seeing you and Booth together
- Temperance Brennan: But all you witnessed was us bickering.
- Dr. Beth Mayer: Yeah, exactly. Because you pushed each other. That's the heat you fell in love with. And that's the heat that will keep you together. Anything else would be...
- Temperance Brennan: ...boring
- Dr. Beth Mayer: And when things get boring, that's when you start killing off characters. Oh, come on, Dr. Brennan. What you and Booth have is special. Embrace the heat.
- Dr. Beth Mayer: What's on your mind?
- Temperance Brennan: Booth thinks that I was going through something subconsciously that caused me to kill off Agent Andy. That perhaps I was angry with him.
- Dr. Beth Mayer: And were you?
- Temperance Brennan: No. When I wrote the book, we were both taking time off from work. It was a period of complete peace and quiet.
- Dr. Beth Mayer: No wonder you lashed out.
- Temperance Brennan: What do you mean?
- Dr. Beth Mayer: Come on. Gals like us can't stand peace and quiet. We need to be challenged.
- Jack Hodgins: [Investigating the victims remains at the crime scene] There's no blowfly larvae, which means the victim died within the last 24 hours
- Seeley Booth: [Looking around] Interesting
- Jack Hodgins: Interesting? Really? The blowflies? Because...
- Seeley Booth: No! Not the bugs!
- Temperance Brennan: Now that we're dealing with the subject of money and fantasy football, I was curious. Are your endorphin levels rising?
- Seeley Booth: If you're asking me if I'm getting the gambling itch, the answer is yes.
- Temperance Brennan: Oh. That was not the response I was expecting.
- Seeley Booth: Well, I'm never gonna hide things anymore, Bones. You know, covering builds it up inside. When I get an urge, I acknowledge it. I think about the pros and the cons that gambling added to my life, and then I can let it go
- Dr. Beth Mayer: You're killing Agent Andy? But he's your husband.
- Temperance Brennan: No, he's just a character.
- Seeley Booth: You know what I think? You wrote that book after I quit the FBI. You killed Andy when I quit my job.
- Chris Winfelder: I wouldn't hurt a fly. Literally, if there's a fly at work, I shoo it towards a window and set it free