Bones: The Devil in the Details
April 11th 2010 23:50
When a body with horns is found burned on the altar of a church, Booth is naturally a little uneasy. Thankfully the team is able to conclude that the remains are not that of a demon, but of a psychologically disturbed young man who had had the bones surgically attached to his skull. Booth and Bones head out to the Havenhurst Sanitarium, where the victim, Neal was being treated for schizophrenia. There, they encounter another patient who believes she is an angel. Although that doesn’t seem likely, her paintings prove a vital clue into finding out who really did kill Neal--his brother, who just couldn't put up with Neal and his Satanic delusions anymore. Bones is duped by a patient who convinces her he’s a psychologist, and after witnessing another patient’s violent outburst, Bones leaves with a renewed respect for psychologists.
Meanwhile, Cam is afraid Arastoo thinks of them as the devil (as in the way Muslims think of us as "The Great Satan"), because he mentions having to look into the face of the devil every day. Turns out Arastoo meant evil in general. When he was working as a translator in Iraq, his team was headed out to talk to a village about water, and were attacked. He was forced to kill an insurgent who was about to kill them, but still feels bad about it. That day he saw evil, not only in the man who was about to kill them, but he felt it in himself when he pulled the trigger, and every day he has to live with that.
After the case, Bones asks Booth if a case like this shakes his faith. Booth admits that it does, but that he'll go home, sleep on it, and regain his faith like he always has. She understands, in a way. When she can't find the cause of an effect, at the end of the day 2 2 is still four. They agree that life is good.
BONES: Notice how I'm not tailgating? Adaptive cruise control.
BOOTH: Hmm-hmm. Ah, well, right now I'm more worried about a safe distance between you and me.
BONES: Why?
BOOTH: Why? Because we're going to a church and you tend to get blasphemous in churches.
BONES: What, you're afraid that if God smites me with lightning, you could get hit?
BOOTH: Yeah, I'm usually standing right beside you.
~*~*~
BOOTH: (shouting) Car, could you please get us there a little faster?
BONES: No, the accelerator is not voice activated. It's foot activated, like a normal car.
BOOTH: Right.
BONES: Oh. (laughs) You're joking.
BOOTH: Yeah.
BONES: That's funny.
~*~*~
CAM: I’ve been a coroner a long time. I’ve seen a lot of bad things…
BONES: Define bad things.
CAM: Murder, mayhem, catastrophe, suicide, explosions, you know, the usual stuff. But this? This gave me a chill.
BONES: Because of the demonic symbolism of the horns?
CAM: Look, I just don’t want to end up hovering above my bed with my head spinning around 360 degrees.
BONES: That would not only be impossible, but fatal.
CAM: Right.
~*~*~
SWEETS:: Oh, hey, did I mention that I interned in a mental health facility in Philadelphia?
BOOTH: By “interned”, do you mean lived in?
SWEETS: You know the whole thing about how all psychologists needs psychological help, it’s not true.
~*~*~
BOOTH: Evil is out there, Bones. There’s just more than one explanation.
~*~*~
COPELAND: You’re Dr. Sweets?
SWEETS: Mm-hmm.
COPELAND: You sounded more experienced on the phone.
(Booth laughs)
BONES: He means you sounded older.
SWEETS: I know.
BOOTH: I love it.
SWEETS: It’s not that funny, Booth.
BOOTH: I think it is.
~*~*~
COPELAND: Neviah believes herself to be the earthly manifestation of the angel Uriel.
BONES: She’s put the murder victim’s face in place of the crucified devil. Are you confessing to murder?
SWEETS: Do you mind if I conduct the, uh, conversation Dr. Brennan?
~*~*~
SWEETS: I just don’t think it’s wise to have Dr. Brennan present when we question Neviah.
BONES: Well, why?
COPELAND: What if Neviah told you she was an angel, something she believes with her whole heart, how would you respond?
BONES: Well, I’d tell her that angels don’t exist except, of course, in works of fiction such as the Bible and in children’s books.
SWEETS: After which all we’ll get from Neviah is argument, no answers.
BOOTH: Sweets is right, Bones, you’re out.
BONES: have to admit, it’s eerie that when I move she follows me as though she knows exactly where I am.
COPELAND: That’s because she can see you.
BOOTH: It’s a window, Bones, it’s not a two-way mirror.
BONES: Oh.
~*~*~
COPELAND: Did Phillip try to cure you of anything?
BONES: He’s a patient?
COPELAND: For almost six years now. Believe it or not he came a long way before plateauing with this delusion.
BONES: I thought we had quite a lot in common.
~*~*~
LLOYD: Nun chucks and shuriken aren't dorky, all right? They’re the weapons of a true master.
~*~*~
CAM: What if Arastoo means us?
HODGINS: Arastoo is a very sweet, gentle guy, you know?
CAM: I know but that doesn’t mean that in his heart he doesn’t look down on us. Do you want to work with someone who thinks you’re the Great Satan?
HODGINS: No! I don’t want to be the Great Satan! I don’t even want to be a minor demon! You want me to talk to him?
CAM: Yes. (Sighs) But unfortunately dopey interpersonal crap falls under my job description.
~*~*~
HODGINS: (to Arastoo) What are you some kind of Persian ninja?
~*~*~
CAM: I did…think that – wonder if you considered us to be the Great Satan. I am familiar with that phrase.
ARASTOO: I know. I was there when you told Dr. Hodgins that his t-shirt which read: "I am with the Great Satan" is not suitable work attire.
~*~*~
BONES: I need to ask you some things.
BOOTH: You gonna ask me about God and the Devil?
BONES: Yes.
BOOTH: You’re going to ask me how God could place such a burden on good people.
BONES: No, I’m going to ask you how you can still believe in a kind God after a case like this.
BOOTH: Was my faith shaken? Yeah. Mm-hmm. It is.
BONES: It is?
BOOTH: Yeah. I’ll go home tonight and I’ll lie in bed, and I’ll toss, and I’ll turn, and I’ll beat myself up, and uh…I’ll question everything.
BONES: Will you get your faith back?
BOOTH: Always have in the past.
BONES: So you have faith that you will retain your faith. (Booth nods) Why?
BOOTH: Because, Bones, it’s…the sun will come up, and tomorrow’s a new day.
BONES: (laughs) I know that feeling.
BOOTH: Really?
BONES: Mm-hmm.
BOOTH: You know what it feels like to get your faith back?
BONES: When I see effects and I am unable to discern the cause, my faith in reason and consequences is shaken.
BOOTH: And then what happens?
BONES: Two plus two equals four. I put sugar in my coffee and it tastes sweet. The sun comes up because the world turns. These things are beautiful to me. There are mysteries I will never understand, but everywhere I look, I see proof that for every effect there is a corresponding cause. Even if I can’t see it. I find that reassuring.
BOOTH: And life is good again.
BONES: Life is very good.
BOOTH: Yes it is.
(They both laugh)
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