Episode Quotes
Bones: Hey! Break down the door!
Booth: It hurts my shoulder when I break down the door!
Sweets: Mocking will not change my opinion. I have been mocked many, many times before.
(Booth and Bones give each other a look)
Sweets: That came out wrong.
Pam: If he didn't love me, why would he give me this bracelet? P-A-M, do you know what that spells?
Booth: (pause) Pam.
Pam: That's right.
Bones: So he was killed, decapitated, and mulched. Wow, can't be worse for this guy.
Bones: How does a former sniper have a grass allergy? Wouldn't a sneeze give away your position?
Booth: Bones, okay, I worked in the desert. Sand, no grass.
(while an amateur is singing)
Brennan: This guy is good.
Booth: Thank you Paula. Just focus here.
Sweets: She has body issues, which are not congruent with her actual appearance. She's someone who's slightly large, who believes she's a very large woman who can convince people she's only slightly large. And the way they treat her convinces her that she's right.
Brennan: That's interesting.
Sweets: See, you're only pretending it's interesting. It means very little to you.
Brennan: That's true.
Booth: Everybody thinks they're the next Kelly Clarkson.
Bones: Who's Kelly Clarkson?
Booth: American Idol, "Because of You?"
Bones: Because of me?
Episode Goofs
In the final scene, Brennan's hair is curled; however, throughout the entire episode she has straight hair.
After the shooting, Booth is holding on to Brennan's left hand. When Brennan moves to put her arm around him, his hand is gone, but is back in the next shot.
When Booth drops his gun after the shooting, it falls far from Brennan, yet in the next shot Brennan is able to reach it.
Cultural References
Booth: Everybody thinks they're the next Kelly Clarkson.
Kelly Clarkson is the first winner of FOX's
American Idol.
Booth: Thank you Paula.
Booth is referencing Paula Abdul, one of the judges for
American Idol.
Booth: American Idol. "Because of You"?
Booth references FOX's reality show
American Idol and the Kelly Clarkson, who was the first winner, hit song "Because of You."