Bones – Season 9 Episode 8

You know, you shouldn't read off that thing. News should come from the newspaper.

Do you also feel we should go to work on a horse?

(laughs) You know what? Technology is not all about improvement. Me personally? I like the feel of the newspaper in my hands.

I have access to over 100 newspapers and wire services, not to mention millions of Web sites and blogs.

(scoffs ) Right, blogs. I mean, some guy in his underwear living in his mom's basement giving his take on the economy.

What?! Tess Brown just called my last novel a "turgid slog."

Who's Tess Brown?

The mystery novelist. She has three best-sellers to my six.

Well, did you ever say anything about her stuff?

I did an interview where I was asked about her last book.

Mm-hmm.

Here.

Well, no wonder she took a jab at you.

What?

What do you mean "What?"

Look, "Tess Brown never lets reality get in the way of an unbelievable story."

That's accurate. While her books show imagination, they lack the authority and realism that academic and scientific credentials bring to this specific genre.

You slammed her . That's a slam.

I don't agree.

Right, of course you don't. You know, 'cause tact is not your strong suit .

I'm supposed to take advice from a Luddite who thinks the last great technological achievement was given to us by Johannes Gutenberg?

(phone ringing) You know what? I rest my case.

Booth. Right. Okay. On our way. Okay, well, got a body behind a rest stop up by the Blue Ridge Highway.

I may have lost my temper just now, but I do consider myself to be a very tactful person.

Mm-hmm.

That's an attractive tie. You don't even notice the milk stain on it.

Very tactful ( muttering ) very tactful, Bones.

I thought so.