Optical Allusionist

Bones is a television show based off of the life of Kathy Reichs. It follows a forensic anthropologist, Temperance "Bones" Brennan, and her partner, an FBI agent, Special Agent Seeley Booth, as they solve murder mysteries. I find the series fascinating, entertaining, and educational.

In the third season, episode three, they have to investigate a murder that involves a sexual dominatrix fetish, following the pony-role-playing fetish. Booth is a dedicated Catholic who believes in God and Bones is an atheist who looks at everything from an anthropological standpoint. Conflicts arise between the partners in this episode as Booth tries to explain why these sexual situations are wrong, and as Bones confronts him for being so judgmental.

I found a couple quotes from this episode that I really appreciated: the first for its humor, the second for its depth. So, with no further commendation unto God, let us recite!

"Why are you being so judgmental?"- Bones
"When you turn someone into an object of sexual pleasure, it's Wrong!"- Booth
"How do you know that?"- Bones
"'Says in the Bible."- Booth
"Does NOT."- Bones
"Then it got left out by mistake."- Booth

"I lost my appetite because you made me think of all those people, parading around, pretending to be something they aren't, just so they can have crappy sex."- Booth
"How do you know it was crappy?"- Bones
"Gotta be, Bones. C'mon, it's gotta be!"- Booth
"Why?!"- Bones
"Why? I'll tell you why: here we are, all of us, we're basically alone. Separate creatures all circling each other, all searching for that slightest hint of a real connection. Some look in the wrong places. Some just give up hope because in their mind they're thinking 'Oh, there's nobody out there for me'. But all of us, we keep trying. Over and over again. Why? Because every once in a while, every once in a while, two people meet, and there's that spark, and, yes, Bones. He's handsome. And she's beautiful, and maybe that's all they see at first. But making love? Making. Love. That's when two people become one."- Booth
"...It is scientifically impossible for two objects to occupy the same space."- Bones
"Yeah, but what's important is that we try. And when we do it right, we get close."- Booth
"To what? Breaking the laws of physics?"- Bones
"Yeah, Bones. A miracle... Those people, role-playing, parading around, with their sex games and fetishes... That's crappy sex... at least compared to the real thing."- Booth

The way Booth says this last quote really is very sweet, very sincere, and very religious. I'd recommend watching the clip. The link will take you to part two of the episode. If you take the time marker and move it to the end, 19:23 minutes into the clip, you will be able to watch Booth explain this principle to Bones. I would most certainly recommend it.