<P> In the Season 8 episode "The Shot in the Dark", Brennan is shot while working in the lab late at night . While undergoing emergency surgery, she experiences a vision of meeting with her deceased mother, Christine Brennan . Initially dismissing this as a hallucination, Brennan experiences several more visions throughout the episode . During these discussions, it's revealed that Brennan's hyper rationalization originates from the very last piece of advice her mother gave to her (before going on the run) which was to use her brain instead of her heart . While that advice enabled Brennan to survive all these years, the vision of her mother explains, it's now time for Brennan to do more than just survive . </P> <P> Since entering a relationship with and marrying Booth and then having children, the character has undergone development personally and is shown to be a caring wife and protective mother . She would often put aside her own atheistic views and uses her hyper - rationality to justify Booth's religious beliefs, as shown in season 8 where she references the Bible in order to persuade Booth to forgive his mother and in the season finale where she agrees to a church wedding, rationalizing that she could appreciate the "beauty" of the ceremony and its significance to Booth . </P> <P> Brennan has had a number of relatively short relationships, including an ill - fated date with a man who turned out to be a murderer and the re-kindling of a romance with her former thesis supervisor . She has stated that although she does not always feel the need for a committed emotional relationship, she has engaged in casual relationships to "satisfy biological urges". In one episode, she was spending time with two men, one for his intelligence and the other for his sexual skills . In Season 5, episode "The Plain in the Prodigy", she tells Booth she lost her virginity at the age of 22 and when asked why she waited so long, she said it was because the decision was "important to her". FBI psychologist Lance Sweets postulates in a number of episodes that Brennan's apprehension over having relationships is largely due in part to the abandonment and abuse she experienced as a teenager after her parents disappeared . It is said that she "hides" herself behind a front of hyper - rationalism and she always keeps people at arms' length, except for those closest to her (namely FBI partner Seeley Booth and best friend Angela Montenegro). After much character growth, Temperance Brennan is now married to her principal love interest of the series Seeley Booth, and they have a daughter (Season 7) and a son together . </P> <P> FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth is Brennan's husband and partner, and the principal liaison between the Jeffersonian and law enforcement agencies . Prior to their marriage, he is also Brennan's principal love interest throughout the series . Although his working style initially clashed with Brennan's, they have since become full - fledged partners . Their compatibility has become one of the central points of the show, with many new characters mistaking them for a couple and co-workers, especially Angela, constantly speculating that they were "more than partners". Booth and Brennan have repeatedly risked their safety to save each other, including when Booth took a bullet meant for Brennan . After Booth rescues Brennan from the corrupt Agent Kenton, Booth lifts her off the hook she was hung on by putting her tied hands around his neck even though he himself was severely injured . In "Two Bodies in the Lab", in season 1, and in "The Rocker in the Rinse Cycle", in season 5, Brennan and Booth's mutual love for Foreigner's Hot Blooded is mentioned; Booth even refers to it as' their song' in "The Rocker in the Rinse Cycle". Brennan once commented to Dr. Gordon Wyatt (Stephen Fry) that she "(couldn't) think of anything (she) wouldn't do to help Booth ." Brennan's novels are also dedicated to him and the character Special Agent Andy Lister is based on him even though she still denies it . </P>

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