Bright Boy 2.2

Poor Alex, who has no faith in city officials, is surrounded by geniuses and Alex and Bobby try parenting on for size, and are pretty good at it. Bobby plays daddy to a meth addict first, helping him feed himself.

Goren helps a homeless man rob The Ledger.

The word “geniuses” comes up for the first time in the investigation and Bobby just about wets himself with the prospect.

A baby genius’ mom tells Eames that she has “no idea what a challenge it is parenting a gifted child” – oh, we think she has SOME idea. And actually, BA show how good parents they can be and in fact they would be awesome parents to a gifted child. They each get to bond with the kid individually.

B quizzes a fellow right-brainer on the Yankees. By the look on Goren’s face, we take it he’s a Met’s fan and we love him all the more for it.

A kid’s father calls Bobby a “know-it-all” and we get a great, relaxed, informal BA hanging out in an empty interrogation room reliving their high school years. Goren can’t believe he’s partnered with a former prom queen. Oh, and Goren’s left-handed.

Bobby asks Alex out to a Little League game and shows off his moves with a ball. They really should have adopted Robbie, they both love him, but Alex is more than pleased to lock up his dad.

Clothes Call: By far, Bobby’s no tie, open shirt look while he’s doing math both in interrogation and at the school. And his sunglasses and long brown coat at the Little League game.

Quotable:

[Goren holds a fiber in a tweezer]
G: Looks like Webster had a passenger, sat close to him, wore a purple cashmere sweater.
E: Tight-fitting size 2 with a plunging neckline.
G: Hmm. That I can’t tell from this.

G: Are they working on the problem on the board?
Dr. Lenard: Yes. This is a special math tutorial.
G: Really? These little kids are gonna solve that?
Dr. Lenard: These are profoundly gifted children.
E: You’ll have to forgive my partner, Dr. Lenard. He’s feeling very humble right now.

G: Says here they gave him a MMPI. Do you have it over there?
E: Well, if you tell me what it is in plain English, I might be able to find it.
G: Minnesota Muliphasic Personality Inventory. It tests social adjustment.
E: I remember this. We had to take it the last year of high school.
G: So did we.
E: How did you do?
G: I had to go to my counselor’s office and have a talk with the school shrink. How about you?
E: Me? I was so well adjusted they elected me prom queen.