It Takes a Village

Detective Jane Rizzoli: Tasha?

Tasha Williams: Hi

Detective Jane Rizzoli: This is Dr. Maura Isles. You spoke to her on the phone

Tasha Williams: Hello.

[Maura nods to Tasha]

Tasha Williams: What's that thing?

Detective Jane Rizzoli: That? That is a hug-me-tight Teddy bear, you know, in case you are lonely

Tasha Williams: I'm not really a hugger and that's not really a bear

Dr. Maura Isles: I didn't want to say anything, but she's right. It's a Panda, Ailuropoda Melanoleuca

Tasha Williams: Which literally translates to black and white cat foot, not bear foot, more close related to raccoons than to bears

Dr. Maura Isles: Yeah, I'm afraid not, a recent international science study of DNA concluded that pandas are actually more closely related to spectacle bears from South-Africa than raccoons

Tasha Williams: Maybe, but their skull and dental structures don't resembles bears, their feet don't have heel pads and they don't hibernate, so if they are bears, then they are all alone on their own little bear island

Detective Jane Rizzoli: So we're agreed: it's part panda, part bear, part raccoon, part cat

Tasha Williams: I'm not agreeing to that!

Dr. Maura Isles: Jane, that's ridiculous!

Detective Jane Rizzoli: Yes, it is absolutely ridiculous that a stuffed animal can be genetically incorrect!