Director: Greg Yaitanes
Show Stars: T.J. Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins), Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro), Eric Millegan (Zack Addy), Emily Deschanel (Dr. Temperance Brennan), David Boreanaz (Special Agent Seeley Booth), Jonathan Adams (Dr. Daniel Goodman (Season 1))
Recurring Role: John M. Jackson (FBI Deputy Director Sam Cullen (uncredited))
Guest Stars: Marilyn Sue Perry (Customs Agent) , Charles Janasz (Reverend) , Naja Hill (Cleo Eller) , Tyrees Allen (Ted Eller) , Sam Trammell (Ken Thompson) , Larry Poindexter (Sen. Bethlehem) , Chris Conner (Oliver Laurier) , Dominic Fumusa (Peter St. James) , Katherine Ann McGregor (Mrs. Bethlehem) , Dave Roberson (Homeland Security) , John Sterling Carter (FBI Director) , Bonita Friedericy (Sharon Eller) , Damian T. Raven (Uniformed Security) , Yun Choi (FBI Agent #1) , Jeff Witzke (FBI Agent #2) , Billy Briggs (Airport Clerk)
Production Code: 1AKY79
The pilot begins as Dr. Temperance (or Bones as I will refer to her from now on) returning to America from working in Guatemala. Right away, we see Bones as a strong and wily character, identifying the fact that someone was following her almost immediately, and beating them to the ground when they attempted to attack her. However, the follower was a National Security agent, for which she is then held in police custody.
A body is brought from the water, and Bones investigates it. She is immediately able to deduce certain facts, such as the 'delicate features', the fact that the person played tennis and their age. Also, she notices that the body has been weighed down, so as to submerge it completely within the lake.
Bones' workers, while analyzing the bones (during which they find rings from a gold chain and what appears to be frog bones), mock the existence of themselves in her book, Bred in the Bone. Bones completely denies the fact that they are the characters, claiming they are purely fictitious. However, each of her workers can identify themselves in the book, although none seem to mind at all, it's more of a jovial matter.
Bones stays up all night at her desk piecing together what looks to be hundreds of tiny skull fragments which were dredged from the lake. She remains there all night, completes the skull and falls asleep at her desk.
Seeley Booth confronts his boss, asking for Bones to be enlisted as an active agent, as she will only work under the conditions of having full access to the case (because in the past, she has had some bad experiences). His boss accepts the proposal.
The scene changes and we see Bones asleep in her house, awoken by what she believes is an intruder. She takes a baseball bat from under her bed and precedes to the attack the intruder who is carrying a television. After the attack (which involves smashing the TV instead of the person), Bones identifies the intruder as Peter, her ex-boyfriend. This not only tells us that Bones has had a relationship in the past, but could also point to her not having any right now, since she immediately grabbed the baseball bat believing it was an intruder, instead of thinking it could be her boyfriend.
The bones and skull are reconstructed using a holographic image. Using utilities on the custom built application, the investigators are able to add skin tones and skin densities. Bones is able to identify the body (or the holographic representation) as Cleo Louise Eller; a girl who went missing after apparently having an affair with a senator (unconfirmed, however, states Seeley who worked on the actual case of the disappearance).
Seeley thinks the stalker; Oliver Laurier is behind the murder.
Bones and Seeley inform the parents on the confirmed death of their daughter. Bones however seems to have an inability to be compassionate, and attempts to give the parents direct scientific facts, and begins to answer 'Yes' when asked if their daughter suffered. Seely ducks out of this though, giving the family some closure.
We find out that the rings found around Cleo's neck were a bronze star won by her father during the war.
Seeley and Bones begin to heatedly discuss the fact that Bones was being too scientific, during which Seely declares that Bones never releases anything personal about herself.
Now in the lab, everyone is assessing the bones once more. We learn the victim was stabbed and that they were anxious, depressed and nauseous. Bones works out that the "frog bones" are actually fetal ear bones, meaning that Cleo was pregnant.
Bones confronts the senator and his assistant, proceeding to attack the aide after he tries to take back chewing gum Bones removed from the dustbin for a sample of the senator's DNA. This attack and confrontation leads to Bones being taken off the case, and because he vouched for her, Seeley is taken off of consideration for heading the new unit, and the position is given to the aptly named Agent First.
Even though he is off the case in the morning, Seeley determines that the senator is hiding something as he was extremely against Bones having his DNA sample.
Bones and Seeley confront Oliver, the stalker, who is very antsy and sweaty, as though nervous. He denies the claim Bones confronts him with that he murdered Cleo. He says that Ken and the senator framed him for being a stalker, when in actual fact he is, or was, her good friend.
We find out that Cleo's fingertips and skin pads were removed, and that her head was smashed in with a sledgehammer type weapon.
We find out both of Bones' parents vanished when she was 15.
Seeley is scared to implicate and search the senator's home for traces of blood in the concrete floor in his basement, due to the fact he is a senator. But after a chat with Bones, he appears to be angered into doing it.
Bones is very sensitive about her parents, who she lost when she was 15. Seely gets a warrant to search Bethlehem's house (the senator) because all the facts point to him as their murderer, and not, he states, because he was afraid of him.
The scene cuts and we see squad cars and police searching the senators abode.
Seeley is disappointed and angry at Bones for accusing the senator when they don't find enough evidence. They find a hammer, but not blood in the concrete.
Bones suddenly realizes that the special type of earth that they are looking for blood in is also used for tropical fish, and Oliver previously told her and Seely that Ken, the senator's aide, kept and cared for a lot of tropical fish.
Bones races over to Ken's house and sees him attempting to destroy evidence. She breaks into his house and confronts him. Ken has new linoleum, with concrete underneath, and he pours gasoline over the floor to set it alight and burn the evidence. She shoots Ken, subduing him until the police arrive.
Time passes and we see Bones and the rest of the investigators at the funeral of Cleo Eller.
Quotes
add » Cullen: So you guaranteed a squint a field roll in an active murder investigation?Booth: Yes sir.
Cullen: The one that wrote the book?
Booth: Yes sir.
Cullen: I thought you said she wouldn’t work with you anymore?
Booth: Well,the last case we worked she provided a description of the murder weapon and the murderer but I didn’t give her much credence.
Cullen: Why not?
Booth: Because she did it by looking at the victims autopsy x-rays.
Cullen: Well, I wouldn’t have given it much credence either.
Booth: Turns out she was right on both. Plus the pond victim, (he hands the file to Cullen) Brennan gives me the victims’ age, sex, and favorite sport.
Cullen: Huh, which is?
Booth: Tennis.
Cullen: She’s good.
Booth: No, she’s amazing. If the only way I can get her back on my side is to bring her out in the field, I’m willing.
Cullen: Fine. She’s on you. Take a squint out in the field she’s your responsibility.
Booth: Yes Sir. (edit) Brennan: So what do you do first? Do you do confront the senator?
Booth: Listen. Bones...
Brennan: Don't call me Bones. (edit) Angela: Lenny Kravitz or Vanessa Williams?
Brennan: I don't know what that means. (edit) Booth: What can you tell me?
Brennan: Not much. She was a young woman, probably between 18 and 22. Aproximately five-foot three, race unknown, delicate features.
Booth: That's all?
Brennan: Tennis player.
Booth: How do you get that out of that yuck? (edit) DHS Officer: Fine. She's all yours.
Booth: (to Brennan) Grab your skull and let's vamoose.
Brennan: What? That's it? She's all yours? Why did you stop me?
Booth: What does it matter? You're free to go. Grab your bags.
Brennan: You set me up. (to the DHS Officer) You got a "hold for questioning request" from the FBI. Didn't you?
(The DHS Officer and Brennan look at Booth. He looks embarrassed) (edit)
"Don't call me Bones" (becomes a running theme for the beginning of the series).
Another catch phrase of hers is introduced in this episode: "I don't know what that means". It is usually when someone makes a popular culture allusion or remark. (edit) Here are the definitions for the forensic terms used:
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST – A scientist who applies physical anthropology and human osteology in a legal setting, most often in criminal cases where the victim's remains are more or less skeletonized. A forensic anthropologist can also assist in the identification of deceased individuals whose remains are decomposed, burned, mutilated or otherwise unrecognizable.
EPIPHYSEAL FUSION – The epiphyses are the end regions of the bone. The epiphyses of long bones remain separated by a growing zone of cartilage (the metaphysis) until the child reaches skeletal maturity (18 to 25 years of age), whereupon the cartilage ossifies, fusing the two together. Thus the degree of epiphyseal fusion is a good indicator of a skeleton's age.
ENTOMOLOGIST – A scientist who studies insects. Insects have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth, so it is an important specialty within biology. Unlike many other fields however, entomologists include both persons studying insects for their own sake, and those employed by commercial concerns interested in the control of insects.
FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY – Is the study of insects that scavenge on corpses; knowledge of their habits can yield useful information about crimes, such as an approximate time of death or whether or not a victim was alive during a fire, using facts such as what stage of the life cycle the insect/bug is in, et cetera.
RANA TEMPORARIA – A Common Frog. A tailless amphibian with smooth skin. Tends to jump, not walk.
DIATOMACEOUS EARTH – This is a geological deposit made up of crushed fossilized skeletons of siliceous marine and fresh water organisms, particularly diatoms and other algae. (edit)
An olive branch is an offer of peace, Booth is trying to make peace with Bones because he needs her help. (edit) Brennan: (responding to the fact that "she's not the only forensic anthropologist in town") Yes I am. The next nearest is in Montreal.
This is a reference to the fact that the character Temperance Brennan in Kathy Reich's books (which the series is based on) though originally from North Carolina also works part time in Montreal. The real Kathy Reichs divides her time between academic duties at the Univ. of N. Carolina and duties in Quebec as well. (edit) Booth: What, you want me to spit in my hand? We're Scully and Mulder.
Booth is referring to Fox's show, The X-Files. Another FBI, female and male partnership.
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