Wednesday, February 8, 2006

The Superhero in the Alley (1-12)

Originally aired: Wednesday February 8, 2006 on
FOX
Writer: Elizabeth Benjamin
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Show Stars: T.J. Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins), Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro), Jonathan Adams (Dr. Daniel Goodman (Season 1)), Eric Millegan (Zack Addy), Emily Deschanel (Dr. Temperance Brennan), David Boreanaz (Special Agent Seeley Booth)
Recurring Role: John M. Jackson (FBI Deputy Director Sam Cullen)
Guest Stars: Suzette Craft (Kelly Meira) , Sarah Aldrich (Lucy McGruder) , Finneus Egan (Swipe) , Josh Keaton (Jeremy Kuznetsky aka Yasutani the Terrible) , Aaron Paul (Stew Ellis) , Ivar Brogger (John Kelton) , Judith Hoag (Helen Granger) , John Mese (Ted McGruder) , Michael Dunn (IV) (Warren Granger aka Citizen 14)

Brennan and Booth investigate the origins of a decomposed body that's been found in a local alley and determine it's the remains of a friendless teen.

Quotes

add » Booth: All this kid wants is to feel like a hero. Suddenly he’s facing the damsel in distress.
Brennan: Lucy McGruder is ten years older.
Booth: No, it’s not the damsel part that matters. It’s the distress that appealed to the kid. You know, I mean look, it wasn’t about the sex or the romance. It never was.
Brennan: He wanted to make a difference in the world before he died. I told you he was more like you then me. (edit) Brennan:Her husband beats her.
Booth: Bones! Talk about multiple hypotheses.
Brennan: It’s a leap, yes, but it was bound to happen, me spending so much time with you. I mean that as a compliment. (edit) Brennan: You said before that Warren reminded you of me. You think I’m just like him, that he hid from life by immersing himself in a fantasy world where he fought crime, and I do the same thing. Only I don’t have super powers, I have science.
Booth: C’mon Bones, you do fight crime. It’s not a fantasy. As far as any normal person is concerned, you do have super powers.
Brennan: You’re just saying that to me.
Booth: No, I don’t do that.
Brennan: Yes you do. You lied to Warren Granger’s mother to make her feel better. That seems to be your super power. (edit) Brennan: You told her that her son didn't tell her about being sick to make her feel better.
Booth: Mmhuh.
Brennan: You don't really believe that.
Booth: Well, people don't actually do that.
Brennan: So, you just told her that to make her feel better?
Booth: Right.
Brennan: So you just did what you said people don't do. (edit) (Booth and Brennan at Capital Bowl)
Booth: Do you smell that?
Bones: Yes I do.
Booth: You know what that is Bones?
Brennan: Wax, popcorn, feet, deodorant.
Booth: That is America, Bones.
Brennan: (smiles) You keep your bowling ball in the car?
Booth: Oh, you know, I figured we ask a few questions about Warren Granger, maybe bowl a few frames. You know, nothing like a little sport to uh, take the edge off.
Brennan: This is not a sport.
Booth: How do you figure?
Brennan: There’s no physical benefit, so it’s really like golf. It’s not a sport. It’s an activity.
Booth: You know, could you please Bones, maybe just for once, try not to piss everyone off around you?
Brennan: Yeah, sorry. Are you good at this sport?
Booth: Ah well, my average is over 200, less then two opens per game, one match I had 211 strikes out of 431 shots. Twenty-nine opens, thirty-nine games.
Brennan: What does that mean?
Booth: It means I won some bowling awards.
Brennan: I won the Marshall A. Sixon award for my paper on Giorgio Romanus and physiological selection.
Booth: My God, it’s like we lead parallel lives. (edit)

Trivia

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Here are the Forensic Definitions for this episode:
Microtomes - precision instruments designed to cut uniformly thin sections of a variety of materials for detailed microscopic examination.
Acute leukemias - Characterized by the rapid growth of immature blood cells. This crowding makes the bone marrow unable to produce healthy blood cells. Immediate treatment is required in acute leukemias due to the rapid progression and accumulation of the malignant cells, which then spill over into the bloodstream and spread to other organs of the body. If left untreated, the patient will die within months or even weeks. (edit) Goof: The murder victim's parents say that nobody has been in his room since the detective was there 2 months ago. Why would the lava lamp be on and bubbling while they were in there? The parents wouldn't have turned it on, because you would think that when discussing their son's death it would be the last thing on their minds. (edit) When Hodgins is saying he thought Zack would be a reader of comics, he mentions the following film and shows from the sci-fi genre: Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica. (edit)

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