The Girl with the Curl (2-7)

Originally aired: Wednesday November 1, 2006 on FOX

Writer: Karine Rosenthal
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Show Stars: Tamara Taylor (Dr. Camille Saroyan (Season 2)), 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)
Guest Stars: Jim Hanna (Security Guard) , Jenny Stewart (Pageant Contestant) , Kali Rocha (Jackie Swanson) , Brent Jennings (Plant Supervisor) , Amanda Carlin (Donna Farrell) , Mary Gordon Murray (Charlotte Craft) , Madison Davenport (Megan) , Ariel Winter (Liza) , Grace Fulton (Hailey Farrell) , Lisa Thornhill (Kristen Mitchell) , Jason Matthew Smith (Dave Swanson) , Emerica Elan Rogers (Brianna Swanson) , Kyle Gallner (Jeremy Farrell)
Production Code: 2AKY07

Booth and Brennan are walking to the water treatment plant where human remains were found. Brennan doesn’t understand why so much of people’s tax dollars go to pay for on water treatment when billons of dollars are spent on bottled water.

They discover that the victim that they now know is a girl between the age of 8 and 10, had bleached hair, was wearing makeup, and had false teeth. Hodgins comments with “What is she a midget stripper?”

Angela brings up the topic of what childhood should be like. She says that childhood should be all about swings. Hodgins agrees with her and says that he misses that. Brennan adds that she misses organic chemistry class and Zack misses his first microscope. Booth misses normal people too.

Brennan and Booth talk to Brianna Swanson’s mother after they have confirmed the identity of the victim. Jackie Swanson believes that Brianna’s father David is responsible for her death and disappearance.

Hodgins, Cam, and Zack talk about the case and obtain important information. Cam says she will call Booth and inform him but not before Hodgins makes a sexual indo about her and Booth.

Booth and Brennan question David Swanson who believes that everything is his ex-wife Jackie’s fault because she wasted so much time accusing him for the disappearance of their daughter that the case went cold. He wants Brianna’s remains so that he can give her a proper burial because he thinks that his ex-wife would turn Brianna’s funeral into a sick show.

Back in Angela’s office Angela and Hodgins talk about the case. Hodgins asks Angela out on a date. Angela says no because they work together and Hodgins tells her that she is making a mistake. In reply Angela tells Hodgins that she will try and get details from the paper that he found in Brianna’s pocket.

Zack and Brennan compare the victim’s rib cage to that of a ten-year-old of the time period and then to a teenage girl from1872. They have learned that Brianna was wearing a corset while sleeping and suffering from malnourishment. Cam adds that it gets even better. Brianna’s tox- screen came back with traces of somatropin, tetracycline, and glycol-bromium bromide, which Zack translates as; human growth hormone, broad-spectrum antibiotic used to treat acne, and a chemical mixture to prevent perspiration. He also adds that all of these things have serious side effects.

After Zack has finished Angela walks in with news. Jackie and Brianna were fighting a half an hour before Brianna disappeared. Brennan and Booth go to talk with Jackie Swanson yet again after viewing the video that Angela had brought to their attention.

While discussing the case Cam and Zack learn the Brianna Swanson was dead before she was beaten.

Angela tells Brennan that Hodgins asked her out on a date and that she needs advise. Brennan tells Angela that Romance isn’t really her area of expertise. Cam walks into Brennan’s office in order to ask Angela if she has made any progress. Angela tells her that she hasn’t made any progress and Cam turns to leave but Angela calls her back. Since Brennan had nothing to offer her Angela wants to ask Cam her opinion on the matter. Cam agrees to help.

Cam: What’d you tell him?
Angela: No.
Cam: Why
Brennan: Because it would be a disaster!

Brennan continues to say that you should never become involved with someone you work with. Cam doesn’t believe that and suggests that Angela go on the date but tells her that it will be bad, but after a few days everything will go back to normal. Brennan surprisingly agrees with Cam. Brennan has to leave this conversation behind though because she must go meet Booth.

Booth and Brennan arrive at the dance studio. The dance teacher Charlotte Craft is also in charge of the Junior miss patriot pageant. Booth believes that because of this she may have important information. Booth and Brennan talk to one of the mothers at the dance studio. After the lesson is over Booth takes off to talk to Charlotte Craft while telling Bones to talk with the girls because she is a civilian.

Hodgins discovers that Brianna died within a one mile radius of the hotel she disappeared from. He tells Cam that he thinks Brianna was shoved into a storm culvert and washed to the treatment plant after some bad storms that hit the area a few weeks before. Cam leaves to call and update Booth on the information and Angela walks up to Hodgins. Angela has changed her mind about the date and takes Hodgins upon his offer.

Booth talks to Charlotte Craft. She shows Booth a picture that she took on her cell phone of Jeremy Farrell, a contestant’s older brother. Charlotte admits that she didn’t show that picture to law enforcement before, because she believes that Jeremy is harmless.

While Booth is talking to Charlotte, Brennan is talking to the girls about Brianna. The girls tell her that Brianna was mean and would steal things that belonged to them if she liked. They also tell her that they weren’t really friends with Brianna; they were forced to be her friend because she was the queen. Brennan goes on to give the girls an anthropological explanation for this.

Booth questions Jeremy about the day Brianna disappeared and if he had talked to her. Jeremy says that he did talk to her and they argued because Brianna was being mean to his little sister. Booth asks Jeremy if he can have his shoes because Hodgins found traces of steel and Jeremy’s shoes have a steel toe.

Hodgins confirms that Jeremy’s shoes were not made from the same material that killed Brianna.

Angela and Hodgins go out on their date. Hodgins decided to take Angela to the park to swing.

While Cam and Brennan are trying to figure out what the paper in Brianna’s jacket was Booth walks in. Booth realizes that the paper is the wrapper to a milk blast bar.

On Angela and Hodgins date Hodgins is twisting Angela around on the swings. They share a kiss.

Booth and Brennan decide to do a little investigating on their own while they wait for the FBI’s forensic team to find the culvert Brianna was hidden in. While they do their search they stumble onto the crime scene. They find a pageant medal at the crime scene.

Zack and Brennan examine at the culvert. Angela comes in and has found a news article with the pictures and names of the three winners of the 1976 competition.

Booth questions Kristen Mitchell because the pageant medal they found belonged to her. He believes that she killed Brianna Swanson so her daughter would win the competitions. Booth asks her if she reported the medal missing and her answer is that she wants a lawyer.

Zack and Brennan discover that the killer has scoliosis. Brennan calls Booth to have him see if Kristen Mitchell has even hips and Booth beams her footage of the interview so she can figure it out. Kristen Mitchell doesn’t have scoliosis so she is not the murderer.

Booth returns to the lab where Brennan tells him that she thinks they may have found the murder weapon. A parking lot curb from the convenient store. Brianna’s neck broke on the curb and then she was dragged to the culvert. Hodgins comes in to tell them that the steel he found wasn’t from work boots but from tap shoes. One of the contestants is the murderer.

Brennan and Booth go to the pageant to try and find out who there killer is. Brennan is trying to figure out which one of the girls has scoliosis and is accused of being a child molester.

Booth and Brennan watch the girls perform so Brennan can see which contestant has scoliosis.

The murderer is Hailey Farrell. She doesn’t deny it, but says that it was an accident. Brianna was making fun of her, she said that Hailey was ugly and never won anything.

Angela and Hodgins finally discuss their date. Angela tells him that it was perfect but that they can’t do it again because when it goes wrong it will go really wrong and everyone else will get pulled into it. Hodgins asks what if but Angela says friends.

Brennan and Booth have a conversation about the case. Booth says Brennan is well structured after stumbling for a few moments and Brennan says Booth is well structured too. Booth offers to help Bones with the paperwork from the case. Bones allows him to stay and help and they order Tai food.

Quotes

add » (Booth and Brennan are sitting in the lab's lounge, eating donuts, talking, when Booth sees Cam leaving the lab. He seems torn and exhales heavily)
Brennan: You ok?
Booth: (thoughtful and unsure) Yeah. I just, I remembered that I had an appointment. (He gets up preparing to leave)
Brennan: (disappointedly) Oh, so I'll see you tomorrow?
(Booth looks at Cam waiting downstairs and then looks at Brennan)
Booth: No. You know, you have all the paperwork from the case right?
Brennan: No, I was gonna stay, do it anyway, so -
Booth: Nah, no, you know, it's our case, I wanna help.
Brennan: You don't have to Booth.
Booth: Bones, just drop it, ok? (in a Basso profondo) I'm here to help.
Brennan: Well, what about your appointment?
Booth: It's, you know, it's no big deal. I'll tell you what. How about I (he rests his arms upon the table while standing and leans in really close to her) order some take out and ditch these donuts.
Brennan: (with a big smile) Sure.
Booth and Brennan: Thai food.
(They both smile at each other and share a moment)
Booth: This time I'm ordering extra crab because last time you ate it all.
Brennan: What? I thought you were done. (edit) Jack: We haven't had the chance to talk today
Angela: Yeah. I was avoiding you.
Jack: That whole swing thing wasn't good enough, right? 'Cause I can do better.
Angela:It was perfect. (edit) Angela: And what the great date tells us, is that when this goes wrong....
Jack: It'll go really, really wrong.
Angela So...we go back, right? Friends.
Jack: Sure. Friends. Just one more question. What if it doesn't end that way? What if it doesn't go wrong?
Angela: (tearfully) Friends. (edit) Brennan: I mean, look at this. Millions of tax dollars are spent to clean and treat tap water, and yet people spend billions on bottled water.
Booth: Well it's cleaner, look: It comes from a clean mountain stream.
Brennan: Yeah, which contains fecal matter from animals.
Booth: There's no...bones in it, though, is there? (mumbles) Don't want that in your water. (edit) Booth: (to Brennan about Milk Blast bars) Are you kidding me? These are God's food! (edit)

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Trivia

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When Angela makes a sketch of the girl, why does she change the hairstyle to approximate the missing person database photo? (edit) Goof: At the very end when Booth and Brennan are talking, and he says she is "structured well" her hair goes from sweeping across her forehead to tucked behind her ears in the next shot without her moving it. (This is caused by different takes of the same scene being cut together to obtain the best performance) (edit)

Allusions

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Title: The Girl with the Curl

This is an allusion to the nursery rhyme:
"There was a little girl,
who had a little curl,
right in the middle of her forehead,
and when she was good,
she was very very good,
but when she was bad,
she was horrid."

This is a also refering to Briana, appearing to be a sweet little beauty queen, but really being a vicious competitor. (edit)