Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The Man in the Mansion (2-14)

Booth and Brennan investigate the death of Terence Bancroft, one of the Jeffersonian's major donors, found dead at home. Hodgins compromises the case and the reputation of the lab when he removes some evidence that would link him to the Bancroft family and to the case itself. Due to this, Brennan must make an important decision about her team.

Booth, although cleared by Dr. Wyatt (guest star Stephen Fry) to use his gun, must continue to meet with the psychiatrist.

Quotes

add » (Dr. Wyatt and Booth in Booth's office eating take away)
Booth: Hey Doc, what we're doing here, would that be considered therapy?
Dr. Wyatt: Oh, absolutely. Especially since I'm about to inquire whether you have experienced any outbursts of temper since I requested you alter your dress code.
Booth: Yeah, one of the squints, Hodgins, decided the rules, they didn't apply to him, he got entitled jeopardized my murder case.
Dr. Wyatt: Ah, and you confronted him physically?
Booth: Physical confrontation, that's my main skill.
Dr. Wyatt: Entitled you said. Is he a wealthy man?
Booth: Yeah, like the guy who got killed.
Dr. Wyatt: The murder victim, who tried to help a child and then died for it? And your...squint?
Booth: Yes, squint.
Dr. Wyatt: Extraordinary. Your squint, tried to help a friend, so they both endeavoured to do good.
Booth: With no clue the way things are.
Dr. Wyatt: The way things are as defined by a working class lad from Pittsburgh.
Booth: That's right, Pittsburgh. Where I'm from, alright? From the streets where you get a sense of how the world really is. (edit) Dr. Wyatt: In point of fact it is therapy.
Booth: What? No! No, it's not. It's an evaluation.
Dr. Wyatt: I've already certified you as fit to carry a gun and go back to work.
Booth: Ok, then why are we meeting?
Dr. Wyatt: Well, because you discharged your weapon at an ice cream truck. My provisional certification of your mental health only holds as long as you continue to meet with me.
Booth: Great. For how long?
Dr. Wyatt: Till I'm satisfied that you won't start firing at confectioneries again. What's your objection to therapy?
Booth: You know what, Doc? I am not the kinda guy who has anything to hide.
Dr. Wyatt: Do you know? I often find that when people declare what they are not, it almost invariably turns out that's exactly what they are.
Booth: Great, then, you know what? No more declarations from me. (edit) Booth: You now what? I did the belt buckle, I did the tie, I did the socks. What else do you want from me?
(Dr. Wyatt gives Booth a meaningul look)
Dr. Wyatt: What would you say if I told you that my name actually is Gordon Gordon Wyatt, that my first and middle names are the same? (edit) Brennan: Why you call your psychiatrist "Gordon Gordon"?
Booth: That's how he introduces himself, y'know, "Hi, I'm Gordon, Gordon Wyatt".
Brennan: Like "James, James Bond"
Booth: "Bond. James Bond". Not James... Ja... Jam... whatever. (edit) Caroline: Turns out Hodgins here had motive to kill the man himself!
Hodgins: Eight years ago, maybe. But not now. I've got Angela. (edit)

Trivia

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Goof: In this episode Cam tells Hodgins that he can't work the case because he knows the victim but in the season finale of season 1 Bones worked on her mother's case and she knew the victim too. (edit) Goof: At the very end when Brennan and Sully come into the Jeffersonian and begin to kiss, a blond girl in the background walks off the screen. Then it cuts to a shot of Angela and when it comes back to Sully and Brennan the blond girl is still walking off screen, and not completely gone like she was at the end of the last shot. (edit) Goof: The writing on the back of the photo doesn't match between shots. When Hodgins opens the back of the frame, the description on the photo states the names in one line, plus an extra second sentence before the date. On the close-up shot the names are over two lines and only the date. (edit)

Allusions

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Caroline, the prosecuting attorney makes references to various events from previous episodes.
Booth - "Dropping serial killers off of balconies" - Howard Epps was killed when he jumped from Brennan's balcony. Booth initial caught him but his grip slipped and Epps fell to his death. Episode 12 - The Man in the Cell.

Angela - "Blabbing suspect's names to vengeful fathers" - The father of a young, female college student who was found dead visited Angela, asking about the case. Angela mentioned the name of a male suspect. The father later killed the man, who turned out to be innocent. Episode 13 - The Girl in the Gator

Cam - "Cuttin' into heads before their times gettin' poisoned" - Cam was examining the severed head of a Howard Epps ex-wife. She neglected standard procedures and cut into the head prior to getting a full set of x-rays, under pressure from Booth to speed up the examination. Inside the head was a fragile vessel filled with poison. The vessel broke, releasing the poison and nearly killing Cam. Episode 12 - The Man in the Cell.

Zack - "Gettin' blown up because you go grabbin' things you shouldn't have" - Zack and Booth discovered a body with a bag of plaster dust on its abdomen - another victim of Howard Epps, and a clue in his game. Zack grabbed the bag, just as Booth realized the body was booby trapped. Booth pulled Zach away as the bomb exploded, leaving them with only minor injuries. Episode 12 - The Man in the Cell

Hodgins - "Taking photographs from frames" - Hodgins removed a picture of him and the victim on a trip from a frame that was brought to the lab as evidence. Hodgins wanted to be able to be a part of the murder investigation and knew he would not be able to if his connection to the victim and the victim's wife (Hodgin's former fiance) was discovered. Episode 14 - The Man in the Mansion.

Booth - "Getting a perfectly good car smashed to bits for NO good reason" - Presumably this refers to Booth shooting a clown face on top of an ice cream truck. This event led to him being suspended from duty until he was evaluated by a psychiatrist. Agent Sully was assigned to be Bones' partner during this time. Episode 13 - The Girl in the Gator.

"Getting a perfectly good car smashed to bits for NO good reason" -
This more likely refers to the end of Episode 11 "Judas on a Pole" in which Bones' brother Russ, on the run with her father, smashes the car Booth borrowed from Caroline. (edit) Booth: Oh hey Doc, Doc. Why is it that the belt buckle is provocative?
Dr. Wyatt: Oh, it's a modern day codpiece. Forces the eye to the groin.

A CODPIECE (or Braguette) was originally an inverted triangular section of cloth sewn into the hose around a man's groin. By the 16th century, the codpiece was padded and boned and became so large that it was often used to carry small weapons, jewels or food (hence the reference to a man's genitalia as the "family jewels").

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

The Girl in the Gator (2-13)

Brennan has to work with another agent, Agent Sullivan, while Booth needs to see a therapist.
They investigate the death of a college freshman, who took part in a 'Girls Gone Wild' type of video and whose body is found in an alligator.
Sullivan asks Brennan out.

Quotes

add » Dr. Wyatt: According to the FBI report, there was no way you could save Epps' life. Your partner's report says the same thing. An FBI sniper on the upside roof saw everything through his scope. According to all witnesses you have nothing to feel guilty about.
Booth: (depressed) Yeah, so?
Dr. Wyatt: So why in a fit of pique did you endanger innocent people in a public thoroughfare by discharging your firearm?
Booth: I'm a good shot. I didn't put anybody in danger.
Dr. Wyatt: How many people have you killed?
Booth: I lost count.
Dr. Wyatt: Oh, you could remember 180 bricks but not how many lives you've taken?
Booth: Epps makes fifty.
Dr. Wyatt: Fifty what?
Booth: (weighed down) Fifty kills.
Dr. Wyatt: But Agent Booth, you didn't kill Epps! You tried to save him, remember? Perhaps I better put it as a question: did Howard Epps slip from your grasp or did you release him? (Booth ponders the moment Epps fell in a flashback, he can't answer) Oh, come now man, this is a simple enough question. Was he indeed your fiftieth kill or did you just happen to be there when he died?
Booth: (very vulnerable) I - I don't know.
Dr. Wyatt: A man like you? In control of every situation and you don't know?
Booth: I don't know...I had him and then I lost him and something happened in between. (almost in a whisper) I don't know.
Dr. Wyatt: I believe you. Because for a man like you to admit you don't know, to relinquish control, that could indeed argue a disruption in your self-you that was large enough to motivate you to shoot a clown. (edit) Dr. Wyatt: You tend to do things well, don't you? Make coffee, build BBQ machines.
Booth: It's not really a machine.
Dr. Wyatt: Solve crimes, raise a son, love women, leave women. Whatever you aim at you hit.
Booth: Is that bad?
Dr. Wyatt: By no means, of course not. Except...
Booth: Oh, ok, here we go. Let me have it, Doc.
Dr. Wyatt: Except it is indicative of a need to control your environment.
Booth: Again I ask, is that bad?
Dr. Wyatt: No, of course not, no. Except...
Booth: Except?
Dr. Wyatt: Except when you shoot a clown.
Booth: You know, you make it sound like he was walking around making balloon animals.
Dr. Wyatt: For the most part your rebellions are small.
Booth: Rebellions?
Dr. Wyatt: The colorful socks, the funky belt buckle. They're a mechanism, quiet rebellions. A Way of asserting your personal control over a homogenizing organisation like the FBI. But shooting a clown is not a quiet rebellion. Shooting a clown is quite literally deafening. (edit) (Booth and Brennan talking on the phone. Brennan has another call coming in)
Brennan: That's Sully calling right now. (hesitant) We're, uhm, we're doing, you know, what we did.
Booth: (a little worry in his voice) You know, I'll be back soon.
Brennan: Ok. I'll talk to you later.
(Booth hangs up and remains thoughtful and slightly worried) (edit) (Nighttime. Booth is knocking at Dr. Wyatt's door)
Booth: Hi.
Dr. Wyatt: Did we have a schedule?
Booth: Listen, I really need to get back to work, yo why don't you give me one of those clown restraining orders and just sign my paper?
Dr. Wyatt: Have you had an insight then as to why you shot at that clown?
Booth: (Booth's cell rings) Yeah. You know what? I've had some insight. It's right here. (pointing at the display of his phone) That's my Bones calling, my partner. (edit) Booth: Dr. Wyatt.
Dr. Wyatt: Ah, Agent Booth is it? Yes, Gordon. Gordon Wyatt. (extends his hand to Booth but instead of his hand Booth pulls out a piece of paper from his back pocket)
Booth: Great. You the shrink?
Dr. Wyatt: Shrink, yes, meaning psychiatrist.
Booth: That's great, Doc. How's about you just sign my piece of paper here and I'll get back to work, right?
Dr. Wyatt: Certainly. (Booth hands him a pen) No, no, I have a pen. Do you mind if I ask what exactly it was that you did?
Booth: Yeah, I shot a truck.
Dr. Wyatt: Ah, full of terrorists no doubt or plutonium or fleeing felons, was it?
Booth: Nah, it was an ice cream truck.
Dr. Wyatt: You have a good reason for firing on it?
Booth: Yeah, the music, it was bothering me.
Dr. Wyatt: Ah.
Booth: Yeah, there was a speaker in the clown's mouth? Yeah, I just pulled out my gun, you know, bum-bum-bum. It was gone.
Dr. Wyatt: (folding the paper without signing it) So, the FBI sent you to me because you shot a clown?
Booth: Not a real clown.
Dr. Wyatt: (handing Booth the paper back) I suggest you cogitate on the underlying reasons why you shot that clown while i make us some tea. (goes into the house)
Booth: Cogitate? Tea? (edit)