"Bones" The Verdict in the Story (2008)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Jeannot Szwarc

Writers:

Hart Hanson (creator)
Kathy Reichs (inspiration)

TV Series:

"Bones" (2005)

Original Air Date:

5 May 2008 (Season 3, Episode 13)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

Brennan's father Max goes on trial for the alleged murder of FBI Deputy Director Robert Kirby, requiring...

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Forensic | Anthropologist | Bones | FBI Agent

Cast

Emily Deschanel	...	Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan
David Boreanaz	...	Special Agent Seeley Booth
Michaela Conlin	...	Angela Montenegro
Eric Millegan	...	Dr. Zack Addy
Tamara Taylor	...	Dr. Camille Saroyan
T.J. Thyne	...	Dr. Jack Hodgins (as TJ Thyne)
John Francis Daley	...	Dr. Lance Sweets
Ryan O'Neal	...	Max Keenan
Patricia Belcher	...	Caroline Julian
Ernie Hudson	...	David Barron
Eugene Byrd	...	Dr. Clark Edison
George Wyner	...	Judge Marcus Haddoes
Ryan Cutrona	...	FBI Deputy Director Robert Kirby (archive footage)
Loren Dean	...	Russ Brennan
Preston James Hillier	...	Court Services Officer

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White (flashback scenes)

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the final scene, Temperance is waiting outside on the court steps alone with extras in the background. The montage plays like Booth exits the courtroom to join her directly outside, but if you watch the middle pillar behind Bones carefully, David Boreanaz's whole right side (minus head) repeatedly juts out as he lies in wait at his mark the whole time, even when the montage starts, so "Booth" doesn't really go directly to Bones.

Quotes:

Special Agent Seeley Booth: [rising up] Oh and remember. I'm the one... who gave you this
[pouring out his coffee]
Special Agent Seeley Booth: delicious coffee.
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: Why?
Special Agent Seeley Booth: Why? Because I'm the first prosecution witness against your father.
[enters the court room]

Movie Connections:

References "The X Files" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Fountain

Order

Brennan's dad Max goes on trial for the alleged slaying of the rogue FBI director who tried to kill the Brennan son. Everyone but Brennan is allowed to testify for the prosecution. Brennan realizes something has to happen fast or her dad stands a good chance of going to prison. Lots of oddball humor lightens up this slow-going courtroom drama. Booth and Brennan are supposed to keep their distance during the trial. but this proves difficult for both of them. Everyone on the team gets equal time in this episode, with Angela a standout on the witness stand as she decides to do what's right from a moral standpoint. Booth is bit conflicted during the trial, but in the end deliberately plays right into Brennan's ploy to save her father.