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Salt in the Wounds, Season 4, episode 17 (#75)

Brennan and Booth investigate the death of a 16-year-old pregnant girl who was found buried in a pile of street salt. During their investigation they uncover a high school "pregnancy pact" between the victim and some of her fellow volleyball players.

Because this week's murder victim was a young pregnant girl found in a city salt heap, Cam takes over the forensics of the case and overrules Bones. Cam has an idea on how to "rehydrate" the body, so she refuses to let Bones de-flesh the bones. Interesting dynamic going on between Cam and Bones.

There was a brand new intern this week and he was truly different from any of the other interns. Vaziri was a Musslium and a strong character of faith - he set a good example for everyone. Bones was frustrated because he had to stop and pray 5 times a day, but he was a nice counterpoint to Dr. Soroyan without being too annoying.

Booth and Bones were almost pushed to the background in this episode because more of the supporting cast was on stage. Dr. Sweets and Anglea went undercover to gather info on the suspected murderer, Cam showed more of her hands on skills instead of just being the boss, and Hodgins and Anglea ended up once again in the Egyptian Room - I'm not saying any more about this because it will be a true spoiler, but just let me say, I've waited for this episode all season. Oh, did I forget to tell you? Roxie broke up with Anglea!

Although Booth and Bones had to interview a girl's volleyball team about a pregnancy pact, we didn't have as much of the lively banter between the 2 main characters. I did think it was sweet of Booth to take the teenage "father" to task and try to set him on the right path and instead of ending the show with a personal exchange between Booth and Bones, we have Bones watching Booth from the sidewalk.

My favorite quote of the night came from the chiropractor (murder suspect). Bones tells him he is very informative to not be a "real" doctor and he counters her with, "You're not a real doctor either." The look on Bones' face was priceless.

All in all, another great episode!

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Season 4, Episode 11: The Bone That Blew

Bones has conflicting emotions when father Max - Ryan O'Neal - lands a teaching job at the Jeffersonian. Bones can't get past the fact that he is a convicted felon. But when he ends up helping out with a new murder case, Bones is upset by his sudden presence in her professional life. Dr. Sweets tries to analyze her, but gets no where. Booth is finally the one to make Bones see reason.

As for the murder, this one took a turn that I wasn't expecting. Not only do we get to see how the filthy rich live, but we also see how the children of privilege are educated and raised.

Cam plants a see in Hodgins and is finally able to see it grow. Since Zack's confinement in the psych ward, Hodgins has been unwilling to do any more experiments. With the help of Max and the new intern - again, a returning intern from earlier in the season - Hodgins completes an experiment that proves to be critical in solving the case.

I really should give up on the Bones' Intern-O-Meter because they have started to recycle interns, but I just can't help it! I'm changing the count to include each episode (the first one technically counts as 2, but not for my count) and the returning interns

Bones' Intern-O-Meter is 3 for 10

(10th episode, 3rd returning intern)

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Episode #9 - The Con Man in the Meth Lab (2-part opener counted as 2 episodes)

As the State Police are practicing a police raid on a meth lab, a really gross body is found - with a bang.

As Bones and Booth begin their investigation, a second body is found, complicating matters just a bit. There is a wide range of suspects for the murder.

Also in this episode, we get to meet Booth's baby brother, Jared. After Cam has to break a date with Jared, Bones ends up taking her place. Later, Jared does something stupid and Booth has to once again bail him out of trouble.

I really enjoyed that we learned so much about Booth's background. He holds everything so close to the vest, that we have no idea what his childhood was like.

This episode had too many twists and turns to keep up with and the climax was awesome - totally not what I was expecting. No wonder this show just gets better and better.

Of course, this episode has really screwed with the Bones' Intern-O-Meter because Dr. Clark Edison was back. This is his second appearance this season, in addition to the two episodes from last season. This week's Intern-O-Meter should be 0-6, but since we're recycling interns, I guess this will technically be 1 for 6 - Clark neither quit or got fired, so I have a feeling he'll be back. Eight (9) episodes - the 2 part opener counted as 2 shows - 6 total interns.

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Episode 8 - The Skull in the Sculpture

When a decomposing human is found inside a crushed car in a junk yard, Booth and Bones are called to investigate. Turns out the murder victim is an impressionist artist and list of suspects grows: his kabuki faced agent, a revival artist and his assistant - one Roxie Lyons, whom Angela had a gay relationship in college. (She was mentioned in Season 3 when the PI was trying to track down Angela's husband.)

This was an interesting episode, but after re-runs for the past month, I was really expecting more of Bones and Booth. This episode revolved more around Angela, and although I love Angela, I wanted to see more of Bones and Booth.

Daisy Wick makes a return appearance as a rotating intern (she was also in Episode #2 of this season, The Man in the Outhouse) She is getting on everyone's nerves - even easy going Cam. When Cam confides in Dr. Sweets, he tells her he will talk to the newest intern. Turns out Dr. Sweets has secretly been dating Ms. Wick - way to go Sweets!

My favorite quote of the night was when Booth and Bones were in the car and Booth was talking to Caroline:

Booth: "She's da bomb."
Bones: "Why is she a bomb?"
Booth: "Not a bomb, da bomb - da bomb!"

My second favorite quote of the night was after Bones dumped a jar of dermestid beetles into the crushed car (the car was under federal protection and the team weren't allowed to cut it open to retrieve the body):

"I was gonna say it spilled by accident.."

Bones Inter-O-Meter: Technically this should be 0 for 7, but since this is the second coming of Daisy Wick, I guess it's still
0 for 6. So ...
Bones' Intern-O-Meter is 0 for 6.

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Episode 5 - The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond


The pieces of a dismembered body are found lying in a purple pool of water, but there's one catch - the head is missing. Booth and Bones learn that the body belongs to Jared Addison, a science fiction writer with severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

With the help of Dr. Sweets, several suspects are brought in for questioning, but the pieces are falling into place.

The team has trouble finding enough evidence to determine case of death, mainly because the victim's head still missing. Hodgins is still having a hard time dealing with Zack being gone. We actually get to see Zack interact with Hodgins when he visits the psych hospital, and then later in the show, Dr. Sweets makes a visit. When Hodgins visits Zack, he leaves him the case file, hoping Zack will come up with new leads into the case.

The list of suspects for tonight's murder are an OCD therapist, the owner of a coffee bar, the victim's girlfriend (who is 28 years older then him), the girlfriend's son, and another OCD patient who confesses to the murder. However, true to form, none of these turn out to be the murder. I was actually shocked to learn the real killer; usually I can figure it out before the ending, but not this week.

Zack figures out who the murderer is. After stealing the magnetic strip from Dr. Sweets' ID for the psych hospital, Zack shows up at the Jeffersonian to share his evidence with the team.

It's during the last few minutes of the show that an interaction between Zack and Dr. Sweets sheds to light the true Gormogon killer.


OMG! I knew Zack wasn't a murderer. I've been having trouble wrapping my head around last season's finale because I just couldn't see Zack as a cold blooded killer. Just to finally know that Zack was a victim of Gormogon, and did not directly kill anyone - that answers a lot of questions I've had all summer. (Remember the summer of Dallas and who shot J. R.?) After everything he's been through, it's nice to know Zack is still Zack.

Bones' Intern-O-Meter is 0 for 4.