The Dwarf in the Dirt

airdate: November 12, 2009
written by: --- Karyn Usher
directed by: --- Chad Lowe

• --- Just before arresting the murderer, Brennan and Booth are standing in the hallway at the FBI, and they share sentiments at being the best crime fighting team.
  

• --- Booth and Brennan sharing dinner at the chef's table at Gordon Gordon's restaurant.

• --- Brennan giving Booth the thumbs up after her successfully completed his marksmanship recertification.
  
  

• --- In their usual car chat, Brennan and Booth seem to have reversed roles. She is more laid back and is joking around, while Booth seems a little reserved and uses the word rationally.
  
  
• --- In talking with Gordon Gordon in the Observation Room, we learn that Brennan is not as obilivious of her feelings for Booth as she would like us to believe. She says seriously to Gordon Gordon, "There isn't anything I wouldn't do to help [Booth]." When he notices her feelings, she quickly returns their attention to Sweets and the interrogation.
  
  
• --- Near the end of the episode, Gordon Gordon and Booth are once again chatting at the chef's table. He tells Booth flat out that he is in love with Brennan, but Booth is still reluctant to believe it. He fears that she and him are not compatible and Brennan does not love him. Gordon continues, telling Booth that on the "love front", he needs to be hopeful and patient, an obviousindication that Brennan revealed something to him. As for Booth's marksmanship, Gordon assures him that his failings are not a result of his brain tumor, they stem from something much deeper, and all he need do to succeed is bring Brennan to his recertification. Taking Gordon's advice, Booth brings her, and where he once faltered, he now triumphed. He then immediately turns to look at Brennan, who offers a proud smile and a thumbs up. It's at that moment that Booth realizes everything is going to be alright.
  

• There are several references to the long-running Fox animated comedy The Simpsons in this episode:
  1) In the scene where Cam and Vincent are examining the green dwarf skeleton and discussing leprechauns, there is an x-ray of the head of Homer Simpson on one of the screens in the background.
  2) The character of Officer Novarro is played by Dan Castellaneta, who voices Homer Simpson.
  3) The wrestler who was fighting the Iron Leprechaun was Bumblebee Man -- Bumblebee Man is a character on The Simpsons.
  

• Will Sweets ever publish his book?

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