Episode Essentials | | Original air date: | January 22, 2009
| Writer(s):
| Scott Williams
| Director(s):
| Chad Lowe
| Guest stars:
| - Luc Robitaille (himself)
- Marisa Coughlan (Agent Payton Perotta)
- Michael Grant Terry (Wendell Bray)
- Stephan Desjardins (Pete Carlson)
- Stephen Martines (Alex Pina)
- Nick Warnock (Dave Simms)
- Josh Blaylock (Leo)
- James DuMont (Len)
- Michel Voyer (Referee)
- Jhemma Ziegler (Chloe Bratton)
- Bianca Lawson (Albie)
- Julie Dretzin (Connie Withers)
- Thomas Lumberg Jr. (Lou Herrin)
- Nathan West (Ed Fralic)
| Featured songs:
| "Double Down Under" by The Crystal Method | | | | Episode Summary | | When a volunteer fireman is murdered at an ice rink, Booth and Brennan begin the investigation, but Booth must recuse himself due to a conflict of interest. When details come to light, Booth becomes a suspect in the homicide. | |
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| | | |  Bones Episode Crime Trail | Bones Opening Crime Scene Description
| A father and son are ice fishing on a frozen lake. The son starts to drill a hole through the ice, then the ice starts to bleed red. The father then clears away some snow and sees a human face frozen in the ice. The face is missing a front tooth. Booth and Bones show up later to examine the body and Both recognizes a necklace on the victim. This allows Booth to ID the body, he also realizes he is a suspect if it is murder.
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|  | Victim's name: Pete Carlson
| Suspect: Seeley Booth
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 | Murderer: Ed Fralic
| | Methods used to solve: Determined the murder weapon, and then found out the four fireman all played high school hockey together. | Motive: Pete had injured Ed in a hockey game and ruined his possible pro career. When Ed confronted him about the jewelry theft Pete called him a coward.
| Notes:
| | Cause of death: Lace puller through the eye
| Relationship to victim: Played hockey with the victim, got into a fight on the ice.
| Time/location of death: Ice rink, one month prior.
| Finds/evidence: Stolen jewellery in the victims fish tank, had a gambling addiction. Ammonia in the victim's fish tank. Deionized brine water found in the victims throat.
| Suspect: Lou Haring.
| | What do the bones say? Victim was stabbed through the eye with something like a screw driver. Ribs were bruised from being hit with a hockey stick. | Relationship to victim: Got into a fight with the victim during a hockey game.
| "Aha!" moment: Booth relates that it has to do with the team mates, not the blood. Booth notices all four firemen played high school hockey together.
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| |  Bones Episode Trivia | -
Booth wears a number 24 jersey when playing for his team, but during his fantasy with Luc Robitaille Booth is wearing the retired number 16, of Philadelphia Flyers superstar captain Bobby Clarke. Philadelphia is the hometown of both the character Booth and the actor who plays him (David Boreanaz), and both are admitted Flyers fans. Clarke, a Flyers hero, would presumably be one of their favorite players. Booth also has a picture hanging behind his desk in his office of some hockey action. One of the players in the picture is the Flyers #16 Bobby Clarke.
- Albie: Gamble a bit yourself, do you? Booth: I'm reformed.
This is a reference to Booth's former gambling addiction which was a reaction to his service as an Army sniper. See the season 1 episode "The Soldier on the Grave" and the season 2 episode "The Woman in the Sand" for the back story on Booth's gambling. -
| |  Best Bones/Booth Moments | - The ice skating scene at the end of the episode. Booth and Bones hold hands, talk and skate around an empty ice rink.
- Bones cheering for Booth at the hockey game in the beginning
- Bones walking into the guys locker room to check on Booth
- Bones bringing Booth soup, she cares for him after he gets clocked in the hockey game.
| |  Unanswered Questions | | | |  Bones/Booth Romantic Developments | - Lots of hand holding
- Bones' dislike of Agent Perotta
- Bones being nervous when Booth falls down and doesn't get up.
Booth: Bones, what are you doing on the ice?
Brennan: Well I get nervous when you fall down and don't get up. - Agent Perotta: So where did you go after the game?
Booth: Uh Bones drove me and Wendell to the hospital.
Agent Perotta: So no alibi that night or the next?
Booth: Bones and I are just partners.
Agent Perotta: Okay, now you're answering questions I had no intention of asking.
Agent Perotta finds Booth attractive and is fishing for information on his relationship with Bones. - (Bones and Booth holding hands and ice skating)
Brennan: That Agent Perotta she really ... enjoyed working with us.
Booth: Yeah.
Brennan: But um ... you're the only FBI Agent I wanna work with. (Booth smiles) Will you tell me what the, Lucky Luciano told you?
Booth: He's not an Italian opera singer. Bones, why do you always say that wrong? You do it on purpose, don't you?
Brennan: (interrupting Booth) I would like to know what he said.
Booth: He said that I'm not like, my old man. He said I'm made of better stuff.
Brennan: Well, I don't know your old man, your father but, I think you're made of very, very good stuff.
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| Show me what you got | | |
| | | Booth- "Who knew it takes a near death experience for you to meet your hero?" |
| Brennan- "Hands off my Booth, Perotta!" | | |
| | | Agents Booth and Perotta face off against Albie's henchmen |
| "I'm never gonna make you fall. I'm always here." Booth | | | | | |
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