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Bones Season 4 Episode 3

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Episode Essentials

Original air date: September 10, 2008
Writer(s):
Carla Kettner & Mark Lisson
Director(s):
Steven DePaul
Guest stars:
  • Amanda Anka (Joe's Wife)
  • Dee Freeman (Sgt. Francis Diamond)
  • Dan Sachoff (Bill O'Rourke)
  • John DiMaggio (Jim Dodd)
  • Rob Boltin (Jason DeFry)
  • Scoot McNairy (Noel Liftin)
  • Scott Barry (Cheater)
  • Kip Garwood (Tightey Whitey Guy)
  • Brennan Elliot (Mark Gaffney)
  • Tim Griffin (Pete Steckel)
  • Elizabeth Lackey (Veronica Landau)
  • Richard Gant (Arthur Lang)
  • Tina Battaglia (Jim's Wife)
  • Carla Gallo (Daisy Wick)
  • Michele Greene (Amanda O'Rourke)
  • Ted Mehous (Dwight)
  • Jill Wagner (Holly Markwell)
  • Dave Shalansky (Joe)
  • Jolie Summers (Tightey Whitey Wife)
Featured songs:
  • "I Hurt Too" - Katie Herzig
Episode Summary
The body of the host of a popular reality TV show is found partially decomposed in an outhouse, and Booth and Brennan must find out who the killer is. Meanwhile, Booth learns that Brennan is juggling two relationships.

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Bones Opening Crime Scene Description
A trucker stops by the side of the road to use an outhouse. As he enters he is lighting a cigarette and the outhouse explodes lighting his butt on fire. Booth and Bones are called to the scene and the find a body dumped head first into the outhouse sump. Once the body and the contents of the outhouse are brought back to the lab the squints discover that the body was shot at close range 72 hours ago and there was a picture stuffed down his throat.



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Victim's name: Bill O'Rourke Suspect: Jim Dodd
Pete Steckel Murderer: Pete Steckel
Methods used to solve: determined who the girl was in the picture and then who would be angry about the picture.
Motive: Bill stole his girlfriend and got him fired.
Notes: Holly was Pete's ex-girlfriend
Cause of death: Shot in the head Relationship to victim: busted by Bill on his show for cheating on his wife.
Time/location of death: Outhouse on the side of the road, 72 hours prior
Finds/evidence: picture in victims throat. Victim wore a toupee. Eye drops and Viagra found in tox screen. amylase and candidiasis in the saliva. Suspect: Holly Markwell
What do the bones say? gunpowder residue on bones, shot in the head with a .40 caliber round Relationship to victim: girlfriend
"Aha!" moment: Angela says that the picture of Bill and Holly in bed together was emailed to someone.

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  • Noel Liftin the stalker was originally seen in "The Secret in the Soil" episode from season 3.

  • Sweets tells Bones "You are hot"

Bones Episode Guide - Bones Best Bones/Booth Moments

  • Booth constantly interrupts Bones' dates.
  • Booth: Bones, two guys at the same time, it's not right. I mean, that's why they invented dueling.

  • Bones: "I've heard that if practiced correctly, tantric sexual techniques can extend orgasms by 4 to 500 percent". Booth: "Whoa, they actually teach that?"
  • Jason to Bones: " You're dating this guy?" Bones: "I -I don't like that term. It has an antiquated moral and needlessly restrictive connotation". Mark to Jason: "And who are you?" Jason: "Obviously, a guy who is not doing as well as you".

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  • In their session w/ Sweets, Booth feels bad after both of Bones' boyfriends break up with her. He tells her, "If Mark and Jason don't know how luck they are. They don't deserve you in the first place."
  • Bones then says, "All of my relationships are temporary anyways.", and Booth quickly corrects her, saying, "You're wrong Bones. There's someone out there for everyone. Someone you are meant to spend the rest of your life with." They then stare deeply at each other for a few moments, and we see a big smile comes across Sweets' face.

  • Booth to Bones: I'm just looking out for you, all right? You don't have the, uh, best taste in men.

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