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Bones: Intern in the Incinerator

 

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9.3 Superb
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Air Date

Tuesday November 6, 2007

Production Code

3AKY06

Episode Summary

The team suspects their own colleagues after the burnt remains of an intern at the Jeffersonian are found in the building's incinerator. At first it's thought that she might have been killed because she was working on an artifact in the Widow's Son case, but then things become more complicated when romantic ties between her and another employee at the Jeffersonian surface. Meanwhile Booth poses as Cam's boyfriend on one of her family get-togethers.

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    9 Superb

    Loved this episode! Definitely in my top 5! hide show

    Great episode. Hart Hanson, the rest of the scriptwriters and the director manage to make the viewer forget that you don't actually leave the Jeffersonian for 90% of the episode.

    It's a classic in-house whodunnit with Gorgonzola (sorry... Gormogon :P) acting as the red herring amidst extra-martial affairs and a smuggling operation. The murder mystery is superbly supported by the humour between the main characters that Bones is so famous for. And it's great to see the Angelator making a significant contribution to the solving of the case.

    Episode Highlights: Booth guessing Brennan's passwords "Daffodil, Daisy Jupiter."

    Interplay between Booth, Cam and Cam's sister Felicia

    Guy chat between Hodgins and Booth

    The sweet B&B ending.

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    10 Perfect

    Great episode – finally some info on the Gormogon artifacts and an in-house murder. hide show

    The first of hopefully many episodes about the fascinating Gormogon.

    The murdered girl, Kristen, proves to be one of the scientists working on the widow collection. Very interestingly, the artifacts have been tied to a specific group, Gormogon who wanted to eradicate the influence of the Illuminati and Freemasons. Fascinating, hope they elaborate further.

    "No shooting of the squints tonight, sorry." Does it not occur to Zach and Hodgins to perhaps warn people before throwing a body off a building? Why is the victim's father allowed to watch the interrogation?

    Everyone wanted it to be a serial killer because then it's not one of their own but also because a serial killer is more glamorous and exciting. Despite her work on the Gormogon artifacts, instead she gets killed because she stumbled onto a smuggling operation. Wrong place, wrong time.

    Very good episode, found out more about the mysterious artifacts and an in-house murder investigation.

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    9 Superb

    It's like Clue. Murder in the Jeffersonian strikes fear into the hearts of its employees. Two unexplained murders cast suspicion over the squints and their friends at the lab. hide show

    It's like clue. If you like the board game then you'll like this episode. The tone of the episode is really eerie. Everything down to the transition slides are creepy. The producers behind this episode really got the job right. While it could be argued that episode is wildly misleading, which I think it is, the twists and turns only make the episode better. At the beginning we think it's connected to the gormogon case. Then the head honcho at the Jeffersonian threatens Angela and it gave me the wiggins. While this doesn't clearly through us off the track, it's pretty spooky. The music and background noises in this episode are perfectly in line with the atmosphere of the installment. Overall I think The Intern in the Incinerator is well-crafted and out of the ordinary.

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    9.6 Superb

    So this was a completely different episode than those that have been done before. And at the very beginning you are led to believe that this is a Gormogon related case. hide show

    And I also think that it shows Booth's fear of the Gormogon case that he constantly mispronounces it.
    Just goes to prove that even people with high IQ's can be led to believe what you want them to believe. I did find it hard to believe that she had the affair with that obnoxious doctor. He was a bit of a jackass. But they sure do seem to make Cam a little slow on the uptake. After all she didn't get to be in the position that she is in by being a little on the dumb side. So I wish that they would write stuff for her character a little smarter. I did like the fact that the episode gave you insight on Cam's family life. And the rivalry with her sister just added more touches of reality. And the fact that she asked Booth to be her "Boyfriend" to satisfy her family well that is just pushed it over the top. She must be from the South because I thought only us southerners had family like that.
    Other than that it was a great show. The reason I love this Cop drama so much more than the others is that 9 times out of 10 it isn't the guy that I think it is from the beginning. And my friends that makes this show. GREAT!

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    9.1 Superb

    A feel-good episode. Other filler episodes in the series could learn tons from this one. hide show

    This is an important episode for the series. By relying on another "murderer of the week" storyline, the writers saw a way to focus more on the characters themselves. This is the first Bones episode where I can say I laughed my head off, for there were more than a few moments when it felt like the series could challenge genre conventions and become a "thrilling dramedy" - that is, a thriller, a drama, and a comedy. As I stated in the summary, "filler' episodes to come could learn a lot from this one. I can't wait to see what Bones does next.

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  • During the interrogation of Dr. Klimkew, Booth is playing with a pair of yellow dice. In "The Woman in the Tunnel" he was holding a pair of red dice while interrogating someone. []
  • When Brennan is changing her password she is covering the screen, but that doesn't make sense because almost all password-entering is protected and the passwords appear on the screen as stars or dots. She should have covered the keyboard instead. []
  • The cuts between scenes, along with the cuts to and from commercial breaks, are done using smoke. A similar approach to cuts has been done before, such as in the "Woman in the Sand" episode where cuts were done with poker chips. []
  • International Air Dates:
    Denmark: December 11th, 2007 on TV3
    United Kingdom: December 13th, 2007 on Sky1
    The Netherlands: December 19th, 2007 on RTL 4
    Sweden: January 8th, 2008 on TV3
    Norway: January 24th, 2008 on TV3
    Spain: February 15th, 2008 on FOX TV Spain
    Latin America: March 25th, 2008 on Fox Latinoamerica
    Australia: September 8th, 2008 on Channel 7
    Lithuania: October 2nd, 2008 on TV3
    Belgium: October 6th, 2008 on 2BE
    Finland: January 9th, 2009 on Sub
    Slovakia: May 27th, 2009 on JOJ
    Czech Republic: October 14th, 2009 on Prima []
  • Dr. Bancroft: The guilt being great, the fear dost still exceed; and extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, but coward-like with trembling terror die. []
  • Booth: Camille, you're an adult. You can't live your life afraid of what your family thinks.
    Cam: Seeley, it's not gonna be like this forever. One day they'll die. []
  • Felicia: Why didn't you tell me you guys split up?
    Cam: You want him? Take him. I don't care.
    Felicia: I don't want him.
    Booth: You don't?
    Felicia: (to Cam) No I was just trying to get back at you for being so perfect all the time.
    Cam: So you admit it.
    Felicia: Like you're a saint? (to Booth) She used to go into my closet with all my dolls and say that they were having a party but that I wasn't invited.
    Cam: You were five, and they did not like you.
    Felicia: Typical, start a fight so we miss lunch.
    Cam: Oh you made reservations, I'm surprised I thought we'd have to eat off a cart in the street.
    Booth: Wow you two can lunch after all this?
    Felicia: Please like you can ruin a meal. (laughs)
    Booth: Okay that's it. I don't know who you think-
    Cam: Don't raise your voice at her Seeley.
    Booth: What?
    Cam: Let's go. Let him calm down. Wow. (they start to walk out)
    Felicia: Why did you guys break up? What did he do?
    Booth: It wasn't me, I- []
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Allusions

  • Tyler Neville: It's an extinct group dedicated to eradicating the influence of the Freemasons and Illuminati in Europe in the 18th Century.

    The Ancient Noble Order of the Gormogon was a short-lived 18th century society that left no records of its real goals or aspirations. They were first heard of in 1724, in a notice published in the London Daily Post. The aim of the society (in which Phillip, Duke of Wharington held a high place) was probably to hold up Freemasonry to ridicule. No one ever heard of the society after Phillip's death in 1731. []
  • Booth: Dr. Kevorkian has a doctorate.

    Dr. Jack Kevorkian is a pathologist. He is best known for his opinion that every terminally ill patient has the right to die and that physicians should help them by assisting the suicide. He was on trial several times for assisting in the euthanasia process and recently served 8 years in jail. []
  • Dr. Bancroft: The guilt being great, the fear doth still exceed; and extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, but coward-like with trembling terror die.

    This is a stanza from William Shakespeare's narrative poem "The Rape of Lucrece". []
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