Writer:	Stephen Nathan
Director:	Jesus Salvador Trevino
Star:	T.J. Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins),  Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro),  Eric Millegan (Zack Addy),  Emily Deschanel (Dr. Temperance Brennan),  David Boreanaz (Special Agent Seeley Booth)
Recurring Role:	Tamara Taylor (Dr. Camille Saroyan)
Guest Star:	Jeff Austin (Michael Jules),  Chris Conrad (Agent),  Caryn West (Patricia Campbell),  Bruce French (Dennis Campbell),  Adam Lieberman (FBI Agent Sanders),  Jessica Wright (Tina Holmes),  Jessica Capshaw (Rebecca Stinson),  Kate Norby (Karen Tyler),  Ty Panitz (Parker),  Tangie Ambrose (Faith Davis),  Shane Johnson (Kyle Richardson),  Sean McGowan (Drew),  Kirsten Potter (Mary Corbis)

International Air Dates:
Denmark: November 21, 2006 on TV3
Spain: February 16, 2007 on FOX TV Spain
Germany: September 5, 2007 on RTL
Belgium: August 31, 2007 on RTL-TVI (edit) Special appearance by Jessica Capshaw was noted with and. (edit) David Boreanaz and Jessica Capshaw, who played Rebecca Stinson the mother of Booth's young son Parker, have worked together before in the 2001 thriller Valentine. (edit)

Zack: The force used to make the injuries on the bones was 24 newton-meters. And the winner is, with 24 newton-meters...Angela.
Angela: What?
Hodgins: Congratulations.
Angela: Really?
Brennan: Height and weight?
Angela: Oh god. U-uh...ugh. Five-eight, one hundred and hun...dre....
Brennan: What?
Angela: 135. It's all muscle. (edit) Brennan: You think Richardson can rise to the occasion? Be a decent father?
Booth: He's got Carlie's parents to help him and I like to think that people can change.
Brennan: Faith and hope, right?
Booth: Right.
Brennan: Angela threw in love, too.
Booth: Love is good. (edit) Brennan: (about Richardson) He didn't kill her.
Booth: No, but he ran. How do you just cut your family out of your life like that?
Brennan: What about Abraham?
Booth: You're gonna throw religion in my face right now?
Brennan: I thought you find answers in what you believe.
Booth: Well, that's the one Bible story that I just don't like. I mean, God commands Abraham to kill his own son and he does.
Brennan: Abraham does not kill Isaac.
Booth: But old Ab, he had the intention.
Brennan: I thought what he had was faith.
Booth: Look, I have faith. But if God himself came down, pointed at Parker and said I want you to, you know, that ain't gonna happen.
Brennan: God's messenger stopped Abraham?
Booth: Yeah. You know, grabbed his hand the last second right before the knife was about to go in.
Brennan: Ok, then the lesson I would learn from this myth -
Booth: Myth?
Brennan: Fits the definition.
Booth: Ok, fine.
Brennan: That when it comes to your children your love has to be absolute. The messenger represents goodness, what you know to be right, ergo you have to remain open to what you know is true.
Booth: (smiles) Are you sure you're not religious?
Brennan: Science all the way.
Booth: Science all the way.
Brennan: Hey, even an empiricist can have a heart, Booth. (edit) Brennan: I understand killers, I just don't know how mothers can do it. I mean, dogs can be trained in a couple of weeks. Kids, mothers have to give up their lives for years.
Booth: No, no. When you're looking at your kid, you don't feel like you're giving up anything.
Brennan: So, you'd do it again?
Booth: What?
Brennan: You'd have Parker, even with everything you're going through?
Booth: What kind of question is that?
Brennan: Wouldn't it be easier if Parker wasn't caught in this drama of yours, with Rebecca, new boyfriend?
Booth: God, no, no, Bones! He's my son. Whatever we're going through, it's not about that and he knows that.
Brennan: That's what parents say when they want to justify themselves.
Booth: You know, I haven't walked out on Parker, alright? I would never have done what your parents did.
Brennan: I didn't say you would, I just - I don't know. You're the father, I don't know anything about raising kids.
Booth: Parker's fine. (edit) (Booth and Brennan talking on the phone)
Booth: You want me to what?
Brennan: Stab the body for me. We need to match force with the injuries recorded on the remains.
Booth: Ok, I'm stabbing the body.
Brennan: It's a replica. We're all going to do it, you're just the closest to Kyle Richardson.
Booth: Ok, you know what? That's great, I'll be there in twenty. But in the future, you just got to ask me differently Bones, because you know what? Come over to your place to stab a body? That is just freaky. (edit)

Zack: The force used to make the injuries on the bones was 24 Newton-Meters.

This is technically wrong. The SI unit for force is a Newton. The SI unit for torque is Newton-meters. (edit) When Bones and Booth are on the way to see Richardson, at the end of their conversation Bones says to Booth "Hey even an empiricist can have a heart Booth" but the camera changes to the side of Bones and she doesn't actually mouth the words "heart Booth" even though you can still hear her saying it. (edit) Booth, as a lawman, isn't wearing his seat belt when he and Dr. Brennan are driving to the crime scene. He has also been seen not wearing his seat belt in car drives during the first season. (edit) In the beginning of the episode, Booth calls his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend Stu, when his real name was Drew. (edit) Goof: When they are driving to see the body, Brennan tells Booth to take "the I-70." I-70 starts on the west side of Baltimore and continues west until it terminates in Utah; there is no portion east of Baltimore that could have taken them to Delaware. Driving from D.C., they would most likely have taken US 50 East to US 301 to get to the body. (edit)

This case is based on the story of Scott and Laci Peterson. Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Laci and their unborn son on Christmas Eve, 2002. The underlying theory is that he killed his wife so that he could pursue a life with his mistress, Amber Frey. (edit)