Wednesday September 6, 2006
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Booth and Brennan examine the remains of a woman and fetus found in the Delaware Bay. The body is a pregnant newlywed whose mysterious disappearance one year ago had been a major national news story. Her husband is the prime suspect in the case, but he disappears before Brennan and Booth question him, prompting Booth to call for a manhunt. Booth is upset that his ex-girlfriend is letting their son spend time with her new boyfriend.
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In this episode of Bones, the following happens. When a body is discovered, Booth and Bones go to the scene, as well as Camille and Zach. When they get the body out of the water, we see that the woman was pregnant, and that the fetus could have survived. Booth believes that the victim is that of a missing woman, Carlie, who went missing on her wedding day, and she was pregnant. They believe that the husband, Kyle is the one, who killed her, but they needed a body to arrest him, and now that they have one, they go to arrest him.
But when they get to his house, he has already gone. When they search the body they find a locket around the neck that says the name Kenny. We also see that Booth is upset in this episode, as his son Parker is spending a lot of time with his mother's new boyfriend. We soon learn that Kenny is the name of her dog. Soon the evidence reveals that the body was in fresh water for 6 months and then put into salt water. Thus making it less likely that Kyle killed his wife. Parker's mother goes to see Booth after learning that he has had her new boyfriend, Drew investigated. After an experiment we learn that Kyle's new girlfriend maybe the killer. When the DNA from under the fingernails comes back it matches that of Kyle. On they realise where the body was dumped, and how it floated down to where it was found. Once there they find a bag hidden that belonged to the victim. When they re-examine the baby's skull, we learn that the child was in fact 2 weeks old when it died, and Bones believed that the baby was cut out of the victim stomach and that this baby replaced it. We also learn that the baby that was found with the victim was dead before the victim was killed. They also believe that the baby died when it was shaken to death. They believe that the other had post-natal depression and that may have lead to the child's death. They also believe that the killer has been passing off the victim's child as her own. Kyle is then found and brought in for questioning. And when they speak to him, we see that he blames himself for what happened to his wife. When Angela does a mock up of what the dead baby would have looked like at age 10, Booth and Bones quickly realise whose child it is. It turns out to be the vet who was friends with the victim before her death. They go to see her and Booth takes the child off of her. Then she is arrested. We then see the little boy being reunited with his father. We then see Booth and Bones in the diner and we see Parker being dropped off by his mother and her new boyfriend. As Bones leaves she watches Booth with Parker and we see a smile on her face.
A great complicated murder and kidnapping case. hide show
The stuff of gossip magazines – pregnant woman mysteriously disappears and while the husband was arrested, had to be released due to no body being found. Could not have been easy being him – everyone would believe he was guilty and he would suffer all the stigma attached thereto.
The whole switched baby storyline was very interesting, not to mention twisted. A psycho accidentally kills her own child then decides that since the victim didn't want her baby, she would take it (killing her in the process), leaving her own dead baby behind. To top it all off, said psycho (upon being arrested) insists what a wonderful mother she is, completely ignoring the part where she murdered the boy's mother, not to mention her own child. Sorry, but murder trumps great mothering every time.
Thankfully the child is only a year old and will hopefully suffer no emotional or psychological trauma from being the reason for his mother's brutal murder but also from being raised for a year by her killer. Then again, how will the child not know about it, once he is old enough, his father will have to tell him something about his mother and even if his father lies or minimizes the whole thing, the child can probably find out the rest from newspapers or the internet.
Very well written, very interesting.
This case really got to me! hide show
I enjoyed watching this episode, cause it was all just very cleverly plotted. In the beginning I really thought the husband was guilty, but soon afterwards I wasn't so sure anymore. I was really confused about who did it, cause when I was pretty sure the husband didn't do it, I still didn't know who did do it. And when we/I finally learned who did it and why, I was in shock. I mean honestly who does something like that, that's just sick. And of course the interaction between everyone on the team was great, but then again it pretty much always is.
An already difficult case of a mother and foetus found in a river takes ever more disturbing turns. hide show
I particularly like this episode (if 'like' is the right word, given the subject matter) because it very cleverly links the story with the characters. Bones is good at doing this normally anyway, but the way the story of a mother killed links with Booth's love for his son, the way Brennan feels about motherhood, and a fabulous scene talking about the Bible story of Abraham is very well done.
The story itself is disturbing in the extreme - the lengths to which people will go for a baby, and post-natal depression - and it's sad all round, because the reasons for murder are horrible but not motivated purely by greed or revenge, which makes them bizarrely understandable if not forgivable. So two very different storylines - the episode focus and Booth himself - about 'loss' of a child meld together really well.
A great episode.
Well, the plot is similar to the Laci Peterson case, which was very tragic. But the plot has a twist. What a woman can do to get what she wants.
Cam and Brennan, competing with each other for what is going to be done first. It was interesting to see two strong women trying to do what they thought was the best.
Favorite moment: Though it was sad for me, the last scene was my favorite. So Brennan is talking with Booth about family and love and everything and then the ex comes in with their child. So I guess she thought she had to leave. The look on her face when she was leaving was sweet but sad.
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