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Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van

Episode Number: 45    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Tuesday October 2, 2007    Prod Code: 3AKY03
Brennan and Booth investigate the death of a soccer mom who was blown up in her mini-van, confused as to why someone would murder a seemingly innocent soccer mom. They soon discover that the soccer mom, named June, was part of a group of radicals from the 70's, named the National Liberation Army. June was also wanted by the FBI for decades, and might have been close to turning herself in, which makes motives for her murder really complicated. Meanwhile, Brennan goes to see her father Max in jail.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Elizabeth Benjamin
Director: Alan Kroeker
Star: Emily Deschanel (Dr. Temperance Brennan),  David Boreanaz (Special Agent Seeley Booth),  Eric Millegan (Zack Addy),  Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro),  Tamara Taylor (Dr. Camille Saroyan (Season 2+)),  T.J. Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins)
Recurring Role: Patricia Belcher (Assistant U.S. Attorney Caroline Julian)
Guest Star: Ryan O'Neal (Max Keenan),  Susan Rohrer (June Harris/Amy Nash),  Scout Taylor-Compton (Celia Nash),  Chris Tardio (Danny Valenti),  Richard Cox (Atty. Leonard Huntzinger),  Ron Canada (Special Agent Sam Reilly),  Erich Anderson (Jeremy Nash),  Deborah Zoe (Special Agent Katherine Frost),  David Greenman (FBI Forensic Tech)

Notes

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International Air Dates:
UK: November 15, 2007 on SKY1
Denmark: November 13, 2007 on TV3
The Netherlands: November 21, 2007 on RTL 4
Spain: January 18, 2008 on FOX TV Spain (edit)
Ryan O'Neal was billed as a Special Guest Star. (edit)
Featured Music:
"Perfect Day" - Lou Reed (during the beginning montage) (edit)

Quotes

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(Booth and Brennan are sitting on the steps of Lincoln Memorial; Booth seems tipsy.)
Brennan: How much scotch did you drink?
Booth: Oh, just enough. You know, I would have invited you but Reilly, he just...wow, he doesn't like you.
Brennan: I understand.
Booth: I'm sorry, was that rude?
Brennan: Not from someone who's been drinking.
Booth: God, you know, I love this place. I love it, I love this country. You know, I'll tell you something, if I was working law enforcement back in the day when it threw all that tea, alright, in the harbor - I'm good, I'm good. I would have rounded everybody up and we'd still be English.
Brennan: (smiling) You think? (edit)
(upon finding the victim's tattoo)
Cam: An inverted pentagram...devil worship.
Hodgins: Mom had a little thing going on the side with Satan? Aww...the 'burbs. (edit)
Brennan: Have you determined what kind of bomb was used?
Agent Frost: I'm still sifting through the debris and waiting for whatever goodies these bugs leave behind.
Brennan: And...Dr. Hodgins is just keeping you company?
Hodgins: What? No, I'm working. Hard. I'm gonna go right now and work... hard, someplace else. (edit)
Cam: How close are we to ID'ing the victim?
Angela: Well, this is the skull (points at a shattered skull) I'm good, but I'm not that good. (edit)
Brennan: I saw my father.
Booth: Wow, I didn't think that you were gonna, do that.
Brennan: As an anthropologist I accept change as the natural order of things but, with him I didn't allow for transformation. You know, I predicated his behavior based on a set of outmoded preconceptions. It wasn't rational.
Booth: Wow, I, I didn't get any of that.
Brennan: If I was conducting an objective experiment on my father, observing his behavior, I'd have to conclude that he loves me.
Booth: Hm. Why, what happened?
Brennan: We played cards.
Booth: Cool.
Brennan: I killed him.
Booth: (laughing) Good for you. (edit)

Trivia

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Bumper sticker on the back of the mini-van - "Soccer Moms Kick Grass" (edit)

Allusions

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Booth: I love this country, you know I tell you something, if I was working law enforcement back in the day when they threw all that tea in the harbor, I'm good, alright, I'm good, I would have rounded everybody up, and we'd still be English.

This is an allusion to The Boston Tea Party which took place on December 16 of 1773 and helped spark (so it has been said) the American Revolution. The actual event that has since been deemed "The Boston Tea Party" was a protest by the American colonists against Great Britain. The American colonists destroyed mass quantities of tea bricks that were on ships in the Boston Harbor. (edit)
Booth: Okay, that's great, let's get out of here before Hodgins gives him the Pinko medal of honor.

This is an allusion to when Pinko was the term used during the Cold War to designate and accuse people who were suspected of supporting the Soviet Union. This often included many left wing and Progressive Party politicians. Hodgins, being a government-opposed conspiracy theorist, would more than agree with a lawyer like Huntzinger who was a left-wing liberal. (edit)
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9.0
Superb
Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van
"Well written"
"I guess I always had a problem wiht authority. I just always saw myself fighting the system. Kinda like Robin Hood."
Continue » Posted Jul 4, 2008 1:22 pm PST
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Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van
"Character development"
Brennan has a difficult time with her father
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"Unoriginal"
I don't know why I still watch Bones.
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"Another great installment"
With each passing episode this show just gets better and better.
Continue » Posted Oct 8, 2007 9:59 am PST
8.2
Great
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"Adventurous"
Everyone back in their position and great case in table - really promising start and somehow it works out, somehow not
Continue » Posted Oct 8, 2007 9:08 am PST
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