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The Girl in the Fridge

Episode Number: 8    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Tuesday November 29, 2005    Prod Code: 1AKY07
Brennan is about to go out for dinner with her old professor and ex-lover when Booth asks her and her team to help identify the remains of a young woman found in a refrigerator.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Dana Coen
Director: Sanford Bookstaver
Star: Jonathan Adams (Dr. Daniel Goodman),  Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro),  T.J. Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins),  David Boreanaz (Special Agent Seeley Booth),  Emily Deschanel (Dr. Temperance Brennan),  Eric Millegan (Zack Addy)
Guest Star: Ross McCall (Scott Costello),  Lou Richards (Dr. Barragan),  Matt Ross (Neil Meredith),  Alicia Coppola (Joy Deaver),  Leonard Roberts (A.U.S.A. Andrew Levitt),  Patti Yasutake (Federal Judge Lang),  Keith Sellon-Wright (Brian Schilling),  Kate McNeil (Audrey Schilling),  Rachel Miner (Mary Costello),  Josh Hopkins (Michael Stires)

Notes

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International Air Dates:
Denmark: March 28th, 2006 on TV3 (edit)
Matt Ross and Emily Deschanel were both in the ABC mini-series "Rose Red," based on the book by Stephen King. (edit)
Music:
"Hold Tight" by Mark Geary from Ghosts (edit)
Leonard Roberts (D.A. Andrew Levitt) and David Boreanaz (Special Agent Seeley Booth) have appeared on television together before. In two Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes: Pangs and The Yoko Factor, though they never share the screen or dialogue. (edit)

Quotes

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Hodgins: This is like watching cars mate. (edit)
(Brennan and Deaver talking about the jury with Booth nearby)
Brennan: Well, you’re underestimating their intelligence.
Deaver: You’re overestimating their ability to stay awake. When these S&M perverts walk on this, it’ll be on your head.
(Deaver walks away; Brennan turns to Booth)
Brennan: Can you believe that!? (Booth looks very uncomfortable) What? You agree with her?
Booth: Uh, not entirely.
Brennan: Not entirely. So that means partly. Well, I was perfectly clear. Didn’t you think I was clear?
Booth: (hesitantly) Sometimes and um, sometimes you were…a little hard to follow.
Brennan: What are you talking about? When?
Booth: When you were...talking. (quickly) Listen Bones, I know you care about this case but I think you should let them see that.
Brennan: So, I should perform?
Booth: Just a little bit. Yeah, I mean, did you see how I portrayed myself as a no-nonsense, tough guy cop?
Brennan: You are a no-nonsense, tough guy cop.
Booth: (snaps his fingers) Exactly! And I think that it wouldn’t hurt if the jury saw who you really are.
Brennan: Well I don’t know who you think that is Booth because this is who I really am...just this. (walks away upset) (edit)
Booth: Bones, you ok?
Brennan: Why wouldn't I be?
Booth: Cause the nutty professor has graded your paper. What did he give you anyway, huh? I was always happy with a B.
Brennan: I never got a B and I never will. (storms off)
Booth: That's my girl. (edit)
Brennan: Seeking sexual gratification through the manipulation of power. Probably the oldest of fetishes, Master-Slave. It's all about dominance.
Booth: This sort of thing only comes up when the bloom goes off the rose, if you know what I mean.
Brennan: I don't know what you mean.
Booth: You know, when the regular stuff, when it gets old you need to spice it up, it's over. If the sex is good you don't need any help.
Brennan: (big smile) That's for sure.
Booth: I'm sorry?
Brennan: I was agreeing.
Booth: Yeah, well, don't, ok? It kinda freaks me out.
Brennan: I was just saying that I myself feel no inclination toward either pain or dominance when it comes to sex.
Booth: Are you sure?
Brennan: Yeah, I'm sure.
Booth: Cause you can be very bossy. (edit)
Hodgins: You were Brennan's professor.
Michael: She was twenty-three. An adult.
Hodgins: That's what Clinton said.
Zack: Do you run through a lot of students?
Michael: That was a long time ago, and Tempe was very advanced. More colleague than student.
Zack: I'm a pretty advanced student ...
Michael: No offense but um, I'm not interested. (walks away)
Zack: No I meant me and her.
Hodgins: (laughing) Ohoho, burn. (edit)

Trivia

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Goof: In the scene where Brennan is talking to Goodman she has a pen in her hand and when Goodman sits down she puts the pen down. The camera then goes to Goodman, and when it comes back to Brennan you can see that she has the pen in her hand again, as if she had never put it down. (edit)
Goof: At around 32:21 on the DVD, after the statement "Sorry, I don't do this professionally," the shot goes to the jury. As it pans from the lady to the man there is a black format bar on the left of the shot, but as the camera moves the bar goes away. (edit)
Goof: During the interview with the parents of the dead girl, Brennan asks for photographs of the victim dancing or swimming. The mother looks through the album and hands Brennan a number of photos, but they are all head shots. (edit)
Goof: The nameplate on Dr. Barragan’s desk reads Dr. Nicholas Skinner, M.D. (edit)

Allusions

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"The Girl in the Fridge"

"Women in Refrigerators Syndrome" is a term used to describe a phenomenon in comic books when the hero's girlfriend gets murdered in a horrible, gruesome way. The phrase comes from Green Lantern #54 where the title character comes home to find his girlfriend murdered and stuffed in a refrigerator. (edit)
The jury consultant calls Brennan Klaatu the robot. This is a reference to the 1951 movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still". However in that movie, Gort was the robot and Klaatu was the humanoid alien. (edit)
Booth: Well, you know, that's the first time I've been able to look at them without imagining Moe knocking their heads together.

A reference to The Three Stooges. They consisted of Moe, Larry, and Curly (and later Shemp). They were known for getting angry and hitting each other. (edit)
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8.5
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The Girl in the Fridge
"Character development"
Bones in a courtroom! Note: Contains spoilers.
Continue » Posted Jun 21, 2008 7:55 am PST
9.0
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The Girl in the Fridge
"Character development"
Some good Brennan development in this episode.
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10.0
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"Series classic"
A very good episode!
Continue » Posted Feb 17, 2008 2:28 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
The Girl in the Fridge
"Series classic"
Bones and the nutty professor
Continue » Posted Sep 14, 2007 1:26 am PST

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5.5
Mediocre
The Girl in the Fridge
"Out of character"
courtroom drama gets personal
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