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The Headless Witch in the Woods

Episode Number: 32    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Wednesday November 29, 2006    Prod Code: 2AKY10
While investigating the death of a film student who was working on a documentary about the legend of a headless witch, who haunted woods in the 1700's, Brennan develops a strong bond with the victim's brother.
Booth and Brennan talk about mixing work and personal lives.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Stephen Nathan, Karine Rosenthal
Director: Tony Wharmby
Star: Tamara Taylor (Dr. Camille Saroyan (Season 2+)),  David Boreanaz (Special Agent Seeley Booth),  Emily Deschanel (Dr. Temperance Brennan),  Eric Millegan (Zack Addy),  Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro),  T.J. Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins)
Guest Star: Kristoffer Polaha (Will Hastings),  Jake Richardson (Brian Andrews),  Michael Trevino (Graham Hastings),  Amanda Fuller (Lori Mueller),  Paul Terrell Clayton (Doug Edison (credited as Terrell Clayton)),  Joshua Leonard (Nate Gibbons),  Angel Oquendo (Nurse),  Kip Garwood (Young Man)

Notes

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In both the original and repeat airings, part of a line of dialogue of Booth's is deleted from the soundtrack. The line sounds something like "Lori loves Graham, he thinks he loves her, but finds out that he doesn't so she goes all....at him." The closed-captioning doesn't display anything after the word doesn't. (edit)
International Air Dates:
Denmark: March 13, 2007 on TV3
Spain: April 13, 2007 on FOX TV Spain
Norway: August 2, 2007 on TV3
Finland: August 21, 2007 on MTV3
Belgium: October 26, 2007 on RTL-TVI
Germany: November 1, 2007 on RTL
Australia: December 27, 2007 on 7
Saudi Arabia: January 15, 2008 on Showseries (edit)
In this episode Brennan learns about Booth's and Cam's relationship. It is not Booth who tells her but she finds out herself when she sees Cam reaching for Booth's hand while they all watch the scary video made in the woods. (edit)
Featured Music:
"Night Birds" by Ryan Adams (song playing at the end) (edit)
Running Themes
-Static scene transitions.
-White flash segues into commercial breaks. (edit)

Quotes

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Brennan: So you talked to Ms. Sinders? That must have been difficult since she doesn't have a head. (edit)
Booth: (concerned) You want me to go down there with you?
Brennan: No, I don't want the remains compromised. (edit)
Bones: I can read bones, not people.
Booth: You had no trouble seeing through me. (edit)
Bones: (Walks in and sees Hodgins lounging in front of the video footage screen) Have you finished with the particulates from the ax handle?
Hodgins: I've determined that the assailant was wearing rough hewn leather gloves but I still have to check...
Booth: Then why are you in here?
Angela: Because I want him here. (edit)
Booth: ...perfect cover, headless witch did it, not me. (edit)

Trivia

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Joshua Leonard appears as Nate Gibbons. Leonard is famous for his role in The Blair Witch Project, of which this episode is a parody. (edit)

Allusions

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When Booth says that he was going to talk to the girl about her "magical mystery tour" in the woods, he was talking about the Beatles' album "The Magical Mystery Tour". It's known that it was made under the influence of LSD. (edit)
Booth: I'm just saying, you know, I see a lot of weird things. It was like, you know, Exorcist weird, Elm Street weird.

Booth is referring to classic horror movies:
Exorcist (1973), starring Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, and Max von Sydow, and
the Nightmare on Elm Street movies, with their legendary evil character Freddy Krueger. (edit)
Brian: I've got it accepted in the Sundance. (about his Gilgamesh movie)

Sundance Film Festival is the largest independent cinema festival in the U.S. and ranks alongside the most prestigious film festivals worldwide (Venice, Toronto, Cannes, Berlin). (edit)
When asked about favorite music, Will mentions Snow Patrol, an alternative rock band from Northern Ireland, and Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer and songwriter. (edit)
Graham's screenplay was based on the Epic of Gilgamesh, Babylonian poem from about 2000 BC. (edit)
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Community Reviews (25)

 
8.6
Great
The Headless Witch in the Woods
"Filler episode"
As a parody of "The Blair Witch Project," the episode does very well, but when considered amongst all episodes of the series then "The Headless Witch in the Woods" is definitely filler.
Continue » Posted May 18, 2008 10:09 pm PST
6.0
Fair
The Headless Witch in the Woods
"Average"
Warning: this review contains spoilers.
Continue » Posted Feb 22, 2008 6:46 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
The Headless Witch in the Woods
"Fine example"
This episode definetly hit its target and a personal favourite. Unusual plot and great chemistry.
Continue » Posted Feb 21, 2008 3:59 pm PST
9.0
Superb
The Headless Witch in the Woods
"Exciting"
Scary Episode!
Continue » Posted Jun 1, 2007 4:38 pm PST
9.5
Superb
The Headless Witch in the Woods
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Funny, scary, exciting, and maybe a tad implausible.
Continue » Posted Apr 19, 2007 8:00 am PST
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