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The Killer in the Concrete

Episode Number: 40    Season Num: 2    First Aired: Wednesday April 4, 2007    Prod Code: 2AKY18
Booth and Brennan investigate the case of a partial skeleton found in cement. Booth thinks a member of a crime family - Hugh Kennedy - is to blame, but when he hears word that Hugh was burnt to death in a car things get more complicated. Booth finds out that Hugh is actually alive, but then gets kidnapped by him. Brennan must now find Booth before he is hurt, but this is harder to do than she thinks, and she ends up going to great lengths to get Booth back safely.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Dean Widenmann
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Star: Eric Millegan (Zack Addy),  Emily Deschanel (Dr. Temperance Brennan),  Tamara Taylor (Dr. Camille Saroyan (Season 2+)),  T.J. Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins),  Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro),  David Boreanaz (Special Agent Seeley Booth)
Guest Star: Ryan O'Neal (Max Keenan),  Dalia Phillips (Veleska Miller),  Greg Baker (Melvin Gallagher),  Phillip Rhys (Clark Lightner),  Tom Everett (Hugh Kennedy),  Bill Escudier (Tim),  Jeff Witzke (FBI Spokesman),  Hubert Hodgin (Desk Clerk),  Derek Webster (Cop at Scene)

Notes

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International Air Dates:
Spain: Friday June 8th, 2007
Belgium: Friday December 21st, 2007 on RTL-TVI
Germany: Thursday January 3rd, 2008
Saudi Arabia: Saturday January 26th, 2008 on ShowSeries
France: Friday March 28th, 2008 on M6
Denmark: Tuesday May 8th, 2008 on TV3
Australia: Thursday June 19th, 2008 on Channel 7 (edit)
Featured Music:
"Keep on Tryin" by Poco (sung by Max when he's in Brennan's appartment; at the end of the episode Booth and Brennan sing it, just before the actual song is heard in background)
(edit)

Quotes

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(Booth, Brennan and Cam talking about Icepick's amputated leg)
Cam: (to Booth) Was she pretty?
Brennan: Icepick is a male.
Cam: I mean the bounty hunter who gave Booth the slip.
Booth: You know, she didn't get away because she was pretty.
Brennan: (smiling and teasing) She was a she?
Booth: No, she was a - Oh, god! (grabs his jaw in pain)
Cam: What's wrong with your mouth?
Brennan: I'm guessing the anterior (holds out her hand to touch his jaw but Booth slaps her hand away) molar on the left side is infected. The leg was surgically amputated.
Cam: Go to a dentist.
Brennan: He's afraid of the dentist. (edit)
Veleska Miller: A guy like you must be going crazy in the FBI.
Booth: What kind of guy is that exactly?
Veleska Miller: I'm a bounty hunter, sport, I read people fast or I die. You are not standard government issue. (edit)
Booth: As a friend of mine likes to say, don't jump to conclusions until all the evidence is in.
Brennan: If the facts are in then it's not jumping to conclusions, so I never said that.
Booth: I never said that the friend is you. (edit)
Zack: (to Cam) I'm with you. I'm with you not ahead of you. (edit)
Bones: Why didn't you just, just tell them about Kennedy?
Booth: You know, I needed to give you time to find me. I've been tortured worse. (edit)

Trivia

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The man who was found in the concrete was named William Raymond "Billy Ray" McKenna. A man named Billy Ray McKenna frequently works on the crew of Bones as a costume supervisor. (edit)
Goof: When Booth was tortured, we could see that he had a wound on his forehead but towards the end of the episode when they are singing the wound is gone. (edit)
Goof: At the end in the diner, Booth puts the dolphin down on the table before they sing and takes a drink from his cup. When the camera pans out, after they sing, he has the dolphin back in his hand and puts it down again, showing a goof in continuity. (edit)
It is revealed that one of the cars that Hodgins drives is a fast Italian car. (edit)
The end conversation with Booth and Bones in the diner is much like the conversation in the church at the end of "Aliens in a Spaceship". However, the roles have been reversed. Instead of Booth saving Bones as in that episode, Bones found and saved Booth. This marks a balance in their partnership. (edit)

Allusions

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Booth: I've been tortured worse.

This is a reference to the old wounds Bones identified in the season one episode "Two Bodies In The Lab". While a sniper, he was tortured and had his feet broken with pipes. (edit)
Booth: I had to give you time to find me.

This is an allusion to Booth having the same faith in Bones that she had in him in the episode "Aliens in a Spaceship". During that episode, when Bones and Hodgins were trapped, she knew that Booth would find them. (edit)
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Community Reviews (24)

 
9.8
Superb
The Killer in the Concrete
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Bones finally gets to save Booth.
Continue » Posted Nov 27, 2007 2:42 am PST
9.0
Superb
The Killer in the Concrete
"Another great installment"
Good Episode...
Continue » Posted Oct 11, 2007 11:41 am PST
10.0
Perfect
The Killer in the Concrete
"Character development"
It's a very good example of how strongly Brennan trusts and needs her partner.
Continue » Posted Sep 6, 2007 3:45 pm PST
8.0
Great
The Killer in the Concrete
"Average"
This was an okay episode
Continue » Posted May 21, 2007 2:46 am PST
9.7
Superb
The Killer in the Concrete
"Another great installment"
Daddy's back...
Continue » Posted Apr 22, 2007 2:15 pm PST
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