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The Secret in the Soil

Episode Number: 47    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Tuesday October 23, 2007    Prod Code: 3AKY04
Booth and Brennan examine a severely decomposed body found by some teenagers on hospital grounds. They identify the body as a man named Franklin Curtis, who was the founder of an organic supermarket chain, and discover that the body was either cooked or incinerated. Booth and Brennan go out to question people around Curtis' farm, while back at the lab it is discovered that the flesh of another victim was with Curtis'. Meanwhile, Booth and Brennan are assigned to a psychologist.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Karine Rosenthal
Director: Steven DePaul
Star: T.J. Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins),  David Boreanaz (Special Agent Seeley Booth),  Eric Millegan (Zack Addy),  Tamara Taylor (Dr. Camille Saroyan (Season 2+)),  Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro),  Emily Deschanel (Dr. Temperance Brennan)
Recurring Role: John Francis Daley (Dr. Lance Sweets)
Guest Star: Scoot McNairy (Noel Liftin),  Beth Grant (Lizbeth Harding),  Christopher Darga (Andrew Harding),  Cameron Watson (Lyndon Page),  Derwin Jordan (Tim Peck),  Darren O'Hare (Clay Ansley),  Burnadean Jones (FBI Forensic Tech),  Gill Gayle (Gavin Lee),  Denise Crosby (Margie Curtis),  Robert Blesse (Charlie Rogan),  Erin Chambers (Kat Curtis)

Notes

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International Air Dates:
Denmark: November 27, 2007 on TV3
UK: November 29, 2007 on SKY1
The Netherlands: December 5, 2007 on RTL 4
Norway: January 10, 2008 on TV3
Spain: January 31, 2008 on La Sexta (edit)

Quotes

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Cam: I just got off the phone with Hodgins, he's knee deep in compost.
Zack: He must be happy.
Cam: Happy as a pig in ... (trying not to be unprofessional) what pigs like to be in.
Zack: A sty? (edit)
Hodgins: I put solar panels on my house, compact fluorescents in every socket, and still feel guilty when I use a paper napkin. (edit)
(Brennan finishes a call with Cam)
Booth: Big news from the nerd posse? (edit)
Booth: Just saying the guy had a point. If pesticides are so bad for us, then how come people live longer now than they did before they, used pesticides?
Brennan: You're oversimplifying an enormously complex issue.
Booth: (laughs) Meaning you don't have a good answer. (edit)
(Cam walks into the lab as Hodgins is peering at a sample):
Hodgins: Well, hello, my exotic princess.
Cam: What a charmingly inappropriate greeting, Dr. Hodgins.
Zack: I think he's talking to a bug.
Cam: Well now I feel a bit rejected. (edit)

Trivia

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Goof: Booth is dressed in a suit during the first therapy session (taking place on Saturday night). After the session, when Booth is driving, he is wearing a T-shirt and his fatigue jacket. (edit)
Though he's been present at various crime scenes throughout the first few seasons, Booth never actually put on a pair of gloves until this episode. (edit)
The victim in the episode has a rare condition called Sternal Foramen (a congenital oval defect at the lower third of the sternum). This is the second time this condition is featured in a Bones episode, the first episode being "The Woman in the Garden". (edit)

Allusions

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Zack: What guy in Germany?
Hodgins: He ran a computer ad online, said he was looking for someone to eat.

Hodgins is alluding to a real situation. A man named Armin Meiwes posted ads in online chatrooms, stating that he was looking for "men to slaughter." In March of 2001, a man named Bernd Brandes responded to the ads and was willingly killed and eaten by Meiwes. Meiwes is now serving a life sentence in jail for his crime. (edit)
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Community Reviews (17)

 
10.0
Perfect
The Secret in the Soil
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Great... A new character, a brilliant plot line.
Continue » Posted May 23, 2008 10:08 pm PST
9.5
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The Secret in the Soil
"Series classic"
The best episode of the season so far
Continue » Posted Mar 12, 2008 12:49 pm PST
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Superb
The Secret in the Soil
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Booth and Bones are thrown into the "Zone of Truth".
Continue » Posted Jan 22, 2008 10:57 am PST
8.7
Great
The Secret in the Soil
"Above average"
Bones & Booth at their best!
Continue » Posted Nov 1, 2007 7:04 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
The Secret in the Soil
"Exactly why I watch this series"
Love ths episode. So funny.
Continue » Posted Oct 29, 2007 7:47 am PST
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