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The Verdict in the Story

Episode Number: 56    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Monday May 5, 2008    Prod Code: 3AKY13
Brennan's father Max Keenan is on trial for the alleged murder of FBI Deputy Director Kirby. Everyone on the team, except for Brennan, is called as a witness for the prosecution during the trial. Brennan on the other hand is the forensics advisor for the defense, and she must rely on both her dedication to her family and her skill as an anthropologist to help free her father.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Christopher Ambrose
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Star: T.J. Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins),  Eric Millegan (Dr. Zack Addy),  Tamara Taylor (Dr. Camille Saroyan),  Emily Deschanel (Dr. Temperance Brennan),  John Francis Daley (Dr. Lance Sweets),  Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro),  David Boreanaz (Special Agent Seeley Booth)
Recurring Role: Patricia Belcher (Assistant U.S. Attorney Caroline Julian),  Ryan O'Neal (Max Keenan),  Loren Dean (Russ Brennan)
Guest Star: Eugene Byrd (Clark Edison),  Ernie Hudson (David Barron),  Ryan Cutrona (FBI Deputy Director Kirby),  George Wyner (Judge Marcus Haddoes),  Preston James Hillier (Court Services Officer)

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Featured Music:
"Fountain" by Sara Lov (at the end of the episode) (edit)
Ryan Cutrona, who played FBI Deputy Director Kirby, was credited for his appearance in this episode. However, he only appeared through flashbacks of his murder during Max Keenan's trial and had no spoken dialogue. Some of the flashback scenes were from the episode "Judas on a Pole" while some were previously unseen footage. (edit)
Ryan O'Neal is billed as a "Special Guest Star" in this episode. (edit)
Eugene Byrd, who plays Clark Edison, makes his second appearance of the series in this episode. His first appearance was in "The Widow's Son in the Windshield," when he tried to become Dr. Brennan's graduate assistant in Zack's absence. (edit)
International Air Dates:
Denmark: May 13th, 2008 on TV3
UK: May 15th, 2008 on SKY1
New Zealand: June 23rd, 2008 on TV3
Spain: July 4th, 2008 on FOX (edit)

Quotes

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Sweets: Dr. Brennan, everyone you work with, including your therapist ...
Booth: Former therapist.
Sweets: ... is endeavoring to imprison your father. That's wicked stressful.
Brennan: Booth is right. It doesn't bother me.
Sweets: No, Booth is wrong. Yes, it does. (edit)
Angela: All of us together and Brennan alone.
Zack: Not alone. (looking towards Brennan, Clark and Barron) She's with those African American people. (edit)
Booth: Bones was with me all day.
David Barron: She didn't have time to commit this murder?
Booth: No she did not.
David Barron: How did your son Parker get home from school that day?
Booth: ... 45 minutes we were apart, but we talked on the phone.
David Barron: Plenty of time, wasn't it Agent Booth? Dr. Brennan could have burned the body hours later when you were safe at home. (Booth says nothing)
Judge Haddoes: The witness will answer the question.
Booth: (whispering) That's a lot of heart, Bones. (edit)
David Barron: You found particulates placing the accused at the scene of the murder, the seminary, and the rooftop where the victim was immolated.
Hodgins: Yes.
David Barron: Was anyone else present at all three locations?
Booth: Me, but I didn't kill the Deputy Director of the FBI.
David Barron: You had motive. He'd fired you that day. And threatened Ms. Julian. By the way, was she at all three locations?
Caroline: Objection! It's just rude to accuse me of murder. (edit)
Brennan: I have a way to lodge reasonable doubt in the jury.
Booth: We can't talk about this!
Brennan: Please? You're the person I talk to about things like this.
Booth: No perjury involved. (Brennan shakes her head) Just an interpretation of existing facts.
Brennan: An alternate story.
Booth: You don't know that he did it, you know. Your old man.
Brennan: We both know he did it.
Booth: No, not that way you define 'know,' with the proof and all that.
Brennan: It's going to be enough for the jury.
Booth: Juries are the human factor in a trial, alright? You never know what they'll do.
Brennan: You think it's alright for me to take advantage of that?
Booth: Brain and heart, Bones. Brain and heart. (edit)

Trivia

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Goof: At the end when Brennan hugs Booth, his arms are on top of hers and around her neck. When the camera switches to Angela, Brennan's arms are around Booth's neck. (edit)
When Brennan is in court she is wearing her mother's earrings, the same ones that Booth found in the episode "The Man in the Morgue". (edit)
Dr. Sweets' college education:

Undergraduate - psychology degree from the University of Toronto
Masters - degree in abnormal psychology from Temple University
Doctorate - degrees in clinical psychology and behavioral analysis from Columbia University

Sweets also was awarded Fulbright and Rhodes scholarships simultaneously to write a book. (edit)

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The Verdict in the Story
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Max Keenan (aka Brennan's Dad) is on trial for the murder of the Deputy Director of the FBI
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Bones help to release her dady...
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A tense and emotional episode for all those BB shippers!!!
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Found this episode a difficult one to review.
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"A very special episode"
This one was a hard one.
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