Bones

A Boy in a Bush

Season 1, Episode 5, Aired 11/8/05

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Booth asks Brennan to help locate and identify the remains of a six-year-old boy, Charlie, who went missing from a local park.

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David Boreanaz

Special Agent Seeley Booth
Emily Deschanel

Dr. Temperance Brennan
Eric Millegan

Zack Addy

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Emotional and revealing

10

"Perfect"

By tanargue, Aug 05, 2011 Report Abuse

My daughter, who has a five-yyear-old, found this episode very disturbing, especially as, being English, we remember only too well the events of just over ten years ago when a small boy was abducted from a shopping mall by two older boys who then brutally murdered him. The case shocked not only the UK but also many European countries, so this episode has tremendous meaning.

The acting in this episode is of the very highest class, especial mention being made of the boy who plays Shawn. The scene with Brennan when she talks to him about being a foster child always makes me want to weep.

The script, too, is great with the characters being developed even further. Our tough cop, Booth is shown to have a deeply caring and sensitive side
as well as being clever in extracting information from someone with them hardly realising it - ie his interaction with the boys.
He has to defend his actions and position against Brennan when she is so angry with him for arresting Margaret.But he has act within the law. Still, he comes through for her in the end and she will always respect him even when she doesn't respect the law.

Great episode.

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An episode full of emotion

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By vicky24c, May 16, 2011 Report Abuse

In this episode of Bones, the following happens. Booth and Bones get called in; when a phone call reveals that human remains have been found behind a mall. They believe that the body there may belong to a missing 6 year old boy. Soon they find the remains and they seem to be that of a small child.
They also believe that the young victim was sexual assaulted, and soon enough he is confirmed to be that of the missing boy, Charlie. Bones and co are invited to a banquet and are all told that they must attend. We soon learn from Charlie's foster brothers that he wasn't taken from the park, but in fact from the local mall. We also see that Angela is having a hard time working on this case. We soon learn that Charlie's mother is not his biological mother. We learn that she was his foster mother, and when he was handed back to his mother, she kept in touch. Then on Christmas day, she found his biological mother dead form an overdose, so she took Charlie and raised him as her own. When they look through CCTV footage, they see Charlie leaving the mall with his foster brother, who is not much older than he is. We also learn that Hodge is from a rich family. Bones takes to the little boy and manages to get him open up and he tells her who he took Charlie too. It turns out to be the man/father/husband that lived next door to Charlie. He is arrested and we end with the foster boys and the mother being reunited. As the episode ends, we see everyone going to the banquet apart from Hodges who has to work.moreless

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Utterly heartbreaking.

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By whiteraven2005, Dec 16, 2010 Report Abuse

Cases about kids are always hard but this one is terribly tragic.

Brennan's past comes out, she was a foster child and this gives her the way to convince a terrified little boy to give up the killer. The entire scene is heartbreaking. Margaret is a wonderful foster mother as evidenced by how much the children love her. Taking baby Charlie may have been against the law but she gave him a better life than his junkie mother ever could have even if she'd somehow lived. Note how child services never even checked on Charlie, even after his mother was found dead?

Hodgins turns out to be unspeakably rich, solely owning a major contributor to the Jeffersonian. He's so sensitive about it that he didn't tell anyone, wanting to be respected for his work not because he's technically their boss. Imagine how people would kiss up to him if they knew, not only would it be awkward but it would also make him miserable.

Booth mentions he has a brother Jared.

Goodman describes Angela's job so beautifully where the scientists focus only on the bones and evidence, essentially dehumanizing the victim, Angela reverses the process, giving faces to the victims, restoring their identity.

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full of heartbroking emotion.

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By cube2k8, May 09, 2010 Report Abuse

this ep was a really good one but really sad and heartbreaking. at the same time. in this ep a six year old boy is found dead near a bush near a mall. it was sad . and bones and the fbi agent must solve the case. they must talk to the kids of the house and it turns out one of the kids was tricked into bring charlie there . but they could not see the face on camera but it was someone that was close to the family that was doing it. which was a thing that really made the ep really sad.moreless

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Sad :(

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By Kadodian, May 20, 2009 Report Abuse

Six year old dead body. Evidence shows that the boy was abused and then killed. This episode was about being a proffesional at what you do or being human. It deffinately showed sides of the characters we haven't seen before. Compassion and sensitivity. This episode was neccesarry to show people that Bones is a serious show and it also helped with character development. We also found out that Brennan was foster child. It was also very exciting. I wanted to know who killed the kid all through the episode. I was kind of shocked when it was shown that his step brother was the one who took him to that man. I really liked this episode :)moreless

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Trivia
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- In the beginning of the episode, when Brennan is giving her lecture, she talks about how J. Edgar Hoover made an alliance with the Jeffersonian and how the face they put together turned out looking like a monster.
  
  On the X-Files episode "Shapes" (1x18), J. Edgar Hoover's first X-File is mentioned, and the same face Brennan showed in the lecture is used.
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- It is revealed that Hodgins is rich and his family is the largest donor to the Jeffersonian. Edit
- It is revealed that Booth has a brother named Jared. Edit
Notes
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- Featured Music: "Some of Us" - Starsailor (plays while the suspect is being arrested and again at the very end) Edit
- International Air Dates: Denmark: March 7th, 2006 on TV3 Norway: Thursday, July 6th, 2006 on TV3 Germany: Thursday, October 26th, 2006 on RTL Edit
Quotes
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- Brennan: Do you remember me, Sean? Sean: You're the museum lady, the one who's so smart. Brennan: Yeah, I'm pretty smart. Attorney: (sarcastically) And modest. Booth: Oh, believe me, she is being modest. Edit
- Cop: You mind if I make an observation? Brennan: No, of course not. Cop: In your book, the cops come off as very one-dimensional. Why is that? Brennan: You mean two-dimensional. Zack: One dimensionality exists only in theory as a mathematical value. Cop: Oookay ... really looking forward to your next book. Edit
- (Booth and Brennan approach Brennan's silver Mercedes convertible.) Booth: (impressed) You gotta be kidding me. Brennan: What? My publishers gave it to me. Booth: Gave it to you? Brennan: Book sales are pretty good. It's supposed to be a nice car. Booth: Gave it to you? Brennan: Yeah. Booth: Well, why'd you park it crooked? Brennan: The guy told me to always park it like that. Booth: He's wrong. Makes you look like an idiot. Edit
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- Booth: Angela didn't get the training the rest of you guys got on the planet Vulcan. Vulcan was a planet in the Star Trek universe that was populated by a race of people that lived their lives completely by the concept of logic and suppressed their emotions through meditation so they wouldn't interfere with their judgment or actions. Edit
- Zack: It makes me look like the Great Gazoo. The Great Gazoo was a two foot high green alien with magical powers that appeared in the final season of the animated program The Flintstones. Edit
- Booth: How's it going there, Darth. Seen anything on Saturn. Please tell me you've seen at least one Star Wars movie. Star Wars is a set of six films that were written and directed by George Lucas. Darth Vader was the primary villain in the last 3 and had to wear a suit and mask that served as artificial limbs and respirator. Edit