A Man on Death Row

Season 1, Episode 7, Aired
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The attorney of a death row inmate asks for Booth's help to prove his innocence before he is executed. Booth agrees and asks Brennan and her team to help him out.
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  • Nice to meet you Howard Epps

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    By trishuhhh, Dec 05, 2011 Report Abuse
    I saw a review saying this episode was like Bones meets 24, and I totally agree with this comparison. A 30 hour countdown to save a possibly innocent man on death row? Booth get Brennan and her team of squints to take a look at Epp's case. Questions of this man's innocence come up when Bones finds evidence and exhumes the victim's body. With such a case the discussion of the death penalty comes up. This episode is a roller coaster which keeps you guessing about the evidence and his innocence. Ultimately the twist ending leaves us with character for a later episode, but I just don't want to ruin that for you!

    {btw, i'm reviewing this 5 years later i just realized}moreless

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  • Meet Howard epps, a creepy serial killer, who claims he is innocent.

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    By vicky24c, May 16, 2011 Report Abuse
    In this episode of Bones, the following happens. We open with Bones, trying to get a licence to get a gun, but she is denied, because Booth charged her with a felony. Booth gets a visit from a lawyer, about a case that he worked on, and the convicted man is about to be executed. Booth soon learns about a stray pubic hair, that may prove that the convicted man is in fact innocent, and so Booth asks Bones for a favour. Soon they learn that the victim April, was meeting someone at the park, on the night that she died. She was discovered at the park, but now Bones and co believe that she was dumped there and murdered somewhere else. Soon the body of April is exhumed and Bones and co get about trying to discover what really happened to her. We soon learn that she was killed near a chemical plant and that she was sleeping with an older man, who she worked for on the weekends. With only hours to go before the execution, the team get a break through. Soon another body or at least what's left of it is discovered. And then so is another one. Both of them appear to have died in the same way, and soon Booth realises that he has been played. The man on death row, killed April, as well as the 2 new victims. And so the execution is stopped, at least for now.moreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of bones they must figour out did howard eps really kill the 17 year old girl . it starts off were a defence person comes and askes the fbi agent booth for help. and then booth ask bones to spend her week end helping out to see if he should really be exucuted. and they figour out that she was not really killed in the park she was killed near plant and they go there to dicover that he killed more then onegirl and he really is a serial killer. and he got what he wanted more time to live. this was a good ep i thought.moreless

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  • In this episode we meet Howard Epps.

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    By vonkie_1991, Aug 13, 2008 Report Abuse
    This is the first episode that we get to meet Howard Epps. Of course when watching this episode for the first time, I ( we) didn't know yet that he would play a role in later episodes.

    While watching this episode, I didn't quite know whether Epps was really innocent, like he claims he is in this episode, or if he was in fact responsible for killing those women. I mean wow that guy can act, cause for a while he really had me convinced that he was in fact innocent.
    And even though I hate that guy, I can't say that he is stupid. He got what he wanted and his executed is proponed. And go Brennan for hurting his wrist, he totally deserves it.moreless

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  • Bones meets 24!

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    By count-chocula, Jun 20, 2008 Report Abuse
    After the dire previous episode it's good to see the show get back to its usual top form. This time, the team race against the clock to try to prove to themselves that a man on death row is actually guilty. And just to prove to us viewers how tense the scenario is, we're aided by the help of a very 24-esque clock.

    The episode has a very nerve-wracking feel to it, epecially considering the amount of discoveries and plot twists that occur in such a short space of time.

    The outcome of the episode was a complete surprise for me, the episode turned onto its head and us viewers had obviously been led down a slippery false road.

    A brilliant episode that shows the series is hopefully getting back to its top form!moreless

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    • Trivia: The number 1-240-251-0221, thought to be a telephone number, is said to belong to an old woman living in a nursing home. The 251 exchange in the 240 area code is located in Mount Airy, Maryland. Mount Airy is just west of Baltimore on Interstate 70. The number is currently assigned to a land line; therefore, it could not belong to a woman living in a nursing home.

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    • Goof: When Booth is interviewing David Ross at the FBI building you can see that his gun is still in his holster. This is a violation of procedure - a weapon would never be allowed in an interview with a man suspected of killing someone. Edit

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    • Howard Epps' scenes in jail were shot in a decommissioned women's prison. Edit

    • This is the first appearance of Howard Epps in the series, out of three. The two other appearances happen in season two's "The Blonde in the Game" and "The Man in the Cell."

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    • Featured Music: "Anything Goes" - Madison Smartt Bell & Wyn Cooper Edit

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    • Amy: Amy Morton. Brennan: Temperance Brennan. Amy: You work with Booth? Brennan: Yes. I'm a forensic anthropologist. Amy: I'm a defense lawyer; I tend to work against Booth. Booth: If it's all the same, I'd rather you two didn't bond in any way. Edit
    • Hodgins: (about Zack) He's weird, but he's smart. Edit
    • Brennan: Let's pretend we are objective scientists and not indulge in conjecture. Edit

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    • Angela: This is not the cabaret, my friend. Life is the cabaret. Come to the cabaret. Angela is paraphrasing the opening verse of the song "Cabaret" from the musical Cabaret. The musical uses events in and around a nightclub in 1930's Berlin to discuss the rise of the Nazis. The song "Cabaret" is sung by the 19-year-old cabaret performer Sally Bowles. While it is meant to be a piece she performs at the club, it also sums up her character's philosophy of life. Edit

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