Bones

Boy in the Time Capsule

Season 3, Episode 7, Aired 11/13/07

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A time capsule buried by a high school class of 1987 is unearthed by a group of the school's alumni who are shocked to find the body of one of their high school classmates hidden inside. Booth and Brennan find that the victim was an outcast in high school, so they go on to investigate the past lives of the classmates in an effort to discover the murderer.moreless

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Dr. Jack Hodgins
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Angela Montenegro
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Special Agent Seeley Booth

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A mystery death with a rather sweet twist.

9.0

"Superb"

By whiteraven2005, Sep 12, 2011 Report Abuse

Quite an interesting story. The game was obviously not important, if Roger had been killed for it, it would have been released but it wasn't and the co-designer Gil didn't even know Roger had completed the game. The murder was a crime of passion due to a miscommunication had Roger told Gil why he was running off with the girl, Roger would probably still be alive. I liked how it turned out that the baby was Roger's, it was sweet, not the usual jock-gets-the-girl tale, but instead that the girl was won over by the sweet geek to the point where they not only had sex but also got pregnant. Even twenty years later, Janine still talks of Roger with such affection, this wasn't just a fling. Nice touch.

Brennan gets twisted out of shape by her Smurfs story and Booth makes a point of who Smurfette was. Makes you wonder if the 'humiliating' incident she got so upset about was misinterpreted by her could her 'secret Santa' have been trying to make the same point?

I liked this one, the underdog getting the girl and it unfortunately got him killed.moreless

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A body in a capsule.....Interesting!

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By vicky24c, May 30, 2011 Report Abuse

In this episode of Bones, the following happens. When a time capsule from 1987 is taken up inside a dead body (or at least what is left of one) is found. Soon the victim is IDed as a student from the high school from 1987. We soon learn that the victim was very popular in school, and disappeared the day after graduation, and no one had seen him since. We soon learn that the victim got a cheerleader from school pregnant, and she had the baby and told her boyfriend at the time that he was the father. Soon they learn who the killer is and when he is questioned, he soon confesses to killing his best friend.moreless

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That was an adorable episode.

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By carioca22, Feb 03, 2011 Report Abuse

Dr. Sweets is great, Hodgins talking about being a boy was fun, the dead body was really gross, the worse for me until now and the case was nice too.
We get to learn a little bit more about everyone. So... Booth was one of "those" guys, throughout the episode I was getting a little upset with him and his awful not humiliating (totally bragging) moments, but I was patient, I knew something would happen in the end, it always does and my patience paid of. Such a sweet BB moment again.
Looks like our man is evolving huh :p First time he tried to compliment her he said she looked nice, then he got the courage to say she's structured very well and know he was able to say she has the looks, who knows he might get brave enough to use beautiful, gorgeous and so on.
About the role-playing with the hats got me curious.
Brainy smurf, so cute... now Jasper won't feel so alone, he's got a new buddy.moreless

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This episode brought back great memories of the high school in the 80's from Big Hair to Nerds. Only at the opening of my time capsule at our 20th I hope and pray that there will not be any dead bodies molting in it.moreless

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By gabell73, Feb 03, 2011 Report Abuse

Matter of fact, who has a time capsule that big? And the school I went to well the Computer Nerd wouldn't have come any where near getting the Head Cheerleader pregnant. And once again Brennan saves the day when looking at the family pictures and seeing no family resemblance. And to think that Sweets was actually thinking about splitting them up. I am so glad that didn't happen. And that comment he made about hoping to help catch the killer so he can brag to his girl and have a great night. Well that was just a little sad really.
But honestly I felt like the rest of the show was just filler to get a little more insight on Booth and Brennan. And I also think Booth was right to give her Brainy smurf. Smurffette was superficial and just down right dumb, and that isn't Brennan at all.moreless

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Not one of the best, not one of the worst

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By OnePerCentClub, Apr 08, 2008 Report Abuse

It wasnt a bad episode though it wasnt one of the best. The plot about the boy being buried in the time capsule is a terrible thing and it was a sad story for how it happened. It was funny to see Booth trying very hard to tell Brennan a humiliating story about his teenage years. He never succeeded. However, he couldnt be more sweet when at the end he tries to make up for laughing at Brennans sad story and somehow she thanks him. If Booth wasnt right, at least he tried to make the whole story a good one for Brennan. I also liked how upset she was when she first told him.
My favorite moment has to be when she tells Booth "to help you evolve".
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- Goof: Terry Stinson said Alex is a senior in high school, but Janelle was pregnant when the time capsule was buried 20 years ago.
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- Goof: While examining the 1987 time capsule, Angela says of the victim that he must have had some love notes stashed away in his Spaceballs binder. Mel Brook's film Spaceballs wasn't released until June 28, 1987, which would be after the completion of the school year, after the time capsule was buried.
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- One of the main suspects' name (the nerd) is Gill Bates. This is a spoonerism of Bill Gates. Edit
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- International Air Dates: Denmark: December 18th, 2007 on TV3 United Kingdom: December 20th, 2007 on Sky1 Sweden: January 15th, 2008 on TV3 Norway: January 31st, 2008 on TV3 Spain: February 22nd, 2008 on FOX TV Spain New Zealand: May 12th, 2008 on TV3 Australia: September 15th, 2008 on Channel 7 Belgium: October 13th, 2008 on 2BE Finland: January 16th, 2009 on Sub Slovakia: June 3rd, 2009 on JOJ Czech Republic: October 21st, 2009 on Prima Edit
- Patrick Fischler, who played Gil Bates in this episode, also appeared alongside David Boreanaz in the Angel episode "The Magic Bullet" as a character named Ted. Edit
- Featured Music: "Bandstand in the Sky" - Pete Yorn (end of the last scene) Edit
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- Angela: (reading the year book in the time capsule) "Have a great summer. Don't ever change." Remember those days? Cam: I remember being grounded every weekend ... so many rules to break, so little time ... Hodgins: You were the nerds' fantasy! Edit
- Booth: There was this girl Karen Isley, and we were under the bleachers one night ... personally. Bones: I got it. You were having sex in the dirt under the bleachers. Booth: Excuse me, I'm a gentleman. I brought my sleeping bag. Edit
- Brennan: I saw Matthew McConaughey once in a movie on a plane. Very silly. But I was quite taken with his musculature. Edit
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- When Angela runs the floppy disk, it plays a prototype of a video game called Warstrike, which plays a peculiar series of musical tones at the beginning of the game. The notes reference the 1966 Daniel Mann film Our Man Flint, an American spy-film spoof staring James Coburn, the musical tones are identical to the ringtone of American Intelligence Chief Cramden's telephone. Cramden was played by Lee J. Cobb. Edit
- Commodore Amiga: The Amiga computer, the first multimedia home computer (with 4096 colors, 4-voice stereo audio, and a mouse/pointer desktop), was originally developed by a company named Amiga-Lorraine then sold to Commodore, a computer giant of the '80s. Development on the Amiga began in 1982 and still continues today thanks to a still-fervent community. Edit
- One of the characters in this episode is named Gil Bates, who was going to start a business in video games and computing. This is an allusion to real-life computer entrepreneur and chairman of Microsoft Bill Gates. Edit