Double Trouble in the Panhandle

Season 4, Episode 12, Aired
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The death of female conjoined twins who worked in the circus is investigated. The investigation leads Brennan and Booth to go undercover as a Canadian knife-throwing act, and also causes Booth to come face-to-face with a clown.
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  • Booth and Bones join the circus to find out what happened to a pair of conjoined twin jugglers. Wow. You don't see that every day!

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    By bkpr, Jun 24, 2011 Report Abuse
    I'm usually pretty hard on the writers, but I have to give them mad props on this one. I loved it, start to finish. The idea was very original. Sending Booth and Bones undercover as a sex-crazy, knife throwing act with a struggling circus was just about pure genius. The Booth-Bones chemistry was top notch (arguing about Booth's underwear in the small trailer was really funny), and even the rotating intern provided amusement. Overall the episode was light and funny, and while probably not all the realistic, I have enough reality in my own life. I watch TV for fun, and this episode was about as good as Bones gets.moreless

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  • Painful to watch, this is not why I watch this series. The writers need to get back on track.

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    By whiteraven2005, Jun 24, 2011 Report Abuse
    I hate episodes like this. This is blatantly not the show's strength which is supposed to be forensics and investigation, not playing dress up with ridiculous accents. Booth is fine but Brennan is so over the top that it is sometimes painful to watch. The knife throwing act was very good, Booth is scary.

    I do like seeing Vincent again, he's delightful in a vaguely pointless sort of way. Speaking of pointless why do the writers insist on doing these sessions with Sweets?! It is so annoying, stopped being funny by the second session and just makes Sweets look like an overqualified idiot.

    An okay episode but several episodes recently have felt off, the beginning of the season was good.moreless

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  • Still waiting for Bones to be back...

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    By sylviasd, Mar 02, 2011 Report Abuse
    I have not really clicked with season 4 yet. I find Bones annoying, her pas-de-deux with Booth is not so great anymore and the cases are a bit boring...

    What I enjoy most in the end is the supporting roles (I think Cam is getting more and more funny), especially the assistants who change every week. The British one is hilarious.

    I was expecting a lot from Bone's return, especially the circus episode but I got slightly bored. Their circus act is almost ludicrous, Bones goes completely overboard and sounds ridiculous too and the case is stupid. 42 minutes of story and 1 minute to find out that it was actually an accident. Stupid. I can't wait for the show to get it together. It has potential but at the moment it's going nowhere IMO.moreless

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  • An amazing episode that has become one of my favorites.

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    By causkitty, Mar 02, 2011 Report Abuse
    I thought this was an awesome episode. I admit, it was a tad bit unrealistic, but that is what made it all the more amazing. I'm not a very big fan of Nigel the intern, but his random and annoying trivia and Angela encouraging him was pretty funny. I thought Booth and Brennan's circus act was so funny. Emily and David pulled off the knife throwing scene perfectly! Hodgins curiosity about how the girls were able to "have fun" with the doctor cracked me up. Sweets comment on why Brennan kept the act going was hilarious and, in my opinion, totally true. Cam asking to see the act, and her reaction to Brennan agreeing to set up the web cams was brilliant. This episode had me cracking up the whole time, and it is definitely a favorite of mine.moreless

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  • Booth and Bones go undercover...at the circus!

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    By vicky24c, May 23, 2010 Report Abuse
    In this episode of Bones, the following happens. When the bodies of conjoined twins are found, Booth and Bones are called in to investigate. Soon they believe that they were last at the circus, and this proves true, when they find out that the missing twins worked for the circus. Soon realising that no-one in the circus community will talk to them, Booth and Bones decide to go undercover, to try and find out what happened to the victims. They go undercover as Buck and Wanda, a Canadian knife-throwing act. Soon it is time for their act, and a webcam is set up so that everyone back in the lab can watch the act. Luckily the act goes well and Bones doesn't get injured. Soon they get a suspect as to who could have killed the girls, but when they go to question him, he runs. Bones then wants to go back on the hire wire, which she used to do as a child. When she falls off, she realises that is what happened to the twins and that is how they died. We soon learn that their main suspect buried their bodies. They call for the local police to pick him up in the morning, and head off to bed. When Booth gets up in the morning, he sees that the whole circus has gone and so has the man who was going to be arrested.moreless

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    • It is revealed in this episode that Dr. Sweets was adopted. Edit
    • Emily Deschanel injured her left eye during the filming of this episode. The injury was written into the script and fit into the episode by having her wear an eye patch as part of the costume she wore during her and David Boreanaz's knife-throwing act. Edit
    • Goof: Bones comments that the American Medical Association will take away Dr. Muir's license. The AMA doesn't issue licenses, nor do they discipline physicians. Both functions are handled by the states. Edit

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    • International Air Dates: Sweden: February 22nd, 2009 on TV3 Spain: May 1st, 2009 on Fox Australia: May 24th, 2009 on Channel 7 Finland: June 5th, 2009 on Sub Norway: October 1st, 2009 on TV3 Germany: October 22nd, 2009 on RTL Slovakia: November 18th, 2009 on JOJ Czech Republic: November 1st, 2010 on Prima Edit
    • Alix & Kris Angelis appeared as the Juggling Twins, but were uncredited. Edit
    • Featured Music: "No Envy No Fear" by Joshua Radin (during the final scene, when Booth and Brennan step out of their trailer to find the circus has moved on) Edit

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    • Booth: There is no act! There's just me trying not to kill you. Edit
    • Brennan: (searching for remains) According to my GPS it's about where Texas turns into Oklahoma. Booth: Oh, great. Right in the middle of a jurisdictional pissing contest. Edit
    • Vincent: Notice the antemortem bone lesion in the carpal capitate, suggesting a stab wound on the hand. Cam: Did you see the video? They were juggling machetes. Edit

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    • Booth and Brennan go undercover using the names Buck and Wanda Moosejaw as their Canadian identities. Moose Jaw is actually a Canadian town located in the province of Saskatchewan. Edit

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