Mother and Child in the Bay

Season 2, Episode 2, Aired
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Booth and Brennan examine the remains of a woman and fetus found in the Delaware Bay. The body is a pregnant newlywed whose mysterious disappearance one year ago had been a major national news story. Her husband is the prime suspect in the case, but he disappears before Brennan and Booth question him, prompting Booth to call for a manhunt. Booth is upset that his ex-girlfriend is letting their son spend time with her new boyfriend.moreless
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  • Yet another cracking episode

    10
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    By tanargue, Aug 23, 2011 Report Abuse
    although the crime was rather gruesome. It wouldn't have been solved without the Angelator.
    The linking of the crime to Booth's feelings about fatherhood and his constant anxiety over his son really filled out his character even more. At the same time his debates with Bones and her remarks about relationships, marriage and children reveal her total scientific logic and apparent coldness. Is she really so cold, or does she have some feelings for her partner? Surely she must have. After all she was upset when he was blown up and injured in Season 1.
    You have to feel for Booth, threatened by Rebecca that he will never have access to Parker again if he goes on doing things like checking on her boyfriends. Thank goodness that the boyfriend suggested the meeting in the diner and that Booth relented a little. Rebecca seems very attractive physically - wonder why she and Booth never married? Will this be revealed sometime? Was she, like Parker always worried that when Daddy went to work he might get shot or killed?
    Watch this space.

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  • A woman's body, a baby's remains, and Booth's ex show up.

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    By keipots, Aug 23, 2011 Report Abuse
    Sorry if this is going to be one scatter-brained review. I'm tired, but I can't wait to write. ^_^

    Cam and Bones' on-going tension. Ah yes, mental cat-fight. Meowr. I kinda liked the exchange they had in the lab about having children. It's like they somehow switched personalities; Cam became the empirical scientist and brushed the topic off, while Bones' more "human" side shone through. ^_^ Frankly, I am having a hard time picturing Bones having a baby, but the sight of her awkwardly holding her child would be soooooo cute.

    Booth's ex. "Seeley, you SOB." Woosh, what an entrance. But yeah, she had every right to be angry. I sure as hell wouldn't appreciate my ex doing a background check on my current boyfriend like he's some sort of criminal. Hmmm, at least now I know I will never date an FBI agent. :)

    The stabbing test. Bones was cute. Hodgins was okay. Cam and Zack were funny. Booth and Angela were hilarious.

    Booth and Brennan car conversations. It just goes to show how completely opposite those two are from each other, but they get along extremely well albeit the endless debating.

    Parker. He's gotten really big since the last time we saw him.

    Oh yeah, the case. It was pretty interesting. That twist with the baby was a real surprise for me. But when they ruled out the husband's girlfriend as a suspect, I already suspected one of the women with the babies in the playground, particularly the vet. She was a little too cooperative.

    Great episode! Hooray for Bones! I'm glad I stuck to watching this series. ^_^moreless

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  • An already difficult case of a mother and foetus found in a river takes ever more disturbing turns.

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    By qstevie, Aug 23, 2011 Report Abuse
    I particularly like this episode (if 'like' is the right word, given the subject matter) because it very cleverly links the story with the characters. Bones is good at doing this normally anyway, but the way the story of a mother killed links with Booth's love for his son, the way Brennan feels about motherhood, and a fabulous scene talking about the Bible story of Abraham is very well done.

    The story itself is disturbing in the extreme - the lengths to which people will go for a baby, and post-natal depression - and it's sad all round, because the reasons for murder are horrible but not motivated purely by greed or revenge, which makes them bizarrely understandable if not forgivable. So two very different storylines - the episode focus and Booth himself - about 'loss' of a child meld together really well.

    A great episode.moreless

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  • A great complicated murder and kidnapping case.

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    By whiteraven2005, Aug 23, 2011 Report Abuse
    The stuff of gossip magazines pregnant woman mysteriously disappears and while the husband was arrested, had to be released due to no body being found. Could not have been easy being him everyone would believe he was guilty and he would suffer all the stigma attached thereto.

    The whole switched baby storyline was very interesting, not to mention twisted. A psycho accidentally kills her own child then decides that since the victim didn't want her baby, she would take it (killing her in the process), leaving her own dead baby behind. To top it all off, said psycho (upon being arrested) insists what a wonderful mother she is, completely ignoring the part where she murdered the boy's mother, not to mention her own child. Sorry, but murder trumps great mothering every time.

    Thankfully the child is only a year old and will hopefully suffer no emotional or psychological trauma from being the reason for his mother's brutal murder but also from being raised for a year by her killer. Then again, how will the child not know about it, once he is old enough, his father will have to tell him something about his mother and even if his father lies or minimizes the whole thing, the child can probably find out the rest from newspapers or the internet.

    Very well written, very interesting.moreless

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  • this was a good ep i thought

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    By cube2k8, May 17, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of bones it was a sad one. they are called to the water because a body washed up on shore and it seems to be a body of a old case booth had to process. and they think it was the boyfriend richards. and they do some investagating and find out that he was cheating on his girlfriend who was pregnant.meanwhile in this ep booth is having some issues with his ex and its about his kid. and so he has the new boyfriend she is seeing investgated. but the ex finds out and she is mad at him . and back to the case they find out that she floated from another area down stream due to some heavy rain that night and they found out that her baby was cut right out of her . and taken and the dead baby was placed with her. which was very sad and shocked to find out. and they arest one of the other mothers. and booth gets to spend a happy moment with his kid and meets the boyfriend and they go out to eat later. this was a very sad ep and it had a good moment at the endmoreless

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  • Trivia

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    • Booth, as a lawman, isn't wearing his seat belt when he and Dr. Brennan are driving to the crime scene. He has also been seen not wearing his seat belt in car drives during the first season. Edit
    • Zack: The force used to make the injuries on the bones was 24 Newton-Meters. This is technically wrong. The SI unit for force is a Newton. The SI unit for torque is Newton-meters. Edit
    • In the beginning of the episode, Booth calls his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend Stu, when his real name was Drew. Edit

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    • Special appearance by Jessica Capshaw was noted with and. Edit
    • David Boreanaz and Jessica Capshaw, who played Rebecca Stinson the mother of Booth's young son Parker, have worked together before in the 2001 thriller Valentine. Edit
    • International Air Dates: Denmark: November 21, 2006 on TV3 Spain: February 16, 2007 on FOX TV Spain Germany: September 5, 2007 on RTL Belgium: August 31, 2007 on RTL-TVI Edit

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    • Zack: The force used to make the injuries on the bones was 24 newton-meters. And the winner is, with 24 newton-meters...Angela. Angela: What? Hodgins: Congratulations. Angela: Really? Brennan: Height and weight? Angela: Oh god. U-uh...ugh. Five-eight, one hundred and hun...dre.... Brennan: What? Angela: 135. It's all muscle. Edit
    • Brennan: You think Richardson can rise to the occasion? Be a decent father? Booth: He's got Carlie's parents to help him and I like to think that people can change. Brennan: Faith and hope, right? Booth: Right. Brennan: Angela threw in love, too. Booth: Love is good. Edit
    • Brennan: (about Richardson) He didn't kill her. Booth: No, but he ran. How do you just cut your family out of your life like that? Brennan: What about Abraham? Booth: You're gonna throw religion in my face right now? Brennan: I thought you find answers in what you believe. Booth: Well, that's the one Bible story that I just don't like. I mean, God commands Abraham to kill his own son and he does. Brennan: Abraham does not kill Isaac. Booth: But old Ab, he had the intention. Brennan: I thought what he had was faith. Booth: Look, I have faith. But if God himself came down, pointed at Parker and said I want you to, you know, that ain't gonna happen. Brennan: God's messenger stopped Abraham? Booth: Yeah. You know, grabbed his hand the last second right before the knife was about to go in. Brennan: Ok, then the lesson I would learn from this myth - Booth: Myth? Brennan: Fits the definition. Booth: Ok, fine. Brennan: That when it comes to your children your love has to be absolute. The messenger represents goodness, what you know to be right, ergo you have to remain open to what you know is true. Booth: (smiles) Are you sure you're not religious? Brennan: Science all the way. Booth: Science all the way. Brennan: Hey, even an empiricist can have a heart, Booth. Edit

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    • This case is based on the story of Scott and Laci Peterson. Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Laci and their unborn son on Christmas Eve, 2002. The underlying theory is that he killed his wife so that he could pursue a life with his mistress, Amber Frey. Edit

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