Bones

The Boneless Bride in the River

Season 2, Episode 16, Aired 3/21/07

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The team investigates the death of an Asian woman without any bones left in her body. Sully proposes something to Brennan that she does not expect.

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David Boreanaz

Special Agent Seeley Booth
Emily Deschanel

Dr. Temperance Brennan
Eric Millegan

Zack Addy

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Another agitating episode, until the end when Sully left!

9.0

"Superb"

By Awsumdave5, Sep 01, 2011 Report Abuse

Blegh, Bones and Sully are still together, on VACATION, nonetheless. Her line "I would rather spend time with you, then at work." Well I would rather stab a fork in my eye than to see you two together, so we're even. Seeing Booth obviously jealous of the two was enjoyable to watch, though. Oh and the end made me shout for joy! Sully sailing away for a year, HOPEFULLY never to be seen again. Oh, Sully, please be eaten by a shark.

I did enjoy the plot of the episode, the boneless girl. I can just see the creators sitting at the plan table thinking, "We got an expert on bones...what would happen if we took away those bones? Could she still pull it off?" Oh, and the inflating head! Funny stuff. Of course, the team was able to find some bones for Bones to work with, and before the day was done, they found their culprit.

Booth, would you please step up as a man and make a move on Bones already? I guess they like going the "Jim/Pam" route from "The Office." Anyways, good stuff.moreless

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A very unusual case involving a fascinating Chinese custom. Thankfully Sully hits the road… or the ocean as the case may be.

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By whiteraven2005, Sep 01, 2011 Report Abuse

I must admit I've never heard about this custom and I have a best friend who is Chinese. It must be pretty rare these days but it's certainly a fascinating one except that the origin of the woman's bones are a very obvious concern. If a woman's bones cannot be found, it's not a reach for desperate people to turn to the black market and $25,000 is a lot of money.

It didn't occur to the local cops not to open the locked trunk and contaminate the contents. As if to make matters worse, they open it a second time with Booth and Brennan standing there.

The supposed killer is very impressive, awesome fight and evade skills. It's quite funny when he drops the cryptic routine and acts normally and everything he did makes sense and proves that the killer is actually the mail-order bride lady.

I originally liked the whole Sullivan/Brennan thing but now the writers are using too much of the story on it and it's getting in the way of the actual crime story which is why we watch it. This has been a problem in several episodes recently. It is, however, introducing unmistakable jealousy in Booth, evidenced by his constant interruption of Brennan's vacation. Sully says he wants Brennan to go away with him but he made a huge life-altering decision about his future which he is going to do with or without her, this isn't a relationship or he would have at least told her before making the decision.

Angela's picture of the 'couple' was very sweet. She's right about it being a nice idea, almost romantic in a soul-mate kind of way, I like it.

Much as I liked Sully, I'm not sorry to see him go. Now the focus can get back where it should be on the crimes and Booth/Bones.moreless

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Sully buys a boat and leaves for the caribbean,- fortunately without Bones

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By eilien, Jan 07, 2011 Report Abuse

So this is the fourth and last (so far) episode featuring Sully... and I bet that every BB lover (including me) was relieved to see him leave. But I have to admitt that I came to a little realization in the end... I didn't hate him as much as I hated Brennan's previous love-intersts or Booth's lovers. Sully was kinda...nice. I mean, don't get me wrong, it's good that he's gone now, so that we can finally move forward with the BB storyline, but he was, as Booth put it so nicely, one of the good ones, cause he made her genuinley happy.
Plus jealous/hurt Booth was interesting to watch, too. The end was fantastic, first Sully asking Brennan for the reason, why she can't leave with him, and her eyes flickering to Booth, second Brennan waving Sully goodbye and Booth being there for her and giving his speech that all good things happen eventually.
Oh and one last thing, contrary to a few other reviews I've read, I really liked this more light-hearted side of Brennan, the joking ('no bones, No Bones' hilarious!) and the letting go from work, because she grows and evolves throughout the series (influenced by Angela and Booth), we can't have Season One work-aholic Brennan forevermoreless

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this was a good ep

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By cube2k8, Jan 06, 2011 Report Abuse

in this ep of the show bones . they are called to the water and find a body that has no bones in it but except one that gave them info when they did some investgating . and they found out who it was it wasa girl that came from china to marrie some guy and it was set up by a agency and in this ep they found out that after figuring thingso out on the infromation about secrade buryl and they accued the feance of doin the wroing doing but he just did not feel into her. and they found out that it was the women in charge of theagnecymoreless

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Another good one

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By vicky24c, Apr 04, 2010 Report Abuse

In this episode of Bones, the following happens. When a body is discovered without any bones in it, Bones and Booth are called in to investigate. We learn that her body was boiled before her skeleton was removed and then her body with organs (apart from her eyes and brain) were all sown back together. We also see that Bones is on vacation with her boyfriend, Agent Sully. But of course it doesn't last long, as Booth keeps pulling her into the case. Thus proving my feelings that he deeply cares for her/loves her. Sully asks Bones a question, he tells her that he is heading to the Caribbean, and asks her to go with him. She doesn't look happy with his suggestion and actually looks upset by it all, and then she hugs him.
Bones then goes straight to tell Angela about it, who tells her that she should go. Soon Booth learns about the news and he reluctantly tells her to go. They track down a Chinese ceremony, which has the victim skeletons a part of it, but before Booth and Bones can make any arrests or question any one, everyone leave, quickly and quietly. As the episode ends the dating agency is arrested for murdering the victim. Sully asks Bones what her decision is, and she tells him that she wants to go with him, but she can't. We then leaves, and we see Bones start to cry. When she goes back into the lab, she sees the picture that Angela has drawn of the 2 victims, and she starts to cry again. We then see her waving goodbye to Sully as he goes off into the sunset. And we see that he has named his boat after her. But luckily for her, as she turns around Booth is there for her.moreless

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Trivia
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- Goof: At the end of the episode, when Brennan is talking with Sully in the observation room, her hair style keeps changing from in front of her ears to behind her ears. Edit
- Goof: At 36:35 Booth cuffs the man's right hand to the pipe. Moments later, the man points at Booth with his right hand. The cuffs were never removed, so he couldn't have pointed with that hand. Edit
- Goof: At 35:28 there is a shot of Sully on the ground. Booth's gun is visible as it pops in from the right, as if he were standing there, two or three feet away. But when the shot changes to Booth he is running toward Sully from the street. Edit
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- International Air Dates: Denmark: Tuesday April 24th, 2007 on TV3 Spain: Friday May 25th, 2007 Belgium: Friday December 7th, 2007 Germany: Thursday December 20th, 2007 Saudi Arabia: Tuesday January 22nd, 2008 France: Friday March 21st, 2008 on M6 Australia: Thursday June 5th, 2008 on Channel 7 Finland: Friday, August 22nd, 2008 on Sub Edit
- Featured Music: "You" by Fisher from her album titled The Lovely Years (Sully sails off and Booth and Bones walk away together) Edit
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- Angela: (to Zack and Cam) You know what you people lack? Whimsy. It's a genuine handicap. Edit
- (Booth and Brennan at a stakeout inside a car) Booth: Sully is a nice guy. Brennan: That sounded condescending. Booth: I'm just trying to be nice, ok? I'm complimenting the fact that you got a good one this time. Brennan: Thereby implying I'm incapable of making my own judgments. Booth: The physicist who couldn't tie his shoes. Oh, the former professor who was jealous of your success. Should I stop? Brennan: Yes. Booth: Oh, the guy that you found on the Internet and then turned out to be some kind of recruiter for a cult. Oh, and this is my favorite: a guy who cut off his own brother's head because he thought he was possessed by a witch. Brennan: You made your point. Booth: I'm just saying, a guy who wants to take you away from all of this on a sailboat? That's a step up. Brennan: Condescending. Edit
- Brennan: You had a vacation and never left town. Booth: It wasn't a vacation, it was a suspension. Brennan: Plus compulsory therapy. Booth: Hey, dude, don't knock therapy, ok? Dr. Wyatt has helped me realize that there are certain (looks pointedly in her direction) pressures that build up on the job and I need creative ways - Brennan: We do everything together. Booth: Of dealing with them. Brennan: What, what exactly do you have to contend with on the job that I don't? Booth: You Bones, you don't have to contend with you. Edit
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- Booth: Next thing you know, he will be shipwrecked on some island, talking to a volleyball. This is an allusion to the film Cast Away (2000) starring Tom Hanks. The character played by Hanks survives a plane crash and lands on a deserted island. His only friend is a volleyball with a face which was outlined by Hanks with his blood. Edit
- Camille: Walk seven steps and die A small allusion to the deadly hand-trick that would cause a man to die within walking seven steps, from the movie "Kill Bill." Edit
- Booth: Whoa, what are you saying, she was killed by Wile E. Coyote? This is an allusion to the Cartoon Character Wile E. Coyote, a coyote that tried various ways to kill the Roadrunner, with anvils, steamrollers, boulders and other various outrageous stunts, usually with a disastrous outcome. Edit