Bones: (referring to Jim Amerian) Look at the hematoma on his left occipital. It's what you would call a shiner. Booth: I know, Bones. The occipital is a lobe of the brain -- Jim Amerian actually has a shiner on his left orbital. There's no reason for Bones to not know this fact, and Booth agreeing with her makes it an even worse mistake.
Brennan: You know my reviews Booth, but do you read my books? Booth: Every single word. Brennan: You never said anything. Brennan appears to think that this the first time Booth has ever said anything about reading her books, but in episode 2x15 - "The Bodies in the Book" - they have a conversation about Booth reading one of her books: Booth: In your new book, they found a body at the marina, right? Brennan: You read my book? Booth: Of course.
When Booth shows his badge to the guy at the coffee shop he has it upside down. When Booth and Brennan interview Professor Amerian the mud on his head disappears and reappears between shots.
Gary Tushman: Book-wise, it's no longer about good writing, per se. It's about marketability. Brennan: Of the book. Gary Tushman: Of the author. That's the reason why your photo takes up the entire back cover of your books. Brennan: Because I'm a very good writer. Gary Tushman: You're serviceable. But your success is contingent on your image as a hot scientist chick. Brennan: (to Booth) That's not true is it? Booth: No, of course not! Don't call my partner a chick! What's the matter with you?
Booth: My guys, they didn't find the victim's head in the pool. Alright? So I put out a bulletin to orthopedic doctors within 200 miles of the body drop. Brennan: Body parts drop. The victim was killed, chopped up, and then dropped. (pauses) What? Booth: Breaking in a new intern, aren't you? Brennan: How did you know? Booth: Well because, you know, you always get overly precise. That's how I usually know.
Brennan: If your back doesn't hurt then why are you letting me drive? Booth: Well you know what? Don't get used to it, okay? I heal really really fast.
Hodgins: I found coffee grounds and sea kelp in the treads of the vic's shoes. Cam: So before our giant toddler was killed, he was brewing coffee on the seashore? Hodgins: Yes, that's it precisely. Case closed.
Cam: It wasn't blood - on the shovel, it wasn't blood. Booth: Bones' magic juice didn't work. Brennan: No, phenolphthalein is not magic. Hodgins: It's an indicator that reacts with ... Wendell: ... potato proteins. Angela: Potatoes? Hodgins: Phenolphthalein turns pink in the presence of potatoes. Booth: I locked a guy up because of potatoes?
Angela: These are children's shoes, but they're a size 11. Cam: So you think our victim was a giant toddler? Brennan: No, that would show up in the bones. Cam: Sarcasm does not play well on the forensic platform.
Sweets: You know, a sane person would regret murdering someone more ... than being taken in by a line of crap. Zack: Define crap. Sweets: Drivel, blarney, nonsense, uh, balderdash, twaddle, bull, bunkum, hooey. Like that. Zack: Now I realize it was drivel-blarney-nonsense-balderdash-twaddle-bull-bunkum-hooey. Then I perceived it as logic.
Sweets: I gotta- I gotta tell Doctor Brennan about this. Zack: You can't tell them, because I'm your patient and you're not allowed – ethically. Sweets: Zack, don't you want your friends to know, that you didn't kill anyone? Zack: I'm still an accessory to murder. If you tell them they'll take me out of here and put me in prison. Hodgins assures me I would not do well in prison. Sweets: Okay, what about the person that actually did commit the murder? He's still out there. Zack: No, the master killed him, so he could recruit me. There could only ever be two. Sweets: You have to let me tell the truth. Zack: You can't tell anyone without my permission. (pauses) We should go in. I don't want to get you into trouble.
Sweets: But you didn't plunge a knife into the man's chest? Zack: It wasn't me. Sweets: Zack, why did you confess? Zack: I would've done it. If the master had asked, I would've done it. Sweets: No, no you don't know that. People have no idea if they're capable of ending a life until they're put in that situation. (pauses) In all of our sessions, I've had question marks, because you, at heart, are not a killer.
Sweets: What if he, I don't know, what if he overpowers me or ... Booth: Zack? Zack: I'm much stronger than I look. Sweets: He's done it before. He killed a man. Booth: Okay Zack promise you're not gonna kill Sweets. Zack: I promise. Booth: There you go. (leaves)
Sweets: (interrogating Ralph, who confessed to murdering Jared Addison) Why did you kill him? Ralph: I didn't mean to kill him. The fact is, if I don't eat at exactly 8:14 AM according to this watch, the person nearest to me dies. Professor Amerian told me not to eat til 9 AM according to this watch. Jared was sitting next to me. Sweets: And you believe that's what killed him. Ralph: When you lock me up, I should either keep my watch, or you should only put me next to terrible people who deserve to die.
Sweets: People with OCD repeat patterns, in their lives, in order to stave off psychological panic. Now if we ask - which of Jared Addison's set patterns have recently been disrupted ... we may very well discover what got him killed. Bones: No, we can't ask Jared Addison. He's dead. Sweets: (to Booth) She is wicked literal.
Brennan: Do all boys keep their masturbatory aids in their shoes?
Booth: (fishing Brennan's manuscript out of the garbage) Ah, God! This is just, that's not good for the back. (Brennan, frustrated, exhales loudly) Suspenseful and chilling. Temperance Brennan leads the pack. Anthropology has never been more exciting. Brennan: You memorized my reviews? Booth: (holding her manuscript) Angela can scan these and get them back on your computer. Brennan: You know my reviews Booth, but do you read my books? Booth: Every single word. Brennan: You never said anything. Booth: Well I figured, you know, I'm all over your real world, why would you want me in your fantasy world, too? Brennan: I can appreciate that.
Booth: What are you doing? Brennan: Throwing out my book. Booth: It's still on your hard drive, right? Brennan: No, not anymore it's not. Booth: You erased it? Whoa! (taking the manuscript away from her) Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa stop! Brennan: But I don't wanna be a writer anymore. Booth: Oh why? Because of what that ... publisher said? He was an idiot. Did you see his glasses? Brennan: I don't wanna be a sexy scientist. Booth: Well that's like me saying I don't wanna be a sexy FBI agent. We can't change who we are.
Zack: I'm King of the Looney Bin. Hodgins: Yeah you are.
Sweets: You! You used me to escape!? How?
Zack: I haven't actually literally done it before you know? Sweets: Had sex? Zack: Ended someone's life ... why doesn't anyone ever believe I've had sex?
International Air Dates: New Zealand: November 16th, 2008 on TV3 Australia: November 24th, 2008 on Channel 7 Denmark: December 30th, 2008 on TV3 Sweden: January 4th, 2009 on TV3 Norway: March 5th, 2009 on TV3 Spain: March 6th, 2009 on Fox Finland: April 17th, 2009 on Sub Portugal: April 23rd, 2009 on Fox Germany: May 14th, 2009 on RTL Slovakia: September 30th, 2009 on JOJ Czech Republic: September 13th, 2010 on Prima
Featured Music: "Set Free" by Katie Gray (while the team eats with Zack and the head is found)
Eric Millegan is listed as a "Special Guest Star."
Eric Millegan returns to the series in this episode. This is the first time he has returned since he was removed from the main cast at the end of season three, after his character was admitted to an asylum after being found guilty of aiding a serial killer.
The way the character of Zack is used is very similar to the character of Hannibal Lecter from the movie Silence of the Lambs. Bones plays on the popularity of Hannibal and his ability (being a criminal himself) to have insight into the criminal mind.
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