Bones

The Secret in the Soil

Season 3, Episode 4, Aired 10/23/07

Episode Summary

Booth and Brennan examine a severely decomposed body found by some teenagers on hospital grounds. They identify the body as a man named Franklin Curtis, who was the founder of an organic supermarket chain, and discover that the body was either cooked or incinerated. Booth and Brennan go out to question people around Curtis' farm, while back at the lab it is discovered that the flesh of another victim was with Curtis'. Meanwhile, Booth and Brennan are assigned to a psychologist.moreless

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T.J. Thyne

Dr. Jack Hodgins
David Boreanaz

Special Agent Seeley Booth
Eric Millegan

Zack Addy

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Not a terribly impressive episode.

9.0

"Superb"

By whiteraven2005, Jan 31, 2011 Report Abuse

The story is okay but not great. The cheating father with the illegitimate daughter has been done a million times. The girl killing her half-sister was better.

What is the FBI thinking, assigning a 22 year old boy to evaluate the partnership? Booth and Brennan have already dealt with their issues and moved on. Wasn't impressed by the whole thing, my feel is bad casting for Sweets, he just was completely wrong for the part. You can't replace Wyatt with someone like this.

This episode did not really do anything for me, although the stuff about the organic farms was interesting.moreless

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One of my favorites of season three. They brought in a new character, who I liked from the beginning of it all.

9.5

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By notababyduck, Jan 31, 2011 Report Abuse

Dr. Lance Sweets or "Sweets" when referred to by Agent Booth was brought into the series on this very episode. The counseling between Brennan and Booth was cute. The test, where Booth wanted to get answers from Brennan on a question, and she said "Is this how you got through school, Booth?" and he said "No! Well, maybe algebra." Was priceless. I love how she hid the test from him in every scene it was in. Cute.

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The case was interesting. Two murders, a father and a girl, who ends up being his daughter. *endspoiler* I loved how happy Hodgins was in this episode over the compost. Beautiful. It was priceless. There were so many funny scenes between the supporting cast, like the exotic beauty scene. Really, this episode is quite brilliant if you ask me.

At the end, and during any scene with Sweets, it was adorable. The coffee conversation, the bickering and the entire "Compliment, Complement" was so sweet. Sweets is defiantly a shipper. No doubt about that.

You need to watch this episode. John Francis Daley meshes together with the cast of Bones perfectly. He is no Gordon Gordon, but he does bring something to the table that was never there before.moreless

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a good one, I missed the show.

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By karatiz, Sep 10, 2010 Report Abuse

I liked this one, there's a new body, found in a very popular Saturday night area. He is so decomposed that Cam calls Brennan. The body is from the founder of an organic supermarket chain, Franklin Curtis. They discover that this guy wasn't that good and he used to hit on other married women. Analyzing the remains, they find out that there is another body. Two bodies killed by two different people. Without even knowing and wanting Kat kills her half-sister and Charlie kills Franklin. One accident ends up with another death...

I can't describe the felling of knowing I killed my sister, even half-sister, killing someone by accident is terrible but family...

Something I liked was that Lyndon Page guy, the bike he used to make the juice, cute.

Oh and Brennan and Booth are visiting an psychiatrist, Dr. Sweets this is going to be interesting oh yeah.

Another thing, Angela in the car with Booth and Bones, what I laugh! They are discussing and:

Angela: Is it always like this when you two are together?
(Booth and Brennan answer simultaneously)
Brennan: Yes.
Booth: No.
Angela: It's kinda hot. lol great!!
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So far the best episode of season three

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By kwell1, Sep 10, 2010 Report Abuse

Booth and Bones are sent to examine the remains of a body found at night on hospital grounds. Upon first examination of the body they discover that the body was extremely hot and most likely had been cooked. The body turns out to be the body of Franklin Curtis, the founder of an organic supermarket chain who has been bullying farmers to become organic and hitting on the farmers wives in the process. Meanwhile we learn that the body was "cooked" with another body which turns out to be a female. There are a number of possible suspects: Franklin's wife, one of the farmers Franklin was bullying, who sprayed him with pesticides, that were found on the remains of Franklins cloths, and the guy from the compost plant. In the end, after we discover that the women killed was related to Franklin, we find out that his daughter, Kat, accidentally killed her, during a fight, after following her to her fathers loft. She then called her boyfriend Charlie who tried to resuscitate her unsuccessfully. They buried her body in the compost plant but Charlie left behind the sunglasses in the loft, leading Franklin to him. Franklin attacked Charlie and Charlie defended himself and ended up killing him. When asked why they took Franklins body out of the compost, they admitted that it was the only way that Kats mother would be able to claim the insurance money as her husband not neglected to leave her the farm. I found the last sequence of Kats interrogation, when Kat finds out that it was her sister she had killed and not her father lovers, as she had thought all along, to be very sad. I extremely enjoyed the session with Booth and Bones psychiatrist, Dr. Sweets. I hope they keep on seeing him. However, it's a shame that they didn't continue seeing Dr. Gordon Wyatt (portrayed by Stephen Fry) as their psychiatrist, I found his interaction with Booth and with Bones to be much more funnier.

Also, the argument Booth and Bones had in the car while Angela sat in the backseat was very funny.moreless

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Great... A new character, a brilliant plot line.

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By kekekyon, Sep 10, 2010 Report Abuse

This episode had one of the series' most clever plotlines.... A body found at the bottom of a hill turned out to be the body of an organic farmer who didn't always use the best methods to convince others to do the same. That alone could catch almost anyone's attention. From using the legal system to gain control of farms and convert them to organic to flirting with the ladies, the man would do anything. His wife had tried to hide that side of his life from their daughter, but she already knew... Another body found was thought to be his lover, but turned out to be his daughter from another woman. This storyline invoked sympathy for the murderer.... The second death had been a complete accident caused by a misunderstanding... Then there was Sweets, the young psychiatrist, a character very different from any other in the show and the type one wants to laugh at the moment he walks in. My overall second favorite of the season.moreless

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Trivia
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- In this episode, Dr. Sweets states that he is 22 years old and has a doctorate in psychology. In "The Verdict in the Story" we learn that he actually has two doctorates and a master's degree. Assuming he worked on all three of his graduate degrees simultaneously and took no more than eight years to complete all four degrees, Sweets must have started college at age 14. This is not impossible, but it's a very impressive feat which would be worth far more notice than given by his colleagues. Edit
- Goof: Booth is dressed in a suit during the first therapy session (taking place on Saturday night). After the session, when Booth is driving, he is wearing a T-shirt and his fatigue jacket. Edit
- Though he's been present at various crime scenes throughout the first few seasons, Booth never actually put on a pair of gloves until this episode. Edit
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- Scoot McNairy, who plays Noel Liftin in both this episode and the season four episode "Man in the Outhouse," co-starred with David Boreanaz in the 2006 romantic comedy Mr. Fix It. Edit
- International Air Dates: Denmark: November 27th, 2007 on TV3 United Kingdom: November 29th, 2007 on Sky1 The Netherlands: December 5th, 2007 on RTL 4 Norway: January 10th, 2008 on TV3 Spain: January 31st, 2008 on La Sexta Australia: August 25th, 2008 on Channel 7 Belgium: September 22th, 2008 on 2BE Finland: December 26th, 2008 on Sub Slovakia: May 13th, 2009 on JOJ Czech Republic: September 30th, 2009 on Prima Edit
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- Cam: I just got off the phone with Hodgins, he's knee deep in compost. Zack: He must be happy. Cam: Happy as a pig in ... (trying not to be unprofessional) what pigs like to be in. Zack: A sty? Edit
- Hodgins: I put solar panels on my house, compact fluorescents in every socket, and still feel guilty when I use a paper napkin. Edit
- (Brennan finishes a call with Cam) Booth: Big news from the nerd posse? Edit
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- Zack: What guy in Germany? Hodgins: He ran a computer ad online, said he was looking for someone to eat. Hodgins is alluding to a real situation. A man named Armin Meiwes posted ads in online chatrooms, stating that he was looking for "men to slaughter." In March of 2001, a man named Bernd Brandes responded to the ads and was willingly killed and eaten by Meiwes. Meiwes is now serving a life sentence in jail for his crime. Edit