Bones

The Widow's Son in the Windshield

Season 3, Episode 1, Aired 9/25/07

Episode Summary

In the third season premiere, a skull smashes through the windshield of some teenagers' car while they're driving on the freeway. While examining the skull, Brennan and Cam find marks on it made by human teeth, which implies cannibalism. Identifying the victim, Brennan and Booth go out to investigate, discovering a weird cannibalistic society as they try to solve the case. Meanwhile, Angela and Hodgins hire a private investigator to find her husband. Also, Zack returns to the Jeffersonian, and finds some crucial evidence to help solve the case.moreless

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Tamara Taylor

Dr. Camille Saroyan (Season 2+)
Emily Deschanel

Dr. Temprance 'Bones' Brennan
David Boreanaz

Special Agent Seeley Booth

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Creepy cannibals share a cozy bank vault.

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By whiteraven2005, Sep 17, 2011 Report Abuse

This season opener is a vast improvement on season 2's.

So freaked out by being left standing at the altar with Booth, Brennan has crawled back into her cold, anti-social shell. Booth is hurt that she's shutting him out and feeling guilty about arrested Max. Angela makes a charming substitute. Even Cam is intervening, pushing Brennan to go with Booth.

Very, very cool episode, hope they continue with it so we can learn more. Those artifacts were not assembled overnight, we're talking years and lots of money so this could be a cult.

It's so cute! Hodgins thinks Angela's marriage situation is funny! It's typical Hodgins that he is so understanding.

Great episode, opens a door for lots more in the future.moreless

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A new serial killer?

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By tanargue, Jul 04, 2011 Report Abuse

Great to get the info on what has been happening for three months - Bones has had 17 assistants: she isn't going out in the field with Booth and he can't understand why: Zack is away in Iraq: Angela and Jack are trying to find out about her earlier marriage through a detective agency: and there's a really gruesome find to be investigated.

This really kicks off the new season. The skeleton found in the bank vault looks as though it will lead to endless possibilities especially as the cannibal they identify and lock up suicides.

Brennan admits to Booth that she feels it was all his fault that Zack went to Iraq which is why she has been avoiding him. When Zack returns all is well.

Great, rollon the rest of the season.moreless

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Wow....And we're back baby!

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By vicky24c, May 16, 2011 Report Abuse

In this episode of Bones, the following happens. While some teenagers drive on the highway, a human skull crashes into the car window. And so Bones and Booth are called in to investigate. We soon learn that it has been 3 months since Zach left for Iraq, and Bones is still trying to find someone to replace him. We see Angela and Hodgins hiring a private investigator to try and track down her husband, as she doesn't even know his name and it isn't on the marriage licence. We soon learn that the victim's face was chewed off by a cannibal. Soon the victim is IDed. As they work through evidence found, they are all shocked when Zach walks back into the lab. The team soon make an arrest. When they go back to question him, they find him dead and naked in his cell. As the episode ends, we see that Bones and Booth are back on top of their game, and kissed (kind of!).moreless

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Great episode for a season opener.

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By Awsumdave5, Jan 28, 2011 Report Abuse

Lot of changes in Bones this season. Hodgins has a haircut, and a bit of a shave, Zack is gone, and Booth and Brennan are having a few issues of their own.

It was sad to see Zack gone, he added to the show so much, even though his acting wasn't top notch. But we didn't have to be in pain long because he came back! and bald! I remember the glory days when Zack actually had hair, a lot of frizzy hair. He's back, and the show is good.

So this episode, we are introduced to a clan of serial killer cannibals. At first they think they caught the only cannibal, then with Hodgins expertise on conspiracies, they found out that it is really a society of cannibals. I can see a whole season moving around this idea.

Also we saw subtle hints of romance between Bones and Booth, to which I am STILL waiting to improve.moreless

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A really gud series opener ! This is like soo why i watch Bones Its just like..ur glued and u cant move. Its addictive !

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By rsc_7, Jan 28, 2011 Report Abuse

The storyline was gud..the thingy was informative..
As usual.
It was interesting to see Bones not find a replacement for Zac in 3 MONTHS.

I classified this episode as revealing bcuz..
Like evrybody know Bones loves Zac
Its just..i for one didnt noe that the attatchment was so strong.
Like 3 months..cmon !
Twaz reli sweet.
Though i did kinda feel sorry for the Edison guy.
Like..doing the best ever and still not being gud enuf to be her assistant.
Well it shows that u cant reli replace sumbody..esp sumbody like Zacmoreless

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Trivia
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- When Booth and Brennan interrogate the cannibal, the moment his confession starts (he says, "It's not like chicken or pork...") a second voice layer of a boy, a whispering, is added to make the confession sound even more creepy. Edit
- Goof: Hodgins says that pink syenite is the "Cadillac of granite" which is false. Granites and syenites are classified differently depending on their mineral composition (syenites usually have no quartz). Edit
- When they are in the vault Hodgins says that the artifact with the skeleton is Spanish from Calabria, but Calabria is in Italy, not in Spain. Edit
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- The German title for this episode is "Ein Kannibale und der Hunger auf mehr," which means "A Cannibal And The Hunger For More." This title reveals much more about the storyline of the episode (and future episodes) than the English title does. Edit
- International Air Dates: Denmark: November 6th, 2007 on TV3 United Kingdom: November 8th, 2007 on Sky1 The Netherlands: November 14th, 2007 on RTL 4 Norway: November 22nd, 2007 on TV3 Spain: January 10th, 2008 on La Sexta Latin America: February 19th, 2008 on Fox New Zealand: March 30th, 2008 on TV3 Australia: July 17th, 2008 on Channel 7 Belgium: September 1st, 2008 on 2BE Germany: September 11th, 2008 on RTL Finland: December 5th, 2008 on Sub Slovakia: April 22nd, 2009 on JOJ Czech Republic: September 9th, 2009 on Prima Edit
- Featured Music: "See The World" by Gomez (playing in the car in the opening scene) Edit
Quotes
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- Bones: Who's Clark Edison? Cam: The absolutely brilliant forensic anthropologist who'd bite off his own arm to be your assistant. Edit
- Booth: I mean, how hard can it be to replace one weirdo squint? Cam: I'd hire Clark, but it's not my call. Booth: No, no, it is! I mean, you've given Bones enough time, just hire the guy! Cam: Usually when you get all blustery, it's cause you think something's your fault. Booth: Yeah well, you know, I did arrest her father for murder, she could be having trouble with that. Cam: Exposing a parent to the death penalty can have a chilling effect on a partnership. Booth: Well, look, I asked Bones if that was a problem, she said no. Cam: Well, I gotta wonder if deep down anybody is that rational. Booth: You're not reassuring here, Camille. Cam: If you're looking for reassurance, find someone who's not such a good friend, Seeley. Edit
- Doug Doyley: So your husband signed his name to the marriage license with an 'X'? Angela: Yeah. Doug Doyley: So you married a guy without knowing his name. Angela: It was Fiji, okay. I was on vacation. Edit
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- When Booth mentions to Brennan that they are the center, Brennan responds that "the center must hold". Brennan is making a reference to a poem titled "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats. The poem begins: Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world[.] Edit
- When searching through the vault, Angela suggests that the silver skeleton was made in Calabria (Italy) in 12th century. Then Hodgins mentions: -Order of Alcantara, which is a military order of Leon (Spain), founded in the 12th century. The Duke of Calabria is a Grand Commander of Alcantara. -Illuminati, which is a secret society, amazingly popular in conspiracy theories. -Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who was an architect appointed by President Washington to design the street plan for the Federal City (Washington D.C.) Also, in "The Illuminatus! Trilogy" by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson the Illuminati founder kills George Washington and takes his identity. Edit
- Hodgins: You know what else narrows it down, he's a Titan. The Titans are from Greek mythology. Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), the first gods (as Gaia arose out of Chaos), gave birth to twelve children -- the first generation of Titans. They were overthrown by the second generation of gods, lead by the son of Kronos (the Titan leader and god of time): Zeus (the god of thunder). The Titans are often depicted as anywhere between 10 foot-tall and mountain-sized humans and thus modernly, the term is a synonym for 'giant'. Titan is also the largest satellite of the planet Saturn (the Roman name for Kronos). Edit