Yanks in the UK (1)

Season 4, Episode 1, Aired
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Season four begins all the way in England, with Booth speaking at Scotland Yard and Brennan guest-lecturing at the prestigious Oxford University. Knowing of Booth and Brennan's expertise in their respective fields, local officials ask for their help with a high-profile murder investigation that involves a British heiress.moreless
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  • Poorly written and conceived story about Yanks in the UK written by Yanks who have evidently never been to the UK.

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    By adrianrox, Jul 06, 2011 Report Abuse
    I wanted to decline to give this review a score because it may entertain Americans and non-English people.

    As an English person the moment a show I like is doing en ep in England I think "oh no!". And I was justified. WIthin the first few moments the whole thing is unrealistic. Firstly, cars that drive into the Thames are dragged out immediately. There are more security cameras in London than any other city per capita and 7 million people in a quite small space. You can't drive into the Thames without someone knowing! So no way you're going to find a car with a decomposed corpse! Anyway the Thames is tidal and a car would either show up at low tide or get hit by a the keel of a boat!

    Then, in spite of finding some real teabags to act in the show and really filming in London the phone goes and it's Scotland Yard Homicide. No it's not. It would be CID most likely but either way it's not homicide - it's MURDER. Simple stuff which if not the researchers then the Brit actors should have advised. I could go on but you get the idea.

    I did laugh at the remark "they use dental records in England!"

    Disappointing.moreless

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  • As an English person myself I think the English – American tête-à-tête has never been funnier.

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    By shirewood, Feb 12, 2011 Report Abuse
    As an English person myself I think the English American tte--tte has never been funnier.

    For decades English and American tv have both been about getting one up on the other. This show was great in that it took the mess out of both sides of the pond equally. The professor working with bones was a stuck up snob, the nobles were the stereotypical ones lording it over everyone with absolutely no idea about anything. And of course the greatest English clich, the butler did it!!

    On the other hand you have booth who cant drive or understand the simplest things in london. Even bones has more than her normal difficulty communicating.

    You have to have a certain weird sense of humor to appreciate this episode but if you see the subtleties of it and it's following episode, and don't get upset over the wrong things, you'll see the fun side of it.moreless

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  • a well acted and cleverly written episode which was better then expected

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    By ddwells, Feb 12, 2011 Report Abuse
    When i read Yanks in Britain i thought oh no an American show doing an episode in britain this will never work. How wrong was i, this was another well acted and well written episode it had tons of cliches but didn't hold any punches. Making fun of royalty as often as possible but always tasteful. if this was a British show they would never of been brave enough to make half of the jokes/insults. The main down fall to this episode was the British counterparts the characters did not have the same charisma or chemistry apart from that it was a very enjoyable episodemoreless

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  • A great idea to temporarily change locales after the drama of season 3.

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    By whiteraven2005, Feb 12, 2011 Report Abuse
    A wonderful change of scenery and a great case. Loved the comparison between Booth/Brennan and their English counterparts, Wexler/Pritchard. It was a good move to let Booth handle much of the interrogations, it's disorienting Americans vs British mentality, and where the Brits probably couldn't get away with being so rude to aristocrats, Booth can because he's not officially connected to Scotland Yard.

    It's a smart move on the butler's part to confess, it secures not only his future but that of future generations of his family. Aristocratic loyalty goes a long way. Very sordid case too the guy who got her pregnant is her half-brother, impressively nasty.

    Very sweet symbolism with the bicycle bells ringing when Angela and Hodgins kissed.

    Very cool episode, great case, great scenery and great change of pace after the drama of the season 3 finale.moreless

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  • Good start to the new series!

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    By lu_poo, Dec 23, 2010 Report Abuse
    I liked this episode mainly because it was great to see an episode set in the UK. I have to disagree with the Trivia above mentioned on this page as we do also use the phrase 'knocked up' for pregnancy, I can't say I have ever heard anyone use it to wake someone up!!
    Anyway, Sweets is fast becoming one of my favourite characters! I love him! ('Can I touch the brain?')
    There was a few problems with the episode, what was the point of clarke?! I thought he was going to take the Zak role? I also didn't particularly like the Angela-Hodgins-Cam-Grayson (is that his name?) thing. Apart from that though I thought it was great, developed more of Bones character and possible feelings she may have towards Booth. A few teething problems but otherwise a solid start to the series.moreless

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    • Bones tells Booth that she could drive, as she is an excellent driver, to which he responds "Okay, Rainman." Bones and Booth had nearly the exact same conversation in episode 1x10 "The Woman at the Airport." Edit
    • Goof: When Booth is driving through central London the shots from outside the car are from the Bank Station intersection which has predominantly stone buildings. However, the view from inside the car is of other parts of Central London including green areas and shops. Also, during the conversation with Bones and Inspector Pritchard, the scenery is repeated four times, making it look like Booth is driving through the Bank intersection four different times even though he's driving in the same direction the whole time. Edit
    • When Booth is driving and nearly crashes into a bus you can see the bus company is called Carousel. This bus company does not actually operate inside of London. Edit

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    • International Air Dates: United Kingdom: September 25th, 2008 on Sky1 New Zealand: October 19th, 2008 on TV3 Australia: November 10th, 2008 on Channel 7 Sweden: November 30th, 2008 on TV3 Denmark: December 2nd, 2008 on TV3 Norway: February 5th, 2009 on Tv3 Spain: February 6th, 2009 on Fox Thailand: March 1st, 2009 on True Series Finland: March 20th, 2009 on Sub Portugal: April 9th, 2009 on Fox Germany: April 16th, 2009 on RTL Slovakia: September 2nd, 2009 on JOJ Greece: July 12th, 2010 on Ant1 Czech Republic: August 18th, 2010 on Prima Edit
    • The first establishing shot of Oxford in this episode is of the All Souls College, which has no undergraduate members. Edit
    • Featured Music: "Raise Today" by Peasant (plays while Temperance turns down Dr. Wexler) Edit

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    • Angela: My heart isn't yours to claim. It's mine to give away. Hodgins: I get that. I mean what you're saying, not your heart. Angela: Idiot, you do get my heart. Edit
    • Hodgins: How mad is she? Cam: Mad, mad, mad. Hodgins: I thought women liked it when we fought over them. Cam: Women is not an acceptable generalization. Edit
    • Cate Pritchard: Portia Frampton. She's an American, as is her father, do you know her? Ian Wexler: Not all Americans know each other, Cate. There are quite a lot of them. Edit

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