Bones: The Verdict in the Story

Max goes on trial for the alleged murder of FBI Deputy Director Robert Kirby, and the Jeffersonian team members, minus Brennan, are called as expert witnesses for the prosecution, keenly aware that their testimony could put Max on Death Row. Brennan, serving as a forensics advisor for the defense, must rely not only on her expertise as an anthropologist but also on her dedication to her family to find a way to exonerate her father.

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Episode Info

Episode number: 3x13
Production Number: BON-313
Airdate: Monday May 05th, 2008

Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Christopher Ambrose

Alternate Airdates:

UK (LIVING)	May 15, 2008
AU (Seven)	Oct 27, 2008
NL (RTL 4)	Jul 26, 2010

Special Guest Stars

Ryan O'Neal
As Max Keenan

Recurring

Guest Stars

Ernie Hudson As David Barron Recurring	Eugene Byrd As Clark Edison Recurring
Loren Dean (1) As Russ Brennan Recurring	Patricia Belcher As Caroline Julian Recurring
Ryan Cutrona As FBI Dep. Director Kirby Recurring	George Wyner As Judge Marcus Haddoes
Preston James Hillier As Court Services Officer

Main Cast

Emily Deschanel As Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan	David Boreanaz As Special Agent Seeley Booth
Michaela Conlin As Angela Montenegro	T. J. Thyne As Dr. Jack Hodgins
Tamara Taylor As Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan	John Francis Daley (1) As Dr. Lance Sweets
Eric Millegan As Dr. Zack Addy

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Episode Notes

We learn Sweets received his undergraduate degree at University of Toronto, his Master's in abnormal psychology at Temple University, and a Doctorate degree in clinical psychology and behavioral analysis from Columbia University.

Guest star Ernie Hudson (David Barron) previously guest starred as David Barron in "The Man in the Mansion."

Guest star Eugene Byrd (Clark Edison) previously appeared in "Widow's Son In The Windshield."

Guest star Ryan Cutrona (FBI Dep. Director Kirby) previously appeared in "Judas on a Pole."

Music

Artist	Song Title	Played When
Sara Lov	Fountain	closing scene

Episode Quotes

Caroline: Excuse me. What is so funny?
Brennan: (trying not to laugh) Nothing.
Caroline: I should hope not because there's a dead body deserving of respect right in front of you. What happened to him? (Brennan starts laughing) I did not know she could laugh.

Angela: Miss Julian, I'm not taking the stand.
Cam: You have to.
Angela: Look I'm not going to tell anyone else what to do here but I'm not testifying.

Brennan: (looking at the skeleton) How could this happen?
Booth: Um, maybe he was rolled up in a carpet.
Brennan: Where's the carpet?
Booth: Well it rotted away, you know, with the meaty parts.

Brennan: I'm fine.
Sweets: If you were fine you'd be balled up in the corner weeping or semi-catatonic.
Brennan: (to Booth) Does that sound fine to you?

Judge Haddoes: Excuse me, Agent Booth, I would like you to switch seats with Dr. Saroyan. You Dr. Brennan, please switch seats with your brother.
Brennan: Why?
Judge Haddoes: You don't whisper as quietly as you think you do.

Brennan: Clark is the last forensic anthropologist that I'd want to be up against in a court of law.
Russ: What about that genius kid at your lab?
Max: With the oversized eyes and the toaster head, that guy?
Clark: Sorry if my normal-sized head and eyes diminish your confidence.

Booth: Could Bones have killed Kirby? Temperance Brennan, I've worked with this woman, I've stood over death with her, I've faced death down with her. Sweets is brilliant, he is, but he's wrong. She could not have done this.

Sweets: Doctor Brennan is hyperrational. She's capable of rationalizing almost anything.
Lawyer: Including murder?
Sweets: It is the danger of the totally rational human being.

Episode Goofs

In the closing scene where Brennan hugs Booth, the position of his arms changes between shots.

Episode References

The earrings Brennan wears in court are her mother's earrings Booth found in "The Man in the Morgue."

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