Bones: Man in the Outhouse

After a decomposed body of the host of a popular reality show is found in an outhouse, Booth and Brennan must track down the killer out of a large group of suspects, most of which were humiliated on the victim's TV show. Meanwhile, Booth tries to comprehend Brennan's romantic life after he finds out she is involved in two relationships.

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Episode Info

Episode number: 4x3
Production Number: 3AKY16
Airdate: Wednesday September 10th, 2008

Director: Steven DePaul
Writer: Carla Kettner, Mark Lisson

Alternate Airdates:

UK (LIVING)	Oct 02, 2008
AU (Seven)	Nov 17, 2008
Argentina	Jan 27, 2009
NL (RTL 4)	Jan 10, 2011

Guest Stars

Carla Gallo As Daisy Wick Recurring	Scoot McNairy As Noel Liftin Recurring
Amanda Anka As Joe's Wife	Bradford Tatum As Chris Gutman
Brennan Elliott As Mark Gaffney	Dan Sachoff As Bill O'Rourke
Dave Shalansky As Joe	Dee Freeman As Sgt. Francis Diamond
Elizabeth Lackey As Veronica Landau	Jill Wagner As Holly Markwell
John DiMaggio As Jim Dodd	Michele Greene As Amanda O'Rourke
Richard Gant As Arthur Lang	Rob Boltin (1) As Jason DeFry
Ted Mehous As Dwight	Tim Griffin As Pete Steckel
Tina Battaglia As Jim's Wife

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

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Episode Notes

Guest star Scoot McNairy (Noel Liftin) previously appeared in "The Secret in the Soil."

The "Busted By Bill" set was the set used for the canceled FOX series Back To You.

This episode is featured on the season 3 DVD set.

Music

Artist	Song Title	Played When
Katie Herzig	I Hurt Too

Episode Quotes

Booth: Listen, Noel we'd like to harness you for your natural abilities.
Noel: You want your chart done?
Brennan: No. Stalking. You like ... to stalk people.
Noel: Observe them.

Daisy: You're gonna put in a good word for me right? I mean, wouldn't it be fun if I could be here forever?!

Brennan: It would be good if you called first.
Booth: Well, who knew you were even dating?
Brennan: Well, I wouldn't call it dating. We occasionally make arrangements to spend time together.
Booth: I'm just surprised you're not more picky.
Brennan: My relationship with Mark is purely physical, and I am very satisfied with him in that area. Did you see his chest and his thighs?
Booth: Bones!

Daisy: Hi Dr. Brennan!
Dr. Brennan: (irritated) I don't fraternize at work.

Brennan: Mark keeps me quite sated sexually.
Angela: You really gotta learn some girl talk sweetie

(as Booth and Brennan walk out of the room)
Booth: How about Chinese?
Sweets: I love Chinese! Love it.
Brennan: (ignoring Sweets) I feel more like Thai.

Cultural References

Booth: That guy is gay.
Brennan: He is not gay.
Booth: Please, double cheek kiss, tight Italian suit ...
Sweets: Coldplay.

Coldplay is a British rock band.

"Busted by Bill"

The fictional TV series "Busted by Bill" used for the episode is a reference to Cheaters.

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