Bones: Man in the Outhouse

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We open the episode with a trucker stopping to use an outhouse, when KABOOM! Trucker, fire, and poo flying everywhere! What an opening.

Booth is waking up Brennan at her house really early, and she has a... friend... there with her. Mark is half naked, things are awkward, and Booth makes comments about it being "cold" in there.

On the way to the crime scene, Brennan explains how she is attracted to Mark purely for his sexual attraction. Well, of course, it's human nature.

Bones: He is a deep sea welder.

Booth: Whoa, wow, geez. You'd think to put that on the list.

Bones: They work on oil derricks, repair boats. After being at sea for three months at a time, he seems to ... enjoy having sexual relationships.

Booth: Sure. Sure. Deep sea welder.

Bones: He can hold his breath for three minutes down there.

Booth: Underwater?

Bones: Of course!

At the outhouse, we find out that the trucker is fine, but he lit a cigarette in the outhouse and the methane (backed up because of the BODY shoved into the receptacle) blew up everything. The gallons of poo and the victims body are sent back to the Jeffersonian for analysis.

Wearing Hazmat suits, we find out that the victim was shot in the head, and in the outhouse for 3 days. According to Sweets, whoever killed this guy was seriously enraged. "He deposited the body in a literal pit of poop, excrement being the symbol for that which we reject and hate." A photograph was shoved forcefully down the victims throat. Sweets sneezes in his Hazmat suit and it's really gross.

We meet the new "Zack's replacement", Ms. Daisy Wick, and I hate her instantly. Thankfully she is assigned the task of searching through 6 giant tubs of sewage and poo. Teehee. She finds hair from the victim's toupee in the nastiness.

Angela gives us a face of the victim, from which she and Hodgins recognize as a TV personality... Bill, from "Busted by Bill" where girls lure cheating husbands into a room where Bill "busts" them.

B&B head for the FBI HQ to interview Bill's wife, and we discover Brennan believes in polygamy, and Booth, being a good Catholic boy, does not.

At the station, they interview various staff, and it is revealed that the producer and Bill had had a big argument right before Bill died. He was supposed to come to a shoot the next day, a staff member named Pete was supposed to pick him up, but Bill wasn't home. Everyone assumed that he'd gone with his wife to visit their kid in college. B&B suspect the producer, since he had a big insurance policy for his "star" in case he ever died – plus, Bill had threatened to quit.

The producer was out of town, and his story checks out, so they decide to start checking out the guys that Bill "busted". More banter about Brennan and her man-exploits tells us that she is actually dating TWO men, the deep sea welder (for sex), and a botanist (who fulfills her intellectual needs). Booth is shocked, and says "it's not right". Brennan leaves for her date, while Sweets and Booth check out old "Busted by Bill" footage.

Daisy is trying to suck up to Cam, and I still hate her. She talks a LOT, and idolizes Brennan. "Wouldn't it be fun if I were here forever?" - Please, God, no. Angela has been putting the photo back together, and it shows a woman with a tramp stamp in the arms of Mr. Bill the TV personality.

Sweets and Booth find a likely suspect in the TV footage, named Jim Dodd. Booth decides they need to go tell Brennan, "forgetting" that she was on a date. We all meet Jason, the botanist, and it is awkward once again. Brennan is going to Coldplay with Jason later, and when he leaves jokes are made that Jason is gay because of it.

B&B hire a stalker to find Dodd, Hodgins find the old bullet in the sewage, and Daisy (who I still hate) finds a police officer whose husband was "busted" and had the same calibur gun that was used to kill Bill. Haha, Kill Bill. They eliminate the police officer because the firearm doesn't match ballistics.

Brennan, Cam, and Angela have girl talk about Brennan's two men. They find some wire in the victim's intestine, and eye drops in the Tox screen. Brennan finally meets Daisy, it is hilarious.

Daisy: You're like a hero to me.

Brennan: Hero worship exposes a lack of independent intellectual examination. (to Cam and Angela) I'll tell Booth what we found.

Daisy: She is so smart!

B&B discuss tantric sex for a second, and discover that their stalker has actually found Jim Dodd. But he was in a divorce support group, and is all weepy and non-angry – not the type we're looking for. After an interview, Dodd is eliminated as a suspect.

Angela and Sweets have found more footage of Bill and his co-anchor, who they assume were sleeping together, and Bill wanted her fired because things were getting nasty. B&B go to the station to talk to her, but she doesn't have the tramp stamp, so she can't be the one that was sleeping with him. One more eliminated.

More evidence tells us that someone with a infected tongue ring had "licked the victims thigh"... most likely the tramp stamp chick. Cam finds a girl on the TV footage with a tongue ring, and bring her in for questioning. Holly is her name, and she does indeed have the tramp stamp, ergo was sleeping with Bill. They loved each other, apparently, but she insists that she didn't kill him.

Daisy discovers that the wire in the intestine was caused by a microphone being crammed in the victim's throat. Holly is eliminated because she's not strong enough to do the damage that was done to Bill, so they start thinking of other people who had access to the equipment. Sweets finds out that Daisy minored in Psychology, and obviously finds her appealing. I STILL hate her.

Brennan has a light bulb moment, but on the way out to confront her suspicions, she and Bones run into Mark and Jason, who both apparently had dates with Brennan. Whoops! Mark is annoyed that Jason gets to go out with Brennan, and Jason is annoyed that Mark gets to sleep with her. Hilarity ensues. Booth reminds her that they have to find a murderer, and B&B take off, leaving the boys to chat.

Pete is being interviewed, remember the guy who was supposed to pick up Bill in the morning? Pete is in love with Holly, who was sleeping with Bill. Turns out Pete snapped, and gave Bill the runs with eye drops (why, I still don't know), shot him and shoved him in the outhouse. Case closed.

B&B go to a session with Sweets, where Brennan tells us that both Mark and Jason dumped her. Ouch. Sweets finds it interesting that B&B talk about their love lives, concluding that they have a "surrogate relationship", making it hard for B&B to have normal relationships. Booth insists there is someone that Brennan is meant to spend the rest of her life with. "You just have to be open to see it, that's all" - there is a touching moment where I thought they were going to kiss, FINALLY, but no dice.

B&B ditch Sweets for Thai food, and Sweets calls Daisy (grr...) and asks her out. "Listen, sorry you got fired... what are you doing tonight?" Haha. Thank the heavens she was fired, I can't stand her.

Tags: Bones, David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel

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Original Comments Posted (5)

Ariana says...

Apparently deep sea welding is the number one most stressful job on earth, because of your risk of, you know, horrible, painful death.

Sep 15, 2008 3:58pm

joalberts says...

Not only that, but you are out on the ocean for like, months at a time... with no women....

No wonder it's stressful. :P

Sep 15, 2008 4:24pm

AshP says...

He gave Bill the runs so that they would have to stop along the way during thier trip - thus insuring a seculded spot to kill him!

Sep 18, 2008 6:34pm

joalberts says...

Ohhh, that makes sense. Thanks Ash!

Sep 18, 2008 6:48pm

dontgivemeapen says...

I flipping LOATHE Daisy. I think they need to have an accident in the lab where someone ACTUALLY dies....and it can be her.

Dec 10, 2009 10:00pm

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