The Girl in the Fridge (29 Nov. 2005)

Bones and Booth investigate a missing woman found in a fridge while Bones reconnects with her former professor.

Director:

Sanford Bookstaver

Writers:

Hart Hanson (creator), Kathy Reichs (inspired by the life of forensic anthropologist and author),

Stars:

Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Emily Deschanel	...	Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan
David Boreanaz	...	Special Agent Seeley Booth
Michaela Conlin	...	Angela Montenegro
Eric Millegan	...	Zack Addy
T.J. Thyne	...	Dr. Jack Hodgins (as TJ Thyne)
Jonathan Adams	...	Dr. Daniel Goodman
Josh Hopkins	...	Michael Stires
Matt Ross	...	Neil Meredith
Alicia Coppola	...	Joy Deaver
Leonard Roberts	...	A.U.S.A. Andrew Levitt
Rachel Miner	...	Mary Costello
Ross McCall	...	Scott Costello
Kate McNeil	...	Audrey Schilling
Lou Richards	...	Dr. Barragan
Keith Sellon-Wright	...	Brian Schilling

Storyline

A decayed corpse found inside a fridge on a dump-site fits the description of missing girl Maggie Schilling, whose rich parents feel guilty for failing to give her personal attention before her kidnapping. Booth shifts the new fridge in her friends Scott and Mary Costello's apartment and thus finds they're an SM couple which explains the traces of handcuff-caused wrist fractures. Bones is delighted by a visit from her former lover and forensics professor Michael Stires, who is considering a job at Washington University. They enjoy jousting about the evidence and sharing her bed 'without strings', until Booth warns her Stires is also the expert employed by the Costellos' defense. At the trial, Bones is her usual arrogant, unintelligibly jargon-clouded self, which antagonizes every jury member despite rude but correct warnings from the US District Attorney's jury consultant. After a convincing but rather misleading performance from Dr. Stires, Booth gives the District Attorney the key ...

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Plot Keywords:

bed | sexual tension | bare chested male | handcuffs | love

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 November 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Science Center in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Josephson Entertainment, Far Field Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Joy Deaver (Alicia Coppola) tells Brennan, about her delivery of expert testimony in court, "You're like Klaatu the robot up there," revealing an imperfect knowledge of _The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)_. In that movie, Klaatu (Michael Rennie) was the humanoid extraterrestrial; the robot was called Gort.

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Quotes

Zack Addy: [holds his fist up in the 'respect' sign]
[pause]
Zack Addy: You're supposed to bang your fist against mine.
Dr. Temperance Brennan: Why?
Zack Addy: I'm told it's a widely accepted gesture for mutual success...
[trails off]
Angela Montenegro: I love it when you two impersonate earthlings.

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Connections

References The Nutty Professor (1963)

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Soundtracks

"Hold Tight"
(uncredited)
Performed by Mark Geary

User Reviews

Misreading

Booth delivers an old fridge to the team, and inside is the body of a young woman. At the same time, an old professor of Brennan's shows up in D.C., and he and she quickly rekindle an old sexual relationship. Whqt Brennan doesn't know is that the prof is in D.C. to testify for the defense in the case involving the body in the fridge. He has been instructed to rip her findings to shreds. A tricky episode for Brennan, less so for Angela, who warns Brennan about men in general. Not the most memorable episode, but a good study of Brennan, who is forced to take a step forward in her slow evolution to a full human being. A suggestion of kinkiness involving the dead woman livens things up a bit.