The Girl with the Curl (1 Nov. 2006)

When a girl's body is identified as a missing pageant queen, the investigation focuses on her parents.

Director:

Thomas J. Wright

Writers:

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

Stars:

Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Emily Deschanel	...	Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan
David Boreanaz	...	Special Agent Seeley Booth
Michaela Conlin	...	Angela Montenegro
Eric Millegan	...	Zack Addy
Tamara Taylor	...	Dr. Camille Saroyan
T.J. Thyne	...	Dr. Jack Hodgins (as TJ Thyne)
Kali Rocha	...	Jackie Swanson
Lisa Thornhill	...	Kristen Mitchell
Kyle Gallner	...	Jeremy Farrell
Amanda Carlin	...	Donna Farrell
Grace Fulton	...	Haley Farrel
Mary Gordon Murray	...	Charlotte Craft
Brent Jennings	...	Plant Supervisor
Jason Matthew Smith	...	Dave Swanson
Jim Hanna	...	Security Guard

Storyline

The team is particularly disgusted to find the corps of a 9-year old girl, almost completely decomposed after three months in a huge interstate water supply maze. It's Brianna Swanson, a long missing top contestant in beauty pageants for children, whose mother Jackie Swanson was so obsessed with winning that she not only resorted to adult make-up (the reconstruction looked about age 30) but also excessive diet, teeth bleaching, dangerous doses of growth hormone and even deliberate mutilation by a permanent, ever-tighter corset. There's a tape of the Jackie furious at Brianna's refusal to keep competing half an hour before her disappearance. The father, Jackie's ex Dave Swanson, is a roof worker, fitting the bitumen traces of which were found on the corps. Zack finds traces of post-mortem abuse. Jackie's alibi and her claim that Brianna loved competing are confirmed, Brianna was mean, insulted and stole from fellow contestants. Angela finally accepts to date Hodgkins, but only to get ...

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Plot Keywords:

mother | contest | nine year old

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 November 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 6, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The hotel from which the girl is taken is called the Hyperion, which is the same name as the hotel used as the base of operations in the series Angel, also starring David Boreanaz.

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Goofs

A character references Wanda Holloway, calling her the Texas cheerleader mom who took out her daughter's competition. Holloway tried to hire a hitman to kill the mother of her daughter's rival, not the rival herself, and no one was killed.

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Quotes

Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: You should never engage in a romantic relationship with someone you work with.
Dr. Camille Saroyan: Why not?
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: Well, anthropologically?
Angela Montenegro: There's an anthropological answer?

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Connections

References Angel (1999)

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Soundtracks

" (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"
(uncredited)
Performed by KC & The Sunshine Band

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