The slaying of a hockey player puts Booth on the hot seat, as he had heated words and one hell of a fistfight with the guy just hours before. Brennan of course insists that all of the rink ice be melted and sent back to her lab. Boreanz appears to do quite a bit of his own skating, by the way, and was pretty impressive. At one point, Booth is knocked unconscious and has the weirdest dream, which I am not going to spoil. Suffice it to say, the dream puts Booth on the right track to catching the killer. To some degree, one's tolerance for this episode will depend on how one feels about hockey. I grew up playing hockey, thanks to my Canadian-born dad, so I was fine with it.
11 Reviews
Cute couple!
mitchrmp26 July 2016
This was another great episode. Hockey is a little too violent for my taste, and I don't like seeing Booth beat up on people, but the story was great.
A hockey player Booth beats up after he beat up on two of Booth's teammates is found dead, probably killed around the same time as the fight. So Booth takes himself off the case and works with another agent to solve the case, because Bones will work with no one but Booth. It was an interesting story which led to an interesting conclusion.
There's a pretty romantic scene at the end where Booth and Brennan skate together on the ice. Brennan gets pretty mushy with Booth, who promises her he'll never let her fall "on or off the ice."
You can't help but to love them!
A hockey player Booth beats up after he beat up on two of Booth's teammates is found dead, probably killed around the same time as the fight. So Booth takes himself off the case and works with another agent to solve the case, because Bones will work with no one but Booth. It was an interesting story which led to an interesting conclusion.
There's a pretty romantic scene at the end where Booth and Brennan skate together on the ice. Brennan gets pretty mushy with Booth, who promises her he'll never let her fall "on or off the ice."
You can't help but to love them!
Flirting much?
absoluteparties20 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Hi Bones Booth podcast, English Jan here again.
Given David Boreanaz's strong links to the NHL, I don't think we need to look very far to figure out who came up with the ice skating idea. As another reviewer has stated, David did all his skating scenes, given that he plays ice hockey regularly.
Ah, we open with Booth showing off his skating skills for Bones.
Throughout this episode, Booth's character undergoes a strange transformation. In this episode, he has a bad temper, something we have previously not seen. Also, he seems to ignore poor Bones, and if that wasn't bad enough, he starts to flirt with Agent Parotta in front of Bones! I'm sure that Dr Sweets will have something to say about these two things. This outrageous flirting doesn't seem to fit with the Booth of previous episodes. Previously Booth has been portrayed as a loyal man, but his actions challenge this view.
Blooper! Did you catch it? Cam in the lab points to the wrong eye socket when Wendell show's her what he's found on the skull x-ray. The victim's left eye socket was injured, but she pointed to the right one. Whoops.
Booth continues to flirt with Agent Parotta in the victim's apartment; even the socially awkward Bones picks up on it and gives Booth such a look. But blink, and you will miss it.
I do feel sorry for poor Dr Sweets, who is on the receiving end of Booth's misplaced anger or is it sexual frustration?
I cringe at the uncomfortable chat between Agent Parotta and Bones at the ice rink. This scene is just horrible to watch. Indeed as an FBI agent, she is trained to scan both people and situations. But there seems to be no evidence of this in that scene.
One scene that makes my heart sing, "We're Booth's people," is possibly one of the best lines from this episode.
Booth, it seems, after all, but ignoring poor Bones for almost the entire episode, now asks Bones to look after him that night. (I'm not sure I would have done it in her place.) But thankfully, Bones is a bigger person than me, agrees.
As viewers, we are gifted the final romantic ice rink scene, and once more, balance is restored. Bones and Booth are back together, and Agent Parotta is gone.
Given David Boreanaz's strong links to the NHL, I don't think we need to look very far to figure out who came up with the ice skating idea. As another reviewer has stated, David did all his skating scenes, given that he plays ice hockey regularly.
Ah, we open with Booth showing off his skating skills for Bones.
Throughout this episode, Booth's character undergoes a strange transformation. In this episode, he has a bad temper, something we have previously not seen. Also, he seems to ignore poor Bones, and if that wasn't bad enough, he starts to flirt with Agent Parotta in front of Bones! I'm sure that Dr Sweets will have something to say about these two things. This outrageous flirting doesn't seem to fit with the Booth of previous episodes. Previously Booth has been portrayed as a loyal man, but his actions challenge this view.
Blooper! Did you catch it? Cam in the lab points to the wrong eye socket when Wendell show's her what he's found on the skull x-ray. The victim's left eye socket was injured, but she pointed to the right one. Whoops.
Booth continues to flirt with Agent Parotta in the victim's apartment; even the socially awkward Bones picks up on it and gives Booth such a look. But blink, and you will miss it.
I do feel sorry for poor Dr Sweets, who is on the receiving end of Booth's misplaced anger or is it sexual frustration?
I cringe at the uncomfortable chat between Agent Parotta and Bones at the ice rink. This scene is just horrible to watch. Indeed as an FBI agent, she is trained to scan both people and situations. But there seems to be no evidence of this in that scene.
One scene that makes my heart sing, "We're Booth's people," is possibly one of the best lines from this episode.
Booth, it seems, after all, but ignoring poor Bones for almost the entire episode, now asks Bones to look after him that night. (I'm not sure I would have done it in her place.) But thankfully, Bones is a bigger person than me, agrees.
As viewers, we are gifted the final romantic ice rink scene, and once more, balance is restored. Bones and Booth are back together, and Agent Parotta is gone.
After the usual winter drought...
Feeny090223 January 2009
Warning: Spoilers
---Just in case, this is an additional warning for spoilers---
Maybe it was just the fact that I hadn't gotten an all new "Bones" fix in weeks, and so out of sheer desperation and excitement for the show being back, I loved this episode. I think there was some serious developments in character, which is one of the things I love about the show.
Although, at first I was a little worried for all my hopes of dreams of B&B getting together (although, I don't expect it anytime soon - but still, as long as they are both single, I feel better about the eventual things that I hope will happen). Booth does his -slightly too obvious which only makes it more charming for some reason despite the egotism- kind of flirting with new FBI gal (who was Ursula from Super Troopers! Insert Laugh Here). And for a while I was thinking, "oh crap, they are giving Booth a relationship like they did with Brennan and Sully a while back, and I am not a happy viewer." But more on that later. We get some insight on Booth and his childhood (which we kind of learned when Jared showed up) and his relationship to and with his father. We also see the loyalty Hodgins and (in this episode) Wendell feel toward Booth ("We're Booth's people," said with immense pride). And, again, maybe it's just me, but I like when Sweets tries to figure out why B&B work and what makes them tick - so he tries, and as always, gets shut down, quickly.
And the laughs, people, it's always about they funny stuff. Ranging from Booth scratching his arm whilst in a cast with a pen and various other objects, then finally sawing off his cast himself so he can play hockey...all the way to...Hodgins scooping dead fish from a tank into a bag, then proceeding to hold up the bag (with a smile), and exasperatingly looking at Wendell to snap the Kodak moment. Plus, for those of you in the know, Bianca Lawson guest starts in this episode, which takes us back to the days of BTVS (Buffy), when BL guest starred as the other slayer, Kendra, who tried to kill Angel (aka Mr. Boreanez). It's good times all around.
And of course, the moments that whet our appetite at the oh-so-filled potential relationship between B&B. Bones is the one standing over Booth when he comes to after being knocked unconscious, and he then makes her take him home and get him soup (from "Mama" at the restaurant), and finally, a moment that forces them to hold hands - ice skating...where Booth says, "Forget about Agent Perotta...I'll never leave you." I'm left feeling...somewhat vindicated. B&B can't fight chemistry forever...
Maybe it was just the fact that I hadn't gotten an all new "Bones" fix in weeks, and so out of sheer desperation and excitement for the show being back, I loved this episode. I think there was some serious developments in character, which is one of the things I love about the show.
Although, at first I was a little worried for all my hopes of dreams of B&B getting together (although, I don't expect it anytime soon - but still, as long as they are both single, I feel better about the eventual things that I hope will happen). Booth does his -slightly too obvious which only makes it more charming for some reason despite the egotism- kind of flirting with new FBI gal (who was Ursula from Super Troopers! Insert Laugh Here). And for a while I was thinking, "oh crap, they are giving Booth a relationship like they did with Brennan and Sully a while back, and I am not a happy viewer." But more on that later. We get some insight on Booth and his childhood (which we kind of learned when Jared showed up) and his relationship to and with his father. We also see the loyalty Hodgins and (in this episode) Wendell feel toward Booth ("We're Booth's people," said with immense pride). And, again, maybe it's just me, but I like when Sweets tries to figure out why B&B work and what makes them tick - so he tries, and as always, gets shut down, quickly.
And the laughs, people, it's always about they funny stuff. Ranging from Booth scratching his arm whilst in a cast with a pen and various other objects, then finally sawing off his cast himself so he can play hockey...all the way to...Hodgins scooping dead fish from a tank into a bag, then proceeding to hold up the bag (with a smile), and exasperatingly looking at Wendell to snap the Kodak moment. Plus, for those of you in the know, Bianca Lawson guest starts in this episode, which takes us back to the days of BTVS (Buffy), when BL guest starred as the other slayer, Kendra, who tried to kill Angel (aka Mr. Boreanez). It's good times all around.
And of course, the moments that whet our appetite at the oh-so-filled potential relationship between B&B. Bones is the one standing over Booth when he comes to after being knocked unconscious, and he then makes her take him home and get him soup (from "Mama" at the restaurant), and finally, a moment that forces them to hold hands - ice skating...where Booth says, "Forget about Agent Perotta...I'll never leave you." I'm left feeling...somewhat vindicated. B&B can't fight chemistry forever...
THE WRITER IS HILARIOUS
totallyfryed18 August 2023
The dialogue when ice fishing at the beginning is hilarious. Scott Williams did a great job going under the radar with the censors.
-it is time for the father to turn the drilling over to his son.
Man, this is a great day. Hey you give me a beer let me run the auger you're 18 Leo you start drilling holes it's safety first you got me. Yeah nothing I'm saying here applies only to ice augers ...you get me. Oh ha ha all right good. Do you know that way you don't fall through the ice and die or get a disease or get pregnant... Dad come on go ahead all right add a boy keep her perpendicular. Once you get it in a little bit. You can speed her up. Let her rip all right. Let her rip... Dad she she's she's bleeding she's bleeding. Look pull out! Pull out!!. Oh I hope that's a fish.
Well planted Scott Williams, well planted.
-it is time for the father to turn the drilling over to his son.
Man, this is a great day. Hey you give me a beer let me run the auger you're 18 Leo you start drilling holes it's safety first you got me. Yeah nothing I'm saying here applies only to ice augers ...you get me. Oh ha ha all right good. Do you know that way you don't fall through the ice and die or get a disease or get pregnant... Dad come on go ahead all right add a boy keep her perpendicular. Once you get it in a little bit. You can speed her up. Let her rip all right. Let her rip... Dad she she's she's bleeding she's bleeding. Look pull out! Pull out!!. Oh I hope that's a fish.
Well planted Scott Williams, well planted.
Hi Bones Booth Pod!!
briezey21 May 2022
I've never done an IMDb review but after listening to The Bones Booth Podcast and being a huge fan of Bones, I just had to give it a try!
I'd say that this is a pretty solid episode. I thought the cold open was a fun twist on the usual random characters stumbling upon a very dead body. I also thought it was funny that Booth was so shocked to see Bones in the men's locker room even though she did the same thing in s3 e11. I was really happy to see that Wendall Bray was the intern this week because I think he is definitely the best intern of the group (and far more tolerable than interns like Daisy and Fisher). Because Booth is a suspect, the main agent was Agent Perotta. She was a pretty good character, but I definitely prefer when it is Bones and Booth together solving the case.
The ending with Booth and Bones skating on the ice together was super cute, though considering Booth just got a concession, it probably wasn't the best move for his health. Also, I feel like there was a continuity issue because his arm should technically still be broken but he never gets a new cast and has no issues when Bones is holding onto his arms for support on the ice. Overall this scene was super cute though, so I don't mind the little flaws.
Best part: Bones and Booth skating on the ice together at the end of the episode
Worst part: having to watch Booth SLAM his head into the ice with no helmet.
I'd say that this is a pretty solid episode. I thought the cold open was a fun twist on the usual random characters stumbling upon a very dead body. I also thought it was funny that Booth was so shocked to see Bones in the men's locker room even though she did the same thing in s3 e11. I was really happy to see that Wendall Bray was the intern this week because I think he is definitely the best intern of the group (and far more tolerable than interns like Daisy and Fisher). Because Booth is a suspect, the main agent was Agent Perotta. She was a pretty good character, but I definitely prefer when it is Bones and Booth together solving the case.
The ending with Booth and Bones skating on the ice together was super cute, though considering Booth just got a concession, it probably wasn't the best move for his health. Also, I feel like there was a continuity issue because his arm should technically still be broken but he never gets a new cast and has no issues when Bones is holding onto his arms for support on the ice. Overall this scene was super cute though, so I don't mind the little flaws.
Best part: Bones and Booth skating on the ice together at the end of the episode
Worst part: having to watch Booth SLAM his head into the ice with no helmet.
We're Booth's People
vampthropologist19 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This episode is very Booth heavy, as was apparent from the very beginning with all the ice hockey. It's great to see Booth and Wendell bonding since Booth doesn't usually speak to the squinterns much less spend time with them outside of work. That smile Booth gives Brennan when he's in the sin bin is absolutely everything. He just looks at her and all his frustration disappears, I love it.
Since Booth is a suspect in the case, the Jeffersonian team have to work with Agent Payton Perotta - lovely name alliteration - and it's very interesting to see them interact with a different "FBI guy" and Booth interact, or should I say, flirt with another agent.
It was definitely insensitive of Sweets to ask Booth about his trauma as a child via Agent Perotta during her interrogation. Firstly, because that information was initially discovered through a couple conversations with Jared and Cam so Booth, to our knowledge, doesn't even know that Sweets knows about his father and to put him on the spot like that is more than rude. Secondly, divulging something this private to a complete stranger just to observe and study him is horrible. It doesn't matter what B&B's agreement with Sweets is, this whole thing was so wrong and Booth's anger was completely justified.
I'm a really big fan of Wendell and Hodgins' dynamic and budding friendship, especially when they have that impromptu fish photoshoot.
Seeing Booth saw off his own cast made me more squeamish than when I saw the body in the beginning of the episode. So unsettling.
The whole Luc Robitaille hallucination seemed like just an excuse for David Boreanaz to wear a Flyers jersey and skate around but it was nice to have Booth realise, as a result of that, that he's not his father.
I really liked the tiny Hodgela scene where they discuss their love lives. Good to know that the writers are remembering Roxie exists outside of the episodes in which she appears.
The final scene is so incredibly iconic and beautiful and perfect. B&B skating around, Brennan confessing to Booth that he's the only FBI agent she wants to work with and Booth confiding in Brennan about his fears about being too similar to his dad. But they're just colleagues, right?
Anyway, very good episode. The case would've been more interesting if Booth wasn't dismissed as a suspect so early on but still very enjoyable as a whole.
Since Booth is a suspect in the case, the Jeffersonian team have to work with Agent Payton Perotta - lovely name alliteration - and it's very interesting to see them interact with a different "FBI guy" and Booth interact, or should I say, flirt with another agent.
It was definitely insensitive of Sweets to ask Booth about his trauma as a child via Agent Perotta during her interrogation. Firstly, because that information was initially discovered through a couple conversations with Jared and Cam so Booth, to our knowledge, doesn't even know that Sweets knows about his father and to put him on the spot like that is more than rude. Secondly, divulging something this private to a complete stranger just to observe and study him is horrible. It doesn't matter what B&B's agreement with Sweets is, this whole thing was so wrong and Booth's anger was completely justified.
I'm a really big fan of Wendell and Hodgins' dynamic and budding friendship, especially when they have that impromptu fish photoshoot.
Seeing Booth saw off his own cast made me more squeamish than when I saw the body in the beginning of the episode. So unsettling.
The whole Luc Robitaille hallucination seemed like just an excuse for David Boreanaz to wear a Flyers jersey and skate around but it was nice to have Booth realise, as a result of that, that he's not his father.
I really liked the tiny Hodgela scene where they discuss their love lives. Good to know that the writers are remembering Roxie exists outside of the episodes in which she appears.
The final scene is so incredibly iconic and beautiful and perfect. B&B skating around, Brennan confessing to Booth that he's the only FBI agent she wants to work with and Booth confiding in Brennan about his fears about being too similar to his dad. But they're just colleagues, right?
Anyway, very good episode. The case would've been more interesting if Booth wasn't dismissed as a suspect so early on but still very enjoyable as a whole.
more than a comment is a blooper
lourdesandres-880-6262873 February 2021
When Dr. Jack Hodgins is in the suspect's house and mentions that the gold fish they would eat each other like a Peruvian soccer team in the Andes. It was actually a Uruguayan rugby team that had to resort to cannibalism in the Andes.
Too Much Violence
Hitchcoc31 January 2023
Who are the officials at these games? There is no middle ground. Hockey is played in tight quarter and there is lots of butt ending and hacking, but there are some limits. Booth and that other guy are assaulting people. Even an enforcer has to play within himself a bit. When Booth wants blood from that guy he punishes him with his stick, his elbows, on and on. If there were any officials he wouldn't have lasted five minutes. When the guy clocks him at the end, he had it coming with spades. I wouldn't spend five cents to watch a hockey game with these guys. I agree with Sweets this time. If someone hooks up with Booth they should know all about his temper. I know that it pushes the plot forward, but I couldn't get past that. The ending and the announcement of the killer was actually a little anticlimactic.
Hey Bones Booth Pod!
queen_of_drama-3458611 May 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Cam needs a cold shower lol. This isn't the first time Bones has barged into a men's locker room. I'm with Booth casts tend to be super itchy. Poor Wendell I'm glad he's ok. I feel bad for the fish they deserved better. Sweets just gets no respect this episode. Ouch to concussions and hallucinations. Loved Bones and Booth on the ice at the end.
Daft slip up by Booth
samanthaspratt2 June 2021
As much as the episode was good I'm afraid the writers made a bit of a slip up near the end of the episode when Bones and Booth are skating. Bones mentions to him something about "Lucky Luciano" and he replies back-" Italian opera singer". Surely as an FBI agent with years of experience he would have known who Lucky Luciano was?
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