Bones (TV Series) The Woman at the Airport (2006) User Reviews

Bones:The Woman at the Airport

[Scarecrow-88 · 7/10 · 22 November 2010]

This time Booth and Brennan head out to sunny Los Angeles to solve the murder of an addict to plastic surgery whose body parts were found strewn around a beach(thanks to coyotes!) near the airport. This case proves difficult as the skull itself of the woman had been structurally altered to such a substantial degree that making an identification will be quite difficult. Brennan is also on the West Coast to promote her up coming movie based on her successful novel. This episode focuses on the excessive desire to maintain ones good looks in Hollywood, no matter the cost, including the loss of what makes one unique and interesting in exchange for overwhelming beauty..there's also quite a critique on the profession of plastic surgery and the case yields the possibility that the killer could've been a doctor who used a specific kind of tool to kill the victim. Meanwhile back at the Jeffersonian, Dr. Goodman and Hodgins engage in a battle of wills over the authentication of an Iron Age warrior from the Pict race. There's a marvelous scene where Booth explains his contempt for how an LA FBI agent, Tricia Finn(Claire Coffee), uses his bureau as a stepping stone for a career as a Hollywood screenwriter. Includes a sad indictment on coming to Hollywood in search of the American Dream which often results in high-class prostitution. Funny cameo provided by Penny Marshall(she's considered the front runner in directing a movie based on Brennan's novel).

Skull-ish

[ctomvelu-1 · 7/10 · 24 January 2009]

B&B head to La-La-Land to check out a corpse found on the beach. Some problems with the corpse's skull make it nigh unto impossible for Angela to reconstruct a face. Too much plastic surgery, as it turns out. The trail to the woman's murder leads to a call girl ring. While in LA, Brennan meets with people about turning her novel into a movie. She does a TV appearance with Penny Marshall, who is excited about the prospect of making a move out of Brennan's book. Back at the ranch. Hodgins clashes with Dr. Goodman over the origins of a corpse that may be 1,500 years old. Their back and forth leads to a surprising conclusion.

Good one

[Lythas_85 · 7/10 · 5 April 2021]

Nothing too exceptional compared to the others.. simple story of women using plastic surgery to feel better and hide insecurities and a murder out of jealousy. That was pretty much it.

CSI Miamish!

[Hitchcoc · 7/10 · 13 January 2023]

My title refers to all those cases that Horatio Cain faced time after time. While this was California, it was remindful of the pretty people in Miami. There those rich people parties where semi-clad women dance with fashion model guys. Ultimately, they just seem boring. Lots of bikinis. Lots of tight little skirts. Here, Booth and Bones are sent to find the identity of a girl who was apparently addicted to plastic surgery. It's kind of a bland story with a predictable conclusion. The parallel plot concerns a 1500 year old skeleton that needs to be authenticated. Hodgins and the boss get into a battle over methods. Hodgins may be right, but he acts like a perfect ass. Pretty ordinary offering from the series.

Force plot twists really ruined this show

[interestingstuff · 23 May 2022]

Someone should tell writers that they don't have to force a plot twist in every episode to make it good. When writers force a plot twist that defies common sense and logic, it doesn't a serve purpose other than ruining a story. This is one of these episodes where writers add a non-sense plot twist at the end just for the sake of doing it and not only it doesn't make any sense, but it also ruins the whole episode and when they do this in enough episodes, it ruins the whole show.