The Bones on the Blue Line

Episode aired Apr 1, 2010
TV-14TV-14
44min

7.8/10

S5.E15

When a subway train is thrown off the track by 60,000 gallons of flood water, a partially skeletonized body emerges out of the overflow. While Dr. Sweets, a passenger on the derailed train, ... Read allWhen a subway train is thrown off the track by 60,000 gallons of flood water, a partially skeletonized body emerges out of the overflow. While Dr. Sweets, a passenger on the derailed train, copes with post traumatic stress, the rest of the team and intern Daisy Wick get to work o... Read allWhen a subway train is thrown off the track by 60,000 gallons of flood water, a partially skeletonized body emerges out of the overflow. While Dr. Sweets, a passenger on the derailed train, copes with post traumatic stress, the rest of the team and intern Daisy Wick get to work on identifying the victim as Martin Aragon, a professional ghost writer caught up in a dead... Read all

7.8/10

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Director
- Chad Lowe
Writers
- Hart Hanson
- Kathy Reichs(inspired by the life of forensic anthropologist and author)
- Carla Kettner
Stars

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John Francis Daley and T.J. Thyne in Bones (2005)

David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, and Seiko Matsuda in Bones (2005)

David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, and Clea DuVall in Bones (2005)

David Boreanaz and Clea DuVall in Bones (2005)

When a subway train is thrown off the track by 60,000 gallons of flood water, a partially skeletonized body emerges out of the overflow. While Dr. Sweets, a passenger on the derailed train, copes with post traumatic stress, the rest of the team and intern Daisy Wick get to work on identifying the victim as Martin Aragon, a professional ghost writer caught up in a deadly love triangle. Meanwhile, Brennan releases her second book to great success, but has to accommodate a nosy reporter, and Sweets' near-death experience leads him to make a drastic decision. —FOX Publicity

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Trivia
The subway set used was the same one used in Universal Studios, Hollywood. It was used for different events, but was originally created for the Earthquake tour. The tram would stop in front of the set, the subway would start to come out of the tunnel, and then after the earthquake, the water would rush down the stairs and hit the subway and push it into a pillar and it would break apart. The whole area can be reset within minutes and the water is drained and reused as well. It was set up with pneumatic pumps.

Goofs
When Hodgins is driving Sweets home, Sweets mentions that he didn't need the lift as he has a car. This implies that he drove to work. The episode begins with Sweets taking the subway to work.

Quotes
Dr. Lance Sweets: I just don't - I don't want to disappear - without living the life I want to live.

Soundtracks
Bones Theme
Written by The Crystal Method
Performed by The Crystal Method

Top review

7/10

Love story

The skeleton of a murder victim is discovered in a subway tunnel, which turns out to be the least important part of this episode. Bones is being shadowed by a journalist from Japan, who is less interested in forensics than the romantic relationships among the characters in Brennan's latest novel. There's a recurring gag about what occurs on page 187 of her book, which turns out to have been inspired by the perpetually horny Angela. Meanwhile, a near-death experience on the subway has Sweets shaken to his core. The episode is quite humorous, although the subplot with Sweets is deadly serious. And the young actor who plays Sweets gets to shine here in a way he is rarely allowed.

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