The Archaeologist in the Cocoon 

An archaeologist is found murdered. His lab holds ancient remains of Neanderthals and Homosapiens; these are given to Clark to research. Brennan is jealous that she has to work the current case and not the ancient one.

Director:

Jeannot Szwarc

Writers:

Hart Hanson (created by), Kathy Reichs (inspiration)

Stars:

Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Emily Deschanel	...	Temperance Brennan
David Boreanaz	...	Seeley Booth
Michaela Conlin	...	Angela Montenegro
Tamara Taylor	...	Camille Saroyan
T.J. Thyne	...	Jack Hodgins (as TJ Thyne)
John Francis Daley	...	Lance Sweets
Eugene Byrd	...	Dr. Clark Edison
Amy Yasbeck	...	Diana Malkin
Anya Monzikova	...	Marina Sutton
Zoran Korach	...	Artur Tovah
Gary Grubbs	...	Dwayne Wilson
Joe Williamson	...	Parachute Guy (as Joseph Williamson)

Storyline

A clumsy parachutist landing in a tree discovers a corpse covered in silk cocoon webs. It's identified as pseudo-scientific author and adventurer Sutton. He married Marina Tovah, whom he met on expedition in Chechenya, from where he brought Sapiens and Neanderthal bones found on a single site. Her excessively competitive attitude, marked by Sweets as an educational risk for Christine, hinders Dr. Clark Edison's examination, putting Hodgins in the middle. Booth looks for the Sutton's problems with violent in-laws, publisher and eccentric Texan expedition sponsor.

---

Plot Keywords:

neanderthal | texan | parachutist | in laws | pregnancy | 

---

Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance

---

Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Sweets asked Mr. Wilson if he bought historical artifacts, he showed some pictures. One was the Willendorf Venus, a 11.1 cm tall (4.4 in) Venus figurine about 30,000 BCE. It was found in Willendorf, Austria and is now in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.

---

Goofs

Throughout the script several character refer to individual skeletons as "homo sapien", as if "homo sapiens" were a plural form. The characters are sufficiently well educated not to make that mistake. Even the IMDB submission checker recognises it.

---

Connections

References Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

---

Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Don't watch if you expect a documentary...

I'm not agree with others reviews of this episode. Yes there's a lot of wrong science reference, but it's a television show. It's for entertainment. If you want real science reference, watch a documentary... More than 90% of the viewers of the show don't see the difference in the pronunciation of Neanderthals or how they live... it's not national geographic... it's Bones. Stop to listen if you can't do the difference between a good fiction show and an educational program...

For the episode itself.. it's not the best, but it,s a good one. Too much of the old murder not enough of the fresh one... And no enough clue about who's the murderer... I think the writer could do 2 episodes with the 2 story lines.... like the one where they have to find how the man died in the tragedy of 11-09... they don'T add a second murder ...

Details

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

14 January 2013 (USA)

Filming Locations:

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:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD