The Purging of the Pundit 

With the help of "squintern" Rodolfo Fuentes, the Jeffersonian team investigates the murder of a controversial conservative radio host whose remains were found in a storm drain. When the ... See full summary »

Director:

Tim Southam

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 Boyd	...	James Aubrey
Ignacio Serricchio	...	Rodolfo Fuentes
Will Vought	...	Alan Spaziano
Kate Hampton	...	Miriam Whitehouse
Gary Basaraba	...	Bob Gordon
Jonah Wharton	...	William Byers
Mouzam Makkar	...	Selena Skarsgard
Amanda Leighton	...	Shawna
Erinn Westbrook	...	Brenda

Storyline

With the help of "squintern" Rodolfo Fuentes, the Jeffersonian team investigates the murder of a controversial conservative radio host whose remains were found in a storm drain. When the team discovers some of his extracurricular activities, they come across shocking evidence that narrows down the suspects. Meanwhile, Special Agent James Aubrey is desperate to gain the trust of Booth, and Brennan is worried about Booth's psychological well-being after recent events.

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Plot Keywords:

storm drain | therapy | mixing a drink | voice imitation | reference to the rolling stones | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 October 2014 (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

Did You Know?

Trivia

The victim of the episode is a parody of conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh.

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Goofs

The wild scavenger animals here were supposedly "short tailed weasels" aka ermine, which are small, nocturnal, elusive animals that live in wild brushy areas. They do not hang out in town garbage dumps to scavenge cadavers in broad daylight. Even worse, the animals shown are clearly tame domestic ferrets, which are at least twice the size of a short tailed weasel and don't look anything like them. And once again Hodges once more bare-handedly catches a wild animal that would run away long before he got near it, or bite viciously if cornered.

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Quotes

Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: I'm so impressed you were able to pinpoint an exact location from an handful disparate sounds
Angela Montenegro: Eh, actually I... I couldn't do that
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: Oh! No need to worry, you are still a valued member of our team
Angela Montenegro: I'm not finished yet, sweetie
Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: A twist! Please continue

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Connections

References Planet of the Apes (1968)

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Soundtracks

I've Got You Under My Skin
Written by Cole Porter
Performed by Cole Porter

User Reviews

Season 10 Episode 3 - NOT WEASELS

I rate this awful because they had the NERVE to call DOMESTICATED FERRETS "stoats'. They are NOT stoats, and furthermore they are not "opportunistic hunter/scavengers'. I have had ferrets since I was 8 years old and I'm 66 now. Do not call these animals 'stoats'. Ermines are stoats. Ferrets are polecats, descended from European polecats, and brought over to North America on ships where they were kept because they would hunt in packs and kill / eat rats, although they prefer rabbit. They do not eat human beings no matter how much the media would like to push that 'horrifying visual imagery'. It would be rats who would have eaten the cadaver in this episode of Bones. Domesticated ferrets (really there is no such thing, they are wild animals but when NEUTERED they do make fairly decent pets providing you are prepared to do the work necessary to keep them happy, healthy and friendly to people. Most people do not know how to treat ferrets. I'd spend more time on this subject, but instead you can go view my ferret comics here (on one of my websites): www.geekygirrls.com/life.html then click on the link for "ferret adventures for kids". Now I have to go write a blog post about Criminal Minds which is the worst piece of crap I've seen on netflix. (I 'watch' (really 'listen') to a series when I'm writing late at night.) Criminal Minds always treats women as though we were STUPID and WEAK ... well, I will write that rant on one of my blogs now.