Whew, okay, the Bones writers do not often make things so difficult for recappers, but this week was a doozy of guest characters and possible suspects. The crime takes place in a suburban neighborhood where the bright smiles and polite demeanor of the neighbors are just masks they wear. Inside there is corruption, sexual misconduct, and murder! During a luau they find a body underneath the pig as it is cooked, and the Squint Squad is called in.
Little Parker is back for the week and he's as adorable as ever. He's quickly handed off to Angela for fun (we'd all rather hang out with Angela than see bodies), and Booth and Brennan focus on the case. Brennan chatters about the cultural aspects of suburbia, and Cam interjects to tell a story about how her neighbor cut his grass wrong and they set fire to his garage. Wow. Seriously, is anyone else suddenly disinterested in ever moving to those 'safe' neighborhood areas? Between this show and Weeds it doesn't paint a very nice picture of that world.
Alright, so here's the breakdown of the neighbors: James and Nate, the two gay men with the BBQ pit; Trey, the hot gardener; Mary Kay, Bob, and Paige Sayles, the 'happy' family; the victim's wife, Kelly; and Elliot and Paula, who hate living in the suburbs. This starts to get as convoluted as you expect, but the end result makes up for it.
First they talk to the victim Kurt's wife, and she admits that they were shunned in the neighborhood. He put up a wind turbine and everyone on the block hated it. This turns out to be just the tip of the iceberg with Kurt's no-nos. He also gave the gay couple's dog a chocolate laxative and almost killed him. Then he slept with, like ... every female on the block. But we're getting there.
Arastoo is the intern of the week, a devout Muslim, and it turns out he's been faking a Middle Eastern accent all along. This sends Cam freaking out, and Sweets gently talks him down. It turns out he pretends to be a foreigner because it is harder for people to accept he's an American scientist who is still very devout. If he pretends to be a foreign Muslim, people just accept him as different. In the end he admits everything and the Squints tease him but accept his wishes in the end. Aww...
Article comments
1 - NancyGail
Josie Davis from Charles in Charge played Paula, the only recognizable actor in the bunch. Liked her and the scenes of Brennan vs. Sweets.
I would think anybody who works at the Jeffersonian would get a through background check, especially if Squints and interns are technically the FBI crime lab.
2 - Chelsea Doyle
I was thinking that too Nancy about the intern. Wouldn't they have his full background and know that he was born and raised here in the US? It seemed like a silly detail just to make him semi-interesting.