The Woman in Limbo

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Woman in Limbo


Caption= A facial reconstruction of the unidentified body.
Series = Bones
Season = 1
Episode = 22
Guests= Loren Dean as Russ Brennan, Coby Ryan McLaughlin as David Simmons, Pat Skipper as Vince McVicar and Dee Wallace-Stone as Special Agent Callie Warner
Airdate = May 17, 2006
Production = 1AKY21
Writer = Hart Hanson
Director = Jesús Treviño
Episode list = List of Bones episodes
Prev = The Soldier in the Grave
Next = The Titan on the Tracks"The Woman in Limbo" is the 22nd episode and season one finale of the television series, "Bones". Originally aired on May 17, 2006 on FOX network, the episode was written by Hart Hanson and directed by Jesús Treviño. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0793708/ IMDB page for The Woman in Limbo] ] The plot revolves around the investigation of Dr. Temperance Brennan and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth into the death of a woman, whose remains has been stored at the Jeffersonian Institute since 1998 and whose identity turns out to be Christine Brennan, Dr. Brennan's mother. This is also the last episode to date that featured the character of Dr. Daniel Goodman, who did not return in season 2. [ [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0021551/ IMDB profile for character of Daniel Goodman] ]

ummary

At the beginning of the episode, Dr. Brennan is late for a court hearing where she is an expert witness. Before she leaves she accepts Zach's measurements on a Jane Doe skeleton so Angela can perform a facial reconstruction. As Brennan and Booth leaves, Brennan bumps into her boyfriend, David, who unwittingly causes Brennan to rush back to the lab for her notes. When she rushes by Angela's lab to get her notes, she sees the facial reconstruction done by Angela which appears to be a middle-aged woman. This image causes Brennan to become very upset, telling Angela that she did it wrong in the presence of Zach and Dr. Goodman.

Booth enters looking for Brennan and upon seeing the image he announces that the Jane Doe is Christine Brennan, Brennan's mother. Booth and Brennan begin to investigate her mother's death and this leads to the introduction of Brennan's brother, Russ Brennan, who Brennan hasn't talked to in years because she blames him for abandoning her when their parents disappeared.

As Booth digs further into the case, he discovers that Brennan and Russ's parents were criminals in the seventies with strong connections to a bank-robbing gang. To keep them safe, the whole family assumed false identities. The family's original surname was Keenan, and Temperance's name was Joy. Using a face drawn by Angela that Russ described, they track down a "pig farmer" named Vince McVicar. McVicar was the bank-robbing gang's hit man, and his blood was found in Christine Brennan's car. He strongly denies murdering Bones' mother, and points the blame at her father, saying that he and Brennan's mother were having an affair and that her dad went ballistic when he found out. However Brennan finds the murder weapon and is therefore able to charge Vince with her mother's murder, despite McVicar threatening to never tell her about her father if she proceeds.

At the end of the episode, Brennan, Russ and Booth are celebrating in Brennan's house, when she plays a message on her answering machine which warns her to stop looking. Brennan identifies the voice as her father's.

Music

The episode featured the following music [ [http://www.fox.com/bones/features/music/season1.htm Music Season 1] ] : -

*"New Girl Now" - Honeymoon Suite
*"As the Stars Fall Away" - Peter Himmelman

References

External links

* [http://www.fox.com/bones/episodes/recaps/121_1.htm The Woman in Limbo summary] at the official site of "Bones"
* [http://www.tv.com/bones/the-woman-in-limbo/episode/694869/summary.html Bones: The Woman in Limbo] at TV.com
*imdb title|0793708