The Bodies in the Book

The Bodies in the Book is the fifteenth episode of the second season of Bones.
== Summary ==
Brennan's latest murder-mystery is an immediate best-seller. Enjoying her success and her newfound love with Sully, Brennan prepares to hit the publicity circuit to promote the novel. However, when she and Booth investigate a murder in the marina, they notice striking similarities between the case and one of the fictional murders in Brennan's book. A shaken Brennan grows impatient as her team suggests the murder was not an eerie coincidence, but the work of a copycat killer mimicking the murders in her novel. If this were true, the murder in the marina would be only the first of three gruesome killings, and the Jeffersonian buzzes with talk of what might happen next. Tensions build as Sully and Booth vie to protect Brennan and investigate possible suspects, including an overly obsessive fan who once stalked her. When a second murder is committed exactly like one of Brennan's fictional killings, she is overwhelmed by the possibility of playing a role in the loss of innocent lives. With a potential third murder on the horizon, the team races to identify the copycat killer before the deadly final chapter unfolds.
== Cast ==
===Main Cast===
*Temperance Brennan - Emily Deschanel
*Seeley Booth - David Boreanaz
*Jack Hodgins - T.J Thyne
*Angela Montenegro - Michaela Conlin
*Zack Addy - Eric Millegan
*Camille Saroyan - Tamara Taylor
===Recurring Cast===
*Tim Sullivan - Eddie McClintock
*Oliver Laurier - Chris Conner
===Guest Cast===
*Hank Belden - Jonathan Slavin
*Ellen Laskow - Valarie Pettiford
*Greg Braley - Colby French
*Ashton Keller - Steve Braun
*Connie Lopata - Darby Stanchfield
*Forensic Agent - Sean Patrick Murphy
*Police Officer - Ted Lyde
*Autograph Man - Jordan Tartakow
== Featured Music ==
*"Fault Line" by B.R.M.C. (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
*"The Secret Sun" by Jesse Harris & The Ferdinandos
== Notes ==
*This episode was included on the Emmy Awards "For Your Consideration" DVD for this season.
*The plot of this episode is similar to that of "Strangers On a Train". In the movie, two strangers meet on a train and make a deal to kill one guy's wife and the other's father. In this episode, three people make a deal to kill each other's targets. The plot of "Strangers On a Train" has also been used in many other TV series and movies, including episodes of CSI ("A Night at the Movies" 3x19), Rizzoli & Isles ("Partners in Crime", 4x12), Law & Order ("C.O.D.", 14x24), Law & Order: SVU ("Revenge", 20x4), and Castle ("The Double Down", 2x2).
*Steve Braun also guest stars in episode 4.20 "Cover Story" of NCIS, in an episode that has a plot almost identical to the one in this episode of Bones. Special Agent Tim McGee discovers the bodies are killed the same way as in a book he is writing. The difference is, McGee's book is still being written, where as Bones' has been published.
==Quotes==
:[about a rat that has swallowed a bullet]
Category:Season 2
Category:Episodes