Bones/The Woman in Limbo

The Woman in Limbo
Season 1, Episode 22
Airdate	May 17, 2006
Production Number	1AKY21
Written by	Hart Hanson
Directed by	Jesus Tevino
Stream
← 1x21 The Soldier on the Grave	2x01 → The Titan on the Tracks
Bones — Season One

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The Woman in Limbo is the twenty-second episode of the first season of Bones.

Starring: Emily Deschanel (Dr. Temperance Brennan), David Boreanaz (FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth), Michaela Conlin (Angela Montenegro), Eric Millegan (Zack Addy), TJ Thyne (Dr. Jack Hodgins), Jonathan Adams (Dr. Daniel Goodman)

Guest Starring: Loren Dean (Russ Brennan), Pat Skipper (Vince McVicar), Coby Ryan McLaughlin (David Simmons)

and Dee Wallace (Special Agent Callie Warner)

Co-Starring: Ewan Chung (CSI Tech), Bob Rusch (Carnival Owner)

Plot Overview

A body is discovered which Temperance soon learns is of her mother, whom has been missing for more than 15 years. She has difficulty to cope with what happened, but Booth takes the case to the FBI so that it can be properly investigated. Temperance learns that her parents have a different past than what she had always thought. They were involved in a gang of criminals. Temperance's estranged brother, Russ, was old enough to know all of their real names and why they had to go into hiding.

Arc Advancement

Characters

Temperance reconciles with her brother, Russ, whom she had a falling out because she blamed him for abandoning her. The news about their parents past brings the two back together.

Trivia

The Show

• Age: Temperance Brennan was born in 1976, which matches actress Emily Deschanel's year of birth.

Allusions and References

• Born Free: A 1966 movie about a couple in Kenya who raise an orphaned lioness cub and are eventually faced with the decision of placing her in a zoo or teaching her to survive in the wild.

David: It's kinda like Born Free, except—no lions.