Season Three Bones Finale
Final Episode Delivers Death, Betrayal, and a Tragic Farewell
The season three finale of Bones leaves audiences with unanswered questions about a shocking betrayal and a sad farewell. Learn more about "The Pain in the Heart."
On May 19th, the cast of bones delivered a season finale stunner. Written by Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan, and directed by Allan Kroeker, the finale episode was filled with more tension and emotion than nearly all the others combined. Audiences watched with baited breath through a faked death, a crippling explosion, and a painful betrayal.
The Funeral
The previous episode ("The Wannabe in the Weeds") had ended with Booth (David Boreanaz) taking a bullet in the chest for Brennan (Emily Deschanel). The finale began with booth's funeral, where Brennan's deep grief at the loss of her partner was apparent, despite her calm and controlled demeanor.
Audience members were reminded of the words of Sweets (John Francis Daley) from an earlier episode: "The more cold and objective Dr. Brennan seems, the more pain she is feeling on the inside." But never fear. Bones lovers quickly learned that their beloved FBI agent was only faking to catch a bad guy.
The Jeffersonian team was more than a little shocked and relieved, but none more so than Brennan, who expressed her feelings quite eloquently. She wound up and punched Booth right in the face, laying him out.
The Package
Soon after the bogus funeral, a package containing a jawbone and silver screws arrived for Brennan, and the squint squad and Booth were once more confronted with the serial killer Gormogon, whose ominous presence had loomed throughout the season. Booth and Brennan fell into their usual quarreling as they fought over the faked death.
Still outraged that she had not been informed of the fact that Booth was still alive, Brennan barged into Booth's home and made a scene, disrupting his bath time. When it was revealed that Sweets was the one who withheld information from Brennan as part of an experiment, she showed even more anger, threatening him fiercely.
The Explosion
In examining the newest piece of Gormogon's skeleton, Zack (Eric Millegan) determined a cannibal with dentures gnawed on the jawbone. But Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) and Zack's experiment to recreate the dentures went terribly wrong, resulting in a huge explosion.
Hodgins walked away with a couple of scrapes and bruises, but Zack's hands were ruined, the cartilage destroyed as a result of third-degree burns. In the hospital, while the team looked on with love, Brennan assured Zack she would do everything in her power to get him back into the lab, even if it meant prosthetics.
The Betrayal
The episode heated up when it was revealed that the explosion had only been a diversion that allowed someone to steal Gormogon's silver skeleton. Everyone in the lab became a suspect, especially Sweets (who Booth arrested) and Hodgins (who found evidence linking the killer to his house). However, in a stunning twist, the apprentice was revealed to be Zack, the rational young intern no one suspected.
The Goodbye
The finale ended with an emotional farewell to Zack. Looking through a box of Zack's things, the Jeffersonian team discovered that everything most important to him had been a gift from them.
Brennan fled the room, claiming she had never given him anything, but Booth followed, showing her the letter she'd sent Zack, accepting him as her intern. The episode closed on the image of Brennan sitting on the steps of the lab with Booth, her head on his shoulder.
Fans who hoped for a fulfillment of the sexual tension that has dogged the two lead characters since the pilot may have been disappointed, but there's still hope for Season Four. As Booth, in a conversation with Sweets, points out:
"Don't you know by now that you have to take it slow with her?"
