The Con Man in the Meth Lab

Season 4, Episode 9
Air Date: November 12, 2008

Summary

Booth and Brennan investigate the scene where a body was uncovered during a botched practice police raid. The team identifies the body as a struggling inventor’s father who had recently reunited with his son. But when a second body surfaces, the team is led on a trail of deception to find out who was the actual con-man in the inventor’s life. Clark Edison returns to the lab, and he and Hodgins work on piecing together blueprints from one of the inventor’s potentially valuable inventions. Meanwhile, Booth’s younger brother Jared (guest star Brendan Fehr) moves to D.C. to take a job at the Pentagon, and Brennan, smitten with Jared, agrees to go on a date with him to a White House function. Her date with Jared leads her to learn information about Booth’s past and give her a far greater understanding into her partner’s motives.

Cast: Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan, David Boreanaz as FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, TJ Thyne as Dr. Jack Hodgins, Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro, Tamara Taylor as Dr. Camille “Cam” Saroyan, John Francis Daley as Dr. Lance Sweets

Squintern: Eugene Byrd as Clark Edison

Recurring Cast: Brendan Fehr as Jared Booth

Guest Cast: Mandy Freund as Lily Stegman, Eric Ladin as Paul Stegman, Jon Wellner as Mike Campbell, Joseph C. Phillips as Colonel Ryan Wolchuck, Brian Howe as Sheriff Leonard Wilkinson, Christopher Goodman as State Police Instructor, Daniel Lue as Cadet Williams, Eric Lange as Steve Jackson, Maxwell Huckabee as Child Stegman

Directed by: Allison Liddi-Brown

Written by
: Karine Rosenthal

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Memorable Quotes

Angela and Hodgins hear someone clear their throat behind them.

Hodgins: You said you didn’t want to work with us anymore.
Clark: No, I said my preferred work style tends towards the professional. See my tie? That’s an indicator.
Angela: Mmhmm. So why’d you come back then?
Clark: Because this is the finest forensic facility in the world.

After Brennan’s date with Jared.

Brennan: I didn’t have sex with him Cam.
Angela: Didn’t have sex with who?
Cam: Jared Booth.
Angela: Good.
Brennan: Why good?
Cam: Because…
Angela: Because he’s booth’s little brother and it would just be a creepy way to have sex with a Booth without having sex with the real Booth.
Cam: Kudos, Angela, I would not have had the guts to say that out loud.
Brennan: Jared is a real Booth.
Angela: Jared is Booth-lite. Booth is the real Booth.
Brennan: What if Booth is Booth-lite?