The Titan on the Tracks

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Titan on the Tracks


Caption= Dr. Camille Saroyan asserts her authority over Dr. Hodgins, Dr. Brennan and Zack.
Series = Bones
Season = 2
Episode = 1
Guests= Allison Dunbar as Brianna Lynch, Ray Wise as Rick Turco and Christine Estabrook as Lisa Supek
Airdate = August 30, 2006
Production = 2AKY01
Writer = Hart Hanson
Director = Tony Wharmby
Episode list = List of Bones episodes
Prev = The Woman in Limbo
Next = The Mother and Child in the Bay"The Titan on the Tracks" is the 23rd episode and the second season premiere of the American television series, "Bones". Written by series creator Hart Hanson and directed by Tony Wharmby, the episode was first aired on August 30, 2006 on the FOX Network. The plot features the investigation of FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (played by David Boreanaz) and Dr. Temperance Brennan (played by Emily Deschanel) into the deaths of a U.S. senator and an ex-basketball player. The episode also introduces a new main character, Dr. Camille Saroyan (played by Tamara Taylor), who is Brennan's new superior.

ummary

As Special Agent Booth drives Dr. Brennan to the crime scene, they discuss Brennan's vacation and her decision to keep looking for her father, despite his warning (in "The Woman in Limbo"). They arrive at the crime scene, where a train has derailed after crashing into a parked car on the tracks. A prominent senator was killed and an ex-basketball player appears to have been at the wheel of the car. Booth introduces Brennan to her new boss, Dr. Camille Saroyan, who has been hired by Dr. Goodman to be the Head of Forensic Division at the Jeffersonian Institute.

Brennan's colleagues, Dr. Jack Hodgins and Angela Montenegro, think that she deserves the position as the Head of Forensic Division. Angela notes that Booth and Cam act like they were previously involved. Preliminary examination of the evidence identifies the driver as Warren Lynch, an ex-basketball player. Soon, it is revealed that Warren Lynch, the basketball player was a heroin addict, and that he had died several hours before his car was placed in front of the train. However, after Zack's cranial reconstruction, Angela does a facial reconstruction that proves the driver not to be Warren Lynch.

Booth and Brennan find Lynch comatose in a hospital. As they investigate further, it becomes clear that he and his shady private investigator, Rick Turco, were involved in the plot from the start, to make money from betting that the shares of his company would plummet, winning hundreds of millions on the bet.

Meanwhile, the man who murdered Brennan's mother is killed in prison by a maniac who murdered his entire family. When Brennan finds out her father ordered the hit on his wife's murderer, Brennan begins to question whether or not he is a good man, and whether or not she should continue looking for him. When Brennan finally gives in to Booth's idea of talking to her mother and laying flowers at her grave, she finds that her father had visited the grave, and still cares deeply for his wife.

Music

The episode featured the following music [ [http://www.fox.com/bones/features/music/season2.htm Bones music season 2] ] : -

*"The Greatest" - Cat Power
*"Be Here Now" - Ray LaMontagne

Conception

The original idea for the premiere episode of Season 2 was of "an assassin targeting FBI agents". When the writers presented the idea to the studio, the executives suggested that they could create a more dramatic scenario and the idea of a train wreck was born. Hart Hanson, the writer of the episode, expanded the plot to include his ideas of "high-powered CEO’s manipulating the stock market to earn millions", which were brought about from his experience in working on the Canadian television show, "Traders". [Hanson, Hart, " [http://www.fox.com/bones/episodes/writers/201.htm Writer's Block: The Titan on the Tracks] ", official site of "Bones". Retrieved on July 8, 2007.]

Response

On its original airdate in the Wednesday 8:00 pm ET timeslot, the premiere of the second season of "Bones" attracted 8.61 million viewers [Bergman, Marc, " [http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003118162 National Ratings in Primetime: Week of August 28, 2006] ", "Media Week", September 7, 2006. Retrieved on July 8, 2007.] with 6.7% household rating and 11% household share. "Bones" was ranked first in total viewers and second among the 18 to 49 year olds demographic in its timeslot. [Bergman, Marc, " [http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003085821 Primetime Wednesday Ratings: Solid Opening for Fox’s Bones and Justice] ", "Media Week", August 31, 2006. Retrieved on July 8, 2007.]

References

External links

* " [http://www.fox.com/bones/episodes/recaps/201_1.htm The Titan on the Tracks] " at official site of "Bones"
* " [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0849846/ The Titan on the Tracks] " at the Internet Movie Database
* " [http://www.tv.com/bones/the-titan-on-the-tracks/episode/811750/summary.html The Titan on the Tracks] " at TV.com