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A Man on Death Row
"A Man on Death Row"
Row" a felony (despite not being convicted). In Booth’s office,
they meet Amy Morton, who tells Booth she is the new
Bones episode lawyer of death-row-inmate Howard Epps and asks for
his help to prove the innocence of Epps, who is scheduled
to be executed in 30 hours. Booth was the investigating
officer in the murder case of April Wright, who Epps is
accused of killing.
After visiting Epps in prison, Booth is unconvinced of
Epps’ innocence but asks Brennan to look over the case
as a personal favor. With the help of Dr. Jack Hodgins and
her assistant Zack Addy, Brennan examines the evidence
of the case. They soon find incongruities in the evidence
Episode no. Season 1 presented by the prosecution.
Episode 7 After being sent by Brennan to photograph the sur-
Directed by David Hugh Jones rounding area of the crime scene, Zack suddenly realizes
the significance of the numbers that were found with
Written by Noah Hawley the victim. They appeared to be a phone number but
Production code 1AKY03 they actually correlated to the time and place of a meet-
ing the victim had on the night of her murder. Hodgins
Original air date November 22, 2005 determines the victim may have been moved from the
Guest stars crime scene before she was deposited at the place where
she was found. Brennan declares that they need to ex-
Rachelle Lefevre as Amy Morton
hume the body to determine where the victim was killed.
Heath Freeman as Howard Epps
John M. Jackson as Samuel Cullen Meanwhile, Booth visits the victim’s family and their
Michael Rothhaar as Judge Cohen lawyer, David Ross, whom Booth finds suspicious.
Jeffrey Nordling as David Ross Based on the new evidence found from the exhumed
Episode chronology body, the team is able to locate the original crime scene.
In addition with a visual confirmation of the pubic hair
← Previous Next → to be of David Ross, the team begin to have doubts about
"The Man in the Wall" "The Girl in the Fridge" the guilt of the inmate. However, the judge rules that the
evidence is insufficient to postpone the execution.
List of Bones episodes Booth interrogates Ross, who claims that the victim
had run away after they had engaged in sexual inter-
A Row"
"A Man on Death Row is the seventh episode of the first course and that he had waited for her to return for two
season of the television series, Bones. Originally aired on hours before leaving the car park. After FBI Deputy Direc-
November 22, 2005 on FOX network, the episode is writ- tor Samuel Cullen agrees to grant the resources Booth
ten by Noah Hawley and directed by David Hugh Jones. and Brennan need to find the evidence they need from
The plot focuses on Dr. Temperance Brennan and FBI the marsh, they discover more bodies in the marsh,
Special Agent Seeley Booth’s investigation into a seven- which convinces Booth that they had the right guy all
year-old murder, of which death-row prisoner Howard along. Epps was the killer and he had manipulated his de-
Epps is accused. Booth and Brennan are given a deadline fense lawyer, Booth and Brennan to discover the remains
to prove Epps’ innocence or guilt before his imminent ex- of his other victims to prolong his life as the authorities
ecution. must now open investigations into these victims.
Amy, Booth and Brennan visit Epps at the prison.
Summary All three are disgusted when Epps smugly thanks them.
After Epps hints that he may live long enough to see
The episode opens with Dr. Temperance Brennan and
the death penalty be abolished, Amy becomes upset and
Special Agent Seeley Booth arguing about Booth’s refusal
leaves. When Epps reaches for Brennan’s hand, she grabs
to approve Brennan’s application to be allowed to carry
his hand and slams it against the table, breaking his
a concealed weapon as she was formerly charged with
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wrist. Brennan and Booth are resigned to the fact that it
is their job to find the truth and the rest is up to others.
References
[1] Episode list, official site of Bones.
[2] Hawley, Noah, "Writer’s Block: A Man on Death
Production details Row", official site of Bones. Retrieved on July 15,
The episode was written and filmed as the series’ fourth 2007.
episode but was aired as the seventh.[1] According to
Noah Hawley, the writer of the episode, "The image of
the man on death row has become something of a cul-
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