Anna Daniels
Partway through the flashback, Booth stops Bones and tells her he has something to confess. Before he can spit it out, though, she counters with a typically blunt response, asking “What? Is it the fact that you’re a direct descendant of John Wilkes Booth? I already know that.” When Booth asks how she could possibly have inferred that fact, she reveals that it was the agent’s bone structure that gave the connection away. He then asks her to keep the information a secret.
This flashback exchange wasn’t a revelation for fans who have seen every episode, but rather an explanation for something we learned several episodes prior. In “The Proof in the Pudding,” Bones and Booth are having a conversation about Presidential assassination plots when Bones alludes to the sensitive subject that Booth is related to the most famous presidential assassin in history. After she brings it up, Booth responds, “You promised you would never mention that. You said that to me.”
It was a thrill for viewers to get to see the exact moment when the original exchange about Booth’s distressing familial history happened. Bones aficionados who are also history buffs likely had a conniption, however, while watching both episodes for one very particular reason.
Written by: Looper
