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B&B investigate the death of a man who apparently fell from the sky. He was an astronaut suffering from significant bone loss, due to time spent in outer space, which affects one's bone density. Hodgins figures there must be ETs involved somehow. Odd slash marks on various parts of the remains turn the investigators in another direction, but not before B&B butt heads with the space agency, which wants to keep everything hush-hush. And there's something very odd about the dead man's family. Maybe a little too clever for its own good, nevertheless the episode is a decent example of BONES for the uninitiated. When they see the astronaut's splattered remains at the show's outset, they'll know if this series is for them. It tends to be a bit grislier than anything seen on HOUSE.

Somehow an astronaut, suffering from bone reduction, fall from a precipitous height, and lands in a cow pasture. For all practical purposes, he is a blot, having travelled at the maximum speed considering rules of gravitational pull and effects of resistance. But when we get down to it, other than the obvious interesting facts about space travel and its effects on the human body, it proves to be a love triangle. Once again, government agencies stand their ground when it comes to release of information. The secondary plot of Angela's and Jack's relationship continues. I have to admit that I, as an audience of one, don't care. I'm more concerned about the fallout of the whole thing.

The episode begins with a mass falling to Earth in a field behind some cows. The mass is revealed to be the body of astronaut, Cal Howard, after being killed and tossed out of an airplane. Hodgins badly wants the body to be extraterrestrial in origin. He is turned to for his beliefs in conspiracy theories on a number of occasions in this episode and I want to throw in one of my own. I think they wrote this episode in response to Pluto being demoted from planethood. Season 2 had already started airing when the International Astronomical Union downgraded our beloved planet, so the timeline adds up. Okay, back to the review.

Brennan and Booth go to speak with another astronaut and friend of the victim. Commander Adams is about to go on the A300 Zero-G, "the vomit comet," and Booth grins with childlike wonder like he's realizing a lifelong dream to go up in the plane. If I only had 15-20 seconds of weightlessness, I don't think I would be doing flips like Brennan did. With my luck, the gravity would come back and I'd belly flop to the floor from 6 feet up.

We find out that our victim was attempting to counteract the osteonecrosis caused by space travel. He has had an experimental surgery that started to regrow his bones and he will be ready for the next scheduled trip to space. This does not sit well with Commander Adams' wife and she hits Cal who steps back into an idling plane propeller. My sympathy for the reluctant killer only goes so far. This was much more believable as an accident before all the evidence was cleaned and covered up.

The quick B plot tie up at the end has Hodgins proposing to Angela for a second time and being turned down for a second time. I don't understand why the writers continue to draw out this plot point. It just causes unnecessary anguish.

Haha Cam's line "Hodgins left too soon" was great. Hodgins conspiracy theories are on full display this ep. Two episodes ago Angela wouldn't even say yes to moving in with you let alone marriage. I gotta say going weightless would be alot of fun. This episode is very current with the recent escapades to space by two billionaires. Angela is fire in that dress. I don't know how blessed you are when you're headed to prison. He may have gotten away with cheating but not this. I don't think it's fair for Angela to ask him to keep asking over and over. If you're not ready that's ok but it hurts him with each no.

Around 22:20, Hodgins jokes with Zack "Don't you be coming around to boil me in the middle of the night." By the next season, Zack is written off the show because he confesses to be an apprentice Gormogon, a cannibal.

I wonder if Eric Millegan already knew at this point that his character would not be a main character after season 3. Although he did return as a recurring character in a few episodes.