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Season 5  "The Dwarf in the Dirt"  5x7

Aired 14 years ago - Nov 12, 2009

Stephen Fry returns as Dr. Gordon Wyatt. Booth, still suffering some lingering effects from his brain surgery, has to get re-certified for FBI marksmanship, but is not the accurate shot he was before going under the knife. Meanwhile, Booth and Brennan delve into the murder of a dwarf who used to be a wrestling star.

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Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 1
Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 2
You are at the end of a beautiful rainbow.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 3
Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 4
The large skull and torso, combined with short limbs
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 5
Most likely scenario is that he was murdered and tossed in a storm drain, service tunnel or sewer.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 6
Isn't it? Isn't it? What do I owe this pleasure to?
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 7
Chef's table, somebody, please. Prepare, thank you.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 8
What if his strength wasn't compensation for his condition but led to all of these injuries?
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 9
Well, those were mostly beautiful boys wrestling around, all...
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 10
I could spend the rest of my life analyzing the contents of that sinkhole.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 11
Let me know if you find something special.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 12
The only time I've ever fired a weapon, it reared up and struck me on the forehead.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 13
Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 14
- That-that's not him. - What do you mean that's not him? You said that was him.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 15
Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 16
What was I supposed to do?
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 17
He holds his phone to a different ear, coffee in his left hand.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 18
Being the Iron Leprechaun is a sweet gig, is it?
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 19
Well, when Bryce was the Iron Leprechaun, she used to have to pay him a piece of the gate.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 20
We don't like to come right out and say that.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 21
Do you know there is something about an American diner griddle
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 22
Obviously not. He came to you. Right?
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 23
Doesn't extend to the potatoes.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 24
The nicks are deeper than the extent of the green patina.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 25
Not just deaf. Mute.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 26
I tried helping Bryce out. You know, got him jobs.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 27
Nobody's a fry cook!
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 28
All right, look. Bryce told them where to find my pruno and dope stash, okay?
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 29
that she was thinking about calling it quits on him.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 30
I think that he sort of misses that dream.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 31
Well, perhaps you're right.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 32
That would've stretched from here underground to approximately the other side of the street,
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 33
The victim was small and strong. He could've dug his way through.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 34
Could he have been stabbed?
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 35
Or if he was actually hanging from his arm and the killer shot down from this angle.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 36
What, is there a connection between my book and Booth's marksmanship?
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 37
So Booth not shooting straight is simply... what... a manifestation of his phallic frustration?
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 38
He doesn't see it as a problem.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 39
Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 40
This... this personae she's projecting, this little person cougar...
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 41
Mm, we are consulting.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 42
All I knew is Bryce told me he found a way to make a ton of money fast.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 43
- You want to... - I wouldn't dream of it, please.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 44
He was crawling from all the way over there, lugging his own weight in gold coins through a tunnel,
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 45
Got it in his head that to get me to himself, he had to be a better provider than his brother.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 46
The other one, your husband... you put him through hell.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 47
played the same sport but had average-size fingers.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 48
while the bullet traveled through the torso in a fatal trajectory, grazing three ribs.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 49
Oh, Gordon Gordon, okay, they took out a brain tumor the size of a melon ball out of my head.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 50
She doesn't love me. I would know if she loved me.
 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 51
You won't fail in front of her.

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Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 2
You are at the end of a beautiful rainbow.
#2 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 3 #3 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 4
The large skull and torso, combined with short limbs
#4 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 5
Most likely scenario is that he was murdered and tossed in a storm drain, service tunnel or sewer.
#5 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 6
Isn't it? Isn't it? What do I owe this pleasure to?
#6 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 7
Chef's table, somebody, please. Prepare, thank you.
#7 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 8
What if his strength wasn't compensation for his condition but led to all of these injuries?
#8 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 9
Well, those were mostly beautiful boys wrestling around, all...
#9 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 10
I could spend the rest of my life analyzing the contents of that sinkhole.
#10 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 11
Let me know if you find something special.
#11 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 12
The only time I've ever fired a weapon, it reared up and struck me on the forehead.
#12 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 13 #13 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 14
- That-that's not him. - What do you mean that's not him? You said that was him.
#14 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 15 #15 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 16
What was I supposed to do?
#16 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 17
He holds his phone to a different ear, coffee in his left hand.
#17 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 18
Being the Iron Leprechaun is a sweet gig, is it?
#18 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 19
Well, when Bryce was the Iron Leprechaun, she used to have to pay him a piece of the gate.
#19 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 20
We don't like to come right out and say that.
#20 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 21
Do you know there is something about an American diner griddle
#21 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 22
Obviously not. He came to you. Right?
#22 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 23
Doesn't extend to the potatoes.
#23 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 24
The nicks are deeper than the extent of the green patina.
#24 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 25
Not just deaf. Mute.
#25 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 26
I tried helping Bryce out. You know, got him jobs.
#26 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 27
Nobody's a fry cook!
#27 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 28
All right, look. Bryce told them where to find my pruno and dope stash, okay?
#28 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 29
that she was thinking about calling it quits on him.
#29 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 30
I think that he sort of misses that dream.
#30 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 31
Well, perhaps you're right.
#31 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 32
That would've stretched from here underground to approximately the other side of the street,
#32 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 33
The victim was small and strong. He could've dug his way through.
#33 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 34
Could he have been stabbed?
#34 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 35
Or if he was actually hanging from his arm and the killer shot down from this angle.
#35 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 36
What, is there a connection between my book and Booth's marksmanship?
#36 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 37
So Booth not shooting straight is simply... what... a manifestation of his phallic frustration?
#37 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 38
He doesn't see it as a problem.
#38 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 39 #39 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 40
This... this personae she's projecting, this little person cougar...
#40 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 41
Mm, we are consulting.
#41 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 42
All I knew is Bryce told me he found a way to make a ton of money fast.
#42 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 43
- You want to... - I wouldn't dream of it, please.
#43 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 44
He was crawling from all the way over there, lugging his own weight in gold coins through a tunnel,
#44 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 45
Got it in his head that to get me to himself, he had to be a better provider than his brother.
#45 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 46
The other one, your husband... you put him through hell.
#46 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 47
played the same sport but had average-size fingers.
#47 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 48
while the bullet traveled through the torso in a fatal trajectory, grazing three ribs.
#48 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 49
Oh, Gordon Gordon, okay, they took out a brain tumor the size of a melon ball out of my head.
#49 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 50
She doesn't love me. I would know if she loved me.
#50 Recap of Bones Season 5 Episode 7 (S05E07) - 51
You won't fail in front of her.
#51