A Boy in a Tree

Booth and Brennan is why I watch this show. They both have personality issues, though I usually like Booth more than Brennan.

Booth was in a very, very bad mood throughout this episode. If I had been Brennan at the end, I would have punched him and told him where to stick his access card. I'm not sure what was wrong, but he was very obnoxious. I don't recall him being that way often throughout the episode story.

The story was good. Booth and Brennan worked well together, and the squints pulled together to get a job done.

One thing I puzzled over: It seems in the previous episode, Booth had an access card. I recall him scanning himself through.

I liked it better when Booth shows up at the lab to work on the case. It seemed more personable. In later seasons, he hardly ever shows up.

The plot is pretty basic. A young boy's body is hanging from a tree at a posh school. The directors of the school do everything to avoid having bad publicity. It turns out this is an ambassador's kid and his death, an apparent suicide, could damage the school or get the leaders fired. Booth hates private schools and is seriously prejudiced against the rich. The boy in question is nearly deaf and has been ill treated by the students at the school. His speaking inabilities lead to them thinking he is mentally deficient. His mother pushes to have the truth revealed. Negative again are the character of Zach and Angela. He, especially, gets really tiresome as he tries to figure out his possibility of having sex. It's all a distraction. Angela is playing off him.

The body of a student at a posh private school is found hanging from a tree. B&B aren't so sure it was a suicide, and pretty soon, with the help of Brennan's team, it's evident it wasn't. Sex tapes and something far worse turn out to be involved. Snooty school officials rub Booth, a public school grad, the wrong way. Brennan shows her usual lack of decorum and tact by letting the school head know that Booth doesn't like him. Truth is, Booth isn't much more tactful when he tells the guy he may just take him down to FBI HQ in handcuffs. A dark, early episode with more than its share of zingers and barbs. Booth is pushing for an access card to Brennan's lair while she's pushing for her own gun.