A Norwegian black metal band's stage props are revealed to be a little too authentic, requiring the FBI to ship the skeleton back home to the U.S. for investigation. Meanwhile, Dr. Gordon Wyatt returns and Sweets reveals he is writing a book on Booth and Brennan.
Tropes
- Bilingual Bonus: The police officers in the beginning speak Norwegian. The man fluently, the woman with a thick American accent.
- Creator's Culture Carryover: Norwegian police are depicted as wearing what appears to be riot gear and guns, violently kicking in the door spurring a fight between policemen and musicians and concert goers. In reality, Norwegian police are typically unarmed and many policemen may only arm themselves in extreme situations, such as when approaching a suspect they know to be armed.
- I Never Said It Was Poison: Booth and Bones manage to trick the murderer into admitting he used the murder weapon of barbed wire even though they never mentioned barbed wire.
- Insistent Terminology: Ska-luh!
- Ripped from the Headlines: The episode may have something to do with the murder of Euronymous
, guitarist of black metal band Mayhem. - Shirtless Scene: Sweets. Mostly because his shirt is needed to stop someone’s bleeding. It turns out to give him some new depth as Booth and Brennan see the scars on his back.
