The remains of an ad man who practices Brutal Honesty to the extreme is found on a community center playground, but the deceased's numerous burnt bridges make finding his murderer difficult. Meanwhile, the team tries to be more honest with each other and Angela and Hodgins face reality about their unborn child.
Tropes
- Brutal Honesty: The episode deals with a murder connected to a group which practices radical honesty, a whole philosophy based on this trope. Cue a lot of blunt comments and answers to the investigators.
- Going Commando: Booth admits to sometimes doing this when he doesn't have clean underwear, while at a Radical Honesty meeting. Try to look at him the same way again, I dare you.
- I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine: Eyal Podell plays the role of the killer and previously acted opposite David Boreanaz in the fifth season of Angel.
- Product Placement: The episode has an extremely off-putting scene: Bones, Booth and Sweets are in a car, talking about the case of the week, they stop abruptly to marvel at the fact that the car can park itself; Booth makes a lame joke and then end scene.
