The Girl in the Fridge
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| “The Girl in the Fridge” | |
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| Bones episode | |
 The Girl in the Fridge. |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 8 |
| Written by | Hart Hanson Kathy Reichs |
| Directed by | Sanford Bookstaver |
| Original airdate | November 29, 2005 |
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The Girl in the Fridge is the eighth episode of the FOX Network drama Bones. It originally aired on November 29, 2005.
[edit] Synopsis
Michael, Bones adviser, drops by for a visit, with whom Bones thinks she has a healthy professional rivalry. The two also have a casual sexual relationship which Bones assumes is not complicated. Both these assumptions are tested in a new case that starts with the decayed remains found in an old refrigerator. The investigation swiftly leads to two likely suspects, a couple who know the dead girl through a common physician.
The twist in the tale occurs when Michael is recruited by the defense as an expert witness. The trial boils down to a contest between the cold factual style of Bones and the charming layman approach of Michael. The prosecution lawyer highlights this standoff as a choice between reality and perception, and she goes on to state that perception wins cases. In the first few rounds, the expert witness for defense has the upper hand with the velvet glove approach. Booth decides to bring out an emotional testimony from Bones, by asking the prosecution to bring up Bones' missing parents and the reason for her being a forensic scientist. This breaks the proverbial ice between the jury and Bones, leading to a conviction by the jury.
Perception always wins, justice is just serendipity.
