The Master in the Slop is the fourteenth episode of the ninth season of Bones.
Summary[]
When the Jeffersonian team discovers the body of a renowned but disliked chess master amidst pig slop, Sweets surprises the team with his chess skills and goes undercover in the world of professional chess to find the killer. Cam is being recognized in the "Outstanding Woman of Science" issue of a noted science publication but is hesitant to participate since she does not want to offend Brennan who thinks she should be the one to be honored. Meanwhile, much to Brennan's annoyance, Dr. Douglas Filmore, the always sunny Canadian forensic podiatrist fills in as a lab intern.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Temperance Brennan - Emily Deschanel
- Seeley Booth - David Boreanaz
- Jack Hodgins - T.J Thyne
- Angela Montenegro - Michaela Conlin
- Camille Saroyan - Tamara Taylor
- Lance Sweets - John Francis Daley
Intern of the Week[]
- Douglas Filmore - Scott Lowell
Guest Cast[]
- Tim Levitt - Joseph Fuhr
- Suzanne Levitt - Michelle Clunie
- Forrest Wakefield - Marcus Giamatti
- Jarrick Henry - Dayo Okeniyi
- Ahn Ni - Jo Mei
- Dimitri Romanov - Dimitri Diatchenko
- Ingrid Magnuson - Marina Benedict
- Tiffin Olin - Craig Ricci Shaynak
- Chess Player - Kimberly Manion
Featured Music[]
- "Sweatshop Boys" by Battle Tapes (Sweets's chess montage)
Trivia[]
- Scott Lowell and Michelle Clunie both had staring roles on the Showtime hit TV series Queer as Folk.
- This episodes victim, Chess Grand Master Albert Magnuson is most likely named in relation to real world Chess Grand Master Magnus Carlson
- In Sweets' chess montage, he is seen moving two pieces in one turn. Many perceive this as an error, but in fact he is "castling," the only legal chess move in which a player can move two pieces on the same turn.
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