"A Man on Death Row" is the seventh episode of the first season of the television series, Bones. Originally aired on November 22, 2005 on FOX network, the episode is written by Noah Hawley and directed by David Hugh Jones. The plot focuses on Dr. Temperance Brennan and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth's investigation into a seven-year-old murder, of which death-row prisoner Howard Epps is accused. Booth and Brennan are given a deadline to prove Epp...
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"A Man on Death Row" is the seventh episode of the first season of the television series, Bones. Originally aired on November 22, 2005 on FOX network, the episode is written by Noah Hawley and directed by David Hugh Jones. The plot focuses on Dr. Temperance Brennan and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth's investigation into a seven-year-old murder, of which death-row prisoner Howard Epps is accused. Booth and Brennan are given a deadline to prove Epps' innocence or guilt before his imminent execution.
The episode opens with Dr. Temperance Brennan and Special Agent Seeley Booth arguing about Booth's refusal to approve Brennan's application to be allowed to carry a concealed weapon as she was formerly charged with a felony (despite not being convicted). In Booth's office, they meet Amy Morton, who tells Booth she is the new lawyer of death-row-inmate Howard Epps and asks for his help to prove the innocence of Epps, who is scheduled to be executed in 30 hours. Booth was the investigating...
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