The Titan on the Tracks

"The Titan on the Tracks"
Bones episode
Dr. Camille Saroyan asserts her authority over Dr. Hodgins, Dr. Brennan and Zack.
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 1
Directed by	Tony Wharmby
Written by	Hart Hanson
Production code	2AKY01
Original air date	August 30, 2006
Guest appearance(s)
Allison Dunbar as Brianna Lynch Ray Wise as Rick Turco Christine Estabrook as Lisa Supek Ann Cusack as Brianna's Lawyer Timothy Landfield as Daniel Burrows Sam Witwer as Mitchell Downs Alex Hyde-White as Mr. Hobbes JoNell Kennedy as Dr. Lawrence Jeremy Luke as Eddie Bean Marlon John as Fireman
Episode chronology
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List of Bones episodes

"The Titan on the Tracks" is the second season premiere of the American television series, Bones and 23rd episode overall. Written by series creator Hart Hanson and directed by Tony Wharmby, the episode was first aired on August 30, 2006 on the FOX Network. The plot features the investigation of FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (played by David Boreanaz) and Dr. Temperance Brennan (played by Emily Deschanel) into the deaths of a U.S. senator and an ex-basketball player. The episode also introduces a new main character, Dr. Camille Saroyan (played by Tamara Taylor), who is Brennan's new superior.

As Special Agent Booth drives Dr. Brennan to the crime scene, they discuss Brennan's vacation and her decision to keep looking for her father, despite his warning (in "The Woman in Limbo"). They arrive at the crime scene, where a train has derailed after crashing into a parked car on the tracks. A prominent senator was killed and an ex-basketball player appears to have been at the wheel of the car. Booth introduces Brennan to her new boss, Dr. Camille Saroyan, who has been hired by Dr. Goodman to be the Head of Forensic Division at the Jeffersonian Institute.

Brennan's colleagues, Dr. Jack Hodgins and Angela Montenegro, think that she deserves the position as the Head of Forensic Division. Angela notes that Booth and Cam act like they were previously involved. Preliminary examination of the evidence identifies the driver as Warren Lynch, a CEO and ex-basketball player. Soon, it is revealed that Lynch was a heroin addict, and that he had died several hours before his car was placed in front of the train. However, after Zack's cranial reconstruction, Angela does a facial reconstruction that proves the driver not to be Warren Lynch.