On an all-new episode of "Bones" Friday, the series will lighten up with some laughs as Dr. Sweets infiltrates the world of professional chess.

Unlike other episodes that have been very emotional and tackled serious issues with the characters, "The Master in the Slop" will incorporate light-hearted fun and "some good stuff when it comes to Brennan and Cam," notes CarterMatt.

Fox issued an official synopsis of the show in a press release that reads:

"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 knows she should be the one to be honored. Meanwhile, much to Brennan's annoyance, Dr. Douglas Filmore (guest star Scott Lowell), the always sunny Canadian forensic podiatrist fills in as a lab intern."

Show producer Hart Hanson hinted at Sweets' fate just in case the season doesn't get picked up next season.

"When we get an official pick-up [for Season 10], we're going to know one way to go [storyline-wise]. And if we don't get a pick-up and it's the last season - which I don't think will happen, but you have to ready for anything - we have another way to go. That's not necessarily applying to Sweets, but anyone's future could be in flux," he told TVLine.

Fans of the show can also look forward to seeing "The Young and the Restless" star Ignacio Serricchio who has joined the cast as the Jeffersonian's newest squintern, TVLine reports exclusively.

Serricchio, who previously appeared in two episodes of the short-lived spin-off "The Finder," will play a very prominent forensic anthropologist from Cuba who comes to the U.S. seeking asylum. His character will debut in the spring.

"He has to work his way up to a position that he already occupied for many years," said the show's Executive Producer Stephen Nathan to TVLine. "He feels that he's Brennan's equal, but Brennan really doesn't feel the same."

"The Master in the Slop" episode of "Bones" airs Friday, Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. on Fox.  Watch a preview below.