Bones (2005–2017): Season 1, Episode 19 - The Man in the Morgue - full transcript

After hurricane Katrina, Bones spends her free days in devastated New Orleans helping to identify unearthed corpses, but wakes up in a puddle of blood with amnesia about a whole day, after a dinner with black orderly Sam Potter, a voodoo practitioner. Booth flies to her rescue; they find the "gris-gris", a chicken leg-preparation made by the black voodoo practiced by the evil red sect, found in the mouth of John Doe 361, whose X-rays she had sent to the Smithsonian (where Zack concludes he was murdered by bullet and/or crushing), was purchased from the last supplier by Dr. Grahama Legiere, whom she was helping. Then they find Legiere murdered bloodily. The unamused local police arrests Bones, Booth gets a local prosecutor to defend her. Soon more voodoo corpses appear...

EVEN ALL OF THESE MONTHS AFTER
KATRINA RAVAGED THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS,

HUMAN REMAINS ARE STILL BEING FOUND IN
DEVASTATED NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY.

CADAVER DOGS ARE BEING USED TO SEARCH
FOR 2,300 PEOPLE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR.

MAKESHIFT MORGUES STILL
EXIST IN WAREHOUSES, SCHOOLS...

AND CHURCHES
THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

OFFICIALS ARE FINALLY
BEGINNING TO ADMIT...

WHAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE KNOWN
SINCE THE LEVEES BROKE LONG AGO...

MANY OF THESE PEOPLE
WILL NEVER BE FOUND.

YOU LOOK TIRED, MIKE. LATE
NIGHT? OH, YEAH. LATE AND NASTY.

SAME KINKY CREATURE?

DOC, THE GIRL CARRIE'S
A SERIOUS PERV SWERVE.



FEELING WRONG FEELS SO GOOD.

IT'S... HEY, SORRY, DR. BRENNAN.

NO, IT'S FINE. MALES OFTEN BOND BY
EXAGGERATING SEXUAL CONQUESTS.

MIKE'S NOT EXAGGERATING. THIS GIRL
IS SERIOUSLY TURNED ON BY COFFINS.

- MIKE WILL TAKE HER
INTO THE COOLER...
- DOC!

SOME LIBIDOS ARE INFLAMED
BY A PROXIMITY TO DEATH.

- WHO'S THAT?
- MY ASSISTANT ZACK
BACK IN D.C.

CONGRATULATIONS
ON YOUR COFFIN SEX.

- MM-HMM.
- I'VE GOT WORK TO DO.

SOME OF THE INFORMATION
YOU SENT FOR ANALYSIS...

SEEMS TO HAVE COME FROM REMAINS
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN EMBALMED.

BODIES WERE UNEARTHED
BY THE FLOODING.

THEY HAVE TO BE
I.D.'d AND REBURIED.

I COULD FLY DOWN THERE
TO HELP, DR. BRENNAN.



"TOMORROW IS MY LAST DAY.

"THE SEX ON THE COFFIN
THING IS NOT GUARANTEED.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE REASONS
THEY CALL THIS THE BIG EASY,

EVEN AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA.

DR. BRENNAN, MEET JOHN DOE 361.

WE FOUND THIS ONE IN THE 9th
WARD STICKING OUT OF THE MUD.

GOOD AFTERNOON,
DETECTIVE HARDING. MALE, 40's.

BADLY DECOMPOSED. LOOKS
PRETTY BANGED UP. YEAH.

BE NICE TO KNOW IF IT WAS HURRICANE,
FLOOD, OR FOUL PLAY THAT KILLED HIM.

DETECTIVE HARDING, HAVE YOU
BEEN INTO THE COOLER LATELY?

APPARENTLY SOME LIBIDOS ARE
INFLAMED BY THE PROXIMITY TO DEATH.

GOD, GRAHAM.
THINKING ABOUT SEX...

IN THIS PLACE SHOULD BE
ILLEGAL, IF IT AIN'T ALREADY.

OH, SAM. I'M GOING TO
NEED X-RAYS ON THIS ONE.

LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING
LODGED BEHIND HIS TEETH.

YOU'VE BEEN WORKING 48 HOURS
STRAIGHT. YOU NEED THE EVENING OFF.

I ONLY HAVE ONE
VACATION DAY LEFT.

ARE YOU DOING PENANCE FOR FEMA?
LET ME COOK YOU DINNER TONIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW. COME ON.

I'M A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN, MA'AM.
YOUR HONOR WILL BE RESPECTED. YEAH.

TELL YOU WHAT, GRAHAM. WE'LL SEE
WHAT THE X-RAYS TELL US ABOUT THIS ONE.

AND THEN, MAYBE
WE'LL GET A BITE TO EAT.

ALL RIGHT.

DR. BRENNAN, YOUR
AIRPORT SHUTTLE IS HERE.

WHAT? NO.

UM...

MY FLIGHT ISN'T UNTIL THURSDAY.

TODAY IS THURSDAY, DR. BRENNAN.

WHAT HAPPENED TO WEDNESDAY?

DR. BRENNAN? HELLO? ARE
YOU THERE, DR. BRENNAN?

LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE STOLE YOUR
EARRING. RIPPED IT RIGHT OUT OF THE LOBE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO ME.

IT'S A TOUGH TOWN. WE DON'T
HAVE THAT MANY COPS ANYMORE.

THEY WERE NEVER THAT
GOOD TO BEGIN WITH.

YOU SHOULDN'T INSULT THE
ONES THAT STUCK AROUND.

DETECTIVE HARDING, I DIDN'T
KNOW WHO ELSE TO CALL.

I NEED BLOOD SAMPLES
ON THIS CLOTHING.

MAYBE WE'LL GET LUCKY AND
THEY WON'T ALL COME FROM YOU.

- STILL HAZY ON THE DETAILS?
- I'M NOT HAZY ON THE DETAILS.

- I... I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.
- NOTHING?

DR. LEGIERE KNOCKING OVER A
TRAY OF INSTRUMENTS AT THE MORGUE.

THEN... MM, NOTHING.

- THAT WAS THE DAY
BEFORE YESTERDAY.
- I REQUESTED A RAPE KIT.

NO SIGN OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY,
FORCED OR OTHERWISE.

SIR, YOU CAN'T GO IN
THERE. BONES, YOU OKAY?

- BOOTH, I TOLD YOU NOT TO COME.
- WHO'S THIS?

HE'S F.B.I. WE'RE
SORT OF PARTNERS.

GUY FLIES DOWN FROM D.C.?
YOU'RE MORE THAN "SORT OF."

YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.
YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING?

THE TRAY FALLING OVER.

- WHY CAN'T SHE
REMEMBER ANYTHING?
- COULD BE THE HEAD INJURY.

HAIRLINE STRESS FRACTURE
ON MY RIGHT DISTAL RADIUS,

CONCUSSION, SLIGHT
FEVER, TORN EARLOBE.

I LOST ONE OF MY
FAVORITE EARRINGS.

YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT AN EARRING? YOU
SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT LOSING A DAY.

I KNOW. IT'S STUPID. BUT THESE
EARRINGS WERE MY MOTHER'S.

AMNESIA CAUSED BY ANY
TRAUMATIC EVENT, INJURY OR DRUG,

CAN ERASE MEMORIES BEFORE
THE EVENT, NOT JUST AFTER.

- WE'LL WAIT FOR A TOX SCREEN.
- GONNA BE AT LEAST 24 HOURS.

- 24 HOURS?
- MOST LABS IN THE AREA WERE
DESTROYED BY THE HURRICANE.

WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. YOU
JUST TAKE CARE OF YOUR, UH, PARTNER.

ANOTHER PRESENT FROM THE BAYOU.

I KEEP ASKING FOR A BABY
"T" THAT SAYS "THE BIG EASY."

WE'RE ALL HOPING FOR
THAT. FOR YOU, I MEAN.

DOES OUR FUNDING ALLOW US TO
DO DR. BRENNAN'S VACATION WORK?

WE'RE DOING WHAT THE FEDS DIDN'T. IT'S
THE YIN YANG OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING.

- SO WE'RE SNEAKING?
- THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT FUN.

JOHN DOE 361.

WOW. BAD THINGS
HAPPENED TO MR. DOE.

IT'LL COME BACK, BONES.
YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.

HEAD INJURIES ARE
EXTREMELY UNPREDICTABLE.

I'M JUST BEING REASSURING.

- BRENNAN.
- REGARDING THE X-RAYS
OF JOHN DOE 361.

JOHN DOE 361?

YES. YOU SENT HIS X-RAYS.

I DON'T REMEMBER THAT.
YOU DON'T REMEMBER?

WHAT ABOUT THE
X-RAYS, ZACK? MALE.

LATE 40's. MIXED RACE. ANOMALIES
ON HIS SPINE WHICH I'M LOOKING INTO.

BUT THE POINT IS, HIS
DEATH WAS NOT ACCIDENTAL.

I SENT YOU THE X-RAYS
OF A MURDER VICTIM?

HOW'D HE DIE? IS THAT BOOTH?

YES.

YOU'RE HOPPING THE STREETCAR
NAMED DESIRE WITH BOOTH?

OH, I LOVE THIS.

OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE WORKING THE
MURDER OF JOHN DOE 361. PRECISELY.

- HOW DID 361 DIE?
- THE PELVIS SHOWS
CRUSH FRACTURES.

THERE'S ALSO WHAT APPEARS TO BE A BULLET
HOLE IN THE SKULL, BUT THERE'S NO EXIT WOUND.

OKAY, KEEP WORKING ON IT.

YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE CASE? NO.

AND IT'S A MURDER.

I'M HUNGRY. WHEN WAS
THE LAST TIME YOU ATE?

OH, MY BAD. YOU HAVE AMNESIA.

BOOTH, I THINK I KNOW A PLACE.

SO WHAT IS THE LAST THING
THAT YOU DO REMEMBER?

I TOLD YOU. GRAHAM...

DR. LEGIERE KNOCKED OVER A
TRAY OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

I WANT TO TALK TO LEGIERE. WE MUST'VE
BEEN ABOUT TO EXAMINE JOHN DOE 361.

DR. BRENNAN? I THOUGHT
YOU WERE LEAVING TODAY.

PETER, THIS IS MY
FRIEND, SEELEY BOOTH.

- MY GOD. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
- I'M NOT CERTAIN.

BUT THE BRUISING
SUGGESTS TUESDAY NIGHT.

- AFTER YOU LEFT HERE?
- I WAS HERE TUESDAY?

- WHAT TIME?
- IN AT 8:00, LEFT AT 9:00. DON'T YOU REMEMBER?

YOU HAD DINNER WITH SAM POTTER.

BONES? BONES? WE HAVE TO GO
BACK TO THE MORGUE. TALK TO SAM.

WHO'S SAM? HE'S AN ORDERLY.
HE PRACTICES VOODOO.

BONES, WAIT UP.

YOU INVITED ME TO DINNER. WHY?

YOU FOUND THIS IN THE
MOUTH OF A JOHN DOE.

LET ME SEE THAT.

- THAT'S VOODOO?
- IT'S A GRIS-GRIS BAG. IT'S A MOJO.

THIS ONE IS MEANT TO SILENCE
THE DEAD SO THEY CAN'T SPEAK.

USUALLY DEAD PEOPLE ARE
PRETTY SILENT ON THEIR OWN.

VOODOO EMBRACES THE PREMISE THAT SPIRITS
CAN SPEAK TO US FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.

VOODOO IS ALL ABOUT THE
BALANCE OF THE FORCES.

THAT WIND, THE
FLOOD, THIS DEATH,

IT'S ALL OUT OF BALANCE NOW.

KATRINA WAS ARMAGEDDON
FOR THE ONES WHO LOVE BALANCE.

SOME THINK IT WAS SECTE
ROUGE THAT BROUGHT IT ON.

- WHAT'S THAT? SOME KIND OF A GANG?
- THE ONES WHO FOLLOW EVIL.

SOME BELIEVE THEY PURPOSELY
ANGERED THE SIRENS WHO SENT THE FLOOD.

THIS IS SECTE ROUGE.

SO THAT'S LITERALLY BAD VOODOO?

IT'S BLACK GUM ROOT.

THERE'S ONLY ONE
PLACE YOU CAN FIND IT.

A VOODOO SHOP ON PONTCHARTRAIN
AVENUE, RUN BY RICHARD BENOIT.

HE'S A GOOD MAN.
MAYBE HE CAN HELP YOU.

OKAY, THANKS.

DR. BRENNAN, A LOST DAY?

PERHAPS A SPELL WAS
CAST ON YOU AS WELL.

NO DISRESPECT, SAM,
BUT IT'S NOT MY RELIGION.

COME ON, BOOTH.

VOODOO. WHO'S GONNA
BELIEVE THAT STUFF?

IT'S A RELIGION. NO CRAZIER
THAN... WELL, WHAT ARE YOU?

CATHOLIC.

THEY BELIEVE IN THE SAME
SAINTS YOU DO, AND PRAYER.

WHAT THEY CALL SPELLS, YOU
CALL MIRACLES. THEY HAVE PRIESTS.

- WE DON'T MAKE ZOMBIES.
- JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD
AFTER THREE DAYS.

BRENNAN. JESUS IS NOT A ZOMBIE.

ALL RIGHT? MAN, I SHOULDN'T
HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT.

ON JOHN DOE 361 THERE'S A NARROWING
OF THE DISK SPACE ON L2 AND L3.

- CONGENITAL?
- UNCLEAR.

EXTENSIVE INJURIES CONSISTENT TO A
BODY BEING THROWN AROUND BY A FLOOD.

CROSS-REFERENCE WHAT YOU KNOW SO FAR WITH
THE DMORT RECORDS OF MISSING KATRINA VICTIMS.

HEY, BRENNAN. WHY
HAVEN'T YOU COME HOME?

PRETTY SOON, ANGE. IS
BOOTH THERE SOCIALLY?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.
WHAT'S GOING ON?

BONES HAS AMNESIA BECAUSE
A VOODOO MURDERER...

PUT A SPELL ON HER TO KEEP HER FROM
SOLVING THE MURDER OF JOHN DOE 361.

- THAT'S A HUGE SUPPOSITION.
- THAT'S FINE IF YOU
DON'T WANT TO TELL ME.

AH. VOODOO AMNESIA.
THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

MM-HMM. YEAH. IT'S GREAT.

BRENNAN'S FIGHTING ZOMBIES IN
NEW ORLEANS AND WE'RE STUCK HERE.

WHAT'S THAT SMELL?

I IMAGINE EVERYTHING
SMELLS IN HERE.

PLEASE JUST TELL ME
THAT CAR SURVIVED KATRINA.

WE USED IT TO EVACUATE. DID YOU RESTORE
IT YOURSELF OR DID YOU USE VOODOO?

AH. AN UNBELIEVER.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

YOU, UH...

YOU KNOW WHAT THAT
IS? THIS IS A DARK SPELL.

FORBIDDEN MAGIC. VERY STRONG.

THIS IS SECTE ROUGE. I CERTAINLY
WOULDN'T MAKE ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

BUT YOU HAVE THE
INGREDIENTS HERE?

WELL, THE INDIVIDUAL
INGREDIENTS ARE NOT MALIGNANT.

IT IS HOW THEY ARE COMBINED AND WHAT INTENTION
THEY ARE USED FOR THAT MAKES A SPELL GOOD OR BAD.

- DO YOU RECOGNIZE ME?
- NO. SHOULD I?

- ANYONE ELSE WORK HERE?
- MY DAUGHTER, EVA.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

WE'RE CONDUCTING
AN INVESTIGATION.

EVA! WHAT KIND OF INVESTIGATION?

IS THIS THE ONLY PLACE A PERSON
COULD BUY BLACK GUM ROOT?

YES. MOST PLACES LIKE
THIS ARE ALL GONE NOW.

IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE.

YES, DADDY?

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
THIS LADY BEFORE?

NO. WHY?

- WE NEED TO KNOW
WHO'S BOUGHT THIS LATELY.
- DON'T THEY NEED A WARRANT?

EVA WILL PULL UP WHAT YOU
NEED ON THE COMPUTER. EVA.

WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE, WHAT
DID YOU MEAN JUST A COINCIDENCE?

MOST PLACES LIKE THIS
WHERE A HOUNGAN, A PRIEST,

CAN GET WHAT HE NEEDS,
THEY ARE ALL GONE NOW.

BECAUSE OF THE
HURRICANE AND FLOOD?

WHICH OCCURRED BECAUSE
OF A LACK OF BALANCE.

MR. BENOIT, ARE YOU
SUGGESTING THAT...

SECTE ROUGE SOMEHOW
CONJURED UP A HURRICANE?

- SECTE ROUGE VOODOO IS
MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN OURS.
- NO, EVA. NOT MORE POWERFUL.

DESTRUCTION IS EASIER THAN
HARMONY BUT NOT MORE POWERFUL.

THERE ARE A LOT OF
MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT VOODOO.

YEAH. THAT WHOLE ZOMBIE STUFF PUTS
A CRIMP IN YOUR PUBLIC RELATIONS I BET.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BOUGHT BLACK GUM ROOT IN THE PAST MONTH.

GRAHAM LEGIERE,
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER.

I TRIED TO GET IN
TOUCH WITH HIM.

HE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE
OUT IN THE FIELD THIS WEEK.

GRAHAM? IT'S TEMPERANCE.
WHAT IF HE'S NOT HERE?

WELL, HE'S PROBABLY ASLEEP.
HE'S BEEN WORKING NIGHTS.

GRAHAM?

GRAHAM? CRACKER.

HEY, THAT'S NOT FUNNY. I THINK HE
INVITED ME TO DINNER THAT NIGHT, OR DRINKS.

I CAN'T REMEMBER. MM-HMM. YOU
KNOW WHAT? MAYBE HE "ROOFIED" YOU.

I'M SURE HE BOUGHT THE BLACK GUM
ROOT TO LOOK INTO ITS MEDICINAL QUALITIES.

BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW
HOW EFFECTIVE THAT IS.

VOODOO HEALING
IS QUITE EFFECTIVE.

NO CRAZIER THAN
ACUPUNCTURE OR EXORCISM.

HEY, HEY, EASY ON THE CATHOLICS.
OKAY? JUST EASY. BONES?

HERE WE GO AGAIN.

BONES?

YOU OKAY?

SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED HERE.

AND I GOT AWAY.

OH, YEAH. SOMETHING BAD.

WHAT EXACTLY WERE
YOU DOING HERE?

- IT'S GRAHAM, ISN'T IT?
- TELL YOU WHAT, DR. BRENNAN.

I'M GOING TO ASK THE QUESTIONS.

- COME ON, DETECTIVE. SHE WAS WORKING WITH THE GUY.
- HOW CLOSELY?

- WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
- ANSWER MY QUESTION, PLEASE.

WHAT BROUGHT YOU
HERE? WAS IT A SOCIAL CALL?

BUSINESS? REVENGE KILLING?

LOOK. LEGIERE BOUGHT SOME BLACK
GUM ROOT FROM THE VOODOO STORE.

- WE JUST STOPPED BY TO ASK WHY.
- WHY?

THAT'S WHAT WE CAME HERE TO ASK.

YOU WANNA LOOK BEHIND ME AND REMIND YOURSELVES
WHY I'M A LITTLE LOW ON SENSE OF HUMOR.

THAT WASN'T A JOKE.
SHE'S NOT WISECRACKING.

SHE JUST TENDS
TO BE A BIT LITERAL.

DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, I
SHOWED A VOODOO EXPERT A MOJO...

THAT GRAHAM FOUND LODGED
IN THE MOUTH OF JOHN DOE 361.

THIS VOODOO CONSULTATION, DID IT
OCCUR BEFORE OR AFTER AMNESIA?

THE AMNESIA'S REAL. GRAHAM
PURCHASED A RARE INGREDIENT...

AT A VOODOO SHOP
ON PONTCHARTRAIN AVE.

SO GRAHAM MADE VOODOO SPELLS,
SHOVED THEM INTO CORPSES' MOUTHS,

THEN PRETENDED TO BE
SURPRISED WHEN HE FOUND THEM?

- WHAT'S THAT?
- MA'AM?

SPLIT CAST, HUH? MORE VOODOO.
JUST LIKE THE SYMBOL ON THE WALL?

BAG IT AS EVIDENCE.

SECTE ROUGE? WHAT DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT SECTE ROUGE?

IF YOU'RE DONE WITH
US, WE'RE GONNA GO.

I'M GONNA TEAR THIS PLACE APART.
IF I FIND ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE...

THAT TIES YOU TO THIS SCENE,
I WILL TAKE YOU INTO CUSTODY.

DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT
SOMEONE COULD GO INTO A TRANCE,

COMMIT A MURDER LIKE
THAT, AND NOT REMEMBER IT?

NO, I DON'T. BUT I SURE AS HELL
THINK SOMEONE CAN FAKE AMNESIA.

THAT'S GREAT. THANK
YOU, DETECTIVE.

THESE FILES ARE EVERYTHING YOU AND
GRAHAM WORKED ON THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY.

JAMES, MEET AGENT SEELEY BOOTH.

DR. EMBRY IS GRAHAM'S
SECOND IN COMMAND.

CONDOLENCES ON YOUR
SUDDEN PROMOTION.

UM... UM...

WHY DO YOU THINK THE JOB HAD
ANYTHING TO DO WITH GRAHAM BEING KILLED?

BONES HAS VOODOO AMNESIA,
LEGIERE IS VOODOO DEAD,

AND THE LAST THING THEY WORKED ON
TOGETHER WAS A VOODOO RITUAL MURDER.

SO I'M THINKING THERE MIGHT
BE SOME KIND OF A CONNECTION.

LEGIERE'S BODY...

IS IT AS BAD AS THEY SAY?

- HOW BAD ARE THEY SAYING IT IS?
- NO MATTER HOW BAD THEY'RE
SAYING IT IS, IT'S WORSE.

I JUST WANT TO MENTALLY
PREPARE MYSELF.

I START HIS AUTOPSY
IN A FEW MINUTES.

THE FILE I NEED IS JOHN DOE 361.

ACCORDING TO RECORDS, THESE ARE THE ONLY
CASES YOU WORKED ON THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY.

FOUR SETS OF REMAINS, TWO WERE EASY I.D.'s,
DROWN VICTIMS, PROCESSED AND BOOTED FOR BURIAL.

THE OTHER TWO WERE BOTH
MALES, JOHN DOES 349 AND 350.

I SENT 361'S X-RAYS
TO THE JEFFERSONIAN.

WELL, I'LL CHECK AGAIN.

CAN I MAKE A LIFESTYLE
SUGGESTION? GO AHEAD.

YOU KNOW, VACATION. IT'S
FROM THE LATIN, VACATIO.

IT MEANS "FREEDOM" OR "RELEASE." YOU
MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THAT NEXT TIME.

LEARNING LATIN? THIS IS
THE OPPOSITE OF VACATION.

I MEAN, NO WONDER YOU SNAPPED, WENT
INSANE, AND TOTALLY LOST YOUR MIND.

OH, THANKS FOR YOUR
UNDERSTANDING. DR. BRENNAN.

- THERE'S NO JOHN DOE 361.
- THEN WHOSE X-RAYS
DID I SEND TO D.C.?

NO. I MEAN THE FILE IS GONE.

OKAY, HOLD THAT. GOT IT.

ZACK ADDY. ZACK, IT'S ME.
ANYTHING ELSE ON JOHN DOE 361?

YES. WE FOUND SOME DAMAGE TO THE
PUBIC BONE. SOME KIND OF STRIKE MARKS.

DID YOU GET ANGELA TO RECONSTRUCT
THE PATTERN? YEAH. HI, SWEETIE.

I'M HERE. I TRIED TO MAKE A
DIGITAL POSITIVE, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK.

- WHY?
- VOODOO PROBABLY.

THE EXTRAPOLATION PROTOCOLS CAN'T RESOLVE
THE GRADIENT FLUXES IN THE BONE SHADINGS.

- WHAT'S THAT?
- THAT'S MUMBO JUMBO. IT'S SCIENTIFIC VOODOO.

CAN YOU DO IT
MANUALLY? OFF AN X-RAY?

MM, NOT REALLY. CAN'T YOU
SEND THE ACTUAL REMAINS?

THEY DON'T EXIST.
THAT MAKES NO SENSE.

- VOODOO. IT'S PROBABLY VOODOO.
- VOODOO?

- OKAY. QUIT SAYING "VOODOO"?
- BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S NOT A FACTOR.

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU FIND. BYE.

HOW DO WE KNOW THIS IS NOT THE GUY
SHOVING MOJO BAGS INTO DEAD PEOPLE?

THOSE SPELLS ARE THE
WORK OF A SORCERER.

PRIEST HOUNGANS CAN MAKE
HEALING MOJOS, BUT I'M NOT ALLOWED.

- BUT SNAKE SHAKING, THAT'S FINE?
- THE SNAKE PULLS THE EVIL
OUT OF THE SOUL,

FREEING THE SPIRIT, THE LOUA.

I MUST DO WHAT SMALL THINGS I CAN. FLOODS
WASHED AWAY TOO MUCH OF WHAT WAS GOOD.

HEY, BONES, HOW'S ABOUT
WHILE YOU'RE A MURDER SUSPECT,

YOU, UH, ACT MORE LIKE A NORMAL
WOMAN AND LESS LIKE LILY MUNSTER, OKAY?

BYE. GOOD SNAKE.
BYE-BYE. THAT'S IT.

CALL ME CRAZY, BUT I'M
SUSPICIOUS OF SNAKE MAN.

THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN INCULCATED
BY THE MAINSTREAM CULTURE'S PREVAILING...

JUDEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION INTO INSTINCTIVE
SKEPTICISM OF ALTERNATIVE MORES.

YEAH. THANKS FOR
THAT EXPLANATION.

I'VE BEEN OVER EVERY
INCH OF THESE X-RAYS.

ME TOO. THERE'S EVIDENCE
OF PARTICLES ON THE BONES.

BUT THERE IS NO WAY FOR ME TO
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. PROBABLY DIRT.

YES. THANK YOU, ZACK. BUT
DIRT IS A MEANINGLESS WORD.

YOU CAN'T SEE AIR
ON AN X-RAY. WHAT?

I NEVER SAID YOU COULD. I'M
NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT AIR.

YOU CAN SEE A SPACE WHERE AIR MIGHT
BE LIKE A CAVITY, BUT NOT THE AIR ITSELF.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT YES, THERE ARE
FLECKS ON THE X-RAY THAT MIGHT BE DIRT,

BUT THAT DOESN'T
TELL US ANYTHING.

IS IT SANDY? SILTY, "HUMUSEY"?

IS IT CLAY? IS IT MORE
ORGANIC THAN MINERAL?

IS IT SOIL? IS IT
PULVERIZED GRAVEL?

WHAT MINERALS ARE IN IT?
ARE THE MINERALS CRYSTALLINE?

THESE ARE ALL DETAILS A
PERSON CANNOT GET OFF AN X-RAY...

NO MATTER HOW
LONG HE STARES AT IT.

A PERSON SHOULD LOOK FOR THINGS THAT AREN'T
THERE INSTEAD OF THINGS THAT ARE THERE.

YOU MEAN ME? IN DIRT?

NO. ME, ON THE X-RAY.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ANOMALIES WHICH EXIST
INSTEAD OF ANOMALIES WHICH DON'T EXIST.

ZACK, IF YOU ARE EVER GOING TO
SUCCESSFULLY MIMIC BEING HUMAN,

YOU HAVE TO STOP MAKING EVERYTHING ABOUT
YOU AND FEIGN INTEREST IN THE OTHER GUY.

ZACK! I'VE NOTICED THAT
YOU TRY TO LOOK TALLER.

WHEN? AROUND DR. BRENNAN.

I DO NOT. AND ANGELA.

BECAUSE THEY ARE
BOTH TALLER THAN YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I TAKE IT BACK. DON'T
TAKE ANY INTEREST IN THE OTHER GUY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

SO, DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING
ELSE THAT COULD HELP US OUT?

IT COULD'VE BEEN ME.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
LOOK AT IT OBJECTIVELY.

GRAHAM LEGIERE WAS KILLED
BETWEEN 11:00 P.M. TUESDAY...

AND 3:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY.

NOT ONLY DO I NOT
HAVE AN ALIBI, I...

I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN
TO MYSELF WHERE I WAS.

IT COULD'VE BEEN ME.

NO, IT COULDN'T.

YES... HOW DO YOU KNOW?

I JUST KNOW, OKAY? I'D BET
MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER ON IT.

- I ALREADY DID.
- WHAT?

- NOTHING.
- WHAT DID YOU DO?

BONES, STOP. THIS IS THE LAST TIME AND
PLACE THAT YOU WANT TO BE RATIONAL.

LET'S JUST BE WILDLY EMOTIONAL AND
ASSUME YOU DIDN'T MURDER A COWORKER...

WHO INVITED YOU OVER FOR DINNER.

- WHAT'S THAT?
- WHAT?

THAT.

- EW.
- IS IT ANOTHER VOODOO DUMPLING?

IT'S SOME KIND OF FLESH.
AND THESE ARE SEASHELLS.

AND LEATHER, I THINK.

IS THAT A HUMAN
TOOTH? YES. A CANINE.

PUT DOWN YOUR
WEAPON, AGENT BOOTH.

PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPON.
THERE'S NO THREAT FROM US.

- YOU'RE HOLDING A GUN ON ME.
- MY FINGER HERE IS
NOT ON THE TRIGGER.

IT'S THE BEST I CAN DO
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

HOLSTER YOUR WEAPONS.

I'M HERE TO ARREST DR. BRENNAN
FOR THE MURDER OF GRAHAM LEGIERE.

THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
I'M PRETTY SURE IT IS.

I TOLD YOU, BOOTH.
BONES, PLEASE!

JUST ONCE IN YOUR LIFE WILL YOU BE
QUIET? THAT'S GOOD ADVICE BECAUSE...

EVERYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE
HELD AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.

- WHAT IS THAT?
- I FOUND IT ON MY PILLOW.

BONES!

THANK YOU, DR. BRENNAN.

WHAT'S THE PROBABLE CAUSE? TRACES
OF DR. BRENNAN'S BLOOD IN LEGIERE'S HOME,

LEGIERE'S BLOOD ON HER
CLOTHING FROM THE CLINIC.

- IS THAT IT?
- ALL I'M PREPARED TO SHARE
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

NOW, PLEASE. STEP
AWAY FROM MY COLLAR.

I'M AFRAID I CAN'T LET
THAT HAPPEN. BONES! GEEZ!

IT'S BETTER IF NOBODY ELSE DIES
WHILE WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I
WASN'T PLANNING ON DYING.

IT'S NOT YOU I WORRY ABOUT. OW.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO
THE ROOM. IT'S PAID FOR.

WERE YOU SLEEPING
WITH GRAHAM LEGIERE?

I DON'T... I DON'T THINK
SO. YOU DON'T THINK SO?

I DON'T REMEMBER SLEEPING
WITH HIM. AND AT THE CLINIC,

THEY SAID THERE WAS NO
SIGN OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY.

I HOPE YOU'VE KEPT
YOUR MOUTH SHUT.

TEMPERANCE BRENNAN, CAROLYN
JULIAN. SHE'S YOUR LAWYER.

SHE'S FROM THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE. SHE'S THE BEST THERE IS.

YOU FOUND A PROSECUTOR TO
DEFEND HER? INTERESTING TACTIC.

I'VE TOLD DETECTIVE HARDING
EVERYTHING I KNOW SO FAR.

SHE'S A FOOL. YOU DIDN'T
TELL ME SHE'S A FOOL.

SHE'S A BRILLIANT FORENSIC
ANTHROPOLOGIST. I HAVE THREE DEGREES.

I'VE PIONEERED RESEARCH
IN... WHAT'S THAT?

A GRIS-GRIS BAG. I FOUND
IT IN MY HOTEL... ROOM...

THE PERSON WHO LEFT IT
THERE IS TRYING TO FRAME ME,

SO THE TOOTH IS
PROBABLY GRAHAM'S.

THREE DEGREES AND STILL A FOOL.

THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER, ROSE. I
NEED TO SPEAK WITH MY CLIENT ALONE...

BEFORE SHE GIVES
HERSELF A LETHAL INJECTION.

OF COURSE. OF COURSE.

IT'S NICE SEEING
YOU AGAIN, CAROLYN.

- BONES, WHAT THE HELL
WERE YOU TALKING TO HER FOR?
- I WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP.

YOU SEW THOSE
LIPS TOGETHER, GIRL,

BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH THING
AS "HELP" IN THE NEW ORLEANS POLICE.

THEY WANT TO CLOSE THE
CASE AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN.

AND YOU ARE MAKING IT
CHRISTMASTIME FOR THEM.

THERE'S NO WAY BONES
COULD'VE KILLED LEGIERE.

IT'S JUST NOT HER. I
MEAN, LOOK AT HER.

I AM DOING YOU A FAVOR
TAKING THIS CASE, BOOTH.

BUT AS THE LADY COP
SAYS, I'M A PROSECUTOR.

AND AS IT STANDS NOW,

I COULD TRY THIS CASE IN MY
P.J.'s AND STILL GET A CONVICTION.

SHOULDN'T YOU GET TO KNOW YOUR
CLIENTS BEFORE YOU MAKE SNAP JUDGMENTS?

- BONES!
- FINE. STOP ME WHEN
I GET SOMETHING WRONG.

TRAINED IN THREE TYPES OF
MARTIAL ARTS, TWO ASSAULT CHARGES,

REGISTERED MARKSMAN
WITH THE N.R.A.,

HUNTING LICENSES IN FOUR STATES.

- YOU HUNT?
- ONLY FOR FOOD.

- SHOT AN UNARMED MAN.
- HE WAS TRYING
TO SET ME ON FIRE.

ALL RIGHT, JUST ARRANGE BAIL FOR US,
CAROLYN, SO WE CAN GET OUT OF HERE.

SURE. SURE. DON'T WANT
TO GET THIS ONE MAD AT ME.

YOU COULDN'T KEEP YOUR
MOUTH SHUT, COULD YOU?

- I CAN IDENTIFY THIS GUY.
- ANGELA ISN'T THAT MUCH
TALLER THAN ME.

SPINA BIFIDA. HE HAD A SHUNT FROM
HIS BRAIN STEM DOWN TO HIS HEART.

IT WAS REMOVED MORE
THAN A DECADE AGO.

WE BOTH LIKE BRUSSELS SPROUTS.

- YOU DON'T LIKE
BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
- A MAN CAN CHANGE, ZACK.

WHAT? A HUMAN TOOTH? YEAH.

IT WAS SOME KIND OF
SOME FLESH, SOME FABRIC.

IT LOOKED LIKE
SOME KIND OF SHELL.

YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE...
TO MAKE YOU FORGET.

SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO JOHN DOE 361.

- BOOTH, I'M NOT UNDER A SPELL.
- YOU FORGOT A WHOLE DAY.

THE SPIRITS DON'T NEED YOU
TO BELIEVE IN THEM, DR. BRENNAN.

THEY BELIEVE IN YOU.

SEE YOU BACK AT WORK, HUH?

HOW'D I GET AWAY? YOU
KNOW, GRAHAM GOT KILLED.

I GOT AWAY. HOW DID I DO THAT?

YOU KNOW, BONES, ALL THOSE
THINGS THAT CAROLYN MENTIONED,

YOU KNOW, THE MARTIAL ARTS, THE
SHOOTING, THE, UH... THE ASSAULTS.

YOU'RE JUST THE TYPE OF WOMAN THAT
FIGHTS. MAYBE THEY DIDN'T EXPECT IT.

MAYBE THEY THOUGHT SOME
KIND OF MAGIC COULD HOLD YOU.

I DON'T BELIEVE
IN MAGIC. EXACTLY.

YOU'RE A SURPRISING WOMAN. SOMETIMES
THAT'S ENOUGH FOR GETTING AWAY.

WHY ARE YOU NICE TO ME?

BECAUSE... BECAUSE THEY
THINK THEY GET AWAY WITH IT.

- WHAT?
- THEY BURN THEIR VICTIM,
THEY BLOW 'EM UP,

THEY TOSS 'EM IN THE OCEAN,
BURY THEM IN THE DESERT,

THEY THROW 'EM TO WOOD CHIPPERS.

SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW,
YEARS GO BY. THEY RELAX.

THEY START LIVING THEIR LIVES
LIKE THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

LIKE THEY DIDN'T SPEND SOMEBODY
ELSE'S LIFE IN ORDER TO GET WHAT THEY GOT.

THEY THINK THEY'RE
SAFE FROM RETRIBUTION.

BUT YOU MAKE THOSE
BASTARDS UNSAFE.

THAT'S WHY I'M NICE TO YOU.

I COULDN'T DO THAT
WITHOUT YOU, BOOTH.

YEAH. SO, YOU SHOULD BE
A LITTLE NICER TO ME, HUH?

I REALLY SHOULD.

YEAH. I WALK IN ON SOMETHING?

- BEIGNET AND A CAFÉ.
- YES, MA'AM.

HOSPITAL RECORDS. THE
TOX SCREEN WAS NEGATIVE.

WHAT? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

- NO ROHYPNOL? NO KETAMINE?
- NOTHING BUT A TOUCH
OF ALCOHOL.

NOT ENOUGH TO AFFECT A BABY.

A JURY IS NEVER GONNA
BELIEVE THIS AMNESIA STORY.

- WELL, BUT IT'S TRUE.
- MAYBE THIS IS TRUE TOO.

LEGIERE TRIED TO RAPE YOU.
HE WAS A NOTORIOUS HORN DOG.

WE CLAIM SELF-DEFENSE, COP A
PLEA. YOU'RE OUT IN THREE YEARS.

I DON'T CARE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OR
HOW YOU'RE READING THE EVIDENCE.

- SHE DIDN'T DO IT.
- COULD BE THAT'S TRUE, SEELEY.

YOU VOUCH FOR HER, THAT'S GOOD
ENOUGH FOR ME. BUT, CHÉRI, THIS LOOKS BAD.

ALL YOU'VE GOT ON YOUR SIDE
IS PROOF YOU GOT ROUGHED UP.

THESE PICTURES FROM
THE CLINIC, THESE X-RAYS.

MY WRIST.

THE DOCTOR WAS WRONG. HE SAID THIS
WAS A COLLES FRACTURE FROM A FALL.

THIS BREAK SHOWS SURFACE
TRAUMA ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BONE.

THIS WAS EITHER DEFENSIVE OR SOMEONE
SLAMMED MY WRIST INTO SOMETHING.

MAYBE BECAUSE YOU TRIED TO
STAB HIM IN THE HEART WITH A KNIFE?

NO, THINK ABOUT IT. IF I'D
ALREADY STABBED THE ATTACKER,

HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO BREAK MY WRIST.

I LIKE THIS STORY. WHAT ELSE?

THE MOJO BAG. SOMEONE WAS TRYING
TO PUT A FORGETTING SPELL ON HER.

- BOOTH.
- HEY, I CAN WORK WITH THAT. THIS IS NEW ORLEANS, BABY.

AND WHERE IS MY
BEIGNET? BRENNAN.

JOHN DOE 361 IS NAMED RENE
MOUTON. HOW CAN YOU BE SURE?

I LOOKED FOR SOMETHING THAT WASN'T THERE,
WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A SHUNT CHANNEL.

GOOD WORK. YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT?

ALL ZACK HAD TO DO WAS
CROSS-CHECK WITH DMORT.

I ONLY THOUGHT OF IT
BECAUSE OF HODGINS.

I CAN DISCERN PARTICULATES, BUT I
HAVE NO WAY OF TELLING WHAT THEY ARE.

- SOME KIND OF DIRT?
- OKAY, EVERYBODY,
THE WORD "DIRT"...

MEANS NOTHING HERE IN
THE LAB SCIENTIFICALLY.

ANY PROGRESS ON THE DESIGN THAT
WAS PRESSED INTO THE PELVIC BONE?

I'VE TRIED THREE DIFFERENT
COMPUTER PROGRAMS.

I FED IN THE INFORMATION INTO
MULTIPLE IMPACT SCENARIOS,

BUT THIS ISN'T GONNA
WORK ON X-RAYS.

I NEED THE ACTUAL REMAINS.

BOOTH AND I ARE LOOKING
AS HARD AS WE CAN.

OR BETTER STILL, YOU COULD FORGET
THE WHOLE THING AND COME HOME.

DON'T WORRY. I MADE BAIL.

- BAIL?
- BAIL? FOR WHAT?

I TOLD YOU. DON'T WORRY. THE
MURDER CHARGE WON'T STICK.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. MURDER CHARGE?

BRENNAN, THE NEXT PLANE. OKAY?

THE NEXT PLANE OR I'M COMING
DOWN THERE TO GET YOU MYSELF.

EVERYTHING'S FINE. I'M
HEALING UP SATISFACTORILY.

- BYE FOR NOW.
- HEALING UP?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

THIS WHOLE STATE OF AFFAIRS WHERE
BRENNAN JUST RUNS AROUND FIGHTING CRIME,

IT'S STUPID, IT'S NUTS.

DON'T YOU AGREE?

GO, GO. I'LL BE... FINE.

BRENNAN WILL BE FINE, ANGELA. SHE GOT
BAIL AND THE MURDER CHARGE WON'T STICK.

- WHAT IS GOING ON WITH HER?
- ANGELA.

SHE STARTED TO CHANGE
THE DAY SHE MET YOU.

WHAT? SHE SEES HOW YOU DO IT.

ALL FUN AND
INVOLVEMENT AND PIZZAZZ.

BIG, YOU KNOW? BIG LIFE.

BOOTH CAME ALONG AND
GAVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY,

BUT SHE GOT THE IDEA FROM YOU.

BRENNAN WANTS A
BIG LIFE LIKE YOURS.

THAT'S HOW IT LOOKS TO ME
ANYWAY. BUT WHAT DO I KNOW?

I'M A BUG GUY... BUG AND SLIME.

AND YOU KNOW, DIRT.

YEAH. SO...

OKAY.

HMM.

ACCORDING TO BUREAU FILES, RENE
MOUTON HEADED UP A SMALL VOODOO CHURCH.

BY ALL ACCOUNTS, HE
WAS A VERY GOOD MAN.

HE RESCUED SCORES OF PEOPLE DURING
KATRINA. THEN HE JUST DISAPPEARED.

SOME THOUGHT HE WAS JUST
SWEPT AWAY WHEN THE LEVEE BROKE.

WHY WOULD ANYONE MURDER HIM?
THE CHAOS DURING THE EVACUATION.

COULD EVEN HAVE BEEN
FOR A BOTTLE OF WATER.

OR BECAUSE HE WAS A PRIEST.

THE GRIS-GRIS BOX, THE MURDER
OF DR. LEGIERE, YOUR AMNESIA,

THIS IS THE WORK OF A BOKOR,
A SECTE ROUGE SORCERER.

RENE MOUTON WAS A HOUNGAN.

A POWERFUL AND WELL-LOVED PRIEST.
FOR SECTE ROUGE TO CLAIM HIS SOUL,

THIS WOULD GIVE THEM INFLUENCE
ON ALL THE PEOPLE HE INFLUENCED.

- LIKE A CHAIN LETTER.
- OR IN THE REAL WORLD,
SOMEBODY WANTED HIS SHOES.

- NO, BOOTH, IT MAKES SENSE.
- WHAT DOES?

- GRAHAM AND I WERE ON THE TRAIL
OF A "BROKER."
- BOKOR.

AND HE FOUND OUT, OR SECTE
ROUGE DID. ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

THEN WE JUST TOSS THE RING INTO
THE MOLTEN RIVER AND BLAH-BLAH.

IN THE MEANTIME, SOMEBODY HERE HAD THE
ABILITY TO HIDE MOUTON'S BODY AND FILES.

JAMES EMBRY. ME.

MIKE DOYLE.

YOU WANTED TO HIDE A BODY AND DIDN'T WANT
ANYONE TO FIND OUT, WHERE WOULD YOU PUT IT?

IF I WANTED TO HIDE A BODY, I'D
CHANGE THE NAME TAG ON THE COFFIN.

NOT MOUTON. TOO YOUNG.

HE'S BURIED AND THE
EVIDENCE IS GONE FOREVER.

FEMALE. I FIND IT
HARD TO BELIEVE...

THAT HORNY LITTLE MIKE
DOYLE IS A VOODOO SORCERER.

OH!

- ME TOO.
- SPEAK OF THE DEVIL.

IT'S MIKE DOYLE.
AND HE'S NOT ALONE.

YOU SAID TO AVOID THE POLICE.
NOT COOPERATING IS ONE THING.

CONCEALING A DOUBLE HOMICIDE, WE MIGHT
AS WELL GIVE THEM AN EXCUSE TO HANG US.

DR. EMBRY SAYS THAT YOU
CAN IDENTIFY THE BAG OF BONES.

THE SKELETAL REMAINS BELONG TO A MAN
NAMED RENE MOUTON. HIS SKULL IS MISSING.

LOOKS TO ME LIKE MIKE DOYLE WAS
DRUGGED, A SPIKE DRIVEN THROUGH HIS HEAD...

DURING OR IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.

WELL, IT APPEARS THAT
DR. BRENNAN, DR. EMBRY...

AND SAM POTTER HERE ARE THE THREE
PEOPLE WHO COULD'VE PULLED THIS OFF.

SAM POTTER BROUGHT US TO
THE BODY. WE CALLED YOU IN.

- WHO DOES THAT LEAVE?
- OH, PLEASE. THERE'S NO
SECURITY IN THIS PLACE.

ANYONE COULD'VE GOTTEN IN HERE.

YOU SAID THAT MIKE WAS
HAVING SEX WHEN HE DIED.

- HE MUST'VE BEEN KILLED
BY THE COFFIN GIRL.
- WHAT?

- WHAT'S HER NAME?
- I NEVER GOT HER NAME.

IS THERE A MOJO
IN DOYLE'S MOUTH?

I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
RELEASING THAT...

THE GIRL IS A VOODOO SORCERER.
SHE WORKS FOR SECTE ROUGE.

DETECTIVE HARDING, I KNOW
THIS SOUNDS SUPERSTITIOUS...

THREE RITUAL MURDERS AND A
WORLD-RENOWNED ANTHROPOLOGIST...

WHO CAN'T REMEMBER HOW SHE ENDED UP
SMEARED WITH THE BLOOD OF A SKINNED MAN...

CRUCIFIED TO A WALL WITH SPIKES.

- CALL ME SUPERSTITIOUS.
- EXCUSE ME.

MAY I SCATTER FWAN
GINEA OVER MR. MOUTON?

TO PURIFY HIS REMAINS?

NO! NO MORE OF THIS VOODOO CRAP! I
DON'T WANT YOU CONTAMINATING THE BODY!

- WHAT IS IT?
- ASHES FROM A RITUAL FIRE PIT.

ASHES FROM A DOVE'S FEATHER,
SALT, MIXED WITH HOLY WATER...

OKAY, OKAY. WE GET THE IDEA.

IT SHOULD HAVE NO AFFECT ON
THE BONES, DETECTIVE HARDING.

FINE. FINE. GO AHEAD.

WHOA! DID YOU SEE THAT?
VERY INTERESTING PHENOMENON.

THE ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE OF THE
PARTICLES REACTED WITH THE BONE.

ANGELA WAS UNABLE TO RECREATE
THAT PATTERN FROM THE X-RAYS...

USING THE BEST
TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD.

ELECTROSTATIC, MY ASS. THAT WAS PART OF AN
EMBLEM OF A 1959 CADDY BROUGHAM. OH, BOY.

- WHAT?
- THE VOODOO SHOP GUY
OWNS A 1959 CADILLAC.

HE'S GOT A VOODOO DAUGHTER.

YOU'RE TAKING MY
CADDY? WHY? WHY?

WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE YOUR CADDY WAS
USED IN THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF RENE MOUTON.

YOU THINK THAT SOMEONE DID A
HIT-AND-RUN ON RENE MOUTON IN MY CADDY?

- YES.
- MR. BENOIT, DOES YOUR
DAUGHTER HAVE A BOYFRIEND?

YEAH.

THIS HIM?

- MIKE DOYLE. YEAH. WHY?
- WE NEED TO SPEAK - TO YOUR DAUGHTER.

I MEAN DETECTIVE HARDING NEEDS
TO SPEAK TO YOUR DAUGHTER.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS.

MR. BENOIT, RIGHT NOW SHE'S A
SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF MIKE DOYLE.

- WHY WOULD EVA
KILL HER BOYFRIEND?
- IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN.

SHE WAS INVOLVED
IN A HIT-AND-RUN.

WHEN THE BODY SURFACED AT THE MORGUE, SHE
ASKED HER BOYFRIEND TO HELP HER HIDE IT.

HE REFUSED, SO SHE KILLED HIM.
ALSO SHE'S A MEMBER OF SECTE ROUGE.

NO, NO.

I BET THERE ARE DRUGS IN THIS SHOP
THAT COULD KNOCK ME OUT, MAKE ME FORGET.

EVA IS DOWNSTAIRS PRAYING.

EVA? EVA, OPEN THE DOOR.

NO. NO!

EVA! EVA!

OH, NO. NO.

BOOTH?

COULD THAT BE
MOUTON'S SKULL? YES.

AND THIS COULD BE THE SPIKE...

THAT SHE USED ON
MOUTON AND MIKE DOYLE.

THIS IS THE LAIR OF A BOKOR...

SOMEONE WHO CAN
CALL THE DARK SPIRITS.

THIS IS USED FOR
RITUAL ANIMAL SACRIFICE.

IT WAS HEATED TO RED HOT FIRST TO
CAUTERIZE THE WOUND SO IT WOULDN'T BLEED.

SHE KILLED HERSELF BECAUSE
SHE KNEW WE WERE COMING?

- NO. NO. NOT MY EVA.
- SHE DROVE THE SPIKE
THROUGH HER STERNUM?

STERNUM, HEART, THROUGH THE
CHEST CAVITY, THROUGH THE SPINE.

- CAN I OPEN THIS?
- WHY?

THIS ONE HOLDS THE SOUL OF RENE MOUTON. I
BELIEVE THIS ONE HOLDS THE SOUL OF THE BOKOR.

- WHY DON'T YOU JUST SHUT UP?
- I WOULD LIKE TO RELEASE...

MR. MOUTON'S SOUL SO NO
OTHER BOKOR CAN USE IT.

- IT'S EVIDENCE. DON'T TOUCH IT.
- I RAISED MY EVA TO BE
A HOUNGAN, A HEALER.

- HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN
RIGHT UNDERNEATH MY NOSE?
- REBELLIOUS ADOLESCENT?

REMEMBER HOW MUCH OF THE SPIKE WAS PROTRUDING
THROUGH HER BACK WHEN WE FIRST CAME IN?

SIX, EIGHT INCHES.

THE FACT THE SPIKE WAS RED HOT CAUSE
IT TO GO THROUGH THE BODY MORE EASILY?

NO. IT MIGHT EVEN
MAKE IT HARDER.

EVA BENOIT DID
NOT COMMIT SUICIDE.

- BASED ON WHAT?
- THIS ROOM ISN'T EVEN
12 FEET WIDE.

EVEN IF SHE RAN AT FULL
SPEED AND HER AIM WAS PERFECT,

NO WAY THE SPIKE WOULD GO THROUGH
HER SPINE UNLESS SHE WAS PUSHED ONTO IT.

HE IS THE SORCERER. HE BELIEVES
HE CAN BRING HER BACK TO LIFE.

OKAY. EVERYONE JUST SIMMER DOWN.

YOU'RE SAYING HE MURDERED HIS DAUGHTER
THINKING HE COULD BRING HER BACK TO LIFE?

YOU FIND HER DEAD, YOU STOP
LOOKING FOR MOUTON'S MURDERER.

AN INCH OR TWO TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT, WE
WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN IT WAS MURDER.

HAD TO HAVE BEEN HARD PUSHING HER ONTO THE
SPIKE, ESPECIALLY IF SHE WERE RESISTING.

YOU'D HAVE SOME
WOUNDS OF YOUR OWN.

THERE'S YOUR KILLER.

- I'D REALLY LIKE
TO GO HOME NOW.
- YEAH, ME TOO.

MY ADVICE? CUFF MR. WIZARD HERE
BEFORE HE PUTS A SPELL ON YOU.

- WHAT? NO WRITTEN CONFESSION?
- WANT A CONFESSION? THREATEN
TO RELEASE HIS DAUGHTER'S SOUL.

HE'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING.
DR. TEMPERANCE BRENNAN,

YOU LEAVE HERE, YOU GO
HOME, IT DOES NOT MATTER.

THERE ARE POWERS, DARK POWERS...

TO WHOM DISTANCE
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.

EASY, BUDDY.

HEY, HEY, HEY!

"AGUA?"

I'VE NOTICED THAT VERY
FEW PEOPLE ARE SCARY...

ONCE THEY'VE BEEN
POKED IN THE EYE.

YEAH.

I GOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE
BETWEEN TWO RELIGIOUS SECTS.

BENOIT USED HURRICANE KATRINA AS A DIVERSION
TO TAKE THE SOUL OF A VOODOO PRIEST.

- AND HE KILLED
HIS OWN DAUGHTER.
- DARK SORCERERS SUCK, MAN.

HE INTENDED TO
BRING HER BACK TO LIFE.

THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY SUCH
THING AS SPELLS AND MAGIC.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? HE
PUT A FORGETTING HEX ON DR. BRENNAN.

IT WASN'T THE SPELL THAT MADE ME
FORGET. IT WAS THE DRUGS. ROHYPNOL.

BLOOD TEST DIDN'T FIND ANY.
GAMMA HYDROXYBUTYRATE?

- NOT A TRACE.
- SODIUM PENTOTHAL?

- NOPE.
- SEVERE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA?

HONEY, EVEN I THINK YOU'RE
TOO STRONG-MINDED FOR THAT.

THERE WERE TOO MANY
DELAYS IN DOING MY BLOOD TEST.

THAT, PLUS THE ADRENALINE OF MY
ESCAPE. THE DRUGS WERE OUT OF MY SYSTEM.

THEY PUT THE
VOODOO ON YOU, BABY.

I DIDN'T REALLY MEAN
TO CALL YOU "BABY."

YOU GUYS, STOP, NOW. I MEAN IT.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN VOODOO?

BECAUSE IF A SMALL PART OF
YOU BELIEVES, THEN IT HAS A GRIP.

I DO NOT BELIEVE.
MAYBE JUST A LITTLE?

NO. GOOD. BECAUSE IF
YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS,

WE'LL HAVE BENOIT SEND YOU ONE OF THOSE
LITTLE SATANIC MOJO POUCHES FROM PRISON.

BOOTH, OBJECTS HAVE
NO INTRINSIC POWER.

A PERSON'S FUTURE DOES
NOT DEPEND ON SOME THING.

THINGS ARE JUST THINGS.

THEY DO NOT HAVE MAGICAL
MEANING OR POWERS.

- WHERE'D YOU GET THAT?
- WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

IT'S JUST A THING, RIGHT?

MY MOTHER'S EARRING.

NO, UH, MAGICAL POWER
OVER YOUR FUTURE.

DOES THAT PROVE SOMETHING?

YEAH.

IT PROVES SOMETHING.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?