Bones (2005–2017): Season 1, Episode 20 - The Graft in the Girl - full transcript
When Booth brings Bones to the hospital to show FBI Deputy Director Sam Cullen some work on another case at the sickbed of his young daughter Amy, who has a terminal bone cancer which is rare, specially for her age, she quickly finds the cancer stems not from asbestos as usual, but from a bone graft after a bad fracture. The team establishes after a biopsy that the donor's anonymous file was clearly a fake, aged over 60 instead of 25 and already terminal: homicidal negligence or worse. The director won't order an investigation as technically the case is outside FBI jurisdiction. The supposedly supplying firm Biotech doesn't exist anymore since before Amy's case, so they trace the surgeon, doctor Ogden's other risk patients; Kelly Demarco is indeed dead, from the same bone disease transfer, soon over a dozen victims are found, from several states, making the case a serial killing. Ogden was fired from a private clinic. They try to trace the donor's identities to find the real organ traders... .
UH, AGENT BOOTH? YES, ANGELA?
THIS IS THE PEDIATRIC CANCER
FLOOR OF THE HOSPITAL.
MM-HMM. YEAH.
RIGHT. WELL, UH, WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW
DEPUTY DIRECTOR CULLEN IS KINDA GRUESOME.
WHY ARE WE MEETING CULLEN HERE?
BECAUSE HE'S THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE F.B.I.,
AND THIS IS WHERE HE WANTS US TO SHOW IT TO HIM.
OKAY, LISTEN. ABOUT A MONTH AGO HIS
DAUGHTER AMY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
- MESO...
- MESOTHELIOMA. LUNG CANCER.
EXACTLY. SO SHE'S
NOT DOING SO WELL.
SO IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US
TO COME TO HIM RIGHT NOW.
HUH. "HUH," WHAT?
NOTHING. IT'S JUST THAT'S AN
EXTREMELY RARE FORM OF LUNG CANCER.
ODD FOR SOMEONE AMY'S
AGE TO CONTRACT. NO, NO, NO.
NO PROBING. OKAY? NOT TO
CULLEN, NOT TO HIS FAMILY.
THIS WILL TAKE FIVE MINUTES. WE GO IN, DO
THE SHOW AND TELL RELATING TO THE CASE.
AND THEN WE'RE OUT
OF THERE. IS THAT CLEAR?
- I THINK IT'S PECULIAR.
- NO.
- BUT I...
- NO.
- YOU HAVE TO ADMIT...
- BOOTH.
DR. BRENNAN.
HOW APPROPRIATE, YOU TWO
BICKERING IN AN ADOLESCENT WING.
UH, SIR, YES. UM, IS IT
OKAY IF WE COME IN, SIR?
WHAT DO YOU THINK, SWEETHEART?
BOOTH'S COOL, MOST OF THE TIME.
YOU HEARD THE LADY. YOU'RE COOL.
- MM-HMM.
- YEAH, RIGHT.
- ARE YOU SURE IT'S ALL RIGHT
FOR ME TO DO THIS HERE?
- NOTHING I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU
GOT HERE, ANGELA.
NOTE THE ESTIMATED
TIME OF DEATH IS MID-JUNE.
EXTREME HUMIDITY COMBINED
WITH INSECTS AND PRECIPITATION...
ACCELERATED THE RATE OF DECOMP.
SO BASED ON THIS,
THE VICTIM'S BODY WAS
NOT MUTILATED AFTER DEATH?
THE EFFECTS WERE
TOTALLY ENVIRONMENTAL.
MURDER DOESN'T FIT THE
SUSPECT'S PROFILE, SIR.
YEAH. IT'S NOT NICE TO
FOOL MOTHER NATURE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS AGAIN.
KNOCK YOURSELF OUT, SIR.
EIGHTY-SIX TIMES IS OUR LIMIT.
CAN I SEE YOUR DRAWINGS? WOW.
- THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL.
- OUR ARTIST IN THE MAKING.
RIGHT NOW I'M DOING LANDSCAPES. I'M
REALLY INTO THIS FRENCH DUDE ROUSSEAU.
YEAH. THERE'S, UH... THERE'S
A LOT OF ROUSSEAU IN PARIS.
HAVE YOU EVER
BEEN TO THE LOUVRE?
NO, NOT YET. BUT
IT'S ON MY LIST.
RIGHT AFTER "FALL IN
LOVE" AND "LEARN TO DRIVE."
WELL, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT EYE.
THANKS. I THINK WHAT YOU
DO IS PRETTY AWESOME TOO.
I MEAN, COMPUTERS ARE
NOT FOR ME, BUT I GET IT.
CAN I SEE WHAT
YOU'RE WORKIN' ON?
- SHE'S AMAZING.
- MM-HMM.
AMY'S BEEN VERY BRAVE THIS WEEK.
THEY'RE TRYING AN EXPERIMENTAL VIRAL
CHEMOTHERAPY, AND WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC.
SINCE ASBESTOS EXPOSURE IS THE PRIMARY
WAY PEOPLE CONTRACT MESOTHELIOMA,
HOW DO YOU THINK...
HOW DO YOU THINK AMY GOT IT?
OH, WE DON'T KNOW, DR. BRENNAN.
THE FIRST PLACE WE LOOKED
AFTER SHE WAS DIAGNOSED...
WAS ALL HER PREVIOUS SCHOOLS,
THE HOUSE WE LIVED IN... NOTHING.
HAS THERE BEEN A
HISTORY OF ILLNESS?
HARDLY. APART FROM BREAKING
HER LEG SNOWBOARDING A YEAR AGO,
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE
LAST TIME SHE WAS SICK.
- HOW BAD WAS THE BREAK?
- COMPOUND FRACTURE, LEFT TIBIA.
I WAS BOARDING WITH SOME
FRIENDS AND I... I HIT A TREE.
PRETTY DUMB, HUH?
- AND THAT REQUIRED SURGERY?
- A BONE GRAFT.
I HATE TO DRAG THESE LOVELY SQUINTS BACK TO
THE LAB, BUT, YOU SEE, WE HAVE ANOTHER CASE.
NO, WE DON'T. OH, YES, WE DO.
- COULD I SEE AMY'S GRAFT X-RAY.
- SIR, I APOLOGIZE.
OF COURSE.
IF YOU THINK THEY'LL
TELL US ANYTHING.
WHOA. WHAT?
WELL, PARDON THE FROMAGE REFERENCE, BUT
WHAT'S WITH THE MOLDY GRUYÈRE IN THAT LEG?
THE LIGHTER COLOR IS
EVIDENCE OF DEMINERALIZATION.
I'M NOT THE BONE
EXPERT HERE, BUT... YUCK.
- OSTEOPOROSIS.
- BASICALLY.
THE BONE HAS BECOME POROUS,
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WITH AGE.
ZACK, SEE IF YOU CAN ISOLATE THE
GRAFTED PORTION AND ENLARGE IT.
AMY CULLEN'S FILE STATES THE
DONOR OF THE BONE WAS 25 YEARS OLD.
WELL, I DON'T BUY IT. WHAT
ABOUT THE AGING DISEASE?
I'VE SEEN PROGERIAN
SKELETONS. THIS ISN'T ONE OF THEM.
THIS BONE IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS
DENSE THAN A PERSON IN THEIR 20s.
- THAT'S FOR SURE.
- HOW OLD DO YOU THINK
THE DONOR REALLY WAS?
JUDGING FROM THE
REDUCTION IN BONE MASS...
AT LEAST 60.
DOCTOR, YOU PERFORMED
AMY CULLEN'S GRAFT, CORRECT?
- YES. BUT I JUST DO
THE PROCEDURE, MS. BRENNAN.
- DR. BRENNAN.
- M.D.?
- PH.D.
- WELL, THOSE WHO CAN'T DO,
DO RESEARCH.
- OKAY...
- BOOTH...
- OKAY, FINE. IF YOU'RE JUST THE MECHANIC,
THEN WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR
ALL THE PARTS THAT YOU INSTALL?
YOU'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE HOSPITAL'S
TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR. WHAT'S GOING ON?
THERE ARE INDICATIONS THE BONE GRAFT YOU
IMPLANTED IN AMY CULLEN GAVE HER CANCER.
NO, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. EVERY GRAFT
WE GET HAS BEEN TESTED AND IRRADIATED.
THERE'S ONE WAY
TO KNOW FOR SURE.
ASSUMING SIGNIFICANT
REMODELING HASN'T OCCURRED,
DO A TRANSILIAC CREST CORE
BIOPSY ON THE DONOR BONE.
THEN WE'LL HAVE
AGE AND PATHOLOGY.
- AND WHO'S GOING TO PERFORM
THAT BIOPSY, DOCTOR?
- YOU ARE.
THAT LOOKS LIKE IT HURTS.
THEY USE LOCAL ANESTHETIC
AND MAKE A SMALL INCISION...
BEFORE INSERTING THE
NEEDLE INTO THE BONE.
A TINY CORE OF BONE IS TAKEN, A LITTLE
MORE THAN A SIXTH OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER,
USING A RATCHET-LIKE
DEVICE IN THE NEEDLE.
SO IT HURTS?
AMY'S A TOUGH KID.
SHE'S DOING GREAT.
IT'S NOT AMY I'M WORRIED ABOUT.
NOW LET'S GO TALK TO THE
COORDINATOR ABOUT THE GRAFT.
UNLIKE AMY, HE GETS
TO GO HOME TONIGHT.
YOU'RE A POPULAR MAN, DR. OGDEN.
WELL, WHEN YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR FINDING
BODY PARTS THAT SAVE LIVES, YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
I HAD ONE GENTLEMAN OFFER
ME HIS CATTLE RANCH IN MONTANA.
WELL, PEOPLE, THEY GET DESPERATE.
RIGHT? DID YOU TAKE HIM UP ON IT?
THAT WOULD BE
DISHONEST, AGENT BOOTH.
IF ANYTHING, THIS OFFICE IS BUILT
ON THE GOODNESS OF PEOPLE.
CULLEN, AMY A. BONE
GRAFT NUMBER 4429.
ALL RIGHT. ACCORDING
TO MY REPORT,
THE BONE THAT WAS DONATED WAS
HARVESTED FROM, UM, A 25-YEAR-OLD.
CAN YOU GIVE US THE
NAME OF THE DONOR?
I CAN'T PROVIDE YOU
WITH THAT INFORMATION.
WHAT ABOUT OTHER RECIPIENTS? ANY OTHER
PATIENTS HERE GET A PART FROM THE SAME BODY?
WHEN I SAID I COULDN'T TELL YOU, IT'S
BECAUSE WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING.
YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THE
TISSUE BANK FOR THAT.
BIOTECH TISSUE SERVICES.
WE'VE BEEN USING THEM FOR A
LONG TIME. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM.
AMY CULLEN HAS A
PROBLEM. SHE'S DYING.
THROUGH NO FAULT
OF THIS OFFICE, I'M SURE.
IF WE CAN BE OF ANY FURTHER
ASSISTANCE, DON'T HESITATE TO CALL.
THANKS FOR BEING SO
SYMPATHETIC. WE'LL CHECK INTO IT.
NEW OSTEOLOGIC SCANS
TO INPUT, AS REQUESTED.
HEY, CHECK THIS OUT.
- MONET?
- AMY CULLEN.
- YOU'RE KIDDING.
- NO. I RAN IT THROUGH
THE DIGITIZER.
SHE'S A GOOD KID.
I WANTED TO SHOW HER THAT
COMPUTERS DON'T HAVE TO BE THE ENEMY.
NOT BAD FOR A CERTIFIED
MEMBER OF THE GEEK SQUAD.
- AH, I'LL TAKE THAT
AS A COMPLIMENT.
- WELL, YOU SHOULD.
THIS IS A CROSS-SECTION
FROM AMY'S BONE GRAFT.
ZACK, WHAT'S THE RATIO OF
PRIMARY TO SECONDARY OSTEONS?
I ONLY SEE SECONDARY. EXACTLY WHAT
YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE IN AN OLDER DECEDENT.
AND ACCOMPANYING DATA?
WELL, I'M NO EXPERT,
BUT I THINK IT SUPPORTS AS WELL.
SO BASED ON THIS ONE SAMPLE, IT'S CLEAR THAT
THE DONOR BONE CAME FROM SOMEONE IN THEIR 60s.
- BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THAT IT'S
THE BONE THAT GAVE AMY CANCER?
- BECAUSE OF THIS.
MAGNIFY.
THE GRAFT IS
RIDDLED WITH CANCER.
CANCER CONSISTENT WITH MORPHOLOGY ORIGIN
IN THE PLEURA, MOST LIKELY MESOTHELIOMA.
WHOEVER THIS IS HAD TERMINAL
CANCER. AND NOW SO DOES AMY.
SHE WENT IN FOR A BROKEN
LEG AND WAS POISONED.
SHE NEVER EVEN HAD A CHANCE.
SOMEONE KNEW THAT BONE WAS
INFECTED AND THEY GAVE IT TO HER ANYWAY.
THIS WILL KILL AMY CULLEN.
WELL, IN THAT CASE, IT'S MURDER.
YOUR DAUGHTER'S CANCER ORIGINATED
IN THE BONE GRAFT. THE TEST CONFIRMS IT.
IT WAS THE OPERATION?
NOT ONLY WAS THE BONE
CONTAMINATED BY MALIGNANCY,
IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY
OLDER THAN DOCUMENTED.
IT WAS EXPIRED OR SOMETHING?
NO, SIR. IT JUST CAME FROM A MUCH
OLDER DONOR. SOMEONE IN THEIR 60s.
HOSPITAL ERROR.
THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO FIND
OUT WHERE THE GRAFT CAME FROM...
AND HOW IT SLIPPED
THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
THIS IS NOT F.B.I. JURISDICTION.
IT'S A QUESTION OF JUSTICE.
DOES THIS, IN ANY WAY, CHANGE
MY DAUGHTER'S PROGNOSIS?
NO.
SO SHE'S STILL GONNA
DIE OF THIS CANCER?
BARRING SPONTANEOUS REMISSION,
THE LIKELIHOOD IS SIGNIFICANT.
THE F.B.I.'S NOT MY
PERSONAL POLICE FORCE.
I APPRECIATE WHAT
YOU DISCOVERED.
CALL CHARLIE HAMMOND, C.D.C.
TELL HIM WHAT HAPPENED. HE'LL
CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION.
MY TEAM CAN STILL... WE'LL
NOTIFY C.D.C. RIGHT AWAY.
SO THAT'S IT? WHOEVER DID THIS
TO AMY CULLEN JUST GETS AWAY.
NO. WHAT WE DO NOW IS WE FIND OUT A
WAY TO MAKE THIS A LEGITIMATE F.B.I. CASE.
IF ONE GRAFT IS INFECTED, THERE'S NO
TELLING HOW MANY OTHERS ARE OUT THERE.
GEEZ, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE
I'M ON A SERIAL-KILLER CASE...
- JUST WAITING FOR ANOTHER
VICTIM TO SURFACE.
- YOU'RE NOT FAR OFF.
WHAT IF BIOTECH MAKES A HABIT
OF SELLING DISEASED PARTS?
WELL, THEN IT BECOMES
F.B.I. BUSINESS...
IF ONE OF THOSE TAINTED
GRAFTS IS SOLD ACROSS STATE LINE.
WELL, YOU CAN SPIT INTO FOUR
STATES FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT? NOT LITERALLY.
OKAY. FIRST WE GOTTA FIND OUT IF THIS
TISSUE LAB IS SERVICING ANY OTHER HOSPITALS.
- SEE IF THEY'VE
KILLED ANYONE ELSE.
- AMY CULLEN IS NOT DEAD, BONES.
I'M AFRAID THERE'S A
DEGREE OF INEVITABILITY.
SORRY.
IT'S PRETTY EXCELLENT, HUH?
IS THAT MINE? UH-HUH.
HOW'D YOU DO THAT?
MOST OF THE TIME I RESTORE
AND ENHANCE OLD BONES.
SO THIS IS A LOT MORE FUN.
IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW?
ONE SECOND I'M AT SCHOOL
AND I'M GONNA BE AN ARTIST,
AND THE NEXT...
MY FRIENDS DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
MY PARENTS ARE SCARED.
THINGS CHANGE, I GUESS.
YEAH.
YEAH, SOMETIMES THEY DO.
ANGELA?
IS THE LOUVRE JUST UNBELIEVABLE?
IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PLACE YOU'LL EVER SEE.
MAYBE YOU CAN TELL
ME ABOUT IT SOMETIME.
YOU'LL GO THERE YOURSELF.
I KNOW YOU WILL.
270. HERE'S BIOTECH.
WE GET IN THERE. WE
SWEAT THE HEAD GUY.
HELLO? F... B.I.
OKAY. SO THIS IS BIOTECH.
SORRY I COULDN'T BE
ANY MORE HELP. THANKS.
I APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT. BUILDING MANAGER SAYS
BIOTECH WENT BELLY-UP TWO YEARS AGO.
THEY COULDN'T EVEN PAY
THEIR LAST MONTH'S RENT.
WHERE DID THEY
GO? HE DOESN'T KNOW.
- WHAT? TWO YEARS AGO?
- EXACTLY.
I MEAN, AMY CULLEN'S GRAFT WAS SOLD
TO WASHINGTON GENERAL 12 MONTHS AGO.
IF BIOTECH DOESN'T EXIST, WHO SOLD
THE DISEASED BONE TO THE HOSPITAL?
WHERE IS HE?
DR. OGDEN HAD TO OVERSEE THE
TRANSPORT OF A LIVER TO BALTIMORE.
HE WON'T BE BACK UNTIL
MORNING. OH, A LIVER?
WHERE'D HE GET THIS ONE FROM,
HUH? AN ALCOHOLIC AT A CORNER BAR?
WE'VE DEALT WITH BIOTECH FOR
YEARS. THEY'RE VERY REPUTABLE.
- THERE'S NO SUCH
COMPANY AS BIOTECH.
- THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK? I
THINK OGDEN'S IN ON THE WHOLE THING.
A LITTLE BIOMEDICAL PAYOLA. BUYS THIRD-RATE
PARTS IN EXCHANGE FOR A CONDO IN ST. CROIX.
DR. OGDEN'S A VERY GOOD MAN. I KNOW THERE
ARE PROBLEMS IN HIS PAST, BUT THAT'S JUST...
OH, YOU MEAN THERE ARE
SKELETONS IN HIS CLOSET?
WELL, I CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE THIS GUY'S RECORD.
ALEXANDRA, IS THERE ANY WAY TO TELL
IF A PATIENT AT WASHINGTON GENERAL...
RECEIVED A GRAFT FROM THE
SAME DONOR AS AMY CULLEN?
ONLY THE TISSUE
LAB KNOWS FOR SURE.
BUT AFTER YOU LEFT,
I WAS CURIOUS, AND...
PLEASE. IT'S ALREADY
TOO LATE FOR AMY,
BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE
FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
A WOMAN NAMED KELLY DeMARCO.
IT WAS A CAR ACCIDENT.
THIS IS BOOTH. I NEED A PHONE AND ADDRESS
FOR A KELLY DeMARCO IN THE POTOMAC AREA.
TWO GRAFTS, SAME DAY AS AMY.
BOTH GRAFTS CAME FROM BIOTECH.
- WHEN? YOU SURE?
- WHAT IS IT?
- THANKS. KELLY DeMARCO... SHE'S DEAD.
- OH, MY GOD.
WE NEED TO KNOW FOR SURE IF SHE HAD THE
SAME KIND OF CANCER. WE HAVE TO EXHUME HER.
KELLY DeMARCO, AGE 32, DEAD OF
LUNG CANCER TWO MONTHS AGO.
TAKE A BIOPSY OF THIS ULNA
GRAFT FROM MS. DeMARCO...
AND COMPARE IT WITH THE
CORE SAMPLE FROM AMY'S LEG.
LOOK, I SPOKE TO DeMARCO'S
HUSBAND. SHE, UH, HAD THE ACCIDENT.
SHE HAD ALL THE OPERATIONS. YOU KNOW, SHE
NEVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE IN HER WHOLE LIFE,
ONLY TO DIE OF LUNG
CANCER EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
WHEN YOUR NUMBER'S
UP, I GUESS, RIGHT?
I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT
SAYING "WHEN YOUR NUMBER'S UP."
NUMBERS AND EQUATIONS ARE
QUANTITATIVE AND PREDICTABLE.
EVERYONE KNOWS
WHEN A NUMBER'S UP.
HOW DO YOU LISTEN
TO THIS ALL DAY?
I FIND INTELLIGENCE SOOTHING.
IT'S AMAZING HOW
QUICKLY THIS SPREAD.
THE GRAFTS WENT INTO
THIS WOMAN'S BODY,
AND WITHIN WEEKS, THE CANCER
CELLS METASTASIZED TO HER LUNGS.
BY THEN, THE DISEASE
WAS UNSTOPPABLE.
SAME BONES, SAME
DONOR, SAME DISEASE.
LOOK, I GOT THREE AGENTS OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW SEARCHING FOR BIOTECH.
BUT ALL WE HAVE TO WORK ON IS THIS E-MAIL
ADDRESS ASSIGNED TO A FICTITIOUS NAME.
OKAY, LET'S JUST... LET'S JUST SAY THAT OGDEN
AND THIS, UH, FAKE-TISSUE LAB ARE IN CAHOOTS.
HOW MANY OTHER BONES OUT
THERE CAN BE FROM THE SAME DONOR?
THERE ARE 206 BONES IN THE
HUMAN BODY, AGENT BOOTH.
OF THOSE, ANY NUMBER
OF THEM ARE GRAFTABLE.
OKAY. YOU'RE SAYING THAT HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE COULD STILL BE OUT THERE...
WITH CANCER TIME BOMBS IN
THEM AND NOT EVEN REALIZE IT?
WE NEED TO CALL EVERY
HOSPITAL IN THE D.C. AREA.
IF THEY ACQUIRED BIOTECH
GRAFTS AT THE SAME TIME AS AMY,
THOSE RECIPIENTS NEED TO BE
TRACKED DOWN AND TESTED IMMEDIATELY.
FINE. IF YOU'RE RIGHT, THEN THE BUREAU CAN
OFFICIALLY DESIGNATE THIS A SERIAL KILLING.
AGENT BOOTH, THE RECORDS
YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
OH, LOOK AT THIS. ALEXANDRA
COMBS... SHE WASN'T LYING.
BACKGROUND CHECK TURNS UP THAT OGDEN WAS
FIRED FROM A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN DENVER.
- REASON?
- ACCEPTING A BRIBE FOR BUMPING
SOMEONE UP IN THE DONOR LISTS.
THIS GUY IS DIRTY.
LOOK, WHAT I DID IN DENVER WAS
WRONG, BUT I DID IT FOR GOOD REASON.
- TO LINE YOUR POCKETS.
- THE MONEY WENT TO KEEP
A STRUGGLING CLINIC AFLOAT.
BESIDES, IT CAME FROM A
FAMILY THAT COULD AFFORD IT.
SO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
WEALTHY PEOPLE IS OKAY?
I'M NOT SAYING I'M PROUD
OF WHAT I DID, DR. BRENNAN.
BUT JUST BECAUSE I TOOK THAT BRIBE DOESN'T
MEAN I HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BIOTECH?
THE SAME I HAVE WITH EVERY
COMPANY I DEAL WITH... A VIRTUAL ONE.
E-MAILS, ONLINE
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS.
MY ASSISTANT SENDS OUT
A COUNTRY-WIDE SEARCH...
FOR THE ORGAN OR BONE
THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THEY RESPOND BACK AND WE BID.
IF WE CAN REACH AN AGREEMENT, THEN THE PART
IS IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORTED FOR SURGERY.
- AND IN AMY CULLEN'S CASE?
- SAME PROTOCOL.
I BID, I BOUGHT, I RECEIVED.
NO CONVERSATIONS WERE HAD.
WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO CHECK OUT
SUPPLIERS EVERY TIME WE TAKE AN ORDER.
YOU KNOW WHAT, OGDEN? I'M GONNA CONTACT
EVERY BANK YOU'VE DONE BUSINESS WITH.
IF I FIND ONE DEPOSIT THAT'S
SUSPICIOUS, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE MINE.
I SWEAR TO YOU I'M
NOT INVOLVED IN THIS.
I HAVEN'T HURT ANYBODY.
YOUR WORK IS AWESOME.
THANKS.
THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON,
YOU KNOW? SO MUCH TO FEEL.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL EVER BE
ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
YOU WILL. JUST GIVE IT TIME.
WELL, I MAY NOT
HAVE A LOT OF THAT.
YOUR PAINTINGS AND
YOUR SCULPTURE...
THEY'RE ALIVE, YOU KNOW?
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SHOWING ME HOW
YOU FELT WHEN YOU PAINTED THEM...
WHAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED.
I CAN'T PAINT WHAT I DON'T KNOW.
AMY, YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH
MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE.
YOU MEAN DYING?
IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
I REALLY THINK IT'S BEST
FOR YOU TO STAY POSITIVE.
KEEP DOING THINGS, YOU
MEAN? WITH YOUR ART?
YEAH. ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT ABOUT GUYS?
AH. WELL, THAT TOTALLY
GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
WHAT'S HIS NAME?
AARON. HIS FAMILY JUST
MOVED HERE FROM MAINE.
IS HE CUTE? HE'S SO CUTE.
DID YOU ASK HIM OUT? NO.
HE ASKED ME, BUT I
DON'T KNOW. I SAID NO.
WHY?
LOOK, YOU HAVEN'T
ASKED MY ADVICE,
SO I'M JUST GONNA
GIVE IT TO YOU, OKAY?
JUST HAVE FUN.
YOU KNOW, EVERY
ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU...
YOU MIGHT MEET
SOMEBODY WHO'S WORTH IT.
WHAT IF HE'S NOT?
THEN YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING
ELSE TO PAINT ABOUT.
BUREAU'S CANVASSED
EVERY HOSPITAL IN THE AREA.
FOUR HAVE BEEN USING
BIOTECH BONE GRAFTS.
AND THREE RECIPIENTS FROM THOSE HOSPITALS
HAVE LUNG CANCER. HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
AND THIS ONE DIED OF LUNG CANCER THREE
MONTHS AGO. I'M CHECKING ON A BURIAL SITE.
THAT MAKES 13, INCLUDING
AMY AND THE DeMARCO WOMAN.
PROBABLY ALL FROM
THE SAME DONOR.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON
BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL.
- CAN YOU I.D. THESE PEOPLE?
- GOT NAMES AND - ADDRESSES ON ALL OF THEM.
I'VE ALREADY CONTACTED WASHINGTON GENERAL
TO SET UP A BIOPSY TESTING FACILITY.
MAN.
HOW DID ONE DEAD GUY
DO SO MUCH DAMAGE?
- THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
- WHAT IDEA?
IDENTIFY THE DONOR AND WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO FIND OUT HOW BIOTECH GOT HIS BONES.
GOT IT. SECOND DECEDENT'S
NAME IS RONALD LUPO.
I FOUND HIM AT A
CEMETERY IN LYNCHBURG.
- VIRGINIA?
- YEAH. WHY?
IT MEANS THAT THIS FRAUD JUST CROSSED STATE
LINES AND BECAME A LEGITIMATE CASE FOR THE F.B.I.
LOOKS LIKE I DON'T HAVE TO
USE MY SICK DAYS ANYMORE, HUH?
HOW MANY? SICK OR DEAD?
DEAD. TWO... THAT WE KNOW OF.
BUT THAT MAKES IT A
MULTIPLE HOMICIDE CASE.
AND SINCE IT'S NOT
ISOLATED TO THE DISTRICT...
AND THE RECIPIENTS
ARE IN MULTIPLE STATES...
THIS FALLS UNDER
F.B.I. JURISDICTION.
- YES, SIR.
- I SHOULD KICK YOUR ASS.
YEAH.
WHAT'D YOU DO? TAKE
SICK TIME TO WORK ON THIS?
YEAH. MIGRAINE.
THANKS, BOOTH.
CATCH THE SON OF A BITCH
THAT DID THIS TO MY DAUGHTER.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY
MY INTENTION, SIR.
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RESULTS? SO FAR THERE ARE THREE
OTHER EARLY SIGNS OF CANCER CELLS.
AGGRESSIVE CHEMO AND RADIATION
TREATMENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SLOW IT DOWN.
ADMIRING YOUR HANDIWORK, DOCTOR?
I'M SORRY.
AMY... LET ME.
EASY.
HEY. YOU ALL RIGHT?
DID ALL THESE PEOPLE GET
BONES FROM THE SAME DONOR I DID?
- UH-HUH.
- DO THEY ALL HAVE CANCER?
NO, NOT ALL OF THEM. BUT THE SOONER THE
ONES WHO ARE INFECTED KNOW, THE BETTER.
WHO WOULD DO A THING LIKE THAT?
IF THEY KNEW THEY WERE SICK,
WHY MAKE OTHER PEOPLE SICK TOO?
I DON'T KNOW. IT'S TERRIBLE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
SO, IF YOU TAKE
THE BAD GRAFTS OUT,
WILL THEY BE OKAY? SOME OF THEM.
BUT NOT ME.
NO.
- I WANT THIS OUT OF ME.
- SWEETHEART,
YOU'RE NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
- GET THEM TO TAKE IT OUT.
- AMY, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE...
I DON'T CARE.
YOU'RE SAVING THEIR LIVES.
WE'VE TRACED ALL THESE GRAFTS BACK TO
THE DONOR AND STILL KNOW ALMOST NOTHING.
NOT EXACTLY NOTHING. ZACK, LOOK AT THE
SLOPE OF THE SCIATIC NOTCH IN THE PELVIS.
- AND THE NON-ELEVATED
AURICULAR SURFACE.
- HE WAS DEFINITELY MALE.
THE OSTEON COUNT IN THE FEMORAL
JOINT CONFIRMS THE DONOR WAS OVER 60.
IT'S A SOLID START, BUT
WE NEED A LOT MORE.
OSTEOPHYTOSIS WITH NARROWING
OF INTERVERTEBRAL SPACES...
INDICATES CONSISTENT
HEAVY LIFTING.
CONSTRUCTION WORKER?
IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY.
DEFINITELY A BURLY TYPE.
IF WE KEEP GUESSING ABOUT
WHAT HE WAS LIKE ON THE INSIDE,
THEN ANGELA CAN HYPOTHESIZE
ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE, SIZE, WEIGHT.
I'M ON IT.
I SCANNED IN THE X-RAYS OF
ALL OF THE GRAFT RECIPIENTS...
AS WELL AS THE PIECES
FROM THE EXHUMED BODIES.
OKAY. NOW WHAT?
CONNECT THE DOTS?
MORE LIKE CONNECT
THE BODY PARTS.
THINK OF IT AS SCULPTING
FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
THE MORE THAT I KNOW ABOUT OUR DONOR, THE BETTER
I CAN GUESS WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE LOOKED LIKE.
THE FRAGMENTS ORIGINATED FROM
NINE SITES ON THE DONOR'S BODY.
IF WE CONNECT THE GRAFTS...
NOW INPUT ALL THE ANATOMICAL
FACTORS AND CORE ANOMALIES.
GUYS, MEET DONOR "X"...
THE MAN WHO
CAUSED ALL THIS PAIN.
SO THAT'S OUR SERIAL KILLER.
HE PROBABLY HAD NO IDEA HOW MUCH DAMAGE HE
WAS GONNA CAUSE. WE HAVE ENOUGH TO TRACK HIM?
- HODGINS?
- MAYBE. WITH LIBS.
- WHO'S LIBS?
- LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN
SPECTROSCOPY.
IT'LL GIVE US AN ELEMENTAL
ANALYSIS OF THE OLD BASTARD.
ANGELA TOLD US
WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE.
NOW HODGINS CAN
TELL US WHERE HE LIVED.
WELL, WE'LL FIND HIM.
WE HAVE TO.
STRONTIUM ISOTOPE LEVELS SUGGEST DONOR "X"
LIVED THE LAST 20 YEARS ON THE EAST COAST.
EXTREMELY LOW LEVELS OF
FLUORIDE IN THE CANCELLOUS BONE.
UNUSUAL SINCE MOST
TAP WATER IS FLUORIDATED,
EXCEPT FOR PARTS OF THE
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS.
A FEW OF THE HATFIELDS AND
McCOYS STILL HAVE NO TEETH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE FROM
TENNESSEE, WEST VIRGINIA OR NORTH CAROLINA.
OH, GREAT. THAT NARROWS IT DOWN.
HIGH LEVEL OF C8. THAT'S A
KEY INGREDIENT OF TEFLON.
THERE'S A TEFLON PLANT IN
PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.
AND MINUSCULE TRACES
OF NUCLEAR SUB-PARTICLES.
WASN'T THERE A PROBLEM ABOUT 15
YEARS AGO AT BRANT'S CLIFF POWER FACILITY?
YEAH, JUST A LITTLE ONE. EMPLOYEES
THERE WERE GROWING A SECOND HEAD.
CAN YOU SAY COVER UP?
OKAY, WHERE'S BRANT'S CLIFF?
- WEST VIRGINIA ALSO.
- OKAY, FINE.
SO THEN WE'RE TRYING TO I.D. A GUY WHO'S
65 YEARS OF AGE, ROUGHLY 200 POUNDS,
LIVES IN WEST VIRGINIA, DIED OF LUNG
CANCER WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, HMM?
HEY, LOOK. THERE ARE THREE POTENTIAL WEST
VIRGINIA DONORS WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT.
THERE'S LESTER BLAKE OUT OF
TAGUE. THERE'S BLAIR SIMMONS...
HEY, LADY, WATCH
WHERE YOU'RE DRIVING!
I'D RATHER NOT BE
A DONOR MYSELF.
BLAIR SIMMONS OUT OF DAILEY AND
WILLIAM HASTINGS OUT OF BEARD'S FORK.
ALL THREE MEN DIED OF
MESOTHELIOMA LAST AUGUST.
OKAY, WE'LL BE IN BEARD'S FORK
WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR, OKAY?
- YOU'RE SURE ZACK AND HODGINS
ARE ON THE OTHER TWO, RIGHT?
- THIS IS BRENNAN.
DR. BRENNAN, I'M AT LESTER BLAKE'S
EXHUMATION. I'VE EXAMINED THE REMAINS.
THIS IS BOOTH.
BLAIR SIMMONS ISN'T DEAD.
- WHAT?
- HE'S FROZEN
IN A CRYOGENICS LAB.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN "FROZEN"?
LIKE A SUPERMARKET TURKEY.
NOT A SCRATCH ON HIM. AND I THINK HE'S
WEDGED BETWEEN WALT DISNEY AND TED WILLIAMS.
THERE'S NO SIGN OF BODY
TAMPERING, AND IT'S CLEAR...
- HIS CASKET HASN'T BEEN
OPENED SINCE HIS BURIAL.
- SO IF BLAKE ISN'T OUR DONOR...
SO IF SIMMONS ISN'T OUR DONOR...
MRS. HASTINGS, WHAT DID
YOUR HUSBAND DO FOR A LIVING?
AH, THIS AND THAT. BILL WORKED
IN CONSTRUCTION FOR A TIME,
DID THE NIGHT SHIFT
DOWN AT BRANT'S CLIFF,
OPENED A ROOFING
BUSINESS A FEW YEARS BACK.
- ROOFING?
- SHINGLING AND FIREPROOFING
AND SUCH.
SO HE HANDLED ASBESTOS?
DOCTORS SAY THAT'S WHAT FINALLY
GOT HIM. WHY ARE Y'ALL SO CURIOUS?
UH, MRS. HASTINGS, I MEAN, YOUR HUSBAND
DID TIME FOR PETTY THEFT AND FRAUD.
I MEAN, YOU LOST YOUR HOME, YOUR
CARS. HE LEFT YOU WITH NOTHING.
AH, BILL HASTINGS WAS AN OLD FOOL
WHO DESERVED WHAT CAME TO HIM.
YOU NEEDED MONEY. DID ANYONE APPROACH
YOU ABOUT SELLING HIS PARTS AFTER HE DIED?
PARDON? I'M AFRAID
I DON'T FOLLOW.
WELL, HIS FAMILY HAS A
CEMETERY PLOT IN KINCAID,
YET YOU CREMATED HIM.
ARE YOU HIDING SOMETHING?
I DID THAT BECAUSE THE GUY AT THE
FUNERAL HOME SAID IT WAS CHEAPER.
- WE COULDN'T AFFORD
A PROPER BURIAL.
- WHAT FUNERAL HOME?
- UM, IT WAS CALLED MARTIN,
I THINK.
- WHERE ARE THE ASHES?
- OUT BACK IN THE YARD.
- DO YOU MIND IF WE
TAKE A SAMPLE?
I SURE AS HELL DO. I DON'T LIKE
WHAT Y'ALL ARE ACCUSING ME OF DOING.
- WELL, WE'LL JUST COME BACK
WITH A WARRANT, THAT'S ALL.
- YOU BETTER BRING SOME DOGS.
AND BRING THOSE TRIGGER-HAPPY AGENTS OF
YOURS TOO, 'CAUSE THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER.
COME ON, BONES. LET'S
GO. HAVE A NICE DAY.
LOOK, SHE INSISTS THAT HER HUSBAND WASN'T
THE DONOR, BUT THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING.
IF I COULD GET MY
HANDS ON A SOIL SAMPLE,
I KNOW THERE ARE BONE FRAGMENTS STILL INTACT
THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY IDENTIFY HIM WITH.
- WAS THERE AN INSURANCE
POLICY IN PLACE?
- NONE.
MORE REASONS TO
SELL THE ILLEGAL GRAFTS.
BUT THE FUNERAL HOME HAD TO
HAVE BEEN IN CAHOOTS WITH HER.
SO ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS CONNECT
THE WIDOW TO THE FUNERAL HOME.
THEN THE HOME TO
BIOTECH. MR. CULLEN.
WE NEED TO SPEAK TO YOU
AND AMY'S MOTHER PRIVATELY.
WE'LL GO. COME ON, BONES.
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SHE'S TELLING THEM THE
TREATMENT DIDN'T WORK.
AND THERE'S NOTHING
ELSE THEY CAN DO.
I HATE SEEING THEM SO SAD.
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BONES. BONES. BONES, I KNOW THAT
YOU FIND DEAD PEOPLE INTRIGUING,
BUT JUST TRY TO PUT
ON YOUR SAD FACE.
MM-HMM.
I'M SORRY. I'M IN THE
MIDDLE OF A SERVICE.
WELL, THIS WILL ONLY TAKE A MINUTE. UH,
MR. JESSUP... HE... HE AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE.
- WHAT'S THIS ABOUT, EXACTLY?
- WILLIAM HASTINGS.
UH, IS HE SOMEONE YOU'VE LOST?
MORE LIKE SOMEBODY WE FOUND.
HE PASSED AWAY A YEAR
AGO. YOU CREMATED HIM.
BUT SOMEHOW HIS BONES WERE ILLEGALLY
HARVESTED PRIOR TO THE PROCEDURE.
- WELL, NOT HERE.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL, THIS IS MY MORTUARY. I'VE
BEEN IN BUSINESS ALMOST A DECADE,
AND I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION
WHATSOEVER OF A MR. HASTINGS.
HIS WIFE MENTIONED
THIS PLACE SPECIFICALLY.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT THE
BEREAVED ARE OFTEN CONFUSED.
IN THIS CASE, I DON'T THINK
SO. WE DON'T THINK SO.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I
HAVE MOURNERS WAITING.
WELL, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST DOUBLE-CHECK
YOUR RECORDS AND GET BACK TO ME.
I WOULD, BUT MY
RECORDS ARE IMPECCABLE.
THERE'S NOTHING TO
DOUBLE-CHECK. WELL...
THAT WAS QUICK. I NEED TO GET
THOSE ASHES FROM HER YARD.
YOU GOT 'EM, ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GET THE WARRANT.
AND DON'T FORGET THE DOGS AND
THE GUN-TOTING AGENTS SHE ASKED FOR.
OH, BELIEVE ME. TRUST
ME. I WON'T FORGET THAT.
SO I LOOKED IT UP
ON THE INTERNET.
YOU CAN GET $10,000 FOR GRAFTS
ON THE BLACK MARKET THESE DAYS.
TEN GRAND. GEEZ, MY BONES
ARE WORTH MORE THAN THAT.
WHAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL? THREE GLASSES
OF MILK A DAY, I WORK OUT AND I EAT RIGHT.
X-RAY MICRO-FLUORESCENCE SHOWS A
HIGH CONCENTRATION OF CALCIUM CARBONATE.
OH, THAT'S A REVELATION.
SERIOUSLY, HODGINS,
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN LINK
TO WILLIAM HASTINGS'S MEDICAL RECORDS?
EVERYTHING TRACKS. I MEAN, THE CREMAINS ARE
CONSISTENT TO THOSE OF WILLIAM HASTINGS.
THE QUESTION I KEEP ASKING IS, IF THE WIDOW IS
GUILTY, WHY KEEP THE REMAINS SO CLOSE TO HOME?
WELL, WHAT IF SHE
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT?
OH, COME ON, BONES.
SHE HATED THE GUY.
MY GUESS IS SHE'S GOT 10 G's STUFFED
IN HER MATTRESS BACK IN "TRAILERVILLE."
NO. I MEAN IT. THERE ARE NO
UNUSUAL BANK RECORDS, NO DEPOSITS.
WHAT IF THEY TOOK THE GRAFTS, GAVE HER
BACK THE ASHES, AND SHE WAS NONE THE WISER.
MAN, IS SHE GONNA BE PISSED.
ALL RIGHT. IF IT'S NOT THE WIDOW HASTINGS,
I'M DOUBLING DOWN ON THE MORTICIAN.
EVERYBODY IN? YOU IN?
THANK YOU. AW, GEEZ.
EXCUSE ME. THIS BODY'S BEING
PREPPED. WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHAT WE WANT IS TO KNOW WHERE
YOU HARVESTED MR. HASTINGS'S BODY.
I TOLD YOU, I DON'T
KNOW WHO HASTINGS IS.
WELL, WE THINK YOU'RE LYING.
WE THINK YOU'RE SELLING BONE
AND TISSUE GRAFTS ILLEGALLY.
AND I THINK YOUR ACCUSATIONS ARE
OUTLANDISH AND YOU SHOULD CALL MY LAWYER.
YEAH? WELL, WE HAVE A WARRANT
HERE TO, UH, LOOK AROUND A LITTLE.
WHAT'S THIS PLACE?
CASKET SHOWROOM.
THEY'RE HAVING A SALE.
IT LOOKS LIKE A SICK
DEPARTMENT STORE.
ALL RIGHT. NOBODY WOULD BE
CUTTING ANYBODY UP IN THIS PLACE.
LET'S GO. WHOA.
WAIT. OVER THERE.
WHAT? IT'S A WATER
LINE. WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
BUT THE FLOOR SLOPES TOWARD
THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.
THIS WASN'T ALWAYS
USED FOR A SHOWROOM.
I WONDER WHAT'S
UNDER THE CARPET. HUH.
IF BODY WORK WAS DONE IN
HERE, THEY'D NEED A DRAIN.
- YOU'RE KIDDING ME. IT'S A DRAIN?
- THIS IS OUR SALES OFFICE.
THERE IS NOTHING IN HERE YOU NEED TO SEE.
THE ONLY THING IN THIS ROOM IS CASKETS.
- I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THAT.
- NO, WHAT... YOU ARE MAKING A MISTAKE.
AM I?
SHE'S RUINING MY MERCHANDISE.
COME ON. HOW MUCH IS
THAT ONE? 7,000 DOLLARS.
BONES, WATCH THE SCUFF MARKS.
MR. MARTIN, THIS ROOM IS DESIGNED TO BE
WASHED CLEAN. YOU'VE GOT DRAINS IN THE FLOOR.
I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU
DID THE BONE HARVESTING.
WHEN YOU THOUGHT WE WERE COMING
BACK, YOU MOVED EVERYTHING AROUND.
THAT'S ABSURD. I
DID NO SUCH THING.
YOU'RE AN EXCELLENT
HOUSE CLEANER,
BUT IN THE CARPETING AND TIDYING
UP, YOU FORGOT ABOUT ONE THING.
BONE DUST. YOU FORGOT
ABOUT AIRBORNE PARTICLES.
TODAY, ZACK. I NEED
SOMETHING TODAY.
- HEY, DON'T HARASS
MY ASSISTANT.
- THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S OUR JOB.
I SIFTED DUST PARTICLES
THROUGH A SERIES OF FILTERS,
THEN SEPARATED THE LARGEST PIECES AND
MAGNIFIED THEM TO COMPARE THE OSTEONS.
THE PARTICLES IN THE VENT DEFINITELY
CAME FROM CUTTING HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS.
WILLIAM HASTINGS'S REMAINS?
I AM COMPARING PARTICLES TO THE
BIOPSY WE EXCISED FROM KELLY DeMARCO.
COMPARE.
SO, IS IT HIM?
IT'S HIM. BUT HERE'S
THE "KICKSTER."
KICKER, BONES.
HERE'S THE KICKER.
- OH.
- THERE'S BONE DUST FROM
AT LEAST SEVEN OTHER BODIES...
IN THAT VENT FILTER AS WELL.
- SEVEN?
- CUTTING THROUGH PERIOSTEUM...
FOR GRAFTING PURPOSES
TAKES MEDICAL TRAINING.
EXCEPT FOR THE TAINTED SAMPLES, THESE
BONE GRAFTS ARE EXPERTLY HARVESTED.
OKAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE WHO HAS MEDICAL TRAINING.
MARTIN IS A MORTICIAN, NOT A DOCTOR.
LET'S SAY HE'S RUNNING A CHOP SHOP.
LET'S SAY HE WAS SELLING
ILLEGAL PARTS TO TISSUE LABS.
WHO WAS ACTUALLY
DOING THE CUTTING?
AND WHO WAS SELLING
TO HOSPITALS AS BIOTECH?
HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE YOU MADE
OVER THE YEARS DOING THIS, NICK? HUH?
TENS? OH, HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WILLIAM HASTINGS HAD AN AGGRESSIVE
FORM OF CANCER THAT WAS VERY RARE.
YOU MADE SOME POCKET CHANGE OFF
HIS GRAFTS. YOU DIDN'T EVEN TELL HIS WIFE.
NOW A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
ARE SICK. TWO DIED.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE COUNTS
OF MURDER. I DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY.
NO. NO, YOU DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY. I MEAN, THEY
WERE ALREADY DEAD. YOU WERE JUST RECYCLING.
- I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
- DO YOU HAVE
ANY DOCTOR TRAINING?
NO. SPEND ANY TIME IN THE
SERVICE AS A MEDIC OR A NURSE?
- NO.
- NO? THEN WHO DID THE CUTTING?
WHO DID THE CUTTING OF THE GRAFTS, HUH?
SOMEBODY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
YOUR PHONE RECORDS SHOW THAT DURING
THE MONTHS AROUND HASTINGS'S DEATH,
YOU RECEIVED DOZENS OF
CALLS FROM DISPOSABLE CELLS.
FOUR DIFFERENT ONES, HUH?
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
- I DON'T RECALL THIS.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE DUST THAT WE GOT OFF
THE VENT IN YOUR SHOWROOM...
MATCHED HASTINGS
AND SEVEN OTHER BODIES.
WHO DO YOU WORK WITH? I DON'T
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK YOU DO. I THINK YOU
AND YOUR PARTNERS KNEW...
THAT THE BONES WERE
CANCEROUS, AND YOU DIDN'T...
WHO WAS IT, HUH? WHO THE
HELL DID THIS TO MY DAUGHTER?
HUH? SIR. SIR. SIR, I GOT HIM.
I GOT HIM, SIR. PLEASE.
BONES, HOW LONG IS
IT GONNA TAKE YOU TO...
BONES? COME ON.
OH, DR. BRENNAN,
YOU STARTLED ME.
- MIND IF I COME IN?
- NOT AT ALL.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO
KEEP THINGS ORGANIZED.
WHAT WE DO HERE IS SO IMPORTANT.
WE CAN'T RISK MAKING ANY MISTAKES.
MS. COMBS, TELL ME, WHAT... WHAT
DO YOU USE THESE PHONES FOR?
RECIPIENTS PRIMARILY. WE NEVER KNOW
WHEN A DONOR ORGAN IS GOING TO COME IN,
SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THEY
CAN BE REACHED AT ALL TIMES.
EVER USE ONE YOURSELF?
- WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, DOCTOR?
- HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED
TO WORK IN A HOSPITAL?
IT'S INCREDIBLY REWARDING, I KNOW. BUT
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO STUDY MEDICINE?
- I DID AT ONE TIME, YES.
- HOW DO YOU FEEL, MS. COMBS?
HAVE YOU BEEN COUGHING AT ALL? DO
YOU FEEL A TIGHTNESS IN YOUR CHEST?
- I FEEL FINE ACTUALLY.
- HOW OFTEN DOES DR. OGDEN
WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS?
RARELY. AS COORDINATOR,
HE DOESN'T PRACTICE.
YET, THE PHARMACY
DOWNSTAIRS TOLD THE F.B.I...
THAT HE WROTE YOU A SCRIPT
FOR AN EXPECTORANT FOR A COUGH.
WELL, THERE MUST BE
SOME MISTAKE. HE'D NEVER...
YOU WROTE THAT PRESCRIPTION
YOURSELF, DIDN'T YOU?
I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING WITH
MARTIN... TO HASTINGS AND THE OTHERS.
SEE, IF YOU'D FINISHED
MEDICAL SCHOOL, YOU'D KNOW.
BONE DUST IS VERY
DANGEROUS IF INHALED.
WHEN YOU WERE TAKING THOSE GRAFTS,
I DOUBT YOU WERE WEARING A MASK.
YOU'RE SICK, MS. COMBS.
AND I... I DON'T JUST MEAN IN
A MENTALLY DISTURBED WAY.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS. YOU
CAN'T PROVE ANYTHING.
WE'RE IN A HOSPITAL. WHY DON'T WE
GO GET A CHEST X-RAY AND FIND OUT?
I'D LIKE TO READ YOU YOUR RIGHTS.
ALEXANDRA, WHAT'S GOING ON?
SO THE TRANSPLANT ASSISTANT FANCIED
HERSELF A DOCTOR? NOT A DOCTOR EXACTLY,
BUT QUALIFIED ENOUGH TO EXTRICATE
BONE GRAFTS FROM A CADAVER.
AND WHAT ABOUT
BIOTECH TISSUE LABS?
ONCE IT WAS A
LEGITIMATE COMPANY.
COMBS KEPT IT
ALIVE ON THE WEB...
AND FUNNELED THE MONEY INTO HER
OWN WELL-DISGUISED BANK ACCOUNT.
SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE AMY?
SAME AS WHERE SHE STARTED.
JUST WITH ANSWERS, THAT'S ALL.
WELL, THAT IS PERFECT.
- ANGELA...
- THAT'S OKAY. I GOT IT.
- HEY.
- HEY.
- YOU ALL RIGHT?
- YEAH.
NO. NO, I'M NOT.
LOOK, WE CAN SOLVE
HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD CRIMES.
WE CAN... WE CAN TRACK
DOWN SERIAL KILLERS...
AND IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHEN
NOTHING IS LEFT OF THEM BUT SLUDGE.
SO WHY CAN'T WE HELP
A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL?
ALL SHE WANTS TO
DO IS FALL IN LOVE...
AND VISIT THE LOUVRE.
- YOU CAN DO THAT.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
YOU MADE A WHOLE GUY OUT
OF BONE CHIPS AND LIGHTS.
YOU CAN CREATE THE LOUVRE.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT LOVE?
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT LOVE? IT'S OVERRATED...
MOST OF THE TIME.
OKAY.
NOW TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE.
OH, WOW. NO WAY. ANGELA,
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
WELCOME TO THE LOUVRE.
- I'M REALLY THERE.
- THAT'S AMAZING.
IS THIS YOUR DOING, DR. BRENNAN?
NO, SIR. IT'S ALL
MS. MONTENEGRO.
THANK YOU, ANGELA.
YOU'RE WELCOME. SO
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I THINK IT'S LIKE HEAVEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
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WHAT'S THAT MEAN?
THIS IS THE PEDIATRIC CANCER
FLOOR OF THE HOSPITAL.
MM-HMM. YEAH.
RIGHT. WELL, UH, WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW
DEPUTY DIRECTOR CULLEN IS KINDA GRUESOME.
WHY ARE WE MEETING CULLEN HERE?
BECAUSE HE'S THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE F.B.I.,
AND THIS IS WHERE HE WANTS US TO SHOW IT TO HIM.
OKAY, LISTEN. ABOUT A MONTH AGO HIS
DAUGHTER AMY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER.
- MESO...
- MESOTHELIOMA. LUNG CANCER.
EXACTLY. SO SHE'S
NOT DOING SO WELL.
SO IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US
TO COME TO HIM RIGHT NOW.
HUH. "HUH," WHAT?
NOTHING. IT'S JUST THAT'S AN
EXTREMELY RARE FORM OF LUNG CANCER.
ODD FOR SOMEONE AMY'S
AGE TO CONTRACT. NO, NO, NO.
NO PROBING. OKAY? NOT TO
CULLEN, NOT TO HIS FAMILY.
THIS WILL TAKE FIVE MINUTES. WE GO IN, DO
THE SHOW AND TELL RELATING TO THE CASE.
AND THEN WE'RE OUT
OF THERE. IS THAT CLEAR?
- I THINK IT'S PECULIAR.
- NO.
- BUT I...
- NO.
- YOU HAVE TO ADMIT...
- BOOTH.
DR. BRENNAN.
HOW APPROPRIATE, YOU TWO
BICKERING IN AN ADOLESCENT WING.
UH, SIR, YES. UM, IS IT
OKAY IF WE COME IN, SIR?
WHAT DO YOU THINK, SWEETHEART?
BOOTH'S COOL, MOST OF THE TIME.
YOU HEARD THE LADY. YOU'RE COOL.
- MM-HMM.
- YEAH, RIGHT.
- ARE YOU SURE IT'S ALL RIGHT
FOR ME TO DO THIS HERE?
- NOTHING I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU
GOT HERE, ANGELA.
NOTE THE ESTIMATED
TIME OF DEATH IS MID-JUNE.
EXTREME HUMIDITY COMBINED
WITH INSECTS AND PRECIPITATION...
ACCELERATED THE RATE OF DECOMP.
SO BASED ON THIS,
THE VICTIM'S BODY WAS
NOT MUTILATED AFTER DEATH?
THE EFFECTS WERE
TOTALLY ENVIRONMENTAL.
MURDER DOESN'T FIT THE
SUSPECT'S PROFILE, SIR.
YEAH. IT'S NOT NICE TO
FOOL MOTHER NATURE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS AGAIN.
KNOCK YOURSELF OUT, SIR.
EIGHTY-SIX TIMES IS OUR LIMIT.
CAN I SEE YOUR DRAWINGS? WOW.
- THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL.
- OUR ARTIST IN THE MAKING.
RIGHT NOW I'M DOING LANDSCAPES. I'M
REALLY INTO THIS FRENCH DUDE ROUSSEAU.
YEAH. THERE'S, UH... THERE'S
A LOT OF ROUSSEAU IN PARIS.
HAVE YOU EVER
BEEN TO THE LOUVRE?
NO, NOT YET. BUT
IT'S ON MY LIST.
RIGHT AFTER "FALL IN
LOVE" AND "LEARN TO DRIVE."
WELL, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT EYE.
THANKS. I THINK WHAT YOU
DO IS PRETTY AWESOME TOO.
I MEAN, COMPUTERS ARE
NOT FOR ME, BUT I GET IT.
CAN I SEE WHAT
YOU'RE WORKIN' ON?
- SHE'S AMAZING.
- MM-HMM.
AMY'S BEEN VERY BRAVE THIS WEEK.
THEY'RE TRYING AN EXPERIMENTAL VIRAL
CHEMOTHERAPY, AND WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC.
SINCE ASBESTOS EXPOSURE IS THE PRIMARY
WAY PEOPLE CONTRACT MESOTHELIOMA,
HOW DO YOU THINK...
HOW DO YOU THINK AMY GOT IT?
OH, WE DON'T KNOW, DR. BRENNAN.
THE FIRST PLACE WE LOOKED
AFTER SHE WAS DIAGNOSED...
WAS ALL HER PREVIOUS SCHOOLS,
THE HOUSE WE LIVED IN... NOTHING.
HAS THERE BEEN A
HISTORY OF ILLNESS?
HARDLY. APART FROM BREAKING
HER LEG SNOWBOARDING A YEAR AGO,
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE
LAST TIME SHE WAS SICK.
- HOW BAD WAS THE BREAK?
- COMPOUND FRACTURE, LEFT TIBIA.
I WAS BOARDING WITH SOME
FRIENDS AND I... I HIT A TREE.
PRETTY DUMB, HUH?
- AND THAT REQUIRED SURGERY?
- A BONE GRAFT.
I HATE TO DRAG THESE LOVELY SQUINTS BACK TO
THE LAB, BUT, YOU SEE, WE HAVE ANOTHER CASE.
NO, WE DON'T. OH, YES, WE DO.
- COULD I SEE AMY'S GRAFT X-RAY.
- SIR, I APOLOGIZE.
OF COURSE.
IF YOU THINK THEY'LL
TELL US ANYTHING.
WHOA. WHAT?
WELL, PARDON THE FROMAGE REFERENCE, BUT
WHAT'S WITH THE MOLDY GRUYÈRE IN THAT LEG?
THE LIGHTER COLOR IS
EVIDENCE OF DEMINERALIZATION.
I'M NOT THE BONE
EXPERT HERE, BUT... YUCK.
- OSTEOPOROSIS.
- BASICALLY.
THE BONE HAS BECOME POROUS,
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WITH AGE.
ZACK, SEE IF YOU CAN ISOLATE THE
GRAFTED PORTION AND ENLARGE IT.
AMY CULLEN'S FILE STATES THE
DONOR OF THE BONE WAS 25 YEARS OLD.
WELL, I DON'T BUY IT. WHAT
ABOUT THE AGING DISEASE?
I'VE SEEN PROGERIAN
SKELETONS. THIS ISN'T ONE OF THEM.
THIS BONE IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS
DENSE THAN A PERSON IN THEIR 20s.
- THAT'S FOR SURE.
- HOW OLD DO YOU THINK
THE DONOR REALLY WAS?
JUDGING FROM THE
REDUCTION IN BONE MASS...
AT LEAST 60.
DOCTOR, YOU PERFORMED
AMY CULLEN'S GRAFT, CORRECT?
- YES. BUT I JUST DO
THE PROCEDURE, MS. BRENNAN.
- DR. BRENNAN.
- M.D.?
- PH.D.
- WELL, THOSE WHO CAN'T DO,
DO RESEARCH.
- OKAY...
- BOOTH...
- OKAY, FINE. IF YOU'RE JUST THE MECHANIC,
THEN WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR
ALL THE PARTS THAT YOU INSTALL?
YOU'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE HOSPITAL'S
TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR. WHAT'S GOING ON?
THERE ARE INDICATIONS THE BONE GRAFT YOU
IMPLANTED IN AMY CULLEN GAVE HER CANCER.
NO, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. EVERY GRAFT
WE GET HAS BEEN TESTED AND IRRADIATED.
THERE'S ONE WAY
TO KNOW FOR SURE.
ASSUMING SIGNIFICANT
REMODELING HASN'T OCCURRED,
DO A TRANSILIAC CREST CORE
BIOPSY ON THE DONOR BONE.
THEN WE'LL HAVE
AGE AND PATHOLOGY.
- AND WHO'S GOING TO PERFORM
THAT BIOPSY, DOCTOR?
- YOU ARE.
THAT LOOKS LIKE IT HURTS.
THEY USE LOCAL ANESTHETIC
AND MAKE A SMALL INCISION...
BEFORE INSERTING THE
NEEDLE INTO THE BONE.
A TINY CORE OF BONE IS TAKEN, A LITTLE
MORE THAN A SIXTH OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER,
USING A RATCHET-LIKE
DEVICE IN THE NEEDLE.
SO IT HURTS?
AMY'S A TOUGH KID.
SHE'S DOING GREAT.
IT'S NOT AMY I'M WORRIED ABOUT.
NOW LET'S GO TALK TO THE
COORDINATOR ABOUT THE GRAFT.
UNLIKE AMY, HE GETS
TO GO HOME TONIGHT.
YOU'RE A POPULAR MAN, DR. OGDEN.
WELL, WHEN YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR FINDING
BODY PARTS THAT SAVE LIVES, YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
I HAD ONE GENTLEMAN OFFER
ME HIS CATTLE RANCH IN MONTANA.
WELL, PEOPLE, THEY GET DESPERATE.
RIGHT? DID YOU TAKE HIM UP ON IT?
THAT WOULD BE
DISHONEST, AGENT BOOTH.
IF ANYTHING, THIS OFFICE IS BUILT
ON THE GOODNESS OF PEOPLE.
CULLEN, AMY A. BONE
GRAFT NUMBER 4429.
ALL RIGHT. ACCORDING
TO MY REPORT,
THE BONE THAT WAS DONATED WAS
HARVESTED FROM, UM, A 25-YEAR-OLD.
CAN YOU GIVE US THE
NAME OF THE DONOR?
I CAN'T PROVIDE YOU
WITH THAT INFORMATION.
WHAT ABOUT OTHER RECIPIENTS? ANY OTHER
PATIENTS HERE GET A PART FROM THE SAME BODY?
WHEN I SAID I COULDN'T TELL YOU, IT'S
BECAUSE WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING.
YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THE
TISSUE BANK FOR THAT.
BIOTECH TISSUE SERVICES.
WE'VE BEEN USING THEM FOR A
LONG TIME. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM.
AMY CULLEN HAS A
PROBLEM. SHE'S DYING.
THROUGH NO FAULT
OF THIS OFFICE, I'M SURE.
IF WE CAN BE OF ANY FURTHER
ASSISTANCE, DON'T HESITATE TO CALL.
THANKS FOR BEING SO
SYMPATHETIC. WE'LL CHECK INTO IT.
NEW OSTEOLOGIC SCANS
TO INPUT, AS REQUESTED.
HEY, CHECK THIS OUT.
- MONET?
- AMY CULLEN.
- YOU'RE KIDDING.
- NO. I RAN IT THROUGH
THE DIGITIZER.
SHE'S A GOOD KID.
I WANTED TO SHOW HER THAT
COMPUTERS DON'T HAVE TO BE THE ENEMY.
NOT BAD FOR A CERTIFIED
MEMBER OF THE GEEK SQUAD.
- AH, I'LL TAKE THAT
AS A COMPLIMENT.
- WELL, YOU SHOULD.
THIS IS A CROSS-SECTION
FROM AMY'S BONE GRAFT.
ZACK, WHAT'S THE RATIO OF
PRIMARY TO SECONDARY OSTEONS?
I ONLY SEE SECONDARY. EXACTLY WHAT
YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE IN AN OLDER DECEDENT.
AND ACCOMPANYING DATA?
WELL, I'M NO EXPERT,
BUT I THINK IT SUPPORTS AS WELL.
SO BASED ON THIS ONE SAMPLE, IT'S CLEAR THAT
THE DONOR BONE CAME FROM SOMEONE IN THEIR 60s.
- BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THAT IT'S
THE BONE THAT GAVE AMY CANCER?
- BECAUSE OF THIS.
MAGNIFY.
THE GRAFT IS
RIDDLED WITH CANCER.
CANCER CONSISTENT WITH MORPHOLOGY ORIGIN
IN THE PLEURA, MOST LIKELY MESOTHELIOMA.
WHOEVER THIS IS HAD TERMINAL
CANCER. AND NOW SO DOES AMY.
SHE WENT IN FOR A BROKEN
LEG AND WAS POISONED.
SHE NEVER EVEN HAD A CHANCE.
SOMEONE KNEW THAT BONE WAS
INFECTED AND THEY GAVE IT TO HER ANYWAY.
THIS WILL KILL AMY CULLEN.
WELL, IN THAT CASE, IT'S MURDER.
YOUR DAUGHTER'S CANCER ORIGINATED
IN THE BONE GRAFT. THE TEST CONFIRMS IT.
IT WAS THE OPERATION?
NOT ONLY WAS THE BONE
CONTAMINATED BY MALIGNANCY,
IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY
OLDER THAN DOCUMENTED.
IT WAS EXPIRED OR SOMETHING?
NO, SIR. IT JUST CAME FROM A MUCH
OLDER DONOR. SOMEONE IN THEIR 60s.
HOSPITAL ERROR.
THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO FIND
OUT WHERE THE GRAFT CAME FROM...
AND HOW IT SLIPPED
THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
THIS IS NOT F.B.I. JURISDICTION.
IT'S A QUESTION OF JUSTICE.
DOES THIS, IN ANY WAY, CHANGE
MY DAUGHTER'S PROGNOSIS?
NO.
SO SHE'S STILL GONNA
DIE OF THIS CANCER?
BARRING SPONTANEOUS REMISSION,
THE LIKELIHOOD IS SIGNIFICANT.
THE F.B.I.'S NOT MY
PERSONAL POLICE FORCE.
I APPRECIATE WHAT
YOU DISCOVERED.
CALL CHARLIE HAMMOND, C.D.C.
TELL HIM WHAT HAPPENED. HE'LL
CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION.
MY TEAM CAN STILL... WE'LL
NOTIFY C.D.C. RIGHT AWAY.
SO THAT'S IT? WHOEVER DID THIS
TO AMY CULLEN JUST GETS AWAY.
NO. WHAT WE DO NOW IS WE FIND OUT A
WAY TO MAKE THIS A LEGITIMATE F.B.I. CASE.
IF ONE GRAFT IS INFECTED, THERE'S NO
TELLING HOW MANY OTHERS ARE OUT THERE.
GEEZ, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE
I'M ON A SERIAL-KILLER CASE...
- JUST WAITING FOR ANOTHER
VICTIM TO SURFACE.
- YOU'RE NOT FAR OFF.
WHAT IF BIOTECH MAKES A HABIT
OF SELLING DISEASED PARTS?
WELL, THEN IT BECOMES
F.B.I. BUSINESS...
IF ONE OF THOSE TAINTED
GRAFTS IS SOLD ACROSS STATE LINE.
WELL, YOU CAN SPIT INTO FOUR
STATES FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT? NOT LITERALLY.
OKAY. FIRST WE GOTTA FIND OUT IF THIS
TISSUE LAB IS SERVICING ANY OTHER HOSPITALS.
- SEE IF THEY'VE
KILLED ANYONE ELSE.
- AMY CULLEN IS NOT DEAD, BONES.
I'M AFRAID THERE'S A
DEGREE OF INEVITABILITY.
SORRY.
IT'S PRETTY EXCELLENT, HUH?
IS THAT MINE? UH-HUH.
HOW'D YOU DO THAT?
MOST OF THE TIME I RESTORE
AND ENHANCE OLD BONES.
SO THIS IS A LOT MORE FUN.
IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW?
ONE SECOND I'M AT SCHOOL
AND I'M GONNA BE AN ARTIST,
AND THE NEXT...
MY FRIENDS DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
MY PARENTS ARE SCARED.
THINGS CHANGE, I GUESS.
YEAH.
YEAH, SOMETIMES THEY DO.
ANGELA?
IS THE LOUVRE JUST UNBELIEVABLE?
IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PLACE YOU'LL EVER SEE.
MAYBE YOU CAN TELL
ME ABOUT IT SOMETIME.
YOU'LL GO THERE YOURSELF.
I KNOW YOU WILL.
270. HERE'S BIOTECH.
WE GET IN THERE. WE
SWEAT THE HEAD GUY.
HELLO? F... B.I.
OKAY. SO THIS IS BIOTECH.
SORRY I COULDN'T BE
ANY MORE HELP. THANKS.
I APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT. BUILDING MANAGER SAYS
BIOTECH WENT BELLY-UP TWO YEARS AGO.
THEY COULDN'T EVEN PAY
THEIR LAST MONTH'S RENT.
WHERE DID THEY
GO? HE DOESN'T KNOW.
- WHAT? TWO YEARS AGO?
- EXACTLY.
I MEAN, AMY CULLEN'S GRAFT WAS SOLD
TO WASHINGTON GENERAL 12 MONTHS AGO.
IF BIOTECH DOESN'T EXIST, WHO SOLD
THE DISEASED BONE TO THE HOSPITAL?
WHERE IS HE?
DR. OGDEN HAD TO OVERSEE THE
TRANSPORT OF A LIVER TO BALTIMORE.
HE WON'T BE BACK UNTIL
MORNING. OH, A LIVER?
WHERE'D HE GET THIS ONE FROM,
HUH? AN ALCOHOLIC AT A CORNER BAR?
WE'VE DEALT WITH BIOTECH FOR
YEARS. THEY'RE VERY REPUTABLE.
- THERE'S NO SUCH
COMPANY AS BIOTECH.
- THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK? I
THINK OGDEN'S IN ON THE WHOLE THING.
A LITTLE BIOMEDICAL PAYOLA. BUYS THIRD-RATE
PARTS IN EXCHANGE FOR A CONDO IN ST. CROIX.
DR. OGDEN'S A VERY GOOD MAN. I KNOW THERE
ARE PROBLEMS IN HIS PAST, BUT THAT'S JUST...
OH, YOU MEAN THERE ARE
SKELETONS IN HIS CLOSET?
WELL, I CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE THIS GUY'S RECORD.
ALEXANDRA, IS THERE ANY WAY TO TELL
IF A PATIENT AT WASHINGTON GENERAL...
RECEIVED A GRAFT FROM THE
SAME DONOR AS AMY CULLEN?
ONLY THE TISSUE
LAB KNOWS FOR SURE.
BUT AFTER YOU LEFT,
I WAS CURIOUS, AND...
PLEASE. IT'S ALREADY
TOO LATE FOR AMY,
BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE
FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
A WOMAN NAMED KELLY DeMARCO.
IT WAS A CAR ACCIDENT.
THIS IS BOOTH. I NEED A PHONE AND ADDRESS
FOR A KELLY DeMARCO IN THE POTOMAC AREA.
TWO GRAFTS, SAME DAY AS AMY.
BOTH GRAFTS CAME FROM BIOTECH.
- WHEN? YOU SURE?
- WHAT IS IT?
- THANKS. KELLY DeMARCO... SHE'S DEAD.
- OH, MY GOD.
WE NEED TO KNOW FOR SURE IF SHE HAD THE
SAME KIND OF CANCER. WE HAVE TO EXHUME HER.
KELLY DeMARCO, AGE 32, DEAD OF
LUNG CANCER TWO MONTHS AGO.
TAKE A BIOPSY OF THIS ULNA
GRAFT FROM MS. DeMARCO...
AND COMPARE IT WITH THE
CORE SAMPLE FROM AMY'S LEG.
LOOK, I SPOKE TO DeMARCO'S
HUSBAND. SHE, UH, HAD THE ACCIDENT.
SHE HAD ALL THE OPERATIONS. YOU KNOW, SHE
NEVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE IN HER WHOLE LIFE,
ONLY TO DIE OF LUNG
CANCER EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
WHEN YOUR NUMBER'S
UP, I GUESS, RIGHT?
I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT
SAYING "WHEN YOUR NUMBER'S UP."
NUMBERS AND EQUATIONS ARE
QUANTITATIVE AND PREDICTABLE.
EVERYONE KNOWS
WHEN A NUMBER'S UP.
HOW DO YOU LISTEN
TO THIS ALL DAY?
I FIND INTELLIGENCE SOOTHING.
IT'S AMAZING HOW
QUICKLY THIS SPREAD.
THE GRAFTS WENT INTO
THIS WOMAN'S BODY,
AND WITHIN WEEKS, THE CANCER
CELLS METASTASIZED TO HER LUNGS.
BY THEN, THE DISEASE
WAS UNSTOPPABLE.
SAME BONES, SAME
DONOR, SAME DISEASE.
LOOK, I GOT THREE AGENTS OUT THERE
RIGHT NOW SEARCHING FOR BIOTECH.
BUT ALL WE HAVE TO WORK ON IS THIS E-MAIL
ADDRESS ASSIGNED TO A FICTITIOUS NAME.
OKAY, LET'S JUST... LET'S JUST SAY THAT OGDEN
AND THIS, UH, FAKE-TISSUE LAB ARE IN CAHOOTS.
HOW MANY OTHER BONES OUT
THERE CAN BE FROM THE SAME DONOR?
THERE ARE 206 BONES IN THE
HUMAN BODY, AGENT BOOTH.
OF THOSE, ANY NUMBER
OF THEM ARE GRAFTABLE.
OKAY. YOU'RE SAYING THAT HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE COULD STILL BE OUT THERE...
WITH CANCER TIME BOMBS IN
THEM AND NOT EVEN REALIZE IT?
WE NEED TO CALL EVERY
HOSPITAL IN THE D.C. AREA.
IF THEY ACQUIRED BIOTECH
GRAFTS AT THE SAME TIME AS AMY,
THOSE RECIPIENTS NEED TO BE
TRACKED DOWN AND TESTED IMMEDIATELY.
FINE. IF YOU'RE RIGHT, THEN THE BUREAU CAN
OFFICIALLY DESIGNATE THIS A SERIAL KILLING.
AGENT BOOTH, THE RECORDS
YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
OH, LOOK AT THIS. ALEXANDRA
COMBS... SHE WASN'T LYING.
BACKGROUND CHECK TURNS UP THAT OGDEN WAS
FIRED FROM A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN DENVER.
- REASON?
- ACCEPTING A BRIBE FOR BUMPING
SOMEONE UP IN THE DONOR LISTS.
THIS GUY IS DIRTY.
LOOK, WHAT I DID IN DENVER WAS
WRONG, BUT I DID IT FOR GOOD REASON.
- TO LINE YOUR POCKETS.
- THE MONEY WENT TO KEEP
A STRUGGLING CLINIC AFLOAT.
BESIDES, IT CAME FROM A
FAMILY THAT COULD AFFORD IT.
SO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
WEALTHY PEOPLE IS OKAY?
I'M NOT SAYING I'M PROUD
OF WHAT I DID, DR. BRENNAN.
BUT JUST BECAUSE I TOOK THAT BRIBE DOESN'T
MEAN I HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BIOTECH?
THE SAME I HAVE WITH EVERY
COMPANY I DEAL WITH... A VIRTUAL ONE.
E-MAILS, ONLINE
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS.
MY ASSISTANT SENDS OUT
A COUNTRY-WIDE SEARCH...
FOR THE ORGAN OR BONE
THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THEY RESPOND BACK AND WE BID.
IF WE CAN REACH AN AGREEMENT, THEN THE PART
IS IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORTED FOR SURGERY.
- AND IN AMY CULLEN'S CASE?
- SAME PROTOCOL.
I BID, I BOUGHT, I RECEIVED.
NO CONVERSATIONS WERE HAD.
WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO CHECK OUT
SUPPLIERS EVERY TIME WE TAKE AN ORDER.
YOU KNOW WHAT, OGDEN? I'M GONNA CONTACT
EVERY BANK YOU'VE DONE BUSINESS WITH.
IF I FIND ONE DEPOSIT THAT'S
SUSPICIOUS, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE MINE.
I SWEAR TO YOU I'M
NOT INVOLVED IN THIS.
I HAVEN'T HURT ANYBODY.
YOUR WORK IS AWESOME.
THANKS.
THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON,
YOU KNOW? SO MUCH TO FEEL.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL EVER BE
ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
YOU WILL. JUST GIVE IT TIME.
WELL, I MAY NOT
HAVE A LOT OF THAT.
YOUR PAINTINGS AND
YOUR SCULPTURE...
THEY'RE ALIVE, YOU KNOW?
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SHOWING ME HOW
YOU FELT WHEN YOU PAINTED THEM...
WHAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED.
I CAN'T PAINT WHAT I DON'T KNOW.
AMY, YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH
MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE.
YOU MEAN DYING?
IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
I REALLY THINK IT'S BEST
FOR YOU TO STAY POSITIVE.
KEEP DOING THINGS, YOU
MEAN? WITH YOUR ART?
YEAH. ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT ABOUT GUYS?
AH. WELL, THAT TOTALLY
GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
WHAT'S HIS NAME?
AARON. HIS FAMILY JUST
MOVED HERE FROM MAINE.
IS HE CUTE? HE'S SO CUTE.
DID YOU ASK HIM OUT? NO.
HE ASKED ME, BUT I
DON'T KNOW. I SAID NO.
WHY?
LOOK, YOU HAVEN'T
ASKED MY ADVICE,
SO I'M JUST GONNA
GIVE IT TO YOU, OKAY?
JUST HAVE FUN.
YOU KNOW, EVERY
ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU...
YOU MIGHT MEET
SOMEBODY WHO'S WORTH IT.
WHAT IF HE'S NOT?
THEN YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING
ELSE TO PAINT ABOUT.
BUREAU'S CANVASSED
EVERY HOSPITAL IN THE AREA.
FOUR HAVE BEEN USING
BIOTECH BONE GRAFTS.
AND THREE RECIPIENTS FROM THOSE HOSPITALS
HAVE LUNG CANCER. HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
AND THIS ONE DIED OF LUNG CANCER THREE
MONTHS AGO. I'M CHECKING ON A BURIAL SITE.
THAT MAKES 13, INCLUDING
AMY AND THE DeMARCO WOMAN.
PROBABLY ALL FROM
THE SAME DONOR.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON
BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL.
- CAN YOU I.D. THESE PEOPLE?
- GOT NAMES AND - ADDRESSES ON ALL OF THEM.
I'VE ALREADY CONTACTED WASHINGTON GENERAL
TO SET UP A BIOPSY TESTING FACILITY.
MAN.
HOW DID ONE DEAD GUY
DO SO MUCH DAMAGE?
- THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
- WHAT IDEA?
IDENTIFY THE DONOR AND WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO FIND OUT HOW BIOTECH GOT HIS BONES.
GOT IT. SECOND DECEDENT'S
NAME IS RONALD LUPO.
I FOUND HIM AT A
CEMETERY IN LYNCHBURG.
- VIRGINIA?
- YEAH. WHY?
IT MEANS THAT THIS FRAUD JUST CROSSED STATE
LINES AND BECAME A LEGITIMATE CASE FOR THE F.B.I.
LOOKS LIKE I DON'T HAVE TO
USE MY SICK DAYS ANYMORE, HUH?
HOW MANY? SICK OR DEAD?
DEAD. TWO... THAT WE KNOW OF.
BUT THAT MAKES IT A
MULTIPLE HOMICIDE CASE.
AND SINCE IT'S NOT
ISOLATED TO THE DISTRICT...
AND THE RECIPIENTS
ARE IN MULTIPLE STATES...
THIS FALLS UNDER
F.B.I. JURISDICTION.
- YES, SIR.
- I SHOULD KICK YOUR ASS.
YEAH.
WHAT'D YOU DO? TAKE
SICK TIME TO WORK ON THIS?
YEAH. MIGRAINE.
THANKS, BOOTH.
CATCH THE SON OF A BITCH
THAT DID THIS TO MY DAUGHTER.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY
MY INTENTION, SIR.
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RESULTS? SO FAR THERE ARE THREE
OTHER EARLY SIGNS OF CANCER CELLS.
AGGRESSIVE CHEMO AND RADIATION
TREATMENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SLOW IT DOWN.
ADMIRING YOUR HANDIWORK, DOCTOR?
I'M SORRY.
AMY... LET ME.
EASY.
HEY. YOU ALL RIGHT?
DID ALL THESE PEOPLE GET
BONES FROM THE SAME DONOR I DID?
- UH-HUH.
- DO THEY ALL HAVE CANCER?
NO, NOT ALL OF THEM. BUT THE SOONER THE
ONES WHO ARE INFECTED KNOW, THE BETTER.
WHO WOULD DO A THING LIKE THAT?
IF THEY KNEW THEY WERE SICK,
WHY MAKE OTHER PEOPLE SICK TOO?
I DON'T KNOW. IT'S TERRIBLE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
SO, IF YOU TAKE
THE BAD GRAFTS OUT,
WILL THEY BE OKAY? SOME OF THEM.
BUT NOT ME.
NO.
- I WANT THIS OUT OF ME.
- SWEETHEART,
YOU'RE NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
- GET THEM TO TAKE IT OUT.
- AMY, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE...
I DON'T CARE.
YOU'RE SAVING THEIR LIVES.
WE'VE TRACED ALL THESE GRAFTS BACK TO
THE DONOR AND STILL KNOW ALMOST NOTHING.
NOT EXACTLY NOTHING. ZACK, LOOK AT THE
SLOPE OF THE SCIATIC NOTCH IN THE PELVIS.
- AND THE NON-ELEVATED
AURICULAR SURFACE.
- HE WAS DEFINITELY MALE.
THE OSTEON COUNT IN THE FEMORAL
JOINT CONFIRMS THE DONOR WAS OVER 60.
IT'S A SOLID START, BUT
WE NEED A LOT MORE.
OSTEOPHYTOSIS WITH NARROWING
OF INTERVERTEBRAL SPACES...
INDICATES CONSISTENT
HEAVY LIFTING.
CONSTRUCTION WORKER?
IT'S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY.
DEFINITELY A BURLY TYPE.
IF WE KEEP GUESSING ABOUT
WHAT HE WAS LIKE ON THE INSIDE,
THEN ANGELA CAN HYPOTHESIZE
ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE, SIZE, WEIGHT.
I'M ON IT.
I SCANNED IN THE X-RAYS OF
ALL OF THE GRAFT RECIPIENTS...
AS WELL AS THE PIECES
FROM THE EXHUMED BODIES.
OKAY. NOW WHAT?
CONNECT THE DOTS?
MORE LIKE CONNECT
THE BODY PARTS.
THINK OF IT AS SCULPTING
FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
THE MORE THAT I KNOW ABOUT OUR DONOR, THE BETTER
I CAN GUESS WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE LOOKED LIKE.
THE FRAGMENTS ORIGINATED FROM
NINE SITES ON THE DONOR'S BODY.
IF WE CONNECT THE GRAFTS...
NOW INPUT ALL THE ANATOMICAL
FACTORS AND CORE ANOMALIES.
GUYS, MEET DONOR "X"...
THE MAN WHO
CAUSED ALL THIS PAIN.
SO THAT'S OUR SERIAL KILLER.
HE PROBABLY HAD NO IDEA HOW MUCH DAMAGE HE
WAS GONNA CAUSE. WE HAVE ENOUGH TO TRACK HIM?
- HODGINS?
- MAYBE. WITH LIBS.
- WHO'S LIBS?
- LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN
SPECTROSCOPY.
IT'LL GIVE US AN ELEMENTAL
ANALYSIS OF THE OLD BASTARD.
ANGELA TOLD US
WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE.
NOW HODGINS CAN
TELL US WHERE HE LIVED.
WELL, WE'LL FIND HIM.
WE HAVE TO.
STRONTIUM ISOTOPE LEVELS SUGGEST DONOR "X"
LIVED THE LAST 20 YEARS ON THE EAST COAST.
EXTREMELY LOW LEVELS OF
FLUORIDE IN THE CANCELLOUS BONE.
UNUSUAL SINCE MOST
TAP WATER IS FLUORIDATED,
EXCEPT FOR PARTS OF THE
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS.
A FEW OF THE HATFIELDS AND
McCOYS STILL HAVE NO TEETH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE FROM
TENNESSEE, WEST VIRGINIA OR NORTH CAROLINA.
OH, GREAT. THAT NARROWS IT DOWN.
HIGH LEVEL OF C8. THAT'S A
KEY INGREDIENT OF TEFLON.
THERE'S A TEFLON PLANT IN
PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.
AND MINUSCULE TRACES
OF NUCLEAR SUB-PARTICLES.
WASN'T THERE A PROBLEM ABOUT 15
YEARS AGO AT BRANT'S CLIFF POWER FACILITY?
YEAH, JUST A LITTLE ONE. EMPLOYEES
THERE WERE GROWING A SECOND HEAD.
CAN YOU SAY COVER UP?
OKAY, WHERE'S BRANT'S CLIFF?
- WEST VIRGINIA ALSO.
- OKAY, FINE.
SO THEN WE'RE TRYING TO I.D. A GUY WHO'S
65 YEARS OF AGE, ROUGHLY 200 POUNDS,
LIVES IN WEST VIRGINIA, DIED OF LUNG
CANCER WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, HMM?
HEY, LOOK. THERE ARE THREE POTENTIAL WEST
VIRGINIA DONORS WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT.
THERE'S LESTER BLAKE OUT OF
TAGUE. THERE'S BLAIR SIMMONS...
HEY, LADY, WATCH
WHERE YOU'RE DRIVING!
I'D RATHER NOT BE
A DONOR MYSELF.
BLAIR SIMMONS OUT OF DAILEY AND
WILLIAM HASTINGS OUT OF BEARD'S FORK.
ALL THREE MEN DIED OF
MESOTHELIOMA LAST AUGUST.
OKAY, WE'LL BE IN BEARD'S FORK
WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR, OKAY?
- YOU'RE SURE ZACK AND HODGINS
ARE ON THE OTHER TWO, RIGHT?
- THIS IS BRENNAN.
DR. BRENNAN, I'M AT LESTER BLAKE'S
EXHUMATION. I'VE EXAMINED THE REMAINS.
THIS IS BOOTH.
BLAIR SIMMONS ISN'T DEAD.
- WHAT?
- HE'S FROZEN
IN A CRYOGENICS LAB.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN "FROZEN"?
LIKE A SUPERMARKET TURKEY.
NOT A SCRATCH ON HIM. AND I THINK HE'S
WEDGED BETWEEN WALT DISNEY AND TED WILLIAMS.
THERE'S NO SIGN OF BODY
TAMPERING, AND IT'S CLEAR...
- HIS CASKET HASN'T BEEN
OPENED SINCE HIS BURIAL.
- SO IF BLAKE ISN'T OUR DONOR...
SO IF SIMMONS ISN'T OUR DONOR...
MRS. HASTINGS, WHAT DID
YOUR HUSBAND DO FOR A LIVING?
AH, THIS AND THAT. BILL WORKED
IN CONSTRUCTION FOR A TIME,
DID THE NIGHT SHIFT
DOWN AT BRANT'S CLIFF,
OPENED A ROOFING
BUSINESS A FEW YEARS BACK.
- ROOFING?
- SHINGLING AND FIREPROOFING
AND SUCH.
SO HE HANDLED ASBESTOS?
DOCTORS SAY THAT'S WHAT FINALLY
GOT HIM. WHY ARE Y'ALL SO CURIOUS?
UH, MRS. HASTINGS, I MEAN, YOUR HUSBAND
DID TIME FOR PETTY THEFT AND FRAUD.
I MEAN, YOU LOST YOUR HOME, YOUR
CARS. HE LEFT YOU WITH NOTHING.
AH, BILL HASTINGS WAS AN OLD FOOL
WHO DESERVED WHAT CAME TO HIM.
YOU NEEDED MONEY. DID ANYONE APPROACH
YOU ABOUT SELLING HIS PARTS AFTER HE DIED?
PARDON? I'M AFRAID
I DON'T FOLLOW.
WELL, HIS FAMILY HAS A
CEMETERY PLOT IN KINCAID,
YET YOU CREMATED HIM.
ARE YOU HIDING SOMETHING?
I DID THAT BECAUSE THE GUY AT THE
FUNERAL HOME SAID IT WAS CHEAPER.
- WE COULDN'T AFFORD
A PROPER BURIAL.
- WHAT FUNERAL HOME?
- UM, IT WAS CALLED MARTIN,
I THINK.
- WHERE ARE THE ASHES?
- OUT BACK IN THE YARD.
- DO YOU MIND IF WE
TAKE A SAMPLE?
I SURE AS HELL DO. I DON'T LIKE
WHAT Y'ALL ARE ACCUSING ME OF DOING.
- WELL, WE'LL JUST COME BACK
WITH A WARRANT, THAT'S ALL.
- YOU BETTER BRING SOME DOGS.
AND BRING THOSE TRIGGER-HAPPY AGENTS OF
YOURS TOO, 'CAUSE THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER.
COME ON, BONES. LET'S
GO. HAVE A NICE DAY.
LOOK, SHE INSISTS THAT HER HUSBAND WASN'T
THE DONOR, BUT THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING.
IF I COULD GET MY
HANDS ON A SOIL SAMPLE,
I KNOW THERE ARE BONE FRAGMENTS STILL INTACT
THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY IDENTIFY HIM WITH.
- WAS THERE AN INSURANCE
POLICY IN PLACE?
- NONE.
MORE REASONS TO
SELL THE ILLEGAL GRAFTS.
BUT THE FUNERAL HOME HAD TO
HAVE BEEN IN CAHOOTS WITH HER.
SO ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS CONNECT
THE WIDOW TO THE FUNERAL HOME.
THEN THE HOME TO
BIOTECH. MR. CULLEN.
WE NEED TO SPEAK TO YOU
AND AMY'S MOTHER PRIVATELY.
WE'LL GO. COME ON, BONES.
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SHE'S TELLING THEM THE
TREATMENT DIDN'T WORK.
AND THERE'S NOTHING
ELSE THEY CAN DO.
I HATE SEEING THEM SO SAD.
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BONES. BONES. BONES, I KNOW THAT
YOU FIND DEAD PEOPLE INTRIGUING,
BUT JUST TRY TO PUT
ON YOUR SAD FACE.
MM-HMM.
I'M SORRY. I'M IN THE
MIDDLE OF A SERVICE.
WELL, THIS WILL ONLY TAKE A MINUTE. UH,
MR. JESSUP... HE... HE AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE.
- WHAT'S THIS ABOUT, EXACTLY?
- WILLIAM HASTINGS.
UH, IS HE SOMEONE YOU'VE LOST?
MORE LIKE SOMEBODY WE FOUND.
HE PASSED AWAY A YEAR
AGO. YOU CREMATED HIM.
BUT SOMEHOW HIS BONES WERE ILLEGALLY
HARVESTED PRIOR TO THE PROCEDURE.
- WELL, NOT HERE.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL, THIS IS MY MORTUARY. I'VE
BEEN IN BUSINESS ALMOST A DECADE,
AND I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION
WHATSOEVER OF A MR. HASTINGS.
HIS WIFE MENTIONED
THIS PLACE SPECIFICALLY.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT THE
BEREAVED ARE OFTEN CONFUSED.
IN THIS CASE, I DON'T THINK
SO. WE DON'T THINK SO.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I
HAVE MOURNERS WAITING.
WELL, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST DOUBLE-CHECK
YOUR RECORDS AND GET BACK TO ME.
I WOULD, BUT MY
RECORDS ARE IMPECCABLE.
THERE'S NOTHING TO
DOUBLE-CHECK. WELL...
THAT WAS QUICK. I NEED TO GET
THOSE ASHES FROM HER YARD.
YOU GOT 'EM, ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GET THE WARRANT.
AND DON'T FORGET THE DOGS AND
THE GUN-TOTING AGENTS SHE ASKED FOR.
OH, BELIEVE ME. TRUST
ME. I WON'T FORGET THAT.
SO I LOOKED IT UP
ON THE INTERNET.
YOU CAN GET $10,000 FOR GRAFTS
ON THE BLACK MARKET THESE DAYS.
TEN GRAND. GEEZ, MY BONES
ARE WORTH MORE THAN THAT.
WHAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL? THREE GLASSES
OF MILK A DAY, I WORK OUT AND I EAT RIGHT.
X-RAY MICRO-FLUORESCENCE SHOWS A
HIGH CONCENTRATION OF CALCIUM CARBONATE.
OH, THAT'S A REVELATION.
SERIOUSLY, HODGINS,
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN LINK
TO WILLIAM HASTINGS'S MEDICAL RECORDS?
EVERYTHING TRACKS. I MEAN, THE CREMAINS ARE
CONSISTENT TO THOSE OF WILLIAM HASTINGS.
THE QUESTION I KEEP ASKING IS, IF THE WIDOW IS
GUILTY, WHY KEEP THE REMAINS SO CLOSE TO HOME?
WELL, WHAT IF SHE
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT?
OH, COME ON, BONES.
SHE HATED THE GUY.
MY GUESS IS SHE'S GOT 10 G's STUFFED
IN HER MATTRESS BACK IN "TRAILERVILLE."
NO. I MEAN IT. THERE ARE NO
UNUSUAL BANK RECORDS, NO DEPOSITS.
WHAT IF THEY TOOK THE GRAFTS, GAVE HER
BACK THE ASHES, AND SHE WAS NONE THE WISER.
MAN, IS SHE GONNA BE PISSED.
ALL RIGHT. IF IT'S NOT THE WIDOW HASTINGS,
I'M DOUBLING DOWN ON THE MORTICIAN.
EVERYBODY IN? YOU IN?
THANK YOU. AW, GEEZ.
EXCUSE ME. THIS BODY'S BEING
PREPPED. WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHAT WE WANT IS TO KNOW WHERE
YOU HARVESTED MR. HASTINGS'S BODY.
I TOLD YOU, I DON'T
KNOW WHO HASTINGS IS.
WELL, WE THINK YOU'RE LYING.
WE THINK YOU'RE SELLING BONE
AND TISSUE GRAFTS ILLEGALLY.
AND I THINK YOUR ACCUSATIONS ARE
OUTLANDISH AND YOU SHOULD CALL MY LAWYER.
YEAH? WELL, WE HAVE A WARRANT
HERE TO, UH, LOOK AROUND A LITTLE.
WHAT'S THIS PLACE?
CASKET SHOWROOM.
THEY'RE HAVING A SALE.
IT LOOKS LIKE A SICK
DEPARTMENT STORE.
ALL RIGHT. NOBODY WOULD BE
CUTTING ANYBODY UP IN THIS PLACE.
LET'S GO. WHOA.
WAIT. OVER THERE.
WHAT? IT'S A WATER
LINE. WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
BUT THE FLOOR SLOPES TOWARD
THE CENTER OF THE ROOM.
THIS WASN'T ALWAYS
USED FOR A SHOWROOM.
I WONDER WHAT'S
UNDER THE CARPET. HUH.
IF BODY WORK WAS DONE IN
HERE, THEY'D NEED A DRAIN.
- YOU'RE KIDDING ME. IT'S A DRAIN?
- THIS IS OUR SALES OFFICE.
THERE IS NOTHING IN HERE YOU NEED TO SEE.
THE ONLY THING IN THIS ROOM IS CASKETS.
- I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THAT.
- NO, WHAT... YOU ARE MAKING A MISTAKE.
AM I?
SHE'S RUINING MY MERCHANDISE.
COME ON. HOW MUCH IS
THAT ONE? 7,000 DOLLARS.
BONES, WATCH THE SCUFF MARKS.
MR. MARTIN, THIS ROOM IS DESIGNED TO BE
WASHED CLEAN. YOU'VE GOT DRAINS IN THE FLOOR.
I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU
DID THE BONE HARVESTING.
WHEN YOU THOUGHT WE WERE COMING
BACK, YOU MOVED EVERYTHING AROUND.
THAT'S ABSURD. I
DID NO SUCH THING.
YOU'RE AN EXCELLENT
HOUSE CLEANER,
BUT IN THE CARPETING AND TIDYING
UP, YOU FORGOT ABOUT ONE THING.
BONE DUST. YOU FORGOT
ABOUT AIRBORNE PARTICLES.
TODAY, ZACK. I NEED
SOMETHING TODAY.
- HEY, DON'T HARASS
MY ASSISTANT.
- THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S OUR JOB.
I SIFTED DUST PARTICLES
THROUGH A SERIES OF FILTERS,
THEN SEPARATED THE LARGEST PIECES AND
MAGNIFIED THEM TO COMPARE THE OSTEONS.
THE PARTICLES IN THE VENT DEFINITELY
CAME FROM CUTTING HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS.
WILLIAM HASTINGS'S REMAINS?
I AM COMPARING PARTICLES TO THE
BIOPSY WE EXCISED FROM KELLY DeMARCO.
COMPARE.
SO, IS IT HIM?
IT'S HIM. BUT HERE'S
THE "KICKSTER."
KICKER, BONES.
HERE'S THE KICKER.
- OH.
- THERE'S BONE DUST FROM
AT LEAST SEVEN OTHER BODIES...
IN THAT VENT FILTER AS WELL.
- SEVEN?
- CUTTING THROUGH PERIOSTEUM...
FOR GRAFTING PURPOSES
TAKES MEDICAL TRAINING.
EXCEPT FOR THE TAINTED SAMPLES, THESE
BONE GRAFTS ARE EXPERTLY HARVESTED.
OKAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE WHO HAS MEDICAL TRAINING.
MARTIN IS A MORTICIAN, NOT A DOCTOR.
LET'S SAY HE'S RUNNING A CHOP SHOP.
LET'S SAY HE WAS SELLING
ILLEGAL PARTS TO TISSUE LABS.
WHO WAS ACTUALLY
DOING THE CUTTING?
AND WHO WAS SELLING
TO HOSPITALS AS BIOTECH?
HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE YOU MADE
OVER THE YEARS DOING THIS, NICK? HUH?
TENS? OH, HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WILLIAM HASTINGS HAD AN AGGRESSIVE
FORM OF CANCER THAT WAS VERY RARE.
YOU MADE SOME POCKET CHANGE OFF
HIS GRAFTS. YOU DIDN'T EVEN TELL HIS WIFE.
NOW A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
ARE SICK. TWO DIED.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE COUNTS
OF MURDER. I DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY.
NO. NO, YOU DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY. I MEAN, THEY
WERE ALREADY DEAD. YOU WERE JUST RECYCLING.
- I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
- DO YOU HAVE
ANY DOCTOR TRAINING?
NO. SPEND ANY TIME IN THE
SERVICE AS A MEDIC OR A NURSE?
- NO.
- NO? THEN WHO DID THE CUTTING?
WHO DID THE CUTTING OF THE GRAFTS, HUH?
SOMEBODY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
YOUR PHONE RECORDS SHOW THAT DURING
THE MONTHS AROUND HASTINGS'S DEATH,
YOU RECEIVED DOZENS OF
CALLS FROM DISPOSABLE CELLS.
FOUR DIFFERENT ONES, HUH?
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
- I DON'T RECALL THIS.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE DUST THAT WE GOT OFF
THE VENT IN YOUR SHOWROOM...
MATCHED HASTINGS
AND SEVEN OTHER BODIES.
WHO DO YOU WORK WITH? I DON'T
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK YOU DO. I THINK YOU
AND YOUR PARTNERS KNEW...
THAT THE BONES WERE
CANCEROUS, AND YOU DIDN'T...
WHO WAS IT, HUH? WHO THE
HELL DID THIS TO MY DAUGHTER?
HUH? SIR. SIR. SIR, I GOT HIM.
I GOT HIM, SIR. PLEASE.
BONES, HOW LONG IS
IT GONNA TAKE YOU TO...
BONES? COME ON.
OH, DR. BRENNAN,
YOU STARTLED ME.
- MIND IF I COME IN?
- NOT AT ALL.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO
KEEP THINGS ORGANIZED.
WHAT WE DO HERE IS SO IMPORTANT.
WE CAN'T RISK MAKING ANY MISTAKES.
MS. COMBS, TELL ME, WHAT... WHAT
DO YOU USE THESE PHONES FOR?
RECIPIENTS PRIMARILY. WE NEVER KNOW
WHEN A DONOR ORGAN IS GOING TO COME IN,
SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THEY
CAN BE REACHED AT ALL TIMES.
EVER USE ONE YOURSELF?
- WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, DOCTOR?
- HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED
TO WORK IN A HOSPITAL?
IT'S INCREDIBLY REWARDING, I KNOW. BUT
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO STUDY MEDICINE?
- I DID AT ONE TIME, YES.
- HOW DO YOU FEEL, MS. COMBS?
HAVE YOU BEEN COUGHING AT ALL? DO
YOU FEEL A TIGHTNESS IN YOUR CHEST?
- I FEEL FINE ACTUALLY.
- HOW OFTEN DOES DR. OGDEN
WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS?
RARELY. AS COORDINATOR,
HE DOESN'T PRACTICE.
YET, THE PHARMACY
DOWNSTAIRS TOLD THE F.B.I...
THAT HE WROTE YOU A SCRIPT
FOR AN EXPECTORANT FOR A COUGH.
WELL, THERE MUST BE
SOME MISTAKE. HE'D NEVER...
YOU WROTE THAT PRESCRIPTION
YOURSELF, DIDN'T YOU?
I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING WITH
MARTIN... TO HASTINGS AND THE OTHERS.
SEE, IF YOU'D FINISHED
MEDICAL SCHOOL, YOU'D KNOW.
BONE DUST IS VERY
DANGEROUS IF INHALED.
WHEN YOU WERE TAKING THOSE GRAFTS,
I DOUBT YOU WERE WEARING A MASK.
YOU'RE SICK, MS. COMBS.
AND I... I DON'T JUST MEAN IN
A MENTALLY DISTURBED WAY.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS. YOU
CAN'T PROVE ANYTHING.
WE'RE IN A HOSPITAL. WHY DON'T WE
GO GET A CHEST X-RAY AND FIND OUT?
I'D LIKE TO READ YOU YOUR RIGHTS.
ALEXANDRA, WHAT'S GOING ON?
SO THE TRANSPLANT ASSISTANT FANCIED
HERSELF A DOCTOR? NOT A DOCTOR EXACTLY,
BUT QUALIFIED ENOUGH TO EXTRICATE
BONE GRAFTS FROM A CADAVER.
AND WHAT ABOUT
BIOTECH TISSUE LABS?
ONCE IT WAS A
LEGITIMATE COMPANY.
COMBS KEPT IT
ALIVE ON THE WEB...
AND FUNNELED THE MONEY INTO HER
OWN WELL-DISGUISED BANK ACCOUNT.
SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE AMY?
SAME AS WHERE SHE STARTED.
JUST WITH ANSWERS, THAT'S ALL.
WELL, THAT IS PERFECT.
- ANGELA...
- THAT'S OKAY. I GOT IT.
- HEY.
- HEY.
- YOU ALL RIGHT?
- YEAH.
NO. NO, I'M NOT.
LOOK, WE CAN SOLVE
HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD CRIMES.
WE CAN... WE CAN TRACK
DOWN SERIAL KILLERS...
AND IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHEN
NOTHING IS LEFT OF THEM BUT SLUDGE.
SO WHY CAN'T WE HELP
A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL?
ALL SHE WANTS TO
DO IS FALL IN LOVE...
AND VISIT THE LOUVRE.
- YOU CAN DO THAT.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
YOU MADE A WHOLE GUY OUT
OF BONE CHIPS AND LIGHTS.
YOU CAN CREATE THE LOUVRE.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT LOVE?
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT LOVE? IT'S OVERRATED...
MOST OF THE TIME.
OKAY.
NOW TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE.
OH, WOW. NO WAY. ANGELA,
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
WELCOME TO THE LOUVRE.
- I'M REALLY THERE.
- THAT'S AMAZING.
IS THIS YOUR DOING, DR. BRENNAN?
NO, SIR. IT'S ALL
MS. MONTENEGRO.
THANK YOU, ANGELA.
YOU'RE WELCOME. SO
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I THINK IT'S LIKE HEAVEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
DON'T SAY ANYTHING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
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WHAT'S THAT MEAN?