Bones (2005–2017): Season 1, Episode 21 - The Soldier on the Grave - full transcript

When Brennan and her team investigate the apparent suicide of a protester in Arlington National Cemetery, they discover it wasn't suicide but the murder of a soldier who served in Iraq. As Booth and Brennan pursue the murder investigation and interrogate the American soldiers the victim served with in Iraq, their investigation leads to many unanswered questions about the victim's military unit in Iraq and the actions they took while on patrol there. As more information about the case is uncovered, the clues indicate a potential military cover-up. The case brings back many memories for Booth of the horrors of war and elements of his own 'shady' past as a sniper are revealed.

I NEVER GET USED TO THE
MAGNITUDE OF THIS PLACE,

WHAT IT'S TAKEN TO
KEEP THIS COUNTRY FREE.

ALL SOCIETIES BUILD
MONUMENTS TO THEIR DEAD...

TO CONVINCE FUTURE COMBATANTS
THAT IT'S AN HONOR TO DIE IN BATTLE.

FOR THESE SERVICEMEN, IT WAS.

AND SOMEBODY TO USE THIS PLACE TO
PROTEST THE WAR JUST PISSES ME OFF.

THESE ARE THE LIVES THAT GAVE THEM THAT
RIGHT. THESE MEN, THEY SHOULD BE RESPECTED.

IF THEY WERE REALLY RESPECTED, MAYBE
NOT SO MANY OF THEM WOULD BE BURIED HERE.

ARE WE GONNA GET INTO SOMETHIN'
HERE, BONES? I DON'T SEE WHY.

I THINK WE BOTH WISH THIS
PLACE WERE A LOT SMALLER.

AGENT BOOTH,
DR. BRENNAN. RIGHT THIS WAY.



IT MUST'VE HAPPENED IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

THE PLACE IS SO BIG,
NO ONE SAW THE FIRE.

THE ACCELERANT WAS CHARCOAL
STARTER. WE DIDN'T FIND A SUICIDE NOTE.

IF HE WAS A PROTESTER,
WOULDN'T HE LEAVE A NOTE?

DIDN'T NEED TO. IT'S ON
CHARLIE KENT'S GRAVE.

PRESS WAS COMING OUT THIS
MORNING TO DO A TRIBUTE TO HIM.

- ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
OF HIS DEATH.
- CHARLIE KENT?

HE WAS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD. ABOUT TO BE DRAFTED
BY THE NBA WHEN HE GOT SHIPPED OUT TO IRAQ.

HE GAVE HIS LIFE TAKING OUT A
GROUP OF INSURGENTS TO SAVE HIS UNIT.

WON THE SILVER STAR. IT'S MALE.

AFRICAN DESCENT.

APPROXIMATELY 20-29 YEARS OLD.

TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE
CAUSE OF DEATH.

I'M NOT A PRO, BUT
I'M GUESSIN' FIRE.



THE WHITE HOUSE AND D.O.D.
WANT AN I.D. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO THEY CAN BRAND HIM A TRAITOR.

- WHY DO YOU HAVE
TO BE SO CYNICAL?
- I'M NOT CYNICAL.

IT'S A NECESSARY PART OF THE PSYCHOLOGY
OF WARFARE. HEROES AND VILLAINS.

WITHOUT CLEAR DISTINCTIONS LIKE
THAT, WE'D NEVER BE ABLE TO FIGHT.

YEAH, WELL, I ALWAYS
FOUND BEING SHOT AT...

WAS A MOTIVATING FACTOR.

BAG THESE FRAGMENTS
OF HIS CLOTHING.

I ALSO WANT ANY SINGED PLANT
LIFE OR DEBRIS YOU FIND AROUND HIM.

I'M ON IT.

WHAT? IT'S JAMIE RICHARDS.

WE WERE IN THE RANGERS TOGETHER.

HE WAS HIT BY A ROADSIDE BOMB...

JUST OUTSIDE THE GREEN ZONE.

HE LEFT A WIFE AND TWO KIDS.

THE FACT THAT HE
WAS NEAR THIS...

YOU BELIEVE SOMEHOW
HE'S STILL HERE WATCHING?

YEAH. YOU DON'T. I GET THAT.

I KNOW YOU THINK HE'S
A GOOD MAN. THAT'S...

THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME.

ZACK, I WANT PICTURES OF ALL
REMAINING TISSUE BEFORE HE'S MOVED.

THE UNIDENTIFIED
SUICIDE VICTIM...

WAS FOUND AT PRIVATE
KENT'S GRAVE THIS MORNING.

SERVICES HAD BEEN
PLANNED TO HONOR KENT...

ON THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
OF HIS DEATH IN IRAQ.

AH. I USED TO LOVE WATCHING
KENT PLAY. HE COULD FLY.

HE MADE 46.4% OF HIS THREE-POINT
ATTEMPTS IN HIS LAST SEASON.

A BASKETBALL FAN? I'M
SURPRISED, MR. ADDY.

ZACK, I'D LIKE YOU TO
KEEP CLEANING THE BONES.

DID YOU SEE THE GAME
AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA?

FIFTY-THREE POINTS, AND HE
GRABBED 18 REBOUNDS. ZACK?

SORRY. CLEANING.

IT'S DIFFICULT KNOWING KENT WILL
NEVER PLAY AGAIN. MAKES THE WAR SO REAL.

WHICH IS ODD SINCE IT WAS ALL FICTION
THAT GOT US THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO YOU DON'T THINK WE
SHOULD STAND UP TO TYRANTS?

SURE. I'VE BEEN WAITIN' FOR THE PRESS
TO DO THAT FOR THREE YEARS NOW.

- I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU TOOK THE BAIT.
- YEAH. ME NEITHER.

OH!

PRESS OFFICE OF DEFENSE. PLEASE I.D.
HIM. THIS IS THE THIRD CALL IN AN HOUR.

HELLO? YES. IT'S A PLEASURE
TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN, SIR.

YES. WE'RE VERY
CLOSE. ALL RIGHT.

I FED HIS DENTALS,
APPROXIMATE AGE, HEIGHT,

ALONG WITH THE ROUGH SKETCH I MADE FROM THE
TISSUE MARKERS INTO THE D.O.D. DATABASE.

THE VICTIM HAD LAMB ABOUT
AN HOUR BEFORE HIS DEATH.

OF COURSE, IT'S A
LITTLE OVERCOOKED NOW.

TOASTED HIMSELF. WHO
CARES WHAT HE ATE?

- JUST DOING OUR JOBS, BOOTH.
- BIG BOYS TELLING YOU TO SWEEP
THIS ONE UNDER THE RUG?

JUST CAN THE LEFT-WING
CONSPIRACY, HODGINS.

PROBABLY ONE OF YOUR NUT-BALL
FRIENDS HERE ON THE TABLE. DON'T THINK SO.

FABRIC FOUND AT THE SCENE WAS
COTTON WITH SYNTHETIC POLYMERS.

OLIVE GREEN. THIS DUDE WAS
WEARING A MILITARY UNIFORM.

- HE'S ONE OF YOURS, NOT MINE.
- OKAY.

HIS NAME IS DEVON MARSHALL.

HE SERVED IN THE
GUARD WITH KENT. WHAT?

HE WAS THERE IN MOSUL
THE NIGHT KENT WAS KILLED.

- HE WAS PROTESTING?
- MARSHALL COULD'VE HAD
A CHANGE OF HEART.

IT'S NOT LIKE SUPPORT
FOR THE WAR IS INCREASING.

IT ALSO COULD'VE
BEEN SURVIVOR'S GUILT.

THE GUY WHO SAVED
HIS LIFE DIDN'T MAKE IT.

YOU CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S
LIKE CARRYING THAT AROUND.

I DON'T THINK SO, BOOTH. THERE'S EVIDENCE
OF DAMAGE ON THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS...

HERE AND HERE.

I'M SORRY, BUT I LEFT MY
PHRASE BOOK AT HOME.

THE OPENING IN THE SKULL WHERE THE
AUDITORY NERVES FEED INTO THE BRAIN.

SO WE'RE TALKING EAR HOLE?

- YES.
- THEY SIMPLIFY THESE WORDS
FOR A REASON, PEOPLE.

SOMETHING WAS
JABBED INTO HIS EAR.

OKAY, THAT'S CLEAR. BUT WHY?

THERE'S SCRAPINGS
WITHIN THE CRANIUM...

AND MARKS ON THE INSIDE OF
THE PARIETAL AND OCCIPITAL.

WHATEVER WAS USED WAS PUSHED
COMPLETELY THROUGH HIS SKULL.

SOMEONE SCRAMBLED HIS
BRAIN, THEN SET THE FIRE...

SO THERE'D BE NO TISSUE LEFT
TO SEE WHAT HAD BEEN DONE.

EXACTLY. DEVON MARSHALL DIDN'T DIE
IN THE FIRE. HE WAS MURDERED FIRST.

MARSHALL WAS AGAINST THE WAR.

THEY KNEW HE'D LOOK LIKE A PROTESTER,
SO NO ONE WOULD EXPECT MURDER.

AS FAR AS ANYONE KNOWS,
THIS IS STILL A SUICIDE.

I WANT THE KILLER TO THINK
THAT HE GOT AWAY WITH IT.

HE'S SMART. I WANT THE EDGE.

OKAY, ZACK, THEN MAGNIFY
THE MARKS ON THE CRANIUM.

CALL ME IF YOU MATCH
THEM TO ANY KIND OF WEAPON.

I'M JUST GONNA BE ASKING
HIS MOTHER A FEW QUESTIONS.

YOU COULD'VE STAYED BACK THERE
AND PLAYED WITH YOUR BONES. I KNOW.

JUST WANTED TO KEEP
YOU COMPANY, THAT'S ALL.

- COMPANY?
- YEAH. I'M TRYING
TO BE MORE SOCIABLE.

YOU KNOW? LOUSY LIAR.

I JUST THINK INSIDE, YOU'RE
STILL MILITARY, BOOTH.

YOU MIGHT BE TOO
CLOSE TO THIS ONE.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU STAY
OBJECTIVE. I KNOW HOW TO DO MY JOB.

- I WAS DOING IT JUST FINE
LONG BEFORE I MET YOU.
- YOU'RE ANGRY.

BECAUSE I HAVE PEOPLE ALL AROUND
ME WITH OPINIONS ABOUT THE WAR...

WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
HELL THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT!

I'VE BEEN IN SUDAN,
RWANDA. FOR TWO MONTHS,

I SIFTED THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF 9/11
TRYING TO HELP THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS.

ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CASE.

THAT'S ALL. IT'S JUST...
IT'S ANOTHER CASE.

YOU'RE NOT SUCH A
GREAT LIAR YOURSELF.

I'M YOUR PARTNER. LET
ME BE YOUR PARTNER.

DID HE, UH, HAVE ANY
TROUBLES SINCE HE CAME BACK?

ANY PERSONAL PROBLEMS?

SOME DAYS,

I DIDN'T KNOW HIM.

HE USED TO BE VERY
OUTGOING, HAPPY.

BUT SINCE HE CAME BACK, ALL HE DID
WAS SPEND TIME WITH HIS LITTLE SISTER...

TAKE HER TO SCHOOL, HELP
HER WITH HER HOMEWORK.

HE SAID HIS JOB NOW
IS KEEPING ME SAFE.

BUT MOST OF THE TIME, IT WAS
LIKE I WAS TAKING CARE OF HIM.

IT WAS LIKE HE WAS
SCARED ALL THE TIME.

DID HE, UH...

DID HE TALK, YOU KNOW, TO
ANYONE ELSE THAT HE SERVED WITH?

JUST JIMMY. HE TALKED TO HIM...

WHEN JIMMY WASN'T IN
THE HOSPITAL, THE V.A.

WHEN HE WAS OVER THERE, HE
REALLY BELIEVED IN WHAT HE WAS DOING.

HE WROTE US ALL THE TIME
SAYING HOW GOOD HE FELT...

SEEING THE PEOPLE FREE,

VOTING.

'CAUSE HE REMEMBERED WHEN
HIS GRANDPA WAS A YOUNG MAN,

HE DIDN'T HAVE
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

WHEN CAN I HAVE MY SON BACK?
WHEN CAN I LAY HIM TO REST?

SOON, MRS. MARSHALL.

WE JUST WANNA MAKE
SURE WE HAVE ALL THE FACTS.

I KNOW IT'S HIS SISTER,
BUT IT SEEMS ODD...

FOR A GROWN MAN TO SPEND
SO MUCH TIME WITH A 13-YEAR-OLD.

YOU COME BACK FROM
COMBAT, IT'S STILL ALL OVER YOU.

YOU WANNA BE AROUND SOMETHING
PURE, SOMETHING INNOCENT.

ADULTS, THEY WANT
YOU TO RELIVE IT ALL.

THEY WANT WAR STORIES
LIKE THEY'RE ENTERTAINMENT.

IT MAKES 'EM FEEL BETTER. IF THEY HEAR
YOU SURVIVED, THEN MAYBE WAR ISN'T SO BAD.

JOHN WAYNE SYNDROME. DON'T TELL
ME YOU'RE GONNA TRASH THE DUKE?

ARE YOU KIDDING?
I LOVE THE DUKE.

I WOULDN'T HAVE GUESSED
THAT ONE, LITTLE LADY.

REMEMBER STAGECOACH?
LISTEN, COWBOY.

COURAGE IS BEING SCARED TO
DEATH BUT SADDLING UP ANYWAY.

WHAT WAS THAT? THE
DUKE? THAT WAS HORRIBLE.

THAT WAS, LIKE,
JERRY LEWIS. WAS NOT.

JUST A COUPLE OF
QUICK QUESTIONS, JIMMY.

I-I-I CAN'T... I CAN'T TALK
ABOUT DEVON NOW, MAN.

I-I JUST CAN'T. WHY CAN'T YOU LEAVE
HIM ALONE? HE'S GOT ENOUGH TROUBLES.

I UNDERSTAND. OKAY? IT'S...
READJUSTING TAKES TIME.

IT'S DIFFERENT FOR
EVERY ONE OF US.

IT SURE AS HELL WAS DIFFERENT
FOR DEVON. HE'S GONE, MAN.

SON OF A BITCH SHOULD'VE NEVER
CHECKED OUT ON ME LIKE THAT.

THAT'S WHEN JIMMY
CAME BACK IN HERE...

WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT DEVON.

HE WAS DOING PRETTY GOOD BEFORE
THAT. BABY, I CAN'T HOLD A JOB YET.

I CAN'T EVEN PROVIDE
FOR MY FAMILY.

DID YOU AND DEVON EVER ARGUE?
OH, NO. WE HAD TO STICK TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. DEVON WOULD
CALL, AND JIMMY WOULD TAKE OFF TO MEET HIM.

MIDDLE OF DINNER, PLAYING
WITH SARAH... IT DIDN'T MATTER.

JIMMY WOULD GO.
HE NEEDED ME, KAREN.

MAN, YOU SERVED. YOU KNOW
WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU GET BACK.

YOU GOT NO ONE BUT THE
GUYS YOU SERVED WITH.

YOU AND DEVON WOULD VISIT
CORPORAL KENT'S GRAVE SITE?

IT NEVER SHOULD'VE
HAPPENED LIKE THAT.

NOT TO KENT. WE WOULD GO AND
TELL HIM THAT WE-WE WERE SORRY.

WE NEEDED HIM TO
KNOW. I UNDERSTAND.

I DON'T. HOW DID
IT HAPPEN, JIMMY?

IT DOESN'T MATTER,
BONES. BUT, BOOTH...

WE'LL SEE YOU LATER,
OKAY, JIMMY? AT HOME.

HE'LL BE AT HOME NEXT
TIME WITH ME AND THE KIDS.

RIGHT, JIMMY?

JIMMY LOVED THAT GUY. HE DIDN'T
KILL HIM. NOW YOU'RE A MIND READER.

MAYBE. YOU WANT ME
TO GUESS YOUR WEIGHT?

YOU DO, AND YOU
COULD LOSE A TOOTH.

YOU'VE GOTTA STAY OBJECTIVE. JIMMY WAS
ONE OF THE LAST PEOPLE TO SEE DEVON ALIVE.

HE ADMITTED THEY WENT TO THE
CEMETERY. JIMMY COULD'VE KILLED HIM.

OH, HERE WE GO. I THOUGHT
YOU DIDN'T LIKE SPECULATION.

I DON'T. THAT'S WHY I
TOOK THIS. CIGARETTE BUTT.

SEE IF WE CAN PULL ANY DNA FROM IT,
MATCH IT TO ANYTHING HE LEFT ON DEVON.

IF YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEED, WHY
ARE YOU GIVING ME SUCH GRIEF?

BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU COULD'VE
BEEN A LITTLE TOUGHER IN THERE.

I'M TOUGH. MOST OF THE TIME.

DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO GET
THE LAST WORD IN? I LIKE TO, YEAH.

BOOTH!

- SON OF A BITCH.
- HANK! HEY!

HOW THE HELL ARE YOU, MAN?
GREAT. JUST GOT SOME NEW WHEELS.

SWEET RIDE. HANK LUTRELL,
DR. TEMPERANCE BRENNAN.

- THE BONE LADY.
- THAT'S ME.

I HEARD YOU TWO WERE WORKING TOGETHER.
BOOTH AND I WERE IN THE SAME UNIT IN KOSOVO.

YOU GOTTA COME OVER FOR DINNER.
JANIE AND THE KIDS KEEP ASKING ABOUT YOU.

I'D LOVE TO. I'LL CALL.
WE'LL MAKE IT A DATE.

GREAT. I GOTTA ROLL. I
GOTTA BE IN COURT AT 3:00.

YEAH. THEY CAN'T START
WITHOUT THE JUDGE.

- I'LL CALL.
- HEY, CALL ME,
OR I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS.

UH-HUH. WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?

HE GOT HURT.

THERE ARE SIGNS OF ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE ON C-1 AT THE BASE OF THE SKULL.

THIS MARK COULDN'T HAVE COME
FROM THE ASSAULT INSIDE THE CRANIUM.

I JUST THINK YOU SHOULD BE AWARE BOOTH
WENT THROUGH SOMETHING OVER THERE.

- SO I'M NOT SUPPOSED
TO TELL THE TRUTH?
- TRUTH? IT'S OPINION, JACK.

LOOKS LIKE A DIMPLE IN
THE BONE. COULD BE GENETIC.

THERE WERE NO W.M.D.'s.
THAT'S THE TRUTH.

EVERY MAJOR INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
IN THE WORLD THOUGHT THERE WERE.

WE SHOULD GET MAGNIFICATIONS OF THE AREA
TO DETERMINE WHAT ELSE COULD'VE CAUSED IT.

- ARE YOU DEFENDING
WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE?
- MISTAKES WERE MADE OBVIOUSLY.

YEAH, LIKE ESTABLISHING
MILITARY BASES OVER THERE...

INSTEAD OF INVESTING A FRACTION OF WHAT THIS
WAR COST INTO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROJECTS.

- NOTHING IS THAT SIMPLE.
- TO ME IT IS!

WE'RE RULED BY THE
CORPORATE OLIGARCHY. FACE IT.

THERE'S ALSO SOME DISCOLORATION. YOU SHOULD
DO SOME SCRAPINGS TO SEE WHAT IT MIGHT BE.

YOU WANNA MAKE THE
WORLD A BETTER PLACE, JACK?

TRY SHUTTING YOUR YAP LONG
ENOUGH TO HEAR SOMETHING...

OTHER THAN THE SOUND
OF YOUR OWN VOICE.

HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

- THE SCRAPINGS?
- HUH?

OH, YEAH. I THOUGHT WE
WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO FINALLY
MEET YOU, DR. BRENNAN.

YOU'VE HELPED US WITH SOME CASUALTIES
WE NEVER THOUGHT WE'D BE ABLE TO I.D.

SOMEDAY, MAYBE I WON'T BE
NEEDED. THAT'S WHAT WE ALL HOPE.

CAPTAIN FULLER, GIVE AGENT BOOTH
AND DR. BRENNAN ALL THE HELP THEY NEED.

YES, SIR. PLEASE.

SO, UH, THIS IS YOUR THIRD
TOUR IN IRAQ, CAPTAIN?

YES. A NATIONAL GUARD UNIT
CAN BE DIFFICULT TO LEAD.

NOTHING AGAINST THE GUARD,

BUT USUALLY THEY'RE INEXPERIENCED,
SHORTCHANGED ON EQUIPMENT.

BUT KENT'S UNIT, THEY WERE
ONE OF THE BEST I EVER HAD.

- AND DEVON MARSHALL?
- MARSHALL WAS A GOOD SOLDIER.

BUT AFTER HE CAME BACK, HE
SEEMED TO TURN AGAINST THE MILITARY.

SAW US AS THE PROBLEM OVER THERE.
YOU MUST'VE KNOWN MEN LIKE THAT.

SOME PEOPLE JUST
AREN'T CUT OUT FOR IT.

LIKE JIMMY MERTON.

JIMMY'S BEEN HAVING SOME
TROUBLES, BUT HE STILL SUPPORTS US.

BOTH MARSHALL AND JIMMY SEEMED LIKE THEY HAD
TROUBLE GETTING OVER CORPORAL KENT'S DEATH.

ANY IDEA WHY IT WAS
SO TOUGH FOR 'EM?

TOUGHER THAN USUAL?

WE WERE ON A PATROL IN MOSUL.

INTEL REPORTS INDICATED THERE
WERE INSURGENTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE WERE CANVASSING THE AREA.

PRIVATE CAMPBELL, SHE
STAYED IN THE HUMVEE...

AS THE UNIT HEADED TOWARD
A SMALL HOUSE UP THE STREET.

THERE WERE FIVE OF US... KENT,
MARSHALL, MERTON, LEFFERTS, MYSELF.

IT WAS A SMALL
HOUSE... TWO ROOMS.

I LOOKED THROUGH A SLAT AND SAW THREE
INSURGENTS IN THE BACKROOM, ONE A WOMAN.

THE MEN HAD AK-47's. I
SENT KENT AND LEFFERTS...

TO COVER THE BACK
SO NO ONE COULD RUN.

I WAS GETTING THE OTHERS INTO POSITION WHEN
ONE OF THE INSURGENTS MUST'VE SPOTTED KENT.

I HEARD THE POP, POP,
POP OF THE ENEMY AK-47.

KENT MADE ENTRY TO TAKE THEM OUT
BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO THE REST OF US.

LEFFERTS FOLLOWED HIM IN WHILE
WE WERE KICKING IN THE FRONT DOOR.

WHEN WE GOT TO THEM, KENT HAD ALREADY
BEEN KILLED TAKING OUT THE INSURGENTS.

A SIGHT LIKE THAT
STAYS WITH YOU.

TWO PART-TIMERS LIKE THAT,
I GUESS IT WAS TOO MUCH.

BUT WHATEVER MARSHALL
WAS TRYING TO DO...

DESECRATING KENT'S
GRAVE, KENT SAVED THE UNIT.

MARSHALL CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY.

DEVON MARSHALL WAS
MURDERED, CAPTAIN.

GOD.

- ANY BAD BLOOD BETWEEN
HIM AND JIMMY MERTON?
- NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

WE ONLY HAVE THE AFTER-ACTION
SUMMARY OF THE INCIDENT.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE FULL
REPORT, KENT'S AUTOPSY,

THE PHOTOGRAPHS YOU
TOOK OF THE SCENE...

AND ANY OTHER
EVIDENCE THAT EXISTS.

YOU'LL HAVE WHATEVER YOU NEED.

I THOUGHT WE WERE KEEPING
THE MURDER TO OURSELVES.

HE'S THE COMPANY COMMANDER,
BONES. HE'S A DECORATED OFFICER.

AND YOU THINK A SOLDIER
WOULDN'T KILL SOMEONE?

SUDDENLY, IT'S YOUR JOB TO QUESTION
THE MOTIVES OF EVERYONE WHO SERVED?

NO. IT'S MY JOB TO SOLVE
A MURDER. YOURS TOO.

TREAT HIM LIKE YOU WOULD ANYONE
ELSE INVOLVED IN AN INVESTIGATION.

YOU'RE NOT IN THE
MILITARY ANYMORE, BOOTH.

I WILL FIND OUT WHO KILLED DEVON
MARSHALL. THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.

HOW'S BOOTH DOIN'? HE'S ANGRY.

I THINK I SAID SOME THINGS.

- SWEETIE...
- HE WASN'T BEING OBJECTIVE.

I JUST HAD TO GET HIM TO FOCUS.

YOU HAVE TO THINK
BEFORE YOU SPEAK. WHY?

I CAN SAY ANYTHING TO YOU WITHOUT
THINKING ABOUT IT FIRST. YEAH.

MEN AREN'T LIKE US. THEY'RE
MUCH MORE FRAGILE AND NEEDY.

THE FACT THAT THEY THINK WE'RE THE NEEDY
ONES IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR SUPERIORITY.

YEAH. I GUESS I FORGOT.

DR. BRENNAN, THE MILITARY DELIVERED
ALL THE PAPERWORK YOU REQUESTED.

PRIVATE KENT'S AUTOPSY REPORT
IS CARELESS AND INCOMPLETE.

THERE WAS NO
INCISION, NO X-RAYS.

SO THERE'S NO WAY TO CONFIRM THE
AMOUNT OF BULLETS HE WAS HIT WITH.

THE M.E. MARKED
SEVEN ENTRY POINTS,

BUT THE REPORT SAYS
THERE WERE ONLY SIX BULLETS.

I COULD'VE DONE
BETTER WITH A CRAYOLA.

MEDICAL RECORDS ARE DONE
ON THE FLY IN COMBAT SITUATIONS.

- THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
THEY'RE FALSIFIED.
- BOOTH, THE REPORT IS A MESS.

ANGE, I'D LIKE YOU TO
INPUT THESE PHOTOGRAPHS...

AND ENHANCE THEM FOR
AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE.

I COULDN'T SALVAGE MUCH
FLESH FROM MARSHALL'S EAR,

BUT I'M SENDING ANYTHING USEFUL UP
TO PATHOLOGY, SEE IF THEY CAN MATCH...

ANYTHING WITH THE DNA THEY PULLED
FROM JIMMY MERTON'S CIGARETTE.

WERE YOU REALLY MAD BEFORE? WHY? BECAUSE
OF YOUR STRIDENT, PARANOID RAMBLINGS?

I'M GUESSING MAD. FAIR ENOUGH.

CAN I AT LEAST GIVE YOU
SOME MATERIAL TO READ?

YOU COULD TRY, BUT YOU'D
WALK FUNNY FOR A WEEK.

I'D BETTER WORK ON
THESE SCRAPINGS FOR ZACK.

THIS IS A MURDER. WE KNOW
DEVON WOULD VISIT KENT'S GRAVE.

JIMMY SAID TO APOLOGIZE. HE
KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT KENT, BOOTH,

SOMETHING THESE
REPORTS WILL NEVER TELL US.

SO WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? I
WANNA EXHUME CHARLES KENT.

EXHUME A WAR HERO? DO YOU
HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE ASKING?

IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'LL REALLY
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.

THE REPORT. WHICH IS
SLOPPY AND INCOMPLETE.

HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE HONORED
THIS WEEK, BONES, NOT HUMILIATED.

DOESN'T DEVON MARSHALL DESERVE
AS MUCH RESPECT AND HONOR AS KENT?

I'M SORRY, BONES. I
CAN'T LET YOU DO THIS.

I'M NOT ASKING FOR
YOUR PERMISSION, BOOTH.

I CAN GET THE COURT ORDER ON MY OWN. I
WAS JUST KIND OF HOPING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

AGENT BOOTH, I'M TINA KENT.

LISTEN, MA'AM, I'M VERY SOR...

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SILVER STAR.

I KNOW HOW MUCH
YOU HATE THIS, BOOTH.

LET'S JUST GET IT
OVER WITH, ALL RIGHT?

OKAY, I WANT A
FULL SET OF X-RAYS...

AND A CLEAR PICTURE OF
ALL FRACTURE PATTERNS.

AND A TOX SCREEN AND ANALYSIS
OF ANY PARTICULATES IN THE WOUNDS.

D.O.D. WANTS THIS DONE FAST. THEY WANT
THIS OUT OF THE PRESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

IT WILL TAKE THE TIME IT
TAKES TO DO PROPERLY.

CAN YOU RUN SCENARIOS ON THE ANGLES
AND THE ENTRY ORDER OF THE SHOTS?

YEAH. I SHOULD BE ABLE
TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING.

I KNOW WE DON'T SEE EYE TO
EYE ON A LOT OF STUFF BECAUSE,

YOU KNOW, POLITICALLY, I THINK WE
LIVE IN AN ORWELLIAN NIGHTMARE DUE TO...

WHAT... WHAT ARE
YOU TRYING TO SAY?

JUST... I'M SORRY, MAN.

I REALLY AM.

I'LL NEED X-RAYS OF L-1 THROUGH
FOUR, AND THE LEFT SCAPULA.

UH, HE'S JUST A KID.
IT'S ALWAYS THE YOUNG.

ANTHROPOLOGISTS HAVE THEORIZED THAT
WARS BREAK OUT WHEN THERE'S AN INCREASE...

IN THE POPULATION OF UNMARRIED
MEN UNDER THE AGE OF 25.

I'M SORRY. I NEED TO CREATE
A DISTANCE FROM THE VICTIM.

IT'S HOW I DEAL. I...

I DIDN'T MEAN... JUST, YOU
KNOW, DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

I'M GONNA GO DO MY THING.

I-I-I SHOULD'VE BEEN
WITH KENT, MAN.

MAYBE I COULD'VE
SHIELDED HIM, YOU KNOW?

BUT THE CAPTAIN, HE PUT ME
AND DEVON ON THE FRONT DOOR.

BY THE TIME WE GOT TO
KENT, IT-IT WAS TOO LATE.

WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM
WHERE YOU WERE? OH, NO.

COME ON, MAN. I DON'T NEED TO
GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN, OKAY?

THE CAPTAIN TOLD YOU.
YOU-YOU READ THE REPORT.

COME ON, JIMMY. PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT? THIS IS
FOR KENT AND DEVON.

IT WAS THE FIRST ACTION WE SAW.

MAN, NOBODY WAS READY.

WE WERE OUTSIDE THE FRONT
DOOR SWEATIN' IN THE HEAT.

JUST WAITIN'. WHAT'S THE
FIRST THING YOU HEARD?

FIRST? IT WAS THE POP,
POP, POP FROM THE ENEMY AK.

AND ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.

WE BROKE DOWN THE
DOOR AND MADE ENTRY.

THOSE PEOPLE, THE IRAQI ONES, THEY WERE
ALREADY DEAD WHEN WE GOT TO THE BACKROOM.

KENT TOO, LEFFERTS STANDING
OVER HIM ALL FREAKED.

WE WERE ALL FREAKED, MAN. THESE
WERE REAL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW?

DID YOU SEE 'EM FIRING
ON KENT? NO. BUT LIKE I SAID,

IT TOOK TIME TO KICK IN THE DOOR
AND PUSH THROUGH TO THE BACKROOM.

IF I'D GOT THERE FASTER, I...

THERE WAS NOTHING I
COULD DO, YOU KNOW?

I SWEAR.

THE X-RAYS SHOW THAT SIX OF THE
BULLETS ARE STILL IN THE REMAINS.

I NEED TO SEE WHICH ENTRIES WERE
FATAL. ANYTHING MORE ON DEVON MARSHALL?

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE
BONE DIMPLE ON HIS NECK. ALL RIGHT.

SET UP A TRAY SO WE CAN
START EXTRACTING THE BULLETS.

DID YOU FIND ANYTHING IN THE WOUNDS THAT
MIGHT'VE CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF THE BULLETS?

NOT YET. JUST RESIDUAL
SESQUIOXIDE, IN SILICO ACCUMULATION.

A LITTLE DECAYED ORGANIC MATTER.
PROBABLY FOOD THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR.

SO... THANK YOU.

LOOK, ANGELA.

I RUN ON SOMETIMES, I KNOW.

I GUESS I THINK IF I YELL LOUD
ENOUGH, MAYBE SOMEONE WILL LISTEN.

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL
PEOPLE DON'T GO DEAF.

YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU
DID FOR BOOTH BEFORE,

SHOWING HIM YOU
UNDERSTOOD, THAT WAS GOOD.

EVERYONE HEARS
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I JOINED THE GUARD 'CAUSE THEY
HELPED PAY FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL.

ALL MY LIFE, I WANTED
TO BE A DOCTOR.

IT'S ALL I EVER WANTED.

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D GET SENT
OVERSEAS, MUCH LESS IRAQ.

YOUR SERVICE
RECORD IS EXEMPLARY.

I SURVIVED.

THAT'S MY ACHIEVEMENT. LOOK, I'M
SORRY TO DO THIS, MISS CAMPBELL.

I'M JUST TRYING TO RECONSTRUCT
THE NIGHT OF THE FIREFIGHT.

I WAS PARKED IN THE ALLEY.

THE CAPTAIN TOLD ME
TO STAY IN THE HUMVEE.

WOMEN AREN'T SUPPOSED
TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT COMBAT.

HE TOOK THE UNIT TO THE HOUSE.

THE STREET WAS
QUIET. I WAS WAITING.

THEN I HEARD THE POP,
POP, POP OF THE AK-47.

THEN KENT AND LEFFERTS FIRING,

THE CAPTAIN AND THE OTHERS
BREAKING DOWN THE DOOR.

THEN EVERYTHING STOPPED.

IT WENT QUIET AGAIN.

THEN THE CAPTAIN CAME BACK,
TOLD ME KENT HAD BEEN HIT.

HE KNEW I WAS A MED STUDENT, SO HE
SENT ME IN WHILE HE RADIOED FOR A MEDEVAC.

AS AN INTERN, I'VE SEEN A
LOT OF HORRIBLE THINGS.

BUT WHEN IT'S YOUR FRIEND,

SOMEONE YOU SERVE WITH...

YEAH.

BEEN IN THE GUARD FOR YEARS. DIDN'T
THINK I'D EVER GET CALLED UP AGAIN.

I MEAN, I'M 45. THERE'S JUST
NOT ENOUGH MEN FOR THIS MESS.

LOOK, MR. LEFFERTS,
IF WE COULD JUST...

WE WERE 22 HOURS...

INTO A 12-HOUR DETAIL.

YOU TRY THAT WHEN
IT'S 110 DEGREES OUT.

THEY CALLED ME DAD
'CAUSE I WAS THE OLD GUY.

KENT WAS A KID. CAPTAIN
SENT US AROUND BACK.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO
LOOK OUT FOR HIM.

IT GOT LIKE I REALLY WAS
THE DAMN KID'S FATHER.

KENT WAS GUNG HO, YOU KNOW?

WOULD'VE FOUGHT THE
WHOLE DAMN WAR HIMSELF.

SO HE SEES
SOMETHING MOVE INSIDE.

SOMETHING SHINES OFF THE LIGHT.

A BARREL, HE SAYS. AND THEN
WE HEAR PEOPLE MOVING AROUND.

SOMEBODY COMING
TOWARDS US FROM INSIDE.

- THEN SOMEBODY FIRES.
- WHAT DID IT SOUND LIKE... THE SHOTS?

IT WAS LIKE A POP, POP, POP.

THEN KENT RUSHES IN, SEES
THE FIRST GUY, BLOWS HIM AWAY.

HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO
GO IN BY HIMSELF. SO I RUSH IN.

I TAKE OUT THE LAST GUY.
AND THEN IT ALL STOPS.

AND WHEN IT DOES,
KENT IS LYING THERE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I'M-I'M-I'M
STARING DOWN AT KENT, AND...

AND THEN THE OTHERS, THEY
ASK, "WHAT HAPPENED, DAD?

DAD, WHAT HAPPENED?"

AND I'M... AND I'M STARING DOWN
AT KENT LIKE HE REALLY IS MY KID.

I'M A LAWYER!

A DAMN LAWYER.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE.

NONE OF US SHOULD'VE BEEN THERE.

THEIR STORIES DON'T LINE UP.

YOU SAID THE EVENTS
SEEMED CONSISTENT.

EXACTLY. WE GOT A GROUP
OF TRAUMATIZED SOLDIERS...

WHO ALL MANAGED TO SAY THE SAME
WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE FIRST SHOTS.

"POP, POP, POP."
IT WAS REHEARSED.

- THEY'RE HIDING SOMETHING.
- THAT MAKES SENSE.

THERE'S SOMETHING
DEVON KNEW ABOUT.

AND SOMEONE ELSE
DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT.

THAT'S ALL OF THEM.

THE WAY THE BLOOD
POOLED AROUND THE BULLETS,

THESE THREE WERE THE
ONES THAT KILLED HIM.

THESE ROUNDS
AREN'T FROM AN AK-47.

- THESE ARE.
- WELL, THEY DIDN'T KILL HIM.

CIRCULATION HAD STOPPED
BY THE TIME THESE BULLETS HIT.

WAIT. THE ONES THAT
KILLED HIM ARE FROM AN M-14.

THOSE ARE FROM OUR WEAPONS.

- FRIENDLY FIRE.
- OH, GOD.

- BOOTH...
- YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S JUST
FIND OUT WHO DID THIS.

ALL RIGHT? NOT ALL PERSONNEL IN
A UNIT CARRY THE SAME WEAPONS.

WE HAVE TO FIND OUT
WHO WAS ISSUED THE M-14.

LEFFERTS WAS THE
ONLY ONE ISSUED AN M-14.

SO KENT RUNS INTO THE HOUSE
FIRING. THE INSURGENTS FIRE BACK.

LEFFERTS FOLLOWS KENT IN. LEFFERTS
IS SHOOTING, AND HE KILLS KENT.

DEVON WANTED TO TELL THE TRUTH, BUT LEFFERTS,
HE'S GOT A SUCCESSFUL LEGAL PRACTICE.

TOO MUCH TO LOSE.
LEFFERTS KILLS DEVON.

SON OF A...

"I SHOT KENT THAT
NIGHT. I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO. BUT I
CAN'T LIVE WITH IT ANYMORE."

HIS ASSISTANT SAYS HE WAS OUT OF
TOWN THE NIGHT THAT DEVON MARSHALL DIED.

HE COULDN'T HAVE KILLED HIM.

THE MURDERER'S STILL
OUT THERE, BOOTH.

DEVON MARSHALL WAS
TOO BADLY BURNED.

HODGINS COULDN'T GET ENOUGH USABLE TISSUE TO
MATCH THE DNA FROM JIMMY MERTON'S CIGARETTE.

THE ONE PERSON WHO HAD A MOTIVE KILLED
HIMSELF, BUT HE COULDN'T HAVE KILLED MARSHALL.

M.E. CONFIRMED SUICIDE?

YEAH. PLUS, NO ONE WAS
IN OR OUT OF THE OFFICE.

HE, UH, DEFINITELY
KILLED HIMSELF.

BUT WE STILL HAVE NO IDEA
WHO KILLED DEVON MARSHALL.

AGENT BOOTH?

MR. KENT. THIS IS DR. BRENNAN.

I KNOW.

I'M SORRY I EXHUMED YOUR
SON, SIR, BUT WE NEEDED...

NO, PLEASE. THANK YOU. IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US TO FIND OUT HOW HE DIED.

- YOU WANNA SIT?
- NO.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK. THERE'S
SO MANY CONFLICTING STORIES.

NOW THE CAPTAIN SAYS
HE CAN'T TALK TO US.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK
YOU TO FIND THE TRUTH.

MY WIFE AND I CAN'T LIVE NOT
KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARLIE.

WE NEED THE TRUTH.

OF COURSE.

I CAN'T TALK TO THE FAMILY.

THERE'S AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION. CONVENIENT.

BONES. WHAT?

AND YOU HAD NO IDEA THIS
WAS A FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT?

IF I HAD, DON'T YOU THINK
I WOULD'VE REPORTED IT?

THERE ARE JUST SO MANY INCONSISTENCIES
IN THE REPORT, IT SEEMS LIKE...

YOU'RE GOOD AT YOUR JOB, DR. BRENNAN, BUT
YOU DON'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT COMBAT.

WE WERE TAKING FIRE. ONE OF MY MEN
WAS KILLED. THE AREA WASN'T SECURED.

DO YOU THINK I'M COUNTING
BULLETS AND DRAWING PICTURES?

YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT. DOES IT
EVER GO THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO?

IS IT EVER THE WAY IT
SHOULD BE IN COMBAT?

WE HAVE TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS.
IT'S A MURDER INVESTIGATION.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? AND
I'LL COOPERATE ANY WAY I CAN.

I DON'T WANT ANY MORE OF MY MEN TO
DIE EITHER. NOW, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE...

GOT SOMETHING. A
SPLINTER PATTERN.

PARTICLES OF WOOD WERE BLOWN BACK INTO
ONE OF THE EXIT WOUNDS FROM THE AK-47's.

- THE MISSING BULLET.
- BUT HE WASN'T LEANING
AGAINST WOOD WHEN HE WAS SHOT.

HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
ROOM. NO. HE WAS ON THE FLOOR.

SOMEONE STOOD OVER HIM AND
SQUEEZED OFF SOME ROUNDS...

FROM AN AK-47 AFTER
HE WAS ALREADY DEAD.

THE MISSING ROUND PASSED THROUGH
HIM AND INTO THE WOOD FLOOR.

YEAH, BUT ALL THE INSURGENTS
HAD ALREADY BEEN KILLED,

AND THEY WERE THE ONLY
ONES WITH THE AK-47's.

I HATE TO SAY CONSPIRACY, BUT,
MY PEEPS, WE'VE GOT A CONSPIRACY.

SOMEONE WANTED TO COVER
UP THE FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT...

BY MAKING IT LOOK LIKE HE
WAS KILLED BY THE INSURGENTS.

ANGELA, ENHANCE ALL THE
PICTURES OF THE AFTERMATH...

SO WE CAN SEE BODY POSITIONS,
BULLET HOLES, DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE.

I WANNA RECONSTRUCT
WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.

LOOK AT THE TWO OF US... YOU
WITH A BADGE, ME IN THE COURTROOM.

BOTH TRYING TO FIND JUSTICE,
EH? THAT'S WHY WE FOUGHT, RIGHT?

THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD US.
WHAT? YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT?

SURE I DO.

YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU DO.

YOU'RE NOT GAMBLING
AGAIN, ARE YOU? NO, MAN.

NO, I'VE BEEN GOOD. YOU KNOW,
I'VE BEEN GOING TO MY MEETINGS.

I HAVEN'T EVEN PLAYED A GAME
OF MONOPOLY. LISTEN, HANK.

UM, I GOT THIS CASE.

CHARLES KENT.
IT'S FRIENDLY FIRE.

OH, GOD. YEAH. COVERED UP.

TWO OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
SQUAD ARE DEAD. ONE MURDERED.

YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WENT
DOWN MUST'VE BEEN PRETTY UGLY.

YOU KNOW, HANK...

YOU KNOW WHAT, UH...
YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID...

DON'T GO THERE, BOOTH.

WAS IT WORTH IT? I
MEAN, LOOK AT YOU.

YOU SAVED MY LIFE. I GOT A
GREAT FAMILY BECAUSE OF YOU.

YEAH. BUT, I MEAN, WHY
WAS IT ALWAYS A SECRET?

WE WERE GIVEN A CHOICE.
THEY ALWAYS GAVE US A CHOICE.

YEAH, BUT THAT LAST TIME...

WELL, YOU KNEW
WHAT WAS AT STAKE.

YEAH. YEAH.

YOU NEVER TALKED
TO ANYBODY ABOUT IT?

YOU'VE GOT TO.

HOW ABOUT YOUR
GIRLFRIEND? THAT DOCTOR?

NO. NO, SHE'S... YOU KNOW,
SHE'S JUST MY PARTNER.

YOU KNOW, LOOK, I
GOT WORK. I SHOULD GO.

SURE.

UH, WE'RE ON FOR
SUNDAY DINNER, RIGHT?

YEAH. OKAY.

SEE YOU SUNDAY.

I WANNA SEE ALL THE WALLS.

CAN YOU SCAN THEM
FOR BULLET HOLES?

OKAY, SINGLE OUT THE ONES THAT
CAME FROM LEFFERTS' WEAPON.

THIS IS HARD FOR
BOOTH. HE'S IDEALISTIC.

WELL, IT'S NICE TO KNOW SOMEBODY THAT WANTS
TO KEEP HONOR AND RESPONSIBILITY ALIVE.

I FEEL LIKE BOOTH THINKS I'M
TAKING THAT AWAY FROM HIM.

OKAY, IT SAYS INSURGENT
"A" OPENED FIRE...

WHEN HE SAW KENT,
AND KENT TOOK HIM OUT.

LET'S SEE "A" AGAIN.

- YOU'RE JUST DOING YOUR JOB. HE KNOWS THAT.
- I GUESS.

- MAGNIFY HIS HANDS.
- WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

WELL, HIS HANDS ARE SPLAYED LIKE HE WAS
SHIELDING HIMSELF FROM THE ROUNDS COMING AT HIM.

CADAVERIC SPASM. THE MUSCLES
BECAME RIGID WHEN HE DIED.

- HE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN
HOLDING THAT WEAPON.
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

SHOW ME INSURGENT "B."

I TELL BOOTH WE'RE
ON THE SAME SIDE.

I'M NOT THE ONE WHO'S
DISILLUSIONING HIM. IT'S MY FINDINGS.

BUT WHEN I LOOK AT HIM, I...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN DO.

I DO. ANGE.

AS A FRIEND, BRENNAN.

THAT WHOLE "FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS"
THING, THAT'S... THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. I'M-I'M
TALKING ABOUT BEING THERE FOR HIM.

KNOWING WHEN A
SIMPLE TOUCH IS ENOUGH.

MAYBE I CAN WRITE HIM A NOTE. I
CAN BE VERY ARTICULATE ON PAPER.

ZOOM IN.

OKAY, MAGNIFY THE BLOOD SMEAR.

YOU CAN SEE BY THE
SMEAR HE WAS MOVED,

TURNED, THAT GUN
PLACED NEXT TO HIM.

OKAY, SHOW ME "C."

OKAY, THIS IS THE THIRD
INSURGENT WOMAN,

ABOUT 40, HOLDING THE
UNEXPLODED GRENADE IN HER HAND.

MAGNIFY HER TORSO.

WAIT. SHE'S LYING
ON A DINNER PLATE.

THE SERVING SPOON
IS NEXT TO HER.

SHE'D BEEN HOLDING
IT WHEN SHE WAS SHOT.

AND A GRENADE?

FOUND ANYTHING YET? YEAH.

NONE OF THESE PEOPLE WERE
ARMED WHEN KENT WENT IN THERE.

ALL OF THE WEAPONS WERE
PLANTED ON THEM AFTER THEY DIED.

FULLER'S UNIT KILLED
AN UNARMED FAMILY.

KENT SHOT UNARMED PEOPLE?

THEY LOOK LIKE A FAMILY.
ABOUT TO SIT DOWN TO DINNER.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONABLE
OPERATIONS WITH THIS UNIT?

NONE. THEY SERVED ANOTHER
SIX MONTHS WITHOUT INCIDENT.

HOW COULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAVE
HAPPENED? THE WOMAN COULD'VE HEARD 'EM.

SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO THE BACKDOOR. KENT
PROBABLY THOUGHT THE SPOON WAS A WEAPON.

- A SPOON?
- IT'S DARK. IT HAPPENS.

HE'S INEXPERIENCED. HE'S
SCARED OUT OF HIS MIND.

YOU ONLY HAVE AN
INSTANT TO MAKE A CHOICE.

KENT PROBABLY THOUGHT HE WAS BEING
ATTACKED, SO HE BURST THROUGH THE DOOR.

FROM THE SPRAY PATTERN, HE
WAS SHOOTING AS HE ENTERED.

HE MUST'VE KILLED THE WOMAN FIRST, THE
OTHERS AS THEY RUSHED TO THE WOMAN TO HELP.

HE PROBABLY THOUGHT THEY WERE ATTACKING
TOO. LEFFERTS HEARS ALL THE FIRING.

HE GOES IN. KENT TURNS.

WEAPON'S STILL POINTED.
LEFFERTS SHOOTS, KILLING KENT.

IT ALL HAPPENS IN SECONDS.

BUT IF KENT TURNED
TO FACE HIM...

IT DOESN'T MATTER. I MEAN,
AFTER ALL THE SHOOTING,

ALL LEFFERTS SEES IS A
WEAPON POINTING RIGHT AT HIM.

HE JUST REACTED.

GOD. YEAH.

SO THIS WAS MORE THAN
A FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT.

A HELL OF A LOT MORE.

YOU SON OF A BITCH! YOU COVERED UP THE
WHOLE THING! STAND DOWN, AGENT BOOTH!

THEY WERE INNOCENTS! I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'VE HEARD, BUT MY REPORT CLEARLY STATES...

WE'VE TAKEN YOUR REPORT
APART. WE HAVE THE FACTS, CAPTAIN.

YOUR SQUAD BLEW AWAY A
FAMILY OF INNOCENTS! KENT!

KENT DID! A KID SO GREEN,

HE NEVER SHOULD'VE BEEN
THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT TOWN WAS LIKE?

OUR GUYS WERE GETTING
BLOWN UP BY I.E.D.'s EVERY DAY...

WHILE WE WERE TRYING TO
BUILD HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS.

A MISTAKE WAS MADE.

NO ONE LIKES IT. BUT
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.

IF IT GOT OUT WHAT WE DID,

THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THE WHOLE
DAMN CITY WOULD'VE EXPLODED.

WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?
WOULD YOU HAVE LET THE CITY BURN?

THIS CAN'T COME
OUT, AGENT BOOTH.

DON'T MAKE THIS ANY HARDER
WITH AN UGLY STORY LIKE THIS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
FIGHTING FOR, FULLER,

BUT IT SURE AS HELL
WASN'T MY COUNTRY.

WE'LL START WITH
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

YOU HAVE NO
JURISDICTION ON THIS BASE.

BUT WE DO, CAPTAIN,

AND WE'RE COOPERATING
FULLY WITH AGENT BOOTH.

YOU WILL NOT DISGRACE US, CAPTAIN.
YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

DEVON MARSHALL'S
KILLER IS STILL OUT THERE.

FULLER PLACED SOME CONFISCATED
WEAPONS ON THE IRAQIS,

PRESSURED THE OTHERS TO BE
QUIET, BUT HE STILL HAS AN ALIBI...

FOR THE NIGHT OF
MARSHALL'S MURDER.

ZACK FOUND SOME DISCOLORATION
ON DEVON'S VERTEBRAE.

IT WAS CAUSED BY RESIDUE
LEFT FROM PETHIDINE,

AN OPIATE AFFECTIONATELY
KNOWN AS DEMEROL.

SOMEONE JABBED A
SYRINGE INTO HIS NECK,

CREATING THE
INDENTATION IN THE BONE.

HE WOULD'VE BEEN
UNCONSCIOUS IN SECONDS.

THAT'S WHY THE INSTRUMENT COULD'VE BEEN
PLACED INTO HIS EAR WITHOUT A STRUGGLE.

IT WAS A NINE-INCH
SURGICAL CURETTE LIKE THIS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WITH ACCESS
TO SURGICAL TOOLS AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

SOMEONE THE ARMY
SENT TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.

ALL DONE.

HE WAS GONNA TELL.

I...

IT'S LIKE THE WAR WAS STILL GOING
ON. I WAS JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE.

FORWARD!

MY BOY WAS JUST TRYING
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING
PEOPLE SEE THAT.

YOU CAN BE PROUD OF HIM.

I WOULD NEVER HAVE
EXPECTED TO SEE THAT.

WELL, PEOPLE WILL
ALWAYS SURPRISE YOU.

THAT HASN'T ALWAYS
BEEN MY EXPERIENCE.

I'VE DONE SOME THINGS.

I KNOW. NO, NO, YOU DON'T.

BUT IT'S OKAY.

WELL, NOT... NOT AS A SECRET...

IT'S NOT.

I HAVE TO BE, UH,
HONEST ABOUT MYSELF.

I-I HAVE TO BE ABLE
TO TELL SOMEONE.

YOU WILL IN TIME, BOOTH.

YOU WILL.

I WAS SENT TO KOSOVO.

THERE WAS THIS SERB,

GENERAL RADDICK,

WHO LED A UNIT WHO WOULD GO INTO
VILLAGES AND, YOU KNOW, DESTROY 'EM.

WOMEN, CHILDREN, ALL...

ALL KILLED BECAUSE HE WANTED
TO ETHNICALLY PURIFY HIS COUNTRY.

HE'D DONE THIS TWICE BEFORE.
I MEAN, WE HAD FACTS, PROOF.

232 PEOPLE JUST ERASED.

I WAS THE SNIPER...

SENT IN TO STOP HIM.

HE WAS SET TO LEAVE
IN A COUPLE HOURS.

IT WAS HIS SON'S...
SON'S BIRTHDAY.

A LITTLE BOY...

MAYBE ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN.

I CAN STILL HEAR THE MUSIC
FROM THE PARTY, YOU KNOW?

THAT SONG JUST
PLAYING IN MY HEAD.

NOBODY KNEW WHERE
THE SHOT CAME FROM,

BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY
KNEW WHY IT CAME.

THEY SAID I SAVED
OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE.

BUT, YOU KNOW,
THAT LITTLE BOY...

WHO DIDN'T KNOW
WHO HIS FATHER WAS,

WHO-WHO JUST LOVED HIM,

HE SAW HIM DIE,

FALL TO THE GROUND...
RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.

THAT LITTLE BOY ALL COVERED
IN HIS DADDY'S BLOOD...

WAS JUST CHANGED FOREVER.

IT'S NEVER JUST...

IT'S NEVER JUST THE ONE PERSON
WHO DIES, BONES. NEVER. NEVER.

YOU KNOW, WE ALL
DIE A LITTLE BIT, BONES.

WITH EACH SHOT, WE
ALL DIE A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?