Bones (2005–2017): Season 1, Episode 5 - A Boy in a Bush - full transcript

When a young boy goes missing from a mall, Bones is called in to determine if it is his body found in a nearby field.

AS FAR BACK AS 1938, THE DIRECTOR
OF THE F.B.I., J. EDGAR HOOVER,

WROTE TO THE THEN CURATOR
OF THE JEFFERSONIAN INSTITUTION,

PROFESSOR DANIEL PAYNE,
TO AID IN EVALUATION...

OF SPECIMENS WHO WERE
THOUGHT TO BE IRREFUTABLY HUMAN.

THIS WAS THE RESULT.

DESPITE THIS EARLY
DISAGREEMENT, THE F.B.I...

AND THE JEFFERSONIAN HAVE
FORGED A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL,

IF SOMEWHAT TENSE, RELATIONSHIP
WHICH SURVIVES TO THIS DAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DR. BRENNAN.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

YES? HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE
YOU MADE FROM YOUR BOOK?



I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

I HAVE AN ACCOUNTANT
AND AN AGENT.

THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF QUESTION WE'RE
LOOKING FOR FROM AN ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENT.

YES? DID YOU GET YOUR AGENT
BEFORE OR AFTER YOU WROTE THE BOOK?

PEOPLE, DR. BRENNAN...

IS AN ACCOMPLISHED FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST
WHO WRITES BOOKS ON THE SIDE.

I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING
THE ROLE OF THE F.B.I. IN YOUR BOOK.

WHO DO YOU BASE BRILLIANT AND
INSIGHTFUL SPECIAL AGENT ANDY LISTER ON?

- OH, FOR GOD'S SAKE.
- BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS ME.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, BOOTH?

LOCAL POLICE GOT AN ANONYMOUS CALL
SAYING THERE WERE HUMAN REMAINS...

IN A FIELD BEHIND A
MALL OUT IN THE SUBURBS.

I DID AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PROFILE
OF THE SUBURB AS A GRAD STUDENT.

THE WHOLE NOTION OF
A CREATED COMMUNITY,



A MODERN UTOPIA WITH ITS OWN
MORES AND RULES IS FASCINATING.

FASCINATING TO WHO? TO "WHOM."

WHOM. YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING.

WHAT? MY PUBLISHERS
GAVE IT TO ME.

GAVE IT TO YOU? BOOK
SALES ARE PRETTY GOOD.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A
NICE CAR. GAVE IT TO YOU?

YEAH. WELL, WHY DID
YOU PARK CROOKED?

WELL, THE GUY SAID TO
ALWAYS PARK IT LIKE THAT.

HE'S WRONG. IT MAKES
YOU LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT.

HOW ABOUT I DRIVE FOR ONCE? NO. I
CANNOT SHOW UP AT A CRIME SCENE IN THAT.

WHY? IT WOULD DETRACT FROM
THE GRAVITY OF MY F.B.I. PRESENCE.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU
PARKED CROOKED.

WHY IS THE F.B.I. INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH
FOR HUMAN REMAINS BEHIND A SUBURBAN MALL?

- BECAUSE THIS BOY IS MISSING.
- OH.

A CHILD. YEAH.

ANONYMOUS CALL CAME IN A COUPLE
HOURS AGO. NO SIGN OF HIM YET.

HOW DO YOU KNOW
IT WASN'T A PRANK?

YOU HAVE TO COME RIGHT AWAY!

THERE'S A DEAD KID
HERE ALL ROTTED AWAY!

HE'S IN THE FIELD BEHIND CLAYTON
HILLS MALL! YOU BETTER COME!

THAT RINGS TRUE. WHY ANONYMOUS?

KIDS COME HERE TO
PARTY, MISBEHAVE.

ADOLESCENTS AND PREADOLESCENTS
TEND TO SEEK OUT THEIR OWN SPACE,

TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN SOCIETY,
TO COUNTER PARENTAL INFLUENCE.

YOU MIND IF I MAKE AN
OBSERVATION? NO, OF COURSE NOT.

IN YOUR BOOK, THE COPS COME
OFF AS VERY ONE-DIMENSIONAL.

- WHY IS THAT?
- YOU MEAN TWO-DIMENSIONAL.

ONE-DIMENSIONALITY EXISTS ONLY
IN THEORY AS A MATHEMATICAL VALUE.

OKAY.

REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO YOUR NEXT BOOK.

DID YOU BRING THE
THERMAL IMAGER?

I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT. IT MAKES
ME LOOK LIKE THE GREAT GAZOO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS,
BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED IT, ZACK.

HOW'S IT GOING THERE, DARTH?
SEE ANYTHING ON SATURN?

OH, PLEASE TELL ME YOU'VE SEEN
AT LEAST ONE STAR WARS MOVIE.

WHEN I WAS SEVEN.
AND LEAVE ZACK ALONE.

CAN WE PLEASE HURRY
UP? IT'S STUFFY IN HERE.

I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE ANY HEAT RESIDUE
RELEASED FROM DECOMPOSING BODIES.

PARTY CENTRAL. BECAUSE
SUBURBS ARE SO HOMOGENEOUS,

ADOLESCENTS TEND TO REBEL IN
PREDICTABLE AND UNIFORM WAYS.

FIRE, ILLICIT SUBSTANCES,
WAYWARD BEHAVIOR.

DO YOU THINK THAT WAYWARD BEHAVIOR WOULD
INCLUDE ABDUCTING A SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD?

IT'S PRETTY EXTREME. ADOLESCENTS
ARE MORE LIKELY TO DRINK ALCOHOL...

AND LISTEN TO CULTURALLY
INAPPROPRIATE MUSIC AT HIGH VOLUME.

I'M PICKING SOMETHING UP.

OH, MY GOD. - WHAT?

WHY'D YOU STOP?

YOU CAN TURN ON YOUR
FLASHLIGHT, AIM IT OVER HERE.

BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH MACERATION,
ANY GENERAL OBSERVATIONS?

ZACK?

EPIPHYSEAL FUSION PUTS THE AGE
AT APPROXIMATELY SIX TO 10 YEARS,

THOUGH THE STATURE
SUGGESTS YOUNGER.

GOOD. I CONCUR. CAUSE OF DEATH?

BLUNT TRAUMA TO THE CHEST.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

HE'S SO SMALL. THAT'S ALL.

GO ON WITH YOUR WORK. I'M OKAY.

THE REMAINS WERE
SIGNIFICANTLY DEGRADED...

BY INSECT AND ANIMAL ACTIVITY,
MOSTLY DOG AND RODENT.

DESPITE THE CONDITION OF THE BODY, HE'S
BEEN DEAD ONLY BETWEEN 36 AND 48 HOURS.

THESE WERE FOUND A
FEW YARDS FROM THE BODY.

NOTICE THAT THEY ARE IN PERFECT
CONDITION. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?

THE VICTIM WASN'T WEARING
THEM WHEN HE WAS KILLED.

WHICH SUGGESTS HE
WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

I'M DONE.

I THINK WE HAVE A MATCH.

THE CLOTHING MATCHES.

IT'S CHARLES GREGORY SANDERS.

ON BEHALF OF THE F.B.I.,

WE'RE EXTREMELY SORRY
FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR SON.

AND I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. I
MEAN, ONLY IF YOU'RE UP TO IT.

- YOU HAVE TWO OTHER SONS?
- FOSTER SONS.

THOUGH I TRY NOT TO
MAKE THE DISTINCTION.

SHAWN AND DAVID COOK. THEY ARE
BROTHERS. I LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

CHARLIE WAS YOUR OWN?

YES. CHARLIE WAS MINE.

WHAT ABOUT MR. SANDERS?

WE DIVORCED SHORTLY
BEFORE CHARLIE WAS EVEN BORN.

- HE WORKS OVERSEAS.
- HE DOESN'T EVEN SEND
CHILD SUPPORT.

YOU MIND IF I ASK HOW YOU
AFFORD THIS NICE NEIGHBORHOOD?

CHILD SERVICES WOULDN'T ALLOW A
SINGLE MOTHER TO FOSTER IF SHE WORKED.

I LIVE OFF THE PROCEEDS OF A GENEROUS
TRUST FUND MY PARENTS SET UP LONG AGO.

AND THE DAY THAT CHARLIE DISAPPEARED...
ALL THREE BOYS WENT TO THE PARK?

IT'S TWO BLOCKS AWAY. IT'S A VERY SAFE
NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY WALK FARTHER TO SCHOOL.

WE ALL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR
EACH OTHER AROUND HERE.

- PEOPLE ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS. TAKE AN INTEREST.
- MOM?

IN HERE, SKYLER. THIS
IS MY SON, SKYLER.

DAD TOLD ME TO BRING THE
BOYS BACK. WE GOTTA GO ON A JOB.

THERE'S NOTHING TO DO
HERE. OUR VIDEO GAME'S BROKE.

SHAWN, DAVID, THIS
IS AGENT BOOTH.

HE'S GONNA FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARLIE.

HOW ARE YOU GONNA FIGURE
IT OUT? OH, I'M IN THE F.B.I.

WE ALWAYS FIGURE IT OUT.

BOYS, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOUR MOTHER, MAYBE
I COULD HELP YOU OUT WITH YOUR VIDEO GAME.

THESE ARE INVITATIONS
TO A BANQUET.

YOU CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING
TO INVITE US TO A PARTY?

DON'T THINK OF IT
AS AN INVITATION.

CONSIDER IT A SUMMONS.
IT'S FOR DONORS.

MEET AND GREET, PRESS
THE FLESH, BUTT KISS.

I DON'T LIKE IT ANY
MORE THAN YOU DO.

BUT THESE PEOPLE
FUND OUR RESEARCH,

AND ALL THEY WANT IN RETURN IS
TO RUB ELBOWS WITH A SCIENTIST...

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

CAN'T MAKE IT. YEAH, ME NEITHER.

I HAVE A DATE THAT NIGHT. YOU
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN IT IS.

- YES, MR. ADDY?
- WHAT KIND OF FOOD
WILL THERE BE?

WHEN I SAID YOU SHOULD THINK OF THIS
INVITATION AS A SUMMONS, I UNDERSTATED.

IT'S A SUBPOENA, A
GRAND-JURY SUBPOENA.

- IGNORE IT AT YOUR OWN PERIL.
- YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIRE US
IF WE DON'T GO.

NO, NOT FIRE YOU. BUT I CAN MOVE
YOUR PARKING SPOT TO LOT "M."

- ENJOY THE SHUTTLE RIDE.
- THE SHUTTLE SMELLS LIKE FEET.

I KNOW WHEN I'M BEAT. I'M IN.

- WHAT THE HELL. IT'S A PARTY.
- DO I HAVE TO WEAR A TIE?

FORMAL WEAR. I'VE ARRANGED
FOR A LIMO TO PICK US UP FROM HERE.

NOT ME. I'M NOT AFRAID
OF PARKING OR FEET.

WAIT. YOU DRIVE ME TO WORK.
YOU CAN'T JUST THINK OF YOURSELF.

REPERCUSSIONS AND
CONSEQUENCES, DR. HODGINS.

I'M YOUR BOSS, AND YOU
WILL GO TO THIS BANQUET.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE DOING? YEAH.

I CAN FIX ANYTHING. COOL.

YOU GUYS, UH... YOU
GUYS HAVE GIRLFRIENDS?

- I DO.
- HER NAME'S LEILA.

LEILA. LEILA.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA ASK US
ABOUT CHARLIE. YEAH, SO WHICH ONE...

OF YOU PUNY MORTALS
WANTS TO CHALLENGE ME FIRST?

OH, ME!

YOU ABOUT TO CLEAN THE BONES?

YES. I'M WARMING
UP THE BOILER NOW.

SOMETHING WRONG?

THESE ARE THE SMALLEST
REMAINS I'VE EVER WORKED ON.

THAT'S A VALID
OBSERVATION, ZACK,

BUT IT'S NOT HELPFUL
TO THE INVESTIGATION.

SORRY, DR. BRENNAN.

I WAS AT WACO, BRANCH
DAVIDIAN COMPOUND.

I HELPED IDENTIFY CHILDREN
WHO HAD BEEN KILLED IN THE FIRE.

SEVENTEEN OF 'EM.

SO, YOU'RE SAYING
I'LL GET USED TO IT? NO.

I'M SAYING YOU'LL
NEVER GET USED TO IT.

WE'RE PRIMATES,
SOCIAL CREATURES.

IT'S CODED INTO OUR D.N.A. TO PROTECT
OUR YOUNG, EVEN FROM EACH OTHER.

SO, I'M ALWAYS GOING
TO FEEL TERRIBLE?

WHAT HELPS ME IS TO
PULL BACK EMOTIONALLY.

JUST PUT YOUR HEART IN A BOX.

I AM NOT GOOD WITH
METAPHOR, DR. BRENNAN.

FOCUS ON THE DETAILS.

DETAILS, YEAH. I CAN DO THAT.

NO TRAUMA TO THE SKULL.

NO COMPOUND FRACTURES.

CHARLIE WAS NOT BEATEN
TO DEATH OR DISMEMBERED.

IT HELPS NOT TO REFER
TO THE VICTIM BY NAME.

GREENSTICK FRACTURES ON
RIBS FOUR, FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN.

AND THE STERNUM IS SNAPPED
TRANSVERSELY FROM THE TIP TO THE XIPHOID.

OKAY. WHAT DOES THAT INDICATE?

THE VICTIM'S CHEST WAS
STRUCK BY A HEAVY BLUNT OBJECT.

ARE YOU COMPLETELY CERTAIN
WE'VE LEARNED EVERYTHING...

WE CAN FROM THE BODY AT
THIS STAGE OF DECOMPOSITION?

- I'VE BEEN OVER EVERYTHING
AT LEAST THREE TIMES.
- SMELL THE MOUTH.

ANYTHING BEHIND THE TYPICAL
SMELLS OF DECOMPOSITION?

SOME KIND OF CHEMICAL. CHLOROFORM. SOMETHING
USED TO RENDER THE BOY UNCONSCIOUS.

TAKE SAMPLES FROM THE
MOUTH, JAW, SINUSES AND...

WHAT'S LEFT OF THE ESOPHAGUS.

KIDS MAKE IT HARDER, ZACK.

ALL RIGHT, LOOK,
YOU BEAT ME BAD.

NO WONDER YOU DON'T
HAVE A GIRLFRIEND.

DAVID. IT'S OKAY, MRS.
SANDERS. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

NO, I DO HAVE A
GIRLFRIEND. IS SHE PRETTY?

NAH, SHE'S BUTT UGLY. GOT A
GLASS EYE, SNAGGLY BACK TEETH.

SO, WAS LEILA WITH YOU THE
DAY THAT CHARLIE DISAPPEARED?

UH, YEAH, ACTUALLY. WE STOPPED AND
PLAYED SOME VIDEO GAMES AT THE ARCADE.

THAT MUST'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU
AND CHARLIE WENT TO THE PARK.

YOU DIDN'T GO TO THE
MALL THAT DAY, DAVID.

SHAWN?

- DON'T ASK SHAWN, MOM.
- YOU MET LEILA AT THE MALL,
DIDN'T YOU?

YOU LEFT CHARLIE WITH
SHAWN AT THE PARK.

- JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES. THEN
THEY CAME BACK TO THE MALL.
- DAVID!

SHAWN LET GO OF HIS
HAND FOR A SECOND.

CHARLIE WAS GONE LIKE THAT!

AND THEN WE CAME STRAIGHT HOME.

CHARLIE WASN'T
TAKEN FROM THE PARK.

HE WAS SNATCHED FROM THE MALL.

WE'VE BEEN LOOKING
IN THE WRONG PLACE.

COME ON, SON. LET'S GO.

WHAT'S WITH THE RUBBER BAND?

METHYL OXIDE VAPOR IN
THIS CHAMBER WILL BIND...

TO WHATEVER COMPOUND CHARLIE
BREATHED IN BEFORE HE WAS KILLED.

OUCH! IT'S AN ANGER
MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE, RIGHT?

THE KEY THERE IS MANAGEMENT,
WHICH IS WHAT I'M DOING.

MANAGING MY ANGER.

THERE'LL BE A COLOR CHANGE. RED FOR PNICTOGENS
AND CHALCOGENS, AND BLUE FOR HALOGENS.

I GET THAT YOU'RE
A LITTLE OFF-KILTER.

MAD AT THE GOVERNMENT,
CONSPIRACY OF DUNCES, ALL THAT.

MAYBE EVEN FURIOUS THAT YOU'VE
HAD TO MOUNT A LITTLE BOY'S JAWBONE...

INSIDE A BOX TO FIND
OUT WHAT KILLED HIM.

WHAT I DON'T GET IS WHY GOING
TO A BANQUET MAKES YOU ANGRY.

HALOGENS IT IS. I'M GONNA SCRAPE
OFF THE PARTICLES AND SEE...

IF THE MASS SPECTROMETER CAN
IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF HALOGEN.

ANGER IS ONLY FEAR
TURNED INWARDS.

THERE ARE 20 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
TAKING STILLS EVERY TWO SECONDS...

THROUGHOUT THE MALL, INCLUDING
ACCESS CORRIDORS AND PARKING LOTS.

I CONCENTRATED ON THE ONES
AIMED AT THE PUBLIC CONCOURSE.

OKAY 10,000 PEOPLE A DAY
GO THROUGH THAT MALL.

HOW ARE WE GONNA
FIND ONE SMALL KID?

ANGELA DESIGNED A MASS RECOGNITION PROGRAM
TO APPLY BODY TYPES TO SKELETAL REMAINS.

ENDOMORPH, ECTOMORPH,
MESOMORPH, THAT SORT OF THING.

I MODIFIED IT TO SCAN
TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES.

IN THIS CASE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR BODY MASSES
ROUGHLY CONGRUENT WITH CHARLIE, SHAWN AND DAVID.

THERE'S DAVID.

- YOU'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF THEM,
AREN'T YOU?
- ONE OF WHO?

A SQUINT. I MEAN, YOU LOOK NORMAL AND YOU
ACT NORMAL, BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF THEM.

THIS WHOLE MASS-RECOGNITION PROGRAM WAS
BRENNAN'S IDEA. I'M COMPLETELY NORMAL, REALLY.

YEAH. MAYBE BEFORE YOU
GOT THIS JOB. BUT NOW...

I SEE CHARLIE.

OH. THAT'S HIM, ALL RIGHT.

OH, GOD. ANGE?

ARE YOU OKAY?

THESE ARE PROBABLY THE
LAST PICTURES OF THIS LITTLE...

GUY ALIVE.

WHY IS HE ALONE? WHY
ISN'T ANYBODY WITH HIM?

SORRY. MAX RESOLUTION IS X-40
BY 480 PIXELS PER SQUARE INCH.

NO, WAIT. HE'S NOT ALONE.
SOMEONE'S CALLING HIM OVER.

CAN'T YOU JUST ZOOM IN?

THE FEWER PIXELS THAT MAKE UP AN IMAGE, THE
MORE THE PICTURE DEGRADES ONCE WE ZOOM IN ON IT.

DID THAT SOUND TOO SQUINTY?

ANY WAY TO ENHANCE IT?

- WELL, I WOULDN'T BET A DATE
WITH COLIN FARRELL ON IT.
- I KNOW HIM. HE'S FUNNY.

FUNNY IS WILL FERRELL,
SWEETIE. HOT IS COLIN FARRELL.

NOW LOOK, WAIT. THE KID WAS
DEFINITELY MOVING TOWARD SOMEONE.

ALL RIGHT? HE WASN'T STRUGGLING.
HE WASN'T TRYING TO GET AWAY.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ADD
THE NEIGHBORHOOD KID,

SKYLER NELSON, TO THE
LIST OF POSSIBLE SUSPECTS.

I HAVE ONE OTHER ANGLE, BUT OUR
BAD GUY'S STILL OBSTRUCTED IN IT.

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

ARE YOU THINKING OF
LEAVING THE JEFFERSONIAN?

I'M NOT REALLY THIS PERSON.

WHAT PERSON? I'M NOT LIKE YOU.

I'M NOT DRIVEN BY THE NEED
FOR JUSTICE AND ALL THAT.

I'M A GOOD-TIME GIRL.

WE HAVE GOOD TIMES.

CRACKING JOKES OVER MURDERED
SKELETONS IS NOT GOOD TIMES.

I KNOW IT'S HARDER ON YOU
THAN IT IS FOR THE REST OF US.

NO, IT'S NOT.

WHY?

BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THEIR FACES.

WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING
ELSE. IT'S MORE CLINICAL FOR US.

FOR YOU, IT... IT'S PERSONAL.

WHEN WE SEE A
MURDERED CHILD... HONEY, I...

I'M... NO OFFENSE.

I'M REALLY NOT UP FOR ONE OF YOUR "IT
TAKES A VILLAGE" ANTHROPOLOGY LESSONS.

THIS IS THE LONGEST
I'VE EVER HAD A JOB.

THAT'S BECAUSE OF YOU.

IF THIS IS ABOUT HOURS OR
TIME TO DO YOUR OWN ART, THEN...

JUST LET ME WORK ON IT, OKAY?

I'M AN ARTIST.

I USED TO DRAW NAKED GUYS.

NOW I DRAW DEAD GUYS.

JUST DON'T DECIDE ANYTHING
WITHOUT TALKING TO ME.

OF COURSE I WON'T.

I'M AFRAID ANGELA MIGHT QUIT.

I'M AMAZED SHE STUCK
IT OUT THIS LONG.

WHY? OH, BECAUSE SHE'S HUMAN.

I'M SORRY, BONES. IT'S
JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, UH,

ANGELA DIDN'T GET THE SAME TRAINING THAT
THE REST OF YOU GOT ON, UH, PLANET VULCAN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANS. SHE'S MORE SENSITIVE.

WHO'S MORE SENSITIVE? ANGELA.

SHE LIKES PUPPIES AND
KITTIES AND DUCKLINGS,

AND, YOU KNOW, JELL-O SHOTS,
AND, YOU KNOW, DANCING ON BARS.

♪♪ I KNOW THAT.
SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND.

ANGELA'S NOT THE ONLY PERSON IN
THE WORLD WHO LIKES BABY ANIMALS.

I NEVER GOT THE BIG ATTRACTION.

I REST MY CASE.
SHE'S MORE SENSITIVE.

WE CROSS-REFERENCED
THE LENGTH AND DENSITY...

OF CHARLIE'S LEG BONES
WITH OTHER CHILDREN HIS AGE.

THE VICTIM, I MEAN.

THE THING TO DO IS
CONCENTRATE ON THE DETAILS.

LET'S DO THAT.

WE FOUND SOME ABNORMALITIES.
THEY'RE BOWED AND ABNORMALLY SHORT.

ALSO, THE VICTIM'S BONES SHOW
FREEZING OF THE JOINTS AT THE HIP AND KNEE.

ARE YOU SAYING
CHARLIE WAS CRIPPLED?

- THE VICTIM WAS DISABLED, YES.
- HIS MOTHER NEVER
MENTIONED THAT.

THE RIBS ARE BROKEN IN TWO PLACES,
WHICH IS NOT TYPICAL OF BLUNT-FORCE TRAUMA.

- HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
- I'D ATTRIBUTE IT TO
HIS MEDICAL CONDITION...

AND THE CORRESPONDING
BRITTLENESS OF HIS BONES.

I AGREE. WHAT IS THAT CONDITION?

IT LOOKS LIKE SCOLIOSIS...
A BEND IN THE SPINE.

I THINK IT'S MORE
THAN THAT, ZACK.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE CALCIFIED LESIONS
ON THE POSTERIOR THORACIC VERTEBRAE.

THAT, PLUS CHARLIE'S
SHORT STATURE...

AND THE ASYMMETRIC
LENGTH OF HIS LEGS.

MARGARET SANDERS MAY NOT
BE CHARLIE'S BIOLOGICAL MOTHER.

WHAT? TEST THE BONES...

FOR X-LINKED HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA
AND COFFIN-LOWRY SYNDROME.

WHOA, WHOA. OKAY, HOLD ON.

SIMMER DOWN. JUST BACK UP TO THE
PART WHERE SHE'S NOT HIS MOTHER.

DR. BRENNAN IS HAVING ME CHECK
FOR HEREDITARY GENETIC DEFECTS...

WHICH ARE ALWAYS PASSED
FROM MOTHER TO CHILD.

IF CHARLIE HAD ONE, THEN
MARGARET SANDERS IS NOT HIS MOTHER.

HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?

CHARLIE SUFFERED FROM A HEREDITARY
GENETIC DISORDER CALLED HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA.

CHARLIE'S REAL MOTHER
WOULD HAVE THE SAME DISEASE.

- YOU DO NOT.
- NEVER SAY I WASN'T CHARLIE'S
REAL MOTHER, BECAUSE I WAS.

BIOLOGICAL MOTHER THEN.

MRS. SANDERS, YOU ARE NOT
CHARLIE'S BIOLOGICAL MOTHER.

YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT TO US?

I CAN'T HAVE CHILDREN.

THAT'S WHY MY HUSBAND LEFT ME.

- SO I TOOK IN FOSTER KIDS.
- LIKE SHAWN AND DAVID COOK.

AND CHARLIE.

THOUGH HIS NAME WAS NATHAN.

I GOT HIM AS A BABY
DOWN IN PITTSBURGH.

TEN DAYS OLD.

HIS MOTHER WAS ARRESTED
ON DRUG CHARGES,

AND CHILD SERVICES
BROUGHT HIM TO ME.

THREE WEEKS I HAD HIM.

THEN THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED.

- YOU KEPT HIM?
- NO.

I GAVE HIM BACK.

BUT IT NEARLY KILLED ME.

I STAYED IN TOUCH.

I BOUGHT HIM THINGS...
FORMULA, STROLLER.

I WANTED TO MAKE
SURE HE WAS ALL RIGHT.

NATHAN WHAT, MRS. SANDERS?

NATHAN DOWNEY. HIS MOTHER
WAS A DRUG ADDICT NAMED JEANINE.

ON CHRISTMAS DAY, I FOUND
HER DEAD ON HER KITCHEN FLOOR,

A NEEDLE STUCK IN HER ARM.

AND I COULD HEAR CHARLIE
CRYING UPSTAIRS. SO I WENT UP.

- AND YOU TOOK HIM HOME.
- I LOOKED HIM IN THE EYES,
AND I PROMISED HIM...

I WOULD NEVER LEAVE
HIM ALONE AGAIN.

AND HE STOPPED CRYING.

I EXPECTED EVERY DAY FOR
CHILD SERVICES TO COME LOOKING.

HE WOULD HAVE ENDED UP
BACK IN THE SYSTEM ANYWAY.

I MEANT TO KEEP HIM
SAFE... AND LOVE HIM.

AND NOW HE'S DEAD.

I HAD TO ARREST HER.

THE STORY CHECKED
OUT. THE OVERDOSE.

- SHE CONFESSED TO KIDNAPPING.
- MARGARET SANDERS DID
NOTHING MORE...

THAN RESPOND TO THE
ANTHROPOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE.

- SHE SAW AN ORPHAN AND REACTED.
- THIS IS NOT A NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC STUDY, OKAY?

- THIS IS THE SUBURBS.
- WHY WOULD SHE KILL THE BOY? SHE OBVIOUSLY LOVED HIM.

THERE ARE SITUATIONS, RIGHT? THE KID GETS SICK,
HE DOESN'T TURN OUT TO BE WHAT YOU WANTED.

I BET THAT YOU COULD
GIVE ME A DOZEN EXAMPLES...

OF SOCIETIES THAT HAVE
KILLED THEIR OWN YOUNG.

WHAT ABOUT SHAWN AND DAVID
COOK? WHERE DO THEY GO NOW?

- BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.
- DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW BAD
THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM IS?

DO YOU? WHAT DO
YOU WANT TO DO, HMM?

DO YOU WANT TO KIDNAP THEM
THE WAY SHE KIDNAPPED CHARLIE?

I WANT YOU TO LET THEM GO
HOME TO MARGARET SANDERS.

IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

TRY REDIGITIZING AND RESIZING.

I DID. THE EXTRAPOLATION PROTOCOL
GOT CONFUSED BY THE SPREAD.

YOU KNOW HODGINS
BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

SO, WHY IS HE SO BENT OUT OF SHAPE ABOUT
THIS BANQUET? WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?

BECAUSE EVERY TIME
SOMEONE MENTIONS IT,

HE STARTS SNAPPING THAT
RUBBER BAND AROUND HIS WRIST.

I MEAN, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I KNOW
HODGINS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE?

YOU'RE ROOMMATES. I
LIVE ABOVE HIS GARAGE.

BUT YOU SEE A LOT OF
EACH OTHER. NOT REALLY.

HE DRIVES YOU TO WORK.

I'VE NEVER BEEN UP TO THE
MAIN HOUSE. THE MAIN HOUSE?

IT'S AT THE OPPOSITE
END OF THE DRIVEWAY...

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TENNIS
COURTS ACROSS FROM THE POND.

OKAY. ANYTHING ON THE
IDENTITY OF CHARLIE'S ABDUCTOR?

I CAN'T CLEAR UP THIS
IMAGE ANY MORE THAN IT IS.

TELL BOOTH WHAT YOU TOLD ME
ABOUT LIVING IN HODGINS'S GARAGE.

THERE'S A BEDROOM, LIVING ROOM, KITCHEN,
ANOTHER BEDROOM, A DEN, TWO BATHROOMS...

GREAT. QUITE A GARAGE.
CAN WE FOCUS ON THE CASE?

HOW MANY CARS DOES
HE HAVE IN THAT GARAGE?

INCLUDING THE ANTIQUE
ONES, ABOUT 12. AND A BOAT.

ZACK HAS NEVER SEEN THE MAIN HOUSE BECAUSE
THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE POND BLOCK THE VIEW.

WELL, HE MUST BE
ONE OF THOSE HODGINS.

WHO ARE THOSE HODGINSES? YOU
KNOW, THE CANTILEVER GROUP HODGINS?

OH, MY GOD.

THE SAME CANTILEVER GROUP THAT
GENERATES MORE G.N.P. THAN EUROPE?

GET THIS. THEY ARE THE SINGLE BIGGEST
DONORS TO THE JEFFERSONIAN INSTITUTION.

THAT MAKES HODGINS YOUR BOSS.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS EVEN TALK
ABOUT WHEN HE DRIVES YOU TO WORK?

I MOSTLY SLEEP. HODGINS
MOSTLY YELLS AT THE RADIO.

OKAY, IF YOU CAN'T SEE THE GUY'S
FACE, MAYBE YOU CAN GRAB A REFLECTION.

- THAT'S A WORKABLE IDEA.
- WELL, I'D SAY THANKS,
YOU KNOW,

IF YOU DIDN'T SAY IT LIKE IT
WAS SOME KIND OF A MIRACLE.

CHEM LAB MASS SPECTROMETER
IDENTIFIES THE PARTICULATES...

IN CHARLIE SANDERS'S
MOUTH AS FLUORIDE.

I RECOGNIZE THAT LOOK.

- WHAT?
- YOU'RE WRITING
ANOTHER BOOK.

WHEN YOU WRITE, YOU GET THIS STUNNED LOOK ON
YOUR FACE LIKE YOU STUCK A FORK IN A TOASTER.

- AM I IN THIS ONE TOO?
- YOU WEREN'T IN THE LAST ONE.

- FLUORIDE? AT WHAT CONCENTRATION?
- IT'S TOO HIGH FOR TOOTHPASTE.

PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF... PUT
TOGETHER A LIST OF ANYTHING...

THAT COULD CONCEIVABLY
CONTAIN FLUORIDE AT THOSE LEVELS.

- ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE TIME FOR THIS?
- THEY GAVE ME A CAR.

NICE. WHO?

MY PUBLISHER. NOW I FEEL LIKE I HAVE
TO EARN IT BY WRITING ANOTHER BOOK.

FIGHT COERCION IN ALL ITS FORMS. YOU DON'T
WRITE THE BOOK. I DON'T GO TO THE BANQUET.

SOLIDARITY.

ANGELA HAS A FACE
FOR THE ABDUCTOR.

I LOOKED ON BOTH CAMERAS. THIS ONE
OFFERED UP MORE REFLECTIVE SURFACES.

- RIGHT AT THE DOOR.
- CHECK THIS OUT.

THE ABDUCTOR'S FACE.

BY POLARIZING THE IMAGE, THE
COMPUTER CAN INTERPRET THE SPACES...

BETWEEN THE WHITE AND THE DARK
GAPS AND FILL IN THE MISSING PIECES.

WAIT. THAT DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE AN ADULT.

WHEN I REPOLARIZE THE IMAGE...

- SHAWN COOK.
- THE VICTIM'S FOSTER BROTHER.

WHERE WERE YOU
TAKING CHARLIE, SHAWN?

I BROUGHT HIM TO
THE MALL TO SEE DAVID.

I KNOW YOU BROUGHT
HIM TO THE MALL,

BUT WE GOT A PICTURE OF YOU
LEADING HIM OUT OF THE MALL.

HAVE YOU SEEN MUCH
OF THIS KIND OF THING?

I'M A JUVENILE PROSECUTOR. I WISH I
COULD SAY KIDS KILLING KIDS WAS RARE.

WHERE WERE YOU
TAKING HIM, SHAWN?

WHEN CAN I TALK TO MARGARET?
AFTER YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.

CAN HE DO THAT? LIE TO A KID?

WE'RE AFTER A CHILD
KILLER, DR. BRENNAN.

IF THE CHILD ADVOCATE IN THERE
DOESN'T COMPLAIN, I SURE AS HELL WON'T.

WELL, WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING A CHILD
ADVOCATE IF HE DOESN'T ADVOCATE FOR THE CHILD?

I GET THE IMPRESSION YOU'RE A LITTLE CONFUSED
AS TO WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON, DR. BRENNAN.

SHAWN, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?

- A SCAR?
- YEAH.

GOT IT WHEN I WAS PLAYING
SOLDIER WITH MY BROTHER JARED.

- DID IT HURT?
- YEAH. IT HURT.

BUT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
YOU GOT ANY SCARS?

- MY DAD DID IT
WITH A CIGARETTE.
- HE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.

MARGARET DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
LIKE THAT. I LOVE MARGARET.

WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS IF CHARLIE
HAD SOME KIND OF AN ACCIDENT.

SHAWN?

- MAYBE WE CAN
JUST TAKE A BREAK.
- SHAWN?

HE'S NOT BEING AGGRESSIVE
ENOUGH. FOSTER KIDS ARE POWERLESS.

THEY'RE TREATED LIKE GARBAGE.

YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT...

AND ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY IS, "HE'S
NOT BEING AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH"?

DR. BRENNAN, YOU KNOW THIS BOY MAY VERY WELL
HAVE BEATEN A CHILD TO DEATH WITH A ROCK?

HOW LONG HAVE WE
KNOWN EACH OTHER?

DO PEOPLE REALLY
EVER KNOW EACH OTHER?

HOW COME YOU NEVER INVITED
ME OVER TO YOUR HOUSE?

OH, I DIDN'T PICK UP THAT
KIND OF VIBE OFF YOU.

I THOUGHT WE WERE
CLOSE, ALL OF US.

WHAT ELSE DON'T I KNOW? IS
ZACK FROM ANOTHER PLANET?

OH, COME ON. THAT ONE'S OBVIOUS.

YOU'RE RICH.

YOU SINGLE-HANDEDLY OWN THE
CANTILEVER GROUP. DON'T DENY IT.

I KNOW. WHO ELSE KNOWS?

ZACK, BOOTH.

DON'T TELL BRENNAN.

WHY DON'T YOU WANT US TO KNOW
THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY OUR BOSS?

I DON'T WANT TO BE ANYBODY'S BOSS.
I NEVER DID. PLEASE RESPECT THAT.

WHAT'S UP WITH ANGELA?

IT'S JOB PRESSURE.

FLUORIDE AT LOWER
CONCENTRATIONS...

IS USED IN TOOTHPASTE, INSTANT TEA,
AND IS ADDED TO OUR DRINKING WATER.

WHICH, I MIGHT ADD, CAN CAUSE A
RANGE OF CONDITIONS. BRAIN DAMAGE...

WHICH HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH THE CASE AT HAND.

THE CONCENTRATIONS
FOUND IN OUR VICTIM...

MIGHT COME FROM WOOD
PRESERVATIVES, PAINT THINNERS, CAR WAX,

OR VARIOUS OTHER
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS.

OKAY. DID ANGELA SAY ANYTHING
TO YOU ABOUT QUITTING HER JOB?

NO.

BUT WE HARDLY KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT EACH OTHER.

BONES, I THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT
SHAWN AND DAVID ARE IN EMERGENCY CARE.

PULLED SOME STRINGS, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE
SURE THEY... THEY GET TO STAY TOGETHER.

THAT'S GOOD. THANKS.

IT'S THE BEST I COULD
DO. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

NO, YOU SAY YOU UNDERSTAND,
BUT YOU DON'T. NOT REALLY.

I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE
RULE, YOU IGNORE IT, RIGHT?

I CAN'T HAVE THAT. AND
IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS...

DO WHAT? WORK ON CASES, YOU
KNOW, WITH ME, OUTSIDE THE LAB.

IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, I NEED TO
KNOW THAT YOU WILL RESPECT THE LAW.

TELL YOU WHAT. IF I CAN'T RESPECT
THE LAW, I CAN AT LEAST RESPECT YOU.

WELL... YEAH, THAT'LL WORK.

- I MEAN, IT KINDA COMES
OUT OF NOWHERE, BUT...
- LOOK WHAT YOU DID.

IT'S A PENCIL. I'LL
GET YOU A NEW ONE.

THE VICTIM WAS KILLED
BY TRAUMA TO THE CHEST,

BUT THE RIBS ARE BROKEN
IN TWO PLACES, NOT JUST ONE.

UH, BECAUSE OF THE BRITTLE
BONES, BECAUSE OF HIS DISEASE.

THAT WAS MY ASSUMPTION, BUT
THERE'S ANOTHER EXPLANATION.

YEAH, WHOA. WHAT'S
THE OTHER EXPLANATION?

COMPRESSION. LIKE CHARLIE
SANDERS WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH?

YES. GREENSTICK FRACTURES,
VERTEBRAL AND STERNAL.

SEE? HEY, SHAWN COOK OUTWEIGHED
CHARLIE SANDERS BY WHAT?

MAYBE 30 POUNDS? HOW COULD
HE HAVE CRUSHED HIM TO DEATH?

ANGELA, WE NEED TO RUN SOME
SCENARIOS THROUGH THE ANGELATOR.

ANGELA, BOOTH.

ZACK HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT
IF HE TELLS ANYONE WHO I AM,

I WILL KICK HIM OUT ON THE
STREET LIKE A STRAY DOG.

- SADLY, THERE'S NOTHING I
CAN THREATEN YOU TWO WITH.
- YEAH, THAT'S A SHAME.

WHAT I WANT OUT OF MY LIFE IS TO COME
IN HERE AND SIFT THROUGH SLIME AND BUGS.

UNFORTUNATELY, MY FAMILY IS ONE OF
THOSE WHO SECRETLY RUN THE WORLD.

PARANOIA AND DELUSIONS OF
GRANDEUR ALL IN ONE PACKAGE.

YOU CALL IT PARANOIA. I
CALL IT THE FAMILY BUSINESS.

PLEASE, COULD YOU JUST STOP?

THE REASON THAT I DO NOT
WANT TO GO TO THAT BANQUET...

IS BECAUSE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE RULING
ELITE WILL MAKE A BIG FUSS ABOUT SEEING ME.

MY SECRET WILL
BE OUT, AND MY LIFE,

THIS LIFE THAT I
LOVE, WILL BE RUINED.

I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE, PLEASE JUST LET
ME BE JACK HODGINS WHO WORKS IN THE LAB.

CHARLIE WAS THREE FEET, FOUR
INCHES TALL AND WEIGHED 58 POUNDS.

- AND SHAWN?
- SHAWN COOK IS 1.4 METERS TALL
AND WEIGHS 31 KILOGRAMS.

HIS BROTHER DAVID
WAS UH, 5'8", 150 POUNDS.

1.75 METERS, 68 KILOGRAMS.

AT FIRST, I THOUGHT THE
BREAK TO CHARLIE'S STERNUM...

WAS CAUSED BY BLUNT TRAUMA BECAUSE
IT ONLY RAN ALONG ONE FAULT LINE.

BUT WHEN BOOTH BROKE MY PENCIL,

I REALIZED THERE'S ANOTHER WAY
TO CAUSE THE SAME TYPE OF INJURY.

- COMPRESSION.
- HODGINS FOUND NO PARTICULATES
THAT SUGGESTED CRUSHING.

BODY WEIGHT. THERE HAS TO BE
ENOUGH WEIGHT ON THE VICTIM TO STOP...

THE ABDOMEN FROM MOVING SO
NO AIR CAN GET INTO THE LUNGS.

PROLONGED PRESSURE CAUSED THE STERNUM
TO SNAP IN HALF AND THE RIBS TO BREAK.

SORRY. SORRY.

I ENTERED REAL-WORLD VARIABLES,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT CHARLIE'S
SIZE AND THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE...

THAT WAS REQUIRED TO BREAK CHARLIE'S
STERNUM IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS BROKEN.

WHAT DID YOU END UP
WITH? 86.2 KILOGRAMS.

- WHAT'S THAT IN AMERICAN?
- 190 POUNDS.

- YEAH.
- WAY TOO MUCH FOR EITHER OF THE
COOK KIDS OR MARGARET SANDERS.

I'D PUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD KID,
SKYLER, AT ABOUT 160 POUNDS.

IT CAN'T BE HIM EITHER.

WE SHOULD BE LOOKING
FOR A FULL-GROWN MAN.

YOU HAVE TO GET SHAWN TO TELL YOU WHERE
HE TOOK CHARLIE WHEN THEY LEFT THE MALL.

- HE WON'T TALK TO ME.
- LET ME DO IT.

UH, NO. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE
NOT YOUR STRONG POINT, BONES.

AND BESIDES, HE'S NOT GONNA CARE
HOW MANY FACTS YOU PUT IN FRONT OF HIM.

COULD YOU JUST GO WITH
ME ON THIS ONE, BOOTH?

WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH
A KILLER. LET ME HELP.

- WHEN'S THE LAST TIME
YOU EVEN TALKED TO A KID?
- I KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

DO YOU REMEMBER ME, SHAWN?

THE MUSEUM LADY. THE
ONE WHO'S SO SMART.

YEAH, I'M PRETTY SMART.

AND VERY MODEST. OH, BELIEVE
ME, SHE IS BEING MODEST.

SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT YOU DIDN'T KILL CHARLIE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO
SAY ANYTHING, SHAWN.

JUST LISTEN.

THEY GIVE YOU A GARBAGE BAG...

TO CARRY ALL YOUR STUFF...

LIKE THEY'RE TELLING YOU
EVERYTHING YOU OWN IS GARBAGE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO A NEW SCHOOL
IN CLOTHES THAT SMELL LIKE GARBAGE BAGS.

ALL THE REGULAR KIDS
KNOW YOU'RE A FOSTER KID.

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE?

THEY BOUNCE YOU FROM PLACE
TO PLACE, AND IT'S NEVER HOME.

SOMETIMES THE FOSTER
PARENTS ARE NICE.

LIKE MARGARET? YEAH.

AND SOMETIMES THEY SEPARATE
YOU FROM YOUR BROTHER.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN NICE WITH
MARGARET, STAYING WITH DAVID.

WE GOT BUNK BEDS.

AT NIGHT, I KNEW
DAVID WAS THERE.

LIKE HE WAS GUARDING ME.

MARGARET'S NICE.

YOU'D DO ALMOST ANYTHING
TO STAY WITH MARGARET, RIGHT?

THE MAN YOU TOOK CHARLIE TO,

THE MAN WHO HURT
HIM, HE KNOWS THAT.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE'D
HURT CHARLIE, BUT HE DID.

AND THEN HE TOLD YOU THAT MARGARET
WOULD BLAME YOU, THAT SHE'D HATE YOU.

BUT THIS MAN IS
LYING TO YOU, SHAWN.

I CAN MAKE SURE THAT
YOU GO BACK TO MARGARET.

HOW?

YOU WORK AT A MUSEUM. I
HAVE A FRIEND AT THE F.B.I.

IF I ASK HIM TO, HE
WILL MAKE SURE...

THAT YOU AND DAVID GET TO
LIVE WITH MARGARET AGAIN.

- DR. BRENNAN, YOU CAN'T
MAKE PROMISES LIKE THAT.
- YES, I CAN.

- HE WILL DO IT. MY FRIEND
WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
- OH, MAN.

BUT YOU HAVE TO TELL
ME WHO HURT CHARLIE.

I'M GONNA NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP
THE PROMISES SHE MADE TO THAT BOY.

HEY, I... I... I
CAN'T PROMISE...

MRS. JOHNSON, MY PEOPLE AND YOUR
PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

WHAT IF MARGARET
DOESN'T WANT ME ANYMORE?

CHARLIE WAS HER REAL SON.

CHARLIE WASN'T HER
BIOLOGICAL SON EITHER.

CHARLIE WAS JUST LIKE YOU.

SOMEONE THAT
MARGARET CHOSE TO LOVE.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LET
THAT MAN TAKE YOU AND DAVID...

AND CHARLIE AWAY
FROM MARGARET, DO YOU?

WE SHOULD STOP HIM.
YOU AND I SHOULD STOP HIM.

SHE DID IT. SHE GOT HIS NAME.

♪♪

EDWARD NELSON, YOU
ARE UNDER ARREST FOR...

THE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
MURDER OF CHARLIE SANDERS. ♪♪

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO AN ATTORNEY.

IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD ONE, ONE WILL
BE APPOINTED TO YOU FREE OF CHARGE.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

BOYS! MOM!

MOM! OH!

- ARE WE GONNA BE A FAMILY AGAIN?
- - OH, YOU BETCHA.

♪♪

♪♪

WE HAVE HIM COLD.

THE INSECTICIDE HE WAS
USING ON THE TERMITES...

MATCHES THE FLUORIDE
CONCENTRATION PERFECTLY.

SKYLER'S DAD
ADMITTED EVERYTHING.

DON'T TELL ME. HE SAID CRUSHING
CHARLIE TO DEATH WAS A MISTAKE.

HE NEVER ABUSED SHAWN COOK. HE
JUST USED HIM TO GET NEAR CHARLIE.

IT PLAYED OUT JUST LIKE YOU SAID.
HE HAD CHARLIE OUT IN THAT FIELD.

SOME TEENAGE KIDS, THEY COME BY,

SO HE KNELT ON CHARLIE TO
KEEP HIM FROM CRYING OUT.

SHAWN GOT SCARED AND
RAN BACK TO HIS BROTHER.

CHARLIE WAS SMALL AND
WEAK. HIS STERNUM COLLAPSED.

YOU THINK HE ABUSED
ANY OTHER KIDS?

YEAH. PROBABLY HIS OWN SON.

YOU REPORT THAT
TO CHILD SERVICES?

MM-HMM. TRY TO GET
THE KID SOME HELP.

- AND I'M SORRY.
- FOR WHAT?

YOU HAVE PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE IN THE SYSTEM.

I WAS A FOSTER CHILD UNTIL
MY GRANDFATHER GOT ME OUT.

YEAH, WHEN YOU SAID, "THEY TAKE
YOU AWAY FROM YOUR BROTHER,"

I KIND OF HAD THE FEELING YOU
WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT DAVID COOK.

BOOTH, I'LL TELL YOU
ALL ABOUT IT ONE DAY.

BUT TONIGHT, I HAVE TO
GET DRESSED FOR A PARTY.

OH. OKAY, BONES.

BY THE WAY, THERE'S A HUGE
DING ON MY PASSENGER-SIDE DOOR...

BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME
NOT TO PARK IT AT AN ANGLE.

- WHAT?
- OKAY, THAT'S JUST MEAN.

YOU'RE MEAN.

SORRY.

THAT IS NOT A
TUXEDO, DR. HODGINS.

I AM NOT GOING,
DR. GOODMAN. YOU ARE GOING.

WHEN WE ARRIVE, THE DONORS
WILL ALL BE WEARING NAME TAGS.

WHAT DO WE TALK ABOUT?
YOUR WORK, OF COURSE.

ZACK'S WORK CONSISTS OF
REMOVING FLESH FROM CORPSES.

HODGINS DISSECTS BUGS THAT
HAVE BEEN EATING PEOPLE'S EYEBALLS.

LEAVE ME OUT OF
IT. I AM NOT GOING.

AND HOW DO YOU SEE YOUR JOB?

I DRAW DEATH MASKS.

IS THAT REALLY HOW YOU SEE IT?

DON'T YOU?

YOU ARE THE BEST OF
US, MISS MONTENEGRO.

YOU DISCERN HUMANITY IN THE
WRECK OF A RUINED HUMAN BODY.

YOU GIVE VICTIMS BACK
THEIR FACES, THEIR IDENTITIES.

YOU REMIND US ALL OF WHY
WE'RE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

BECAUSE WE TREASURE HUMAN LIFE.

- OH, FOR GOD'S SAKE.
- WHAT HAPPENED?

APPARENTLY, ALL ANGELA NEEDED WAS TO HEAR HER
JOB DESCRIPTION IN A DEEP AFRICAN-AMERICAN TONE.

- MR. ADDY...
- DR. GOODMAN, WE NEED HODGINS
IN THE LAB TONIGHT.

F.B.I. NEEDS THIS
ANALYZED BY MORNING.

UH, I'M GONNA GET RIGHT ON IT.

WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT
CASE FILE IS THIS?

AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW ABOUT IT?
BOOTH MENTIONED IT TO ME EARLIER TODAY.

- THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.
- FINE.

YOU'RE OFF THE
HOOK, DR. HODGINS.

LET'S NOT KEEP THE LIMO WAITING.

THANKS.

YOU LOOK NICE.

BETTER THAN NICE. YOU LOOK, UH,

VERY...

THANKS.

BONES, HOW DID YOU KNOW I
WAS GONNA KEEP YOUR PROMISE?

- WHAT PROMISE?
- TO GET SHAWN AND DAVID BACK
WITH MARGARET SANDERS.

MAYBE I WAS LYING...
TO CATCH THE BAD GUY.

I LEARNED THAT TRICK FROM YOU.

THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS.

HMM.

BOOTH.

I KNEW YOU'D BACK ME UP.

I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T
MAKE ME A LIAR.

- HMM. HOW'D YOU KNOW?
- BECAUSE YOU WANT
TO GO TO HEAVEN.

BUT YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN HEAVEN.

BUT YOU DO.

♪♪

♪♪

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?