Bones (2005–2017): Season 1, Episode 8 - The Girl in the Fridge - full transcript

SO I SPENT THE NIGHT AT TODD'S.

YOU REMEMBER TODD, RIGHT? THE
BASS PLAYER WITH THE BIG HANDS...

BIG NIMBLE HANDS. ANGELA, I'M
TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER A SKULL.

YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. SO I WAKE UP
THIS MORNING AND HE'S SITTING THERE, RIGHT?

NO CLOTHES ON, JUST HIS BASS...

SINGING TO ME IN
THIS LOW, LOW VOICE.

HE'S CREEPY. ANGELA, IS THIS
CONVERSATION REALLY APPROPRIATE HERE?

SORRY, BUT I'M
INTO ALIVE PEOPLE.

ANYWAY, TODD HAS A FRIEND. I
THOUGHT YOU SAID HE WAS CREEPY.

TODD, NOT THE FRIEND.

GOOD NEWS. I HOPE
THIS IS WORK-RELATED.



THE ANTHROPOLOGY JOURNAL
IS PUBLISHING OUR PIECE...

ON THE EVOLUTION OF
THE CORONAL SUTURE.

WORTHY INTERRUPTION.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
BUMP MY FIST WITH YOURS.

WHY?

I'M TOLD IT'S A WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED
GESTURE OF MUTUAL SUCCESS.

I LOVE IT WHEN YOU TWO
IMPERSONATE EARTHLINGS.

OKAY, NOW THIS IS WEIRD.

THERE'S SOME GUY IN THE LOUNGE
WHO ASKED ME TO GIVE YOU THIS.

IS HE ALIVE? BECAUSE THIS IS AN
EXCELLENT START TO A RELATIONSHIP.

I DIDN'T PUT A MIRROR
UNDERNEATH HIS NOSE OR ANYTHING.

HE SAID YOU'D KNOW WHO
HE WAS WHEN YOU OPENED IT.

OKAY, A GUY WHO GETS
HER TO STOP WORKING?

THIS I HAVE TO SEE.



YOU LEFT IT AT MY PLACE.

THREE YEARS AGO. HMM. FIRST
TIME I'VE BEEN IN WASHINGTON.

I THOUGHT I SHOULD
RETURN IT IN PERSON.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL
ME YOU WERE COMING?

WHAT IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE MY CALL?
YOU'RE A BIG IMPORTANT AUTHOR NOW.

- YOU CAN COME DOWN HERE,
YOU KNOW?
- YOU COULD COME UP.

- HALFWAY.
- AS ALWAYS.

- I HOPE YOU DON'T HAVE
ANY EXPECTATIONS.
- DO YOU?

CIVILITY? I CAN HANDLE THAT.

- SO WHY ARE YOU HERE?
- GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
WANTS TO TALK TO ME...

ABOUT HEADING THEIR
ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT.

- THEY'D BE LUCKY TO GET YOU.
- I ASSUMED
THEY TRIED YOU FIRST.

- I ALREADY HAD A JOB.
- THIS IS LIKE
WATCHING CARS MATE.

IT'S GOTTA BE MICHAEL... STIRES,

HER FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
PROFESSOR FROM NORTHWESTERN.

THEY WERE... VERY, VERY CLOSE?

MM.

DR. BRENNAN IS MY FORENSIC
ANTHROPOLOGY PROFESSOR.

DOES THAT MEAN... [Both] NO.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE DINNER
TONIGHT, CATCH UP? SOUNDS REASONABLE.

HEY, BONES! WHOA.

OKAY. PUT IT HERE. EASY.

BONES, I GOT A PRESENT. STRAIGHT OUT
OF AN ILLEGAL RAVINE ON A DUMP IN FAIRFAX.

YOU SEE, OUR FORENSIC PEOPLE
CONFIRMED IT WAS HUMAN MATTER.

SO RATHER THAN OPEN IT MYSELF
AND RISK BEING TRASHED BY YOU...

FOR CONTAMINATING THE EVIDENCE, I DECIDED
TO BRING THE WHOLE REFRIGERATOR TO YOU.

- WHAT WE NEED
IS A TOASTER OVEN.
- [Clears Throat]

BONES?

[Sniffing]

THE BODY'S GONNA BE
MOSTLY DECOMPOSED.

WHICH IS MY CUE TO LEAVE.

- THIS IS WHERE IT GETS FUN.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN OPEN IT.

ALL RIGHT.

WHOO! OKAY. UH, HE OR SHE?

SHE. LATE TEENS, EARLY 20s.

I'M GUESSING SHE'S BEEN IN
THE REFRIGERATOR FOR A YEAR.

IS THERE ENOUGH INSECT ACTIVITY
TO HELP US BE MORE PRECISE?

THERE'S ALWAYS
ENOUGH INSECT ACTIVITY.

REMOVE AND CLEAN
THE BONES, ZACK.

MICHAEL, YOU CAN PICK ME UP
AT 7:30. I'LL GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS.

BEAUTIFUL LAB. THANKS.

OLD FRIEND? OLD TEACHER.

YEAH. [Sighs] THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING
TO EAT DINNER AFTER SEEING THIS?

WELL, I HOPE IT'S NOT SOUP.

IF SHE WAS HIS STUDENT AND I'M
HER STUDENT, THEN IT FOLLOWS...

AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN,
ZACK-O, NOT IN THIS UNIVERSE.

HERE'S A SKETCH OF THE VICTIM.

HER SKULL WAS INTACT SO IT
MADE IT EASY TO WORK WITH.

I JUST GOT HER DENTAL RECORDS.

NAME, MAGGIE SCHILLING.

NINETEEN. THEN I GUESS
YOU DON'T NEED THIS.

SHE WAS A DANCER.

BONE MARKERS IN HER METATARSALS.

GOD, TO GO FROM THE FREEDOM OF DANCE
TO BEING CRAMMED INTO A REFRIGERATOR.

I HOPE SHE WAS ALREADY DEAD
WHEN THEY SHUT THE DOOR.

HE'S HOTTER THAN YOU SAID.

MICHAEL?

ANY OTHER EX-LOVERS COME
KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR TODAY?

THE "EX" IN EX-LOVER
IS NOT A VARIABLE.

IT'S A CONSTANT LIKE
THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

- SAVE YOUR DIRTY TALK
FOR THE HUNKY PROFESSOR.
- I CAN ASSURE YOU...

OUR RELATIONSHIP
IS PURELY PLATONIC.

WHAT WE SHARE IS
THE LOVE OF SCIENCE.

NEITHER OF US HAS THE TIME OR
INCLINATION FOR EMOTIONAL COMPLICATIONS.

SOUNDS VERY REASONABLE.

YES. I HAVE TO GET THIS
DATA TOGETHER FOR BOOTH.

SURE.

HAVE A GOOD DINNER TONIGHT.

MAGGIE SCHILLING WENT
MISSING 11 MONTHS AGO.

HER PARENTS GOT A RANSOM
NOTE DEMANDING A MILLION DOLLARS.

NEGOTIATIONS, THEY DRAGGED
ON FOR, OH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THEN SUDDENLY ALL
CONTACT STOPPED.

THE ASSUMPTION WAS THAT
THE KIDNAPPERS KILLED HER.

NO VISUAL PHYSICAL
TRAUMA. CAUSE OF DEATH?

NOT YET, BUT THERE ARE STRESS
FRACTURES ON BOTH WRISTS...

AND WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE
RUNNING CHEMICAL ANALYSIS...

AND TOXICITY SCREENS ON THE
EFFLUENT IN THE REFRIGERATOR.

OKAY. YOU'LL CALL ME LATER?

I'M NOT WORKING
TONIGHT. I HAVE A DINNER.

WHAT?

WOW. I JUST ASSUMED THAT THE TWO OF
YOU WOULD BE EATING OFF AN AUTOPSY TABLE.

- NOT TONIGHT.
- I WAS BEING...

TOMORROW'S FINE.
CALL ME TOMORROW.

[Kissing]

WE MISSED OUR
RESERVATION. AH, WELL.

THAT'S THE PRICE WE PAY FOR
SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY.

YOU REALIZE THIS IS...

JUST RECREATIONAL,
MICHAEL. OF COURSE.

I'M JUST IMPRESSED THAT WE CAN JUST PICK UP
WHERE WE LEFT OFF LIKE NO TIME HAS PASSED.

WELL, TIME IS AN
IMPOSED CONSTRUCT.

WELL, IT'S NICE TO KNOW WE
CAN RELY ON PHYSICS. [Laughs]

YOU REALLY THINK
YOU'LL MOVE HERE?

DEPENDS ON THE OFFER.

MAYBE I COULD GET YOU A
POSITION AT THE JEFFERSONIAN.

WORKING FOR MY OLD
STUDENT? [Chuckles]

WOULD THAT BE A PROBLEM?

WELL, WE'RE BETTER WHEN WE'RE NOT
VYING FOR DOMINANCE IN THE SAME ARENA.

I CAN'T HELP IT IF
I'M USUALLY RIGHT.

DOES THAT MEAN YOU'VE CLOSED
THE CASE ON THAT GIRL IN THE FRIDGE?

I FOUND SOME STRESS FRACTURES
ON THE WRIST, NOT MUCH ELSE...

BUT I WILL. SAME OLD
CONFIDENT BRENNAN.

I'M SORRY. IS SCHOOL IN SESSION?

OLD HABITS DIE HARD.

SHE DID FIGHT, MICHAEL.

THEY KEPT HER TIED
UP LIKE AN ANIMAL,

BUT SHE FOUGHT.

THAT'S HOW SHE GOT THOSE STRESS FRACTURES
BECAUSE SHE WAS BOUND AND STRUGGLING.

I JUST... [Sighs]

I KEEP SEEING HER FACE.

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.

USING A REFRIGERATOR TO HIDE A
BODY. IT'S KINDA PERFECT, ISN'T IT?

GOOD WAY TO REMOVE A VICTIM WITHOUT BEING
DETECTED. RUBBER GASKETS SEAL IN THE ODOR.

MAYBE THE COMPANY
SHOULD USE THAT IN THEIR ADS.

- MM-HMM.
- SHE'S LATE. SHE'S NEVER LATE.

- YOU WORRIED ABOUT HER?
- I'M HAPPY FOR HER.

WHY?

- REMEMBER THAT TIME
YOU WERE LATE?
- OH. YEAH.

GOOD MORNING, ALL.

YOU CAN TAKE THE DAY
OFF. YOU DESERVE ONE DAY.

MICHAEL WANTED TO LOOK AT OUR
EQUIPMENT. I'M GONNA LET THAT ONE GO.

THE GUYS WANTED
TO MEET HIM ANYWAY.

- THEY COULD LEARN A LOT.
- YOU WERE BRENNAN'S PROFESSOR?

SHE WAS 23... AN ADULT.

THAT'S WHAT CLINTON SAID. YOU
RUN THROUGH A LOT OF STUDENTS?

THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO
AND TEMPE WAS VERY ADVANCED.

MORE COLLEAGUE THAN STUDENT.
I'M A PRETTY ADVANCED STUDENT.

NO OFFENSE, BUT
I'M NOT INTERESTED.

- NO, UH, I MEANT ME AND HER.
- OH, BURN. [Laughs]

WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?

X-RAYS REVEAL LOW BONE DENSITY AND THE
PARATHYROID HORMONE LEVELS ARE ALSO LOW.

THERE IS A MEDICAL CONDITION
CALLED HYPERPARATHYROIDISM...

SYMPTOMS INCLUDE MUSCLE
WEAKNESS, BRITTLE BONES. YEAH, I KNOW.

- YOU MAY BE PREMATURE
WITH YOUR STRUGGLE THEORY.
- I DOUBT THAT.

- YOU MEAN YOU DON'T
WANT TO BE DOUBTED.
- I CAN TAKE IT.

THE WRIST FRACTURES COULD'VE
RESULTED FROM HER MEDICAL CONDITION.

- UNLIKELY. HOWEVER...
- OR BEEN AN UNRELATED CAUSE
OF NONTRAUMATIC FISSURES.

NONTRAUMATIC? LOOK AT THESE.
IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS
JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT EVIDENCE.

I MEAN, I KNOW HOW MUCH
YOU WANT TO FIND WHO DID THIS.

THIS SEEMS LIKE AN APPROPRIATE
MOMENT TO DISCUSS HUMAN GOOP.

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE
LIVER AND KIDNEY TISSUES REVEAL...

SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE OF THE
NARCOTIC HYDROMORPHONE.

HYDROMORPHONE? ALSO
KNOWN AS HOSPITAL HEROIN.

- IN WHAT KIND OF CONCENTRATION?
- GIVEN HER PROBABLE SIZE
AND WEIGHT, IT'S FATAL.

WHERE DID YOU GO TO DINNER LAST
NIGHT? WE WOUND UP STAYING IN.

WE NEED TO KNOW IF THAT AMOUNT WAS ACCRUED
OVER TIME OR DELIVERED IN ONE LARGE DOSE.

YOU DIDN'T COME BACK
TO THE LAB, DID YOU?

- I MADE A FRITTATA.
- OH, WOW. HE COOKS TOO. CAN WE SHARE HIM?

WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW IF THE HYDROMORPHONE
WAS ADMINISTERED INTRAVENOUSLY OR ORALLY.

I SHOULD GET GOING. I'M MEETING
WITH THE BOARD AT THE UNIVERSITY.

CALL YOU AFTER MY APPOINTMENT.
IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU ALL.

WHAT?

IS IT SO ODD FOR EVERYONE
TO SEE ME WITH A MAN?

PRINT OUT THE LEVELS OF
HYDROMORPHONE YOU FOUND IN HER SYSTEM.

I WANT YOU TO FIND THE OVERLOAD
POINT THAT WOULD CAUSE...

THE STRESS FRACTURES IN HER
WRIST AND EXAMINE THE LEFT ILEUM.

THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME KIND
OF DEGENERATION ON THE EDGE.

[Woman] I KNOW IT
SOUNDS TERRIBLE,

BUT I HOPED THAT SHE
HAD JUST RUN AWAY.

THAT WAY I COULD BELIEVE
SHE WAS STILL ALIVE.

SHE STARTED TURNING
AGAINST US IN HIGH SCHOOL.

DID A LOT OF DRUGS.
WE TRIED TO HELP HER.

SENT HER TO REHAB, THERAPY.

KIDS HAVE A LOT TO
CONTEND WITH THESE DAYS.

WE DIDN'T HELP HER, NOT REALLY.

WE HAD NANNIES TO RAISE HER
BECAUSE WE WERE SO BUSY...

AND WE SENT HER TO SHRINKS WHEN SHE
HAD PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF TALKING TO HER.

- YOU CAN'T BLAME YOURSELF.
- ENVIRONMENT PLAYS
A HUGE ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT.

[Clears Throat]

I'D LIKE SOME PICTURES OF MAGGIE SO I
CAN COMPARE THEM WITH HER REMAINS.

PICTURES OF HER DANCING WOULD
BE MOST HELPFUL... OR SWIMMING.

HOW DO YOU KNOW
SHE DANCED AND SWAM?

SOME THINGS CAN'T BE
ERASED FROM THE BODY.

I'M SORRY, BUT I NEED TO ASK YOU
ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER'S DRUG PROBLEMS.

- DO YOU KNOW
WHAT SHE WAS USING?
- ALCOHOL, ECSTASY, MARIJUANA.

WHAT ABOUT THE
NARCOTIC HYDROMORPHONE?

HOSPITAL HEROIN?

DOESN'T SOUND FAMILIAR.

SHE HAD A THYROID CONDITION.
WAS ANYTHING PRESCRIBED FOR THAT?

HER ENDOCRINOLOGIST MIGHT KNOW.

WE HAVE TO FIND WHO
DID THIS TO MAGGIE.

WE HAVE TO DO THIS FOR HER.

MAGGIE'S CONDITION DIDN'T
RESPOND TO MEDICATION.

I WAS TRYING TO GET HER TO AGREE
TO SURGERY WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED.

WHAT TYPES OF MEDICATION
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

FUROSEMIDE, PAMIDRONATE.
I TRIED VARIOUS CALCITONINS.

- WHAT ABOUT HYDROMORPHONE?
- THERE ARE NO PAIN ISSUES...

ASSOCIATED WITH
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM,

BUT I KNEW MAGGIE
HAD A DRUG PROBLEM.

SHE WAS DEFINITELY INTERESTED
IN GETTING SOME OPIATES FROM ME.

SHE BRIBED MY OFFICE
MANAGER FOR SAMPLES.

I'M GONNA NEED YOUR OFFICE
MANAGER'S HOME ADDRESS.

EX-OFFICE MANAGER. SHE'S GONNA BE
WHAT YOU CALL A DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE.

I DIDN'T GIVE MAGGIE
SCHILLING THOSE SAMPLES.

SHE BOOSTED THEM HERSELF.

BARRAGAN JUST BLAMED ME SO
HE'D HAVE AN EXCUSE TO FIRE ME.

- WHY DID HE FIRE YOU?
- BECAUSE HE'S A HORN-DOG.

I TRIED TO KEEP THINGS
PROFESSIONAL. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

DR. BARRAGAN SAID THAT YOU WERE CLOSER
TO MAGGIE SCHILLING THAN ANY OTHER PATIENT.

- DID YOU MEET HER PARENTS?
- YES.

THEN YOU KNOW THE POOR GIRL WAS
PRETTY MUCH ON HER OWN. WE TOOK HER IN.

HE SAID THAT YOU WENT OUT
TOGETHER, THAT YOU TOOK HER TO CLUBS.

WE JUST FELT SORRY
FOR HER, YOU KNOW?

SHE WAS LONELY SO WE
SHOWED HER A GOOD TIME, RIGHT?

[Office Manager] ONE WEEKEND
WE TOOK HER ON A ROAD TRIP.

[Man] YEAH, THE THREE OF
US ENDED UP IN ATLANTIC CITY.

- TOTALLY CRAZY...
- [Brennan] ATLANTIC CITY
DOESN'T SEEM AN APPROPRIATE...

[Office Manager] IT'S NOT LIKE WE
PLANNED IT... [Continues, Indistinct]

- PILLS, VODKA, WEED.
- [Man] MARY WANTED MAGGIE
TO GO TO MEETINGS.

YOU KNOW? A.A.

THAT'S VERY KIND OF YOU. LET'S
TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW REFRIGERATOR.

- WHY?
- MAINLY I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOUR OLD ONE, HUH?

[Woman On Police Radio] WE'VE GOT
THE F.H.A. COMING ON SCENE NOW.

WELL, THE FRIDGE WE FOUND MAGGIE IN IS A
MATCH WITH THE MARKS ON THE COSTELLOS' FLOOR.

THEY'RE SADOMASOCHISTIC
FETISHISTS. YEAH.

TURNED THE BASEMENT
INTO A FUN ROOM.

SEEKING SEXUAL GRATIFICATION
THROUGH THE MANIPULATION OF POWER.

PROBABLY THE OLDEST OF FETISHES,
MASTER-SLAVE. IT'S ALL ABOUT DOMINANCE.

WELL, THIS ONLY COMES UP WHEN THE BLOOM
COMES OFF THE ROSE, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

- I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
- YOU KNOW,
WHEN THE REGULAR STUFF...

WHEN IT GETS OLD, YOU
NEED TO SPICE IT UP, IT'S OVER.

- WHEN THE SEX IS GOOD,
YOU DON'T NEED ANY HELP.
- OH, THAT'S FOR SURE.

- I'M SORRY?
- I WAS AGREEING.

YEAH? WELL, DON'T. OKAY?
IT KINDA FREAKS ME OUT.

I WAS JUST SAYING THAT I MYSELF
FEEL NO INCLINATION TOWARD...

EITHER PAIN OR DOMINANCE
WHEN IT COMES TO SEX.

- ARE YOU SURE?
- YEAH, I'M SURE.

BECAUSE YOU CAN BE VERY BOSSY.

LOOK AT HIM, HUH? WHOO!
LOOK AT HIM. ALL SMILEY.

I BET HE JUST
LOVES THESE THINGS.

THESE COULD EXPLAIN
THE STRESS FRACTURES.

HER BONES WERE
BRITTLE FROM THE DISEASE.

STRUGGLING WOULD
CAUSE THE CRACKS WE SAW.

THE HANDCUFFS ARE CONSISTENT WITH
THE INJURIES TO MAGGIE SCHILLING'S WRISTS.

MAYBE SHE WANTED TO BE CUFFED.
DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THAT?

HERE'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.

FEMALE, DOMINANT, STRAPPED FOR CASH, MEETS
WEALTHY TEENAGER ON THE OUTS WITH HER PARENTS.

CONVINCES HER SUBMISSIVE
HUSBAND TO HOLD HER FOR RANSOM.

- ANY PROOF
OR IS THIS STORY TIME?
- YOU FEED HER PILLS...

TO KEEP HER QUIET, AND
NEGOTIATIONS... THEY DRAG ON.

SO SHE DIES OF AN OVERDOSE
BEFORE AN EXCHANGE CAN BE MADE.

YOU SEAL HER UP IN A
REFRIGERATOR, DUMP HER IN A RAVINE,

AND YOU AND YOUR HONEY GO BACK
TO PLAYING "TIE ME UP" IN THE BASEMENT.

MAGGIE SCHILLING
WAS LEGALLY AN ADULT.

WE DON'T DENY SHE WAS
IN THE HOUSE, EVEN CUFFED.

WE DON'T DENY THERE WAS A
PERFECTLY LEGAL SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP,

WHICH, BY ITS NATURE, GOT ROUGH,
BUT MAGGIE WAS A WILLING PARTICIPANT.

AND ENTHUSIASTIC. YOU HAVE NO
EVIDENCE MY CLIENTS KILLED HER.

IT'S WEIRD FOR YOU, HUH? BEING
THE ONE THAT'S ALL LOCKED UP.

THE WAY YOU COME AT ME,

ARE YOU THREATENED
OR DO I TURN YOU ON?

NOW, I'M THE ONE WHO'S
HATING PSYCHOLOGY.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BUT THOSE CUFFS,
MY CLIENTS WILL BE OUT OF HERE IN 24 HOURS.

I FIGURED IT OUT. I WAS RIGHT ABOUT
HOW SHE GOT THOSE FRACTURES.

I JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME,
TEMPE. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.

I THOUGHT YOU'D WANT TO SEE. THE
UNIVERSITY CAN WAIT A FEW MINUTES.

IT'S NOT WITH THEM. IT'S WITH
SOMEONE THEY WANT ME TO MEET.

AND IF WE START DEBATING
EVIDENCE, I'LL DEFINITELY BE LATE.

TRUST ME. THERE'S
NOTHING TO DEBATE.

I CAN PROVE THAT MAGGIE SCHILLING
WAS BOUND IN FUR-COVERED HANDCUFFS.

WE FOUND STRANDS OF MATCHING FUR EMBEDDED IN
HER WRISTS AND THE SCAPHOID AND THE LUNATE.

BUT YOU CAN'T PROVE THAT SHE
WAS INVOLUNTARILY RESTRAINED.

OH, YES, I CAN. IT'S
NOT A COMPETITION.

NO. THE OLYMPICS
ARE A COMPETITION.

OURS IS A STRUGGLE TO THE
DEATH. WANT TO BET DINNER?

YES... IF WE MAKE
IT TO A RESTAURANT.

[Laughs] BET'S ON. YOU
GOT 10 MINUTES. OKAY.

PULL UP THE FRONTAL AND LATERAL
VIEW OF THE VICTIM'S LOWER FIBULAS.

YOU TRAINED HER WELL, DOC.

SHE'S BRILLIANT.
LITTLE COCKY, THOUGH.

[Laughs] YEAH. TELL ME ABOUT IT.

HERE'S THE LEG. PRETTY
GOOD PARTNER THOUGH.

HERE'S THE RIGHT. WHAT
YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

THAT'S A RARE QUALITY.

THAT'S JUST BETWEEN
US, ISN'T IT? MICHAEL?

DR. BRENNAN FOUND MARKS ON THE
MEDIAL MALLEOLI BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT.

- HER LEGS WERE BOUND.
- MIRROR EROSION PATTERNS
FROM THE BONES...

RUBBING TOGETHER OVER
TIME. IF THIS WERE THE RESULT...

OF SEX GAMES, THEN THE LEGS,
THEY WOULDN'T BE BOUND TOGETHER.

WELL, COME ON, YOU KNOW?

LOOKING FOR A LITTLE NOOKY, THE LAST
THING YOU'D TIE TOGETHER ARE THE LEGS.

I'M NOT CONVINCED. BRITTLE
BONES FROM HER THYROID CONDITION.

THE DAMAGE COULD'VE
HAPPENED IN A VERY SHORT TIME.

WE ALSO FOUND EVIDENCE OF INFLAMMATION
ON HER RIGHT HUMERUS AND ILEUM.

THE BONE ABNORMALITIES INDICATE PATHOSIS
FROM LYING IN ONE POSITION FOR A LONG TIME.

THE ONLY REASONABLE
EXPLANATION IS LONG-TERM BONDAGE.

DECREASED BONE DENSITY COULD'VE CAUSED
THE INFLAMMATION. THIS ISN'T DEFINITIVE.

I HEAR THERE'S A NICE LITTLE FRENCH
PLACE NEAR HERE I'D LIKE TO TRY.

I STILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

MY DEPARTMENT'S STILL
WORKING WITH POLAROIDS.

- SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- VERY IMPRESSIVE.

- ESPECIALLY TO
THE NONPROFESSIONAL.
- YOU WANT SCIENCE?

- GIVE ME THE ESTIMATED
TIME OF CAPTIVITY.
- APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS.

OKAY, HERE ARE
YOUR AFFECTED AREAS.

NOW DURING AN ADVANCED
TIME SIMULATION...

YOU'RE WINNING, RIGHT?

CAN I SEE YOUR FINDINGS?

[Beeping]

THIS APPEARS TO BE INDISPUTABLE.

THE NARCOTIC FOUND IN HER SYSTEM WAS
NOT THE RESULT OF RECREATIONAL DRUG ABUSE.

THE INFLAMMATION WOULD'VE BEEN VERY PAINFUL
AND THE PAIN WOULD'VE INCREASED OVER TIME.

THEY KEPT UPPING THE DOSE OF HYDROMORPHONE
UNTIL THEY GAVE HER TOO MUCH AND SHE DIED.

THOSE PEOPLE BOUND
AND KILLED THAT GIRL.

[Sighs] I YIELD.
FRENCH RESTAURANT?

I'M MORE IN THE
MOOD FOR ITALIAN.

I NEED TO PUT TOGETHER THE EVIDENCE PACKET
FOR BOOTH TO DELIVER TO THE U.S. ATTORNEY.

I'LL MEET YOU AT YOUR PLACE.

[Whispers] GOOD WORK.

DO YOU REALLY THINK HE
CAN HANDLE YOUR SUCCESS?

BECAUSE OF TODAY? NO, WE'VE
ALWAYS BEEN COMPETITIVE.

I KNOW, BUT HE'S A MAN,

AND HIS STUDENT, A
WOMAN, HAS SURPASSED HIM.

MICHAEL IS EXTREMELY
SECURE, ANGE.

HONEY, WHEN YOU STUCK IT
TO HIM TODAY, HE WAS UPSET.

IT WAS A HEALTHY DEBATE BETWEEN
SCIENTISTS. YOU DON'T KNOW MICHAEL.

I KNOW MEN... AND I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN TWO PEOPLE START SLEEPING TOGETHER.

IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. WE'RE
FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, THAT'S ALL.

COLLEAGUES WITH BENEFITS. I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS,

BUT MICHAEL AND I
ARE NOT INVOLVED.

I'M SORRY IF THAT'S DIFFICULT
FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND,

BUT WHAT WE HAVE
ISN'T TRADITIONAL.

DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT TRADITIONAL.
OKAY? I'VE DATED CIRCUS PEOPLE.

YOU AND MICHAEL, YOU HAVE
SOMETHING, AND THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S GOOD, EVEN.
JUST BE HONEST ABOUT IT.

BONES?

THE JUDGE IS HOLDING
THEM WITHOUT BAIL.

THE U.S. ATTORNEY IS THINKING
ABOUT SENDING YOU FLOWERS.

THE FACTS ARE FACTS.

UH, BONES, I HAVE TO ASK. HOW MUCH HAVE
YOU BEEN SHARING WITH, UH, THE PROFESSOR?

- NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
- I MEAN, ON THE CASE.

OH. I BOUNCE
EVERYTHING OFF HIM. WHY?

- WELL, YOU GOTTA KEEP HIM
OUT OF IT FROM NOW ON.
- OUT OF IT? WHY?

WELL, YOU KNOW THAT APPOINTMENT
THAT HE HAD TODAY? YEAH.

HE MET WITH THE
COSTELLOS' LAWYER.

MICHAEL IS THEIR EXPERT WITNESS.

- IT'S HIS JOB TO TEAR APART
THE CASE THAT YOU'VE BUILT.
- [Sighs]

HOW COULD I NOT BE UPSET?
BASICALLY, YOU WERE SPYING ON ME.

SPYING? IT'S A
CRIMINAL PROCEEDING.

YOU'RE REQUIRED
BY LAW TO DISCLOSE...

ALL YOUR FINDINGS TO
THE DEFENSE ANYWAY.

I'M ONLY REQUIRED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE
RAW FACTS WE INTEND TO ENTER INTO EVIDENCE,

NOT THE PROCESS BY WHICH
I ARRIVED AT THOSE FACTS.

I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S A
NUANCE THAT ESCAPED ME.

WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST
TELL ME, MICHAEL?

BECAUSE THE DEFENSE ISN'T REQUIRED
TO TELL THE PROSECUTION ANYTHING.

IN FACT, IT'S GROUNDS
FOR A MISTRIAL.

LOOK, I'VE NEVER
DONE THIS BEFORE.

YOU'RE THE TEACHER IN THIS
SITUATION. I'M THE STUDENT.

A LITTLE COMPETITIVE. PART
OF THE JOB AT THE UNIVERSITY...

IS TO BE AN EXPERT WITNESS...

AND, YES, I WOULD LIKE TO DO
THAT JOB AT LEAST AS WELL AS YOU,

BUT IF YOU FEEL I'VE OVERSTEPPED SOME
BOUNDARY HERE, I'LL BACK OUT OF THE CASE.

NO.

BUT IF YOU STAY ON, YOU HAVE
TO MOVE BACK TO THE HOTEL.

REALLY?

YES.

[Laughs] WELL, WOULD I
HAVE TO DO IT TONIGHT...

OR SHOULD I ORDER
ANOTHER BOTTLE OF WINE?

I SUPPOSE TOMORROW
WOULD BE SOON ENOUGH.

I APOLOGIZE, TEMPE.

- HE STILL AT IT?
- YEP. AND IT IS FASCINATING.

- KEEP AN EYE ON HIM.
- THAT'S NOT GOING
TO BE A PROBLEM.

DID YOU JUST GIVE ZACK AND
HODGINS A SIGN OF ENCOURAGEMENT?

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE
BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT THEM...

WITHOUT IMAGINING MOE... [Makes Clacking
Sound] KNOCKING THEIR HEADS TOGETHER.

AGENT BOOTH, YOU'RE
ACCESSING YOUR INNER SQUINT.

TEMPE, YOU LISTED AN EVULSION FRACTURE
ON THE RIGHT FEMUR. IT LOOKS MINOR.

- DO YOU CONSIDER THIS EVIDENCE?
- DR. BRENNAN'S CONCLUSIONS
BELONG TO THE PROSECUTION.

I HAVE NO INTEREST IN DESTROYING YOUR CASE,
AGENT BOOTH. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF...

OF HER INTERPRETATIONS OF DATA, TO
WHICH YOU ARE NOT PRIVY, DR. STIRES.

I UNDERSTAND THE GAME THE
DOCTOR IS TRYING TO PLAY...

AND I'M PERFECTLY CAPABLE
OF DEALING WITH HIM MYSELF.

I'M SURE HE'S JUST THROWN BY
FINDINGS HE WOULD HAVE MISSED.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT
YOU AND DR. STIRES.

THIS IS ABOUT THE JEFFERSONIAN'S
REPUTATION AS A SOURCE OF EXPERT WITNESSES.

OKAY, I'M... I'M ON MY OWN.

OH, IN THE INTEREST OF FAIRNESS, I AM
WILLING TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS WITH YOU.

I RED-PENCILED A FEW THINGS.
YOU CORRECTED MY FINDINGS?

CONSIDER IT AN OPPOSING OPINION.

MY FINDINGS ARE BASED ON
FACTS, MICHAEL, NOT OPINIONS.

YOU SEEM TO HAVE FINISHED YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME WITH THE REMAINS, DR. STIRES.

- I'D LIKE MY PEOPLE
TO GET BACK TO WORK.
- THANK YOU.

- BONES, YOU OKAY?
- WHY WOULDN'T I BE?

BECAUSE THE NUTTY
PROFESSOR'S GRADING YOUR PAPER.

WHAT'D HE GIVE YOU ANYWAY, HUH?

I WAS ALWAYS HAPPY WITH A "B." I
NEVER GOT A "B" AND I NEVER WILL.

THAT'S MY GIRL.

THIS IS THE U.S. ATTORNEY LEVITT,
JURY CONSULTANT JOY DEAVER.

- DR. TEMPERANCE BRENNAN.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.

I LOOKED OVER YOUR FINDINGS
AND I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

THANK YOU. I... BUT
JURIES DON'T LIKE YOU.

EXCUSE ME? I'VE SEEN YOU
TESTIFY BEFORE, DR. BRENNAN.

YOU COME OFF COLD AND
ALOOF. I WANT TO MAKE SURE...

COLD AND ALOOF?
TRY NOT INTERRUPTING.

IT MAKES YOU SOUND ARROGANT. ALSO, DON'T
FRONT-LOAD YOUR TESTIMONY WITH TECHNICAL CRAP.

THIS REALLY IS NOT
THE BEST APPROACH.

I'M A TECHNICAL WITNESS. I
HAVE TESTIFIED IN OVER 30 TRIALS.

BUT MOST OF THE EXPERTS YOU'VE COME UP
AGAINST ARE AS DRY AND BORING AS YOU ARE.

NOW I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU'VE SEEN THEIR EXPERT.

- SHE'S SEEN HIM, MISS DEAVER.
- WELL, THEN YOU UNDERSTAND
MY CONCERN.

PROFESSOR STIRES IS OPEN,
CHARMING, GREAT-LOOKING.

JURY'S GONNA
LOVE HIM. I LOVE HIM.

THIS ISN'T A
PERSONALITY CONTEST.

IT'S ABOUT DATA THAT
WE PRESENT TO THE JURY.

YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT? NO.

THE WOMEN ON THE JURY AREN'T GOING TO BE
LISTENING TO A WORD THAT COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH.

THEY'RE GONNA BE UNDRESSING HIM.

I DON'T WANT THE MEN ON THE JURY
TO BE PUTTING MORE CLOTHES ON YOU.

WEAR SOMETHING BLUE.
IT SUGGESTS TRUTH.

MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH THE JURY
AND LOSE THE CLUNKY NECKLACE.

MARY AND SCOTT COSTELLO
MURDERED MAGGIE SCHILLING.

THE FORENSIC DATA I'VE
COMPILED PROVES THAT.

THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH.
BUT IT ISN'T ENOUGH.

OKAY, THAT'S... THAT'S GREAT. WE'LL
TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION.

THANKS.

WHY DIDN'T SHE SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
YOU? YOU CAN BE VERY IRRITATING SOMETIMES.

BONES, SHE'S AN
EXPERT, JUST LIKE YOU.

SHE HAS AN OBVIOUS PERSONALITY
DISORDER, BUT SHE WANTS TO HELP.

JUST TRY? OKAY, SURE.

- GOOD.
- I CAN DO IT.

[Sighs]

WE WILL SHOW THAT MARY
COSTELLO LURED MAGGIE SCHILLING...

INTO HER HOME WITH
THE PROMISE OF DRUGS.

SHE WAS NOT HELD
AGAINST HER WILL.

SHE WAS, IN FACT,
ORCHESTRATING THE PLOT...

TO EXTORT MONEY FROM HER OWN
PARENTS FROM WHOM SHE WAS ESTRANGED.

THEY BOUND HER FOR
WEEKS, THE PAIN GROWING,

AND TO KEEP HER QUIET, THEY
PUMPED HER FULL OF DRUGS.

HER DEATH WAS THE RESULT OF
A SELF-ADMINISTERED OVERDOSE.

AFTER KILLING THEIR CAPTIVE AND RUINING
THEIR CHANCES OF COLLECTING A RANSOM,

THE COSTELLOS STUFFED MISS
SCHILLING'S BODY INTO THE REFRIGERATOR.

KNOWING THEY COULD BE ACCUSED
OF KIDNAPPING AND MURDER,

MY CLIENTS PANICKED
AND DISPOSED OF HER BODY.

WHILE THEIR BEHAVIOR MIGHT BE ILL-ADVISED,
THEY ARE NEITHER KIDNAPPERS NOR MURDERERS.

PHARMACEUTICAL SAMPLES OF HYDROMORPHONE
WERE FOUND IN THE COSTELLO'S BELONGINGS.

THE LOT NUMBERS MATCH THOSE
THAT WERE IN DR. BARRAGAN'S OFFICE.

WHEN I WENT TO THE
COSTELLOS' KITCHEN,

I SAW THE MARKS FROM THE
OLD REFRIGERATOR ON THE FLOOR.

IT WAS LIKE THESE MARKS,

THEY SCREAMED AT ME,

"THESE PEOPLE, THEY DID IT."

- OBJECTION.
- SUSTAINED. JUST THE FACTS,
AGENT BOOTH.

I'M SORRY. IT'S JUST THAT THE RECEIPT
FOR THE NEW REFRIGERATOR WAS DATED...

TWO DAYS AFTER THE NEGOTIATIONS
BROKE OFF WITH THE KIDNAPPERS.

I MEAN, YOU FIGURE
IT OUT. I KNOW.

I'M SORRY.

ANY EVIDENCE MAGGIE SCHILLING WASN'T
A WILLING PARTICIPANT IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY...

INVOLVING THOSE CUFFS
AND OTHER PARAPHERNALIA?

WELL, WINDING UP IN THE FRIDGE KINDA TELLS
ME THAT SHE REALLY WASN'T THAT INTO IT.

[Laughter] YOUR HONOR?
NO DIRECT EVIDENCE.

ANY EVIDENCE MY CLIENTS FORCED
MISS SCHILLING TO TAKE THAT NARCOTIC?

I'LL LEAVE THOSE
ANSWERS FOR THE EXPERTS.

SCIARIDS, ALSO KNOWN AS DARK-WINGED FUNGUS
GNATS, WENT THROUGH SEVERAL LIFE CYCLES.

ALSO PRESENT WERE
ACARIDAE AND ANOETIDAE,

BUT THE MOST INTERESTING FIND WAS NOT A
BUG AT ALL, BUT WAS COMMON BREAD MOLD.

ALL THIS DATA LED TO
THE SAME CONCLUSION:

MAGGIE SCHILLING WAS IN THAT
REFRIGERATOR BETWEEN 10 AND 12 MONTHS.

EVEN THOUGH WE ALREADY HAD
MEDICAL RECORDS AND DENTAL RECORDS...

FROM WHICH TO IDENTIFY
MAGGIE SCHILLING,

I WAS ALSO ASKED TO DO A SKETCH
BASED ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF HER SKULL.

THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I DO.

TURNED OUT PRETTY
ACCURATE, IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF.

SHE WAS A PRETTY GIRL.

THAT'S WHY I DREW HER SMILING.

IT... IT JUST SEEMED RIGHT.

I'M REALLY SORRY FOR
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER...

AND I HOPE MY WORK HELPS YOU.

THE GELATINOUS PUDDLE
WAS DECOMPOSED TISSUE...

FROM WHICH OUR LABS EXTRACTED AND ANALYZED
LIVER AND KIDNEY SAMPLES BY MASS SPECTROMETER.

THE HYDROMORPHONE LEVEL IN HER
LIVER WAS 8.4 AND 6.6 IN HER KIDNEY.

DEATH OCCURS AT 7.7
AND 5.2, RESPECTIVELY.

AND THE REASON THEY WOULD BE
GIVING THE VICTIM THIS NARCOTIC?

SHORT-TERM PERIOSTEAL
REACTION ON THE RIGHT...

PROXIMAL LATERAL HUMERUS WAS
CONSISTENT WITH A BOUND INDIVIDUAL.

- SO TO REPHRASE...
- AND THE PLACEMENT
OF WRIST RESTRAINTS,

COUPLED WITH HER
HYPERPARATHYROIDISM...

WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE STRESS
FRACTURES ON THE DISTAL ANTERIOR...

SURFACE OF BOTH
THE RADII AND ULNI.

HER BONES BROKE BECAUSE SHE
WAS STRUGGLING TO FREE HERSELF.

- YEAH. I BELIEVE
I JUST SAID THAT.
- [Groans]

[Chattering]

THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
THAT'LL BE ALL FOR NOW.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR A RECESS WITH THE
RIGHT TO RECALL THE WITNESS, YOUR HONOR.

OKAY. WE'LL MEET BACK
HERE IN 30 MINUTES.

SHE CAN'T CONNECT. THOSE
KILLERS ARE GONNA WALK.

IT WAS WELL-REASONED. YEAH,
IT WAS... [Coughs] VERY SCIENTIFIC.

YOU DIDN'T LISTEN
TO A THING I SAID.

YOU WERE LIKE KLAATU
THE ROBOT UP THERE.

WOULD IT HAVE KILLED
YOU TO SPEAK ENGLISH?

I WORE BLUE. I
LOOKED AT THE JURY.

YOU KNOW, FOR A PEOPLE
PERSON, YOU'RE A LITTLE RUDE.

WELL, AT WHAT POINT DID THE
FACTS STOP WORKING FOR YOU?

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE FACTS AS
LONG AS THE JURY CAN UNDERSTAND THEM.

WELL, YOU'RE UNDERESTIMATING
THEIR INTELLIGENCE.

YOU'RE OVERESTIMATING
THEIR ABILITY TO STAY AWAKE.

WHEN THESE S&M PERVERTS WALK
ON THIS, IT'LL BE ON YOUR HEAD.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?

WHAT? YOU AGREE WITH HER?

WELL, NOT ENTIRELY. "NOT
ENTIRELY." SO THAT MEANS PARTLY.

WELL, I WAS PERFECTLY CLEAR.
DIDN'T YOU THINK I WAS CLEAR?

SOMETIMES.

AND, UM,

SOMETIMES YOU WERE...

A LITTLE HARD TO FOLLOW. WHAT
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHEN?

WHEN YOU WERE TALKING.

BONES, I KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT THIS CASE,
BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD LET THEM SEE THAT.

SO I SHOULD PERFORM?
JUST A LITTLE BIT. YEAH.

I MEAN, DO YOU SEE HOW I PORTRAYED
MYSELF AS A NO-NONSENSE, TOUGH-GUY COP?

YOU ARE A NO-NONSENSE,
TOUGH-GUY COP. EXACTLY!

AND I THINK THAT IT WOULDN'T HURT
IF THE JURY SAW WHO YOU REALLY ARE.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU THINK THAT
IS, BOOTH, BECAUSE THIS IS WHO I REALLY AM.

JUST THIS.

[Groans]

[Sighs] GOD. SORRY. I'M OKAY.

ARE YOU? [Sighs] SURE.

WELL, TRUTHFULLY, THIS WHOLE
THING IS PRETTY AWKWARD.

DON'T YOU THINK? WE'RE JUST
DOING OUR JOB. YOU'LL BE FINE.

IT'S JUST THEY HAVE
THIS JURY CONSULTANT.

THEY WANT TO TURN THIS INTO A MELODRAMA.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A SCIENTIST IS.

TEMPE, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK
ABOUT THE CASE. I KNOW. I'M JUST SAYING...

MY GUY'S GONNA FREAK IF
HE SEES US TALKING. SURE.

SORRY.

IN MY OPINION,

THE HIGH LEVELS OF HYDROMORPHONE
ARE MORE CONSISTENT...

WITH RECREATIONAL
USE THAN FOR PAIN RELIEF.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN?

WELL, I MIGHT NOT USE ALL
THE TECHNICAL LANGUAGE,

BUT I'LL TRY TO MAKE
MYSELF UNDERSTOOD.

[Chuckling] OBJECTION,
YOUR HONOR.

THE WITNESS IS IMPUGNING
ANOTHER WITNESS.

SUSTAINED. CONTINUE.

I'M SORRY. I, UM, I DON'T
DO THIS PROFESSIONALLY.

PEOPLE WHO NEED TO RELIEVE PHYSICAL
PAIN WILL STOP AFTER THE PAIN DISAPPEARS.

IT DOESN'T TAKE MORE THAN AN
AVERAGE DOSE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

DRUG USERS ARE TRYING
TO BURY EMOTIONAL PAIN,

WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'LL
MEDICATE UNTIL THEY FEEL NOTHING.

THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE A TENDENCY
TO OVERDOSE LIKE MAGGIE SCHILLING.

THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. SOMETIMES INTENSE
CHRONIC PAIN DOES NOT RESPOND TO MEDICATION.

I'LL BRING IT UP IN
CROSS-EXAMINATION.

WHAT ABOUT DR. BRENNAN'S
CLAIM THAT HER PAIN...

WAS SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO THE
VICTIM BEING BOUND FOR A LENGTH OF TIME?

WELL, THE COSTELLOS HAVE
ALREADY STIPULATED TO THE FACT...

THAT THEY BOUND MISS SCHILLING AS PART
OF THEIR RATHER UNORTHODOX SEXUAL LIFE...

AND DR. BRENNAN AGREES THAT
MISS SCHILLING HAD HYPERPARA...

WELL, IF I CAN SIMPLIFY, A THYROID
CONDITION THAT COULD WEAKEN HER BONES.

NO NEED TO LOOK FOR
BONDAGE SCENARIOS.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS. HE'S
IGNORING ALL THE FACTS.

WITH RESPECT TO MY FORMER
STUDENT, DR. BRENNAN,

WITH FINDINGS LIKE THESE, I DON'T KNOW
WHY SHE BECAME A FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST.

SHE SEEMS TO HAVE IGNORED ALL BUT HER
PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS ABOUT THE CASE.

- OBJECTION.
- SUSTAINED.

- I APOLOGIZE.
- DO YOU DISAGREE
WITH DR. BRENNAN'S DATA?

WELL, SOMETIMES
DOCTORS CAN USE DATA...

TO CONFUSE A VERY
SIMPLE SITUATION.

I MEAN, I'M A DOCTOR AND I
COULD HARDLY FOLLOW HER.

- [Chuckles]
- THIS CASE IS ABOUT PEOPLE.

NOT INCOMPREHENSIBLE
TECHNICAL JARGON.

I DON'T THINK THAT THESE PEOPLE
SHOULD BE CONVICTED OF MURDER...

JUST BECAUSE
DR. BRENNAN SOUNDS SMART.

- YOUR HONOR, REALLY?
- THE JURY WILL DISREGARD
PROFESSOR STIRES'S...

PERSONAL VIEW OF DR. BRENNAN.

COURT WILL ADJOURN
UNTIL 9:00 A.M. TOMORROW.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT A THING, OKAY?

HE WASN'T ACTING AS AN OBJECTIVE
EXPERT. HE WAS MAKING UP A STORY.

THE JUDGE CHASTISED HIM IN FRONT
OF THE JURY. THAT'LL WORK FOR US.

THE HELL IT WILL. THE
JURY LOVED STIRES.

HE LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR GUY WHO'S
NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK THE TRUTH...

BECAUSE THE STUPID
RULES GET IN THE WAY.

THE RULES OF
JURISPRUDENCE AREN'T STUPID.

DR. BRENNAN, YOU NEED TO LEARN THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REALITY AND PERCEPTION.

A TRIAL IS ALL ABOUT PERCEPTION.

WOW. YOU'RE THE REASON
CIVILIZATION IS DECLINING.

TALK TO HER. I KIND
OF AGREE WITH HER.

THANKS. I REALLY
DON'T AGREE WITH YOU,

I JUST... I DON'T LIKE HER.

PUT ME BACK ON THE STAND. I CAN
REBUT EVERYTHING THAT MICHAEL SAID.

SHE CAN DO THIS.
I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.

I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THIS POSITION BEFORE,
BOOTH. I NEED TO GET BACK UP THERE.

ALL RIGHT. JUST
LET ME TALK TO HIM.

TRIAL GOING BADLY?

YOU DON'T USUALLY
CRAM AT THE LAST MINUTE.

THE JURY LIKES MICHAEL BETTER THAN
THEY LIKE ME. APPARENTLY, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

ARE THEY STUPID? COMPARED
TO YOU, YES, THEY ARE STUPID.

HOWEVER, COMPARED TO YOU,
MOST OF THE WORLD IS A LITTLE STUPID.

YOU HAVE MANY
SKILLS, TEMPERANCE.

NOT ONE OF THEM INCLUDES COMMUNICATING
WITH THE AVERAGE PERSON ON THE STREET...

WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT
JURIES ARE MADE OF.

I'M A BETTER FORENSIC
ANTHROPOLOGIST THAN MICHAEL STIRES.

WHICH IS WHY TWO YEARS
AGO I HIRED YOU INSTEAD OF HIM.

MICHAEL APPLIED
FOR THIS JOB? YES.

HIS CREDENTIALS ARE
BETTER THAN MINE. YES.

BUT YOU ARE THE MORE RATIONAL,

REASONED, EMPIRICAL SCIENTIST...

AND YOU CARE.

AND IF HE TRIES TO CONVINCE YOU
OTHERWISE, TELL HIM TO GO TO HELL.

- IS IT SAFE TO APPROACH,
DR. BRENNAN?
- DON'T CHARM, MICHAEL.

I THINK YOU'RE TAKING
THIS TOO PERSONALLY.

YOU THINK I SHOULD
BE MORE RATIONAL? YES.

GO TO HELL. LOOK. YOU'RE NOT THE
ONLY ONE WITH A JURY CONSULTANT.

THE DIFFERENCE IS,
I LISTENED TO MINE.

HE TOLD ME TO CREATE
REASONABLE DOUBT. THAT'S WHAT I DID.

THIS ONE ISN'T ABOUT WINNING A PASTA
DINNER OR SHOWING UP YOUR FORMER STUDENT.

IT'S ABOUT PUTTING TWO PEOPLE AWAY
WHO MURDERED A 19-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

TEMPE, YOU CAN'T
PERSONALIZE THE WORK.

DO YOU REMEMBER IN CENTRAL AMERICA STANDING
IN A MASS GRAVE BEING GUARDED BY SOLDIERS?

WE KNEW THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY THE SAME SOLDIERS
WHO HAD KILLED THE PEOPLE WE WERE DIGGING UP.

I WAS JUST A STUDENT.
I WAS SCARED.

I TURNED TO YOU AND I
ASKED, "WHAT DO WE DO?"

THAT WAS A DIFFERENT PLACE AND
A RADICALLY DIFFERENT CONTEXT.

YOU SAID, "WE TELL THE TRUTH.

WE DO NOT FLINCH."

YOU FLINCHED, MICHAEL.

I CAN'T ASK HER THAT. THE WHOLE
LINE OF QUESTIONING ISN'T RELEVANT.

HE BROUGHT IT UP DURING HIS TESTIMONY,
SO, LEGALLY, YOU CAN REINTRODUCE IT.

I DON'T SEE HOW IT'S GONNA
CHANGE ANYTHING. TRUST ME, IT WILL.

AM I TESTIFYING?

ONLY A PROLONGED STRUGGLE,
NOT SEXUAL ACTIVITY...

WOULD CAUSE A TEARING ON THE MEDIAL
HEAD OF THE GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE...

ON THE DISTAL PORTION OF
THE BONE AND... SO IN LAY TERMS?

THE MUSCLE AVULSED.
SHE PULLED A MUSCLE.

- BECAUSE SHE WAS IMMOBILIZED.
- TIED UP.

YES. THESE CONDITIONS
HAVE TO BE CONTEXTUALIZED.

THE INFLAMMATION... [Brennan
Continues Softly, Indistinctly]

[Continues, Indistinct]

DR. BRENNAN, WHY DID YOU BECOME
A FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST?

- I BEG YOUR PARDON?
- THERE MUST BE SOME REASON
YOU CHOSE THIS FIELD...

OUT OF THE HUNDREDS OF
OTHER CAREERS SOMEONE...

OF YOUR INTELLIGENCE
COULD'VE CHOSEN.

WAS THERE SOME
EMOTIONAL REASON PERHAPS?

OBJECTION. RELEVANCE,
YOUR HONOR?

I DON'T SEE HOW THIS
PERTAINS TO THE CASE.

- DR. BRENNAN IS COLD, DISTANT,
AND ALIENATING, YOUR HONOR.
- HEY!

I NEED THE JURY TO
UNDERSTAND WHY SHE'S SO COLD.

SO THAT THEY MIGHT BE WILLING
TO ACCEPT HER TESTIMONY.

- HER PERSONALITY ISSUES
ARE NOT RELEVANT TO THIS CASE.
- THEY OPENED UP...

THIS LINE OF
QUESTIONING, YOUR HONOR.

WHEN DR. STIRES WAS ON THE STAND,
HE WONDERED WHY DR. BRENNAN...

BECAME A FORENSIC
ANTHROPOLOGIST.

- SO THE DEFENSE MUST'VE THOUGHT
IT HAD SOME RELEVANCE THEN.
- SORRY, MR. MEREDITH.

YOU DID RAISE THE
ISSUE. OVERRULED.

- YOU MAY CONTINUE,
MR. LEVITT.
- DR. BRENNAN,

YOUR PARENTS DISAPPEARED WHEN YOU WERE 15
AND NO ONE'S EVER FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

PLEASE. ANSWER THE
QUESTION, DR. BRENNAN.

- THAT'S CORRECT.
- IT MUST BE VERY PAINFUL.

IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO
SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THEIR LOSS YOUR WHOLE LIFE?

DO I WANT ANSWERS? YES.

AS HOW THAT HAS AFFECTED MY BEHAVIOR, WHICH,
I ASSUME, IS WHAT YOU'RE TROLLING FOR,

I DON'T PUT MUCH
STOCK IN PSYCHOLOGY.

IS THAT WHY YOU WRAP YOURSELF UP IN
TECHNO-SPEAK SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL...

HOW THESE VICTIMS REMIND YOU OF YOUR
OWN PARENTS? HOW I FEEL DOESN'T MATTER.

MY JOB DOESN'T DEPEND
ON IT. BUT IT'S INFORMED BY IT.

OR ARE YOU AS COLD AND
UNFEELING AS YOU SEEM?

[Sighs]

I SEE A FACE ON EVERY SKULL.

I CAN LOOK AT THEIR BONES AND TELL
YOU HOW THEY WALKED, WHERE THEY HURT.

MAGGIE SCHILLING IS REAL TO ME.

THE PAIN SHE SUFFERED WAS REAL.

HER HIP WAS BEING EATEN AWAY BY
INFECTION FROM LYING ON HER SIDE.

SURE, LIKE DR. STIRES
SAID, THE DISEASE...

COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THAT
IF YOU TAKE IT OUT OF CONTEXT,

BUT YOU CAN'T BREAK MAGGIE
SCHILLING DOWN INTO LITTLE PIECES.

SHE WAS A WHOLE PERSON
WHO FOUGHT TO FREE HERSELF.

HER WRISTS WERE BROKEN FROM
STRUGGLING AGAINST THE HANDCUFFS.

THE BONES IN HER ANKLES WERE GROUND
TOGETHER BECAUSE HER FEET WERE TIED.

AND HER SIDE, HER HIP, AND HER SHOULDER
WERE BEING EATEN AWAY BY INFECTION.

AND THE MORE SHE STRUGGLED,
THE MORE PAIN SHE WAS IN.

SO THEY GAVE HER THOSE
DRUGS TO KEEP HER QUIET.

THEY GAVE HER SO
MUCH IT KILLED HER.

THESE FACTS CAN'T BE IGNORED OR
DISMISSED BECAUSE YOU THINK I'M...

[Chuckles] BORING OR OBNOXIOUS,
BECAUSE I DON'T MATTER.

WHAT I FEEL DOESN'T
MATTER. ONLY SHE MATTERS.

ONLY MAGGIE.

TEMPE! TEMPE! TEMPE, I'M SORRY.

WHAT CAN I DO?

OH! BONES!

THE COSTELLOS ARE TRYING TO COP A PLEA TO
A CHARGE THAT WON'T MEAN THE DEATH PENALTY.

THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING
DOWN. YOU HAD NO RIGHT.

THERE ARE THINGS
THAT ARE PRIVATE. YEAH.

MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

THIS WAS MY CASE TOO. ALL
RIGHT? SO NOTHING PERSONAL?

GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS.

YEAH.

- SO HE OWES YOU
ANOTHER DINNER, HUH?
- NO.

I WON'T BE SEEING HIM ANYMORE.

SORRY.

I WAS FOOLISH TO BE SO OPEN
WITH HIM. IT WAS IRRATIONAL.

YOU KNOW HOW YOU
GET WHEN YOU'RE TIRED?

YEAH.

YOU WANT TO GO
OUT? GRAB A DRINK?

UM... I THINK I JUST
WANT TO WORK.

OKAY.

[Whistles] HEY, BONES.

WHAT IS IT? I'M NOT
FEELING VERY FORGIVING.

YEAH, I KNOW, BUT,
UH, WE HAVE A CASE.

[Sirens]

VICTIM IS AN ADULT
MALE, 35 TO 40 YEARS OLD.

FROM THE PATTERN OF THE BURNING,
I'D SAY AN ACCELERANT WAS USED.

COULD YOU HAND ME
MY BAG? YEAH. SURE.

LISTEN, DO YOU WANT MY COAT
OR SOMETHING? IT'S COLD UP HERE.

- IF I DID, I'D ASK FOR IT.
- YEAH.

SORRY.

AND, UM, I'M SORRY.

YOU HAD SOMETHING TO ACCOMPLISH.

YOU FOUND A LOGICAL WAY
OF GETTING WHAT YOU NEEDED.

PROBABLY WOULD'VE
DONE THE SAME THING.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?