Bones (2005–2017): Season 10, Episode 13 - The Baker in the Bits - full transcript

(panting)

(grunting)

(fabric ripping)

(grunts)

(grunts)

(panting):
Screw you, man.

No way you're gonna get me now.

Man (in distance):
Clear!

Brennan:
You want to stop for breakfast
on the way to work, booth?

Just give me a minute here,
bones, okay? I'm kind of busy.
What are you doing?

Looking for that picture
that you gave me, all right?



The one of you and christine
when i was in prison.

Well, careful, booth!

There could be
broken glass in there.
Well, look,

I was switching out my wallets
last night, okay?

I took everything out.

I had the picture right here.

Now it's gone.

Well, we can just
print out another one.

That's not the point.

Sorry. I just...

(sighs) the picture just
meant a lot to me.

It got me through a lot of tough
times when i was in prison.

Let me help.

(phone ringing)



Booth.

Yeah. Okay, got it.

We're on our way. Yeah.

Well...

Found it.

Ah. Look at that.

You got it.

(sighs) you're amazing.

I must have looked in there
at least a thousand times.

But i have
archaeological training,

Which involves going through the
rubbish of many civilizations.

I once found a
cro-magnon bicuspid

In petrified feces.
(laughing)

Okay, that's really great.
Why don't we talk about that

When we get into the car,
all the cro-magnon stuff.
You would never guess

That i was the only
brave one...
Hey, guess what. Hey.

Body in the lab.
Let's go. Body in the lab.

Oh, i should go
wash my hands.
(mutters)

Hey, you're late.

But i come bearing caffeine.

I thought you were gonna

Come over last night.
I'm sorry, i was

On the phone with my family,
and then it was so late

That i just...
Is everything okay?

Brennan:
Mr. Vaziri, we have remains

That require
your attention.

One second.
If it's not
work-related,

Dr. Saroyan...
Vaziri: Coming, dr. Brennan.

It's not a short
conversation, cam.

We'll talk later, okay?

Well, remind me never
to get blown up.

It was against osha regulations
to detonate after dark.

Small comfort to
our friend here.

Brennan: Your use
of the singular is correct.

There is no duplication
of parts so far,

So i'd say we are dealing
with one set of remains.

Vaziri: And according
to the greater sciatic notch,

The victim was male.

There's evidence of predation

On the tissue.
Oh, please don't

Tell me that's
the skull.

Judging from the presence
of teeth

And what appears
to be brain fluid,

I believe it is.

Mr. Vaziri, please
reconstruct this.

(chuckles)
but it's, uh...

It's...

This is gonna take a long time.

Then i suggest
you start immediately.

I have epidermis
from his forearm

That seems to be tattooed.

Hodgins:
That's tough to make out.

Saroyan:
Yeah, it's too dry.

If i can rehydrate it,

Maybe angela can
reconstruct the image.

Given the state of the skull,
that may be our best chance

At identifying the victim.

Well, we have footprints--
two sets.

Right, so he was
chased down the hill,

And he hid in the mine.

Which was packed
with explosives.

Eh, bad for him.

Well, there was
a "danger" sign.

Guy's not gonna stop
to read the sign

If he's being
chased by someone.

Well, maybe next time he will.

Next time?

Reincarnation.
Reincarnation?

That's what you're going
with? Reincarnation?

No.

Look at the footprints.

One set stops here.

At the fence.
Right. So what

We got to find out is
where the chase started.

Well, how are we gonna do that?
It's all blacktop,

No footprints, nothing.
Eat your food.

When you're done
eating your food,

Then we'll discuss
the case again, okay?

I found antemortem
ligature marks

On the scaphoid and
the triquetral.

The victim
may have been restrained.

Booth said
the victim was chased.

He was probably
trying to escape.

No, the striations on
the medial malleolus

Indicate his ankles
were also bound.

Excellent work.

It's just us now, arastoo.

What's going on
with your family?

It's my brother, hamid, in iran.

He's sick.

What is it?

Cancer.

In his brain stem.

It's too big
to excise.

He doesn't have much time.

I am so sorry.

He's the only one
of us that stayed.

After my parents fled,

The government
wouldn't let him leave.

And i've missed him
every day since.

If there's anything i can do...

I wish there was.

But... This is all up to me now.

I have to go back, make sure
he's getting the best care...

Wait a second.

You can't go back;
you were exiled.

Not technically.

I fled before
the edict was issued.

So you're thinking

Of risking your life
on a technicality?

No. You can't.

You-you can call,
you can skype.

This is not your decision, cam.

Hodgins:
Hey.

Angela might have an i.D.

(sighs)
i have to go.

Promise me you won't do anything
until we have

The chance
to talk this out, okay?

You owe me that much.

Okay.

Montenegro:
This was definitely a tattoo.

Fortunately, the ink
from the tattoo is made

From burned cotton,
aluminum, baby oil and urine.

Urine? Why is
that fortunate?

Well, it's a pretty standard
recipe used by convicts

When they tattoo each other
in prison.

Which allowed me
to narrow down the victims

To current
and former convicts.

Brilliant. So you
can run the image

Through the national prisoner
tattoo database.

I already am.

There's a database for that?

At michigan state.

You name it, and somebody's

Built a database
for it.

Okay, we have a match.

Okay, connor freeman.

Did five years
at hazelton penitentiary

For attempted murder.

Wait. Can
you enlarge

The tattoo, focusing
on the edge of the tissue?

This was a clean cut;
it wasn't torn

By the explosion.

Someone was trying
to cut out his tattoo?

Bound, sliced
and blown to bits?

What the hell
was this guy involved in?

Booth: Wait a second, someone
tried to cut off his tattoo?

Angela says that
the database shows

That his tattoo is
from a prison gang.

It's quite possible

That a rival got out
and was looking for revenge.

So you're saying this is his
fault because he was in prison?

I'm not saying that,
booth, but...

His tattoo does indicate
that while incarcerated

He was involved
with a violent element

Of the prison population.
Well, think about it.

Probably had to do that in
order to, you know, survive.

I was there for
three months.
(phone ringing)

All right? Look,
you got to do

What you have to do
when you're in prison.

All right? Don't be
so quick to judge.

Booth.
Aubrey: I checked with

The parole officer,
and i got freeman's address.

Do me a favor, get over there

Right away, look for any traces
you can find

Of an abduction or an assault.
On it.

All right.

Look...

What i was saying before
about judging these guys...

I'm not judging them.

I don't do that, booth.

I just look for evidence.

Okay.

He'd only been here
for a few months.

Didn't really know him.
Didn't want to.

Don't want to know
anyone who lives here.

I'll knock on your door
if i need anything else.

Welcome to paradise.

(shower running)

(shower stops)

Woman:
Hey. Hey!

Who's there?

Who the hell let you in?

Uh, the super.

Who are you?
No, no, no.

You first.
Why are you here?

I'm here because
connor freeman was murdered.

Oh, my god.

Who did it? Who did it?
Who-who killed him?

Well, we don't know;
that's why i'm here.

Your turn.
Yeah, sure. Um...

I'm sabrina clevenger,

And i was living
with connor.

And i wondered
why he'd been gone.

You two having
any trouble lately?

You know what?
Screw you. I loved him.

You're gonna make it so i can't
even feel bad for him now?

Why didn't you
report him missing?

Right.

So his parole officer
can find out.

You know, one mistake and
they send you back to prison.

Are you saying he was
making mistakes?

No. He was clean.

As far as you know.

Yeah.

And i know connor--
he was clean.

Ms. Clevenger...

Someone tried to remove
connor's tattoo.

Did he get into any trouble
at hazelton that you know about?

Connor didn't talk
about that with me.

He was...

All about planning
for the future.

He spent, like,
every single day

From 3:00 in
the morning

To 5:00 in the afternoon
at work.

He just wanted a good life.

Where did he work?
Sunrise bakery.

He loved that job.

It's what turned him around.

Now, if it's okay with you,

I'd really like to cry
and break some stuff right now.

I found residue of polyethylene
on the triquetral injuries.

So the victim was
bound with zip ties.

Yeah, exactly.
So that got me thinking.

Oh. No, no.
I'm not doing that again.

What? No. No, no, no. That's not
what i was suggesting.

Oh, but we can talk
about that later.

Way later. What were you...
What were you thinking?

Hmm? Right. Yeah, sorry.

Uh, so i-i was compiling

The particulates
that i'm finding on his clothes

And on various pieces
of his remains.

I was thinking that maybe
we could work backwards

To figure out where the victim
was held captive.

Well, there's a lot of
locations that overlap.

I should be able to map the
potential paths he took.

You know, i love that we have
the same interests.

Keeps us close.

I'm not doing it
again, hodgins.

But if you want me to
tie you to the bed, i...

Okay. Okay, so far,
i've got some asbestos fibers.

Ooh, look at this--
a leg of tobacco beetle,

Some petrified limestone dust,
oh, good old-fashioned rust...

That's more like it.

Brennan: Do you think
freeman's girlfriend

Is telling the truth?
Well, i hope so.

I knew plenty of guys who just
wanted to make a clean start

Once they got out.
Recidivism statistics

Don't support that, booth.
All right, well,
look at your father.

He turned his life around.
Well, you said yourself
my father is unusual.

But now i've been on
the inside, all right?

There are some good men
in there, you know?

A lot of them are just doing
their best not to go back.

Just have a little faith.
Well, i'd like to.

But you were innocent, booth.

Connor freeman was in prison
for a reason.

Right. All right.

Where is the address to
this bakery we're going?

Oh, it smells
so good in here.

It's a good thing you brought me
rather than aubrey.

He'd eat everything in here.

Not literally.
I was exaggerating for effect.

Bones, i got it,
i got it, i got it.

Look at those. How many ex-cons
end up making cream puffs?

We're all ex-cons.

And we got
fresh cherry pie today.

Brennan:
That looks good, booth.

And we'll take one
of these. Box it up.

Are you gonna take
the whole pie? Okay.
Sure, why not?

Man: I've been running
sunrise bakery for six years.

I can't believe connor's dead.
He was a good man.

He was gonna make it.

So everyone in here
has done time?

Yeah.
Uh, my dad served time.

You have no idea how hard it was
on our family.

So i'm here to give these guys
the tools they need

So that their families
don't have to go through

What mine did.
Brennan:
I'd like to know

Your success rate, mr. Flender.
A cash business like this

Must be tempting
for ex-convicts.

Bones.
Maybe if these men

Didn't have someone like me
who believes in them,

There'd be a problem.
Well, there is a problem.

See, connor freeman is dead.

True. I'm sorry.

It's just, it's hard for me
to accept that, i guess.

Brennan:
The victim was cut.

Do you mind if i check
your knives for blood?

These men are gonna think
that you suspect them.

Well, at this point,
i suspect everyone.

Even you.
All right, look, a lot
of these guys are gonna make it

Because of the work
that you've done, all right?

And some of them won't.
You know, we can't let

One bad apple ruin your work.

Uh, just want
you to know,

Connor wasn't causing
any trouble.

He just kept his head down,

Did his work.
Hey.

This is, uh, alex rockwell.

Worked his way up
to assistant manager.

Brennan:
Congratulations.

You're a true anomaly.

Huh?
Huh?

Rockwell:
What is she doing?

The knives are all clean.

Told you my guys
had nothing to do with this.

What about outside of work?
He had a tattoo

Someone was trying to cut out,
so someone was angry with him.

He could've done it himself.
He hated that tat.

He said it reminded him
of all the trouble he caused.

Rockwell: He's not cutting
it out himself, saltz.

Have you talked
to pemberton?

Pemberton? Who's pemberton?
Connor was a driver

In a convenience store robbery
that went bad.

A clerk got shot.
She was pemberton's sister.

When pemberton found
connor got out

On parole, he'd come by.
He made threats, you know?

You didn't think this was
important enough to tell us?

These men are confronted
by their past all the time.

Nothing ever comes of it.

Well, it has now, hasn't it?

You're avoiding me.

I'm not. I have to work.

Dr. Brennan wants...

Don't lie to me,
arastoo.

If you're really thinking
of going to iran,

That affects me, too.

You can't make it
a unilateral decision.

But it is.

It's my decision
alone, cam.

It's my family.
It's my risk.

I'm your family, too.
You always want to talk

About marriage, fine.
What does marriage mean to you?

What do i mean to you?
That's not fair.

No, what you're doing
isn't fair.

How would it help your brother
if you wind up in prison,

Or worse?

The regime isn't
the same as it was.

I have a better chance now
of avoiding an investigation.

The minute you set foot
into that country,

You are an iranian.

You are no longer
an american citizen.

Cam, i love you.

But i have to make sure
he gets the best care.

My parents can't go back.
I'm the only one who can help.

So...

There's no discussion here?

None at all?

We have a murder
to solve, cam.

Can we just do that
for now, please?

Of course, mr. Vaziri.

What have you found?

Kerf marks to
the clavicles

And the upper thorax--
all symmetrical.

I measured them
with a protractor.

They make
a perfect isosceles triangle.

And the significance?
Not sure.

But there are additional kerf
marks on the right scapula

That suggest
a downward stabbing motion.

Suggesting that the killer may
have made the initial incision

While the victim was restrained.

And then stabbing him
in the back as he ran.

Well, that's very helpful.

Thank you.

Cam.

Yes.

I love you.

I'm sorry, but...

I don't really know
what that means right now.

(sighs)

Pemberton:
They let that lowlife freeman

Out of prison, and i'm the guy
hauled into the fbi?

Yeah, mr. Pemberton, because you
were threatening that lowlife

And now he's dead.

Dead? Really?

Yeah, really. Did you want to do
a little dance there, jason?

You want me to be sad?

He shot my sister.
He didn't.

And even the shooter testified
that freeman had no idea

A robbery was going
to take place.

They left her bleeding
on the floor.

She can't walk now,
did you know that?

Yeah. And i'm
sorry for that.

What they did was reprehensible,

But so is vigilante justice,
all right?

So why don't you help me
out here. Where were you

Last monday between the hours
of 1:00 and 6:00?

I don't know. Maybe work.

Maybe following
freeman?

Couple of guys he works with

Say they saw you
outside the bakery.

Okay. Yeah.

Sure, i was following him.
See?

This is good. Prosecutor will
understand if you come clean.

I didn't
kill him though.

I was waiting for him
to mess up,

So i could get him
locked up again.

I followed him with a camera
every chance i got.

Maybe since he was keeping
his nose so clean,

You got a little
frustrated, impatient.

I have rights, too,
you know.

It's not just the criminals
that have rights.

And i don't think
i want to talk to you anymore.

Oh, perfect timing.

Hodgins found zinc particulates
that i matched

To this section of fence

And some tobacco beetle bits
that i traced back

To a flour warehouse.

Despite the name, the beetles
like wheat more than tobacco.

Wow. You sound
like your husband.

Are you and arastoo
still fighting?

I don't want to
talk about it.

Okay. Well, since you two
were spotted

Looking really intense
earlier,

Everyone else
is already talking about it.

(scoffs)

(sighs)

Arastoo's thinking
of going back to iran.

What?

Isn't that dangerous
for him?

Yeah, very. But
his brother's sick,

And apparently i have
no say in the matter.

I had no idea. I...

I respect it's his brother.
I-i read his medical report.

It doesn't look good.

Oh, god, cam.

I'm so sorry.

Well, let's just...
Solve the case.

I, uh...

I was looking at the
victim's heart tissue

And found
severely depleted atp levels.

Uh, atp. You're gonna have
to help me out with that one.

It means he was
so exhausted

That his muscles were
about to give out.

Huh. Well, can you tell
how far he ran?

That would narrow down
where he escaped from.

Well, i can give you
time, not distance.

He ran for about
30 minutes,

Adrenaline
pumping on full.

Montenegro: Well, that'll add
a few square miles and...

Several thousand buildings
to the search.

So that makes it
more difficult.

I also analyzed the tissue
using liquid chromatography,

And it didn't help
with the atp levels,

But it did turn up
traces of etorphine.

Isn't that an opioid?
Yeah, a very strong one.

It should have knocked
him out completely.

And yet he could break free
from his restraints and run

30 minutes at top speed?

What are we missing?

Drugs?
Yep. Arastoo
sectioned the femur.

The marrow tested positive
for multiple opiates.
Oh, man.

Oxycontin,
percocet, fentanyl

And a few minor bathtub
variety players.

There you go. So much
for cleaning up his act.
Yeah.

Well, it explains why he wasn't
knocked out by the etorphine.

He'd built up
a resistance.

And nobody at the bakery
mentioned his drug use?

Well, you know, a lot
of people, they...
They're good at hiding it.

The girlfriend though, that's...
That's a whole nother story.

He... You know what, she had
to have known. I bet she knew.

So she was protecting him.
Tell you what,

I'll get aubrey
to, uh, talk to her again.

So, uh, what's going on
with arastoo?

Is he really thinking
about heading back?

Yeah. Actually, that's why
i wanted to talk to you.

You've been over there.
He says he's gonna be okay.

And you want me to say
that everything's gonna be fine.

No. I want you to
tell me the truth.

The truth. Well, it's
possible he'll be fine,

But, you know,
he turned his back on the regime

When he became an american
citizen-- that's dangerous.

Well, that's what
i'm afraid of.

But... (sighs)

He won't listen to anybody,
and he feels guilty

That he left his
brother behind.

Right. How about alex at state?
Did you talk to him?

Yeah, he advised
against it,

So i've called a friend at
doctors without borders,

And, hopefully,
if arastoo knows

His brother's getting
the best care...

It's family, cam. It's hard
to turn your back on family.

Yeah, i'm just... I'm...

I am so scared, seeley.

Hey, it's gonna be okay.

You know, look, if arastoo
can work with bones,

Dealing with the iranians--

It's gonna be a piece
of cake, right? Right?

Connor was doing drugs,
wasn't he, sabrina?

Not that i knew of.

Really?

System was
full of opioids.

Usually a loved one
notices something like that.

I don't know. I just...

Thought maybe he had
a few beers is all.

Kind of seems to me like

You don't want
to know who killed connor.

What the hell are
you talking about?

Well, you're not helping.

Maybe you have something
to hide.

Look, i tried everything
to get him to stop.

Okay, he was running
through every dime we had.

So he was taking your money?

He-he had a problem.

It was hard for
him being out

And adjusting, you know,
so i just wanted to help him.

You know where
he was getting his stuff?

Maybe his dealer killed him.

I don't know.

I swear. I told connor

I didn't want to have anything
to do with the drugs.

So you cut him off?

He had a good heart.

Connor did.

And whatever he
was involved in,

He didn't deserve to die.

I've only partially
reconstructed the skull,

But i found a puncture mark

At the base of the occipital.

It appears
to be an injection site.

Yes, and judging
from the angle,

He couldn't have
done it to himself.

Perhaps he was sedated
to make his abduction easier.

But because he'd
built up a tolerance,

The injection wasn't strong
enough, which is why he escaped.

I can't believe
he got into drugs

So soon after
getting out of prison.

You would think
he'd do everything

He could not to go back.

It's an odd position
for you to take

At this time,
don't you think?

Excuse me?
If avoiding prison

Was the goal, then you wouldn't
travel back to iran.

There's no warrant
out for my arrest.

Because you're not there.
I was 18.

I'm hardly someone

They're interested in.

And yet you've avoided
going back to see

Your brother for years.

If you're serious

About going, you need
to be honest about the risks,

And honest with dr. Saroyan,
so if you never see her again,

At least you know
you didn't lie to her.

Please finish
reconstructing the skull,

And see if there are
any other injuries

That could give us a weapon
that was used in the assault.

Aubrey: Mr. Saltz, you were
locked up for dealing drugs.

Saltz:
Yeah, but i served my time.

I'm clean.
I'm pee-in-a-cup clean.

But you knew
connor wasn't.

I mind my own business.

I ain't trying
to do no more time.

Who'd he get
his stuff from?

I don't know.
He asked me for my help,

And i said no.

Roger would fire me
if i did anything wrong.

Anybody else at the bakery know
what connor was into?

We all suspected,

Except roger.

That dude invented

Rose-colored glasses.

And, uh, what else did you
suspect connor was into?

I answer, you could
charge me with accessory.

Yeah, and if you don't,

I charge you with
impeding an investigation.

(sighs)

I told him not to do it.

I told him
i didn't want no part of it.

None of us did.

I swear.

I'm waiting.

He said he was gonna
knock off a store or something.

He knew somebody
on the inside.

Which store?
I don't know.

I didn't want to know.

I just wanted to bake bread

And make enough money
to marry my girl.

Hey. I'm trying to track
where the victim came from.

Oh, this is a lot easier. Don't
you want to take a little break?

Well, no, not
since i found

Ascomycota fungi
on the victim's shirt.

Well, this won't
take long.

So these are all the charges
on his debit card?

Yeah, for the two weeks
before he died.

Well, most of them
are for parking meters,

And they're coded
for the same neighborhood.

Preceded by charges for food.

Aubrey:
Oh.

Look who's into it now.
Please.

I'm instinctively
curious.

So where are these meters?

Uh...

They're in anacostia.

And he fed them regularly.

Can you show me that block?

And each meter is coded?

Yeah, they have to be.
Hodgins:
My money's on

The two meters across from
the check-cashing place.

Hodgins is right.

He used those
two meters

And stayed an average of
two and a half hours each time.

Yeah, because he was

Casing the place.

Hey, he was planning to rob it.

You kind of stole my thunder
there, hodgins.

King of the lab, aubrey.

So booth said that he had
someone on the inside.

Okay, well,
sometimes

The web sites have a list
of company employees.

Aubrey:
Look at that.

Assistant manager
sabrina clevenger.

Hodgins:
That's freeman's girlfriend.

Looks like you have
your inside man.

Aubrey:
We know that you were gonna rob

The check-cashing place
with connor.

No.

I've got no record.
Check it out.

I never helped
with a robbery.
Then maybe

You killed him so you wouldn't
have to go through with it.

Why are you
doing this to me?

I told you,
i loved connor.

That's why i
told him no.

So you admit that he wanted
to rob the place.

He wanted me to leave the
back door open, but i said no.

We had a fight,
and he walked out.

That's why
i didn't think anything

Of not seeing him
for a few days.

And you couldn't have told me
all of this before?

He was dead.

What difference did it make?

And if the other guy
found out that i was a snitch,

Then what?
Wait, wait, wait.
What other guy?

Connor was working
with someone else?
I don't know who.

One of the cons from work.

He must've roped connor into it,
because connor was a good guy.

Maybe not as good
as you thought.

Saroyan:
Arastoo,

I need two minutes.
Sure.

But first, look at this.

Striations on
the mental eminence.

Perimortem. The directionality
of the striations

Suggests the victim fell
as he was being chased.

Nothing odd in that. I'd be
surprised if he didn't fall.

Right. But when
i stained the mandible

As well as the victim's
patellas and metacarpals

With hematoxylin and did
a microscopic analysis...

Saroyan:
Corresponding striations.

That contained
particulates.

Dr. Hodgins is
analyzing them now.

Depending on
where he fell,

The particulates
might help pinpoint

Where he was being held.

Very good.

Now my two minutes?

Can't this wait? Please?

Not when you're pricing out
tickets to iran.

You forgot to
close your browser

On the platform
computer you used.

I talked to a cousin over there.

He said my brother is failing.

I don't know
how much time he has left.

I contacted a friend at
doctors without borders.

He knows a great doctor
in tehran.

He said he'd promise

To make sure...
Yeah, but he can't make sure

That i'm holding hamid's hand
if he's dying, cam.

Have you thought about me even
once in all of this, arastoo?

I tried not to.

The thought of choosing between
the people i love...

It's impossible.

I even thought,
hey, hamid's dying.

When i get there, he might not
even know it's me.

But i'm not doing this
for me, cam.

I'm doing it so a member
of my family won't suffer alone.

But iran...

Iran is
a wonderful country.

Thousands of years old.

It... It's a part of me.

And politics aside,
i miss it every day.

I have to believe that
there's a basic goodness there,

A decency that will
keep me safe.

I promise, you will
not lose me, cam.

I wish you could
know that.

You understand?

Even a little?

I understand
that i hate this.

But that i love
you even more.

The particulates
were traces of... Oh.

Ah, you have
information

Pertaining to the
case, dr. Hodgins?

Hodgins: Yeah.
The particulates

Were traces of glass made with

Manganese.

Manganese?
Over a hundred
years old.

So, angie's just
factoring that into her map now.

Thank you.

Manganese.

Mm-hmm. That's good.

I worked with connor for almost
a year, so you'll understand

If i find it a little hard
to believe that he planned

A major crime.
Perhaps your
idealistic views

Of rehabilitation were
unrealistic, mr. Flender.

Well, it's always better
to hope, isn't it?

I agree.
Brennan:
But maybe if you weren't blinded

By hope, you'd have seen
the victim for who he was.

Yes, a victim.

Of circumstance, class, lack of
opportunity, simple rotten luck.

I'm sorry, dr. Brennan,
but i refuse to believe

That we can't make sure that
there is goodness in this world.

Booth:
Let's just focus on trying

To, you know, find the killer,
that's all.

So, which one of your men
was closest to freeman?

I give you someone else,
they'll all feel

That they're gonna
be scapegoats.

Look, i don't want to

Arrest you for impeding
an investigation,

But i will.

If you have to,
you have to.

But if you really cared
about these men,

Why would you choose
to be imprisoned

Rather than help us find
connor freeman's killer?

Because i believe
in all of my men.

And since you have no proof,

I think you're looking
in the wrong place.

And if locking me up
is what it takes

To show that
i'm on their side, so be it.

The blue area is all the
particulates that hodgins found.

Green is the bone stuff,

And red is the range of travel,
which came from

Cam's atp test.
What's that brown line?

Well, the brown line is where
everything should overlap.

Which is the route
that freeman took.

Hopefully.
Most of the evidence we have

Is close to the mine,

So i'm running
the simulation backwards.

So, first, we start

With the body
as it was discovered.

In pieces, near the mine.

I used a crime scene photo
for reference,

And then it was just a matter of

Plugging in hodgins' horrible
little math problem

To figure out point of impact.

Hodgins: Cool.
Next i take freeman

Up to this fence.

Vaziri: Can you determine where
the victim sustained injuries

To the mental eminence
and the patellas?

Well, that's where

It gets tougher.

Soot and soil, tobacco beetles

And paving materials
only take us another 500 yards,

And then there's a range
of possibilities

Of where he could have been
held captive.

I swabbed the patellas and got
the glass with manganese in it,

So it had to be in a building
that went up prior to 1910.

Okay.

Okay, there's 15 that are still
left standing in the area,

So i'll eliminate
the ones that are

Off vector or are too far away.

Uh, which means our
most likely suspect is...

Scovell iron works.

It's right on
the edge of

Our range,
so there's a good chance

That's where
the killer held freeman

Before he got away.

Keep your eyes open; never know
what we're walking into.

I always assume bullets.

Well, it's a perfect
place to hide.

Nobody wants
to come in here.

Yeah, that's for sure.

Ah.

Tac loop.

Broken. Must've been from
the restraints he popped off.

He was definitely here.

Booth: Squints said that
the killer made symmetrical cuts

On the victim.

That would take time.

So we're looking for

A work space, somewhere dry.

With light.
That certainly fits the bill.

(quiet thump)

Huh. A little jumpy?

Little bit.

Have i mentioned
how much i hate this place?

Wow.

Whole lot of blood.

Maybe a few days old.

Booth. Over here
in the incinerator.

Oh, wow.

Aubrey: Three more bodies.
He burned them.

Look what we
have over here.

Sick bastard.

Four victims, one location.

Does that make this a mass
murderer or a serial killer?

The different levels
of fire damage to the bones

Indicate that the bodies burned

For different
amounts of time.

And months apart.

Yeah, that and the creepy
removal of the tattoos.

I'm calling this
a serial killer.

According to
the pelvic structure,

All three sets
of remains are male.

And they all were
killed in the same manner,

As evidenced by
the deep incisions

On their respective
anterior c-6's.

Saroyan: That would
sever the jugular veins.

These guys bled out
on the factory floor.

We'll know more
when the bones are clean,

But there appear to be
symmetrical kerf marks

To the clavicles
and the upper thorax.

Just like freeman.

Brennan: The use of
fire and exsanguination

Suggests that
these killings could have

A ritualistic component.

So we're looking for crazy.
Well, the killer

Could think that his actions
are quite sane.

The aztecs would cut out their
victims' still-beating hearts

As an offering to the gods,

And they were
celebrated for it.

The religious angle
just got more intense.

I got a hit off
the missing persons database

For this victim-- a priest,
father douglas nabors,

Who was reported missing
three months ago.

And what about the other
two sets of remains?

This one is
ted widmer,

An escaped convict who was in
the same prison as our victim.

And some of the
guys at the bakery.

Hodgins:
Oh, it can't be

A coincidence
that he's here.

Saroyan: I'll try
to scrounge up

Some usable tissue.

If the opiates
we found on freeman

Were used on the others,
that may give us a lead.

And i'll keep
trying for an i.D.

On our third victim.

Hey. Come on, come on.
So all this just came in?

Yeah. But i found the prize
in the box right away.

The priest,
father nabors, was assigned

To a parish in west virginia
where alex rockwell lived.

Rockwell was an altar boy
there when he was a kid.

Uh, let me guess, he
started breaking the law

When he was
in his teens.

Very good. You should
do this for a living.

Yeah.
Now if we could
just find a connection

Between rockwell and widmer.

They served time together
when they were in hazelton,

Same cell block.

Wait, same time
connor freeman was there?
Mm-hmm.

So, looks like
rockwell just snapped

When he was released,
started killing.

Let's go pick him up.

What is it this time?

Looking for
alex rockwell.
Alex?

You got to be kidding me.

He and connor
were close friends.

He is a good man.

He could have never killed him.

Look, we found
three more bodies

Where connor was
being held captive.

Two of them
had connections to rockwell.

One we're still waiting on.

God.
Aubrey:
Yeah,

So unless you want
more people to die,

I suggest you let us
talk to rockwell.

I don't know where he is.

He didn't come in today
and i've been calling.
Hmm.

Why would he do this?
I don't know.

Maybe connor found out
that rockwell had been, uh,

Slicing and burning people.

Okay, uh, let me
try and contact him,

And i'm gonna let you know
as soon as i do.

Just promise you won't
start shooting.

Well, if he comes peacefully,
no one's gonna get hurt.

Booth: So you got something
for me, bones?

Yes. I just finished
comparing the kerf marks

On the clavicles
of the new victims

With the ones found
on freeman's remains.

They're identical.
So it's the same knife.

All right, i'm gonna
need that to make a case.

Hodgins said the metallurgical
composition and shape

Of the blade suggest
a northern indian

Ritualistic slaughter knife.

So your theory was correct--

It was, uh,
some kind of sick ceremony.

Angela said the shape is
most likely something like this.

Looks like
a khukuri knife--

Weapon of choice in afghanistan.

That'll definitely do the job.

Rockwell was
stationed there.

Flender sent a text.
He's with rockwell

At a parking lot
across the river.

I told him we'd text him
when we were in position.

Right, okay. Got to go, bones.

Be safe, booth.

Always am.

Alex, hey.

I don't like being
out here like this.

It's okay.
Nobody knows you're here.

Why are you running, alex?

Are you serious?

I thought you were on my side.
I am.

That's why i think you
should just talk to them.

What's going on, roger?

Listen to me, alex.
If you run,

They're not gonna believe you.
You need to talk to them now.

Are they here?
Did you set me up?

Look, i'm on
your side here, alex.

Alex, alex, stop...
Shut up, you son of a bitch!

You're coming
with me. Move!

Rockwell!
Flender:
He has a knife in the car!

I don't have a clear shot.
I do.

(groans)

No. No, he's hit. He's hit!

He's hit.
Please, please.

Not again.
Booth: It's gonna be okay.

Just wanted to immobilize him.

Booth.

Flender:
He was one of

The success stories.
You tried.

That's all you can do is try.

Well, you know,
you were right, bones.

Some people are just
missing that little

Piece of goodness, and there's
nothing you can do about it.

Not something i want
to be right about.

You okay?

Yeah, fine.

I just, you know...

I never like taking a shot.

Because of that piece
of goodness you have.

You know, his
knife was a match

For the injuries.

Yeah, that's what i heard.
Caroline also

Told me it was a tight case.

Very.
Right.

So you ready?

Mm-hmm. How's flender doing?

He's having
second thoughts,

I think, you know?

I told him the world
would've ended a long time ago

If there weren't more
good people than bad.

Yeah.
You sound like
an anthropologist, booth.

Yeah, look,
that's not gonna make me

Hang out in the lab, if that's
what you're thinking, okay?

I didn't say that.
Well, that's kind of
what you're insinuating.

I am staying away from...

They just found five new
glioblastomas in hamid's brain.

The chemo and
the radiation

Aren't working.

I'm so sorry.

Yeah.

I heard about a
new alternative

Treatment at duke.

They implant...

A modified polio vaccine
in the brain. I know.

You've been doing
research, too?

Well, i've printed out
the information for you.

Thank you.

Well, i assume hamid's gonna be
my brother-in-law one day.

I want you to make sure
i meet him.

I do love you,
you know.

I know.

Why don't we grab
a bite to eat.

Cam.

What?

I booked a flight, cam.

It leaves in a few hours.

Oh.

I...

I thought i was ready.

I'm sorry it was so fast.
No, it's-its...

Okay.

I'm fine. I...

You just...

I will.

You come back
to me, arastoo.

Make sure
you come back.

What's that mean?