Bones (2005–2017): Season 2, Episode 14 - The Man in the Mansion - full transcript

Hodgins' lapse in judgment may cause a murderer to be set free, Brennan explores the world of dating, and Booth continues his therapy.

DO YOU HAVE THERAPY
TODAY? IT'S NOT THERAPY.

WELL, YOU'RE SEEING A
PSYCHIATRIST. NOT FOR THERAPY.

IT'S AN OFFICIAL
EVALUATION, OKAY? [Siren Wails]

PERSON WHO FOUND THE
BODY IS IN THE LIVING ROOM.

GREAT. CRIME SCENE FIRST,
THEN WE TALK TO THE WITNESSES.

CORPSE IS GONNA BE
IN THE DEN. THANKS.

WHAT IS THAT? WHAT'S WHAT?

YOUR TIE. IT'S STAID. STAID?

YEAH, AND BORING. IT LOOKS LIKE
J. EDGAR HOOVER PICKED IT OUT.

LOOK, IT'S SOMETHING I'M
WORKIN' ON, OKAY? IN THERAPY?

GORDON GORDON SAYS THAT THE
WILD SOCKS AND THE FANCY TIES...



ARE ALL JUST, YOU
KNOW, QUIET REBELLIONS...

HELPING ME SUPPRESS
OTHER IMPULSES.

ISN'T THAT GOOD?
YOU'D THINK SO, RIGHT?

BUT APPARENTLY, ALL THE OTHER
ISSUES HAVE TO JUST RISE TO THE TOP.

WHY DO YOU CALL YOUR
PSYCHIATRIST GORDON GORDON?

'CAUSE THAT'S HOW HE INTRODUCES
HIMSELF. "HI. I'M GORDON. GORDON WYATT."

LIKE "JAMES. JAMES BOND."

"BOND. JAMES BOND."

NOT "JAMES. JAMES"...
JAMES... WHATEVER.

[Police Radio Chatter]
[Saroyan] WE'RE OVER HERE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO TUCK
YOUR PANTS INTO YOUR SOCKS.

THE FLIES GET IN
EVERYWHERE. [Groans]

WHAT, NO CARTOON
CHARACTERS ON THE SOCKS?

NEVER HAD CARTOON
CHARACTERS ON THE SOCKS.



THEY WERE JUST...
UH... NEVER MIND, OKAY?

WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE? THREE
WEEKS "DECOMP," GIVE OR TAKE.

OH. PLACE WAS TOSSED,
HUH? NO FORCED ENTRY.

THE VICTIM IS PROBABLY THE MAN
OF THE HOUSE, TERRANCE BANCROFT.

HIS WIFE CLARISSA IDENTIFIED
THE WATCH AND WEDDING RING.

- THIS ISN'T GOOD FOR ME.
- YEAH, IT'S PRETTY GROSS.

NO, NOT THAT. THERE'S TOO MUCH
SOFT TISSUE FOR ME TO TELL ANYTHING.

- IN FACT, WHY AM I HERE AT ALL?
- THE BANCROFT FAMILY
ASKED FOR US SPECIFICALLY.

- THEY GOT SOME KIND OF PULL?
- THE BANCROFT WING
AT THE JEFFERSONIAN.

SIXTY MILLION BUCKS WILL
BUY A LOT OF GOOD WILL.

TYPICAL. THIS DRIED
CRUST HERE AT THE MOUTH...

WHEN THE JUGULAR'S CUT, THE
AIR MIXES WITH VENOUS BLOOD,

AND THE NEGATIVE PRESSURE
CAUSES AN AIR EMBOLISM.

- DEATH IS VERY QUICK.
- SO JUST SIT THERE
AND STOP COMPLAININ'.

[Brennan] BOUND.
MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS.

WE NEED PHOTOS OF
THESE SPATTER PATTERNS.

I BET THIS STATUE'S WORTH
MORE THAN MY HOUSE.

YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR THERAPIST
ABOUT YOUR ISSUES WITH RICH PEOPLE.

YOU'RE IN THERAPY?

- YOU'VE SEEN THE SOCKS.
- [Chuckles]

THE VICTIM'S WIFE'S
IN THE KITCHEN.

I WAS... I WAS AT THE
VINEYARD FOR A MONTH,

AND TERRY WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE AT HIS FISHING CAMP IN IDAHO,

SO THE HOUSE WAS CLOSED UP.

AND YOU DIDN'T TRY TO CONTACT
HIM AT ALL DURING THAT TIME?

WE SPOKE THREE WEEKS AGO.

UM, THE DAY BEFORE HE
WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE.

THE CABIN DOESN'T
GET CELL SERVICE.

I HEARD THE OFFICERS TALKING
ABOUT A POSSIBLE HOME INVASION.

DEFINITE POSSIBILITY.

WELL, TERRY SUPPORTS
A YOUTH CENTER...

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE ANACOSTIA RIVER.

ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD. TOUGH KIDS.

I WAS ALWAYS AFRAID TO GO THERE,

BUT HE SAID IT WAS BECAUSE
I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THEM.

YEAH. LISTEN, I'D LIKE
YOU TO, UH, PUT A LIST...

OF THINGS TOGETHER THAT
MIGHT HAVE GONE MISSING...

- AND, UH, GIVE ME A CALL.
- OKAY.

[Beeping]

THAT THE BANCROFT CASE? YEAH.

LOOKS LIKE A HOME-INVASION
HOMICIDE, RIGHT?

YES. I'M RUNNING DENTAL RECORDS
NOW. CAM IS FINISHING UP THE AUTOPSY.

BUT BOOTH IS PRETTY
SURE IT'S TERRY BANCROFT?

YES. THERE WAS A
LOT OF INSECT ACTIVITY.

SAMPLES ARE AT
YOUR WORK STATION.

ALSO THE EXTENSION
CORD USED TO TIE HIM UP...

AND EVERYTHING THAT
WAS ON TOP OF HIS DESK.

HE WAS TIED UP?

HIS HEART WAS PERFORATED, BUT
THERE'S NO BLOOD IN THE THORACIC CAVITY.

HE WAS STABBED AFTER
HE WAS ALREADY DEAD.

WHAT-WHAT KILLED HIM?

HIS JUGULAR WAS PUNCTURED.

MULTIPLE STABS ARE CONGRUENT
WITH KILLERS JACKED ON CRYSTAL METH...

OR JUST PLAIN
ADRENALINE. WHY KILL HIM?

NO SIGN OF FORCED ENTRY. HE
PROBABLY KNEW HIS ATTACKERS.

WE HAVE A MATCH. [Beeping]

CONFIRMED. TERRANCE BANCROFT.

HE KNEW HIS KILLERS?

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YES. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

I'LL-I'LL GET ON INSECT
ANALYSIS RIGHT AWAY.

HODGIE? YEAH? HEY.

HI. GOOD MORNING, ANGELA.

I HAVE BLOOD SPATTER
PATTERNS ON MY COMPUTER,

IF YOU NEED TO MATCH THEM TO
ANYTHING YOU HAVE HERE. UH, YEAH, THANKS.

I'LL COME TAKE A LOOK AFTER I GET
THROUGH WITH THE EVIDENCE FROM THE DESK.

YOU OKAY? MM-HMM. YEAH.

YEAH?

WANNA HAVE LUNCH
LATER? OKAY. YEAH.

WOULD I GET TO PLAY?

UH, NO. YOU WILL BE
CHEERING AND WATCHING.

WHAT FUN IS THAT? I
AM A MAD "SAGGER."

I-I-I WEAR MY SHORTS
VERY, VERY LOW.

OKAY. [Laughs]

YOU SUCK HUGELY AT BEING A GIRL.

OKAY, OKAY. ANTHROPOLOGY.
ANTHROPOLOGY.

OH, OKAY. THINK OF
IT AS A SOCIAL RITUAL...

IN WHICH I IMPRESS YOU
WITH MY MANLY PROWESS...

DURING A GAME OF BASKETBALL.

YOU WANNA IMPRESS ME?
I'M TRADITIONAL THAT WAY.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST BONK ME
ON THE HEAD WITH A GIANT CLUB?

I'D MUCH PREFER YOU CAME TO
THE GAME AND OGLED MY BUTT CRACK.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT
VERSUS PUBLIC DEFENDERS.

GUYS WITH PONYTAILS AND
LOVE HANDLES. YOU KNOW?

WE'RE HEAVILY
FAVORED. [Imitates Swoosh]

SO?

HI, CLARISSA.

JACK. I...

YOU HEARD ABOUT
TERRY? CAN I COME IN?

LAST TIME I SAW YOU,
YOU DIDN'T HAVE A BEARD.

YEAH, LAST TIME YOU SAW
ME, I COULDN'T GROW A BEARD.

I'M SORRY ABOUT TERRY.

MAKES EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENED BETWEEN US LOOK...

MEANINGLESS.

JUST... A LOT LESS IMPORTANT...

THAN IT SEEMED AT THE TIME.

I GOT OVER US, CLARISSA.

THEN HOW COME IT TOOK
TERRY GETTING MURDERED...

FOR YOU TO SHOW UP AT OUR DOOR?

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?

I WORK AT THE JEFFERSONIAN
INSTITUTION. I'M ON THE CASE.

THIS SHOWED UP WITH THE
EVIDENCE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

- WHY ARE YOU BRINGING IT TO ME?
- IF MY BOSSES WERE AWARE
THAT I KNEW THE VICTIM...

OR HIS WIFE, THEY'D REMOVE
ME FROM THE INVESTIGATION,

AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HELP CATCH
WHATEVER SON OF A BITCH MURDERED MY FRIEND.

SO IF SOMEONE INTRODUCES US...

"NICE TO MEET YOU, MS. BANCROFT."
"AND YOU TOO, DR. HODGINS."

GOT IT.

JACK?

TERRY AND I WERE...

[Clears Throat]

HAVING SOME MARITAL PROBLEMS.

BUT WE WERE GETTING THROUGH IT.

THAT'S GONNA MAKE
ME A SUSPECT, ISN'T IT?

I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT, CLARISSA.

TERRY. MAN, WE'RE REALLY GONNA
MISS THAT GUY AROUND THIS PLACE.

FOOT THE BILL FOR THIS PLACE?

OH, YOU KNOW, HE WAS
MORE THAN A CHECKBOOK.

I MEAN, TERRY, HE TOOK
A PERSONAL INTEREST.

HOW PERSONAL?

[Chuckles] DON'T
EVEN GO THERE, MAN.

I MEAN, TERRY, HE WAS
ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS.

THOSE KIDS ARE PRETTY HARD
CORE? HUH? OH, YEAH, YEAH.

DRUGS, GANGS, VIOLENCE. ANY
RECENT ARGUMENTS OR INCIDENTS?

WELL, APPARENTLY, THE NIGHT BEFORE
TERRY WAS GONNA HEAD UP TO HIS CABIN,

HE CAUGHT A KID WITH A
COUPLE POUNDS OF HEROIN.

A COUPLE POUNDS?
THE KID WAS A MULE?

YEAH. HE WAS RUNNIN' DELIVERIES
TO BALTIMORE ON THE BUS.

DID YOU SEE BANCROFT TAKE
THE DRUGS FROM THE KID?

- NO.
- HOW ABOUT ANY OF THESE KIDS? DID THEY SEE IT?

SURE, YEAH, UNTIL YOU ASK
'EM. THEN NOBODY SAW NOTHIN'.

- DID BANCROFT CALL THE POLICE?
- OH, MAN, COME ON.

IF WE DID THAT, NO KID WOULD
EVER SET FOOT BACK IN THIS PLACE.

OH. THEN WHAT, HUH?
FLUSHED IT DOWN THE TOILET?

NO, NO, IT'S NOT LIKE
THAT. I MEAN, TERRY...

HE WOULD ALWAYS DELIVER
WHATEVER HE SNAGGED TO THE COPS.

OTHERWISE THE SUPPLIER WOULD
THINK THEY WOULD GET RIPPED OFF,

AND THEN THE MULE ENDS UP DEAD.

SO THIS IS JULIO DIAZ'S LOCKER.

OH. BLOOD ON THE
KID'S SWEATSHIRT.

NO, NO. JULIO WOULD
NEVER KILL ANYBODY.

HE MIGHT DELIVER DRUGS,
BUT HE REALLY LIKED TERRY.

WHAT, MAYBE JULIO'S SUPPLIER?

WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME JULIO WAS HERE?

THE DAY TERRY TOOK THE HEROIN.

ALL RIGHT, LOOK.

IF IT WASN'T FOR TERRY BANCROFT,
THIS PLACE WOULDN'T EXIST.

COME ON. I NEED ONE WITNESS WHO SAW
TERRY TAKE THE DOPE FROM JULIO DIAZ.

JUST ONE.

[Exhales] SORRY, MAN.

[Angela] WHAT IS NOT TO LIKE?

GO WATCH SULLY PLAY BASKETBALL.
HE STILL HASN'T MADE A MOVE ON ME.

HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE YOU GONE OUT?

FOUR... OR SIX,

DEPENDING ON HOW
YOU DEFINE "GO OUT."

GREAT. BUMPING INTO
EACH OTHER AT THE DINER...

DOES NOT COUNT AS GOING OUT.

FOUR. THERE.

ALONG THE INTERIOR CERVICAL
VERTEBRAE. IS THAT SHADOW A GLITCH?

I DON'T DO GLITCHES. FOUR, HUH?

SO THE QUESTION IS, IS
THIS SULLY DAMAGED GOODS,

OR IS HE JUST VERY RESPECTFUL?
THOSE ARE MY CHOICES?

DAMAGED GOODS, YOU RUN AWAY.

VERY RESPECTFUL, YOU HANG IN.

I SHOULD JUST MAKE
THE FIRST MOVE.

NO, BRENNAN, FOR ONCE, CAN YOU
JUST PRETEND THAT YOU ARE THE GIRL?

WHY IS EVERYONE SO
ANXIOUS FOR ME TO BE A GIRL?

LISTEN. GO TO THE
BASKETBALL GAME,

LET HIM SHOW OFF FOR
YOU, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

I DON'T KNOW. IT
SOUNDS SO PASSIVE.

NOW YOU'VE GOT IT. [Booth]
YOU JUST DON'T GET IT.

WHAT? I'M ASKING FOR GUY ADVICE.

YOU ARE A GUY.
WHAT'S NOT TO GET?

FIRST OF ALL, GUYS...
THEY DON'T ASK FOR ADVICE.

AND I'M NOT GONNA HELP YOU GET
MY PARTNER INTO BED. WHY NOT?

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WANT HER.

UNLESS...

DO YOU WANT HER?

AW, COME ON, HUH? BONES IS,
YOU KNOW, MY PARTNER. [Laughs]

THAT IS WHY YOU NEED
PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT...

BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE
HOTS FOR YOUR PARTNER.

I'M NOT IN PSYCHIATRIC
TREATMENT, OKAY?

IT'S AN EVALUATION. BIG
DIFFERENCE. I CAN TELL...

THAT BRENNAN IS THE GO-SLOW TYPE,
BUT YOU GOTTA HELP ME OUT ON HOW SLOW,

BECAUSE TOO SLOW IS WORSE
THAN NOT SLOW ENOUGH.

AGENT BOOTH? YEAH?

DISTRICT COPS GOT A KID MATCHING
YOUR A.P.B... DOWN AT THE MORGUE.

JOHN DOE NUMBER 120806.

MALE, APPROXIMATELY
14 YEARS OLD.

HIS BODY WAS FOUND UNDER THE
ANACOSTIA BRIDGE ON THE SIXTH.

THAT WAS ALMOST 20 DAYS AGO.

I-I-I THINK THAT'S JULIO. THAT'S
DEFINITELY HIS GOLD CHAIN, FOR SURE.

- CAUSE OF DEATH?
- SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND
TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

- EXECUTION STYLE.
- YEAH, IF, UH...

IF TERRY HADN'T GOTTEN
THE DRUGS TO THE COPS,

THE SUPPLIER WOULD
HAVE COME AFTER JULIO.

TERRY BANCROFT GOT
KILLED FOR THAT HEROIN.

DR. BRENNAN SAW A
SHADOW ON THE X-RAYS.

I REMOVED THE TISSUE FROM THE
BONES AND FOUND A FUNGUS. NOT ODD.

IF YOU WERE DECOMPOSING
FOR THREE WEEKS,

YOU'D PROBABLY WORK UP
A FUNGUS OR TWO AS WELL.

THE INTERIOR CERVICAL VERTEBRAE.

SPELL IT OUT, BONE BOY.

THE JUGULAR WAS CUT, AND
THE BLOOD POOLED HERE.

HE WAS LYING ON HIS
BACK FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

[Booth] ANYTHING NEW? YES.

THE VICTIM WAS KILLED BY THE
PUNCTURING OF HIS JUGULAR,

LEFT LYING THERE
FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

- THEN THE MURDERER CAME BACK...
- FORCED THE BODY
INTO HIS CHAIR.

- AND STABBED HIM 14 MORE TIMES.
- OH, TO MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE A HOME INVASION.

THE BLOOD ON JULIO'S SWEATSHIRT FOUND
IN THE LOCKER WAS DEFINITELY BANCROFT'S.

WELL, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

BANCROFT CONFISCATES
THE KID'S DOPE.

KID RUNS TO THE SUPPLIER.
THEY GO TO BANCROFT'S PLACE,

SCARE HIM INTO TELLING THEM
WHERE THE DOPE IS, THEN KILL HIM.

ONLY THAT DOESN'T SCAN. I MEAN, WHY
MURDER THE KID? 'CAUSE HE WAS THERE.

'CAUSE HE CRIED. 'CAUSE HE
BLEW HIS NOSE ON A RED HANKIE.

THEY DON'T NEED MUCH
REASON. WELL, I DON'T LIKE IT.

DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT TRUE.

CALLIPHORA VOMITORIA. PREPUPAL
STAGE OF THE THIRD INSTAR.

- DOES THAT GIVE US
A POSTMORTEM INTERVAL?
- 18.5 DAYS.

OH, YOU CAN BE THAT
ACCURATE FROM FLIES?

D.O.J. FORENSICS HAS NEW STATISTICAL
MODELS OF MAGGOT GROWTH...

THAT PINPOINT DEATH
WITHIN A SIX-HOUR WINDOW.

- HMM. THEN I WAS RIGHT.
- ABOUT WHAT?

JULIO DIAZ WAS
KILLED 20 DAYS AGO.

18.5 DAYS AGO IS AFTER
HIS BODY WAS FOUND.

THEN HOW DID BANCROFT'S
BLOOD GET ON JULIO'S SWEATSHIRT?

JULIO DIAZ WAS DEAD
UNDER THAT BRIDGE.

SOMEBODY ELSE PUT THAT
BLOOD ON HIS SWEATSHIRT.

[Chattering]

[Man] DOWN HERE! HERE! HERE!

- PICK AND ROLL, MAN!
- PEANUT! PEANUT!

[Woman] COME ON, PEANUT!

WHO'S GOT THE... COME ON.

SULLY'S LOOKIN' GOOD. HOT.

- SCOTTY SAYS SULLY WON'T SHOWER
WITH THE OTHER GUYS.
- THAT GUY'S GOT SOME ISSUE.

GUYS ONLY GOT ONE
KIND OF AN ISSUE, GIRL.

THEN I GUESS WE KNOW
WHY THEY CALL HIM PEANUT.

[Laughs]

- [Man] TOP OF THE KEY!
- [Man #2] GET DOWN THERE.

[Man #3] TIP! [Whistle Blows]

IN POINT OF FACT,
IT IS THERAPY. WHAT?

NO. NO, IT'S NOT.
IT'S AN EVALUATION.

NO. I'VE ALREADY CERTIFIED YOU AS FIT
TO CARRY A GUN AND GO BACK TO WORK.

OKAY, THEN WHY ARE WE MEETING?

WELL, BECAUSE YOU DISCHARGED
YOUR WEAPON AT AN ICE CREAM TRUCK.

MY PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATION
OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH...

ONLY HOLDS AS LONG AS YOU
CONTINUE TO MEET WITH ME.

GREAT. FOR HOW LONG?

TILL I'M SATISFIED THAT YOU WON'T
START FIRING AT CONFECTIONERS AGAIN.

WHAT'S YOUR OBJECTION
TO THERAPY? [Laughs]

YOU KNOW WHAT, DOC? I AM NOT THE
KIND OF GUY WHO'S GOT ANYTHING TO HIDE.

DO YOU KNOW, I OFTEN FIND THAT WHEN
PEOPLE DECLARE WHAT THEY ARE NOT,

IT ALMOST INVARIABLY
TURNS OUT...

THAT'S PRECISELY WHAT THEY ARE.

GREAT. THEN YOU KNOW WHAT?
NO MORE DECLARATIONS FROM ME.

[Chuckles] YOU DO KNOW THAT
WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS, IN FACT,

THE VERY AVATAR
OF A DECLARATION.

AVATAR. THAT'S GREAT.

CAN I GET A CUP OF COFFEE
AND, UH... TEA, PLEASE.

SURE. TEA. LET ME ASK
YOU A QUESTION, DOC.

WHY IS IT THAT EVERY TIME YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF, YOU ALWAYS SAY YOUR NAME TWICE?

[With English Accent] "HELLO. MY
NAME IS GORDON... GORDON WYATT."

WELL, NOW YOU'RE SIMPLY
LASHING OUT, AREN'T YOU?

WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT THE CASE
YOU'RE WORKING ON AT THE MOMENT?

WHAT? WELL, I AM TRAINED
AS A FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST.

I MIGHT BE ABLE TO
HELP. OKAY. FINE. GREAT.

I HAVE A DEAD RICH GUY,
WORKS WITH AT-RISK YOUTH,

GETS BRUTALLY MURDERED AFTER CONFISCATING
A COUPLE OF POUNDS OF HEROIN...

FROM ONE OF HIS KIDS.

INTERESTING THE FIRST WORD
YOU USE TO DESCRIBE HIM IS "RICH."

AH. SECOND. FIRST
DESCRIPTION WAS "DEAD."

WHY DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH WEALTHY PEOPLE?

IN THIS CASE, A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
THIS GUY, HE MAKES UP HIS OWN RULES.

WHAT'S THAT WORD THAT
YOU USED? UH, ENTITLED.

YEAH. ENTITLED. THAT'S
WHAT GOT HIM KILLED.

DID THIS RICH GUY BY
ANY CHANCE HAVE A WIFE?

ARE WE CHANGING THE SUBJECT NOW?
AND DOES THE RICH GUY'S WIFE HAVE A LOVER?

I JUST TOLD YOU.

THE MURDER HAS TO
DO WITH THE HEROIN.

THE BOY THE VICTIM TOOK THE HEROIN
FROM ALSO TURNED UP MURDERED.

AND IS THIS BOY FROM A
MODEST BACKGROUND?

DOESN'T GET ANY "MODESTER."
SO IS THERE ANY CHANCE...

THAT YOU WOULD RATHER
CATCH THE BOY'S MURDERER...

THAN THE WEALTHY
FELLOW'S MURDERER,

SO YOU HAVE DECIDED THAT
THEY'RE ONE AND THE SAME?

ANY CHANCE THAT YOU'VE
BASED THIS ASSUMPTION...

PURELY ON YOUR BIAS
AGAINST RICH, ENTITLED PEOPLE?

HMM. YOU KNOW WHAT?

I DID THE BELT BUCKLE, I
DID THE TIE, I DID THE SOCKS...

WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT FROM ME?

WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY IF I TOLD YOU...

THAT MY NAME ACTUALLY
IS GORDON GORDON WYATT...

THAT MY FIRST
AND MIDDLE NAMES...

ARE THE SAME?

YEAH, BABY! OH, YEAH.

[Man] GOOD GAME, MAN.

HEY. HI.

SO, READY TO GO? DON'T
YOU WANT TO TAKE A SHOWER?

- AW, I DON'T SWEAT THAT MUCH.
- WON'T YOU BE UNCOMFORTABLE
AT THE RESTAURANT?

IT'S A SCUZZY BAR. I'LL BE ONE OF
THE BEST-SMELLING THINGS THERE...

NEXT TO YOU, OF COURSE.
YOU PLAYED VERY WELL.

THANK YOU.

IN FACT, YOU WERE THE BEST.

SEE, THAT'S WHY I WANTED
YOU TO COME... TO BE IMPRESSED.

WELL, IT WAS AN IMPRESSIVE
DISPLAY OF MANHOOD.

[Laughs] WELL, THANK YOU.

ATHLETICS AS AN
ANALOG FOR BATTLE.

IN EFFECT, YOU WERE
A WARRIOR TONIGHT.

[Laughs] WOW. YOU
REALLY WERE IMPRESSED.

THERE ARE QUITE A
NUMBER OF WAYS...

THAT MEN JUDGE THEIR
RELATIVE MALENESS...

WITH RESPECT TO
OTHER MEN. UH-HUH.

MUSCLES, INCOME, CARS.

ATTRACTIVE MATES,
TOLERANCE TO ALCOHOL.

HAIR LOSS, AND, OF COURSE,
THE-THE SIZE OF SEXUAL ORGANS.

HO! SAVE SOMETHING FOR
US TO DISCUSS AT DINNER.

WELL, WOMEN DON'T
CARE ABOUT THAT.

DINNER OR HAIR LOSS? [Laughs]

THE SIZE OF THE SEXUAL ORGAN.

OURS OR YOURS?

PENIS SIZE ONLY
MATTERS TO OTHER MALES.

SEE, I WAS HOPING YOU'D COMMENT ON
HOW I SHUT DOWN THE OTHER TEAM'S OFFENSE.

WELL, THEIR OFFENSE
WASN'T REALLY ALL THAT GOOD.

OH, YOU KNOW HOW TO HURT A GUY.

THAT'S NOT A BAD THING. I LIKE
IT. A LITTLE SAUCE. LITTLE ZING.

THE FLAKE ON THE
TRACHEA WAS INDIA INK.

IT CAME FROM THIS. IT'S A
SCRIMSHAWED LETTER OPENER.

WIPED CLEAN, BUT THERE
ARE STILL MINUTE TRACES...

OF TERRANCE BANCROFT'S
BLOOD IN THE ETCHINGS.

I NEED TO PULL A
LITTLE CON ON THE WIFE.

YOUR WIFE? NO,
THE VICTIM'S WIFE.

- WH-WHY?
- FIND OUT IF SHE WAS CHEATING
ON HER HUSBAND.

I THOUGHT THE MURDER
WAS BECAUSE OF THE HEROIN.

WELL, IT IS, BUT I NEED
YOU TO COME ALONG...

AND COLLECT SOME DUST
OR POLLEN OR SEEDS...

OR WHATEVER THE
HELL IT IS YOU DO...

SO I CAN GET IN AND FIGURE OUT
IF SHE'S GOT ANYTHING TO HIDE.

- HOW WILL YOU DO THAT?
- OH, I'VE GOT MY WAYS. COME ON.

WOW. YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY BUSY HERE.
YOU KNOW, WITH THE MURDER WEAPON.

PLUS WE FOUND A FIBER IN THE
VICTIM'S THROAT. IT'S ACTUALLY MUSKRAT.

THAT'S A PERFECT COVER.
WE'LL GO TO THE MANSION.

YOU GO INSIDE, LOOK FOR ANYTHING
MADE OUT OF MUSKRAT. COME ON.

WHY YOU DRAGGIN'
YOUR FEET? LET'S GO.

I'LL-I'LL-I'LL GET MY
KIT. GET YOUR KIT.

GOOD EVENING, MS. BANCROFT.

THIS IS DR. HODGINS
FROM THE JEFFERSONIAN.

I WAS WONDERING IF...
VERY PLEASED TO MEET YOU.

NICE TO MEET YOU,
DR. HODGINS. CLARISSA BANCROFT.

DR. HODGINS NEEDS
TO TAKE A LOOK INSIDE...

IN THE DEN, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

- OH. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
- MUSKRAT.

[Sighs]

HOW LONG WILL
DR. HODGINS BE IN THERE?

OH, YOU KNOW, A HOMICIDE
INVESTIGATION IS PRETTY INVASIVE.

BOTH THE FAMILY AND THE
VICTIM LOSE ALL THEIR PRIVACY.

I UNDERSTAND.

DO YOU?

BECAUSE, UH,

IT'S INEVITABLE THAT
WE FIND OUT EVERYTHING.

WHAT KIND OF DOCTOR IS JACK?

BUGS. SLIME.

THERE'S FANCIER NAMES, BUT...

THAT'S ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, DON'T YOU?

YOU KNOW THAT I HAD AN AFFAIR.

IT'S BEST YOU TELL
ME EVERYTHING.

IT ENDED THREE MONTHS AGO.

TERRY AND I WERE
WORKING THROUGH IT.

- SEPARATE VACATIONS?
- I DIDN'T SAY
IT WASN'T DIFFICULT.

YOU CAN LOVE SOMEONE
AND STILL HURT THEM.

YOU NEED HIS NAME? YEAH.

LELAND OLIVER.

HE'S OUR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT.

SO YOU DIVORCE YOUR HUSBAND...

I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AT
MOST HALF OF HIS MONEY.

THIS WAY I GET IT ALL. LELAND
KNEW THAT BETTER THAN ANYONE.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I
DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING EARLIER.

HOW'D YOU KNOW
DR. HODGINS'S FIRST NAME?

- YOU INTRODUCED US.
- I NEVER SAID HIS FIRST NAME.

JUST TELL HIM, CLARISSA.

ALL RIGHT, LOOK, I'M SORRY,
BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

HEY, THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM. NOT
A PROBLEM. NOT A PROBLEM, HUH?

I OUGHT TO ARREST YOU FOR
TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.

THIS GOES TO TRIAL, YOU ARE IN
IBIZA OR ANTARCTICA, ON VACATION.

START LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB.

[Car Starts]

[Beeping]

HODGINS, WHAT IS THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MUSKRAT FUR?

YEAH, HODGINS, WHAT IS THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MUSKRAT FUR?

MUSKRATS HAVE AN
UNDER LAYER OF FUR.

THE OUTER LAYER IS COARSE
HAIR. THIS-THIS IS MUSKRAT HAIR.

FUR, HAIR. [Chuckles]

I DOUBT OUR VICTIM'S JUGULAR
WAS CUT BY A MUSKRAT.

IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON?

YOU WANNA TELL 'EM?

MUSKRAT HAIR WAS
COLORED WITH A NEW DYE...

THAT'S JUST BEEN PATENTED BY A
MENSWEAR COMPANY IN CANADA.

SO THE MURDERER WAS DRESSED
IN ONE OF THESE JACKETS?

WAIT A SECOND. THAT ONE.

[Brennan] THE LEATHER
BOMBER WITH MUSKRAT LINER.

[Booth] THAT'S THE ONE
ROBERT FRAZIER WAS WEARING.

- THE DIRECTOR OF THE YOUTH
DROP-IN CENTER.
- THEN WE HAVE OUR MURDERER.

GOOD JOB, HODGINS.

NO, NOT GOOD JOB, HODGINS. HE
MIGHT HAVE BLOWN THE WHOLE CASE.

I TOLD HIM IT IS NOT A PROBLEM.

[Brennan] WHAT HAPPENED? I DON'T
CARE WHAT HE DOES ON HIS TIME OFF.

WHEN HE SCREWS WITH EVIDENCE TO
GET IN THE PANTS OF AN OLD GIRLFRIEND...

ON ONE OF MY MURDER
CASES, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

I ALREADY GOT NO PROOF HOW THE
VICTIM GOT HOLD OF THAT HEROIN.

NOW YOU'RE SAYING I CAN'T PUT
HODGINS ON THE STAND? WHY?

YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE
ANSWER. [Brennan] WHY DOESN'T SHE?

AS THE PROSECUTOR IN THIS CASE, I'M OBLIGED
TO SHARE EVERYTHING I KNOW WITH THE DEFENSE.

- JUST BECAUSE
CLARISSA BANCROFT AND I...
- WHOA, WHOA. GOOD NIGHT.

DID YOU NOT HEAR
WHAT SHE JUST SAID?

THERE ARE SOME
THINGS SHE CAN'T KNOW.

CLARISSA AND I WERE ENGAGED.

- [Exhales]
- SHE AND TERRY
STARTED SOMETHING UP,

AND IT UNFOLDED THE
WAY THOSE THINGS DO.

I HAVEN'T CONTACTED OR HEARD
FROM EITHER OF THEM IN EIGHT YEARS.

- THEN TERRY GOT KILLED...
- AND LIKE EVERY OTHER
RICH GUY IN THE WORLD,

YOU DECIDED THAT RULES
JUST DIDN'T APPLY TO YOU.

HEY, THE GUY USED TO BE MY
FRIEND, ALL RIGHT? AND CLARISSA...

- YOU TAMPERED WITH EVIDENCE.
- THE GLASS AND FRAME
WERE EVIDENCE.

THE PHOTOGRAPH I
REMOVED WAS NOT.

I WANTED TO WORK TERRY'S MURDER.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE OFF THE CASE.

- SHOULD BE OFF THE JOB.
- THAT IS NOT YOUR DECISION,
BOOTH.

I APOLOGIZE.

I WILL DEAL WITH THIS
HOWEVER YOU SEE FIT.

[Caroline] LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY,

MY GOOD FRIEND MR. BARRON IS
GONNA GIVE YOU A LONG SPEECH...

ABOUT WHAT REASONABLE DOUBT IS.

HE'S MOSTLY GONNA BE RIGHT.

BUT FACTS ARE FACTS,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

AND THE FACT IS,
MR. ROBERT FRAZIER KILLED...

MR. TERRANCE BANCROFT...

FOR A FEW POUNDS OF HEROIN.

THEY'VE GOT ANTHROPOLOGISTS
AND PSYCHIATRISTS...

AND PARTICULATE EXPERTS
AND BLOOD EXPERTS...

THE WHOLE WEIGHT OF THE
JEFFERSONIAN INSTITUTION...

ALL INTERPRETING
THE FACTS FOR YOU.

AND I STRESS THE
WORD "INTERPRET,"

BECAUSE YOU, AS THE JURY,

ARE THE ARBITERS
OF COMMON SENSE...

THAT GETS LOST
IN ALL THE SCIENCE.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
HOW THE VICTIM WAS KILLED?

MR. BANCROFT DIED WHEN A SHARP
INSTRUMENT WAS THRUST INTO HIS JUGULAR.

THIS IS A DRIED FLECK OF INDIA
INK LEFT IN THE VICTIM'S TRACHEA.

IT MATCHES THE INK ON A SCRIMSHAWED LETTER
OPENER THE F.B.I. FOUND AT THE SCENE.

POSTMORTEM, THE VICIOUS
ATTACK ON THE VICTIM CONTINUED.

OBJECTION. CATEGORIZATION OF
THE ATTACK AS VICIOUS IS PREJUDICIAL.

FOURTEEN TIMES A
MAN WAS STABBED.

- HOW MANY STABS DOES IT TAKE
TO BE VICIOUS, EXACTLY?
- SUSTAINED.

USING A 2-D IMAGE FROM
A STEREO MICROSCOPE,

I WAS ABLE TO CREATE A
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL.

THESE KERF MARKS ARE CONGRUENT
WITH A DOUBLE-EDGED BLADE...

ONE SIDE SERRATED,
THE OTHER NOT.

YEAH, THAT'S THE KNIFE WE FOUND IN
THE TOOL BOX IN ROBERT FRAZIER'S TRUCK.

THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE PRINTS
FOUND BY THE F.B.I. FORENSICS LAB?

EXPLAIN THE PRINTS, BUT
NOT THE VICTIM'S BLOOD.

YEAH, THIS IS THE JACKET ROBERT FRAZIER
WAS WEARING AT THE TIME OF HIS ARREST.

[Brennan] THE HAIR ON THE LEFT
CAME FROM THE VICTIM'S LARYNX.

THE HAIR ON THE RIGHT
CAME FROM THE JACKET.

AND THEY CAME FROM
THE SAME JACKET?

- THEY CAME
FROM THE SAME MUSKRAT.
- [Laughing]

HOW DID THIS HAIR GET
INTO THE VICTIM'S LARYNX?

THE LARYNX AND THE TRACHEA WERE
BOTH PUNCTURED BY THE MURDER WEAPON,

AND THAT WAS MOST LOGICALLY
ACHIEVED BY THE MURDERER...

APPROACHING THE VICTIM FROM
BEHIND, PUTTING A CHOKE HOLD ON HIM,

AND PLUNGING THE MURDER
WEAPON INTO HIS THROAT.

IN DOING SO, THE MURDERER INADVERTENTLY
STABBED THROUGH HIS OWN JACKET,

THUS DEPOSITING THE MUSKRAT
HAIR IN THE VICTIM'S THROAT.

LET THE RECORD SHOW
THAT THE WITNESS...

IS WIGGLING HIS FINGER THROUGH THE
JACKET IN A VERY CONVINCING MANNER.

OBJECTION TO THE USE OF THE
PHRASE "VERY CONVINCING MANNER."

- SUSTAINED.
- WHY?

- WHY WHAT?
- WHY WAS TERRANCE BANCROFT
KILLED?

DID YOU DISCOVER A
MOTIVE, AGENT BOOTH?

I NEED FIVE MINUTES, YOUR HONOR.

LOOK, MAN, I SAW TERRY
TAKE THE DOPE FROM JULIO.

I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS GONNA
HELP BURN FRAZIER THOUGH.

IT'S CALLED "CHAIN OF EVIDENCE."
IT'LL HELP, OKAY? TRUST ME.

I'LL SAY WHAT I SAW.

TERRY WAS A GOOD MAN.
SO ARE YOU. COME ON.

LET'S GO.

TERRY WAS, LIKE,
"OPEN THAT BAG, JULIO."

[Caroline] WHAT DID JULIO
DO? JUST STOOD THERE.

TERRY WENT OVER,
TOOK THE BAG FROM HIM.

HE OPENED IT UP. IT WAS
PACKED WITH POUNDS OF BLAST.

TELL THE JURY WHAT THAT MEANS.

HEROIN. AT LEAST TWO BRICKS.

AND, LIKE, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT
HAPPENS IF TERRY CATCHES YOU HOLDING.

YOU GET SENT OUT FOR 72 HOURS.

- AND THE DRUGS?
- STRAIGHT TO THE POLICE.

YOU BELIEVE ROBERT FRAZIER KILLED
TERRANCE BANCROFT FOR THAT HEROIN?

YES. ROBERT FRAZIER
TURNED OUT TO BE A JUNKIE.

THAT'S WHY HE WORE
THAT JACKET ALL THE TIME.

OBJECTION. ASSUMING FACTS NOT
IN EVIDENCE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THE DEFENDANT HAS EVERY NEEDLE
DISEASE IN THE BOOK EXCEPT H.I.V.

SAME OBJECTION...
PLUS, MISS JULIAN SEEMS...

TO DEEPLY DESIRE
TO TESTIFY HERSELF.

I WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY, BECAUSE THEN I
WOULD KNOW WHAT ANSWERS I WAS GETTING.

[Laughing] [Judge] ALL
RIGHT, SETTLE DOWN.

THIS IS A MURDER TRIAL,
NOT A NIGHT AT THE IMPROV.

THE VICTIM WAS KILLED AND LEFT
FOR BETWEEN 10 AND 15 HOURS.

THE MURDERER RETURNED
AND FORCED HIM INTO THE CHAIR.

THIS WAS ALSO WHEN
HE WAS STABBED 14 TIMES.

THAT 10 TO 15 HOURS
GAVE THE MURDERER TIME...

TO SOAK JULIO DIAZ'S
SWEATSHIRT IN THE VICTIM'S BLOOD...

IN ORDER TO PUT THE BLAME ON
EITHER MR. DIAZ OR THE DRUG SUPPLIERS.

BUT YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT
THE DEFENDANT KILLED THE BOY?

NO, BUT HE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE.

- OBJECTION.
- I'LL HEAR IT.

TERRANCE BANCROFT INTENDED
TO GIVE THAT HEROIN TO THE POLICE...

- IN ORDER TO KEEP JULIO DIAZ
SQUARE WITH HIS SUPPLIERS.
- THANK YOU.

- JULIO DIAZ WAS 14 YEARS OLD.
- YOUR HONOR!

THE PROSECUTION APOLOGIZES,
YOUR HONOR, AND RESTS.

WAIT. YOU STILL HAVEN'T
SLEPT TOGETHER?

I KNOW THE PROBLEM. IS
IT RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING?

HIS PENIS. WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT?

APPARENTLY, IT'S SMALL. [Laughs]

WELL, THAT MAYBE EXPLAINS WHY HE
HASN'T MADE ANY MOVES ON YOU YET.

HE'S INSECURE, SO I SHOULD
MAKE THE FIRST MOVE, RIGHT?

YEAH. TAKE SULLY FOR
A LITTLE TEST DRIVE.

MAYBE HE'S GOT
UNLIMITED MILEAGE.

THAT'LL MAKE UP FOR THE
FACT THAT HE'S A SUB-COMPACT.

DOC, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE,
WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED THERAPY?

OH, ABSOLUTELY, ESPECIALLY
SINCE I'M ABOUT TO INQUIRE...

WHETHER YOU'VE EXPERIENCED
ANY OUTBURSTS OF TEMPER...

SINCE I REQUESTED YOU
ALTER YOUR DRESS CODE.

YEAH. ONE OF THE
SQUINTS... HODGINS...

DECIDED THE RULES,
THEY DIDN'T APPLY TO HIM.

HE GOT ENTITLED AND
JEOPARDIZED MY MURDER CASE.

AH. AND YOU CONFRONTED
HIM PHYSICALLY?

PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION...
THAT'S MY MAIN SKILL.

"ENTITLED," YOU SAID.
IS HE A WEALTHY MAN?

YEAH, LIKE THE GUY WHO GOT
KILLED. THE MURDER VICTIM...

WHO... TRIED TO HELP A
CHILD AND THEN DIED FOR IT?

- AND YOUR... SQUINT?
- YEAH, SQUINT.

EXTRAORDINARY. YOUR
SQUINT TRIED TO HELP A FRIEND,

SO THEY BOTH
ENDEAVORED TO DO GOOD.

WITH NO CLUE OF
THE WAY THINGS ARE.

THE WAY THINGS ARE AS DEFINED BY A
WORKING-CLASS LAD FROM PITTSBURGH.

THAT'S RIGHT. PITTSBURGH.
WHERE I'M FROM, ALL RIGHT?

FROM THE STREETS, WHERE YOU GET
A SENSE OF HOW THE WORLD REALLY IS.

YES, I'M SURE THAT'S TRUE,
BUT HAS IT OCCURRED TO YOU...

THAT WITHOUT THE DISTORTION OF REALITY
PROVIDED BY A PRIVILEGED UPBRINGING,

THERE'D BE NO SUCH THING AS
THE SISTINE CHAPEL OR TAJ MAHAL...

OR THE THREE RIVERS STADIUM,
HOME OF YOUR BELOVED STEELERS?

THREE RIVERS STADIUM
WAS DEMOLISHED IN 2000.

BUT IT WAS A GREAT PLACE
THOUGH. I MEAN THAT LAMBERT...

NO DOUBT. THE POINT IS,
YOU REBEL IN YOUR WAY,

YOUR FRIEND REBELS IN HIS.

WE ALL OF US HAVE TO OVERCOME
OUR UPBRINGINGS, RICH AND POOR ALIKE.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO GO BACK TO YOUR
BILIOUS SOCKS AND YOUR OSTENTATIOUS TIES...

AND YOUR PROVOCATIVE
BELT BUCKLES.

YOU'RE SAYING, IF I WEAR FLASHY
SOCKS, I'M GOING TO FORGIVE HODGINS?

[Chuckling] OH, LORD. I'M
NOT SURE I'M THAT GOOD.

WELL, PERHAPS I AM. HMM.

HEY, DOC, DOC, DOC, UH...

WHY IS IT THAT THE BELT
BUCKLE IS PROVOCATIVE?

IT'S A MODERN-DAY CODPIECE.
IT FORCES THE EYE TO THE GROIN.

WHAT PROCESS WAS USED TO MATCH
THE INDIA INK ON THE LETTER OPENER...

WITH THE FLAKE IN
THE VICTIM'S TRACHEA?

HYDROPNEUMATIC
ELUTRIATION. [Laughs]

WHICH INVOLVES DISSOLVING THE
SAMPLE IN A SOLUTION, CORRECT?

- YES.
- ESSENTIALLY DESTROYING IT.

YES.

AND HOW WAS THE
MUSKRAT HAIR PROCESSED?

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH
MASS SPECTROMETRY.

AND DID YOU PERFORM THIS
TEST PERSONALLY, DR. SAROYAN?

NO. IT WAS DONE BY A
SPECIALIST AT THE JEFFERSONIAN.

- AND WHO MIGHT THAT BE?
- DR. JACK HODGINS.

THE SAME MAN WHO USED FLIES
TO ESTIMATE THE TIME OF DEATH?

YES.

THE SAME DR. JACK HODGINS...

WHO WAS ONCE ENGAGED TO THE
VICTIM'S WIFE, CLARISSA BANCROFT?

OBJECTION. ASSUMES
FACTS NOT IN EVIDENCE.

- SUSTAINED.
- QUITE RIGHT, YOUR HONOR.

THE DEFENSE CALLS DR. JACK
HODGINS TO THE STAND,

AFTER WHICH WE WILL BE MOVING
FOR DISMISSAL OF ALL CHARGES.

HOW DO YOU THINK THEY FOUND OUT
ABOUT HODGINS AND CLARISSA BANCROFT?

AW, IT'S A CLASSIC DEFENSE MOVE.

YOU JUST CHECK OUT THE WIFE FOR
MOTIVE, RUN THROUGH THE EX-LOVERS.

WELL, THE JUDGE DIDN'T DISMISS
THE CASE, WHICH IS A MIRACLE.

"BETTER YOU DON'T
KNOW, CAROLINE." HA.

I FIGURED IT WAS SOMETHING SMALL,
LIKE A TYPO ON A SEARCH WARRANT, BUT NO.

TURNS OUT HODGINS HAD
MOTIVE TO KILL THE MAN HIMSELF.

EIGHT YEARS AGO, MAYBE,
BUT NOT NOW. I'VE GOT ANGELA.

HELLO. IF I MIGHT CONTINUE.

THE JUDGE HAS
ALLOWED YOU 24 HOURS...

TO COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL
EVIDENCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN,

HEARD, SMELLED, TOUCHED
OR CONSIDERED BY DR. HODGINS.

TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.

HODGINS WAS ALL OVER THIS CASE.

WE NEED SOMETHING BRAND NEW OR
SOMETHING THAT HODGINS DIDN'T TOUCH.

UH, BOTH WEAPONS,
BLOOD SPATTER EVIDENCE.

RIGHT. TRACE EVIDENCE FROM THE
SCENE, THE HEROIN, THE SWEATSHIRT.

WE'VE COVERED IT ALL. THE
ANSWER IS HERE, IN FRONT OF US.

- JUST LIKE ALWAYS.
- W-WELL...

THE FUNGUS. [Saroyan]
WHAT FUNGUS?

THE FUNGUS ZACK FOUND ALONG
THE INTERIOR CERVICAL VERTEBRAE.

- TYPICAL CADAVER MOLD.
- [Brennan] LET'S HAVE IT IDENTIFIED.

- THAT WOULD USUALLY
BE HODGINS'S JOB.
- NOT THIS TIME.

IT'S MY LETTER OF RESIGNATION.

YOUR SCIENCE WAS
DEAD-ON PERFECT.

THAT'S ALL I CARE ABOUT. I
DON'T NEED YOUR RESIGNATION.

HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY
TAMPER WITH EVIDENCE.

DR. HODGINS ENDANGERED A CASE BY
HIDING HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH A SUSPECT.

I'M SAVING DR. SAROYAN
THE TROUBLE OF FIRING ME.

WELL, HOW MUCH TROUBLE
IS IT? "YOU'RE FIRED."

THAT'S NO TROUBLE AT
ALL. A CHILD COULD DO IT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

SO WE ALL AGREE
IT'S ASPERGILLUS.

BUT THERE ARE 185
STRAINS OF ASPERGILLUS.

- CLAVATUS, GLAUCUS, FLAVUS...
- THEY ALL LOOK
TOTALLY ALIKE TO ME.

NO. NO, THESE TWO ARE DIFFERENT.

- I DON'T SEE IT.
- WELL, THEY'RE BOTH... "PUDDLY."

- "PUDDLY"?
- WELL, BY PUDDLY,

I MEAN THE HYPHAE ARE
SEPTATE AND HYALINE,

AND THE CONIDIAPHORES ORIGINATE
FROM THE BASAL FOOT CELL...

LOCATED ON THE
SUPPORTING HYPHAE...

AND TERMINATE IN A VESICLE.

ASPERGILLUS USTUS.

YOU FOUND IT.

EXACTLY HOW MUCH TIME HAVE
YOU BEEN SPENDING WITH HODGINS?

PIE GOOD?

I QUIT.

HANDED IN MY LETTER TO CAM.

IDIOT. SHOULD HAVE GOT FIRED.

NOW NO SEVERANCE PACKAGE.

I FIGURE, A GUY LIKE YOU...

I RESIGN, THAT PUTS
THINGS RIGHT BETWEEN US.

DO WE NEED TO
DISCUSS IT PAST THAT?

WHAT ARE WE, GIRLS?

A PIECE OF PIE FOR MY FRIEND.

I WILL REMIND THE JURY THAT THEY
HAVE HEARD PREVIOUS TESTIMONY...

FROM DR. CLIFFORD LONSDALE,

A CLINICAL EXPERT
IN DRUG ADDICTION.

WHY SHOULD THE JURY CARE
ABOUT SOME LATIN INFECTIONS?

WE FOUND A FUNGUS
ON THE VICTIM...

CALLED ASPERGILLUS USTUS.

IS THAT NOT VERY COMMON?
THE FUNGUS IN THE VICTIM...

MATCHES EXACTLY THE STRAIN
DR. LONSDALE FOUND IN THE DEFENDANT.

- WHAT ARE THE CHANCES
OF THAT OCCURRING?
- INCALCULABLE.

WHICH IS SOMETHING
I'VE NEVER SAID BEFORE.

MISS MONTENEGRO,
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

WHEN THE DEFENDANT
PUNCTURED THE VICTIM'S JUGULAR,

HE NICKED HIMSELF.

THUS INTRODUCING THE BACTERIA
DIRECTLY INTO THE VICTIM'S BLOODSTREAM.

THE FUNGUS DEVELOPED ONLY WHERE
BLOOD FROM THE FATAL STAB POOLED...

HERE, ALONG THE SPINAL CORD.

IT DID NOT SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE BODY.

- WHICH MEANS...
- THAT ONLY MR. FRAZIER COULD
HAVE INFECTED THE VICTIM,

AND ONLY WITHIN MOMENTS
OF THE VICTIM'S DEATH.

- AND WHO FOUND THIS FUNGUS?
- DR. ZACK ADDY.

- AND WHO IDENTIFIED IT?
- MS. ANGELA MONTENEGRO.

- AND WHO REALIZED
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT?
- I DID.

DR. JACK HODGINS PARTICIPATED
IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER?

OBJECTION. THE
IMPLICATION IS OFFENSIVE.

THAT OBJECTION HAS NO STANDING IN
LAW, MISS JULIAN. THE WITNESS WILL ANSWER.

DESPITE THE FACT THAT
I HAVE ABSOLUTE FAITH...

IN DR. HODGINS'S
INTEGRITY AND OBJECTIVITY,

IN THIS INSTANCE, HE
WAS NOT INVOLVED.

THEN THE EVIDENCE STANDS.

- [Chattering]
- I DON'T SEE HOW
THEY COULD DO THAT.

- [Zack] WHO? - LAWYERS.

- DO WHAT?
- [Brennan] BE ALL FRIENDLY.

THE ONLY PEOPLE LAWYERS
LIKE ARE OTHER LAWYERS.

OH, THEY WERE MARRIED. THEY HAVE
A DAUGHTER, SECOND YEAR AT M.I.T.

DOES ANYONE ELSE
SEE THE IRONY HERE?

LISTEN UP, YOU PEOPLE. THE VERDICT
IS GONNA COME DOWN ANY MINUTE.

MAYBE WE'LL WIN, MAYBE
WE'LL LOSE. BUT THIS I DO KNOW...

YOU PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO GET
YOUR SAND TOGETHER, YOU HEAR ME?

BOOTH... AND YOU SCIENTIST,
ANDROID BRAINIACS...

YOU GOT SOMETHING VERY
SPECIAL HERE, BUT YOU ARE LOSING IT.

DROPPING SERIAL
KILLERS OFF BALCONIES...

AND BLABBIN' SUSPECTS'
NAMES TO VENGEFUL FATHERS.

CUTTING INTO HEADS BEFORE
THEIR TIMES. GETTING POISONED.

GETTIN' BLOWN UP BECAUSE YOU GO
GRABBING FOR THINGS YOU SHOULDN'T OUGHT.

TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS FROM FRAMES.

GETTIN' A PERFECTLY GOOD CAR
SMASHED TO BITS FOR NO GOOD REASON.

GET IT TOGETHER. START
USING YOUR OVERSIZED HEADS.

THIS IS THE REAL WORLD.

NOW, I KNOW BUG MAN HERE
HANDED IN HIS RESIGNATION.

MY OFFICIAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
RECOMMENDATION IS THE FOLLOWING.

WE WIN THE CASE,
HE GETS HIS JOB BACK.

WE LOSE, BOOTH SHOOTS HIM.

THE JURY'S RETURNED
WITH THE VERDICT.

OKAY, LET'S GO FACE THE MUSIC.

WILL THE DEFENDANT PLEASE RISE?

MADAM FOREPERSON,
PLEASE READ THE VERDICT.

[Woman] WE THE JURY FIND
THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.

TOLD YOU SO.

[Judge] THIS COURT IS
ADJOURNED. ♪♪ [Pop Ballad]

- NICELY DONE, CAROLINE.
- THANK YOU.

[Mouthing Words]

[No Audible Dialogue]
♪♪ [Continues]

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♪♪ [Continues]

♪♪ [Ends]

YOU LOOK HAPPY. [Chuckles]

UH-HUH. OH, YOU
LOOK REALLY HAPPY.

[Laughs] YOU MADE
THE FIRST MOVE.

WELL, YOU TOLD ME I
SHOULD. HOW WAS IT?

I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN "IT."

NO, NO. I DO. I MEAN... IT.

I DISCOVERED SOMETHING VERY
INTERESTING ABOUT COPS AND NICKNAMES.

ANTHROPOLOGICALLY INTERESTING?
ANATOMICALLY INTERESTING.

THEY CALL THE BALD GUY
CURLY, AND THE FAT GUY TINY.

IT'S IRONIC. SO WHEN
THEY CALL SULLY PEANUT...

HE DOESN'T LIKE TO SHOWER
WITH THE OTHER GUYS...

BECAUSE HE DIVERGES FROM THE
QUANTIFIABLE MORPHOLOGICAL NORM.

- WHAT? WHAT'S THAT MEAN?
- STANDS OUT FROM A CROWD.

DO YOU HAVE A NICKNAME, BOOTH?
SOMETHING THE OTHER COPS CALL YOU?

WHY? WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?

CONGRATS, BRENNAN.
[Chuckling] WOW.

THOSE SOCKS...
THOSE ARE AMAZING.

RIGHT. THE SOCKS, THE
TIE, THE BELT BUCKLE.

ALL ESCAPE VALVES FOR
MY SOCIOECONOMIC RAGE.

I HATE PSYCHOLOGY.

OH, YOU KNOW, THEY HELP ME DEAL
WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY IRRITATIONS...

OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE
THAT ARE MORE PRIVILEGED.

I SLEPT WITH SULLY LAST NIGHT.

OH. I THOUGHT YOU
ALREADY... NO. LAST NIGHT.

OH. IT'S REALLY
NONE OF MY BUSINESS.

EXCEPT WE'RE PARTNERS.
YEAH, THERE'S THAT.

AND YOU TOLD ME
ABOUT YOUR SOCKS.

MM-HMM. SEX, SOCKS...
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WORD.

DO WE HAVE A CASE, OR
ARE YOU JUST VISITING?

YEAH. I'LL FILL YOU IN
ON THE WAY. IT'S MESSY.

BETTER GET SOME PROTECTION.

LET ME GET MY GUM BOOTS.

[Exhales]

YEAH. I'M GONNA
NEED A FLASHIER TIE.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?