Bones (2005–2017): Season 2, Episode 16 - The Boneless Bride in the River - full transcript
Bones is called back from vacation - several times - after a boneless body is found, and Sully has a proposition.
[Brennan] I'M SUPPOSED
TO BE ON VACATION.
YOU KNOW, SPENDING
TIME WITH SULLY.
[Booth] OH, THAT'S A GOOD
LESSON FOR SULLY THEN, HUH?
NEXT TIME HE ACTUALLY TAKES YOU
AWAY ON VACATION, YOU SHOULD GO AWAY.
YOU KNOW, LEAVE TOWN. UH-UH! YOU
HAD A VACATION AND NEVER LEFT TOWN.
IT WASN'T A VACATION.
IT WAS A SUSPENSION.
PLUS COMPULSORY THERAPY. HEY,
DUDE, DON'T KNOCK THERAPY, OKAY?
DR. WYATT HAS HELPED ME REALIZE THAT THERE ARE
CERTAIN PRESSURES THAT BUILD UP ON THE JOB,
AND I NEED CREATIVE WAYS...
WE DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
OF DEALING WITH THEM.
WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU HAVE TO
CONTEND WITH ON THE JOB THAT I DON'T?
[Laughs] YOU, BONES. YOU DON'T
HAVE TO CONTEND WITH YOU.
SO WE GOT A TRUNK. LOOKS LIKE
IT'S BEEN WRAPPED WITH CHAINS.
BATTERED UP PRETTY GOOD. MOST LIKELY CAME
THROUGH THE SLUICEWAYS UPSTREAM IN MARYLAND.
- IS IT LOCKED?
- NOT ANYMORE, IT ISN'T.
- IS THERE A BODY IN THERE?
- SORT OF.
[Siren Approaching]
BEATS THE HELL OUT OF ME
WHAT THE DEAL IS WITH THIS ONE.
THE HEAD LOOKS FLAT, AS IF THE
SKULL'S BEEN TOTALLY PULVERIZED.
- MAYBE SHE GOT
RUN OVER BY A STEAMROLLER.
- [Booth] WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
SHE WAS KILLED
BY WILE E. COYOTE?
OKAY. I WANT THE WHOLE "KIP AND
CANOODLE" TRANSPORTED TO THE JEFFERSONIAN.
KIT AND CABOODLE.
[Brennan] WHATEVER. WHY DON'T
WE JUST WRAP THIS UP FAST...
- SO WE CAN GET YOU
BACK ON YOUR VACATION?
- THANK YOU. I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
- YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING.
- WHAT'S WITH THE TONE?
- YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THIS FACE
AND BUILD A SKULL FOR IT?
- CAN YOU DO IT?
- NO.
- YOU'RE ALWAYS TAKING SKULLS
AND PUTTING ON FACES.
- CAN'T YOU SIMPLY
REVERSE THE PROCESS?
- NO.
- WHY NOT?
- BECAUSE I AM A HUMAN BEING.
SHE'S MISSING EVERY
BONE IN HER BODY?
- HER SKELETON WAS REMOVED.
- OH. ALL RIGHT.
LEAVING THE THIRD
CIRCLE OF HELL.
BUT BEFORE I GO, I
THINK SHE'S ASIAN.
DON'T BASE THAT ON SKIN
TONE. SHE WAS BOILED,
WHICH IS WHY WE CAN ONLY
GET PARTIAL FINGERPRINTS.
I'M NOT GOING OFF SKIN TONE.
I'M GOING OFF HER HAIR.
I HAVE AN IDEA FOR THE FACE... IF YOU CAN
REMOVE THE HEAD FROM THE REST OF THE SKIN SACK.
PLEASE, GOD, I AM NOT
OUT OF EARSHOT YET.
THE VICTIM WAS BOILED. THEN A NUMBER OF
INCISIONS WERE MADE FROM THE TOP OF THE SKULL,
AROUND HER RIGHT EAR
AND DOWN HER RIGHT SIDE.
THEN FROM HER LEFT FOOT, ALONG THE
OUTSIDE OF THE BODY TO HER LEFT HIP.
- SOMEONE WITH MEDICAL TRAINING?
- DEFINITELY NOT.
AN UNTRAINED HAND BUT
A VERY SHARP INSTRUMENT.
- BOILED?
- THE ENTIRE SKELETAL
STRUCTURE REMOVED.
THEN THE SKIN WAS SEWN
BACK AROUND THE ORGANS.
IT DOESN'T FIT ANY KIND OF RITUAL
KILLING I'VE EVER HEARD OR READ ABOUT.
[Saroyan] THE ORGANS ARE DAMAGED DUE TO
THE CLUMSY CUTTING, BUT EVERYTHING'S THERE.
- EXCEPT THE BRAIN
AND THE EYES.
- OH, GOD.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO REMOVE ALL
THOSE SMALLER BONES, LIKE THE PHALANGES.
WELL, IT'S ALL GONE. I
DIDN'T EVEN FIND ONE BONE.
THE ALGAE IN THE TRUNK IS CYANOBACTERIA
CALLED MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA.
THE SIZE OF THE... SCUM COLONY
INDICATES EIGHT DAYS SUBMERSION.
DR. BRENNAN? HAVE I
OFFENDED YOU IN SOME WAY?
DR. SAROYAN SAID NO BONES,
SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
I'M BACK ON VACATION.
NO BONES, NO BONES.
THAT... I WAS THE
SECOND "BONES."
THAT'S VERY WITTY.
[Zack] ESSENTIALLY, ALL WE HAVE
TO DO IS REFILL THE EMPTY HEAD.
LIKE A BALLOON.
WHICH IS LITERALLY WHAT
WE DID. OH, NO. YOU DID NOT.
PUT A BLADDER INSIDE THE
HEAD AND INFLATE IT VERY SLOWLY.
[Air Hissing]
[Saroyan] THIS IS...
IT'S ABSOLUTELY...
- BRILLIANT?
- USELESS.
YOU NEED THE EXACT SHAPE OF A
SKULL TO GET A LIKENESS. NOT JUST A...
THIS IS... TURN THAT OFF.
OH, MY GOD. YOU
GUYS ARE PERVERSE.
DR. BRENNAN WAS RIGHT. BONE
PEOPLE SHOULD ONLY DO BONE THINGS.
[Air Hissing]
HELLO?
HEY! DR. BRENNAN!
AGENT SULLIVAN, I
PRESUME. [Chuckling]
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I THINK YOU'RE VERY DIRTY.
- OOH.
- YOU GOT SOMETHING.
- OH. OH.
UH, COME ON ABOARD. HERE.
SO I DIDN'T THINK I'D SEE
YOU FOR A COUPLE DAYS.
WELL, I KNOW IT'S
STRANGE, BUT I'D ACTUALLY...
RATHER SPEND TIME
WITH YOU THAN WORK.
WELL, I'M FLATTERED.
SO, UM, YOU RENTING IT?
WELL, UH, I'M THINKING
ABOUT BUYING HER.
WOW. CAN YOU AFFORD IT?
WELL, IF I LIQUIDATE EVERYTHING
AND BORROW HEAVILY, NOT AT ALL.
[Chuckles] SO YOU'D...
YOU'D LIVE ON IT?
HER. YOU KNOW, LIVE ON HER.
BUT BEFORE I COMMIT, I WANT TO
SPEND THE NIGHT ON HER WITH YOU.
OH, WHAT WOULD THAT PROVE?
CALL IT SEXUAL FENG SHUI.
[Chuckles] I DON'T THINK
THAT'S A REAL THING.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK FOR
US, I DON'T WANT THIS BOAT...
WOW. APPARENTLY, YOU
DO THINK IT'S A REAL THING.
I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ON HOW TO ESTIMATE
THE HEIGHT OF A BODY WITHOUT BONES.
DOES THE SKIN STRETCH OR
CONTRACT WITHOUT A SKELETON?
BOILED LEATHER IMMERSED IN WATER WOULD
TEND TO STRETCH, THEN CONTRACT AS IT DRIES.
MAYBE THE PRINCIPLE APPLIES.
- [Saroyan] I'M FINDING
BRUISING ON THE TORSO.
- [Device Buzzing]
I'LL SUBJECT THE TISSUE TO REFLECTANT
SPECTROSCOPY TO GET A ROUGH IDEA...
OF WHEN THE BLOWS WERE SUSTAINED
AND WHETHER THEY WERE FATAL.
DR. SAROYAN, THE FACE
DEBACLE TAUGHT ME A LESSON.
I'M STRICTLY A BONE
GUY LIKE DR. BRENNAN.
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY I
CALLED FOR YOU, BONE BOY.
A PATELLA? YES.
X-RAYS SHOWED IT LODGED IN
THE FATTY TISSUE OF THE LEG.
A BONE... SOMETHING
WE CAN WORK WITH.
IT'S JUST A KNEECAP, ZACK.
DON'T GET TOO EXCITED.
TO YOU, IT'S JUST A
KNEECAP. TO DR. BRENNAN,
IT'S THE BEST PART OF A
HUMAN BEING. GOOD TO KNOW.
[Brennan Chuckling, Moaning]
HEY.
[Chuckling, Moaning Continue]
AHOY, THE BOAT?
- [Sully] BOOTH?
- YEAH. I NEED BONES.
PERMISSION TO COME
ABOARD OR WHAT?
HEY, MAN. UH, IS THIS IMPORTANT?
- YEAH. WE GOT A BONE.
- TELL ME ABOUT IT.
IT'S FROM THE BONELESS GIRL.
WHAT KIND OF BONE?
[Brennan] HERE AND
HERE. FRONTAL SPURRING.
MM-HMM. WHAT'S THAT MEAN? ZACK?
A LOT OF TIME
SPENT ON THE KNEES.
OH, SHE'S EITHER A
NUN OR A PROSTITUTE.
NO. THE TENDON ATTACHMENTS ON THE INSIDE
OF THE PATELLA ALSO SUGGEST SQUATTING,
WHICH IS NOT NUNLIKE BEHAVIOR.
- YOU DIDN'T NEED TO INTERRUPT
MY VACATION FOR THIS, YOU KNOW.
- WELL, YOU KNOW,
YOU SAID TO CALL IF
A BONE SHOWED UP,
AND THIS IS A BONE.
THE DENSITY OF SECONDARY
OSTEON STRUCTURES...
SUGGESTS THE VICTIM WAS IN HER
EARLY 20s AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH.
SEE? ZACK IS CAPABLE.
YOU DON'T NEED ME.
- AN INTERESTING SHAPE.
- [Zack] SQUARE RATHER THAN TRIANGULAR.
CLASSIC NAIL-PATELLA SYNDROME.
IT'S A GENETIC DEFECT, ALSO
KNOWN AS FONG'S DISEASE.
FONG'S DISEASE,
RIGHT. WHAT'S THAT?
ANGELA SAID THE VICTIM'S
HAIR SUGGESTED ASIAN.
OUR VICTIM MAY HAVE GROWN UP IN A
NON-INDUSTRIALIZED RURAL ENVIRONMENT.
WELL, EARLY 20s, ASIAN, RURAL AREA...
I'LL... I'LL CHECK WITH IMMIGRATION.
ZACK WILL DO AN OSTEOLOGICAL
PROFILE ON THE BONES,
SEE IF WE CAN FOCUS GEOGRAPHICALLY,
WHILE I GET BACK ON VACATION.
WOW. DR. BRENNAN
REALLY LIKES THAT BOAT.
[Beeping]
[Booth] I THOUGHT YOU SAID
YOU COULDN'T MAKE A FACE.
WELL, DID YOU HEAR ABOUT ZACK AND
HODGINS AND THE BALLOON IN THE HEAD?
HUH. WAS IT AS BAD
AS IT SOUNDS? YES.
THE LEAST I COULD DO IS TRY TO
GIVE HER A FACE, POOR WOMAN.
SO, A BOAT, HMM?
OH, SULLY? YEAH.
LAST MONTH, HE WANTED
TO LIVE IN A TREE HOUSE.
MMM. HE'S LIKE ME.
YEAH. I DON'T SEE THAT.
WELL, HE'S NOT REALLY MADE FOR ALL THIS
MURDER AND CORPSES AND EMPTY EYE SOCKETS CRAP.
HE'S A ROMANTIC.
- UNLIKE ME?
- NO. YOU'RE A ROMANTIC
OF A NARROW KIND.
YOU LIVE TO CATCH BAD
GUYS. SULLY LIVES WIDE.
- [Computer Beeping]
- HEY, I GOT A HIT OFF THE
HOMELAND SECURITY DATABASE.
[Booth] "LI LING FAN."
YEAH. SHE'S HERE ON A FIANCÉE
VISA FROM MAINLAND CHINA.
YEAH, WELL, THE FINGERPRINTS...
IT'S A MATCH. PRINT THIS UP FOR ME.
YEAH, THIS IS THE VICTIM. OKAY.
I'LL GO VISIT HER FIANCÉ TOMORROW.
YOU KNOW, I... I LIVE WIDE TOO.
[Scoffs] FAR AND WIDE, RIGHT?
THERE'S NOTHING WIDER
THAN SEELEY BOOTH.
OKAY, THEN. MY BAD.
LING FAN IS DEAD?
ARE YOU CERTAIN?
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
SAW YOUR WIFE, MR. HARPER?
- FAN WASN'T MY WIFE.
- WELL,
[Chuckles]
SHE IMMIGRATED HERE
ON A, UM, FIANCÉE VISA,
AND YOU'RE LISTED
AS THE, UH, FIANCÉ.
WE CALLED IT OFF. MUTUAL THING.
WELL, YOU SEE, I... I
DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
I MEAN, A POOR GIRL
FROM CHINA TRAVELS...
THOUSANDS OF MILES
AWAY FROM HER FAMILY...
TO BE WITH THE
MAN THAT SHE LOVES.
NOT LIKE SHE HAS MANY OPTIONS.
SO, UH, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW HER? ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
HOW DID SHE DIE?
YEAH, WE'RE STILL, UH...
- WE'RE STILL
LOOKING INTO THAT.
- FOUL PLAY, RIGHT?
I MEAN, THE F.B.I. WOULDN'T BE ASKING
SO MANY QUESTIONS IF IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
SO YOU, UH... YOU GET
OFF ON ALL THIS, UH,
[Dings] ASIAN STUFF, HUH?
MARTIAL ARTS AND WEAPONS?
I'VE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO IT.
SHE HAD SOME
BRUISING, YOUR FIANCÉE.
I DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
THESE, UH, WEAPONS
HERE... HERE...
- ARE THEY, UH, GENUINE?
- KNOCK-OFFS.
I CAN'T AFFORD THE
REAL THING. REALLY?
SINCE WHEN DOES A FENCE
WORRY ABOUT AFFORDING THINGS?
DETAILS LIKE A CRIMINAL RECORD... THEY TEND
TO, UH, COME UP DURING A MURDER INVESTIGATION.
- MURDER?
- HOMICIDE.
SEE, I'VE, UH,
DEDICATED MY LIFE TO IT.
HEY!
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
HEY!
[Brennan] I'VE BEEN ON ARAB
DHOWS ABOUT THIS SIZE,
BUT I DON'T THINK I COULD
HANDLE ONE ALL BY MYSELF.
THIS IS A LOT MORE
HIGH TECH THAN A DHOW.
WHY... WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK
ME TO GO OUT WITH YOU?
I'M A GOOD SAILOR.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOTTA BE
ABLE TO HANDLE HER BY MYSELF.
I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE
A CREW... YOU, IN FACT...
BUT WHAT IF YOU GOT CONKED ON
THE HEAD AND RAN OFF WITH A PIRATE?
[Chuckles]
AHOY, THE BOAT. AW, BOOTH.
DON'T TELL ME. YOU
FOUND ANOTHER BONE.
WELL, I GOT THIS, UH, CHINESE
BOOK THAT NEEDS TRANSLATING.
MAYBE YOU, UH, GOT SOMEBODY AT
THE JEFFERSONIAN WE COULD TALK TO?
NO! I'M ON VACATION.
WELL, HE'LL JUST
KEEP SHOWING UP.
MIGHT AS WELL PITCH IN
AND GET THE CASE SOLVED.
IT'S A LEDGER FOR BUYING
AND SELLING WEAPONS.
[Booth] ILLEGAL WEAPONS.
MMM.
ONE ENTRY REFERS TO THIS.
IT'S A JIAN... A
DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.
A DEGU... THIS FELLOW'S
NOT CHINESE, CORRECT?
- HOW CAN YOU TELL?
- HIS CHARACTERS ARE LABORED,
OVERLY FORMAL.
PROFESSOR SHI JON CHEN IS A HIGHLY
RESPECTED CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST...
- WHO SPECIALIZES IN...
- YEAH, HE'S ONE OF YOU. I GET IT.
YOU DEFINITELY DIDN'T
GET ALL THE WEAPONS.
INCLUDING THIS... A QING CHUANG.
A FLYING HORSE... A VERY
RARE, ORNATE DAGGER.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, JON CHEN?
OBVIOUSLY HE HAS A FETISHISTIC
SLANT TOWARDS ALL THINGS ASIAN.
A MAIL-ORDER BRIDE WOULD'VE BEEN
A THING TO HIM, LIKE THESE WEAPONS.
WHAT ABOUT THE RITUALISTIC REMOVAL
OF THE BONES? COULD IT BE MINGHUN?
- NO. DEFINITELY NOT.
- WHAT'S THAT, HUH?
IT'S AN ANCIENT BELIEF IN RURAL CHINA
THAT IF A YOUNG, UNMARRIED MALE DIES,
HIS FAMILY SHOULD REBURY HIS
BONES WITH THE BONES OF A WOMAN.
- A BRIDE FOR THE AFTERLIFE.
- LIKE A "BURIAGE"
OR A "MARRIAL." [Laughs]
- A "DEADING"?
- [Laughing]
BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE
COMMITTING MURDER TO GET THESE BONES.
WELL, THEN WE SHOULD PURSUE
THIS AVENUE OF INVESTIGATION.
IF YOU COME ACROSS A MINGHUN...
IN WHICH THE ORIGIN OF THE BRIDE'S
BONES IS UNCLEAR, YOU LET US KNOW.
OF COURSE.
ALL RIGHT, SULLY, LOOK. I
WANT YOU TO LOOK INTO BUYING...
ONE OF THOSE ANCIENT CHINESE
WEAPONS... LEAPING DONKEY?
- FLYING HORSE?
- YEAH, WHATEVER. SEE IF HARPER SURFACES...
LONG ENOUGH TO,
UH... TO MAKE THE SALE.
HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS THE FIANCÉE
VISA WAS EXPEDITED BY A LAWYER...
ON RETAINER TO A SMALLER BRIDE AGENCY
HERE IN TOWN CALLED THE PERFECT WIFE.
OH, THAT SOUNDS ARCHAIC. OH,
YOU KNOW, IN THERAPY I LEARNED...
THAT, UH, SUPERLATIVES LIKE
"PERFECT" ARE, UH, MEANINGLESS.
NOT IN SCIENCE. A PERFECT NUMBER IS A
NUMBER WHOSE DIVISORS ADD UP TO ITSELF,
AS IN ONE PLUS TWO
PLUS THREE EQUALS SIX.
YOU KNOW, IN THERAPY I LEARNED
THAT DEFINITIVE STATEMENTS...
ARE BY THEIR VERY NATURE WRONG.
ISN'T THE STATEMENT,
"DEFINITIVE STATEMENTS...
ARE BY THEIR VERY NATURE WRONG,"
DEFINITIVE, AND THUS, WRONG?
YOU HATE PSYCHOLOGY. WELL, YOU
HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING TO CHANGE MY MIND.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY, OKAY, SOMETIMES
I DO THINGS LIKE SHOOT UP AN ICE CREAM TRUCK.
OH, IT'S A GOOD THING
YOU HAD THERAPY.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED
ABOUT YOU IN THERAPY.
- YOU DID?
- MM-HMM.
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
WELL, YOU KNOW, SINCE
IT WAS, UH, MY THERAPY,
I DON'T HAVE TO
SHARE THE DETAILS.
SORRY.
SO YOU SPECIALIZE IN
BRINGING BRIDES OVER...
FROM RUSSIA, ROMANIA,
CHINA AND THAILAND?
I'VE HAD OVER 500 MARRIAGES
SINCE I OPENED SHOP.
I MATCH THE HAPPY COUPLE USING AN
EMPIRICAL SYSTEM OF RECIPROCAL ATTRIBUTES.
YOU CAN'T MATCH
HUMANS EMPIRICALLY...
BECAUSE THE VARIABLES NUMBER
IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS.
I NEVER RECOMMEND A MATCH WITH LESS
THAN 200 POINTS OF COMPATIBLE COMMONALITY.
TENS OF THOUSANDS
IS WAY MORE THAN 200.
THIS IS GREAT. WERE DREW
HARPER AND MISS FAN...
- MISS LI.
- IN CHINESE NOMENCLATURE,
THE LAST NAME'S FIRST.
- AND THE FIRST NAME IS LAST.
- GREAT. WERE THEY A GOOD MATCH?
SADLY, I'M SORRY TO
SAY, IN THE END, NO.
THEY DECIDED NOT TO MARRY.
WHAT HAPPENED TO
MISS LI AFTER THAT?
ON A FIANCÉE VISA, THE
COUPLE HAS 90 DAYS TO MARRY.
AND IF THEY DON'T, THE BRIDE IS REQUIRED
TO RETURN TO HER COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
SO IF LING FAN IS MISSING, IT'S
PROBABLY BECAUSE SHE WENT BACK HOME.
- MISS FAN IS...
- [Clears Throat]
LI LING FAN IS DEAD,
MISS BURROWS.
- SHE WAS BEATEN.
- DREW HARPER
MAY HAVE KILLED HER.
DID THAT POSSIBILITY
SHOW UP IN YOUR 200 POINTS?
[Exhales]
UM, THIS IS MY BACKGROUND
CHECK ON DREW HARPER.
YOU'LL FIND THAT MY SCREENING PROCESS EXCEEDS
THE MINIMUM SET BY THE MARRIAGE BROKER ACT.
THANK YOU, MISS BURROWS.
YOU... YOU CAN LEAVE.
[Whistles] WELL, HARPER PROVIDED
A COMPLETELY FALSE BACKGROUND.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? OH,
CAREER CRIMINAL, FENCE?
I MEAN, YEAH. HE COULD BRING HIMSELF A
WHOLE IDENTITY BASED ON FALSE DOCUMENTS.
THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT
A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN.
I'VE BEEN WORMING MY WAY INTO OBSERVING
THE CEREMONY FIRSTHAND FOR TWO MONTHS...
- THROUGH THE GROOM'S FAMILY.
- THAT'D BE THE DEAD GROOM.
YES. OVERTURES ARE ALWAYS
MADE BY THE GROOM'S FAMILY.
NOW, I HEAR THEY WILL
PAY $25,000 FOR A BRIDE.
THAT WOULD BE THE DEAD BRIDE.
BOOTH, YOU'RE BEING VERY JUDGMENTAL.
I APOLOGIZE. I JUST
THINK IT'S A LITTLE...
APPARENTLY, THEY FOUND A BRIDE.
WELL, WHO IS SHE... OR WAS SHE?
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SHE'S DEAD.
- MY SOURCES DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THE BRIDE.
- WHO GOT THE $25,000?
- MOST LIKELY
THE BRIDE'S FAMILY.
- "MOST LIKELY"?
MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT BEFORE THE MINGHUN,
THE BONES ARE SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE FAMILY MEMBERS...
AND THEN BROUGHT TOGETHER
FOR THE REBURIAL CEREMONY.
- THAT'S CORRECT.
- IF YOU COULD GET ME
A SAMPLE OF ONE OF THE BONES,
WE COULD CHECK THE
D.N.A., SEE IF IT'S LI LING FAN.
- DO YOU KNOW WHERE ANY OF THESE
BONES ARE, PROFESSOR SHI?
- [Sighs]
I MIGHT KNOW WHERE MAYBE
ONE BONE IS BEING KEPT.
IF YOU COULD GET ME TO A PLACE
WHERE I COULD JUST LOOK AT THE BONE,
YOUR SUBJECTS WILL
NEVER KNOW I WAS THERE.
ALL RIGHT. BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO
PRETEND TO BE... MY GIRLFRIEND.
[Snickering]
- AND HER BROTHER.
- [Chuckles] YEAH, RIGHT.
[Speaking Chinese]
WHAT DID SHE SAY?
JUST HOSPITALITY STUFF.
[Chinese]
I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK CHINESE TO GET THAT.
SHE DON'T THINK BONES IS GOOD FOR YOU.
- YOU JUST MADE THAT UP.
- NAIL ON THE HEAD.
- HA.
- [Chinese]
[Chinese]
[Chinese]
- [Chuckles]
- SHE SAID YOUR FACE
HAS CHARACTER.
YEAH. WELL, ALL THE OLDER
LADIES, THEY... THEY LIKE ME.
[Whispering] BONES, WHAT ARE
YOU DOING? BONES? BONES?
[Woman Speaking Chinese] THESE
ARE TRADITIONAL STORAGE POTS.
PLEASE, DR. BRENNAN, WHATEVER YOU
FIND, YOU PROMISED NOT TO DISTURB IT!
NO. I PROMISED NOT TO
DISRUPT YOUR STUDY. OOH!
WHOA, WHAT IS
THIS? IS THAT HUMAN?
IT'S AN ILIUM... PART
OF THE HIP BONE.
AH. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED
TO DO WITH THIS?
- DR. BRENNAN,
QUICKLY, PUT IT BACK!
- [Woman Continues In Chinese]
[Chinese]
[Sighs]
[Chinese]
DID BONES JUST SPEAK CHINESE?
[Exhales]
DEFINITELY HUMAN.
- NO SIGN OF ANY CUT MARKS.
- WELL, IS IT LI LING FAN?
NO. IT'S MALE. SO, YOU GOT A PART OF THE
GROOM INSTEAD OF A PIECE OF THE BRIDE?
- BONES STOLE IT.
- NOT STOLE. SWAPPED.
FROM AN OLD CHINESE
LADY'S MANTLE.
I BROUGHT A BUNCH OF CHIMPANZEE BONES
AND PULLED THE OLD, UH, "SWITCHAMACALLIT."
- SWITCHEROO.
- WHATCHAMACALLIT.
- TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
- THESE ANOMALIES... WHOEVER
THIS WAS, DIED OF CANCER.
I'LL GET ZACK TO FIND THE DETAILS,
BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT LI LING FAN.
- MAYBE IT'S THE GROOM.
- [Saroyan] MAKES SENSE.
ESPECIALLY IF THIS IS A "DEAD
PEOPLE BONE MARRIAGE" THING.
- [Knocking]
- UH, TEMPERANCE?
HEY, UH, YOU GOT A SEC?
EXCUSE ME.
[Brennan] YOU BOUGHT THE BOAT.
FINALIZED THIS MORNING.
WAIT. SAILBOATS HAVE KEYS?
UM, NO. NOT... NOT REALLY.
THESE ARE THE KEYS TO THE
MARINA. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SYMBOLIC.
CONGRATULATIONS. [Chuckles]
SO I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING.
AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
IT A WHILE BEFORE YOU ANSWER.
OKAY. WELL, YOU SAY OKAY,
BUT IT TAKES YOU MICROSECONDS
TO THINK THINGS THROUGH.
SO THIS TIME, I... I'D APPRECIATE
IT IF YOU, UH, JUST TOOK A BREATH,
BECAUSE IT'S... IT'S BIG.
WELL,
WHAT IS IT?
I'M HEADED SOUTH IN THE
BOAT TO THE CARIBBEAN.
WHEN? WHEN THIS CASE IS DONE.
YOU QUIT THE F.B.I.?
NO. NO, NOT YET.
I'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET USED
TO THE BOAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY CHECK IT OUT.
AND THEN I'LL START RUNNING CHARTERS,
PROBABLY FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS, WHICH IS...
YOU'RE... YOU'RE
REALLY TALKING A LOT.
I KNOW. AND I HAVEN'T EVEN
GOTTEN TO THE MAIN PART.
WHICH IS, UH,
I REALLY, REALLY WANT
YOU TO COME WITH ME.
YOU DO?
I DO.
LOOK, TAKE A SABBATICAL.
THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN...
THAN CORPSES AND MURDERERS.
YOU KNOW, WE DO THIS JOB
FOR TOO LONG, WE GET WARPED.
I CAN FEEL IT HAPPENING
ALREADY. MAYBE YOU CAN TOO.
LET... LET'S RUN AWAY TOGETHER.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT IT.
WANT A HUG? OKAY, NO.
THAT'S... THAT'S, UH, A LOT TO PROCESS.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW WHEN
YOU THINK THAT MAYBE THAT...
OKAY.
[Beeping] [Typing]
STAGE 3 SARCOMA, M1 METASTASIS.
LIKE BRENNAN SAID, CANCER.
YES. MOST LIKELY IT SPREAD FROM
PROSTATE OR TESTICULAR CANCER.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY A GUY.
IF THIS IS THE GROOM, THEN HE'S
CHINESE, AND ACCORDING TO DR. SHI,
MOST LIKELY RELATED IN SOME WAY
TO THE OLD LADY WHO KEPT HIM IN A POT.
WHICH SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY
HIM THROUGH HOSPITAL RECORDS.
NONE OF HARPER'S WEAPONS SHOW ANY SIGN
OF BEING USED TO DISSECT A HUMAN BEING.
NO PROTEIN RESIDUE,
EVEN UNDER A.L.S.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO TELL WHAT
KIND OF BLADE WAS USED ON THE SKIN?
ONLY THAT IT WAS SHARP
AND STRAIGHT EDGED.
BUT I DID FIND EVIDENCE OF
TOXICITY DAMAGE TO THE KIDNEY.
WAIT. THE VICTIM WAS POISONED? I
THOUGHT SHE WAS BEATEN TO DEATH.
WELL, THE BRUISING COULD'VE
BEEN A RESULT OF FONG'S DISEASE.
TOXICOLOGY IDENTIFIED THE TOXIN
AS A ROOT CALLED LEI GONG TENG.
IN SMALL DOSES, IT'S
AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY.
IN LARGE, IT HAS ANOTHER NAME.
LOOSELY TRANSLATES AS
"WALK SEVEN STEPS AND DIE."
I'LL HAVE BOOTH CHECK
OUT CHINESE HERBALISTS.
YOU WANT ME TO BRING
YOU UP TO DATE? NO.
[Beeping] I WANT YOU
TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
ABOUT WHAT?
SULLY WANTS ME TO
RUN OFF WITH HIM. GO.
FOR A YEAR. GO.
HE WANTS TO RUN A CHARTER
BOAT AROUND THE CARIBBEAN.
GO. HE SAYS I SHOULD
TAKE A SABBATICAL.
GO. WHAT IS THE
DOWNSIDE? HE'S A GREAT GUY.
THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
I'LL MISS YOU GUYS.
OH, WE'LL MEET YOU IN BARBADOS.
LOOK, YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING
EVERY DAY SINCE I MET YOU.
IT'S TIME TO LET ANOTHER PART
OF YOURSELF OUT INTO THE SUN...
WITH A BARE-CHESTED MAN
AND A TROPICAL BREEZE. [Chuckles]
WILLIAM CHANG... SINGLE, AGE 27.
DIED TWO YEARS AGO OF
METASTASIZING PROSTATE CANCER.
GREAT NEPHEW OF MEI ZHANG.
- HE LOOKS NICE.
- BOOTH WILL WANT
TO TALK TO HIS PARENTS,
TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY GOT THE
FEMALE BONES, IN CASE IT'S LI LING FAN.
LISTEN TO ME, BRENNAN. GO.
THERE'LL STILL BE MURDER AND
MAYHEM WHEN YOU GET BACK.
THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION
CAME FROM ME. YOU'VE RUINED MY STUDY.
THEY WON'T KNOW
FOR SURE IT WAS YOU.
THEIR SON'S BONES ARE
SPREAD ALL OVER THE CITY.
THEY LET ME IN ON SOMETHING VERY
PRECIOUS TO THEM, AND NOW THIS.
I BROKE THE FIRST RULE
OF ANTHROPOLOGY...
MINIMIZE YOUR
EFFECT ON THE STUDY.
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOUR STUDY IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN CATCHING A MURDERER?
YOU USED TO BE DEDICATED TO
A MUCH LARGER, TIMELESS TRUTH.
NOW YOU'RE JUST A TOOL FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE SMALLER CONCERNS.
[Door Opens]
[Exhales]
SO YOU BURIED YOUR SON
WILLIAM THREE YEARS AGO?
MY CONDOLENCES.
WE HAVE COME INTO
POSSESSION OF ONE OF HIS BONES.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA
HOW THIS HAPPENED?
MAYBE YOU'RE PLANNING
ON REBURYING YOUR SON...
WITH THE BONES OF
A YOUNGER WOMAN...
TO PROVIDE HIM LOVING
COMPANY IN THE AFTERLIFE?
WELL, YOU SEE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHO
THIS WOMAN IS, BECAUSE IT'S POSSIBLE...
THAT SHE'S A MURDER VICTIM.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT
THAT, WOULD YOU?
[Sighs] OKAY. WELL, YOU GIVE ME NO
CHOICE BUT TO GET AN ORDER OF EXHUMATION.
- SULLY BOUGHT THAT BOAT.
- YEAH?
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE'LL BE SHIPWRECKED
ON SOME ISLAND TALKING TO A VOLLEYBALL.
HE'S LEAVING FOR THE CARIBBEAN.
[Machinery
Rumbling] [Dirt Spilling]
REALLY?
LOOK, I'M... I'M SORRY, BONES.
I KNOW THAT THE TWO OF YOU
WERE KIND OF HITTING IT OFF...
HE WANTS ME TO GO WITH HIM.
OH.
OH. YEAH, YEAH.
HE SAYS I SHOULD TAKE A
YEAR OFF... A SABBATICAL.
HE SAYS IT'LL BE FUN.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE.
BUT YOU JUST SAID HE'D BE
SHIPWRECKED WITH A VOLLEYBALL.
NO, HE'S GOT YOU. HE
DOESN'T NEED THE VOLLEYBALL.
YOU THINK I SHOULD GO?
YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S,
UH, ONE YEAR OUT OF YOUR LIFE, HUH?
I MEAN, A PERSON'S
GOTTA LIVE WIDE.
AND THIS IS KIND OF NARROW.
- [Wood Crunching]
- OH. THE COFFIN ALREADY?
CAN'T BE. WE'RE
ONLY TWO FEET DOWN.
OH, EASY. CAREFUL.
IS THIS FAKE MONEY?
THERE'S NO BODY IN THIS COFFIN.
THERE WAS A BODY IN
HERE. IT WAS REMOVED. YEAH.
- WHAT'S WITH THE FAKE MONEY?
- CHINESE TRADITION.
SEND A LOVED ONE OFF TO THE AFTERLIFE
WELL FUNDED, AT LEAST SYMBOLICALLY.
HOW LONG AGO WAS
THE BODY REMOVED?
THIS LITTLE DARLING
IS PHAENICIA SERICATA,
ALSO KNOWN AS THE
COMMON GREEN BOTTLE FLY.
NOW WILLIAM CHANG WAS BURIED
IN JANUARY, THREE YEARS AGO.
SINCE THE GREEN BOTTLE FLY IS
ONLY ACTIVE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS,
I CONTEND HE WAS DUG
UP LAST JULY OR AUGUST,
WHICH ALLOWED MAGGOTS TO BE
LAID IN THE CASKET TO FEAST ON...
- OKAY, YEAH, I GOT IT.
- OH, I CAN BE A LOT
MORE SPECIFIC.
NO, NO. YOU KNOW, DUG UP LAST
SUMMER AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE FAMILY.
SPECIFIC ENOUGH FOR THE F.B.I.
HE WOULD'VE DECOMPOSED QUICKLY.
BURIED IN A PINE BOX,
IMPROPERLY SEALED,
BURIED ONLY TWO FEET
BELOW THE SURFACE.
THE CHANGS SHOULD SUE THEIR
MORTUARY. BECAUSE OF THE SHALLOW BURIAL?
YEAH, AND THE DECOMP SEEPAGE
INTO THE FAKE MONEY IS AU NATUREL.
- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
- THE BODY WAS NOT EMBALMED.
NONE OF THIS IS HELPING US SOLVE THE
MYSTERY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO LI LING FAN.
THE FUNERAL HOME WAS IN ON IT.
THEY WANTED THE BODY TO
DECOMPOSE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
FULL-SERVICE MORTUARY. THEY PERFORM
FUNERALS AND WEDDINGS FOR DEAD PEOPLE.
MORTUARY RECORDS SHOW THAT WE BURIED
WILLIAM CHANG IN A LEAD-LINED CASKET.
- AND IF YOU FOUND
ANOTHER CASKET...
- PINE BOX. IT WAS A PINE BOX.
- IT IS OBVIOUS THAT MR. CHANG
WAS DUG UP AND REBURIED.
- WHO EMBALMED WILLIAM CHANG?
THE RECORDS SHOW THAT MY
GRANDSON AND I HAD THAT HONOR.
- YOU'RE LYING.
- WILLIAM CHANG
WAS NEVER EMBALMED.
BUT YOU YOURSELF SAID THERE WAS
NOTHING BUT FAKE MONEY IN THE CASKET.
- SO HOW CAN YOU TELL?
- WE CAN TELL FROM THE RESIDUE
LEFT IN THE EMPTY CASKET.
[Speaking Chinese] I'M SORRY,
BUT WE CANNOT HELP YOU.
WAIT. WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. MR. HAN,
PLEASE, JUST SIT DOWN. PLEASE? JUST...
HERE'S WHAT I THINK, OKAY?
I THINK THAT YOU HAVE...
SOME OLD CHINESE
TRADITIONS ALIVE...
WHICH ARE ILLEGAL
IN THIS COUNTRY.
- THE MINGHUN REBURIAL CEREMONY.
- [Booth] WELL, I'M NOT
CONCERNED ABOUT...
- WHAT I CARE ABOUT
IS IF THE BRIDE WAS MURDERED.
- MURDERED?
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MR. CHANG'S
FAMILY PAID $25,000 FOR HER BONES.
AND PEOPLE HAVE
KILLED FOR MUCH LESS.
SO, UH, WHAT PART OF
THAT 25 GRAND CAME TO YOU?
- DID THE CHANGS ADMIT
TO PAYING THAT MONEY?
- NO.
WE FOUND A CASH WITHDRAWAL
THAT THEY CAN'T EXPLAIN.
BUT YOU ARE NOT EVEN CERTAIN
THAT WILLIAM CHANG'S MINGHUN BRIDE...
- IS THIS MURDERED WOMAN?
- NO, SIR.
WE CAN'T KNOW FOR SURE IT ISN'T
HER WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE BONES.
IF THE BRIDE WERE NOT THIS MURDERED WOMAN,
WOULD YOU ALLOW THE CEREMONY TO PROCEED?
- GRANDFATHER!
- [Chinese]
WHAT CEREMONY?
♪♪ [Traditional Chinese]
[Man Chanting In Chinese]
[Brennan] WE'RE... WE'RE
VERY SORRY TO DISTURB YOU.
F.B.I. I NEED TO SEE
THE COFFIN. SORRY.
SORRY. EXCUSE ME.
TAKE A LOOK, BONES.
TAKE A LOOK. OKAY.
[Brennan] INDICATIONS OF CANCER.
I BELIEVE THIS IS WILLIAM CHANG.
HERE'S THE CHIMPANZEE
ILIUM THAT I LEFT.
WHAT ABOUT THE GIRL?
[Brennan] THERE'S LOTS OF
SCORE MARKS ON THE BONES...
CONGRUENT WITH FLESH BEING
REMOVED FROM THE SKELETON WITH BLADES.
I BELIEVE THIS IS LI LING FAN.
[Booth] WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
I GUESS WE REALLY
BROKE UP THE PARTY, HUH?
POSITIVE I.D. ON BOTH SETS OF
REMAINS. WILLIAM CHANG AND LI LING FAN.
- WOW. THEY KINDA GO TOGETHER.
- [Saroyan] BECAUSE THEY'RE DECEASED?
YEAH. BUT MORE THAN THAT. THEY'RE
EXACTLY THE SAME LEVEL OF HOTNESS.
WHICH IS ZERO BECAUSE
THEY'RE SKELETONS.
THE CUTS LEFT ON THE SKELETAL
STRUCTURE BY THE REMOVAL OF SOFT TISSUE...
MATCH THE IMPLEMENTS THE F.B.I.
CONFISCATED FROM THE MORTUARY.
SHE WAS ILL, AND HE WAS ILL. IT'S REALLY
TOO BAD THEY NEVER ACTUALLY MET.
THE MORTICIAN'S LAWYER
ADVISED HIM TO CLAM UP.
[Saroyan] THE CHANGS NOW SAY THE
$25,000 WAS USED TO PAY OFF A FAMILY DEBT.
YOU EVER THINK THAT THEIR
SPIRITS ACTUALLY DID MEET...
AND ARE WORKING TO GET THEIR BONES
TOGETHER HERE ON THE PHYSICAL PLANE?
YOU MEAN LIKE WE'RE POSSESSED
AND DOING THEIR BIDDING?
[Sighs] YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU PEOPLE LACK?
WHIMSY. IT'S A GENUINE HANDICAP.
THERE ARE FOUR MORTICIANS WORKING AT THAT
MORTUARY AND A HALF A DOZEN ASSISTANTS.
ANY ONE OF THEM COULD'VE REMOVED
THE BONES AND SANK THE SKIN IN THE RIVER.
[Zack] PERSONALLY, I WOULD'VE CREMATED
THE REMAINING SKINS AND ORGANS.
NO CREMATORIUM AT THAT MORTUARY.
I AM GONNA DRAW THEM
A WEDDING PICTURE.
OKAY. WELL, YOU DO THAT.
WE SHOULD FIND OUT WHO POISONED
THE VICTIM AND ARREST HIM FOR MURDER.
PROBABLY THE, UH, BOUNCING,
FLYING MAIL-ORDER HUSBAND.
DOES THAT COUNT AS WHIMSY?
WELL, YOU'RE HANDICAPPED, ZACK.
SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO
THROW A TELETHON FOR YOU.
HOW DID SULLY FIND
HARPER SO QUICKLY?
HE DIDN'T SAY. YOU
KNOW, SULLY'S A NICE GUY.
YOU SOUND CONDESCENDING.
I'M JUST TRYING
TO BE NICE, OKAY?
I'M COMPLIMENTING THE FACT
THAT YOU GOT A GOOD ONE THIS TIME.
THEREBY IMPLYING I'M INCAPABLE
OF MAKING MY OWN JUDGMENTS.
THE PHYSICIST WHO
COULDN'T TIE HIS SHOES?
OH, THE FORMER PROFESSOR WHO WAS
JEALOUS OF YOUR OWN SUCCESS. SHOULD I STOP?
YES. OH, THE GUY THAT YOU
FOUND ON THE INTERNET...
AND ENDED UP BEING SOME
KINDA RECRUITER FOR A CULT.
OH, AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE... THE GUY
WHO CUT OFF HIS OWN BROTHER'S HEAD...
BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE
WAS POSSESSED BY A WITCH.
YOU MADE YOUR POINT.
LOOK, I'M JUST SAYING A GUY WHO WANTS TO TAKE
YOU AWAY FROM ALL OF THIS ON A SAILBOAT...
THAT'S A STEP UP. CONDESCENDING.
[Chattering In Chinese]
- THAT'S OUR GUY.
- [Brennan] OKAY. SO WHEN DO WE TAKE HIM OFF?
DOWN. WE TAKE HIM DOWN WHEN
SULLY PUTS HIS CAP IN HIS BACK POCKET.
NOW. FREEZE!
- [Groans]
- FREEZE! HARPER!
GEEZ, I TOLD YOU HE WAS FAST.
- ARE YOU OKAY?
- YEAH.
GREAT. FINE. SULLY, YOU CHASE
HIM. I'LL HEAD HIM OFF. OKAY?
OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. [Grunts]
- HAVE YOU THOUGHT
ABOUT MY OFFER?
- YES.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- THIS IS NOT THE TIME
TO DISCUSS IT.
- [Sully] THE GUY MUST BE ON METH.
- [Brennan] MARTIAL ARTS.
F.B.I.! FREEZE RIGHT THERE!
I SAID FREEZE! FREEZE! DAMN IT!
WHAT IS HE, ON WIRES?
[Groans]
- [Groans]
- HE AIN'T BOUNCING AROUND
ANYMORE NOW, IS HE?
SEE THAT?
- I DID NOT KILL LING FAN.
- THEN WHY DID YOU KEEP
RUNNING AWAY, HUH?
- I'M A CRIMINAL. YOU'RE POLICE.
- [Sully] LING FAN
DIDN'T REALLY KNOW ANYONE.
- THAT MAKES YOU A GOOD SUSPECT.
- SELL HER BONES FOR $25,000.
- MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.
- WHAT LOSS?
YOU PAID $25,000 TO THE PERFECT
WIFE AGENCY TO BRING HER OVER.
PROBABLY ANOTHER EIGHT
GRAND FOR THE ROUND-TRIP TICKET.
- THAT'S A LOT OF KNIFE SALES.
- [Harper] YOU PEOPLE
GOT IT COMPLETELY WRONG.
CHICK DOESN'T WORK OUT, YOU
GET A FULL REFUND OR A SWAP.
I TOOK THE MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE.
- REALLY?
- OOPS.
I DIDN'T LOSE A CENT. IT'S THE MAIL-ORDER
AGENCY THAT'S OUT ALL THAT DOUGH.
- WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HER?
- WHAT?
WHY DID YOU SEND LING FAN BACK?
CHICK WAS DEFECTIVE, MAN.
I'M A VERY ACTIVE PERSON.
SHE MOVED SLOW,
LIKE AN OLD LADY.
- YOU MEET THE FLYING HORSE?
- YEAH.
THAT IS A VERY GOOD ITEM.
MAYBE YOU STILL WANT TO BUY IT?
I'M GONNA NEED BAIL MONEY.
SO, YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT
YOUR FIRST MISTAKE WAS?
THINKING YOU WOULDN'T
FIND OUT ABOUT THE REFUND?
NO. YOUR FIRST MISTAKE
WAS KILLING LING FAN.
YOUR SECOND MISTAKE WAS KEEPING THE
POISON THAT YOU USED IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR.
THIRD MISTAKE WAS THINKING
THAT ONCE WE HAD YOU,
THAT THE GRANDSON AT
THE MORTUARY, NELSON HAN...
THAT HE WOULDN'T COOPERATE.
I MEAN, NOT ONLY DID
HE... [Speaker Switches Off]
YOU KNOW, BOOTH, UH,
IS A REALLY GOOD GUY.
HE SAYS THE SAME
ABOUT YOU. REALLY?
'CAUSE I FIGURED HE WAS THE ONE
TALKING YOU OUT OF GOING WITH ME.
NO. HE TOLD ME TO GO.
ANGELA DID TOO.
EVERYONE THINKS
IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
EVERYONE EXCEPT YOU.
BUT YOU'RE NOT
GONNA GO, ARE YOU?
WHY, BRENNAN?
SAILING AROUND WARM OCEANS
WITH SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU?
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT
IS HOLDING YOU HERE.
LOOK, I DON'T...
I DON'T WANT TO SOUND CONCEITED,
BUT, UM, I THINK
I'M WORTH THE RISK.
YOU ARE.
YOU DEFINITELY ARE.
ALL RIGHT, WELL,
YOU'RE THE LOGICAL ONE.
WHAT'S YOUR THINKING?
RATIONALLY... [Exhales]
RATIONALLY THINKING, I...
I WANT TO GO.
AND I KNOW I SHOULD GO, BUT...
I CAN'T.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING...
IT'S IMPORTANT.
BUT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT
ENOUGH TO BE YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
♪♪ [Pop Ballad]
♪♪ [Continues]
[Chuckles]
[Exhales]
♪♪ [Continues]
[Sighs]
♪♪ [Continues]
♪♪ [Continues]
[Sighs]
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I'M WAVING GOOD-BYE. SEE?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
BREAKFAST. I'M NOT HUNGRY.
OH, COME ON, HUH?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA VOMIT WHEN WE COME
ACROSS ONE OF THOSE, UH, HORRIFIC CASES?
I DON'T VOMIT.
GIVE IT TIME, BONES,
OKAY? GIVE IT TIME.
EVERYTHING HAPPENS
EVENTUALLY. EVERYTHING?
ALL THE STUFF, OKAY, THAT
YOU THINK NEVER HAPPENS...
IT HAPPENS.
YOU JUST GOTTA BE READY FOR IT.
♪♪ [Continues]
♪♪ [Ends]
WHAT'S THAT MEAN?
TO BE ON VACATION.
YOU KNOW, SPENDING
TIME WITH SULLY.
[Booth] OH, THAT'S A GOOD
LESSON FOR SULLY THEN, HUH?
NEXT TIME HE ACTUALLY TAKES YOU
AWAY ON VACATION, YOU SHOULD GO AWAY.
YOU KNOW, LEAVE TOWN. UH-UH! YOU
HAD A VACATION AND NEVER LEFT TOWN.
IT WASN'T A VACATION.
IT WAS A SUSPENSION.
PLUS COMPULSORY THERAPY. HEY,
DUDE, DON'T KNOCK THERAPY, OKAY?
DR. WYATT HAS HELPED ME REALIZE THAT THERE ARE
CERTAIN PRESSURES THAT BUILD UP ON THE JOB,
AND I NEED CREATIVE WAYS...
WE DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
OF DEALING WITH THEM.
WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU HAVE TO
CONTEND WITH ON THE JOB THAT I DON'T?
[Laughs] YOU, BONES. YOU DON'T
HAVE TO CONTEND WITH YOU.
SO WE GOT A TRUNK. LOOKS LIKE
IT'S BEEN WRAPPED WITH CHAINS.
BATTERED UP PRETTY GOOD. MOST LIKELY CAME
THROUGH THE SLUICEWAYS UPSTREAM IN MARYLAND.
- IS IT LOCKED?
- NOT ANYMORE, IT ISN'T.
- IS THERE A BODY IN THERE?
- SORT OF.
[Siren Approaching]
BEATS THE HELL OUT OF ME
WHAT THE DEAL IS WITH THIS ONE.
THE HEAD LOOKS FLAT, AS IF THE
SKULL'S BEEN TOTALLY PULVERIZED.
- MAYBE SHE GOT
RUN OVER BY A STEAMROLLER.
- [Booth] WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
SHE WAS KILLED
BY WILE E. COYOTE?
OKAY. I WANT THE WHOLE "KIP AND
CANOODLE" TRANSPORTED TO THE JEFFERSONIAN.
KIT AND CABOODLE.
[Brennan] WHATEVER. WHY DON'T
WE JUST WRAP THIS UP FAST...
- SO WE CAN GET YOU
BACK ON YOUR VACATION?
- THANK YOU. I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
- YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING.
- WHAT'S WITH THE TONE?
- YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THIS FACE
AND BUILD A SKULL FOR IT?
- CAN YOU DO IT?
- NO.
- YOU'RE ALWAYS TAKING SKULLS
AND PUTTING ON FACES.
- CAN'T YOU SIMPLY
REVERSE THE PROCESS?
- NO.
- WHY NOT?
- BECAUSE I AM A HUMAN BEING.
SHE'S MISSING EVERY
BONE IN HER BODY?
- HER SKELETON WAS REMOVED.
- OH. ALL RIGHT.
LEAVING THE THIRD
CIRCLE OF HELL.
BUT BEFORE I GO, I
THINK SHE'S ASIAN.
DON'T BASE THAT ON SKIN
TONE. SHE WAS BOILED,
WHICH IS WHY WE CAN ONLY
GET PARTIAL FINGERPRINTS.
I'M NOT GOING OFF SKIN TONE.
I'M GOING OFF HER HAIR.
I HAVE AN IDEA FOR THE FACE... IF YOU CAN
REMOVE THE HEAD FROM THE REST OF THE SKIN SACK.
PLEASE, GOD, I AM NOT
OUT OF EARSHOT YET.
THE VICTIM WAS BOILED. THEN A NUMBER OF
INCISIONS WERE MADE FROM THE TOP OF THE SKULL,
AROUND HER RIGHT EAR
AND DOWN HER RIGHT SIDE.
THEN FROM HER LEFT FOOT, ALONG THE
OUTSIDE OF THE BODY TO HER LEFT HIP.
- SOMEONE WITH MEDICAL TRAINING?
- DEFINITELY NOT.
AN UNTRAINED HAND BUT
A VERY SHARP INSTRUMENT.
- BOILED?
- THE ENTIRE SKELETAL
STRUCTURE REMOVED.
THEN THE SKIN WAS SEWN
BACK AROUND THE ORGANS.
IT DOESN'T FIT ANY KIND OF RITUAL
KILLING I'VE EVER HEARD OR READ ABOUT.
[Saroyan] THE ORGANS ARE DAMAGED DUE TO
THE CLUMSY CUTTING, BUT EVERYTHING'S THERE.
- EXCEPT THE BRAIN
AND THE EYES.
- OH, GOD.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO REMOVE ALL
THOSE SMALLER BONES, LIKE THE PHALANGES.
WELL, IT'S ALL GONE. I
DIDN'T EVEN FIND ONE BONE.
THE ALGAE IN THE TRUNK IS CYANOBACTERIA
CALLED MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA.
THE SIZE OF THE... SCUM COLONY
INDICATES EIGHT DAYS SUBMERSION.
DR. BRENNAN? HAVE I
OFFENDED YOU IN SOME WAY?
DR. SAROYAN SAID NO BONES,
SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
I'M BACK ON VACATION.
NO BONES, NO BONES.
THAT... I WAS THE
SECOND "BONES."
THAT'S VERY WITTY.
[Zack] ESSENTIALLY, ALL WE HAVE
TO DO IS REFILL THE EMPTY HEAD.
LIKE A BALLOON.
WHICH IS LITERALLY WHAT
WE DID. OH, NO. YOU DID NOT.
PUT A BLADDER INSIDE THE
HEAD AND INFLATE IT VERY SLOWLY.
[Air Hissing]
[Saroyan] THIS IS...
IT'S ABSOLUTELY...
- BRILLIANT?
- USELESS.
YOU NEED THE EXACT SHAPE OF A
SKULL TO GET A LIKENESS. NOT JUST A...
THIS IS... TURN THAT OFF.
OH, MY GOD. YOU
GUYS ARE PERVERSE.
DR. BRENNAN WAS RIGHT. BONE
PEOPLE SHOULD ONLY DO BONE THINGS.
[Air Hissing]
HELLO?
HEY! DR. BRENNAN!
AGENT SULLIVAN, I
PRESUME. [Chuckling]
SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I THINK YOU'RE VERY DIRTY.
- OOH.
- YOU GOT SOMETHING.
- OH. OH.
UH, COME ON ABOARD. HERE.
SO I DIDN'T THINK I'D SEE
YOU FOR A COUPLE DAYS.
WELL, I KNOW IT'S
STRANGE, BUT I'D ACTUALLY...
RATHER SPEND TIME
WITH YOU THAN WORK.
WELL, I'M FLATTERED.
SO, UM, YOU RENTING IT?
WELL, UH, I'M THINKING
ABOUT BUYING HER.
WOW. CAN YOU AFFORD IT?
WELL, IF I LIQUIDATE EVERYTHING
AND BORROW HEAVILY, NOT AT ALL.
[Chuckles] SO YOU'D...
YOU'D LIVE ON IT?
HER. YOU KNOW, LIVE ON HER.
BUT BEFORE I COMMIT, I WANT TO
SPEND THE NIGHT ON HER WITH YOU.
OH, WHAT WOULD THAT PROVE?
CALL IT SEXUAL FENG SHUI.
[Chuckles] I DON'T THINK
THAT'S A REAL THING.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK FOR
US, I DON'T WANT THIS BOAT...
WOW. APPARENTLY, YOU
DO THINK IT'S A REAL THING.
I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ON HOW TO ESTIMATE
THE HEIGHT OF A BODY WITHOUT BONES.
DOES THE SKIN STRETCH OR
CONTRACT WITHOUT A SKELETON?
BOILED LEATHER IMMERSED IN WATER WOULD
TEND TO STRETCH, THEN CONTRACT AS IT DRIES.
MAYBE THE PRINCIPLE APPLIES.
- [Saroyan] I'M FINDING
BRUISING ON THE TORSO.
- [Device Buzzing]
I'LL SUBJECT THE TISSUE TO REFLECTANT
SPECTROSCOPY TO GET A ROUGH IDEA...
OF WHEN THE BLOWS WERE SUSTAINED
AND WHETHER THEY WERE FATAL.
DR. SAROYAN, THE FACE
DEBACLE TAUGHT ME A LESSON.
I'M STRICTLY A BONE
GUY LIKE DR. BRENNAN.
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY I
CALLED FOR YOU, BONE BOY.
A PATELLA? YES.
X-RAYS SHOWED IT LODGED IN
THE FATTY TISSUE OF THE LEG.
A BONE... SOMETHING
WE CAN WORK WITH.
IT'S JUST A KNEECAP, ZACK.
DON'T GET TOO EXCITED.
TO YOU, IT'S JUST A
KNEECAP. TO DR. BRENNAN,
IT'S THE BEST PART OF A
HUMAN BEING. GOOD TO KNOW.
[Brennan Chuckling, Moaning]
HEY.
[Chuckling, Moaning Continue]
AHOY, THE BOAT?
- [Sully] BOOTH?
- YEAH. I NEED BONES.
PERMISSION TO COME
ABOARD OR WHAT?
HEY, MAN. UH, IS THIS IMPORTANT?
- YEAH. WE GOT A BONE.
- TELL ME ABOUT IT.
IT'S FROM THE BONELESS GIRL.
WHAT KIND OF BONE?
[Brennan] HERE AND
HERE. FRONTAL SPURRING.
MM-HMM. WHAT'S THAT MEAN? ZACK?
A LOT OF TIME
SPENT ON THE KNEES.
OH, SHE'S EITHER A
NUN OR A PROSTITUTE.
NO. THE TENDON ATTACHMENTS ON THE INSIDE
OF THE PATELLA ALSO SUGGEST SQUATTING,
WHICH IS NOT NUNLIKE BEHAVIOR.
- YOU DIDN'T NEED TO INTERRUPT
MY VACATION FOR THIS, YOU KNOW.
- WELL, YOU KNOW,
YOU SAID TO CALL IF
A BONE SHOWED UP,
AND THIS IS A BONE.
THE DENSITY OF SECONDARY
OSTEON STRUCTURES...
SUGGESTS THE VICTIM WAS IN HER
EARLY 20s AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH.
SEE? ZACK IS CAPABLE.
YOU DON'T NEED ME.
- AN INTERESTING SHAPE.
- [Zack] SQUARE RATHER THAN TRIANGULAR.
CLASSIC NAIL-PATELLA SYNDROME.
IT'S A GENETIC DEFECT, ALSO
KNOWN AS FONG'S DISEASE.
FONG'S DISEASE,
RIGHT. WHAT'S THAT?
ANGELA SAID THE VICTIM'S
HAIR SUGGESTED ASIAN.
OUR VICTIM MAY HAVE GROWN UP IN A
NON-INDUSTRIALIZED RURAL ENVIRONMENT.
WELL, EARLY 20s, ASIAN, RURAL AREA...
I'LL... I'LL CHECK WITH IMMIGRATION.
ZACK WILL DO AN OSTEOLOGICAL
PROFILE ON THE BONES,
SEE IF WE CAN FOCUS GEOGRAPHICALLY,
WHILE I GET BACK ON VACATION.
WOW. DR. BRENNAN
REALLY LIKES THAT BOAT.
[Beeping]
[Booth] I THOUGHT YOU SAID
YOU COULDN'T MAKE A FACE.
WELL, DID YOU HEAR ABOUT ZACK AND
HODGINS AND THE BALLOON IN THE HEAD?
HUH. WAS IT AS BAD
AS IT SOUNDS? YES.
THE LEAST I COULD DO IS TRY TO
GIVE HER A FACE, POOR WOMAN.
SO, A BOAT, HMM?
OH, SULLY? YEAH.
LAST MONTH, HE WANTED
TO LIVE IN A TREE HOUSE.
MMM. HE'S LIKE ME.
YEAH. I DON'T SEE THAT.
WELL, HE'S NOT REALLY MADE FOR ALL THIS
MURDER AND CORPSES AND EMPTY EYE SOCKETS CRAP.
HE'S A ROMANTIC.
- UNLIKE ME?
- NO. YOU'RE A ROMANTIC
OF A NARROW KIND.
YOU LIVE TO CATCH BAD
GUYS. SULLY LIVES WIDE.
- [Computer Beeping]
- HEY, I GOT A HIT OFF THE
HOMELAND SECURITY DATABASE.
[Booth] "LI LING FAN."
YEAH. SHE'S HERE ON A FIANCÉE
VISA FROM MAINLAND CHINA.
YEAH, WELL, THE FINGERPRINTS...
IT'S A MATCH. PRINT THIS UP FOR ME.
YEAH, THIS IS THE VICTIM. OKAY.
I'LL GO VISIT HER FIANCÉ TOMORROW.
YOU KNOW, I... I LIVE WIDE TOO.
[Scoffs] FAR AND WIDE, RIGHT?
THERE'S NOTHING WIDER
THAN SEELEY BOOTH.
OKAY, THEN. MY BAD.
LING FAN IS DEAD?
ARE YOU CERTAIN?
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
SAW YOUR WIFE, MR. HARPER?
- FAN WASN'T MY WIFE.
- WELL,
[Chuckles]
SHE IMMIGRATED HERE
ON A, UM, FIANCÉE VISA,
AND YOU'RE LISTED
AS THE, UH, FIANCÉ.
WE CALLED IT OFF. MUTUAL THING.
WELL, YOU SEE, I... I
DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
I MEAN, A POOR GIRL
FROM CHINA TRAVELS...
THOUSANDS OF MILES
AWAY FROM HER FAMILY...
TO BE WITH THE
MAN THAT SHE LOVES.
NOT LIKE SHE HAS MANY OPTIONS.
SO, UH, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW HER? ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
HOW DID SHE DIE?
YEAH, WE'RE STILL, UH...
- WE'RE STILL
LOOKING INTO THAT.
- FOUL PLAY, RIGHT?
I MEAN, THE F.B.I. WOULDN'T BE ASKING
SO MANY QUESTIONS IF IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
SO YOU, UH... YOU GET
OFF ON ALL THIS, UH,
[Dings] ASIAN STUFF, HUH?
MARTIAL ARTS AND WEAPONS?
I'VE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO IT.
SHE HAD SOME
BRUISING, YOUR FIANCÉE.
I DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
THESE, UH, WEAPONS
HERE... HERE...
- ARE THEY, UH, GENUINE?
- KNOCK-OFFS.
I CAN'T AFFORD THE
REAL THING. REALLY?
SINCE WHEN DOES A FENCE
WORRY ABOUT AFFORDING THINGS?
DETAILS LIKE A CRIMINAL RECORD... THEY TEND
TO, UH, COME UP DURING A MURDER INVESTIGATION.
- MURDER?
- HOMICIDE.
SEE, I'VE, UH,
DEDICATED MY LIFE TO IT.
HEY!
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! WHOA,
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
HEY!
[Brennan] I'VE BEEN ON ARAB
DHOWS ABOUT THIS SIZE,
BUT I DON'T THINK I COULD
HANDLE ONE ALL BY MYSELF.
THIS IS A LOT MORE
HIGH TECH THAN A DHOW.
WHY... WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK
ME TO GO OUT WITH YOU?
I'M A GOOD SAILOR.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOTTA BE
ABLE TO HANDLE HER BY MYSELF.
I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE
A CREW... YOU, IN FACT...
BUT WHAT IF YOU GOT CONKED ON
THE HEAD AND RAN OFF WITH A PIRATE?
[Chuckles]
AHOY, THE BOAT. AW, BOOTH.
DON'T TELL ME. YOU
FOUND ANOTHER BONE.
WELL, I GOT THIS, UH, CHINESE
BOOK THAT NEEDS TRANSLATING.
MAYBE YOU, UH, GOT SOMEBODY AT
THE JEFFERSONIAN WE COULD TALK TO?
NO! I'M ON VACATION.
WELL, HE'LL JUST
KEEP SHOWING UP.
MIGHT AS WELL PITCH IN
AND GET THE CASE SOLVED.
IT'S A LEDGER FOR BUYING
AND SELLING WEAPONS.
[Booth] ILLEGAL WEAPONS.
MMM.
ONE ENTRY REFERS TO THIS.
IT'S A JIAN... A
DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.
A DEGU... THIS FELLOW'S
NOT CHINESE, CORRECT?
- HOW CAN YOU TELL?
- HIS CHARACTERS ARE LABORED,
OVERLY FORMAL.
PROFESSOR SHI JON CHEN IS A HIGHLY
RESPECTED CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST...
- WHO SPECIALIZES IN...
- YEAH, HE'S ONE OF YOU. I GET IT.
YOU DEFINITELY DIDN'T
GET ALL THE WEAPONS.
INCLUDING THIS... A QING CHUANG.
A FLYING HORSE... A VERY
RARE, ORNATE DAGGER.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, JON CHEN?
OBVIOUSLY HE HAS A FETISHISTIC
SLANT TOWARDS ALL THINGS ASIAN.
A MAIL-ORDER BRIDE WOULD'VE BEEN
A THING TO HIM, LIKE THESE WEAPONS.
WHAT ABOUT THE RITUALISTIC REMOVAL
OF THE BONES? COULD IT BE MINGHUN?
- NO. DEFINITELY NOT.
- WHAT'S THAT, HUH?
IT'S AN ANCIENT BELIEF IN RURAL CHINA
THAT IF A YOUNG, UNMARRIED MALE DIES,
HIS FAMILY SHOULD REBURY HIS
BONES WITH THE BONES OF A WOMAN.
- A BRIDE FOR THE AFTERLIFE.
- LIKE A "BURIAGE"
OR A "MARRIAL." [Laughs]
- A "DEADING"?
- [Laughing]
BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE
COMMITTING MURDER TO GET THESE BONES.
WELL, THEN WE SHOULD PURSUE
THIS AVENUE OF INVESTIGATION.
IF YOU COME ACROSS A MINGHUN...
IN WHICH THE ORIGIN OF THE BRIDE'S
BONES IS UNCLEAR, YOU LET US KNOW.
OF COURSE.
ALL RIGHT, SULLY, LOOK. I
WANT YOU TO LOOK INTO BUYING...
ONE OF THOSE ANCIENT CHINESE
WEAPONS... LEAPING DONKEY?
- FLYING HORSE?
- YEAH, WHATEVER. SEE IF HARPER SURFACES...
LONG ENOUGH TO,
UH... TO MAKE THE SALE.
HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS THE FIANCÉE
VISA WAS EXPEDITED BY A LAWYER...
ON RETAINER TO A SMALLER BRIDE AGENCY
HERE IN TOWN CALLED THE PERFECT WIFE.
OH, THAT SOUNDS ARCHAIC. OH,
YOU KNOW, IN THERAPY I LEARNED...
THAT, UH, SUPERLATIVES LIKE
"PERFECT" ARE, UH, MEANINGLESS.
NOT IN SCIENCE. A PERFECT NUMBER IS A
NUMBER WHOSE DIVISORS ADD UP TO ITSELF,
AS IN ONE PLUS TWO
PLUS THREE EQUALS SIX.
YOU KNOW, IN THERAPY I LEARNED
THAT DEFINITIVE STATEMENTS...
ARE BY THEIR VERY NATURE WRONG.
ISN'T THE STATEMENT,
"DEFINITIVE STATEMENTS...
ARE BY THEIR VERY NATURE WRONG,"
DEFINITIVE, AND THUS, WRONG?
YOU HATE PSYCHOLOGY. WELL, YOU
HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING TO CHANGE MY MIND.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY, OKAY, SOMETIMES
I DO THINGS LIKE SHOOT UP AN ICE CREAM TRUCK.
OH, IT'S A GOOD THING
YOU HAD THERAPY.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED
ABOUT YOU IN THERAPY.
- YOU DID?
- MM-HMM.
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
WELL, YOU KNOW, SINCE
IT WAS, UH, MY THERAPY,
I DON'T HAVE TO
SHARE THE DETAILS.
SORRY.
SO YOU SPECIALIZE IN
BRINGING BRIDES OVER...
FROM RUSSIA, ROMANIA,
CHINA AND THAILAND?
I'VE HAD OVER 500 MARRIAGES
SINCE I OPENED SHOP.
I MATCH THE HAPPY COUPLE USING AN
EMPIRICAL SYSTEM OF RECIPROCAL ATTRIBUTES.
YOU CAN'T MATCH
HUMANS EMPIRICALLY...
BECAUSE THE VARIABLES NUMBER
IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS.
I NEVER RECOMMEND A MATCH WITH LESS
THAN 200 POINTS OF COMPATIBLE COMMONALITY.
TENS OF THOUSANDS
IS WAY MORE THAN 200.
THIS IS GREAT. WERE DREW
HARPER AND MISS FAN...
- MISS LI.
- IN CHINESE NOMENCLATURE,
THE LAST NAME'S FIRST.
- AND THE FIRST NAME IS LAST.
- GREAT. WERE THEY A GOOD MATCH?
SADLY, I'M SORRY TO
SAY, IN THE END, NO.
THEY DECIDED NOT TO MARRY.
WHAT HAPPENED TO
MISS LI AFTER THAT?
ON A FIANCÉE VISA, THE
COUPLE HAS 90 DAYS TO MARRY.
AND IF THEY DON'T, THE BRIDE IS REQUIRED
TO RETURN TO HER COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
SO IF LING FAN IS MISSING, IT'S
PROBABLY BECAUSE SHE WENT BACK HOME.
- MISS FAN IS...
- [Clears Throat]
LI LING FAN IS DEAD,
MISS BURROWS.
- SHE WAS BEATEN.
- DREW HARPER
MAY HAVE KILLED HER.
DID THAT POSSIBILITY
SHOW UP IN YOUR 200 POINTS?
[Exhales]
UM, THIS IS MY BACKGROUND
CHECK ON DREW HARPER.
YOU'LL FIND THAT MY SCREENING PROCESS EXCEEDS
THE MINIMUM SET BY THE MARRIAGE BROKER ACT.
THANK YOU, MISS BURROWS.
YOU... YOU CAN LEAVE.
[Whistles] WELL, HARPER PROVIDED
A COMPLETELY FALSE BACKGROUND.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? OH,
CAREER CRIMINAL, FENCE?
I MEAN, YEAH. HE COULD BRING HIMSELF A
WHOLE IDENTITY BASED ON FALSE DOCUMENTS.
THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT
A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN.
I'VE BEEN WORMING MY WAY INTO OBSERVING
THE CEREMONY FIRSTHAND FOR TWO MONTHS...
- THROUGH THE GROOM'S FAMILY.
- THAT'D BE THE DEAD GROOM.
YES. OVERTURES ARE ALWAYS
MADE BY THE GROOM'S FAMILY.
NOW, I HEAR THEY WILL
PAY $25,000 FOR A BRIDE.
THAT WOULD BE THE DEAD BRIDE.
BOOTH, YOU'RE BEING VERY JUDGMENTAL.
I APOLOGIZE. I JUST
THINK IT'S A LITTLE...
APPARENTLY, THEY FOUND A BRIDE.
WELL, WHO IS SHE... OR WAS SHE?
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SHE'S DEAD.
- MY SOURCES DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THE BRIDE.
- WHO GOT THE $25,000?
- MOST LIKELY
THE BRIDE'S FAMILY.
- "MOST LIKELY"?
MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT BEFORE THE MINGHUN,
THE BONES ARE SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE FAMILY MEMBERS...
AND THEN BROUGHT TOGETHER
FOR THE REBURIAL CEREMONY.
- THAT'S CORRECT.
- IF YOU COULD GET ME
A SAMPLE OF ONE OF THE BONES,
WE COULD CHECK THE
D.N.A., SEE IF IT'S LI LING FAN.
- DO YOU KNOW WHERE ANY OF THESE
BONES ARE, PROFESSOR SHI?
- [Sighs]
I MIGHT KNOW WHERE MAYBE
ONE BONE IS BEING KEPT.
IF YOU COULD GET ME TO A PLACE
WHERE I COULD JUST LOOK AT THE BONE,
YOUR SUBJECTS WILL
NEVER KNOW I WAS THERE.
ALL RIGHT. BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO
PRETEND TO BE... MY GIRLFRIEND.
[Snickering]
- AND HER BROTHER.
- [Chuckles] YEAH, RIGHT.
[Speaking Chinese]
WHAT DID SHE SAY?
JUST HOSPITALITY STUFF.
[Chinese]
I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK CHINESE TO GET THAT.
SHE DON'T THINK BONES IS GOOD FOR YOU.
- YOU JUST MADE THAT UP.
- NAIL ON THE HEAD.
- HA.
- [Chinese]
[Chinese]
[Chinese]
- [Chuckles]
- SHE SAID YOUR FACE
HAS CHARACTER.
YEAH. WELL, ALL THE OLDER
LADIES, THEY... THEY LIKE ME.
[Whispering] BONES, WHAT ARE
YOU DOING? BONES? BONES?
[Woman Speaking Chinese] THESE
ARE TRADITIONAL STORAGE POTS.
PLEASE, DR. BRENNAN, WHATEVER YOU
FIND, YOU PROMISED NOT TO DISTURB IT!
NO. I PROMISED NOT TO
DISRUPT YOUR STUDY. OOH!
WHOA, WHAT IS
THIS? IS THAT HUMAN?
IT'S AN ILIUM... PART
OF THE HIP BONE.
AH. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED
TO DO WITH THIS?
- DR. BRENNAN,
QUICKLY, PUT IT BACK!
- [Woman Continues In Chinese]
[Chinese]
[Sighs]
[Chinese]
DID BONES JUST SPEAK CHINESE?
[Exhales]
DEFINITELY HUMAN.
- NO SIGN OF ANY CUT MARKS.
- WELL, IS IT LI LING FAN?
NO. IT'S MALE. SO, YOU GOT A PART OF THE
GROOM INSTEAD OF A PIECE OF THE BRIDE?
- BONES STOLE IT.
- NOT STOLE. SWAPPED.
FROM AN OLD CHINESE
LADY'S MANTLE.
I BROUGHT A BUNCH OF CHIMPANZEE BONES
AND PULLED THE OLD, UH, "SWITCHAMACALLIT."
- SWITCHEROO.
- WHATCHAMACALLIT.
- TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
- THESE ANOMALIES... WHOEVER
THIS WAS, DIED OF CANCER.
I'LL GET ZACK TO FIND THE DETAILS,
BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT LI LING FAN.
- MAYBE IT'S THE GROOM.
- [Saroyan] MAKES SENSE.
ESPECIALLY IF THIS IS A "DEAD
PEOPLE BONE MARRIAGE" THING.
- [Knocking]
- UH, TEMPERANCE?
HEY, UH, YOU GOT A SEC?
EXCUSE ME.
[Brennan] YOU BOUGHT THE BOAT.
FINALIZED THIS MORNING.
WAIT. SAILBOATS HAVE KEYS?
UM, NO. NOT... NOT REALLY.
THESE ARE THE KEYS TO THE
MARINA. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SYMBOLIC.
CONGRATULATIONS. [Chuckles]
SO I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING.
AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
IT A WHILE BEFORE YOU ANSWER.
OKAY. WELL, YOU SAY OKAY,
BUT IT TAKES YOU MICROSECONDS
TO THINK THINGS THROUGH.
SO THIS TIME, I... I'D APPRECIATE
IT IF YOU, UH, JUST TOOK A BREATH,
BECAUSE IT'S... IT'S BIG.
WELL,
WHAT IS IT?
I'M HEADED SOUTH IN THE
BOAT TO THE CARIBBEAN.
WHEN? WHEN THIS CASE IS DONE.
YOU QUIT THE F.B.I.?
NO. NO, NOT YET.
I'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET USED
TO THE BOAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY CHECK IT OUT.
AND THEN I'LL START RUNNING CHARTERS,
PROBABLY FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS, WHICH IS...
YOU'RE... YOU'RE
REALLY TALKING A LOT.
I KNOW. AND I HAVEN'T EVEN
GOTTEN TO THE MAIN PART.
WHICH IS, UH,
I REALLY, REALLY WANT
YOU TO COME WITH ME.
YOU DO?
I DO.
LOOK, TAKE A SABBATICAL.
THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN...
THAN CORPSES AND MURDERERS.
YOU KNOW, WE DO THIS JOB
FOR TOO LONG, WE GET WARPED.
I CAN FEEL IT HAPPENING
ALREADY. MAYBE YOU CAN TOO.
LET... LET'S RUN AWAY TOGETHER.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT IT.
WANT A HUG? OKAY, NO.
THAT'S... THAT'S, UH, A LOT TO PROCESS.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW WHEN
YOU THINK THAT MAYBE THAT...
OKAY.
[Beeping] [Typing]
STAGE 3 SARCOMA, M1 METASTASIS.
LIKE BRENNAN SAID, CANCER.
YES. MOST LIKELY IT SPREAD FROM
PROSTATE OR TESTICULAR CANCER.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY A GUY.
IF THIS IS THE GROOM, THEN HE'S
CHINESE, AND ACCORDING TO DR. SHI,
MOST LIKELY RELATED IN SOME WAY
TO THE OLD LADY WHO KEPT HIM IN A POT.
WHICH SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY
HIM THROUGH HOSPITAL RECORDS.
NONE OF HARPER'S WEAPONS SHOW ANY SIGN
OF BEING USED TO DISSECT A HUMAN BEING.
NO PROTEIN RESIDUE,
EVEN UNDER A.L.S.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO TELL WHAT
KIND OF BLADE WAS USED ON THE SKIN?
ONLY THAT IT WAS SHARP
AND STRAIGHT EDGED.
BUT I DID FIND EVIDENCE OF
TOXICITY DAMAGE TO THE KIDNEY.
WAIT. THE VICTIM WAS POISONED? I
THOUGHT SHE WAS BEATEN TO DEATH.
WELL, THE BRUISING COULD'VE
BEEN A RESULT OF FONG'S DISEASE.
TOXICOLOGY IDENTIFIED THE TOXIN
AS A ROOT CALLED LEI GONG TENG.
IN SMALL DOSES, IT'S
AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY.
IN LARGE, IT HAS ANOTHER NAME.
LOOSELY TRANSLATES AS
"WALK SEVEN STEPS AND DIE."
I'LL HAVE BOOTH CHECK
OUT CHINESE HERBALISTS.
YOU WANT ME TO BRING
YOU UP TO DATE? NO.
[Beeping] I WANT YOU
TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
ABOUT WHAT?
SULLY WANTS ME TO
RUN OFF WITH HIM. GO.
FOR A YEAR. GO.
HE WANTS TO RUN A CHARTER
BOAT AROUND THE CARIBBEAN.
GO. HE SAYS I SHOULD
TAKE A SABBATICAL.
GO. WHAT IS THE
DOWNSIDE? HE'S A GREAT GUY.
THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
I'LL MISS YOU GUYS.
OH, WE'LL MEET YOU IN BARBADOS.
LOOK, YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING
EVERY DAY SINCE I MET YOU.
IT'S TIME TO LET ANOTHER PART
OF YOURSELF OUT INTO THE SUN...
WITH A BARE-CHESTED MAN
AND A TROPICAL BREEZE. [Chuckles]
WILLIAM CHANG... SINGLE, AGE 27.
DIED TWO YEARS AGO OF
METASTASIZING PROSTATE CANCER.
GREAT NEPHEW OF MEI ZHANG.
- HE LOOKS NICE.
- BOOTH WILL WANT
TO TALK TO HIS PARENTS,
TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY GOT THE
FEMALE BONES, IN CASE IT'S LI LING FAN.
LISTEN TO ME, BRENNAN. GO.
THERE'LL STILL BE MURDER AND
MAYHEM WHEN YOU GET BACK.
THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION
CAME FROM ME. YOU'VE RUINED MY STUDY.
THEY WON'T KNOW
FOR SURE IT WAS YOU.
THEIR SON'S BONES ARE
SPREAD ALL OVER THE CITY.
THEY LET ME IN ON SOMETHING VERY
PRECIOUS TO THEM, AND NOW THIS.
I BROKE THE FIRST RULE
OF ANTHROPOLOGY...
MINIMIZE YOUR
EFFECT ON THE STUDY.
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOUR STUDY IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN CATCHING A MURDERER?
YOU USED TO BE DEDICATED TO
A MUCH LARGER, TIMELESS TRUTH.
NOW YOU'RE JUST A TOOL FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE SMALLER CONCERNS.
[Door Opens]
[Exhales]
SO YOU BURIED YOUR SON
WILLIAM THREE YEARS AGO?
MY CONDOLENCES.
WE HAVE COME INTO
POSSESSION OF ONE OF HIS BONES.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA
HOW THIS HAPPENED?
MAYBE YOU'RE PLANNING
ON REBURYING YOUR SON...
WITH THE BONES OF
A YOUNGER WOMAN...
TO PROVIDE HIM LOVING
COMPANY IN THE AFTERLIFE?
WELL, YOU SEE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHO
THIS WOMAN IS, BECAUSE IT'S POSSIBLE...
THAT SHE'S A MURDER VICTIM.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT
THAT, WOULD YOU?
[Sighs] OKAY. WELL, YOU GIVE ME NO
CHOICE BUT TO GET AN ORDER OF EXHUMATION.
- SULLY BOUGHT THAT BOAT.
- YEAH?
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE'LL BE SHIPWRECKED
ON SOME ISLAND TALKING TO A VOLLEYBALL.
HE'S LEAVING FOR THE CARIBBEAN.
[Machinery
Rumbling] [Dirt Spilling]
REALLY?
LOOK, I'M... I'M SORRY, BONES.
I KNOW THAT THE TWO OF YOU
WERE KIND OF HITTING IT OFF...
HE WANTS ME TO GO WITH HIM.
OH.
OH. YEAH, YEAH.
HE SAYS I SHOULD TAKE A
YEAR OFF... A SABBATICAL.
HE SAYS IT'LL BE FUN.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE.
BUT YOU JUST SAID HE'D BE
SHIPWRECKED WITH A VOLLEYBALL.
NO, HE'S GOT YOU. HE
DOESN'T NEED THE VOLLEYBALL.
YOU THINK I SHOULD GO?
YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S,
UH, ONE YEAR OUT OF YOUR LIFE, HUH?
I MEAN, A PERSON'S
GOTTA LIVE WIDE.
AND THIS IS KIND OF NARROW.
- [Wood Crunching]
- OH. THE COFFIN ALREADY?
CAN'T BE. WE'RE
ONLY TWO FEET DOWN.
OH, EASY. CAREFUL.
IS THIS FAKE MONEY?
THERE'S NO BODY IN THIS COFFIN.
THERE WAS A BODY IN
HERE. IT WAS REMOVED. YEAH.
- WHAT'S WITH THE FAKE MONEY?
- CHINESE TRADITION.
SEND A LOVED ONE OFF TO THE AFTERLIFE
WELL FUNDED, AT LEAST SYMBOLICALLY.
HOW LONG AGO WAS
THE BODY REMOVED?
THIS LITTLE DARLING
IS PHAENICIA SERICATA,
ALSO KNOWN AS THE
COMMON GREEN BOTTLE FLY.
NOW WILLIAM CHANG WAS BURIED
IN JANUARY, THREE YEARS AGO.
SINCE THE GREEN BOTTLE FLY IS
ONLY ACTIVE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS,
I CONTEND HE WAS DUG
UP LAST JULY OR AUGUST,
WHICH ALLOWED MAGGOTS TO BE
LAID IN THE CASKET TO FEAST ON...
- OKAY, YEAH, I GOT IT.
- OH, I CAN BE A LOT
MORE SPECIFIC.
NO, NO. YOU KNOW, DUG UP LAST
SUMMER AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE FAMILY.
SPECIFIC ENOUGH FOR THE F.B.I.
HE WOULD'VE DECOMPOSED QUICKLY.
BURIED IN A PINE BOX,
IMPROPERLY SEALED,
BURIED ONLY TWO FEET
BELOW THE SURFACE.
THE CHANGS SHOULD SUE THEIR
MORTUARY. BECAUSE OF THE SHALLOW BURIAL?
YEAH, AND THE DECOMP SEEPAGE
INTO THE FAKE MONEY IS AU NATUREL.
- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
- THE BODY WAS NOT EMBALMED.
NONE OF THIS IS HELPING US SOLVE THE
MYSTERY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO LI LING FAN.
THE FUNERAL HOME WAS IN ON IT.
THEY WANTED THE BODY TO
DECOMPOSE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
FULL-SERVICE MORTUARY. THEY PERFORM
FUNERALS AND WEDDINGS FOR DEAD PEOPLE.
MORTUARY RECORDS SHOW THAT WE BURIED
WILLIAM CHANG IN A LEAD-LINED CASKET.
- AND IF YOU FOUND
ANOTHER CASKET...
- PINE BOX. IT WAS A PINE BOX.
- IT IS OBVIOUS THAT MR. CHANG
WAS DUG UP AND REBURIED.
- WHO EMBALMED WILLIAM CHANG?
THE RECORDS SHOW THAT MY
GRANDSON AND I HAD THAT HONOR.
- YOU'RE LYING.
- WILLIAM CHANG
WAS NEVER EMBALMED.
BUT YOU YOURSELF SAID THERE WAS
NOTHING BUT FAKE MONEY IN THE CASKET.
- SO HOW CAN YOU TELL?
- WE CAN TELL FROM THE RESIDUE
LEFT IN THE EMPTY CASKET.
[Speaking Chinese] I'M SORRY,
BUT WE CANNOT HELP YOU.
WAIT. WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. MR. HAN,
PLEASE, JUST SIT DOWN. PLEASE? JUST...
HERE'S WHAT I THINK, OKAY?
I THINK THAT YOU HAVE...
SOME OLD CHINESE
TRADITIONS ALIVE...
WHICH ARE ILLEGAL
IN THIS COUNTRY.
- THE MINGHUN REBURIAL CEREMONY.
- [Booth] WELL, I'M NOT
CONCERNED ABOUT...
- WHAT I CARE ABOUT
IS IF THE BRIDE WAS MURDERED.
- MURDERED?
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MR. CHANG'S
FAMILY PAID $25,000 FOR HER BONES.
AND PEOPLE HAVE
KILLED FOR MUCH LESS.
SO, UH, WHAT PART OF
THAT 25 GRAND CAME TO YOU?
- DID THE CHANGS ADMIT
TO PAYING THAT MONEY?
- NO.
WE FOUND A CASH WITHDRAWAL
THAT THEY CAN'T EXPLAIN.
BUT YOU ARE NOT EVEN CERTAIN
THAT WILLIAM CHANG'S MINGHUN BRIDE...
- IS THIS MURDERED WOMAN?
- NO, SIR.
WE CAN'T KNOW FOR SURE IT ISN'T
HER WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE BONES.
IF THE BRIDE WERE NOT THIS MURDERED WOMAN,
WOULD YOU ALLOW THE CEREMONY TO PROCEED?
- GRANDFATHER!
- [Chinese]
WHAT CEREMONY?
♪♪ [Traditional Chinese]
[Man Chanting In Chinese]
[Brennan] WE'RE... WE'RE
VERY SORRY TO DISTURB YOU.
F.B.I. I NEED TO SEE
THE COFFIN. SORRY.
SORRY. EXCUSE ME.
TAKE A LOOK, BONES.
TAKE A LOOK. OKAY.
[Brennan] INDICATIONS OF CANCER.
I BELIEVE THIS IS WILLIAM CHANG.
HERE'S THE CHIMPANZEE
ILIUM THAT I LEFT.
WHAT ABOUT THE GIRL?
[Brennan] THERE'S LOTS OF
SCORE MARKS ON THE BONES...
CONGRUENT WITH FLESH BEING
REMOVED FROM THE SKELETON WITH BLADES.
I BELIEVE THIS IS LI LING FAN.
[Booth] WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
I GUESS WE REALLY
BROKE UP THE PARTY, HUH?
POSITIVE I.D. ON BOTH SETS OF
REMAINS. WILLIAM CHANG AND LI LING FAN.
- WOW. THEY KINDA GO TOGETHER.
- [Saroyan] BECAUSE THEY'RE DECEASED?
YEAH. BUT MORE THAN THAT. THEY'RE
EXACTLY THE SAME LEVEL OF HOTNESS.
WHICH IS ZERO BECAUSE
THEY'RE SKELETONS.
THE CUTS LEFT ON THE SKELETAL
STRUCTURE BY THE REMOVAL OF SOFT TISSUE...
MATCH THE IMPLEMENTS THE F.B.I.
CONFISCATED FROM THE MORTUARY.
SHE WAS ILL, AND HE WAS ILL. IT'S REALLY
TOO BAD THEY NEVER ACTUALLY MET.
THE MORTICIAN'S LAWYER
ADVISED HIM TO CLAM UP.
[Saroyan] THE CHANGS NOW SAY THE
$25,000 WAS USED TO PAY OFF A FAMILY DEBT.
YOU EVER THINK THAT THEIR
SPIRITS ACTUALLY DID MEET...
AND ARE WORKING TO GET THEIR BONES
TOGETHER HERE ON THE PHYSICAL PLANE?
YOU MEAN LIKE WE'RE POSSESSED
AND DOING THEIR BIDDING?
[Sighs] YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU PEOPLE LACK?
WHIMSY. IT'S A GENUINE HANDICAP.
THERE ARE FOUR MORTICIANS WORKING AT THAT
MORTUARY AND A HALF A DOZEN ASSISTANTS.
ANY ONE OF THEM COULD'VE REMOVED
THE BONES AND SANK THE SKIN IN THE RIVER.
[Zack] PERSONALLY, I WOULD'VE CREMATED
THE REMAINING SKINS AND ORGANS.
NO CREMATORIUM AT THAT MORTUARY.
I AM GONNA DRAW THEM
A WEDDING PICTURE.
OKAY. WELL, YOU DO THAT.
WE SHOULD FIND OUT WHO POISONED
THE VICTIM AND ARREST HIM FOR MURDER.
PROBABLY THE, UH, BOUNCING,
FLYING MAIL-ORDER HUSBAND.
DOES THAT COUNT AS WHIMSY?
WELL, YOU'RE HANDICAPPED, ZACK.
SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO
THROW A TELETHON FOR YOU.
HOW DID SULLY FIND
HARPER SO QUICKLY?
HE DIDN'T SAY. YOU
KNOW, SULLY'S A NICE GUY.
YOU SOUND CONDESCENDING.
I'M JUST TRYING
TO BE NICE, OKAY?
I'M COMPLIMENTING THE FACT
THAT YOU GOT A GOOD ONE THIS TIME.
THEREBY IMPLYING I'M INCAPABLE
OF MAKING MY OWN JUDGMENTS.
THE PHYSICIST WHO
COULDN'T TIE HIS SHOES?
OH, THE FORMER PROFESSOR WHO WAS
JEALOUS OF YOUR OWN SUCCESS. SHOULD I STOP?
YES. OH, THE GUY THAT YOU
FOUND ON THE INTERNET...
AND ENDED UP BEING SOME
KINDA RECRUITER FOR A CULT.
OH, AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE... THE GUY
WHO CUT OFF HIS OWN BROTHER'S HEAD...
BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE
WAS POSSESSED BY A WITCH.
YOU MADE YOUR POINT.
LOOK, I'M JUST SAYING A GUY WHO WANTS TO TAKE
YOU AWAY FROM ALL OF THIS ON A SAILBOAT...
THAT'S A STEP UP. CONDESCENDING.
[Chattering In Chinese]
- THAT'S OUR GUY.
- [Brennan] OKAY. SO WHEN DO WE TAKE HIM OFF?
DOWN. WE TAKE HIM DOWN WHEN
SULLY PUTS HIS CAP IN HIS BACK POCKET.
NOW. FREEZE!
- [Groans]
- FREEZE! HARPER!
GEEZ, I TOLD YOU HE WAS FAST.
- ARE YOU OKAY?
- YEAH.
GREAT. FINE. SULLY, YOU CHASE
HIM. I'LL HEAD HIM OFF. OKAY?
OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. [Grunts]
- HAVE YOU THOUGHT
ABOUT MY OFFER?
- YES.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- THIS IS NOT THE TIME
TO DISCUSS IT.
- [Sully] THE GUY MUST BE ON METH.
- [Brennan] MARTIAL ARTS.
F.B.I.! FREEZE RIGHT THERE!
I SAID FREEZE! FREEZE! DAMN IT!
WHAT IS HE, ON WIRES?
[Groans]
- [Groans]
- HE AIN'T BOUNCING AROUND
ANYMORE NOW, IS HE?
SEE THAT?
- I DID NOT KILL LING FAN.
- THEN WHY DID YOU KEEP
RUNNING AWAY, HUH?
- I'M A CRIMINAL. YOU'RE POLICE.
- [Sully] LING FAN
DIDN'T REALLY KNOW ANYONE.
- THAT MAKES YOU A GOOD SUSPECT.
- SELL HER BONES FOR $25,000.
- MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS.
- WHAT LOSS?
YOU PAID $25,000 TO THE PERFECT
WIFE AGENCY TO BRING HER OVER.
PROBABLY ANOTHER EIGHT
GRAND FOR THE ROUND-TRIP TICKET.
- THAT'S A LOT OF KNIFE SALES.
- [Harper] YOU PEOPLE
GOT IT COMPLETELY WRONG.
CHICK DOESN'T WORK OUT, YOU
GET A FULL REFUND OR A SWAP.
I TOOK THE MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE.
- REALLY?
- OOPS.
I DIDN'T LOSE A CENT. IT'S THE MAIL-ORDER
AGENCY THAT'S OUT ALL THAT DOUGH.
- WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HER?
- WHAT?
WHY DID YOU SEND LING FAN BACK?
CHICK WAS DEFECTIVE, MAN.
I'M A VERY ACTIVE PERSON.
SHE MOVED SLOW,
LIKE AN OLD LADY.
- YOU MEET THE FLYING HORSE?
- YEAH.
THAT IS A VERY GOOD ITEM.
MAYBE YOU STILL WANT TO BUY IT?
I'M GONNA NEED BAIL MONEY.
SO, YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT
YOUR FIRST MISTAKE WAS?
THINKING YOU WOULDN'T
FIND OUT ABOUT THE REFUND?
NO. YOUR FIRST MISTAKE
WAS KILLING LING FAN.
YOUR SECOND MISTAKE WAS KEEPING THE
POISON THAT YOU USED IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR.
THIRD MISTAKE WAS THINKING
THAT ONCE WE HAD YOU,
THAT THE GRANDSON AT
THE MORTUARY, NELSON HAN...
THAT HE WOULDN'T COOPERATE.
I MEAN, NOT ONLY DID
HE... [Speaker Switches Off]
YOU KNOW, BOOTH, UH,
IS A REALLY GOOD GUY.
HE SAYS THE SAME
ABOUT YOU. REALLY?
'CAUSE I FIGURED HE WAS THE ONE
TALKING YOU OUT OF GOING WITH ME.
NO. HE TOLD ME TO GO.
ANGELA DID TOO.
EVERYONE THINKS
IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
EVERYONE EXCEPT YOU.
BUT YOU'RE NOT
GONNA GO, ARE YOU?
WHY, BRENNAN?
SAILING AROUND WARM OCEANS
WITH SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU?
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT
IS HOLDING YOU HERE.
LOOK, I DON'T...
I DON'T WANT TO SOUND CONCEITED,
BUT, UM, I THINK
I'M WORTH THE RISK.
YOU ARE.
YOU DEFINITELY ARE.
ALL RIGHT, WELL,
YOU'RE THE LOGICAL ONE.
WHAT'S YOUR THINKING?
RATIONALLY... [Exhales]
RATIONALLY THINKING, I...
I WANT TO GO.
AND I KNOW I SHOULD GO, BUT...
I CAN'T.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING...
IT'S IMPORTANT.
BUT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT
ENOUGH TO BE YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
♪♪ [Pop Ballad]
♪♪ [Continues]
[Chuckles]
[Exhales]
♪♪ [Continues]
[Sighs]
♪♪ [Continues]
♪♪ [Continues]
[Sighs]
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I'M WAVING GOOD-BYE. SEE?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
BREAKFAST. I'M NOT HUNGRY.
OH, COME ON, HUH?
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA VOMIT WHEN WE COME
ACROSS ONE OF THOSE, UH, HORRIFIC CASES?
I DON'T VOMIT.
GIVE IT TIME, BONES,
OKAY? GIVE IT TIME.
EVERYTHING HAPPENS
EVENTUALLY. EVERYTHING?
ALL THE STUFF, OKAY, THAT
YOU THINK NEVER HAPPENS...
IT HAPPENS.
YOU JUST GOTTA BE READY FOR IT.
♪♪ [Continues]
♪♪ [Ends]
WHAT'S THAT MEAN?