Bones (2005–2017): Season 2, Episode 17 - The Priest in the Churchyard - full transcript

When Booth and Brennan keep butting heads in a case involving a Catholic church, he convinces her to see Dr. Wyatt with him, and Hodgins suggest a change in his and Angela's relationship.

[Man] THIS CEMETERY HAS BEEN
CONNECTED TO OUR PARISH...

FOR ALMOST 200 YEARS.

3:00 A.M., THE WATER MAIN
BROKE. FELT LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE.

COFFINS WERE BURSTING
OUT OF THE GROUND.

[Groans] ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

I'VE HAD SOME STOMACH
PROBLEMS LATELY. THIS ISN'T HELPING.

LAST PERSON WAS BURIED
HERE OVER 50 YEARS AGO.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE
GONNA FIGURE OUT WHO'S WHO.

WITH BURIAL RECORDS, IDENTIFICATION
SHOULD BE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE.

FEMALE, 40 TO 50 YEARS OLD.



SEVERE OSTEOPOROSIS.

DRESS AND JEWELRY PLACE BURIAL
AROUND THE LATE 19th CENTURY.

THIS ONE'S IN PIECES.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? LORRAINE SAYS
YOU'RE GIVING THEM CHURCH RECORDS.

THE BURIAL RECORDS, FATHER, SO THEY
CAN IDENTIFY AND REINTER THE REMAINS.

THOSE RECORDS ARE MY
RESPONSIBILITY, FATHER SANDS.

YOU'RE TO GO THROUGH ME
BEFORE ALLOWING THEIR RELEASE.

I'M SORRY, FATHER. I SAW NO
HARM IN IT. I STILL RUN THIS PARISH.

- I UNDERSTAND.
- I'M FATHER WILLIAM DONLAN.

THIS IS DR. BRENNAN
FROM THE JEFFERSONIAN.

- AND THIS IS...
- THEY CAN'T SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES?

I'M DR. ADDY. ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE PRIESTS
WHO SMACKS SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH RULERS?

THAT'S NOT ALLOWED ANYMORE.

WE DO NEED THOSE
BURIAL RECORDS, FATHER,



AND SINCE THIS IS A FEDERALLY
PROTECTED HISTORIC SITE...

FINE. BUT I'LL EXPECT YOU TWO TO
SHOW SOME RESPECT FOR WHERE YOU ARE.

THIS IS CONSECRATED GROUND. WHEN DID
YOU SAY THE LAST PERSON WAS BURIED HERE?

- 1951.
- THIS IS A MALE,

BURIED NO MORE THAN FIVE
YEARS AGO WITHOUT A CASKET.

- THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
- THERE'S EVIDENCE OF TRAUMA
TO THE FRONTAL BONE.

- LOOKS LIKE A FATAL ASSAULT.
- ARRANGE FOR A FORENSIC TEAM.

HODGINS WILL WANT TO COLLECT SOIL FOR
BUGS AND PARTICULATES. I'LL CALL BOOTH.

I'M AFRAID YOUR GROUND WAS
CONSECRATED AS A CRIME SCENE, FATHER.

YOU KNOW, THE PRIEST
MADE A COMPLAINT.

HE SAID THAT YOU MADE FUN
OF CONSECRATED GROUND.

NO, I DIDN'T. PERHAPS
I WAS A BIT COLORFUL.

COLORFUL? YEAH, WRITERLY.

- I'M A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR.
- THE VICTIM
IS 30 TO 40 YEARS OLD.

HE'S AN OLD-SCHOOL PRIEST. SO I'M
SUPPOSED TO WALK ON EGG SHELLS...

BECAUSE SOMEONE BELIEVES THAT A PLOT
OF EARTH HAS SUPERNATURAL PROPERTIES...

BECAUSE THEY WAVED A WAND
OVER IT? THERE'S NO WANDS.

THE CHURCH DOESN'T USE
WANDS. FINE. FINE. MAGIC WATER.

MAGIC? HOLY WATER.

- THE TERMINOLOGY MAKES IT REAL?
- YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN'T WORK
WITH YOU ON THIS CASE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THE VICTIM WAS
CLEARLY MURDERED. WE INVESTIGATE MURDERS...

TOGETHER. THERE'S EVIDENCE OF
BLOOD POOLING ON THE FRONTAL BONE...

AND AN ABSENCE OF
CONCENTRIC FRACTURES.

- THAT REQUIRES INVESTIGATION.
- I'M NOT WORKING A WHOLE CASE
WITH YOU ATTACKING MY BELIEFS.

YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST SAILED
OFF WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND. FUNNY.

A MAN WHO BELIEVES IN AN INVISIBLE SUPER
BEING WANTS TO RUN MY PERSONAL LIFE.

DEATH WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED QUICKLY,
CAUSED BY CRANIAL CEREBRAL TRAUMA.

BY THE WAY, 90% OF THE
WORLD BELIEVES IN GOD.

AND AT ONE TIME, MOST PEOPLE WERE CERTAIN
THAT THE SUN REVOLVED AROUND THE EARTH.

YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? I DON'T
THINK THIS IS ABOUT RELIGION AT ALL.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE ISSUES, OKAY, THAT
ARE AFFECTING OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

YOU'RE AFRAID TO DEAL WITH THEM,
SO YOU JUST LASH OUT AT MY RELIGION.

CAN'T YOU JUST BE SATISFIED THAT IF
I'M WRONG ABOUT GOD, I'LL BURN IN HELL?

- THAT'S TEMPTING.
- GOOD. NOW HOW ABOUT
WE GET BACK TO WORK?

I THINK WE BOTH STILL WANNA
FIND OUT WHO KILLED THIS MAN.

[Saroyan] SO A SHOVEL
HIT THE WATER MAIN?

THE SHOVEL WAS FOUND A FEW FEET
FROM WHERE THE WATER MAIN BURST,

BURIED IN A COLONY OF WORMS.

AND THEY SAY CHRISTMAS
ONLY COMES ONCE A YEAR.

METAL SHAVINGS MATCH THE SHOVEL.
SOMEONE WAS DIGGING IN THE CEMETERY.

BROKE THE WATER MAIN,
RESURRECTING THE DEAD.

AND WHY WAS SOMEONE DIGGING UP
THE CEMETERY AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING?

- MAYBE HE CAME BACK
TO DIG UP THE VICTIM.
- MOVE HIM TO ANOTHER LOCATION.

- YEAH, OR BURY SOMEONE ELSE.
- DARK.

YEAH, AND THIS PLACE
IS ALWAYS SO SUNNY.

HERE'S OUR VICTIM.

FOUND CASINGS FROM EASTERN
TENT CATERPILLARS IN HIS EYE SOCKETS.

MEANS HE WAS BURIED ABOUT
THREE YEARS AGO. HE HAS KIND EYES.

HOW DO YOU KNOW
HE HAD KIND EYES?

I HAD TO MAKE A
CHOICE, SO I CHOSE KIND.

AND YOU WONDER WHY I LOVE
YOU. IS SHE NOT FANTASTIC?

YOU AREN'T SERIOUSLY
ASKING ME TO BE A PART OF THIS?

GET YOUR RENDERING OVER TO
BOOTH SO THEY CAN SHOW THE PRIESTS.

I AM GOING TO GO RE-SATURATE THE
DRIED BLOOD, SEE IF IT'S OF ANY VALUE.

MURDER? I DON'T
BELIEVE IT WAS MURDER.

[Brennan] IT'S NOT A
MATTER OF FAITH, FATHER.

THE INJURIES ARE DEFINITIVE.

YOU EVER HEAR OF THE SIN OF PRIDE,
YOUNG WOMAN? YOU COULD BE WRONG.

DR. BRENNAN HERE, SHE'S
THE BEST IN HER FIELD.

HE WOULD HAVE BEEN BURIED
ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.

I'VE BEEN HERE 41 YEARS.

I WOULD KNOW IF SOMEONE HAD KILLED
AND BURIED A MAN IN MY CEMETERY.

YOU SEEM QUITE PROUD YOURSELF.

I DON'T NEED TO BE INSULTED.

- KNOCK IT OFF.
- WHAT, THE RULES
DON'T APPLY TO HIM?

HAVE YOU OFFERED YOUR GUESTS
ANY TEA OR SNACKS, FATHER?

ISN'T THAT WHY YOU'RE HERE?

I SEE SOMEONE WANTS HIS ROAST
DRY AND OVERCOOKED TONIGHT.

HI. I'M LORRAINE. I'M THE
PARISH ADMINISTRATOR.

I HAVE SOME REFRESHMENTS INSIDE.

- AND FATHER MATT IS THERE
IF YOU NEED TO TALK TO HIM.
- NICKNAMES FOR PRIESTS.

LAST SUNDAY, HE HAD THE WHOLE
CONGREGATION HOLDING HANDS.

NO WONDER THERE'S
NO RESPECT ANYMORE.

WOULD YOU MIND JUST TAKING A LOOK
AT THIS SKETCH WE HAVE HERE, PLEASE?

SO DO YOU, UH, RECOGNIZE HIM?

- NO. NO, I DO NOT.
- YOU'RE SURE?

I'M NOT SENILE.

I CAN NAME EVERY
CHILD I BAPTIZED,

EVERY PERSON I GAVE
THE LAST RITES TO,

EVERY PLANT ON THESE
GROUNDS... OVER 200 OF THEM.

THAT'S ACONITE. THIS
IS OREGANUM VULGARE.

AND OVER THERE ARE YEW TREES.

IT WAS THE DRUIDS WHO FIRST
THOUGHT OF THE YEW TREE AS SACRED.

THE CHRISTIANS ADOPTED THE
BELIEF, CLAIMING IT AS THEIR OWN.

- STOP.
- WHAT? I'M JUST MAKING
FRIENDLY CONVERSATION.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE,
I'D LIKE TO FINISH PRUNING.

YOU GO HAVE TEA
WITH THE HIPPIE PRIEST.

FOLLOW ME.

I'VE BEEN HERE THREE YEARS. THE ARCHDIOCESE
WAS THINKING OF CLOSING THE PARISH.

SENT ME HERE TO TRY AND
BREATHE SOME LIFE INTO IT.

I STARTED A SPORTS PROGRAM FOR
THE BOYS. ORGANIZED SINGLES DANCES.

NONE OF THIS HAS BEEN EASY
FOR FATHER DONLAN TO ACCEPT.

SO YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN ALL THE
SUPERNATURAL MYTHOLOGY HE DOES?

WELL, IF YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE HOLY TRINITY,

THE TRANSUBSTANTIATION OF
THE HOST AND THE RESURRECTION,

- I CERTAINLY DO.
- BUT YOU SEEM LIKE
SUCH AN INTELLIGENT MAN.

- YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE HER,
FATHER.
- NO NEED.

GOD HAS A SOFT SPOT
EVEN FOR THE ATHEISTS.

I'M TELLING YOU, THIS
IS FANTASTIC. WHAT IS IT?

- SHE'S TRYING TO CONCENTRATE.
- IT'S AN ORANGE-BERRY
POUND CAKE. I'M SORRY.

I DON'T THINK I RECOGNIZE HIM.
[Booth] HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

I'VE BEEN HERE 23
YEARS NEXT MONTH.

MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I
WAS 12. THE PARISH TOOK ME IN.

I'VE BEEN THE ADMINISTRATOR
FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW.

FATHER DONLAN
BASICALLY RAISED LORRAINE.

- YOU'RE NOT GONNA EAT THAT,
ARE YOU, FATHER?
- NO.

IT'S OKAY. MY STOMACH HASN'T
BEEN TOO FOND OF ME LATELY.

THEN LET'S GET OUT OF YOUR WAY.

PERHAPS A NAP
WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT
WE CAN SHOW THE SKETCH TO?

WHY DON'T YOU BRING IT TO MASS
ON SUNDAY? WE CAN PASS IT AROUND.

SOME OF THE PARISHIONERS
HAVE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.

- ARE YOU SURE?
- AGENT BOOTH, I'M TRYING
TO BUILD A COMMUNITY HERE.

IF WE CAN'T WORK TOGETHER
TO HELP SOLVE A CRIME LIKE THIS,

THEN I'M NOT DOING MY JOB.

[Booth] IT DOESN'T HELP THE CASE
FOR YOU TO INSULT THE PRIESTS.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GAINING
THEIR TRUST SO THEY'LL HELP US.

MATT WASN'T
THREATENED. YOU WERE.

WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT
WORKING WELL TOGETHER.

BECAUSE YOU'RE BOSSY AND
JUDGMENTAL. PROBLEMS BETWEEN PEOPLE...

IT'S NEVER JUST
ONE PERSON'S FAULT.

WHAT ABOUT HITLER? HE
DID PRETTY WELL ON HIS OWN.

[Groans] BONES, JUST...

COME WITH ME TO GO
SEE DR. WYATT JUST ONCE.

NO. THERAPY IS A VAGUE
AND INEXACT PROCESS.

THE MAN SHOULDN'T
EVEN BE CALLED A DOCTOR.

WELL, HE HELPED ME.

I MEAN, ARE YOU SO
THREATENED THAT, UH,

YOU CAN'T EVEN DO A FAVOR FOR
SOMEONE THAT YOU CALL A FRIEND?

I WILL SPEAK MY MIND, BOOTH.

I WILL SPEAK MY MIND.

OKAY.

[Angela] IT'S 7:30, HODGINS.

I THOUGHT MAYBE THE SAME SHOVEL
WAS USED AS THE MURDER WEAPON.

THE METAL RESIDUE ON THE SKULL
IS SOME SORT OF SILVER ALLOY.

YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA BE FINISHED
IN A MINUTE. THAT WAS AN HOUR AGO.

IF I CAN NARROW DOWN THE
SMELTING PROCESS OF THE SILVER,

I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
KIND OF WEAPON WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

I LOVE IT WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT SMELTING.

YOU DO? MM-HMM.

MOVE IN WITH ME.
[Chuckles] WHAT?

WE ALREADY LIVE TOGETHER.
JUST... JUST MOVE IN.

[Laughs] NO, WE DON'T.

YOU'VE TAKEN OVER MY CLOSET.

IT'S OVER HALF FULL,
AND "OVER HALF"...

IS THE COMMON LAW
DEFINITION OF LIVING TOGETHER.

I-I HAVE MY OWN PLACE, JACK.

I NEED MY PLACE. I NEED YOU.

[Clears Throat]

DO I HAVE TO THROW
COLD WATER ON YOU TWO?

WE WERE JUST... I KNOW. JUST TRY
TO KEEP IT OFF THE INTERNET, OKAY?

SO, I HAVE BAD NEWS.

WE'VE ALL BEEN EXPOSED
TO COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS...

A FUNGAL INFECTION FROM THE
GRAVEYARD DIRT WE'VE BEEN BREATHING.

SYMPTOMS INCLUDE
NAUSEA, WEAKNESS, FEVER...

I FEEL FINE. YEAH. ME TOO.

- DECREASED LIBIDO.
- I'M LISTENING.

[Laughs] WE'RE ALL
GONNA GET SHOTS.

YEAH, THAT-THAT SOUNDS
GOOD. VERY GOOD. YEAH.

THOUGHT SO.

SHE REFERS TO GOD
AS MY INVISIBLE FRIEND.

YOU'RE TALKING TO
SOMEBODY WHO ISN'T THERE.

I'M SURE THE DOCTOR
QUESTIONS YOUR LITTLE FANTASY.

MY BELIEFS AREN'T AT
ISSUE HERE, DR. BRENNAN.

CLEARLY SHE'S INTOLERANT, AND IT'S
AFFECTING OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

YES, HE'S VERY
DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH.

BOOTH SAID THAT
YOU COULD FIX US, SO...

"WHAT NOW IS PROVED
WAS ONCE ONLY IMAGIN'D.

"THE RAT, THE MOUSE, THE FOX,
THE RABBIT WATCH THE ROOTS;

"THE LION, THE TYGER,
THE HORSE, THE ELEPHANT...

"WATCH THE FRUITS.

"THE CISTERN CONTAINS:
THE FOUNTAIN...

OVERFLOWS."

WHAT?

OH, COME NOW. SURELY YOU GET
THE REFERENCE. WILLIAM BLAKE.

YES. BLAKE IS TELLING US THAT WE'RE ALL AT
THE MERCY OF OUR FUNDAMENTAL NATURES.

WHICH IS NONSENSE, OF COURSE, BUT
WHEN WE UNDERSTAND OUR NATURES,

WE UNDERSTAND THE
RESULTING CONFLICTS.

- WHAT?
- I HATE PSYCHOLOGY.

AS DO I. IT APPLIES A
PATINA OF SCIENCE...

OVER WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY
A DARK AND COMPLEX SET...

ROILING "UNKNOWABLES."

YOU SEE? WHAT?

YOU WEREN'T FIGHTING
ABOUT RELIGION.

BUT THAT'S WHAT BOOTH SAID.

RELIGION PROVIDED THE
FLASH POINT YOU NEEDED...

TO EXPOSE AN UNDERLYING ISSUE.

I WILL FIND OUT
WHAT THAT ISSUE IS,

HELP YOU RESOLVE IT,

AND SET RIGHT THE BALANCE OF
DARK AND LIGHT IN THE UNIVERSE.

ISN'T HE GREAT?

♪♪ [Organ] OH,
MERCIFUL CHRIST JESUS,

WASH AWAY OUR
SINS WITH YOUR MOST...

- WELL, SHOULDN'T BRENNAN
BE HERE WITH YOU...
- SHH.

INSTEAD OF ME?

[Whispering] WE'RE DEALING
WITH A FEW WORK ISSUES.

TROUBLE IN PARADISE?

WE'RE JUST SPENDING
SOME TIME APART.

NOW IF YOU DON'T
MIND, I'D LIKE TO PRAY.

THANK YOU.

DID YOU TWO SLEEP TOGETHER?

DO YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE?

YOU DON'T TALK
LIKE THAT IN CHURCH.

OKAY. UH... AH.

WHAT DOES THAT LAB
DO TO YOU PEOPLE?

IT'S JUST THAT THE...

THIS FEELS LIKE A COUPLES THING.

AND NOW THAT SULLY
IS GONE... IT'S NOT.

IT'S A WORK THING. MMM.

SO IS US BEING HERE,
SO STAY FOCUSED.

[Sands] FULL OF JOY
AND ETERNAL PEACE.

AMEN. [Congregation] AMEN.

I HAVE AN UNUSUAL REQUEST
BEFORE I DISMISS YOU TODAY.

WE HAVE SPECIAL AGENT BOOTH AND MISS
MONTENEGRO FROM THE JEFFERSONIAN WITH US,

AND THEY NEED OUR HELP IDENTIFYING
THE VICTIM FOUND IN OUR CEMETERY.

NOW, I KNOW NONE OF US
WANT TO GET INVOLVED...

IN SOMETHING SO... UGLY.

BUT AS JESUS SAID,
"WHATEVER YOU DO...

FOR THE LEAST OF THESE
BROTHERS OF MINE, YOU DO FOR ME."

SO PLEASE, IF YOU RECOGNIZE
THE SKETCH, LET THEM KNOW.

HOW ABOUT YOU, ENZO? ENZO
NEVER MISSES MASS. RIGHT, ENZO?

SORRY, FATHER. I CAN'T HELP YOU.

UM, EXCUSE ME.

COULD YOU GIVE HIM A
BEARD AND MAKE HIM HEAVIER?

YEAH, I THINK I CAN MANAGE THAT.

JAMES WAS AN ALTAR BOY
HERE WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.

[James] UM...

I... I THINK...

DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FATHER
McCOURT TO ANYONE ELSE?

YEAH, THAT COULD BE HIM.
SOMEONE KILLED A PRIEST?

- THANK YOU, JAMES.
- YEAH.

FATHER McCOURT
WAS HERE BEFORE ME.

I REPLACED HIM THREE YEARS AGO. I
WAS TOLD HE LEFT THE PRIESTHOOD.

I SUPPOSE IT MIGHT
RESEMBLE FATHER McCOURT.

SO MUCH FOR THAT SHARP MEMORY.

FATHER McCOURT
WASN'T HERE FOR LONG.

AND THE EYES ARE WRONG. THAT'S
HOW YOU RECOGNIZE SOMEONE.

FATHER McCOURT'S EYES
WERE HOLLOW... COLD.

I TAKE IT YOU TWO DIDN'T GET
ALONG, HUH? I WAS HIS CONFESSOR.

- YOU KNOW I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING.
- CAN YOU TELL ME ANYTHING?

JUST... HE WAS VERY SECRETIVE.

HE'D DISAPPEAR
FOR HOURS AT A TIME.

SOME NIGHTS, HE WOULDN'T
EVEN COME BACK TO THE RECTORY.

ONE DAY HE WAS GONE. LEFT A NOTE
SAYING HE WAS LEAVING THE PRIESTHOOD.

HMM. ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

I'VE IDENTIFIED SOME ODD POSTMORTEM
INJURIES ON THE OLD BODIES...

SNAPPED FINGERS,
FRACTURED WRISTS,

ABRASIONS ON THE
LIGAMENTA FLAVA.

- AND I FOUND TRACES OF GOLD
IN SOME OF THE FRACTURES.
- I DON'T GET IT.

THE PERSON WHO RUPTURED THE WATER
MAIN THAT NIGHT WAS A GRAVE ROBBER.

DR. BRENNAN TOLD ME SHE
SAW INJURIES LIKE THIS IN TIBET...

BROKEN BONES AND
BONE MARKINGS...

FROM YANKING JEWELRY AND
VALUABLES OFF THE REMAINS.

YEAH, WHICH MEANS McCOURT
COULD HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY A SHOVEL,

BUT ALSO HE COULD HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY ONE
OF THE VALUABLES THE GRAVE ROBBER FOUND.

SO OUR GRAVE ROBBER COMES
TO A NICE, QUIET GRAVEYARD...

NEXT TO A NICE, QUIET CHURCH WHENEVER
HE'S IN NEED OF SOME EXTRA CASH.

ONLY TO BE SURPRISED ONE
NIGHT BY FATHER McCOURT,

WHO GETS HIS HEAD
BASHED IN FOR HIS TROUBLE.

DURING THE 19th CENTURY, IT WAS CUSTOMARY
TO PHOTOGRAPH THE DECEASED BEFORE BURIAL.

WE IDENTIFIED THESE TWO PEOPLE.

GERTRUDE WATERS DIED 1873.

- AND HORACE RUTLEDGE DIED 1901.
- THEIR VALUABLES WERE MISSING?

YES. DR. HODGINS BELIEVES THE
GRAVE ROBBER IS WORKING IN SECTIONS,

FOCUSING ON THE OLDEST FIRST,

WHERE THE ARTIFACTS
WOULD HAVE THE MOST VALUE.

LISTEN, WHO TAKES
CARE OF THE CEMETERY?

UH, LANDSCAPER? JANITOR?

FATHER DONLAN DOES ALL THE
GARDENING. IT'S SORT OF HIS OBSESSION.

OTHER THAN THAT, THE OCCASIONAL
PARISHIONER WILL RAKE LEAVES...

OR, UH, SHOVEL SNOW.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

YOU KNOW, I CAN'T
QUITE SHAKE THIS BUG,

AND I'VE GOT A
WRESTLING TEAM TO COACH.

DO YOU MIND?

YOU WERE IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY WITH REMAINS.

- YOU WERE PROBABLY EXPOSED
TO A FUNGAL INFECTION.
- WELL, I-IS THAT BAD?

NO. YEAH.

IT'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

- I'LL HAVE MY OFFICE ARRANGE
FOR TREATMENT.
- THANK YOU.

[Hodgins] THAT IS
SOME SERIOUS BLING.

F.B.I.'s TRYING TO TRACK THE
JEWELRY TO PAWN SHOPS AND FENCES.

I'M CHECKING ONLINE
AUCTION SITES.

THIS STUFF COULD NET A
FORTUNE. ENOUGH TO KILL A PRIEST?

APPARENTLY.

HEY, HAVE YOU NOTICED ANYTHING
GOING ON BETWEEN BRENNAN AND BOOTH?

THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

THERE IS TENSION...

EVER SINCE BRENNAN LET SULLY SAIL
OFF INTO THE SUNSET WITHOUT HER.

NO, I DIDN'T NOTICE. HMM.

THEN AGAIN, I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT YOU
DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE WITH ME EITHER.

HODGINS. IF YOU ARE
GETTING COLD FEET...

YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE
THAT WOULD FEEL THEM.

ANGELA... WE'LL
DISCUSS IT AT LUNCH.

THE EGYPTIAN PLACE? MMM.

JUST GOT OFF THE
PHONE WITH THE C.D.C.

THE FUNGAL INFECTION WE WERE
EXPOSED TO FROM THE GRAVEYARD...

IS RARE ENOUGH THAT THEY'D HAVE
RECORDS OF ANYONE WHO WAS INFECTED.

- BUT I NEED YOUR SAMPLES
FOR THE STRAIN.
- YOU GOT IT.

YEAH, YOU KNOW, I GOT NO
PROBLEM WITH THIS PLACE.

IT'S WHERE BONES AND THE
SQUINTS GET THEIR ANSWERS. SEE?

THUMBS IN THE BELT. THAT'S A VERY
AGGRESSIVE STANCE. VERY MALE.

CROSSED ARMS. DEFENSIVE.

DISDAIN. BUT LET'S NOT WORRY
ABOUT WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR HANDS.

WHAT YOU MUST DO IS RECOGNIZE
YOUR NEGATIVE FEELINGS...

FOR WHAT IS, AFTER ALL,
DR. BRENNAN'S DOMAIN...

AND VERBALIZE THEM.
VERBALIZE THEM. WHAT, NOW?

MM-HMM. THIS PLACE IS
TOO, UH... IT'S TOO SHINY.

YOU KNOW? IT'S
BRIGHT. IT'S CLEAN.

AND CLEAN IS BAD?
DEATH ISN'T CLEAN...

ESPECIALLY MURDER,
WHICH IS OUR BUSINESS.

NO, THIS PLACE IS
COMPLETELY FAKE.

IT'S BOGUS. YOU'D LIKE TO
DESTROY THE ENTIRE EDIFICE.

OH, I'D LIKE TO RIP THE
WHOLE EDIFICE DOWN...

WITH MY BARE HANDS,
OR SET IT ON FIRE...

EXCEPT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
NOTHING IN THIS PLACE TO BURN.

ALL THE PLASTIC AND THE METAL AND
THE FLASHING LIGHTS, AND THE ARITHMETIC.

WHERE DOES A
GUY... A NORMAL GUY...

WHO BELIEVES IN INTUITION AND
THE SOUL AND GOOD AND EVIL...

AND GOD. YES! AND GOD TOO.

WHERE'S A GUY WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IN
ALL THIS ARITHMETIC SUPPOSED TO STAND?

SO YOUR PROBLEM WITH
DR. BRENNAN IS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW...

WHAT WILL OR WILL NOT CATCH
FIRE, OR WHERE YOU STAND.

[Chuckles] WHAT? THAT'S GOOD.

YOU KNOW THIS...
THAT'S VERY GOOD.

C.D.C. SHOWS THAT YOU CONTRACTED
COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS THREE YEARS AGO.

THE ONLY CASE IN THE AREA.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I USED TO DO A
LOT OF ODD JOBS AROUND THE PARISH.

I'D HELP FATHER
DONLAN IN THE GARDEN.

I'M SURE THAT'S HOW I
CONTRACTED IT. NICE TRY, ENZO,

BUT YOUR NAME ALSO CAME UP ON THE AUCTION
SITE THAT WAS SELLING JEWELRY FROM THE GRAVES.

WHICH YOU MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN AWAY
WITH, IF YOU HADN'T HIT THE WATER MAIN.

I WANT A LAWYER.

- NICE WAY TO GET HIM
TO CLAM UP. THANKS.
- [Brennan] WHAT?

SO WHY'D YOU KILL
FATHER McCOURT?

DID HE CATCH YOU? I
DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY.

AH. THERE YOU GO.
HE'S TALKING AGAIN.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
PEOPLE? YOU THINK I'D KILL A PRIEST?

YOUR RECORD ALSO SHOWS
THAT YOU WERE ASSIGNED...

TO COURT-APPOINTED
DRUG COUNSELING.

OKAY, LOOK, I HAD A DRUG
PROBLEM, AND I NEEDED MONEY.

I SAW THESE PICTURES
IN THE RECTORY.

JEWELRY JUST BURIED, YOU KNOW.

I FIGURED NO ONE WOULD MISS IT.

I DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY. OKAY?

FATHER McCOURT AND ME,
WE NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM.

I WASN'T HIS TYPE. TOO OLD.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT
SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S AN
IMPLICATION OF PEDOPHILIA.

I KNOW, BONES. IT'S STRANGE
I KNOW... YOU SAID YOU...

WHO, ENZO? WHO WAS HIS TYPE?

TALK TO JAMES, OKAY?
THE KID WHO I.D.'d HIM.

♪♪ [Soul Ballad]

[Angela Laughs]

SO IS THIS REALLY
CLEOPATRA'S BED?

[Hodgins] PERFECT REPLICA
FOR THE NEW EXHIBIT.

WE'RE JUST MAKING IT A
LITTLE BIT MORE AUTHENTIC.

YOUR FEET AREN'T COLD ANYMORE.

NICE TRY.

HEY, I THOUGHT I WAS SUCCESSFUL,
BUT IF YOU WANT ME TO TRY HARDER...

WE CAN'T KEEP OUR
HANDS OFF EACH OTHER.

I THINK ABOUT YOU
ALL THE TIME. MM-HMM.

MOVING IN IS THE
NEXT LOGICAL STEP.

I HAVE A LEASE.

I HAVE AN ESTATE. I'LL
BUY OUT YOUR LEASE.

SHH! WE ONLY HAVE
15 MORE MINUTES.

YOU SAID THAT WE WOULD
TALK. YEAH, WELL, GUESS WHAT.

HMM? I GOT DISTRACTED.

♪♪ [Continues]

I CAN'T BELIEVE FATHER
McCOURT'S DEAD.

I MEAN, I THOUGHT
HE JUST TOOK OFF.

YOU TWO WERE PRETTY CLOSE.

YEAH. I WAS AN ALTAR
BOY. OH, SO WAS I.

I LIKED OUR PRIEST,
TOO, BUT, UH... WHAT?

YOU THINK WHAT EVERYONE
ELSE DOES, DON'T YOU?

I DON'T KNOW. WHAT DOES
EVERYBODY ELSE THINK?

BECAUSE WE SPENT SO MUCH
TIME TOGETHER, HE WAS...

TOUCHING ME AND STUFF.

REALLY? BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, IF HE DID,

AND YOU GOT MAD ONE DAY AND...

AND KILLED HIM?

YOU THINK I KILLED
FATHER McCOURT?

HE NEVER TOUCHED
ME. NOT EVEN ONCE.

HE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.

MY DAD BAILED ON
US WHEN I WAS THREE.

FATHER McCOURT
CAME TO MY BALL GAMES.

HE YELLED AT ME ABOUT MY GRADES.

HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO CARED.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK.

FATHER DONLAN DIDN'T EVEN
BELIEVE ME. FATHER DONLAN?

YEAH.

ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE
FATHER McCOURT DISAPPEARED,

FATHER DONLAN CAME TO MY HOUSE.

HE SAID HE KNEW WHAT FATHER
McCOURT WAS DOING TO ME.

HE WOULDN'T LISTEN.

HE WAS SCREAMING THAT FATHER
McCOURT WAS GOING TO PAY FOR HIS SINS.

I'M TELLING YOU, IT WAS SCARY.

THAT OLD PRIEST WAS CRAZY.

HE WAS JUST CRAZY.

YES, I WAS STRICT
WITH FATHER McCOURT.

I'M STRICT WITH ALL THE PRIESTS
WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO MY PARISH.

HOW STRICT, FATHER?

I'M NOT A NEW AGE
PRIEST, LIKE FATHER MATT.

THE CHURCH SHOULD
BE FIRM AND ACT...

AS AN IMMOVABLE BULWARK
IN THE FACE OF CHANGE.

ACTUALLY, ORGANIZED BELIEF SYSTEMS
WHICH FAIL TO ADAPT TO CHANGING MORES...

ARE DEMOTED FROM RELIGIONS...

TO ACKNOWLEDGED
METAPHORIC MYTH SYSTEMS.

I MEAN, NO ONE WORSHIPS
ODIN ANYMORE, OR ZEUS. [Laughs]

THANKS, BONES. I CAN
TAKE IT FROM HERE.

YOU'RE KICKING ME OUT? YES.

ALL HE CAN THINK ABOUT NOW IS GIVING YOU
CATECHISM. I NEED HIM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

WYATT'S PSYCHOLOGY
ISN'T WORKING.

FATHER, I CONTACTED THE
ARCHDIOCESE ABOUT ST. AGATHA'S,

AND THEY SAID QUITE A FEW
PRIESTS HAVE COME AND GONE...

DURING YOUR TENURE.

GIVEN WHO THEY'VE
SENT ME, I'VE DONE WELL.

- WHO DID THEY SEND YOU?
- PRIESTS WHO NEED FIRM
GUIDANCE, FOR THE MOST PART.

IN 1997, A COMPLAINT WAS
SWORN AGAINST YOU FOR ASSAULT.

IS THAT YOUR IDEA
OF FIRM GUIDANCE?

IT WAS NOT ASSAULT. IT
WAS CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.

FOUND AN ALTAR BOY DRINKING
SACRAMENTAL WINE FROM THE CHALICE.

AND YOU CANED HIM? THE
CHARGES WERE DROPPED.

I LEARNED MY LESSON, AND I
HAVE NEVER STRUCK ANYONE SINCE.

FATHER DONLAN, IN YOUR OPINION,

DID FATHER McCOURT PAY TOO
MUCH ATTENTION TO JAMES LEVAY?

YOU SHOULD ASK JAMES. I DID.

JAMES TOLD US THAT YOU
SUSPECTED THE WORST.

HE WAS FRIGHTENED AT
HOW ANGRY YOU WERE.

I REGRET SCARING HIM.

HE WAS ONLY A CHILD.

THERE ARE GREENSTICK FRACTURES
ON THE VICTIM'S LEFT ULNA,

AS WELL AS HIS
FIBULA AND SOME RIBS.

PROBABLY DEFENSIVE WOUNDS
RECEIVED IN THE STRUGGLE.

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF A STRUGGLE.
THESE SEEM TO HAVE OCCURRED POSTMORTEM...

WHEN HE WAS DRAGGED,
PROBABLY FOR BURIAL.

BUT EVEN GETTING DRAGGED OVER ROCKS
SHOULDN'T HAVE CAUSED THOSE FRACTURES.

THE MATRIX OF THE
BONE WAS WEAKENED.

THE CAUSE COULD BE GENETIC.

OR IT COULD BE SOME CHEMICAL OR
MEDICINE THAT COMPROMISED THE TISSUE.

I'LL NEED SAMPLES TO
RUN SOME TOX SCREENS.

ALL RIGHT, SEE THESE
TINY METALLIC FRAGMENTS...

EMBEDDED IN THE
VICTIM'S SKULL? IT'S SILVER.

[Saroyan] THEN I'LL ASSUME HE
WASN'T STRUCK BY A SHOVEL.

THE SILVER WAS SMELTED
USING A LEAD REDUCTION METHOD.

THE FLUXES USED INDICATE
IT WAS FROM THE EARLY 1800s,

PROBABLY DURING
THE NAPOLEONIC WARS.

ONE OF OUR OLD SKELETONS WAS
I.D.'d AS A BISHOP. BISHOP JURSIK.

DIED 1889. YEAH, HIS ROBES
WERE WORTH A FORTUNE.

LET'S FIND OUT IF HE WAS
BURIED WITH SOMETHING SILVER...

A SCEPTER OR A
SHEPHERD'S CROOK...

OR SOMETHING ELSE
SUITABLE FOR SKULL CRACKING.

BOOTH KICKED ME OUT OF HERE.

FOR YOU TO SAY "KICKED OUT"...

MEANS THAT YOU HAVE ACQUIESCED
IN THE IDEA THAT THIS IS HIS DOMAIN.

DOMAIN. YES.

HE'S GOOD AT QUESTIONING PEOPLE. HE
CAN... HE CAN TELL WHEN THEY'RE LYING.

- CAN YOU?
- I'VE LEARNED A LOT
FROM HIM ABOUT PEOPLE.

BUT?

IT'S NOT THAT BOOTH
HAS A SIXTH SENSE.

THERE IS DEMONSTRABLY
NO SIXTH SENSE TO HAVE.

OBVIOUSLY HE READS
MINUTIAE OF BODY LANGUAGE,

PUPIL DILATION...

YES. YOU DON'T
SOUND VERY SATISFIED...

WITH YOUR OWN
ARGUMENT THOUGH, DO YOU?

BOOTH LIKES TO SAY,

"THERE ARE MORE THINGS
ON HEAVEN AND EARTH, BONES,

THAN ARE DREAMT
OF IN YOUR SCIENCE."

THAT'S, UM, A BASTARDIZATION...

OF A WRITER NAMED SHAKESPEARE,
FROM A PLAY CALLED HAMLET.

YES. YES, I-I
WAS... I WAS, UH...

I WAS AWARE OF THAT.

SO IF YOU'RE SO
UNCOMFORTABLE HERE, WHY COME?

BECAUSE... SOMETHING
GOES ON IN HERE.

HE DOES SOMETHING. AND YOU
WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS...

DISSECT IT... SO THAT
YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF?

- YES.
- SO THAT YOU CAN DO IT
WITHOUT BOOTH?

SO THAT YOU WON'T
NEED HIM ANYMORE. NO.

NO? NO, I JUST WANT TO OBSERVE.

SURELY, IF YOU WANT TO OBSERVE, YOU CAN
DO THAT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR THERE,

INSTEAD OF INSISTING ON BEING IN THIS
ROOM WITH HIM, OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT.

OBSERVATION ISN'T
JUST SEEING, DR. WYATT.

IT'S EXPERIENCING.

IDEALLY, I'D PREFER
BEING INSIDE BOOTH'S HEAD.

YOU KNOW, SEEING AND
FEELING THINGS THE WAY HE DOES.

THEN MAYBE I... I'D UNDERSTAND.

BE ONE WITH HIM?

IN A SCIENTIFIC SENSE.

[Cell Phone Rings, Beeps]

BOOTH NEEDS ME.

HODGINS HAS A LINE ON
THE MURDER WEAPON.

TA-TA THEN. WE'RE DONE HERE.

THANKS. [Clears Throat]

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT ARTIFACTS
WERE BURIED WITH BISHOP JURSIK.

YOU SEE, THERE WAS NO
PHOTOGRAPH OF HIS BURIAL...

IN THE PAPERWORK
THAT WE RECEIVED.

WELL, I'M NOT ALLOWED TO
PULL INTERNMENT RECORDS...

WITHOUT FATHER
DONLAN'S PERMISSION.

WHERE IS SHE GOING?
BONES, BONES, BONES, BONES.

YOU ARE APPROACHING THE ALTAR.

VERY SENSITIVE AREA. OKAY.

YOU MUST HAVE KNOWN
FATHER McCOURT PRETTY WELL.

DID HIM AND FATHER
MATT HAVE SIMILAR TASTES?

LOOK, THE ONLY SIMILARITY I KNOW OF WAS
THAT THEY WERE FROM THE SAME SEMINARY.

SAME SEMINARY?
LOOK, AGENT BOOTH,

THERE'S SO MUCH SUSPICION
AND INNUENDO THESE DAYS.

THIS IS A GOOD PARISH.

THE FATHER MAKES SURE
OF THAT. WHAT'S THAT?

IT'S THE CHALICE.
OH, NO, IT'S...

IT'S THE VESSEL IN WHICH THE WINE IS
TRANSFORMED INTO THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.

DON'T TOUCH IT. IT IS GOING
TO BE TOUCHED, BOOTH.

IT'S SILVER AND
THESE LITTLE EAGLES...

ARE A COMMON NAPOLEONIC MOTIF.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S, UH,

POSSIBLE THAT THIS COULD
BE A-A MURDER WEAPON? YEAH.

CAN WE TAKE THIS WITH US, OR DO
WE NEED TO SERVE A WARRANT ON GOD?

[Beeping]

IT'S A MATCH.

THE SILVER FRAGMENTS IN FATHER
McCOURT'S SKULL CAME FROM THAT CHALICE.

WELL, THAT OFFICIALLY LOOKS
THE LEAST LIKE A MURDER WEAPON...

THAN ANY MURDER
WEAPON I'VE SEEN.

THE GREEN BONE RESPONSE INDICATED
THE INJURY WAS INFLICTED PERIMORTEM.

THAT MEANS HE MIGHT HAVE ALREADY
BEEN DEAD WHEN HE WAS STRUCK.

SO WE HAVE NO CAUSE
OF DEATH? YES, WE DO.

McCOURT WAS POISONED...
AN ALKALOID CALLED TAXIN.

- COULD IT HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL?
- NOT AT THESE CONCENTRATIONS.

I'LL GO COMPILE A LIST OF POSSIBLE
SOURCES OF THE POISON AT THE CHURCH.

SO WHAT IF THEY WENT
TO THE SAME SEMINARY?

THEN WHY DIDN'T FATHER MATT
MENTION IT? WHAT ELSE IS HE NOT SAYING?

THIS IS INTUITION, RIGHT? YOU'RE
SUBCONSCIOUSLY RECALLING PUPIL DILATION,

OR SOME PHEROMONES?
YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE'RE NOT TALKING THE SAME
LANGUAGE HERE. HUH? [Whistle Blows]

NO, NO, NO. THAT'S NOT A
BUTCHER. COME HERE, TONY.

WHY DO YOU ALWAYS
PICK ME, FATHER? TAKE SAM.

LET'S GO. WATCH.

[Grunts]

NOW, FROM HERE, TONY CAN
REACH AROUND TO MY RIGHT ARM.

HE USES HIS LEFT KNEE
AGAINST MY LEFT HIP, AND...

[Grunts] SEE? TONY'S IN CONTROL.

I'M HELPLESS, AND HE CAN
SCORE SOME BACK POINTS.

GOOD JOB, TONY. LET ME UP.

THAT'S THE BUTCHER.
LEARN IT. LOVE IT.

USE IT TO SMITE YOUR ENEMIES
IN THE NAME OF OUR LOVING LORD.

[Blows Whistle] PAIR
UP. GET IT RIGHT.

[Exhales]

KID TOOK ME DOWN FOR REAL.

THAT SHOT MUST
NOT BE WORKING, DOC.

SO, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?

YEAH, FATHER, I... YOU AND FATHER
McCOURT WERE IN SEMINARY AT THE SAME TIME.

RIGHT. BUT I TOLD YOU, I
NEVER MET FATHER McCOURT.

WHAT, YOU GUYS NEVER GOT
TOGETHER, COMPARED WRESTLING MOVES?

I DIDN'T KNOW HIM THERE.

DID YOU KNOW EVERYONE
WHO WENT TO YOUR COLLEGE?

YOU DO KNOW WHY FATHER
McCOURT WAS SENT HERE?

YEAH, I'VE HEARD THE
RUMORS. THAT'S ALL.

DO YOU BASE ALL YOUR INVESTIGATIONS
ON RUMORS, AGENT BOOTH?

- HE HAS A POINT, BOOTH.
- YOU KNOW, ST. AGATHA
HAS BEEN A DUMPING GROUND...

FOR TROUBLED PRIESTS FOR SOME
TIME, SO IT'S REASONABLE TO SUGGEST...

THAT YOU'RE ONE OF THEM.

I TOLD YOU WHY I WAS SENT HERE.

I GOT WORK TO DO.

[Blows Whistle]

OKAY, LISTEN UP.

SO YOU STILL THINK FATHER
DONLAN IS THE KILLER?

I MEAN, MATT COULD HAVE KILLED
McCOURT AND TAKEN HIS POST. WHY?

BECAUSE McCOURT WAS GOING TO
COME CLEAN ABOUT BEING A PEDOPHILE...

MAYBE ACCUSE MATT, IF
THEY KNEW EACH OTHER.

OF COURSE, THERE'S
NO EVIDENCE OF THAT.

I HAVE NO INTUITION.

NONE. ZILCH. YOU HAVE
NO ANALYTICAL SKILLS.

I MEAN, YOU'RE ALL ABOUT
EMOTION AND FEELING.

THEY SAY THAT MEANS YOU HAVE
A WELL-DEVELOPED FEMININE SIDE.

MMM! WHO-WHO SAYS THAT?

PSYCHOLOGISTS. OH.

WHAT? YOU'RE THE ONE WHO BELIEVES
IN THEM. LET'S STICK TO THE CASE.

WE KNOW THAT FATHER DONLAN
IS THIS HARSH, JUDGMENTAL GUY.

HE KEEPS BEING SENT THESE,
UH, PROBLEMATIC PRIESTS.

THERE'S McCOURT. THERE'S
FATHER MATT... NO PROOF.

YEAH, BUT, BONES, IT
HAPPENS, ALL RIGHT?

ANYWAYS, FATHER DONLAN IS GETTING
OLD, HE CAN'T DEAL, SO HE TAKES ACTION.

OLD TESTAMENT ACTION? THERE
YOU GO AGAIN. YOU'RE ATTACKING GOD.

I'M NOT ATTACKING GOD. HE
DOESN'T EXIST, SO HOW CAN...

QUARRELING? YES,
OF COURSE YOU ARE.

UH, CUP OF COFFEE,
PLEASE? YOU'RE A DARLING.

I'M HERE TO PUT RIGHT...

WHAT HAS BEEN RENT ASUNDER. GREAT.
SO YOU FIGURED OUT OUR PROBLEM?

- YES.
- FROM THREE MEETINGS?

I KNEW WHAT YOUR PROBLEM
WAS RIGHT OFF THE BAT,

IF YOU'LL FORGIVE A
CRICKETING METAPHOR.

THE MEETINGS WERE FOR FUN.

BOOTH NEVER KNOWS WHERE
TO STAND WHEN HE'S IN THE LAB.

FEELS LIKE TEATS ON A
BULL WHENEVER HE'S THERE.

DITTO DR. BRENNAN IN
THE INTERROGATION ROOM.

SIMPLE GEOGRAPHY.
SENSE OF BELONGING.

ET CETERA. BUT THAT'S
NOT THE MAIN PROBLEM.

- HE CAN'T POSSIBLY KNOW.
- YES, I DO.

YOU'RE BOTH AFRAID
THAT THE REASON...

DR. BRENNAN DIDN'T SAIL OFF INTO
THE SUNSET WITH HER BOYFRIEND SULLY...

MIGHT HAVE BEEN BECAUSE
OF HER TIES TO AGENT BOOTH.

YOU'RE BOTH QUITE WRONG.

WHY DIDN'T I GO WITH SULLY?

HOW IS HE SUPPOSED TO
KNOW? SULLY IS PERFECT.

WE COMMUNICATED WELL.
THE SEX WAS INCREDIBLE.

HE INVITED ME TO SAIL AROUND THE SOUTH
SEAS IN A BEAUTIFUL YACHT FOR A YEAR.

I MEAN, WHY WOULD
ANYONE TURN THAT DOWN?

IN MY OPINION, YOU ARE UNABLE
TO LEAD A PURPOSELESS LIFE...

AT THIS STAGE IN YOUR
PSYCHO-SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS AN
ISSUE YOU SHOULD ADDRESS,

BECAUSE A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF PURPOSELESSNESS...

IS NECESSARY TO LEAD A
FULL LIFE. I HATE PSYCHOLOGY.

YOU DON'T LIKE IT
BECAUSE HE'S SAYING...

THAT ALL THIS TENSION BETWEEN
ME AND YOU IS YOUR FAULT.

MMM, ON THE CONTRARY. IF ANYTHING,
YOUR ISSUES ARE MORE PRONOUNCED,

GIVEN THAT YOUR BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN
AFFECTED BY WHAT TURNS OUT TO BE...

A QUITE IRRATIONAL FEAR OF BEING
RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE'S DESTINY.

THAT MAKES SENSE. OH,
NOW YOU LIKE PSYCHOLOGY.

I THINK YOU'LL BOTH BE ABLE
TO WORK TOGETHER JUST FINE,

NOW THAT YOUR MINDS
HAVE BEEN SET AT EASE.

THANK YOU, VERA.

TA-TA THEN.

YOU, UH, FEEL ANYTHING?

FEEL? YEAH.

YOU MUST FEEL SOMETHING.

I DO. YOU KNOW WHAT I FEEL?

FATHER MATT HAS
BEEN SICK A LONG TIME.

HE GOT TREATED FOR THE FUNGUS. BUT
HE HASN'T SHOWN ANY SIGNS OF RECOVERY.

SO? I FEEL THAT'S WEIRD.

I MEAN, HIS SYMPTOMS SHOULD
HAVE CLEARED UP BY NOW.

I FEEL THAT SINCE FATHER
McCOURT WAS POISONED...

WE SHOULD HAVE FATHER MATT
CHECKED FOR THE SAME POISON.

HA, HA. WHAT?

WE'RE BACK. WE'RE BACK.

POISONED? [Saroyan] YES, FATHER,

BY SOMETHING CALLED TAXIN.

FATHER McCOURT WAS POISONED?

POISON'S EASILY DERIVED
FROM BOILING YEW TREE NEEDLES.

WE HAVE YEW TREES
AT ST. AGATHA'S.

SYMPTOMS INCLUDE
NAUSEA, VOMITING,

INCREASED SALIVATION,
STOMACH ACHE, DIARRHEA,

SPASMS AND DEATH.

WELL, I HAVE ALL OF
THOSE... EXCEPT FOR DEATH.

SO FAR.

WE SUSPECT THE POISON WEAKENED
HIM, MADE HIM UNABLE TO DEFEND HIMSELF.

DEFEND HIMSELF FROM WHOM?

SOMEONE MUCH
WEAKER THAN HIMSELF.

SAY, AN OLD MAN.

- YELLOW.
- YELLOW? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

THE GOOD NEWS IS WE KNOW
HOW TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.

BAD NEWS IS SOMEONE'S
TRYING TO KILL YOU.

SO THINGS ARE ALL RIGHT? ACCORDING TO
THE PSYCHIATRIST, WE WERE BOTH CONCERNED...

THAT BOOTH WAS THE REASON
THAT I DIDN'T RUN OFF WITH SULLY.

[Laughs] IT WASN'T?

NO, IT'S BECAUSE I'M CURRENTLY UNABLE
TO LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT TANGIBLE FOCUS,

SO, YOU KNOW, SAILING AROUND
PARADISE WITH THE MAN I ADORE...

WELL, YOU BELIEVE THAT?

IF I EXPECT PEOPLE TO DEFER
TO ME AS AN ANTHROPOLOGIST,

I HAVE TO CONCEDE TO
THEIR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE.

RIGHT. AND OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP
HAS DEFINITELY IMPROVED, SO...

HMM. MAYBE I SHOULD
TALK TO THIS GUY.

UH, WHY?

HODGINS ASKED ME
TO MOVE IN WITH HIM,

BUT I'M-I'M NOT SURE.

I MEAN, WHAT'S THE
PROBLEM? HODGINS IS PERFECT.

I'M... NUTS ABOUT HIM.

I'LL CALL THE DOCTOR.

I'M CERTAIN THAT I'M INNOCENT OF
WHATEVER IT IS YOU THINK I DID THIS TIME.

- CAN YOU IDENTIFY
THIS CLIPPING, SIR?
- TAXUS BACCATA.

EUROPEAN, OR COMMON, YEW.

THEN YOU'RE AWARE
THAT IT'S POISONOUS.

DID YOU BRING ME HERE TO
TEST MY BOTANICAL KNOWLEDGE?

BOTH FATHER McCOURT AND FATHER
MATT SUFFERED YEW POISONING.

THE HELL YOU SAY.

IS HE ALLOWED TO SAY THAT?

DR. BRENNAN'S
PEOPLE CAN PROVE...

THE POISON FROM THE YEW
TREE CAME FROM YOUR OWN YARD.

BOTH FATHERS McCOURT AND SANDS?

IT'S WHY FATHER
MATT HAS BEEN SO SICK.

CAN YOU THINK OF ANYONE ELSE WHO'D
WANT TO POISON THESE TWO PRIESTS?

ASIDE FROM YOU.

NO. NO ONE.

I'M GOING TO NEED A LAWYER.

A DAMN JESUIT WOULD BE BEST.

ARE YOU CONFESSING,
FATHER? YES. I DID IT.

WHAT?

WHEN THIS GOES TO TRIAL, FATHER,

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLACE
YOUR HAND ON THE HOLY BIBLE...

AND SWEAR TO GOD
TO TELL THE TRUTH.

YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT?

- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- GET ME MY LAWYER.

SEE, I DON'T THINK
YOU WILL. WHY?

YOU DIDN'T DO IT. SEE, IT'S
TIME TO RENDER UNTO CAESAR.

ON ONE CONDITION.

I TAKE THE CONFESSION.

I NEVER SET OUT TO
KILL FATHER McCOURT.

YOU POISONED HIM.

I SAW THE WAY HE
LOOKED AT JAMES LEVAY.

I-I TRIED TO GIVE HIM
JUST ENOUGH POISON...

TO MAKE HIM TOO
SICK TO WANT TO...

BUT HE... HE FELL
AND HIT HIS HEAD.

HE WASN'T BREATHING.

I HAD TO MAKE SURE HE WAS DEAD.

I COULDN'T BURY HIM
WITHOUT MAKING SURE.

AND THE HEAVIEST THING SHE
COULD FIND WAS THE CHALICE.

[Donlan] AND FATHER MATT?

WRESTLING... BOYS
WERE ALL OVER HIM.

AND I KNEW BETTER THIS TIME.

LESS... POISON.

FATHER McCOURT WAS
A MISTAKE, FATHER. I...

LORRAINE, THERE WAS NO PROOF
THAT FATHER McCOURT TOUCHED ANYONE.

ONLY RUMORS. AND FATHER MATT...

YOU WERE SO ANGRY AT FATHER
MATT. I SEE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT HIM.

BECAUSE HE WAS SENT
HERE TO REPLACE ME.

WHAT YOU SAW WAS MY OWN
PRIDE, MY OWN WEAKNESS.

FATHER MATT IS A
GOOD MAN. I WAS...

I WAS TRYING TO HELP.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP.

DO YOU ABSOLVE ME, FATHER?

WE'RE NOT ALONE
WITH GOD, LORRAINE.

THIS IS NOT THAT
KIND OF CONFESSION.

♪♪ [Pop Ballad]

♪♪ [Continues]

♪♪ [Ends]

[Brennan] EXCUSE US.

DR. WYATT? WE NEED
YOU TO DO IT WITH HER.

[Chuckles] W-W-WOULD
THAT I COULD, BUT, UH,

UNFORTUNATELY, MY
HEART BELONGS TO ANOTHER.

NO, IT'S ACTUALLY
MY, UH, BOYFRIEND,

UH, ASKED ME TO
MOVE IN WITH HIM,

AND I NEED TO KNOW
IF I SHOULD OR NOT.

I TOLD HER TO COME TALK TO YOU.

LOOK, I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE
TO BE RELEGATED TO THE ROLE...

OF SOME SORT OF ADVICE COLUMNIST
OR DAYTIME TELEVISION SHRINK.

BRENNAN SAYS THE YOU'RE
THE ONLY PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE...

WHO'S EVER MADE
ANY SENSE TO HER.

YES, WELL, NOW, OF COURSE,
YOU'RE FLATTERING ME,

SO OBVIOUSLY I'M HELPLESS.

ALL RIGHT, SO, UH,
WHAT MADE YOU THINK...

YOU SHOULD MOVE IN WITH
HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE?

THE CLOSET TEST. OVER HALF OF
HIS CLOSET IS FILLED WITH MY THINGS.

I SEE. WHAT ABOUT YOUR OWN CLOSET?
IT OVERFLOWS WITH HIS THINGS, DOES IT?

UH, NO. IT DOTH NOT.

WELL THEN, I SUGGEST
YOU WAIT UNTIL IT DOES,

THUS RENDERING
YOU MANIFEST EQUALS,

TABLING UNTIL THAT DAY, THE VEXED
QUESTION OF WHO SHOULD MOVE IN WITH WHOM.

- HE IS GOOD.
- I TOLD YOU.

AS A STOPGAP, YOU SHOULD MOVE
ENOUGH CLOTHING FROM HIS CLOSET...

SO AS TO OCCUPY LESS
THAN 30% OF THE SPACE.

YOU KNOW, THE ACCENT...

MAKES EVERYTHING THAT
YOU SAY SOUND REALLY SMART.

STOPGAP.

OH, YOU'RE NOT LEAVING,
ARE YOU, DR. BRENNAN?

UM, BOOTH AND I HAVE TO PUT OUR
NOTES TOGETHER FOR THE PROSECUTOR.

- SO...
- OH, SO, YOU AND BOOTH, UH...

YOU MAKING ANY FURTHER
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT EACH OTHER?

NO. NO ASSUMPTIONS.

- THANKS.
- GOOD.

WELL, LOOK AT THAT.

YOU FIXED THEM TOO. MM-HMM.

ALL RIGHT, LISTEN
UP, MONTY PYTHON.

YOU GOT IT RIGHT WITH
HODGINS AND I. THAT'S FINE.

BUT WE BOTH KNOW THAT YOU
ARE FULL OF IT ON THE OTHER THING.

[Chuckles] I HAVE NO
IDEA TO WHAT YOU REFER.

BRENNAN DIDN'T
RUN OFF WITH SULLY...

BECAUSE SHE CANNOT
LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT FOCUS.

SHE STAYED BECAUSE OF BOOTH.

OH, NOW YOU'RE
PROJECTING, MS. MONTENEGRO.

AGENT BOOTH AND DR. BRENNAN
ARE NOT YOU AND DR. HODGINS.

I STAND BY MY DIAGNOSIS.
YOU STAND BY THE F.B.I.

YOUR FIRST PRIORITY IS TO
GET AGENTS BACK INTO THE FIELD,

SOLVING MURDERS. [Chuckles] HMM.

YOUR ROMANTICISM IS
ENDEARING, BUT AS THE BARD SAYS,

"LOVERS AND MADMEN
HAVE SUCH SEETHING BRAINS,

"SUCH SHAPING FANTASIES,

THAT APPREHEND MORE THAN
COOL REASON EVER COMPREHENDS."

HE ALSO SAYS, "JOURNEYS
END IN LOVERS MEETING,

EVERY WISE MAN'S SON DOTH KNOW."

[Chuckles]

EXCELLENT. YOU BETCHA, MONTY.

MM, MMM, MMM. YOU ARE GOOD. MMM.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?