Bones (2005–2017): Season 2, Episode 19 - Spaceman in a Crater - full transcript

[Lowing]

[Siren Chirps] [Booth] CAN
YOU MAKE ANYTHING OUT?

YES. IT'S A CRATER.

WE KNOW IT'S A CRATER, BONES.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT CAUSED IT?

YOU SHOULD ASK A GEOLOGIST.

- I CAN TELL YOU FOR SURE
IT'S NOT A METEOR.
- YOU GOT A LOOK WHAT'S INSIDE?

NOT FOR LONG. STATE TROOPERS DIDN'T WANT ANYONE
GETTING NEAR IT UNTIL YOU PEOPLE GOT HERE.

- THAT'S VERY NICE OF THEM.
- BUT WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE?

UH, I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS MEAT.

MEAT WEARIN' CLOTHES.

[Booth] WHAT DO YOU WANNA
DO? LET'S TAKE A LOOK.



MMM. SO WHAT DO
YOU THINK... DEAD?

I'M JUST SAYING, IF HE FELL OUT OF A
PLANE, THAT PLANE IS LONG GONE BY NOW.

NO SIGN OF A PARACHUTE.

WHAT DO THOSE SHOES LOOK
LIKE TO YOU? [Booth] LOAFERS.

HE HIT THE GROUND AT APPROXIMATELY
200 KILOMETERS PER HOUR.

HOW CAN YOU TELL
THAT BY HIS SHOES?

124 MILES PER HOUR IS TERMINAL
VELOCITY FOR A FALLING HUMAN.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THE
THEORY THAT THIS WAS ONCE HUMAN?

I'VE NEVER READ ABOUT AN ALIEN ENCOUNTER
IN WHICH THE ALIENS WORE LOAFERS.

HOW MUCH YOU WANNA
BET HODGINS HAS?

[Saroyan] THE CROWS AND CRITTERS
SURE MADE QUICK WORK OF HIM.

YEAH, BUT THESE CALLIPHORA VICINA
EGGS WILL CONFIRM TIME OF LANDING.

BLOWFLIES ON ALIENS. WHO KNEW?

YOU'RE TAKING A SHOT AT ME
BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE...



THAT WE ARE NOT ALL ALONE
IN AN INFINITY OF SPACE?

IT'S NOT THE BELIEVING IN
EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE THAT'S ODD.

- IT'S THE BELIEVING THAT
THEY'RE VISITING US.
- THIS GUY IS WEARING LOAFERS.

ALIENS DON'T WEAR
LOAFERS, PEOPLE.

- EVEN IF THEY WANNA PASS
UNNOTICED AMONGST US?
- BEFORE TAKING US OVER?

OH. OH, THIS IS HARASSMENT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ILLEGAL TO MOCK
PEOPLE FOR THEIR FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS.

IS THE TISSUE DAMAGE
CONSISTENT WITH A LONG FALL?

- DEFINITELY.
- YOU'VE SEEN SOMETHING
LIKE THIS BEFORE?

SUICIDE OFF THE CHRYSLER BUILDING. AT
LEAST THIS ONE DIDN'T HIT THE PAVEMENT.

A HUMAN BEING REACHES TERMINAL
VELOCITY AFTER FALLING 200 TO 220 METERS...

DEPENDING UPON AIR RESISTANCE.

VELOCITY WOULD BE ACHIEVED
BETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHT SECONDS...

DEPENDING UPON ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITIONS, BODY POSITION AND CLOTHING.

HE FELL FROM A
MINIMUM OF 1,200 FEET.

I CAN RUN THROUGH THE MATH
IF YOU'D LIKE. SEND ME AN E-MAIL.

THIS IS... I WANT TO SAY "ANOMALOUS,"
BUT I'M GOING TO GO WITH "WEIRD."

[Saroyan] WHAT'S WEIRD? THESE AREAS
OF RADIAL LUCENCY HERE AND HERE.

EXTREMELY POROUS
BONES. WHAT'S THAT MEAN?

THAT MEANS HE WAS ILL.

HIS RIGHT FEMORAL HEAD SHOWS
SIGNIFICANT DEMINERALIZATION.

[Brennan] ZACK?

I'D PUT HIM AT... 130.130 WHAT?

YEARS. OLD?

THERE'S AN ALTERNATE
EXPLANATION.

- THEN THAT'S THE ONE
WE SHOULD GO WITH.
- HE WAS IN OUTER SPACE.

AND SO HE FELL FROM OUTER
SPACE IN A PAIR OF LOAFERS?

HODGINS LEFT TOO SOON.

[Device Buzzing] THE F.A.A. REPORTS NO
RECENT ACCIDENTS INVOLVING ANYONE...

FALLING FROM A PLANE, BALLOON
OR BLIMP, COMMERCIAL OR OTHERWISE.

THE F.A.A. DOESN'T HAVE JURISDICTION
OVER THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE, MY FRIEND.

LITTLE GREEN MEN?

GRAY. THEY'RE GRAY.
NOT GREEN... GRAY.

BEING AS YOU'RE HALF ALIEN
YOURSELF, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT.

IF THEY DROPPED HIM FROM ORBIT, HE'D HAVE
BURNED UP AND HIS LOAFERS WOULD'VE FALLEN OFF.

IF HE WAS AN ABDUCTEE TOSSED OUT
OF AN INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT,

WHY DO HIS BONES SHOW THAT HE HAS
SPENT AN EXTENDED TIME IN OUTER SPACE?

THE ONLY RATIONAL EXPLANATION
IS THAT HE WAS AN ASTRONAUT.

ASTRONAUTS LOSE TWO PERCENT OF THEIR
BONE MASS FOR EACH MONTH SPENT IN SPACE.

OUR VICTIM'S LEGS, HIPS AND LOWER
VERTEBRAE HAVE DEMINERALIZED OVER 20%,

INDICATING 10 MONTHS IN SPACE.

DO WE DO THAT? THE LONGEST
SHUTTLE FLIGHT WAS STS-80.

- 17.66 DAYS IN 1996.
- THE LONGEST WE KNOW OF.

THE MAN WHO SPENT THE MOST TIME
IN SPACE WAS A RUSSIAN COSMONAUT.

- THAT WE KNOW OF.
- WHY DO YOU KNOW THAT?

MY KNOWLEDGE IS
VAST. WHY DID I ASK?

ANYWAY, THERE CAN'T BE ALL THAT MANY PEOPLE
WHO HAVE ACCUMULATED 10 MONTHS IN SPACE.

THAT WE KNOW OF.

CALL BOOTH. TELL HIM TO SEE IF
ANYONE'S MISSING AN ASTRONAUT.

MEET COLONEL CALVIN HOWARD,

SENIOR TRAINING SPECIALIST AND
CREW LIAISON IN THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM.

CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE NATIONAL
SPACE AGENCY IN BRISTOL, MARYLAND.

ANGELA JUST SENT ME HER WORK IN PROGRESS
OF THE PARTIAL SKULL RECONSTRUCTION.

SHE SAYS WE EXPECTED
TOO MUCH TOO SOON.

BUT THE SHAPE OF THE
HEAD, THE CHEEKBONES...

CLOSE ENOUGH FOR JAZZ.

SIX MONTHS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

PLUS, A NUMBER OF SERVICING MISSIONS TO
BOTH THE HUBBLE AND LANSING TELESCOPES.

WAIT. DOES THAT ADD UP TO
THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF BONE ROT?

LOSS. BONE LOSS. AND... YES.

HAS ANYONE REPORTED HIM
MISSING? NO, NOT EXACTLY.

- NOT EXACTLY?
- WELL, ASTRONAUTS ARE REGARDED
AS VIABLE TERROR TARGETS.

THEIR WHEREABOUTS ARE
EXTREMELY CONFIDENTIAL.

I BET IF YOU TOLD THE AGENCY...

YOU WERE GOING TO IDENTIFY HOWARD TO THE
PRESS, THEY'D BE A LITTLE MORE COOPERATIVE.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN A
WONDERFUL INFLUENCE ON YOU.

WELL, ACTUALLY, I LEARNED
THAT MOVE FROM CAM.

WELL, I WENT THE OTHER WAY WITH IT,
OKAY? LOOKED UP HIS WIFE IN THE PHONE BOOK.

DID MY HUSBAND DIE IN SOME
KIND OF TRAINING ACCIDENT?

- WE DON'T
BELIEVE SO, MA'AM. NO.
- IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN.

- HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?
- BECAUSE THE SPACE AGENCY
WOULD BE ALL OVER THIS.

YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT. THEY WOULDN'T LET
ANYBODY ELSE TAKE THE LEAD, NOT EVEN US.

YOU SAY YOUR HUSBAND LEFT
THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY?

- ON WHAT AIRLINE?
- CAL FLIES HIMSELF.

- WHAT KIND OF PLANE?
- HE HAS A TURBOPROP CESSNA
OUT AT McNICHOL.

WHAT EXACTLY DOES A SENIOR TRAINING
SPECIALIST AND CREW LIAISON DO?

UM, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS.

FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, CAL'S
BEEN TRAINING OTHERS TO GO UP.

- BECAUSE HE LOST
HIS MEDICAL CLEARANCE?
- HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?

HIS X-RAYS SHOW THAT HE WAS SUFFERING
FROM A DRAMATIC LOSS OF BONE DENSITY.

MUST'VE BEEN HARD
ON THE COLONEL,

TRAINING OTHERS TO
DO WHAT HE LOVED TO DO.

NO. CAL WAS A TEAM PLAYER.

HE WAS TRAINING HER HUSBAND,
JAMES, FOR ALMOST A YEAR.

- ACTUALLY, IT WAS HARD ON HIM.
- IT WOULD BE HARD
ON ANY OF THEM.

ALL THEY EVER DO IS THINK
ABOUT GOING BACK INTO SPACE,

AND ALL WE EVER THINK ABOUT
IS GETTING 'EM BACK HOME.

IS THERE SOME KIND OF RULE THAT
ASTRONAUTS' WIVES TRAVEL IN PACKS?

WHEN YOU MARRY AN ASTRONAUT,
NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTANDS EXCEPT...

EXCEPT OTHER PEOPLE WHO
ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION.

THIS IS CAL'S ITINERARY, UH...

MAINLY WHEN HE INTENDED
TO CALL ME AND... [Inhales]

WHEN HE'D BE BACK.

YOU EXPECTED YOUR
HUSBAND HOME TODAY?

YEAH.

[Sniffles]

YEAH, I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF
IT'S STILL IN THE HANGAR OR NOT.

IT'S A CESSNA TURBOPROP PLANE
REGISTERED TO COLONEL CALVIN HOWARD.

THANKS.

IT JUST SEEMS SO ODD. THOSE
WOMEN STICK TOGETHER LIKE A HAREM.

WHAT? THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER, YOU
KNOW? A LOT OF SERVICE WIVES ARE LIKE THAT.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT
ASTRONAUTS' HUSBANDS?

LOOK, THEIR HUSBANDS TRAIN
FOR YEARS, BONES, ALL RIGHT?

THEIR FAMILIES INVEST THEIR
ENTIRE LIVES. [Cell Phone Ringing]

YEAH?

ARE YOU SURE? OKAY, GREAT.

THANKS. WELL, PLANE'S
STILL IN THE HANGAR.

WELL, IF THAT'S THE PLANE HE GOT TOSSED
OUT OF, THEN IT DIDN'T FLY ITSELF BACK.

IF SOMEONE SIMPLY PUSHED HIM OUT OF
THE PLANE, THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY EVIDENCE.

WE HAVE TO HOPE
THERE WAS A STRUGGLE.

EXCUSE ME. CAN I
SEE SOME I.D., PLEASE?

WELL, YEAH, SURE. I'LL SHOW
YOU MINE IF YOU SHOW ME YOURS.

RIGHT. HERE YOU GO.

THAT AIRPLANE
BELONGS TO THE AGENCY.

OUR INFORMATION IS THAT IT
BELONGS TO COLONEL CALVIN HOWARD.

- THE AGENCY LEASED IT TO HIM.
- WELL, IT'S BEING INVESTIGATED
AS A POSSIBLE CRIME SCENE.

- YOU WERE
COLONEL HOWARD'S BOSS?
- YES.

NINA SANBORN. I CARRY A RANK
EQUIVALENT TO AN AIR FORCE GENERAL.

HMM. WHY DIDN'T YOU REPORT
HIM MISSING, GENERAL SANBORN?

EQUIVALENT, I
SAID. I'M A CIVILIAN.

CAL WAS... COLONEL HOWARD WASN'T
MISSING. HE WAS BARELY GONE A DAY.

GENERAL SANBORN, I KNOW YOU
PEOPLE ARE REALLY TIGHT-LIPPED.

BUT I'M REALLY GOOD FRIENDS WITH A
VERY AGGRESSIVE FEDERAL PROSECUTOR...

WHO'S GREAT AT GETTING WARRANTS.

AGENT BOOTH? I GOT THE USUAL
FIBERS, HAIR, PARTICULATES.

NO BLOOD? NO SIGN OF A STRUGGLE?

NOTHING. YOU'LL HAVE MY FULL
REPORT BY THE END OF THE DAY.

GREAT. OKAY. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT COLONEL
HOWARD WAS WORKING ON AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.

GET YOUR WARRANT,
AGENT BOOTH. DR. BRENNAN.

HEY, EXCUSE ME, "EQUIVALENT
TO A GENERAL" SANBORN.

- I GOT THAT WARRANT.
- WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST
TELL HER RIGHT AWAY?

WELL, I WAS HOPING THAT
WE COULD ALL BE FRIENDS.

LET ME SEE THAT.

[Sighs]

THESE ARE THE DOCUMENTS YOU
SUBPOENAED FROM THE AGENCY?

YEAH, BUT ALL THE
INFO'S BLACKED OUT.

WANT ME TO SEE IF I CAN GET
ANYTHING OUT OF THIS? CAN YOU?

NO. I'D NEED ORIGINALS.
THESE ARE PHOTOCOPIES.

- THEN WHY'D YOU OFFER?
- WELL, WHY ELSE WOULD YOU
ASK ME HERE?

'CAUSE YOU'RE A CONSPIRACY NUT, AND I
THOUGHT YOU'D ENJOY FILLING IN THE BLANKS.

WITH PARANOID RAVINGS?
IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.

LANSING TELESCOPE. THAT
MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU? YEAH.

IT'S A MULTIGAZILLION-DOLLAR,
DEEP SPACE...

MULTIFREQUENCY TELESCOPE
THAT KEEPS NEEDING "REPAIRS."

- WHY'D YOU SAY IT LIKE THAT?
- IT DOESN'T NEED REPAIRS.

THERE'S NO RUST IN SPACE.

SO-CALLED "REPAIR CREWS" ARE UP
THERE RETRIEVING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, HUH? THE TELESCOPE
IS POINTED UP AT THE PLANET PLUTO.

PLUTO'S NO LONGER A
PLANET. IT WAS DEMOTED.

AND IF THE LANSING WAS
POINTED AWAY FROM THE EARTH,

WHY WOULD THEY NEED TO
BLACK OUT ALL THIS MATERIAL?

- HUH.
- CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?

YEAH.

WHAT'S THE DEAL ON PROPOSING
TO, YOU KNOW, A WOMAN?

OH! I MEAN, WHAT IS THE
ABSOLUTE PROPER WAY TO DO IT?

I DON'T KNOW. THE ONE TIME I
DID IT, I GOT SHOT DOWN FLAT.

DID YOU DO IT BY THE
BOOK? MM-HMM. WELL, NO.

WE WERE WAITIN' FOR THE STICK
TO TURN BLUE OR NOT TO TURN BLUE,

AND I REALIZED I WANTED TO MARRY
HER IF THE STICK WAS BLUE OR NOT.

YEAH. THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I
DID, ONLY WITHOUT THE STICKS.

YOU ASKED ANGELA TO MARRY YOU?

APPARENTLY, I DIDN'T
DO IT RIGHT. DO IT AGAIN.

GO ALL OUT THIS TIME, RIGHT,

WITH THE DINNER AND THE GETTIN'
DOWN ON ONE KNEE, THE VIOLIN.

FORGET THE VIOLIN.

HEY, HEY, HEY. WITH
HIS BONE DENSITY,

COLONEL HOWARD SURE AS HELL
WASN'T GOING BACK INTO SPACE AGAIN.

YEAH, I KNOW. THAT'S WHY HE
WAS TRAINING HIS REPLACEMENT.

HIS REPLACEMENT? FOR WHAT?
TO REPAIR THE LANSING TELESCOPE.

OH! BROTHERS IN
ARMS, MY BROTHER.

THAT REPLACEMENT'S THE GUY WHO CAN TELL YOU
THINGS THE AGENCY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW.

EH.

- MAKES YOU FEEL SMALL,
DOESN'T IT?
- BECAUSE THE PICTURE'S SO BIG?

NO, BECAUSE THE
UNIVERSE IS SO BIG.

YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE UNIVERSE. YOU'RE
LOOKING AT AN ENLARGED PHOTOGRAPH OF EARTH.

WELL, YOU SEE ONE THING, AND I SEE ANOTHER
THING. PERSONALLY, I LIKE WHAT I SEE.

AGENT BOOTH, DR. BRENNAN.

I'M AFRAID COMMANDER ADAMS IS
SCHEDULED FOR TIME ON THE A300 ZERO-G.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO TALK
TO HIM THERE. THE ZERO-G?

THE VOMIT COMET.

[Man] IT MAKES NO SENSE.

A MAN FLIES EIGHT MISSIONS INTO
SPACE, AND HE FALLS OUT OF A PLANE?

I DON'T THINK SO.
ALL RIGHT, LOOK.

YOU DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO WOULD
WANT TO THROW HIM OUT OF A PLANE?

LOOK, I DON'T MEAN TO
TELL YOU YOUR WORK,

BUT SHOULDN'T YOU BE TRACKING DOWN EVERYONE WHO
FLEW OVER THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF REAL ESTATE?

WE ARE. BUT NOT EVERYONE
FILES FLIGHT PLANS.

AND NOT EVERYONE
STICKS TO FLIGHT PLANS.

AND YOU DIDN'T
ANSWER THE QUESTION.

LOOK, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO
DIDN'T LIKE AND RESPECT CAL HOWARD.

IT'S JUST THAT ALL
THESE, UH, ITINERARIES,

PEOPLE KEEPING SECRETS...
EVEN FROM THEIR SPOUSES.

LOOK, SIR, I UNDERSTAND YOU
HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS LIKE THESE.

BUT CAL HOWARD AND JEAN
MARIE WERE A VERY SOLID COUPLE.

- DID YOU EVER
GET DRUNK TOGETHER?
- WHAT?

WHAT MY PARTNER IS TRYING TO
ASK IS IF YOU TWO WERE BUDDIES.

DID YOU GO OUT AND HAVE DRINKS
AND EXCHANGE CONFIDENCES?

- YES. THAT'S WHAT I ASKED.
- YEAH, SURE. OF COURSE, AT TIMES.

SO YOU WOULD'VE KNOWN IF
HIS MARRIAGE WAS IN TROUBLE?

- YES, SIR, I WOULD.
- HOW CAN YOU BE SURE?

[Man On Headset, Indistinct]

BECAUSE CAL KNEW WHEN I
WAS UNFAITHFUL TO MY WIFE.

- COLLEEN?
- RIGHT. YOU GUYS MET HER
AT CAL'S PLACE.

LOOK. THAT HAS TO
STAY BETWEEN US.

STRICTLY BETWEEN US.

CAL HOWARD WAS MY FRIEND,
MY COLLEAGUE AND MY TEACHER.

IF SOMEBODY TOSSED HIM FROM AN
AIRPLANE, I'LL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP.

THEN WHY DO I GET THE FEELING
YOU WANNA TELL US SOMETHING?

[Man On Headset, Indistinct]

[Man #2] PREPARE
TO GO WEIGHTLESS.

WE'RE ABOUT TO GO WEIGHTLESS. AS THE PLANE
REACHES THE APOGEE OF A CLIMB, THEN FALLS,

WE WILL HAVE 15 TO 20
SECONDS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS.

[Man On Headset] TWO, ONE.

[Brennan] THAT WAS GREAT.

[Booth] MAN, YOU'RE NOT KIDDING.

I WOULD LIKE VERY
MUCH TO DO THAT AGAIN.

I BELIEVE YOU WERE ABOUT
TO TELL US SOMETHING?

CAL WAS TALKING TO THE S.T.C.

- THE WHAT?
- SPACE TRAVEL COALITION.

IT'S A PRIVATELY FUNDED SPACE
EXPLORATION AND TOURISM GROUP. AND DID YOU?

- [Together] DID WE WHAT?
- VOMIT IN THE COMET?

NO, I DIDN'T VOMIT. OKAY,
I'M SURE THEY WERE TRYING.

THEY CAN TRY ME ANYTIME.
IT WAS TRULY AMAZING.

YOU HAD A LITTLE BIT
TOO MUCH FUN, OKAY?

WHAT'S UP WITH THIS WHOLE
THING ABOUT THE SPACE TOURISTS?

CELESTIAL JOYRIDES
FOR GAZILLIONAIRES.

SELLING SEATS ON A SPACESHIP
THAT DON'T EVEN EXIST YET.

AND WON'T EVEN BE VIABLE FOR
AT LEAST ANOTHER FEW YEARS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK.
BUT THESE GUYS ARE SWIMMING IN DOUGH.

I ALREADY BOUGHT MY TICKET. I WANNA SEE
WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE WITH MY OWN EYES.

WHAT?

THESE ARE THE
VICTIM'S CLOTHES? YES.

AND YOU'D LIKE ME TO
DO WHAT WITH THEM?

CONSTRUCT A THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYPOTHESIS
OF WHAT CAUSED THIS DAMAGE TO THE CLOTHING.

FALLING FROM AN
AIRPLANE ISN'T ENOUGH?

WELL, THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE
BURST SEAMS AND PRESSURE TEARS.

BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE... SLASHES.

YEAH. WHEN ZACK GETS
A HOLD OF THE BONES,

MAYBE YOU TWO CAN FIGURE OUT IF SOMETHING
CATASTROPHIC HAPPENED TO THIS MAN.

YOU MEAN BEFORE
HE FELL TO EARTH? YES.

GO DO YOUR MAGIC.

NOW?

ARE YOU CERTAIN YOU CAN'T DO WHAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH X-RAYS ALONE?

DO YOU NEED CONTINUED
ACCESS TO THE SOFT TISSUE?

WHY WOULD THE BODY BURST VERTICALLY
WHEN ALL THE FORCES ARE HORIZONTAL?

AH. SO YOU NEED MORE TIME WITH
THE SOFT TISSUE TO ANSWER THAT?

NOT REALLY.

PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME YOUR RELUCTANCE
TO REMOVE THE FLESH FROM THE BONES.

I'M ALL RIGHT WITH IT, ZACK, IF
IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

EVEN THE BOILING PART.

BUT PERHAPS YOU COULD AT LEAST
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A PERSON?

- WAS, YOU MEAN.
- WAS SOMEONE'S HUSBAND, ZACK.

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH
REMOVING THE FLESH FROM HIS BONES?

[Sighs] FINE. DO WHAT
YOU HAVE TO DO.

THANK YOU.

[Saroyan] IGOR. I BEG YOUR
PARDON, DR. SAROYAN?

NOTHING.

HEY, BONES, I RAN
A CHECK ON S.T.C.

THEY'RE PART OF THE TINFOIL
HAT SQUAD. WHAT'S THAT?

THEY WEAR TIN LITTLE HATS.

PROBABLY TO KEEP ALIENS FROM CONTROLLING
THEIR MINDS. OH. SCHIZOPHRENICS?

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT COLONEL HOWARD
WAS PART OF AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THAT.

DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO PLANES?

ACCESS? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THEY
ACTUALLY HAVE A BORDER PATROL DIVISION.

"MEMBERS FLY THEIR
OWN PRIVATE PLANES...

AND DO BIMONTHLY SKY
PATROLS IN SEARCH OF U.F.O.'s."

- DO THEY FILE FLIGHT PLANS?
- BONES, YOU'RE A GENIUS.

LOOK, TWO NIGHTS AGO, THEY
HAD PLANES ON U.F.O. PATROL...

WITHIN SPITTING DISTANCE OF WHERE
COLONEL HOWARD'S BODY WAS FOUND.

LOOK, WE'RE NOT A
COLLECTION OF KOOKS.

JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE WITH A MISSION TO
PROMOTE A FRIENDLY LIAISON WITH THE VISITORS.

THAT'S QUITE A MANIFESTO.

UNTIL YOU'VE HAD AN ENCOUNTER,
YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND.

- YOU'VE BEEN ABDUCTED?
- MULTIPLE TIMES.

- MM-HMM.
- THROUGH HYPNOSIS, I DISCOVERED
THAT MEDICAL TESTING WAS DONE.

- AND FOLLOW-UPS WERE REQUIRED.
- ARE THERE ANY SIDE EFFECTS
FROM THESE MEDICAL PROCEDURES?

YOU MEAN LIKE TIN HATS?

PARANOIA, OUTBURSTS OF ANGER,
LOSS OF CONNECTION WITH REALITY?

YOU ASKED ME TO COME. I'M HERE.

I RUN A VERY SUCCESSFUL AERONAUTICS
ENGINEERING COMPANY. I'M RICHER THAN GOD.

DO I APPEAR TO HAVE LOST
CONTACT WITH REALITY?

WELL, WHAT ABOUT
POST-ABDUCTION SYNDROME?

SIMILAR TO POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER.

- P.A.S. IS VERY REAL.
- I ADMIT TO BOUTS WITH IT.

FRANKLY, IT'S ONE OF
MY MAIN MOTIVATORS.

WHEN WE MEET THE VISITORS FACE TO FACE,
THEY WILL EXPLAIN SO MANY THINGS TO US.

INCLUDING WHY YOU WERE TAKEN.

AND WHY THEY PUT AN IMPLANT
IN ME ONLY THEN TO REMOVE IT.

GREAT. DO YOU,
UH, KNOW THIS GUY?

COLONEL HOWARD. OF COURSE.

SO IT'S TRUE THAT YOU OFFERED
HIM A POSITION WITH THE S.T.C.?

YES.

AS A METHOD OF BRINGING
CREDIBILITY TO YOUR ORGANIZATION?

YES. BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, IT
WAS COLONEL HOWARD WHO CAME TO US.

- WHY?
- HE WANTED TO PILOT
OUR SUBORBITAL FLIGHTS.

TILL YOUR SPACESHIPS WERE READY, HE
WAS GONNA HELP YOU LOOK FOR THE U.F.O.'s?

LAUGH IF YOU MUST, BUT CAL
DIDN'T THINK WE WERE CRAZY.

HE'D SEEN SOMETHING HIMSELF UP THERE,
YOU KNOW? AND HE'S HARDLY THE FIRST.

QUITE A FEW ASTRONAUTS AND MILITARY PILOTS
HAVE REPORTED SEEING EVIDENCE OF THE VISITORS.

COLONEL HOWARD TOLD
YOU THIS? YES, HE DID.

SO TRUST ME, I WOULD'VE BEEN PROUD TO HAVE BEEN
THE ONE TO SEND CAL HOWARD BACK INTO SPACE.

- WOULD'VE BEEN?
- HE CHANGED HIS MIND
SIX WEEKS AGO.

THAT DIDN'T MAKE
YOU A LITTLE ANGRY?

NO, NOT ANGRY. DISAPPOINTED.

GREAT. THEN YOU WOULDN'T OBJECT TO MY PARTNER
AND I TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR FLEET OF PLANES?

NO, NOT AT ALL.

WHY DO YOU THINK COLONEL
HOWARD CHANGED HIS MIND?

THEY GOT TO HIM...
THROUGH HIS WIFE, I BELIEVE.

- "THEY"?
- THE AGENCY.

THEY CAN BE VERY
PERSUASIVE. PERSUASIVE?

IN MY OPINION, THE AGENCY
WOULD RATHER HAVE CAL DIE...

THAN HAVE HIM ANNOUNCE TO
THE WORLD HE'D SEEN A VISITOR.

THAT'S NOT TRUE. THE
AGENCY LOVED CAL.

THEY VALUED HIM. WHY DIDN'T
YOU TELL US ABOUT S.T.C.?

BECAUSE IT'S EMBARRASSING.

CAL WANTED TO GET BACK INTO SPACE SO BADLY,
HE WOULD EVEN LISTEN TO THOSE CRAZY PEOPLE.

DID YOUR HUSBAND SEE
SOMETHING UP THERE?

YEAH, SOMETHING THAT MADE HIM
SYMPATHETIC WITH MR. BAHR'S ORGANIZATION?

WELL, OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW
THAT HE DID, OR HE SAID HE DID.

AND YOU DOUBTED HIM? IT DOESN'T
REALLY MATTER NOW, YOU KNOW?

THAT WAS THREE YEARS
AGO. IT WAS HIS LAST MISSION,

AND THE AGENCY EXPLAINED IT IN
SUCH A WAY THAT CAL WAS SATISFIED.

LOOK, IT'S IMPORTANT WE
KNOW THE TRUTH, MISS HOWARD.

[Sighs] WHY?

BECAUSE WHAT I'VE SEEN, YOUR
HUSBAND WAS A MAN OF PRINCIPLE.

AND IF HE SAW SOMETHING, HE WOULDN'T JUST
BACK DOWN TO SAVE HIS CAREER WITH THE AGENCY,

EVEN IF HIS WIFE BEGGED HIM TO.

HE INSISTED ON FILING AN OFFICIAL
REPORT. HE WOULDN'T WITHDRAW IT.

THEY ASKED HIM TO? YES.

BUT HE STUCK BY HIS STORY.
THEY WEREN'T HAPPY WITH HIM.

BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT'S
ANCIENT HISTORY.

CAL'S FRIEND KNEW ABOUT THE S.T.C. HIS
WIFE KNEW. MAYBE THE AGENCY DID AS WELL.

SO THEY KILLED HIM BY
TOSSING HIM OUT OF AN AIRPLANE?

THAT FIELD IS LESS THAN A
MILE FROM THE COASTLINE.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY WERE AIMING
AT THE OCEAN AND THEY MISSED.

THE QUESTION IS WHY. I MEAN, IT'S A BIG
OCEAN, RIGHT? THERE HAS TO BE A REASON.

MAYBE IT WASN'T A
U.F.O. THAT CAL SAW.

AH. HE COULD'VE
SEEN SOMETHING ELSE.

OH, YEAH, LIKE A DEATH
BEAM OR A SPACE BABY.

I WAS THINKING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF A
SPY SATELLITE OR EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY.

MAYBE THE AGENCY WAS AFRAID...

THAT CAL WAS SHARING SENSITIVE
INFORMATION WITH THE S.T.C.

WELL, REGARDLESS, OUR GOVERNMENT
DOES NOT KILL PEOPLE. OKAY, BONES?

[Scoffs] YOU WERE A SNIPER.

WASN'T IT OUR GOVERNMENT
WHO SENT YOU TO KILL PEOPLE?

JUST SAYING.

[Sighs]

[Liquid Bubbling]

MMM! SOMETHING SMELLS GOOD.

HELP YOURSELF.

[Groans] THOSE
DEFINITELY HUMAN BONES?

BECAUSE APPARENTLY, THERE ARE A
FEW TYPES OF ALIENS... RACES, IF YOU WILL.

ONE IS QUITE REPTILIAN,
WIDELY KNOWN AS GREYS.

- DEFINITELY HUMAN.
- ANOTHER'S BONE STRUCTURE'S
MORE AMPHIBIAN.

THESE BONES ARE
AS HUMAN AS YOU ARE.

IF YOU ONLY KNEW HOW
IRONY-PACKED THAT IS.

IT'S A JOKE.

DON'T YOU BE COMING AROUND TO
BOIL ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

THERE'S A STRANGE CALLUS
FORMATION ON HIS RIGHT FEMORAL HEAD.

ALSO, BONE MARROW
EDEMA IN THE SAME SPOT.

HEALING FROM A FRACTURE? NO.

IT'S SOME KIND OF
TUBEROUS CORTICAL DEFECT.

I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

- NOW YOU'RE FREAKING ME OUT.
- I HAVE TO GET DR. BRENNAN
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS IN THE
INITIAL STAGES OF OSTEONECROSIS.

WHAT DID YOU GET
FROM THE TOX SCREEN?

EXCESS LEVELS OF VITAMINS
"D," "K," "E," "A," AND "C,"

ALONG WITH GLUTAMINE PEPTIDES
AND CREATINE MONOHYDRATE.

[Zack] ALL THE SUPPLEMENTS HE WAS
TAKING BEFORE HIS LAST SPACE MISSION.

THERE'S SOMETHING ODD
ABOUT THE TEXTURE OF THIS BONE.

LEUCINE, ISOLEUCINE AND VALINE.

HE FORESAW GOING
BACK INTO SPACE.

- THIS IS NOT BONE.
- [Zack] WHAT IS IT?

A CALLUS HAS FORMED OVER SOME
KIND OF THICK, POROUS SUBSTANCE.

- CAREFUL.
- IT'S AN IMPLANT OF SOME KIND.

I NEVER SAW ANYTHING
ON THE X-RAYS.

HOW COULD THAT NOT
SHOW UP ON X-RAYS?

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

ZOANTHARIA OF THE
ORDER SCLEROTINIA.

SCLEROTINIA HAS A CALCIUM
CARBONATE EXOSKELETON...

WITH A POROSITY
SIMILAR TO HUMAN BONE.

WHICH WOULD MAKE
IT BIOCOMPATIBLE.

SO IT WOULDN'T SHOW
UP ON X-RAYS. WAIT.

SO THIS IS CORAL,
LIKE FROM A REEF?

SUSPENDED IN A BIPHASIC HYDROXYLAPATITE
CALCIUM PHOSPHATE COATING.

THEORETICALLY, THE CALCIUM FROM
THE EXOSKELETON WOULD GROW,

HOPEFULLY OVERCOMING THE
LOSS OF HIS DEGENERATING BONE.

THEN THIS ATTACHMENT WOULD BE...

AN ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICE
IMPLANTED TO ACCELERATE GROWTH.

SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF
HUMAN AND ALIEN TECHNOLOGY.

DON'T SAY THAT TO BOOTH.
BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE,

THEN ALL THE VITAMINS AND AMINO
ACIDS HE WAS LOADED UP WITH...

WERE MAINLY TO WARD OFF
INFECTION. AND HE'D NEED THEM TOO.

BONE MARROW'S HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE.
THIS IS A VERY RISKY PROCEDURE.

I GOTTA SAY IT. FRANK OLSON.

HE WAS A U.S. ARMY
SCIENTIST IN THE '50s...

AND AN UNWITTING PARTICIPANT
IN PROJECT MK-ULTRA.

THEY SAID HE COMMITTED SUICIDE, BUT AN
EXHUMATION 45 YEARS LATER PROVED HE WAS MURDERED.

YOU NEED MORE. PROJECT
PAPERCLIP, MK-ARTICHOKE.

AND WHO COULD FORGET TUSKEGEE?

THE GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTS ON
PEOPLE AND THEN ABANDONS THEM OR WORSE.

WHAT'S THE POINT
OF THIS EXPERIMENT?

THE MAIN OBSTACLE TO LONG-TERM
SPACE TRAVEL IS BONE DEMINERALIZATION.

IF THE SPACE PROGRAM COULD
OVERCOME THIS ONE EFFECT,

THEIR FUNDING WOULD
TRIPLE OVERNIGHT.

WELL, THERE YOU GO. EXPERIMENTAL
PROGRAM FOR DEEP SPACE FAILS,

AND THE EVIDENCE HAS
TO BE GOTTEN RID OF.

BY TOSSING IT FROM A PLANE? WHY NOT JUST
HAVE THE VISITORS TOSS HIM INTO THE SUN?

THAT... IS A GOOD QUESTION.
[Saroyan] NO, IT'S NOT.

SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO COVER
THINGS UP, IT GOES WRONG. THAT'S ALL.

FIRST THING WE SHOULD DO IS FIND
OUT THE SOURCE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY.

[Sanborn] COLONEL REED WAS CAL'S
COMMANDING OFFICER ON THREE MISSIONS.

SO YOU WERE THE PERSON TO WHOM
HE REPORTED THE U.F.O. SIGHTING?

OH, FOR GOD'S SAKE.

YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS? YOU PEOPLE
GET ALL SECRETIVE ABOUT THINGS AND...

WHAT CAL SAW WAS SPACE JUNK.

IT WAS SATELLITE PARTS, A
DISCARDED HATCH, A SCREWDRIVER.

THAT INFORMATION ISN'T CLEARED.

SOUNDED LIKE MORE THAN A
SCREWDRIVER. WELL, IT WASN'T.

CAL JUST THOUGHT WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN...

WHY IT WAS WHIZZING AROUND
SPACE AT 25,000 MILES AN HOUR.

AND THAT'S ALL. WAS COLONEL
HOWARD IN A CAST RECENTLY?

LAST WINTER. SAID HE BROKE HIS
LEG PARASAILING IN THE CARIBBEAN.

ALL OF OUR ASTRONAUTS
SUFFER FROM BRITTLE BONES.

I STEPPED OFF A LADDER ONCE,
AND MY TIBIA SNAPPED LIKE A TWIG.

- WHY DO YOU ASK?
- BECAUSE OF THIS.

WE FOUND IT IN
COLONEL HOWARD'S LEG.

WE THINK IT'S DESIGNED TO COUNTERACT
THE EFFECTS OF OSTEONECROSIS.

EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY ON ONE OF
OUR ASTRONAUTS? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

OUR EFFORTS TO COUNTER
BONE LOSS ARE LIMITED...

TO STRENGTH AND RESISTANCE
TRAINING AND SUPPLEMENTS.

I TRUST YOU HAVE DOCUMENTATION?

FOLLOW ME.

THANK YOU.

COLONEL? HAVE YOU
EVER SEEN ANYTHING?

ANY SCREWDRIVERS UP THERE?

THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT
UP THERE TO SEE, DOCTOR.

THE TRICK IS NOT TO LET IT CLOUD
YOUR JUDGMENT. DID IT EVER CLOUD CAL'S?

NEVER. NOT ONCE.

AND YET HE WANTED TO GO
BACK INTO SPACE SO BADLY...

IN SPITE OF THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE IT
HAD CAUSED HIM, THE PAIN HE WAS IN.

LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

YOU SEE THIS? THAT'S ME.
AND THAT THERE, THAT'S CAL.

TWENTY MINUTES I SPENT
OUT THERE THAT DAY,

AND IT IS THE LAST THING I
THINK ABOUT EVERY NIGHT.

I CAN IMAGINE. NO. ALL DUE
RESPECT, YOU REALLY CAN'T.

THIS WAS THE BEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE,
COUNTING MARRIAGE, KIDS, EVERYTHING.

I'M NOT SAYING
THAT'S GOOD OR RIGHT,

BUT I DO KNOW IT WAS
THE SAME FOR CAL,

FOR ALL OF US WHO WENT UP THERE.

AND WE WOULD DO ANYTHING
WE COULD TO GET BACK.

[Hodgins] THIS CORAL'S
GROWTH WAS AIDED ARTIFICIALLY.

IT WAS SEEDED WITH RESIN
BEADS ON GLASS PLATES.

WHICH MAKES IT RARE ENOUGH TO TRACE
TO A PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY HOUSE...

BASED IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND.

I SEARCHED THE LITERATURE.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF CLINICS AND
RESEARCHERS WORKING ON BONE REPLACEMENT.

THE DOCTOR MOST LIKELY TO HAVE PERFORMED THIS
PROCEDURE ON OUR VICTIM IS DR. HENRY PASCAL.

IN SWITZERLAND? BASED IN
BETHESDA, WITH A CLINIC IN HAITI.

PLUS, HE WORKED FOR THE
SPACE AGENCY UNTIL 1998.

- WHAT HAPPENED?
- HE LOST HIS FUNDING AND TURNED
TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

NAMELY, THE SPACE
TRAVEL COALITION.

THE FOIL HAT SQUAD FUNDS THIS
GUY? BOOTH IS GONNA LOVE THAT.

- WHY?
- BECAUSE HE DOESN'T BELIEVE
IN COINCIDENCES.

[Jean Marie] CAL WASN'T ON
VACATION WHEN HE HURT HIS LEG.

HE WAS IN HAITI
FOR A CONVENTION.

CAN YOU THINK OF ANY REASON COLONEL
REED WOULD TELL US A DIFFERENT STORY?

NO. PLEASE, WHAT...
WHAT'S GOING ON?

WE FOUND EVIDENCE IN
YOUR HUSBAND'S REMAINS...

THAT HE UNDERWENT AN
EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY IN HAITI.

WHAT KIND OF
EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY?

- TO REPLACE HIS BONE LOSS.
- DOES THAT SOUND LIKE HIM?

- YES.
- WAS IT LIKE YOUR HUSBAND
TO KEEP IT A SECRET FROM YOU?

YES.

CAL WOULDN'T WANT ME TO WORRY.

CAL HOWARD'S SKELETON BEFORE...

AND AFTER HE FELL TO EARTH.

EVERY BONE SHOWED TRAUMA.

HIS CLOTHING BEFORE...

AND AFTER HE FELL TO EARTH.

RIPPED. EVERY SEAM PULLED APART.

IF I MAKE THE
CLOTHING TRANSLUCENT,

WE CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THE CLOTHING DAMAGE
LINES UP WITH THE TRAUMA TO HIS SKELETON.

AND IF YOU ISOLATE THE BONE
DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DEVICE CAPABLE...

OF MAKING ROBUST
CUTS IN A LINEAR PATH...

- THE GUY WAS CHOPPED.
- CHOPPED?

YEAH. CLOTHING
DAMAGE, FLESH WOUNDS...

BONE DAMAGE. HE WAS CHOPPED.

ANGE, TONIGHT, YOU AND ME...
RESERVATIONS AT LES DEUX COPAINS, 8:00.

WOW. FANCY.

- SUIT-AND-GOWN FANCY, BABY. SO LEAVE YOUR MUKLUKS AT HOME.
- WHAT'S THE OCCASION?

AN AX OR A HATCHET OR A MACHETE
MAKE SHARP, WELL-DEFINED CUTS.

THESE EDGES ARE
ABRADED. THIS OUR GUY?

- HEY, DO ALIENS USE
ANY WEAPONS RESEMBLING A...
- A BROADSWORD?

- HOW ABOUT A LIGHT SABER?
- NO. THOSE CAN CUT
THROUGH ANY KNOWN SUBSTANCE.

THE VICTIM WOULD'VE BEEN
COMPLETELY DISMEMBERED.

IF THEY EXISTED, ZACK.

MAKEUP, HAIR DONE, HIGH
HEELS... THE WHOLE ENCHILADA.

ONLY WHATEVER'S
FRENCH FOR ENCHILADA.

NO MUKLUKS. GOT IT.

OH.

DR. PASCAL, COLONEL
CALVIN HOWARD IS DEAD.

NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING I DID.

- WOW. DIDN'T EVEN BLINK.
- COLONEL HOWARD SOUGHT ME OUT.

- MAY I KNOW HOW HE DIED?
- LET'S JUST SAY
IT WAS A REALLY BAD FALL.

- AND WHAT'S THIS GOT
TO DO WITH ME?
- WAS YOUR PROCEDURE A SUCCESS?

- HOW DO YOU DEFINE SUCCESS?
- JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION.

- THAT'S ACTUALLY
A FAIR QUESTION.
- THE RESULTS WERE HEARTENING.

THERE WERE EXTREMELY PAINFUL
CALLUSES GROWING OVER YOUR IMPLANT.

I'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE THAT.

AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF
AN ACTUAL REVERSAL OF NECROSIS.

THE CALLUSES WERE PART
OF THE HEALING PROCESS.

SEE, CORAL RESORPTION IS SLOW BUT EFFECTIVE
AS A SCAFFOLD FOR OSTEOPROGENITOR CELLS.

INCORPORATING THE ELECTRODE
WAS SPEEDING THE PROCESS.

IN MY OPINION, CAL WAS ONLY MONTHS
AWAY FROM HAVING MATURE LAMELLAR BONE.

- NO WAY TO KNOW FOR SURE NOW. RIGHT?
- CORRECT.

PROBABLY TO YOUR BENEFIT TO TERMINATE
YOUR EXPERIMENT BEFORE IT WENT WRONG.

KEEP THOSE VENTURE CAPITALISTS
ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS.

[Chuckles] YOU THINK I... I PUSHED
COLONEL HOWARD OFF A LADDER?

OR OUT OF AN AIRPLANE.

LOOK, YOU CAN HAVE ALL MY
DATA, MY PROJECTIONS, EVERYTHING.

COLONEL HOWARD GOES ON THE NEXT SHUTTLE
MISSION TO REPAIR THE LANSING TELESCOPE,

I'M IN EVERY MEDICAL
JOURNAL IN THE COUNTRY.

THAT MISSION'S A MONTH AWAY.
WOULD HIS BODY HAVE BEEN READY?

AT THE RATE CAL WAS
HEALING, I BELIEVE SO.

DID ANYONE AT THE
AGENCY KNOW ABOUT THIS?

WE WERE GONNA PETITION
THEM OFFICIALLY NEXT MONTH.

LOOK, YOU MAY NOT LIKE ME, BUT I
WAS HIS SAVIOR AND HE WAS MINE.

I DIDN'T KILL COLONEL HOWARD.

SOMEBODY'S LYING
TO US, RIGHT? YEAH.

MAYBE EVERYBODY. WELL,
THIS IS YOUR STRENGTH.

READING PEOPLE'S MINDS, TELLING WHEN
THEY'RE LYING. MY STRENGTH? WAIT A SECOND.

THE TROUBLE IS... NO, NO. YOU
HAVEN'T GIVEN ME ANYTHING...

THAT I CAN SPRING ON THE
SUSPECT TO SEE HOW HE REACTS.

LIKE WHAT? LIKE A MURDER WEAPON.

OR WHETHER THE POOR BASTARD
WAS DEAD BEFORE HE HIT THE GROUND.

ZACK AND ANGELA SAY HE WAS.
WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING. DEAD HOW?

BEST GUESS RIGHT NOW, A
BROADSWORD. BROADSWORD?

LIKE KING ARTHUR? YES.

BROADSWORD?

YOU KNOW WHAT? BONES, I LIKE
THE WHOLE ALIEN THING MUCH BETTER.

BROADSWORD? WHERE DO YOU
PEOPLE COME UP WITH THIS STUFF?

I DIDN'T SAY AN ACTUAL BROADSWORD.
I SAID LIKE A BROADSWORD.

IT WAS THE CLOSEST
ANALOG I COULD ACCESS.

NO TRACES FROM THE
WEAPON LEFT ON THE BONE?

TRACES ARE LEFT WHEN THE
WEAPON CUTS DEEPLY INTO THE BONE.

WHATEVER THIS WAS
WASN'T VERY SHARP.

- LEFT NOTHING BEHIND.
- HOW ABOUT SHAPE?

[Angela] THE PATTERN IS CONSISTENT
WITH SHARP FORCE TRAUMA...

FROM A CURVED BLADE
APPROXIMATELY 65 MILLIMETERS THICK.

AND IF I AM LATE FOR DINNER, I WILL FIND
WHATEVER IT IS AND I WILL HIT YOU WITH IT.

WOW. YOU... YOU LOOK INCREDIBLE.

- [Brennan] YOU REALLY DO.
- YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN TELL
JUST BY LOOKING AT YOU?

YOU SMELL GREAT.

YOU CANNOT SEE SMELL.

THE VICTIM WAS
STRUCK FOUR TIMES.

A GLANCING BLOW TO THE HEAD, RIGHT
HUMERUS, THORACIC AND LEFT FEMUR.

WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT IN WHAT ORDER.
IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH IT WAS SIMULTANEOUS.

- THE BLOW TO THE HEAD
IS WHAT KILLED HIM.
- COME ON.

FOUR HITS SIMULTANEOUSLY
WITH A BROADSWORD?

WAS HE ATTACKED BY THE
KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE?

SIXTY-FIVE MILLIMETERS IS TOO THICK
FOR A SWORD. DID YOU ESTIMATE A VELOCITY?

THE BLADE WAS MOVING AT A VELOCITY OF
APPROXIMATELY 116 METERS PER SECOND.

- WHAT'S THAT IN AMERICAN?
- ABOUT 260 MILES PER HOUR.

ALL RIGHT, LOOK. I'M NO EXPERT
IN BROADSWORDS, BUT I DO KNOW...

I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!

- HOW FAST DOES A PROPELLER TURN?
- AT FULL SPEED, THE TIPS
APPROACH THE SPEED OF SOUND.

BUT HOWARD EXITS
THE AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT.

THE PROPELLER IS AHEAD
OF HIM AND PULLING AWAY.

HOW COULD HE COME INTO CONTACT
WITH IT? THERE ARE PUSHER PROPELLERS.

- IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THE AIR.
- HE WAS PUSHED
INTO A PROPELLER?

HE WOULD'VE TURNED
INTO STEAK TARTAR.

SCRATCH ONE ITEM
OFF THE MENU TONIGHT.

NOT IF THE PLANE WAS IDLING.

PROPELLER SPEEDS WOULD
DECREASE TO A THOUSAND OR SO R.P.M.'s.

- LET'S GO.
- WHERE?

TO LOOK FOR A DENTED PROPELLER.
COME ON. WHICH YOU DO NOT NEED ME FOR.

HEY. YOU'RE RIGHT.
HERE THEY COME.

I HOPE YOU HAVE ANOTHER WARRANT.

THIS IS FOR THE, UH... THE HANGAR,
BUT NOT THE INDIVIDUAL PLANES.

THEN WHY ARE YOUR PEOPLE
LOOKING AT PROPELLERS?

BECAUSE THE WARRANT INCLUDES
ANYTHING THAT IS IN PLAIN SIGHT.

"PLANE" SIGHT.
[Chuckles] GET IT?

- IT'S A PUN.
- YEAH. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY
HANGAR WE'LL BE CHECKING OUT.

- WHAT PLANE ARE YOU
LOOKING FOR SPECIFICALLY?
- WE'LL KNOW IT WHEN WE SEE IT.

WE BELIEVE THAT COLONEL HOWARD
WAS STRUCK BY A PROPELLER.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR BLOOD STAINS
USING ALTERNATE LIGHT SOURCES.

YOU THINK CAL WALKED
INTO A PROPELLER?

NO WAY HE MAKES A
BONEHEAD MOVE LIKE THAT.

- WE SURMISE HE WAS PUSHED.
- BUT WHY?

HERE HE WAS, THIS GREAT GUY. BUT
HE WAS A LIABILITY TO ONE OF YOU.

- ONE OF US?
- SOMEBODY WANTED HIM DEAD.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

IF IT TURNED OUT CAL WAS
ABLE TO REVERSE HIS BONE LOSS,

WOULD YOU PUT HIM
ON THE NEXT SHUTTLE?

YOU KNOW, THE ONE TO REPAIR
THE LANSING TELESCOPE AGAIN.

- COLONEL ADAMS IS SLATED
FOR THAT MISSION.
- COLONEL REED?

WELL, CAL WOULD BE
MY FIRST CHOICE, YES.

ALL DUE RESPECT, JAMES, BUT WHY SEND
THE STUDENT WHEN THE TEACHER CAN GO?

LOOK, I TAKE NO OFFENSE.
CAL WAS THE BEST.

[Woman] DR. BRENNAN,
AGENT BOOTH.

BLOOD. A LOT OF IT. IT WAS
WASHED DOWN THIS DRAIN HERE.

- HIGH-PRESSURE HOSE.
- CAN YOU TELL WHICH PLANE'S
PROPELLER MAY HAVE DONE THIS?

NOT WITHIN THE PARAMETERS
OF THE CURRENT WARRANT.

SOME OF THESE PLANES HAVE COVERS ON THE
PROPELLERS, SO WE CAN'T SEE IF THEY'RE DAMAGED.

THAT IS YOUR PLANE,
ISN'T IT, JAMES?

- TAKE IT OFF.
- TAKE OFF THE COVER, JAMES.

I RESPECTFULLY DECLINE.

IT'S NOT HIS PLANE.
IT'S THE AGENCY'S.

A PROPELLER LIKE THAT
WOULDN'T GET YOU VERY FAR.

- CERTAINLY NOT OVER THE WATER.
- WHICH IS WHY YOU HAD TO DUMP
CAL'S BODY SHORT OF THE OCEAN.

BOOTH! BOOTH! IT
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

THE WHOLE THING WOULD
TAKE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE.

PUTTING THE BODY IN THE PLANE, CLEANING UP
THE BLOOD, SHOVING THE BODY OUT OF THE PLANE.

WHO ARE YOU PROTECTING?

♪♪ [Soft Rock]

MRS. HOWARD? IS COLLEEN HERE?

COLLEEN CAME TO SEE ME
OFF. SAW ME TALKING TO CAL.

HE WAS TELLING ME THAT HE WAS GOING
TO BE OKAY IN TIME FOR THE MISSION.

HE WAS SHARING GOOD NEWS.

BUT IT WASN'T GOOD, NOT TO ME.

SHE SLAPPED HIM. THAT'S ALL.

BECAUSE SHE LOVES ME.

SHE KNEW WHAT IT MEANT
TO ME NOT TO GO UP.

CAL TOOK A STEP BACK.

JUST ONE.

HE FELL BACK INTO THE PROPELLER.

WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST
SAY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT?

I DON'T KNOW. WE PANICKED. I
MEAN, WOULD THEY BELIEVE US?

WOULD THEY UNDERSTAND?
WOULD YOU EVER GET INTO SPACE?

[Adams] IT HAPPENED BECAUSE MY
FRIEND SHARED GOOD NEWS WITH ME...

AND BECAUSE MY WIFE LOVES ME.

I'M A BLESSED MAN.

♪♪ [Continues]

♪♪ [Ends] [Angela,
Hodgins Chuckling]

HOW-HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
IT'S A GOOD MEAL.

NICE BOTTLE OF WINE.

YOU FEELING LOVING?

YOU DIDN'T NEED TO DO ALL OF
THIS TO GET ME IN A LOVING MOOD.

I DON'T MEAN IN THAT WAY.

I AM MADLY IN LOVE
WITH YOU, ANGELA.

YOU-YOU ARE THE MOST AMAZING
WOMAN THAT I HAVE EVER MET.

MY LIFE IS SO MUCH
BETTER SINCE WE...

- OH, MY GOD.
- WHAT?

ARE YOU BREAKING UP WITH ME?

WHY WOULD I GET YOU ALL DRESSED
UP FOR DINNER JUST TO BREAK UP?

I DON'T KNOW.

BECAUSE YOU'RE... I'M NOT
THINKING STRAIGHT. GO AHEAD.

YOU KNOW, I HAD THIS
ALL LAID OUT IN MY MIND.

MM-HMM. YOU ARE
AN UPSETTING WOMAN.

I'M SORRY. [Chuckles]

PLEASE, GO AHEAD.

I BELIEVE THAT IF TWO PEOPLE
CARE ENOUGH FOR EACH OTHER,

THE REST OF THE WORLD
DISAPPEARS TO THEM.

I FEEL THAT WHEN I'M WITH YOU.

I'M PREPARED TO PUT YOU AHEAD
OF ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

ANGELA MONTENEGRO,
WILL YOU MARRY ME?

DEAR MAN, GOOD HEART.

NO.

WHY?

I DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT AGAIN.

BUT... HOW...

OH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL
ME. I DON'T KNOW, HODGINS.

IF I KNEW, I WOULD TELL YOU.

BUT WHEN YOU ASK ME, I HAVE
TO HAVE THIS... THIS FEELING.

IT HAS TO BE...

I'LL KNOW IT WHEN IT HAPPENS.

AND I HOPE YOU
WON'T STOP TRYING.

I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD LAUGH,
CRY, OR PUNCH OUT THE SOMMELIER.

I'M SORRY. I HOPE THAT
YOU CHOOSE LAUGH.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I DON'T EITHER.

LOOK, LET'S JUST FINISH THE
DESSERT AND GO BACK TO YOUR PLACE...

AND MAKE LOVE, AND
MAYBE IT'LL COME TO ME.

- WHILE WE MAKE LOVE?
- I SAID MAYBE.

BUT... YOU LOVE ME?

MORE THAN YOU KNOW.

- DID YOU EAT YET?
- I SAID I'D WAIT.

HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT
JAMES WOULD TELL ME?

MAN LOVES HIS WIFE. HE MAY NOT BE
STRONG, BUT HE HAS A CONSCIENCE.

SEE, I... I CAN'T
TELL THAT STUFF.

AND I CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN CORAL AND BONE.

SO I GUESS WE MAKE A GREAT
PAIR. HEY, SPEAKING OF MARRIAGE,

HODGINS IS GONNA
PROPOSE TO ANGELA TONIGHT.

HUH. WHAT?

I GUESS RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS TO ME
LIKE MARRIAGE IS HAVING SOMEONE...

WHO WILL SLAP YOUR ENEMIES AND THEN
TOSS THEIR DEAD BODIES OUT OF AIRPLANES.

[Booth] TRY NOT TO
MENTION THAT TO ANGELA.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?