Bones (2005–2017): Season 2, Episode 5 - The Truth in the Lye - full transcript

A body is found in a tub filled with lye at a construction site, and Booth reexamines his feelings for his son's mother after they have a fling.

[Mattress Bouncing]

[Moaning]

WOW!

[Sighs] GOD, THAT WAS...

- YEAH, THAT WAS...
- AMAZING.

AND A HUGE MISTAKE.

HUGE. HUGE.

WHY DO WE KEEP DOING THIS?

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T.

I MEAN, WHAT'S IT BEEN?

TWICE IN THE PAST YEAR? THREE.



FOUR IF YOU COUNT THAT STAKEOUT.

OKAY, YOU KNOW
WHAT? THAT WASN'T SEX.

MAYBE NOT FOR
YOU. BUT... THIS IS IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT, I MEAN,

IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE
DOING ANYTHING WRONG.

I MEAN, YOU AND DREW ARE...
WE NEEDED TO TAKE A BREAK.

TO GAIN PERSPECTIVE.
BUT, UM, THIS ISN'T HELPING.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S OVER.

- DONE.
- [Cell Phone Ringing]

THAT'S MINE. YEAH.

OW. OH. OW!

BOOTH. YEAH. ADDRESS.

HEY, YOU KNOW, I, UH...

OH, NO, NO. ME TOO. I HAVE TO
PICK UP PARKER FROM SCHOOL.



OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? MAKE SURE THAT
YOU BRING HIM THE COMIC THAT I GOT HIM.

HE LOVES THAT. YEAH, SURE.

[Cell Phone Ringing]

UH... UH... AGENT BOOTH'S PHONE.

OH, HI. IT'S DR. BRENNAN.

IS AGENT BOOTH... AVAILABLE?

UH, AVAILABLE?
YEAH, DR. BRENNAN. I...

YEAH, BONES. WHAT'S UP? NOTHING.

JUST SEEING IF YOU GOT THE CALL AND IF
YOU WERE SWINGING BY TO PICK ME UP OR...

OH, YEAH. UM, I'M JUST GONNA
HAVE TO MEET YOU THERE, OKAY?

OKAY, BYE.

YOU DON'T, UH,
THINK SHE THOUGHT...

NO. NO, WE HAVE
A CHILD TOGETHER.

IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL FOR
US TO... TO BE TOGETHER. RIGHT.

IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS EVER
GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN. NO.

EXACTLY. OKAY, UM, ARE YOU
DONE WITH THE BATHROOM?

YEAH. OKAY, THANKS.

[Siren Wails] YOU'RE CLEAR!

SORRY IF I INTERRUPTED ANYTHING.

WHAT? OH! NO.

NO, YOU DIDN'T. GOOD.

OKAY. BUT IF YOU MUST KNOW,
YOU KNOW, REBECCA, MY EX,

SHE STOPPED BY MY PLACE TO
PICK UP A COMIC THAT I GOT PARKER.

OKAY. SHE JUST SO HAPPENED
TO PICK UP THE PHONE.

THAT'S IT. YOU KNOW?
NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.

I'M SORRY. DID I
SAY I MUST KNOW?

OH, VERY NICE. [Groans]

AGE AND SEX UNDETERMINED.

VICTIM IS IMMERSED
IN A POOL OF...

[Sniffs] WHAT SMELLS LIKE A
COMPOSITE OF DOMESTIC CORROSIVES.

- IT SMELLS MORE LIKE, UH...
- COMMON DRAIN DECLOGGER,
ACID WASH, BLEACH.

SUBMERGED TWO TO THREE DAYS.

ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU SAYING THAT HE'S
BEEN HERE ALL WEEKEND JUST DISSOLVING?

ALLOWING THE KILLER TIME FOR
THE CORROSIVES TO DO THEIR THING.

[Man] EXCUSE ME. CAN
I GET IN HERE, PLEASE?

YEAH, I'M PETE VALERO. I'M THE
DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTOR. OKAY.

- YEAH. I CAME AS SOON AS...
- [Bubbling]

- [Vomits]
- THERE COULD BE
EVIDENCE IN THERE.

I'D SAY MOST OF
IT'S RIGHT IN THERE.

I'LL NEED ZACK TO HELP ME EXTRACT THE REMAINS
AND WHATEVER ELSE IS BENEATH THE SURFACE.

- WOULDN'T IT BE A LOT EASIER
IF WE TOOK THE WHOLE TUB?
- NO, NO, NO, WAIT.

THAT TUB IS A... IS A GODIVA
3000. THESE THINGS AREN'T CHEAP.

OH, DO YOU THINK ANYBODY IS ACTUALLY
GONNA WANT THIS GODIVA 3000 AFTER THIS?

- WELL, WOULD THEY HAVE TO KNOW?
- [Scoffs]

LOOK, I'M JUST SAYING,
WITH SUBSIDIZED HOUSING,

THE GOVERNMENT WANTS EVERY NICKEL
ACCOUNTED FOR. I'LL GET YOU A RECEIPT...

IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHY THE BOSS OF
THE JOB IS JUST SHOWING UP RIGHT NOW.

I WAS AT THE DENTIST. I GOT A
CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROOT CANAL.

WHO KNEW... I'D BE
BETTER OFF THERE?

- DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS IS?
- HOW WOULD I KNOW?

I GOT OVER 200 WORKERS
ON THIS SITE ALONE,

NOT TO MENTION ALL
THE KIDS AND THE...

THE VANDALS COMING THROUGH
HERE ON THE WEEKEND. [Splashes]

- OH, MY GOD.
- OH, GOD. BONES!

WAIT OUT THERE. IT'S ONLY SKIN.

OKAY, I'LL NEED THAT WINDOW,
A FORKLIFT AND A FLATBED.

- WHY?
- YOU CALLED IT.

WE WANT ANSWERS, [Taps Tub]

THE TUB IS COMING WITH US.

DOWN. LOWER, LOWER, LOWER.

KEEP GOING. KEEP GOIN'.

AND... GOOD!

OH, THIS IS GONNA BE FUN. I
SHOULD GET MY VIDEO CAMERA.

[Angela] I MAY NEED A COMPAZINE.
THERE'LL BE NONE OF THAT.

NO FUN, NO VIDEO, NO VOMIT. OOH!

- THEN AGAIN...
- [Brennan] WE HAVE TO HURRY.

THOSE CHEMICALS ARE
EATING AWAY AT OUR VICTIM.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT
HE WAS PUT IN THERE ALIVE?

IF WE FIND ANY ROPE OR DUCT TAPE ON
THE BODY, I'D SAY THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE.

OKAY, PEOPLE. LET'S START WITH THE WHO.
WE'LL WORRY ABOUT THE WHY AND THE HOW LATER.

BUT IF WE FIND THE WHY AND THE
HOW FIRST, WE'LL GLADLY TAKE IT.

THOUGH "WHO" IS
CLEARLY THE PRIORITY.

THE WHO IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

BUT THE CLUES MIGHT
IF WE DON'T HURRY.

- WHAT'S OUR
STARTING WEIGHT, ZACK?
- STARTING WEIGHT IS 542.13.

THE TUB ITSELF WEIGHS
ABOUT 200 POUNDS.

CAPACITY IS 34 GALLONS.

WHICH AT ABOUT 8.3 POUNDS
A GALLON COMES TO 270, 275.

AND TWO-THIRDS FULL
MAKES IT ABOUT 180,

PUTTING THIS GUY SOMEWHERE
IN THE 160-POUND WEIGHT CLASS.

THE CREAM ALWAYS RISES. OR
IN THIS CASE, MELTED BODY FAT.

I'LL MEASURE ITS VOLUME
TO DETERMINE BODY TYPE.

I'LL START SEPARATING ALL
THINGS CHEMICAL FROM ORGANIC.

AND I KNOW YOU REQUESTED A
STRAINER OF SOME SORT, DR. BRENNAN,

BUT I THOUGHT THIS
COULD BE OF USE.

FOR THE BIG PIECES MAYBE.

AFTER THAT, OLD MacZACKY, GET ON
THE HORN WITH THE CORONER'S OFFICE...

AND TELL THEM I WANT TWO FIELD
UNIT WATER SIFTERS SENT HERE A.S.A.P.

- THEY GET MAD
WHEN I DROP YOUR NAME.
- THEN DROP IT TWICE.

TALK ABOUT THE
PROOF IN THE PUDDING.

OH, EVEN FOR ME,
THIS IS DISGUSTING.

WAS THIS TOO MUCH
EVEN FOR BOOTH?

HE'S STILL QUESTIONING
THE WORKERS AT THE SITE.

HOPEFULLY, THERE'S ENOUGH SKULL
HERE FOR A PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTION.

HMM. I'VE WORKED WITH LESS.

RIGHT FEMUR'S
PITTED AND BRITTLE.

MARROW'S PRACTICALLY
GELATINIZED.

- OUR VICTIM'S ELDERLY.
- WELL, THAT'S A BIT OF A LEAP.

WELL, NOT REALLY.
ZACK, HOLD STILL.

IT'S A HIP REPLACEMENT.

DON'T THESE THINGS USUALLY COME
ENGRAVED WITH SERIAL NUMBERS?

UH, NOT THIS ONE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE CHEMICALS
BURNED THOSE OFF TOO.

HEY, SO WHERE
IS MR. TUB O' LARD?

I FIGURED THEY'D BRING HIM HERE.

LARD I'VE GOT PLENTY OF. THE REST OF
HIM'S IN THE "OOKEY" ROOM WHERE HE BELONGS.

OH! WOW, SO THEN THAT
NASTY YELLOW GOOP IS...

FAT. 9.3 LITERS SO FAR.

OH, GOOD. BOOTH, I'M SURE
YOU'LL WANT TO SEE THIS TOO.

- WHAT IS IT?
- GUESS?

- MAYBE NOT, ZACK.
- IT'S OUR VICTIM'S WALLET.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
LEATHER, CASH, CARDS...

EVERY SHRED OF IDENTIFICATION
COMPLETELY EMULSIFIED.

MMM, WOW. YOU KNOW WHAT, ZACK? I'D
LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE OLD ARRANGEMENT...

WHERE YOU DON'T TALK
TO ME DIRECTLY, OKAY?

HAVE MY WATER
SIFTERS ARRIVED YET?

YES. THAT'S HOW I FOUND THE
WALLET. OKAY, SO THE POINT OF THIS IS?

DOING WHAT THAT WALLET CAN'T. RIGHT
NOW, I'D SAY OUR VICTIM'S AN ECTOMORPH.

THIN, LINEAR, NARROW FEATURES.

AND I HEAR YOU'RE
BACK WITH YOUR EX.

I'M SORRY? REBECCA, RIGHT?

RELIVING OLD TIMES? [Chuckles]

UH, I'LL JUST KEEP SIFTING.

YEAH. DR. BRENNAN
TOLD YOU? OH, RELAX.

SHE DID, DIDN'T SHE? WE ALL
HAVE OUR WEAK MOMENTS.

NO. MM-MMM. WE DON'T, OKAY?

- I DON'T.
- PLEASE, SEELEY.

LIKE WE HAVEN'T SHARED ENOUGH
OF THEM FOR ME TO KNOW BETTER.

- [Brennan] I WAS NOT GOSSIPING.
- OH, REALLY?

SO THEN WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT?

MERELY SHARING A POINT OF INTEREST.
GREAT. SO NOW WHAT AM I, HUH?

THE WORLD'S LARGEST BALL OF
STRING? NOT YOU, YOUR BEHAVIOR.

IT WAS A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE
OF JUST HOW HELPLESS...

WE HIGHER PRIMATES CAN
BE TO OUR BIOLOGICAL URGES.

- I AM NOT HELPLESS.
- [Sighs]

- HE'S NOT ELDERLY.
- I CAN CONTROL MY, UH...

WHO? OUR VICTIM.

YOU SEE THESE MARROW CELLS?

THE LACK OF COLLAGEN INDICATES
OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA.

BRITTLE BONE DISEASE.

AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO
TELL ME THAT HE'S NOT... OLD?

NOT NECESSARILY. AND IF YOU'RE NOT
HELPLESS, THEN WHY DID YOU SLEEP WITH HER?

OH, I REALLY DON'T
RECALL SAYING THAT I DID.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO. I
COULD HEAR IT IN YOUR VOICE.

I MAY AS WELL HAVE WALKED
IN ON YOU HAVING SEX.

- YOU DIDN'T AND WE WEREN'T.
- WELL, IT'S NOTHING
TO BE ASHAMED OF, BOOTH.

HUMANS ACT UPON A HIERARCHY OF
NEEDS, AND SEX IS VERY HIGHLY RANKED.

IT'S AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL
INEVITABILITY. THANK YOU, BONES.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BOILING ME DOWN
TO YOUR ANTHROPOLOGICAL INEVITABILITIES.

- SURE.
- ANYTIME.

YOU KNOW, IF OUR VICTIM HAD BRITTLE BONE,
THERE COULD BE A WEB SITE OF SOME KIND.

HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN LISTED.

AFRAID NOT, HONEY. THERE'S
NO OFFICIAL DATABASE.

BUT I DID TRACK DOWN EIGHT
CASES OF BRITTLE BONE IN THE AREA.

HOW MANY OF THEM
ARE ADULT MALES?

GIVE ME A SECOND. [Typing]

WHAT'S WRONG?

WITH WHAT?

THIS IS USUALLY WHERE I TYPE AND YOU
TALK. YOU TWO ARE NEVER NOT TALKING.

WELL, WE'RE NOT NOT TALKING.

OR MAYBE WE'RE NOT NOT... NOT.

OKEYDOKE.

NUMBER OF ADULT MALES
WITH BRITTLE BONE...

IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA IS...

ZERO... SAME WITH ADULT FEMALES.

- THESE ARE ALL KIDS.
- WHY IS THAT? HIGH MORTALITY RATE?

NO. WHEN O.I. IS FATAL,
IT'S MAINLY TO INFANTS.

AND ONLY IN SEVERE CASES.
SO OUR GUY HAS A MILD CASE.

TYPE I. NEAR NORMAL STATURE,

FRAGILE BONES AND
JOINTS, OFF-WHITE SCLERA.

- IS THIS DISEASE HEREDITARY?
- MILD CASES CAN BE.

THE MORE SEVERE
FORMS, TYPES II AND III,

ARE OFTEN THE RESULT
OF A GENETIC MUTATION.

BUT IF OUR GUY IS TYPE I AND THESE
KIDS GOT IT PASSED ON FROM A PARENT...

THEN ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS
CONTACT THESE KIDS' FAMILIES...

AND FIND OUT WHICH
ONE IS MISSING A DAD.

- WELL, LET ME
PRINT YOU THE LIST.
- PRINT TWO.

WE'LL SPLIT UP.

HMM.

[Doorbell Rings]

[Door Opens]

MRS. SEAVER? YES?

I'M DR. BRENNAN WITH THE
JEFFERSONIAN INSTITUTE...

WORKING IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE F.B.I.

THE F.B.I.? IS THIS
TO DO WITH LARRY?

THAT WOULD BE YOUR
HUSBAND, LAWRENCE SEAVER?

RAYMOND'S FATHER? HE HASN'T
ANSWERED HIS CELL PHONE IN DAYS.

I'VE LEFT SO MANY
MESSAGES. PLEASE COME IN.

[Woman On TV] MEERKATS
FORM... RAY, HONEY.

WE HAVE COMPANY. WHO'S SHE?

- DID THEY FIND DADDY?
- MY NAME IS TEMPERANCE, RAY.

AND I'M JUST HERE TO
ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.

YOUR HUSBAND'S BEEN
MISSING SINCE... THURSDAY.

WE DIDN'T THINK OF HIM AS MISSING. HE LEFT
ON HIS BUSINESS TRIP LIKE HE DOES EVERY WEEK.

BUT HE NEVER FAILS TO
AT LEAST CALL US BACK.

THAT MUST'VE HURT. NOT
SO MUCH. I'M USED TO IT.

RAY HAS BRITTLE BONE. IT'S JUST A
MILD FORM, THOUGH, LIKE LARRY'S.

- YOU THINK I COULD
SIGN YOUR CAST?
- SURE. I'LL GET A PEN.

MRS. SEAVER, I NEED
TO BORROW THIS PHOTO.

OKAY. WHY?

WELL, WE FOUND A BODY.

OH, GOD.

SORRY I COULDN'T DO MORE.

SKULLCAP WAS FALLING APART
FASTER THAN I COULD PUT A FACE ON IT.

I'M NOT SURE WE'D HAVE A MATCH
EITHER WAY WITH SO LITTLE TO WORK WITH.

OKAY, HERE WE GO. GOT OUR GUY.

WHAT? MOTHER AND HER
DAUGHTER UP IN MARYLAND.

DAD MISSING SINCE THURSDAY.

WHO'S THAT? MOTHER
AND SON DOWN IN VIRGINIA.

FATHER MISSING SINCE THURSDAY.

WHOA. MINE'S LAWRENCE TURNER,
35, COMMERCIAL ELECTRICIAN.

- OH...
- AND I'VE GOT
LAWRENCE SEAVER, 35.

- MY...
- COMMERCIAL ELECTRICIAN.

- GOD.
- I THINK OLD LARRY'S
GOT TWO WIVES.

MORE LIKE TWO LIVES.

JUST MAKE SURE
JENNY TAKES HER MEDS.

AND TELL HER MOMMY WILL
SEE HER IN THE MORNING.

THANKS, BETTY.

HOW OLD'S YOUR
DAUGHTER? SIX AND A HALF.

SHE AND LARRY, THEY
HAVE A SPECIAL BOND.

- BRITTLE BONE.
- YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?

SHE'S TYPE I LIKE YOUR HUSBAND?

HE'S ALWAYS FELT
SO GUILTY ABOUT THAT.

HE REALLY DOTES ON
HER, ON BOTH OF US.

MRS. TURNER, YOUR HUSBAND EVER
TALK ABOUT ANY CONFLICTS AT WORK?

NEVER. EVERYONE LOVES LARRY.

HE'S FUN, SMART, HARDWORKING.

THAT'S WHAT KEEPS HIM
OUT OF TOWN SO MUCH.

YEAH, ABOUT THAT...

I DIDN'T REALIZE ELECTRICIANS WERE
CALLED UPON TO BE AWAY FROM HOME SO MUCH.

THERE'S JUST SO MUCH UNDERBIDDING. AND
IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN GET BY ON WHAT I MAKE.

- AS?
- I TEACH. EIGHTH-GRADE SCIENCE.

GOT IT. SO HE HAS TO TRAVEL.

- GO WHERE THE MONEY IS. NOT THAT HE EVER COMPLAINS.
- [Clears Throat]

IT MAKES COMING HOME TO US
ALL THE MORE SWEETER, HE SAYS.

OH, GOD! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

WILL YOU JUST EXCUSE
ME FOR ONE MOMENT.

I'M SO SORRY. [Clears Throat]

THESE WOMEN HAVE TO KNOW
THE TRUTH ABOUT THEIR HUSBANDS.

THEY COULD BE IN
CAHOOTS. CAHOOTS?

IF THEY SOMEHOW FOUND OUT THAT LARRY WAS
TWO-TIMING THEM, THEY COULD BOTH WANT HIM DEAD.

OKAY, SO WHAT NOW? WE
ASK THEM? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

IT'S ALL TAKEN CARE OF.

MRS. TURNER, COULD YOU
PLEASE COME WITH ME?

RIGHT THIS WAY. JUST WAIT
HERE IN THE VISITORS' LOUNGE.

WE WON'T BE LONG. HELP
YOURSELF TO A CUP OF COFFEE.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S THE INTERROGATION
ROOM. NOT TONIGHT.

HMM, NICE TOUCH WITH
THE KITTY POSTERS.

WHO ARE YOU TALKING
TO? THAT COUPLE IN THERE.

AGENT CURRY AND MORAN.
THEY SET UP THE ROOM.

I'LL NEVER DRINK
F.B.I. COFFEE AGAIN.

[Phone Beeps] WHENEVER
YOU'RE READY, CHARLIE.

YOU KNOW, I ALMOST
MARRIED HER, YOU KNOW?

AGENT CURRY? REBECCA. MY EX.

OH. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT HER NOW.

YEAH, SHE GOT PREGNANT.

I WANTED TO DO THE RIGHT
THING, BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID NO.

YOU'VE TOLD ME THIS BEFORE.
NOT THAT YOU'VE EVER SAID WHY.

WELL, ISSUES WITH MY JOB.

SHE WANTED TO START HER OWN CAREER.
SHE WANTED TO FINISH GRADUATE SCHOOL.

ALONE WITH A BABY?

LOGIC. RIGHT? YOU'RE
APPLYING LOGIC?

DO YOU STILL LOVE HER?
NOT... LIKE I DID. NOT LIKE THAT.

THEN WHY CAN'T IT JUST BE SEX?

THERE'S NOTHING
"JUST" ABOUT SEX, BONES.

BUT ALL MAMMALS NEED IT.

THAT RELEASE OF SEROTONIN.
THE RUSH OF ENDORPHINS.

NATURALLY, YOU SEEK IT WITH SOMEONE
WITH WHOM YOU SHARE A SEXUAL RAPPORT.

RAPPORT, RIGHT. THAT'S THE WORD.

I KNOW WHEN I'M IN
NEED OF A RELEASE,

THERE'S A FORMER PARTNER
OR TWO I'M... SURE I COULD CALL.

OKAY, BONES. THANKS SO MUCH. I
FEEL SO MUCH BETTER NOW, HUH?

HERE WE GO.

[Over Speaker] HELP YOURSELF
TO COFFEE, MRS. SEAVER.

OH, I GET IT. VERY SMART.

WELL, IT'S MY JOB, BONES. IT'S,
YOU KNOW, WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING.

THEY DON'T SEEM LIKE... WAIT.

HMM, THEY MAY AS WELL
BE IN SEPARATE ROOMS.

MAKING THEM EITHER GREAT
ACTRESSES WHO ARE IN CAHOOTS...

OR... THEY HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.

HOW COULD THESE WOMEN NOT KNOW?

BRENNAN WAS PRETTY
SURE THAT THEY DIDN'T.

AND STILL DON'T APPARENTLY.
BOOTH WANTS TO WAIT TO TELL THEM.

WAIT FOR WHAT? TO
SUMMON THE NERVE? MAYBE.

I JUST WOULDN'T WANT THESE
WOMEN FINDING OUT AT THE FUNERAL.

I'LL TAKE A FRONT
ROW SEAT FOR THAT.

SORRY. DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD?

HAVE YOU FOUND ANYTHING
RESEMBLING A WEAPON IN THE TUB YET?

NOT YET. WHY?

THESE SKULL FRAGMENTS
MAY FEEL LIKE WET CARDBOARD,

BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE
LOOKING AT BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.

I'LL SECOND THAT.
ROUGHLY "V" -SHAPED.

CORNER OF A 2-BY-4 MAYBE?

SPECKS OF BLOOD AT THE POINT OF
IMPACT. COULD'VE BEEN THE LETHAL BLOW.

MAKING HIM DEAD BEFORE HE WAS
DOUSED WITH LYE. OH, HAPPY DAY.

I'VE ISOLATED OUR
CORROSIVE CULPRITS.

SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, CALCIUM
HYPOCHLORITE, AND HYDROCHLORIC ACID.

- AVAILABLE AT YOUR LOCAL MARKET.
- LUCKY THE WHOLE TUB
DIDN'T EXPLODE.

IT PRACTICALLY DID.
ALONG WITH TEETH,

I KEEP FINDING THESE TINY SHARDS
OF COPPER FROM THE FIXTURES.

IS THAT WHAT THIS IS?

NO. THAT WOULD
BE A WEDDING BAND.

BRAIDED GOLD AND PLATINUM.

PRESERVED BY
TRUE LOVE, NO DOUBT.

ONE METAL FOR EACH
DESPERATE HOUSEWIFE. PEOPLE,

CAN WE AT LEAST FAKE
SOME SENSE OF DECORUM?

I CAN'T HELP IT. IT'S
SO JERRY SPRINGER.

FIRST OF ALL, HOW DOES
ANYONE JUGGLE TWO SPOUSES?

I CAN THINK OF WAYS. OF COURSE,
BY JUGGLE, I MEAN QUITE LITERALLY...

I HAVE A SCALPEL.

MAYBE HE DISSOLVED HIMSELF SO
THERE'D BE MORE OF HIM TO GO AROUND.

I'M GOING TO HELL, AREN'T I?

I'LL SAVE YOU A SEAT.

OH, NO. NOT SWEET MR. SEAVER!

IT CAN'T BE HIM. YEAH.

WELL, UM, IS THAT
YOUR BOSS IN THERE?

I MEAN, WHO WOULD DO SOMETHING
LIKE THAT? EVERYBODY LOVES THE MAN.

WELL, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYONE.

HEY, WHAT'S GOIN' ON?

MR. VALERO, YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT.
AGENT BOOTH. WE MET YESTERDAY.

IT WAS MR. SEAVER. THAT'S
WHO WAS IN THE BATHTUB.

WAIT. LARRY? THE ELECTRICIAN?

- YEAH. LARRY THE ELECTRICIAN. NOW...
- SON OF A BITCH!

NOW I'M NEVER
GONNA SEE MY MONEY.

YOU KNOW, I MUST SAY, UH, PETE,

YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON I'VE COME ACROSS
WHO'S EVER HAD A BAD WORD TO SAY ABOUT LARRY.

WELL, THE GUY DOES HAVE A
WAY WITH PEOPLE. OR HE DID.

- I MEAN, I LIKED HIM TOO
BEFORE HE GOT ALL SLIPPERY.
- SLIPPERY?

I FRONTED THE GUY 85 GRAND
TO COVER ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.

LAST WEEK, I GOT THE INSPECTOR WALKING
AROUND, AND SHE CITES ME FOR CHEAP MATERIALS.

SUBSTANDARD CIRCUIT
BREAKERS, INSUFFICIENT G.F.I.'s.

- WHERE'D THE 85 GRAND GO?
- EXACTLY WHAT I ASKED LARRY.

"SHOW ME RECEIPTS,"
I SAID. WHAT DO I GET?

SOB STORIES OF BAD BOOKKEEPING,

HIS SON'S HEALTH,
PROBLEMS WITH THE WIFE.

HIS WIFE?

YEAH. LIKE I DON'T GOT A WIFE
OF MY OWN, RIGHT? [Chuckles]

YOU KNOW, YOU REALIZE, PETE, THAT
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE TELLING ME...

- SOUNDS A LOT LIKE MOTIVE.
- [Scoffs]

GREAT. DO I NEED A LAWYER?

I DON'T KNOW. YOU TELL ME.

ALL RIGHT, LOOK.

I CAN'T SAY THAT I WASN'T ANGRY
ENOUGH TO WANT THE GUY DEAD.

BUT LIKE ALWAYS, I FELL BACK
ON THE OLD BUILDERS' CODE.

- "CAN'T SQUEEZE MONEY
FROM THE DEAD MAN?"
- YOU KNOW IT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, AS CODES GO,
IT'S HARDLY LIMITED TO BUILDERS.

NO, NO, NO. IT'S OUR
CODE. YOU CAN LOOK IT UP.

NO, NO. MAYBE LATER.

HEY, YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO HAVE
ANY OF LARRY'S OLD PAPERWORK ON FILE?

ACCOUNTS? RECEIPTS?
YEAH, YEAH. SURE.

[Chattering]

I THINK I'VE STUMBLED UPON
AN ANOMALY, DR. SAROYAN.

IT LOOKS LIKE A
SPLINTERED ULNA BONE.

- BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S IVORY.
- FROM THE TUSK
OF A SMALL ELEPHANT?

I WAS HOPING YOU'D KNOW. IF YOU
NOTICE THESE INDENTATIONS HERE.

LIKE TEETH MARKS ON A PENCIL.
SEE WHAT ANGELA CAN MAKE OF IT.

AND AFTER THAT, I'LL NEED YOU TO GO BACK TO
THE CRIME SCENE WITH THE PHOTOS I'M TAKING.

SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND WITH THE APPROXIMATE
SHAPE AND DIMENSION OF THIS BLUNT FORCE WOUND.

LIKE A MURDER WEAPON?
IT NEEDN'T LOOK LIKE ONE.

ANYTHING THAT
REPLICATES THIS PATTERN.

I'M GOING ON POLICE
BUSINESS. SO PROUD.

WAIT, DOES HE MEAN
OUT? IN THE WORLD?

WE'LL PIN OUR PHONE NUMBER ON HIS
SHIRT. WHAT'S THAT YOU GOT THERE?

WELL, HAVING FINALLY HIT
THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE TUB,

I FOUND IT PLUGGED WITH A CERAMIC
STOPPER, WHICH I LIFTED AND VOILÀ.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?

BONES... [Laughs] ARE
YOU READY FOR THIS?

DID YOU TELL THE
WIVES YET? NO, NOT YET.

BUT I DID SOME CHECKING INTO
TWO-TIME LARRY'S FINANCES.

UNDER THE LAST NAME SEAVER, HE'S GOT A
HALF-A-MILLION-DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.

ASSIGNING MOTIVE TO GAYLE
SEAVER. UNDER THE LAST NAME TURNER,

HE'S GOT A LIVING WILL LEAVING
EVERYTHING TO LILA AND THEIR DAUGHTER.

GIVING BOTH WOMEN MOTIVE. RIGHT.

WHICH IS JUST A MATTER OF WHICH ONE NEEDED
THE MONEY MORE THAN THEY NEEDED THEIR LARRY.

- I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP.
- WITH WHAT?

A VERY SMALL USED CONDOM?

IT'S THE FINGER
FROM A RUBBER GLOVE.

HODGINS JUST FOUND IT WEDGED
UNDER THE TUB'S DRAIN STOPPER.

OH, IT WAS SPARED THE
CORROSIVE EFFECTS OF THE LYE.

MEANING, WE MAY BE ABLE TO
PULL A FINGERPRINT FROM THE INSIDE.

NO MAYBES ABOUT IT. IF
THERE'S A PRINT, I'LL PULL IT.

- AND WHEN I PULL IT...
- WE'LL HAVE OUR KILLER.

IT'S JUST STANDARD
PROCEDURE, LILA.

JUST PRESS FOUR
FINGERS FIRMLY AND HOLD.

OUR INVESTIGATION TURNED
UP A PRINT AT THE CRIME SCENE.

AND WE JUST NEED YOURS, GAYLE,
TO AVOID ANY POSSIBLE CONFUSION.

THIS ISN'T GONNA
TAKE LONG, IS IT?

OUR TECH HAS THE PRINT YOU
PULLED? RING FINGER, LEFT HAND.

THEN THIS SHOULDN'T TAKE
LONG AT ALL. JUST WAIT HERE.

WAIT. ARE YOU SURE THIS IS
THE BEST TIME TO TELL THEM?

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AFTER TWO
DAYS OF NAGGING ME, YOU'RE JUST...

NOW YOU'RE GETTING COLD
FEET? WHAT? I DO NOT NAG.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL
INEVITABILITY FOR WOMEN TO GOSSIP AND NAG.

CAN I GET ANYONE A SODA?

NO, THANK YOU. ARE YOU
ON MY HUSBAND'S CASE TOO?

NO. I DON'T WORK HERE.

YOU'RE THE LADY FROM
THE WAITING ROOM.

YOU GAVE ME A TISSUE? OH, YEAH.

THAT WAS YOU? YEAH.

- SORRY. I'M A LITTLE OUT OF IT.
- YEAH. I KNOW HOW THAT FEELS.

ACTUALLY, LADIES, LET ME
MAKE SOME INTRODUCTIONS.

UH, GAYLE SEAVER,
LILA TURNER. LILA, GAYLE.

HI. LILA, THAT WAS
VERY SWEET OF YOU. I...

I'D JUST LOST MY
HUSBAND. YOU DID?

SO DID I.

ACTUALLY, THAT'S... WHY
YOU'RE BOTH HERE REALLY.

UM, FOR THE SAME REASON,
FOR THE SAME HUSBAND.

- I'M SORRY?
- YEAH. ME TOO.

WHAT AGENT BOOTH'S TRYING TO
SAY IS THAT YOUR HUSBANDS, LARRY,

ARE THE SAME LARRY.

[Booth] UH, THIS WILL HELP.

A LITTLE SHOW-AND-TELL. UM...

WELL, THIS IS WRONG.

IT'S A JOKE. A SICK JOKE.

- ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT...
- MY LARRY WOULD NEVER...

- YOUR LARRY? THIS IS MY LARRY!
- MY LARRY!

HE'S MY HUSBAND. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT? JUST GO AHEAD AND LIE LIKE THAT?

- BONES?
- OKAY. LET'S SIT! EVERYONE JUST SIT DOWN.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

FINE.

[Phone Rings]

BOOTH. YEAH? YEAH, I'M
MEETING WITH THEM RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT. THE ONE FROM THE
GLOVE. I'M SORRY. I CAN'T IMAGINE...

- WHOSE KID IS THIS?
- WHOSE LITTLE GIRL IS THAT?

ARE YOU SURE? THANKS.

WHAT? UM...

THE PRINT WE FOUND ON THE
RUBBER GLOVE AT THE CRIME SCENE,

IT DOESN'T MATCH EITHER WIFE.

OH, SO IT'S BACK TO SQUARE ONE.

ARE YOU SURE I CAN'T
GET ANYONE A SODA?

HEY. DR. BRENNAN, RIGHT?

REBECCA, HI. IS HE IN THERE?

HE IS. BUT IT'S NOT A GOOD TIME.

NOT THAT MY POWERS OF DISCERNMENT
HAVE EVER BEEN PARTICULARLY SHARP,

VIS-À-VIS GOOD TIMES FROM BAD,

BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, IT'S BAD.

AND I THOUGHT SEELEY WAS
EXAGGERATING ABOUT YOU.

WITH REGARD TO... JUST
TELL HIM TO GIVE ME A CALL.

HEY.

CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING?

- WHY DID YOU SAY NO?
- EXCUSE ME?

WHEN HE ASKED YOU TO MARRY HIM? I
MEAN, HE SEEMS AN IDEAL CANDIDATE.

STRONG, ALPHA MALE,
GOOD PROTECTIVE INSTINCTS.

AND I SHOULD DISCUSS
THIS WITH YOU WHY?

IT'S JUST...

I'M NOT SURE HE KNOWS.
AND... I THINK IT BOTHERS HIM.

I'VE ALWAYS TAKEN
CARE OF MYSELF.

TO A FAULT SOMETIMES.

AND WHEN WE GOT
PREGNANT, SEELEY PROPOSED.

BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE
WOMEN WHO GETS MARRIED OUT OF NEED.

SO I SAID NO.

I CAN SEE THAT. BY THE TIME
THAT I REALIZED I'D MADE A MISTAKE,

THAT I'D STILL BE
THE SAME PERSON...

I THINK THERE'S A
MOMENT FOR TWO PEOPLE.

A SINGLE MOMENT WHERE THEY
CAN EITHER CATCH FIRE OR...

SEELEY AND I, WE
MISSED OUR MOMENT.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND? I'M TRYING.

BUT THE "SINGLE MOMENT"
THESIS DOESN'T EXPLAIN...

WHY WE STILL GET TOGETHER.

FALL TOGETHER REALLY.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE JUST
FEEL WHAT USED TO BE THERE.

AND WE MISS IT.

I THINK BOOTH THINKS
YOU DIDN'T MARRY HIM...

BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T
MAKE A GOOD FATHER.

WHAT? HE WORRIES
ABOUT IT HIMSELF.

WHAT HE DOES FOR A
LIVING. HIS PAST AS A SNIPER.

OH, GOD.

UH, DO ME A FAVOR? DON'T
TELL HIM THAT I CAME BY, OKAY?

PLEASE.

MAN, WHAT I WOULD'VE GIVEN TO HAVE BEEN A
FLY ON THE WALL WHEN YOU TOLD THOSE WIVES.

YOU WOULD'VE BEEN
SWATTED, TRUST ME.

NO MATCH ON THE PRINTS FROM
OUR NATIONWIDE DATABASE EITHER.

AT LEAST WE CAN ASSUME OUR
KILLER WAS A FIRST-TIME OFFENDER.

GREAT. THANKS, BONES.
THAT NARROWS IT DOWN.

SO I HEAR YOU'RE
BACK WITH YOUR EX.

- DON'T LOOK AT ME.
- YOUR SON MUST BE THRILLED.

I KNOW I MAY THUMB MY NOSE AT THE HYPOCRISY
OF MARRIAGE AS A SACRED INSTITUTION.

BUT I THINK A BOY TRULY
BENEFITS... I AM NOT BACK WITH MY EX.

LET ME FINISH. A
BOY TRULY BENEFITS...

FROM KNOWING WHERE HIS
PARENTS STAND, TOGETHER OR NOT.

LIKE I ONCE HAD THIS DANCER DOWN IN
MIAMI WHOSE STAGE NAME WAS ABBEY ROAD.

- ANYWAY, SHE HAD
A KID TOO, RIGHT?
- THAT'LL DO, RINGO.

I THINK I SCORED, DR. BRENNAN.
SOMEBODY JUST KILL ME RIGHT NOW.

DR. SAROYAN SENT ME
BACK TO THE CRIME SCENE.

THAT'S A JUNCTION BOX WITH A
SINGLE BROWN HAIR EMBEDDED.

- THIS IS AT FLOOR LEVEL?
- ACROSS FROM WHERE
THE BATHTUB HAD BEEN.

YOU'LL FIND ITS CONTOURS
MATCH OUR TRAUMA WOUND.

THEN LET'S SEE IF THIS
HAIR IS A MATCH FOR LARRY.

BEFORE YOU GO, ARE WE SURE
THESE COPPER BITS ARE FROM THE TUB?

I ASSUMED THEY'D
COME OFF THE FIXTURES.

YEAH, BUT... BUT THE DRAIN,
THE FAUCET AND THE SPIGOTS,

- THEY'RE ALL PRISTINE
OUTSIDE A SCRATCH OR TWO.
- WAIT. LET ME SEE THAT.

IT'S BIRD SHOT. OR IT WAS.

IT'S COMPRESSED COPPER THAT'S
FRANGIBLE SO IT BREAKS APART ON IMPACT.

- COULD THEY KILL A MAN?
- I THINK OUR VICE PRESIDENT
DISPROVED THAT POSSIBILITY.

LOOK, ANY AMMO AT CLOSE
RANGE WILL DO THE JOB.

BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, A GUNSHOT
WOULD'VE SENT LARRY FLYING,

CAUSING HIS HEAD TO
HIT THIS JUNCTION BOX.

- WHICH GIVEN HIS CONDITION...
- WOULD BE FATAL.

OKAY. WHAT YOU THOUGHT
WERE TEETH MARKS, DR. SAROYAN,

TURNED OUT TO BE CHINESE
CHARACTERS ENGRAVED ALONG THE SIDE.

WHAT DO THEY SAY? THEY SAY,

"WHAT MAKE FOOLISH MAN
THINK I SPEAK CHINESE?"

I THOUGHT YOU WERE HALF CHINESE?

AND I THINK YOU'RE HALF
SWEDISH. LET'S HEAR SOME SWEDISH.

WHAT IS IT, ANGELA, PLEASE?

IT'S A CHOPSTICK. ONLY IT'S
NOT THE KIND YOU EAT WITH.

THERE'S ANOTHER KIND? WELL, YOU WOULDN'T
COMB YOUR HAIR WITH A FORK, WOULD YOU?

MY HAIR? ALL RIGHT, LOOK.

THE ONE CHARACTER THAT I WAS
ABLE TO TRANSLATE OFF THE INTERNET...

IS THE WORD "BEAUTY," AND I
REALIZED IT'S MEANT FOR HAIR.

WHERE YOU TWIST IT IN A BUN AND
STICK THIS THROUGH TO HOLD IT IN PLACE?

BUT IF THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, WE CAN
BE PRETTY SURE IT WASN'T LARRY'S.

THANKS. ROOMMATE SAYS SHE WENT TO GO
MEET SOME FRIENDS AT THE BELTWAY BURGER.

AND YOU THINK IT'S THIS
CHLOE GIRL BECAUSE...

OF THE CHOPSTICKS, RIGHT? AS
SOON AS CAM SAID IT, I KNEW IT.

BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO GO SEE PETE,
SHE HAD CHOPSTICKS IN THE BACK OF HER HAIR.

AND HOW DID HODGINS
FIND OUT? I'M SORRY?

"YEAH, I HEAR YOU'RE BACK
WITH YOUR EX." I DON'T KNOW.

I ASSUME IT WAS CAM. I WAS ONLY TRYING
TO ENGAGE HER IN SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.

EXCUSE ME? JUST
TRYING TO BE NORMAL.

CONGENIAL EXCHANGE
WITH A COWORKER.

AND IF THAT'S WHAT GOSSIP
IS, I DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL.

YEAH, YOU THINK YOU
DON'T LIKE IT? I CAN'T STAND...

THERE IT IS. BELTWAY
BURGER. [Clears Throat]

[Horn Honking] ♪♪ [Rock]

♪♪ [Continues Over Headphones]

HEY, CHLOE. MEETIN'
SOME FRIENDS?

OH, HI! YOU'RE THAT F.B.I. GUY!

YES, I'M THE F.B.I. GUY.

SO YOU WORSHIP AT THE TEMPLE
OF BELTWAY BURGER TOO, HUH?

- YEAH, ON OCCASION.
- YEAH, I MAY BE
90% VEGETARIAN,

BUT THEIR BURGERS... CAN'T
GET ENOUGH OF 'EM LATELY.

- HOW MANY WEEKS ARE YOU?
- EXCUSE ME?

PREGNANT. I COULD
TELL BY YOUR GAIT.

YOUR ILIA... THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED
SHIFTING TO WIDEN THE BIRTH CANAL.

- YOU CAN TELL THAT?
- SO YOU ARE PREGNANT?

FOURTEEN WEEKS.

- BOOTH...
- [Footsteps Approaching]

CHLOE'S FRIENDS. [Chattering]

CHLOE'S FRIENDS. TAKING THE KIDS OUT
FOR A LITTLE LATE NIGHT SNACK, LADIES?

DON'T TELL ME.
LARRY'S THE FATHER.

[Sighs]

THERE'S A PLAYGROUND ABOUT
HALFWAY BETWEEN GAYLE AND ME...

DESIGNED FOR KIDS
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

RUBBER SURFACING,
HIGH-BACK SWINGS.

I TOOK RAY THERE LAST WEEK,
AND LILA WAS THERE WITH JENNY.

THE KIDS STARTED PLAYING.
WE STARTED TALKING.

AND ONE TOPIC LED TO
ANOTHER. AND... SMALL WORLD.

YEAH, TOO SMALL.
WHAT ABOUT CHLOE?

WELL, AFTER WE GOT OVER THE
INITIAL SHOCK, LIKE YESTERDAY BUT REAL,

WE DECIDED TO FOLLOW LARRY
TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING...

STRAIGHT TO A MOTEL
WHERE CHLOE WAS WAITING.

AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH
TO MAKE OUR HEADS EXPLODE,

WE THEN HAD TO FIND OUT
ABOUT CHLOE'S... CONDITION.

AT WHICH POINT, YOU KNEW IT
WAS TIME TO CONFRONT LARRY.

- I HAD NO IDEA THAT
LARRY WAS MARRIED.
- LET ALONE TWICE.

BUT SINCE YOUR PRINTS MATCH
THE ONE LEFT IN THE RUBBER GLOVE,

WE ASSUME IT WASN'T LONG
BEFORE YOU FOUND OUT.

WE CHECKED YOUR PHONE
RECORDS, GAYLE, AND, UH,

YOU DIDN'T LEAVE LARRY ANY
MESSAGES AFTER FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE NIGHT YOU,
LILA, AND CHLOE...

TOLD HIM YOU WERE GOING TO
SEE HIM TOGETHER TO GET ANSWERS.

SO YOU FOUND LARRY AT HIS
JOB. YOU SHOT HIM POINT-BLANK.

AND YOU DRAGGED HIS SORRY
ASS BACK TO THE BATHTUB.

WHERE YOU DOUSED HIM IN SODIUM
HYPOCHLORITE, CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE.

OR AS YOU AND I LIKE TO CALL
'EM, BLEACH AND QUICKIE PLUMBER.

WHICH, AS AN EIGHTH-GRADE TEACHER,
YOU KNEW WOULD DO THE TRICK.

SIMPLE EARTH SCIENCE. LOOK, ALL
THAT'S TRUE. BUT WE DIDN'T KILL HIM.

- REALLY? THEN WHO DID?
- HE KILLED HIMSELF.

- HE KILLED HIMSELF.
- HE KILLED HIMSELF.

LARRY WAS DEAD
WHEN YOU GOT THERE?

- ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR.
- THE GUN WAS STILL
IN HIS MOUTH.

THE COWARD MUST'VE FREAKED AT
THE THOUGHT OF FACING US TOGETHER.

IF WE'D SURPRISED HIM,
MAYBE HE'D STILL BE ALIVE.

BACK UP. YOU'RE SAYING THAT
THE GUN WAS STILL IN HIS MOUTH?

HIS FINGER WAS ON THE
TRIGGER. IT WAS AWFUL.

AND WHERE'S THE GUN NOW?

I BURIED IT IN MY BACKYARD.

THAT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR IT.

UNBELIEVABLE. YEAH,
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'RE
LYING. HOW DO YOU KNOW?

OH, COME ON. THEY'VE
BEEN LYING SINCE DAY ONE.

BETWEEN ALL OF THEM, THEY
SHOULD HAVE A DOZEN OSCARS BY NOW.

I KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE. I
MEAN, COME ON. SUICIDE? MM-MMM.

BIRD SHOT OR NOT, OKAY,
EVERY SELF-INFLICTED I'VE SEEN,

THE GUY SHOOTS HIMSELF,
AND HE DROPS THE GUN.

RIGHT? IT'S AN AUTOMATIC
REACTION. BANG, DROP.

THERE'S NO WAY THE
GUN ENDS UP IN HIS MOUTH.

THEN WE'D BETTER
GO DIG UP THAT GUN.

SEELEY? I'LL GET
THE BALL ROLLING.

WAS THAT DR. BRENNAN? UH-HUH.

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

I NEEDED TO KNOW IF YOU WERE GONNA
COACH PARKER'S T-BALL TEAM THIS YEAR.

YOU KNOW I ALWAYS COACH PARKER'S
T-BALL TEAM. I DIDN'T WANNA ASSUME...

OKAY, WHOA. WHAT IS GOING
ON HERE, REBECCA? OKAY?

BECAUSE, LOOK, I
THOUGHT WE AGREED HERE.

WE CANNOT END UP GROPING
EACH OTHER IN THE F.B.I. CLOSET.

WE CAN'T DO THAT. WE'RE DONE.

I KNOW. REALLY?

SEELEY, ALL THE EXCUSES I GAVE
YOU FOR NOT WANTING TO GET MARRIED,

MY INDEPENDENCE,
YOUR WORK... I KNOW.

NO, YOU DON'T.

YOU ARE A WONDERFUL FATHER.

AND PARKER IS A LUCKY KID.

SUCH A LUCKY KID.

AND OBVIOUSLY, WE STILL
HAVE FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER.

DO YOU STILL WANNA MARRY ME?

REBECCA...

NO, I DON'T.

I DON'T WANNA MARRY YOU EITHER.

HERE ARE THE FORMS FOR T-BALL.

I'LL MISS YOU. YEAH.

AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU TOO.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
GONNA MISS THE MOST?

YEAH. BUT LET'S NOT GO THERE.

OKAY. DNA ON THE BARREL...

CONFIRMS IT WAS IN LARRY'S
MOUTH AT SOME POINT.

YEAH. WELL, I
STILL DON'T BUY IT.

YOU KNOW, THE KICKBACK
ALONE WOULD'VE FORCED IT OUT.

UNLESS HE WAS DEAD
BEFORE THE SHOT.

WELL, YEAH, THAT'S
TRUE. BUT, UH...

- WAIT, WHAT?
- THE INSIDE OF
LARRY'S SKULL IS PITTED,

WHICH I HAD ALWAYS ATTRIBUTED
TO THE EFFECTS OF THE LYE.

BUT EACH TINY HOLE MATCHES
PERFECTLY WITH THE BIRD SHOT,

RIGHT DOWN TO THESE
SPECKS OF COPPER.

ARE YOU SAYING
THAT IT WAS SUICIDE?

I WOULD, EXCEPT THESE
HOLES ARE VOID OF BLOOD,

WHICH WOULD SUGGEST THEY WERE INFLICTED AFTER
BLOOD STOPPED PUMPING TROUGH LARRY'S HEAD.

NO, KEEP TALKING. I'LL CATCH UP.

WELL, UNLIKE THIS BLUNT FORCE
TRAUMA... NO SHORTAGE OF BLOOD HERE.

PROVING HE WAS DEAD
BEFORE HE WAS SHOT.

SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FAKED
HOMICIDE TO COVER UP A FAKED SUICIDE?

A FAKED SUICIDE MEANT TO COVER
UP AN ACTUAL, ORIGINAL MURDER.

NOW, JUST WHEN YOU THINK THINGS
COULDN'T GET ANY MORE TWISTED...

- HOW'S THIS FOR A CURVEBALL?
- IN WALKS CAM.

AFTER RETRIEVING AND REASSEMBLING
EVERY TOOTH FROM THAT TUB,

I NOW DISCOVER I HAD ONE EXTRA.

WELL, THIS IS NOT A
TOOTH. IT'S A CROWN.

EXACTLY. ANY OF YOUR WOMEN
HAPPEN TO BE MISSING ONE?

- NOT THAT I COULD SEE.
- WELL, IT WOULDN'T
BE THEIRS ANYWAY.

IT'S SIZED FOR A
MAN. I KNEW THAT.

A MAN'S TOOTH,
AND IT'S NOT LARRY'S.

IT'S NOT A TOOTH. IT'S A CROWN,

WHEREBY A DENTIST FILES
DOWN AN EXISTING TOOTH...

I KNOW WHAT A CROWN IS, BONES.

EXCEPT PETE CALLED
IT A ROOT CANAL.

PETE.

[Man] YEAH, RIGHT THERE.

WELL, LOOK WHO'S HERE. RETURNING
TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

FUNNY. I WAS GONNA
SAY THAT TO YOU.

OKAY, BOYS, THAT'S
LUNCH. LET'S GO. ALL RIGHT.

WHY? NO, NO. I'M
TALKING ABOUT THAT.

- LOOK AT MY WALL THERE. WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THAT?
- LET'S FIND OUT.

SMILE FOR ME, PETE. WHOA!
BACK OFF! WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?

TEMPORARY CROWN,
MAXILLARY CENTRAL INCISOR.

- TURN AROUND, PETE.
- LIKE I HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA
HOW LARRY GOT IN THAT TUB?

ACTUALLY, ON THAT DETAIL,
WE'RE QUITE SURE YOU DON'T.

MAKING THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE
WHEN YOU SAW IT ALL THE MORE PRICELESS.

THAT'S BECAUSE I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED...

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT I KNOW, PETE. OKAY?

I KNOW LARRY OWED YOU
85 GRAND. SO FRIDAY NIGHT,

YOU COME HERE TO HAVE A
LITTLE TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT.

AND ABOUT THE SAME TIME, HE GETS A
PHONE CALL FROM HIS VERY UNHAPPY WIVES.

- WIVES?
- YEAH. WHICH PUTS LARRY
IN A REALLY BAD PLACE.

SO WHEN YOU ASKED HIM, "HEY,
YOU KNOW, WHERE'S MY MONEY?"

- HE PRETTY MUCH BLOWS YOU OFF.
- LIKE HE HAS MORE IMPORTANT
THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT.

BAD ENOUGH THAT LARRY RIPS YOU OFF,
BUT HE DISRESPECTS YOU ON TOP OF IT?

THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN
THIS LIFETIME. SO IT GOT PHYSICAL.

LARRY KNOCKED YOUR CROWN LOOSE.
AND YOU SHOVED HIM DOWN HERE...

WHERE HE HIT HIS HEAD
ON THE SOCKET CASING.

I... I... I SWEAR HE
DIDN'T LAND HARD.

WITH HIS O.I. CONDITION, IT DIDN'T
MATTER. WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH.

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. I'M SORRY.

SO SORRY YOU HAD TO COVER IT UP?

STICK A CHEAP SHOTGUN IN
HIS MOUTH, PULL THE TRIGGER...

AND MAKE MANSLAUGHTER
LOOK LIKE SUICIDE.

THE GUY HAD RIPPED ME OFF FOR
ENOUGH. I COULDN'T LET HIM RUIN ME TOO.

AND YOU CAN LIVE WITH THAT?

A PERSON CAN LIVE WITH ANYTHING
IF THEY DON'T THINK TOO HARD.

LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN,
PETE. TURN AROUND.

HOW DID HE GET IN THE TUB?
IT'S BEEN DRIVING ME NUTS.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

TRY NOT TO THINK
ABOUT IT. [Booth] COME ON.

THE IRONY IS THAT I CANNOT
THINK OF A SINGLE WOMAN...

WHO WOULD WANT THREE HUSBANDS.

[Hodgins] GOOD THING. A GUY WOULD
NEVER BE STUPID ENOUGH TO LET IT HAPPEN.

EXCUSE ME. THESE
WOMEN WERE NOT STUPID.

AND THAT IS COMPLETELY GROSS.

BUT COMFY.

- WELCOME BACK BY THE WAY.
- WHAT?

WELL, AFTER TWO DAYS OF
INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS,

YOU'RE BACK TO JUDGING
ME FOR GROSS BEHAVIOR.

WHEN AM I EVER
APPROPRIATE? GOOD POINT.

MAYBE IT WAS JUST THE
JUDGING ME I MISSED.

AH, THE WOMAN I KNOW AND LOVE...

IN A PURELY NONROMANTIC,
HAPPY-TO-BE-JUDGED WAY.

WELL...

ANYWAY. THESE WOMEN.

RIGHT. NOT STUPID.

AND FRANKLY, THAT THEY
ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO BE DUPED...

IS A SAD STATEMENT ON HOW
LEAN THE MARKET IS OUT THERE.

I RESENT THAT. I'M OUT THERE.

YOU CERTAINLY ARE.

WELL, HOW NOT STUPID COULD
THESE WOMEN HAVE BEEN...

TO THINK THAT THEY COULD GET
AWAY WITH FAKING A MURDER?

OR HOW COMPASSIONATE WERE THEY TO RECOGNIZE
THAT THEY WERE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT.

SO WHY LET LARRY TAKE HIS
INSURANCE MONEY WITH HIM?

YEAH. A LOT A GOOD
IT'LL DO 'EM IN JAIL.

SO YOU NEVER SAID HOW
IT ENDED UP WITH REBECCA.

WELL, YEAH, IT ENDED. THE ONLY TIME
WE'LL EVER SPEND TOGETHER IS WITH PARKER.

- YOU SURE THAT'S
WHAT YOU WANT?
- YOU KNOW WHAT, BONES?

IT MIGHT BE ALL
ANTHROPOLOGY TO YOU,

BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE
THAT YOU JUST CAN'T SLEEP WITH.

I MEAN, YOU CAN PRETEND
THAT IT'S JUST SEX.

YOU CAN LIE TO YOURSELF, AND
YOU CAN SAY THAT IT'S ALL GOOD.

BUT, UM, THERE'S JUST...
THERE'S TOO MANY STRINGS AND...

AND TOO MUCH AT STAKE, YOU KNOW?

TOO MUCH TOO LOSE.

YEAH. I CAN SEE THAT.

IT'S OVER, YOU KNOW?

I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW,
YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT.

I WILL. AND IF YOU SHOULD SLIP,

I WILL... KEEP MY
MOUTH SHUT ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. BUT, I MEAN,
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M GONNA...

NO, I MEAN WITH ANYBODY.

I'M SURE REBECCA'S NOT YOUR ONLY
OPTION FOR SATISFYING BIOLOGICAL URGES.

PLEASE TELL ME THESE
WOMEN ARE NOT GOING TO JAIL.

TRYING TO BILK THE INSURANCE SYSTEM, THEY'LL
GET NOTHING LESS THAN A FIRING SQUAD.

NOT IF THEY NEVER FILED A CLAIM.
BECAUSE OUR FRIENDS HERE CAUGHT THEM.

WELL, YOU'RE BOTH KINDA RIGHT. GIVEN
THEIR KIDS AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

THE D.A. IS GONNA OFFER
PROBATION PROVIDED THAT...

ALL THREE WOMEN SHOW REMORSE
AND ATTEND MANDATORY COUNSELING.

IN EXCHANGE FOR
MOVIE RIGHTS I HOPE.

YOU KNOW THEY'RE GONNA
GET CALLS. I HOPE SO.

HEY, NICE GOING BY THE WAY.

- CAM TELLS ME
YOU'RE BACK WITH YOUR EX.
- CAM?

MMM.

CAM IN HER OFFICE?

[Inhales] I SAID
SOMETHING WRONG.

OOH, WOULD IT BE
GOSSIP IF I TOLD YOU?

I HOPE SO.

- ♪♪ [Blues]
- [Giggling, Laughing]

WOW. THAT WAS, UH...

THAT WAS...

WICKED? YEAH.

AND A HUGE MISTAKE. NOT
IF WE DON'T DO IT AGAIN.

DEAL. DEAL.

NOT AFTER TONIGHT I MEAN.

NEVER AGAIN. NO.

♪♪ [Continues]

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?