Bones (2005–2017): Season 2, Episode 8 - The Woman in the Sand - full transcript

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[Brennan] SO WHO DO
THEY THINK THE BODY IS?

[Booth] A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR
WHO DISAPPEARED FIVE YEARS AGO,

THE DAY BEFORE HE WAS
STARTING A MOB TRIAL.

FIVE YEARS? SO THERE'S
NOT MUCH LEFT OF HIM. YEP.

THAT'S WHY THEY FLEW
YOU TO SIN CITY, BONES.

THEY CALL THIS
AMERICA'S PLAYGROUND?

WE'RE 15 MILES
OUTSIDE VEGAS, BONES.

THIS IS AMERICA'S FRYING PAN.

NO KIDDING. A PERSON CAN MELT BEFORE
FINDING A BODY ANYWHERE NEAR HERE.



ONCE THE MOB MAKES A
FEDERAL PROSECUTOR DISAPPEAR,

THEY KINDA WANT
HIM STAYING THAT WAY.

AGENT BOOTH. AGENT ZHANG.

DR. BRENNAN, THANKS FOR COMING.

MAY 20, 2001. MASON ROBERTS WAS SUPPOSED
TO DELIVER A KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT U.N.L.V.

BUT HE NEVER SHOWED. FOUND HIS CAR THREE
BLOCKS FROM HIS OFFICE, ENGINE STILL RUNNING.

- RIGHT THIS WAY.
- WHAT? NO LEADS UNTIL NOW?

LEADS DON'T MEAN
MUCH WITHOUT A BODY.

THEN YESTERDAY WE GET THIS TIP FROM THIS
CALL GIRL WORKING AT THE TANGIERS HOTEL.

OH, SO I DRAGGED OUT ONE OF THE TOP FORENSIC
ANTHROPOLOGISTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HUH,

ON THE WORD OF A PROSTITUTE?

BUT WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES HER
PROFESSION MAKE? I'M BACKING YOU UP.

YOU WERE JUDGING.
I WASN'T JUDGING.

YEAH. YOUR VOICE WAS
JUDGING. I HAD YOUR BACK.



ANYWAY, THE BODY'S RIGHT WHERE
SHE SAID IT'D BE... MILE MARKER 15.

[Brennan] CONFIRM
VICTIM IS MALE, LATE 30s.

NO CLOTHING, NO
PERSONAL ARTIFACTS.

HEY, THIS INFORMANT OF YOURS,
ANY CHANCE I CAN TALK TO HER?

AS LONG AS YOU DON'T EXPECT HER TO
TALK BACK. SHE DIED THIS MORNING. CANCER.

IT WAS A DEATHBED CONFESSION.
SHE WAS STILL SCARED AS HELL.

MULTIPLE FRACTURES TO THE
SKULL AND UPPER EXTREMITIES...

CAUSED BY SOMETHING
CYLINDRICAL, LIKE A PIPE OR A BAT.

STRAIGHT OUT OF
CAPONE'S PLAYBOOK.

I'LL KNOW MORE ONCE I COMPARE
DENTAL RECORDS, BUT... [Bird Squawking]

WHAT, BONES?

IT'S A VULTURE. DEAD BODY
HERE. KINDA HOW IT WORKS.

THEY DON'T CIRCLE SKELETAL
REMAINS. GET MY BAG.

OH, RIGHT. IT'S THE SUN-BAKED,
ROTTING CORPSES THEY'RE INTO.

[Brennan] IT'S A
FEMALE, MID-20s.

SIMILAR INJURIES
TO THE MALE VICTIM,

BUT THIS IS A FRESH
KILL... A WEEK TO 10 DAYS.

POPULAR DUMPING
GROUND FOR THESE GUYS.

YOU DON'T MEAN THE SAME
GUYS FIVE YEARS LATER?

WELL, IF THEY'RE NOT CONNECTED,
IT'D BE ONE HELL OF A COINCIDENCE.

I'D HAVE TO COMPARE
THEM SIDE BY SIDE,

BUT, FROM WHAT I SEE HERE, WHOEVER
BURIED THAT VICTIM BURIED THIS ONE TOO.

- SO, TWO DEAD
FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.
- VIVA LAS VEGAS.

[Chattering] [Police
Radio Chatter]

YEP. DENTAL RECORDS CONFIRM.

THE MALE VICTIM IS MASON
ROBERTS, BLUDGEONED TO DEATH.

PRESUMABLY WITH A BASEBALL BAT.

THIS GUY HERE LOOKS
LIKE A LONG-BALL HITTER.

THAT'S SWEET PETE ARNO. HE'S
THE GAMING EXEC AT THE TANGIERS.

HE AND THE OTHER TWO THERE, THEY WERE ON ROBERTS'S
IMMEDIATE TO-DO LIST WHEN HE DISAPPEARED.

ANY SPECS ON THE
FEMALE VICTIM YET?

MMM, ONLY PRELIMINARY.

BLOWS TO THE CRANIUM,
TORSO, AND UPPER EXTREMITIES.

ALL SIMILAR INJURIES TO ROBERTS.

BUT THE LIKELY RESULT OF
DOMESTIC ABUSE. LIKELY RESULT?

THERE'S NOTHING
DOMESTIC ABOUT A MOB HIT.

BUT THE SHAPE OF HER INJURIES,

THE PATTERN OF HEALING
AND RE-BREAKING...

THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF ASSAULT HERE,
BOOTH, AND NOT FROM ANY BASEBALL BAT.

PLUS, I FOUND THIS
EMBEDDED IN HER SKULL.

IS THAT A HEARING AID? THEY'RE
COMMON WITH ABUSE VICTIMS.

REPEATED BLOWS TO THE HEAD CAN
DAMAGE THE BONES OF THE INNER EAR.

SORRY TO BUTT IN, BRENNAN, BUT I
GOT A NAME OFF THE SERIAL NUMBER.

HEARING AID IS REGISTERED TO A WILHELMINA
MORGAN OF MOUNT CHARLESTON, NEVADA.

OH, THAT'S NOT
TOO FAR FROM HERE.

SHE GOES BY THE NAME BILLIE.
LISTED HERE AS BILLIE MORGAN, 26.

REPORTED MISSING TWO WEEKS
AGO BY HER HUSBAND, DONALD.

HER ABUSIVE HUSBAND
COVERING HIS TRACKS? POSSIBLE.

OKAY, HE MIGHT KNOW HOW HIS
WIFE AND ROBERTS ENDED UP HERE.

- HE MAY EVEN KNOW
YOUR FRIENDS HERE.
- YOU GET ON THAT.

- I'LL FLY THESE REMAINS
BACK TO THE JEFFERSONIAN.
- WHOA.

YOU CAN'T LEAVE. I CAN'T?

NO. WE CAME FOR ONE BODY, AND SUDDENLY
THERE'S TWO. WHAT IF THERE'S MORE?

JUST SHIP BOTH SETS OF REMAINS HERE,
ALONG WITH BUGS, DIRT... THE WORKS.

IF THERE'S A FORENSIC LINK TO
THESE MURDERS, WE'LL FIND IT.

- AS LONG AS YOU KEEP ME
IN THE LOOP.
- AS IF WE COULD KEEP YOU OUT.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THE DEAL.

BOX THEM UP, AND WE GO
BREAK THE NEWS TO BIG DON.

AND HERE I THOUGHT SHE LEFT ME.

WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT, DON? I
GOT LAID OFF A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

POOR BILLIE. SHE HATED SEEING ME SITTING
AROUND THE HOUSE ALL DAY, DEPRESSED.

DRINKING? PUNCHING WALLS?

NO. I JUST... I FELL
OFF A LADDER.

BREAKING A FALL LIKE THAT
WOULD FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS,

NOT PROXIMAL PHALANGES.

SO I GOT A POLICE REPORT THAT SAYS
THAT YOUR NEIGHBORS HEARD YOU...

SCREAMING AT YOUR
WIFE THREE WEEKS AGO.

SCREAMING? NO. JUST ARGUING.

BILLIE WANTED TO HELP OUT. SHE THOUGHT
SHE COULD BRING IN SOME MONEY DANCING.

YOU KNOW, THE EXOTIC KIND?

- I KIND OF FLIPPED OUT.
- AND BROKE YOUR THUMB
AGAINST YOUR WIFE'S FACE?

NO! LOOK, I COULD
NEVER HURT BILLIE, OKAY?

THEN HOW'D SHE LOSE HER HEARING?

I DON'T KNOW! SHE WAS A KID PLAYING SPORTS.
ONE TOO MANY SOCCER BALLS TO THE HEAD.

OH, PLEASE. LISTEN, DON,
YOU'RE MY NUMBER ONE SUSPECT.

SO IT WOULD BE WISE IF
YOU WERE STRAIGHT WITH US.

IMPLANTS.

BREAST IMPLANTS?

SHE THOUGHT THEY'D HELP HER
CHANCES OF LANDING A JOB AS A DANCER.

AS MUCH AS I HATED THE IDEA, I
BORROWED EIGHT GRAND FROM A LOAN SHARK.

GAVE THE MONEY TO BILLIE.

THAT'S THE LAST
TIME I EVER SAW HER.

SO THAT'S HOW YOU
BROKE YOUR THUMB. HUH?

THE LOAN SHARK COMES TO COLLECT HIS
EIGHT GRAND. DON HERE, HE CAN'T PAY HIM.

SO... YEAH. NOW I OWE HIM 10.

I NEED THE LOAN SHARK'S
NAME. JUST GIVE ME A NAME.

MACKEY. YEAH, THAT'S
RIGHT. LEWIS MACKEY.

YEAH. SEND HIS INFORMATION TO MY
CELL PHONE AS SOON AS YOU CAN. THANKS.

WE HAD THE SHARK IN OUR SYSTEM.
PROVING AT LEAST THAT HE EXISTS.

YOU KNOW, DON'S STORY MIGHT
SEEM A LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW, HINKY.

BUT JUST KEEP AN OPEN MIND. TO WHAT?
ALL THOSE SOCCER BALLS TO THE HEAD?

I'M JUST NOT SOLD ON THE WHOLE DOMESTIC
ABUSE THING. A SCRAWNY GUY LIKE THAT?

RAGE HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH SIZE. I KNOW THAT, BONES.

YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT.

IT'S JUST, I LOOKED INTO THE GUY'S
EYES, AND I... I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT.

WHAT ABOUT THE BREAST IMPLANTS?

IF SHE'D GOTTEN THEM, THEY
WOULD'VE BEEN PART OF HER REMAINS.

YEAH. WELL, THEN THE MONEY
HAD TO BE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

AND HOPEFULLY, THIS GUY WILL
BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT IT WAS.

[Bells Ringing]

[Woman Screaming] YEAH! HEY.

[Man] PLACE YOUR BETS.

- THERE'S OUR LOAN SHARK. LET'S GO.
- JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT HERE.

- [Man] WE'VE GOT A WINNER!
- COLOR OUT.

OH, MY GOD. I COMPLETELY FORGOT.

YOU CAN'T BE HERE, BOOTH. YOU'RE A
DEGENERATE GAMBLER. FORMER GAMBLER, OKAY?

NOT DEGENERATE. I'VE BEEN THROUGH
THE PROGRAM. AND HE'S ON THE MOVE.

WELL, WHAT IF YOU GET A SUDDEN
URGE TO GAMBLE WHILE YOU'RE HERE?

- IT'S LIKE SENDING AN ALCOHOLIC
TO A DISTILLERY.
- [Coins Clattering]

DO YOU NEED TO SIT
DOWN? NO, I'M FINE.

IT'S JUST THE SOUND OF
THE WINNING. IT'LL PASS.

WHAT? THE SOUND OR THE WINNING?

JUST KINDA REMINDS
ME OF THE FIRST TIME.

I WALKED INTO THE DESERT INN WITH 35 BUCKS IN
MY POCKET AND WALKED OUT WITH A COOL 10 GRAND.

NEXT NIGHT, I LOST EVERYTHING.

TAPPED OUT MY A.T.M.
TRYING TO GET IT BACK.

- WHAT'S THAT GAME CALLED AGAIN?
- CRAPS.

WHAT'S THE MATTER NOW? NO,
IT'S THE GAME. IT'S CALLED CRAPS.

THIS USED TO BE MY GAME, BONES. ROLL
DEM BONES. CHUCK THE DICE, YOU KNOW?

- SEVEN-11!
- THAT'S CRAPS.

[Players Groaning]

AND HE'S GOING FOR THE BAR. YOU STAY
HERE. I KNOW HOW TO TALK TO THESE GUYS.

TALK? YOU CAN BARELY BREATHE.
I'M FINE. JUST TRUST ME, ALL RIGHT?

WAIT HERE. AND DO WHAT, EXACTLY?

YOU'RE AN ANTHROPOLOGIST.
OBSERVE THE CULTURE.

[Man] FIVE DOLLARS, YO.

[Woman] COME ON!
BOXCARS! [Shouting, Cheering]

[Croupier] WINNER,
SEVEN! WINNER, SEVEN!

HIT ME.

LOU MACKEY. DON'T
I OWE YOU MONEY?

I'M AFRAID YOU HAVE ME
CONFUSED WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

I DON'T THINK I DO.

MY BUDDY, DON MORGAN,
HE INTRODUCED US...

30, SCRAWNY GUY, BROKEN THUMB.

DO I NEED TO CALL SECURITY?

YEAH. YOU KNOW,
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

THEN MAYBE YOU CAN TELL ALL OF US WHAT YOU
DID TO DON AND HOW HIS WIFE ENDED UP DEAD.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT ANY WIFE. COME ON, LOU.

DON'T MAKE ME WORK SO HARD HERE.

LOOK, THE GUY OWED ME
MONEY. HE NEGLECTED TO PAY.

THEN HE FELL OFF OF A
LADDER. IT'S INSTANT KARMA.

INSTANT KARMA. THAT'S GONNA
GET YOU EVERY TIME, ISN'T IT?

WHAT ABOUT, UH, BILLIE MORGAN?

SHE HAVE INSTANT KARMA, TOO?

SHE'S ATTRACTIVE. I DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW HE WAS MARRIED.

HOW ABOUT THE NAME MASON
ROBERTS? I'M SURE THAT RINGS A BELL.

WHISPERS ON THE STRIP IS THAT YOU
FINALLY FOUND HIM. CONGRATULATIONS.

NOW LEAVE ME ALONE.

IF YOU KNOW MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING, I'M GONNA FIND OUT EVENTUALLY.

DO I LOOK WORRIED? [Chuckles]

I'M A BUSINESSMAN. WHAT
ARE YOU HARASSING ME FOR?

AH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING
I HAVE ABOUT BULLIES.

THANKS FOR THE DRINK.

NINETEEN'S A WINNER. YES! YES.

- UH, HEY, BONES.
- BOOTH! HAVE YOU EVER
PLAYED THIS GAME BEFORE?

IT'S BASIC MATH. YOU JUST COUNT THE CARDS,
AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT THE DEALER HAS LEFT.

- YEAH. IXNAY.
- THE MOST COMMON CARD IS A 10
BECAUSE OF THE FACE CARDS.

SO IF YOU JUST ALWAYS ASSUME
THAT THE DOWN CARD'S A 10...

- I'M AFRAID
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO...
- WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO LEAVE.

I WAS JUST GETTING
GOOD. GOOD AT CHEATING.

THAT'S WHAT COUNTING CARDS IS.
IT'S NOT CHEATING. IT'S STRATEGY.

- NOT TO THEM IT'S NOT.
- WELL, WHAT IS THE FUN IN THAT?

THE ODDS ARE COMPLETELY SKEWED IN THE
DEALER'S FAVOR. NOW DO YOU SEE THE ATTRACTION?

NOW, THE MAN ON MY RIGHT, HE'S GOING
TO WIN IF HE DOESN'T HIT ON AN EIGHT.

AEGIALIA CONCINNA.

GESUNDHEIT. ALSO
KNOWN AS SCARAB BEETLES.

THEY CAME FROM THE SOIL
AROUND BILLIE MORGAN.

THESE ADULTS FEED ON PUTREFIED
ORGANIC MATTER, OR IN THIS CASE, BILLIE.

AS A RESULT, THEY SUFFERED UNUSUALLY SHORT
LIFE SPANS. FROM INGESTING BILLIE'S FLESH?

MORE LIKELY, THE POWERFUL
GLUCOCORTICOID IN HER SYSTEM.

I HAVE YET TO ISOLATE
WHICH ONE SPECIFICALLY.

BE SURE TO NOTIFY
DR. BRENNAN WHEN YOU DO.

ANY SPECIFICS ON THE BAT USED TO
KILL ROBERTS YET, ZACK? HERE'S A REPLICA.

CINCINNATI SLUGGER WITH A THREE-INCH
DIAMETER WEIGHING ABOUT 27 OUNCES.

YOU'D THINK THE MOB WOULD COME UP
WITH LESS CLICHÉD WAYS TO WHACK PEOPLE.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

STAINING IN ROBERTS'S CRANIUM
INDICATES SEEPAGE TO THE CERVICAL SPINE.

SO SOMEHOW, BLOOD FROM
HIS HEAD GOT DOWN TO HIS NECK.

VERTEBRAE C-7.

- ARE THOSE CUT MARKS?
- SO HIS THROAT WAS CUT TOO.

PER MY SCARAB BEETLES, DID YOU FIND A
SPECIFIC CAUSE OF DEATH ON BILLIE MORGAN YET?

SHE DISPLAYS A HEMOTHORAX
ON HER LEFT LUNG.

CAUSED BY A
LEFT-SIDED RIB FRACTURE.

A BROKEN RIB PUNCTURES A LUNG
CAUSING MASSIVE INTERNAL BLEEDING.

AND BETWEEN HER PRE-EXISTING
INJURIES AND THE NEW ONES,

THE POOR GIRL NEVER
HAD A CHANCE TO HEAL.

OH, WON'T DR. BRENNAN
LOVE TO HEAR THAT.

[Brennan] TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
STRESS MARKERS TO HER STERNUM, ZACK.

THEY STRIKE YOU AS UNUSUAL?

WELL, THEY DO SEEM MORE THE RESULT OF
REPETITIVE MEDIUM-IMPACT MANUAL BLOWS...

THAN THE SINGLE HIGH
IMPACT FROM A BAT.

THIS HUSBAND COULD
REALLY DISH IT OUT.

MAYBE SHE DISHED IT BACK. THESE
HAIRLINE FRACTURES ON HER KNUCKLES...

DEFENSIVE WOUNDS. WAIT
A MINUTE. LET ME ZOOM IN.

REPETITIVE MANUAL BLOWS,
FRACTURED KNUCKLES,

THE GLUCOCORTICOID THAT
KILLED YOUR BUGS, HODGINS...

COULD IT HAVE BEEN SIMPLE CORTISONE TO TREAT
AN INJURY? YEAH. IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.

WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING, DR. BRENNAN?

- I'M THINKING BILLIE MORGAN
COULD'VE BEEN A BOXER.
- LIKE A REAL BOXER IN A RING?

BUT WOULDN'T BOXING GLOVES
PREVENT INJURIES LIKE THESE?

UNLESS SHE WASN'T
WEARING GLOVES.

WELL, WHAT BOXER DOES
THAT? ULTIMATE FIGHTERS.

ULTIMATE FIGHTERS!

[Chuckles] YOU'RE INTO THAT
CRAP TOO, HUH, HODGINS?

DUDE, IT'S BARBARIC. WHEN IT SHOWS
UP ON CABLE, I CAN'T TURN IT OFF.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY LEGAL?
COMPLETELY SANCTIONED.

THEY DO WEAR SOME
PROTECTIVE GEAR,

WHICH WOULD FLY IN THE
FACE OF OUR GIRL'S INJURIES.

UNLESS IT WAS UNDERGROUND.
UNDERGROUND WHERE?

COME ON. HAVEN'T YOU
GUYS EVER SEEN FIGHT CLUB?

ILLEGAL, NO-HOLDS-BARRED SLUGFESTS.
MODERN DAY PANEM ET CIRCENSES.

BUT GENERALLY
THERE'S NO FREE BREAD.

- WHAT?
- SO DON MORGAN
DIDN'T BEAT HIS WIFE.

HATE TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO.

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US, DON?

BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW. ALL
RIGHT? SHE NEVER TOLD ME.

- YOUR OWN WIFE DIDN'T TELL YOU
THAT SHE WAS FIGHTING?
- BECAUSE I'D NEVER LET HER.

BILLIE HADN'T BOXED IN A YEAR.

COMMISSION TOOK HER LICENSE AWAY
WHEN THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT HER HEARING.

IT ABOUT BROKE HER
HEART, BUT SHE WAS DONE.

APPARENTLY NOT. YOU
KNOW WHAT I THINK?

I THINK SOMEBODY OFFERED BILLIE AN ILLEGAL
FIGHT AND YOU JUMPED AT THE CHANCE FOR A PAYDAY.

- ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
- YOU BORROWED MONEY FROM MACKEY
AND YOU PUT IT ALL ON BILLIE.

AND SHE ENDED UP
PAYING THE PRICE.

- NO! THAT'S NOT TRUE!
- WHO ARE YOU PROTECTING, DON?

NOBODY! LOOK, I
SWEAR I DIDN'T KNOW.

DON, WE CAN PROTECT
YOU IF YOU LET US.

IF I KNEW WHO KILLED BILLIE,
I'D TELL YA. BELIEVE ME. PLEASE.

WHY WOULD ANYONE FIGHT ILLEGALLY IN
THE FIRST PLACE? THERE'S LIMITED OPTIONS.

NOT EVERYBODY CAN
BE OSCAR DE LA HOYA.

WHO?

INJURIES, CRIMINAL PAST, FAILED DRUG
TESTS... LEAVES THEM WITH NO OTHER SKILLS.

SO THEY TAKE ON A FIGHT WHEREVER
THEY CAN FIND ONE. EVEN IF IT KILLS THEM?

MMM. [Phone Rings, Beeps]

BRENNAN.

I FOUND SOMETHING IN THE
PARTICULATES FROM BILLIE'S SHOES.

TRACES OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM.

IT'S A CHEMICAL USED IN HIGH-END
AUTOMOTIVE SHOPS SPECIALIZING IN CHROMING.

MECHANICS WHO USE THEM HAVE
TO FILE REPORTS WITH THE E.P.A.

OW! WHAT?

[Brennan] HEY! NO GAMBLING!
AM I INTERRUPTING SOMETHING?

[Booth] IT'S JUST
KENO, ALL RIGHT?

I'M SORRY IF HODGINS LOST
ME AT HEXAVALIUM CHROMO...

HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM.
AND WE NEED TO FIND SOME.

HOW CAN WE CONTACT THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY?

YEAH, I'M ON IT.

WHEW. THIS WAS AN AUTO SHOP?

YEAH. E.P.A., THEY SHUT IT DOWN MONTHS
AGO FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIAL.

IT WAS THE ONLY SHOP AUTHORIZED
TO USE THAT CHROMIUM STUFF.

SEE IT ANYWHERE?

COULD BE ABSORBED INTO THE
DUST PARTICLES ON THE FLOOR.

ALONG WITH FLASH PAPER.

WHAT'S THAT? BETTING SLIPS.

BURN FAST IN CASE
THERE'S A RAID.

LOOK AT THIS.

[Booth] THEY PAINTED
A RING FOR THE FIGHTS.

- SO THIS WAS THE FIGHT CLUB.
- IF THERE'S BLOOD,
I'D SAY IT IS.

WHERE'S YOUR, UH, LIGHT THINGIE?

BLOOD.

THE WHOLE PLACE
IS COVERED IN BLOOD.

OF THE 30 BLOOD SAMPLES
FOUND IN THE BODY SHOP,

SIX WERE A-POSITIVE,
SAME AS BILLIE MORGAN.

I'M STILL WAITING ON DNA.

THIRTY FIGHTERS TRANSLATES TO FIVE TWO-PERSON
FIGHTS PER HOUR OVER A THREE-HOUR PERIOD.

OR THREE FIGHTS OVER FIVE
HOURS, SIX FIGHTS OVER...

WE GET THE IDEA,
ZACK. LOTS OF FIGHTS.

I RAN THERMAL IMAGING ON BILLIE'S REMAINING
SOFT TISSUE TO RECONSTRUCT HER INJURIES.

THIS IS WHAT SHE MIGHT'VE
LOOKED LIKE AFTER THE FIGHT.

AH, THE SWEET SCIENCE.

JUST WHEN I GET TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN ALMOST
STOMACH SEEING MAGGOTS EATING INTESTINES, THIS.

HOW COULD ANYBODY
DO THIS TO THEMSELVES?

IN 900 B.C., THE GREEK RULER
THESEUS ENTERTAINED HIMSELF...

WATCHING TWO MEN IN CHAIRS
BEAT EACH OTHER TO DEATH.

JUST SAYING, IT'S NOTHING NEW.

I CAN WORK UP FORCE AND
VELOCITY READINGS FOR EACH BLOW.

ZACK CAN HELP ME I.D. HER OPPONENT FROM THE
CIRCUMFERENCE AND DIAMETER OF THE FISTS.

I'D RATHER ZACK FOCUS ON OUR
SECOND WEAPON FOR ROBERTS.

NONE OF THESE BLADES
ARE NARROW ENOUGH.

- IT'S AS IF HIS VERTEBRAE
WAS CUT WITH A RAZOR BLADE.
- [Hodgins] OR A RAZOR WIRE.

LUCA BRASI.

THE GODFATHER?

PLEASE, SOMEONE
BUY A DVD PLAYER.

- YOU MEAN A GARROTE?
- YES. A GARROTE PULLED
SO TIGHTLY AROUND LUCA'S...

- OR RATHER ROBERTS'S NECK...
- IT SLICED THROUGH HIS THROAT
AND SEVERED HIS CAROTID ARTERY.

OKAY, THE WHOLE "MAGGOTS
EATING INTESTINES" THING...

IS NOT NEARLY AS
GROSS TO ME NOW.

YEAH, YEAH, OKAY. THANKS A LOT.

AGENT ZHANG SAID HE FOUND
THE OWNER OF THE OLD BODY SHOP.

HE SAID SOME GUY PAID HIM $3,000 CASH
JUST TO USE THE PLACE FOR ONE NIGHT.

NO NAMES, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

SEEMS LIKE A THEME IN
THIS TOWN. [Chuckles] YEAH.

WHY IS HE HITTING ON A 16? I MEAN,
LOOK AT HIM. HE'S COMPLETELY DISTRACTED.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? ACTUALLY,
BONES, YOU CAN. IF THE FACE CARD IS SHOW...

ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T WANT TO
HEAR IT. THERE HE IS.

LOOK AT THIS. IT'S MY BUDDY, LOU
MACKEY. GREAT. WE'RE FRIENDS NOW.

I NEED YOU TO TELL ME WHERE A
FIGHT FAN CAN GET A LITTLE, UH...

- SEELEY?
- FRANKIE?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING
BACK IN VEGAS, HUH?

- MAN'S GOT A LOT OF FRIENDS.
- SO IT WOULD SEEM.

- I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU
LATER, FRANKIE.
- HEY, LOU.

- SEE YOU, FRIEND.
- IS HE A PROBLEM?

NO, NO. THAT'S ALL
GOOD. HEY, LOOK AT YOU.

YEAH. FRANKIE DANIELS.

HEY, TEMPERANCE
BRENNAN, FRANK DANIELS.

- WE SERVED IN THE GULF TOGETHER.
- THAT'S RIGHT. HIT THE STRIP
THE MINUTE WE GOT BACK.

- AND YOU NEVER LEFT?
- I BOUNCE AROUND.

YOU KNOW, HERE, CHICAGO, L.A. YOU KNOW
ME, HUH, SEEL. ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS.

GOOD OL' FRANKIE
BOY, HUH? HOW'S KAREN?

NO, NO. THAT'S OVER. YOU KNOW? SHE
RAN OFF WITH SOME LOSER STOCKBROKER.

- YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AS WELL. I DON'T NEED THAT.
- FRANKIE, YOU ALL RIGHT?

DON'T START WITH THAT, HUH? IT'S BEEN
TOO MANY YEARS. I'M GETTING BY, ALL RIGHT?

- YEAH. GUYS LIKE LOU MACKEY?
- YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW, MINOR... MINOR OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD.

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED
MEDICATION? OH, BONES!

AN ANTIDEPRESSANT MIGHT
RAISE YOUR NOREPINEPHRINE LEVEL.

IT COULD HELP CONTROL
THE IMPULSIVITY.

- WHAT ARE YOU,
A DRUG REP NOW OR SOMETHING?
- EXCUSE US, BONES, OKAY?

WONDERING IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT THESE UNDERGROUND FIGHT CLUBS.

YEAH. ACTUALLY, I DO KNOW
ONE. BARE KNUCKLES. NO RULES.

ALL RIGHT, I NEED TO KNOW WHERE.

IT MOVES AROUND. THIS GUY,
JOE NOLAN, HE SELLS 800 NUMBERS.

YOU CALL, YOU FIND OUT THE TIME, THE PLACE,
CODE TO GET IN. THE OLD BOXER JOE NOLAN?

THE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMP IN '92.
HE OWNS A GYM HERE ON FEDERAL.

THANKS, MAN. HEY, UH...

THINK YOU COULD SPOT ME A COUPLE OF
BUCKS? FORGOT MY WALLET AT THE HOUSE.

YEAH. JUST SOMETHING,
YOU KNOW? I'LL GET YOU BACK.

YEAH.

FRANKIE'S A BETTER
GUY THAN HE SEEMS.

AND YET HE KNOWS THIS NOLAN GUY.

ANYBODY WHO KNOWS THE
FIGHT GAME KNOWS JOE NOLAN.

THE GUY HE WAS, YOU KNOW,
SET TO BE THE NEXT SUGAR RAY...

UNTIL HE WAS ACCUSED OF
THROWING A COUPLE FIGHTS.

WHAT? YOU MEAN LOSING ON
PURPOSE? WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THAT?

I SHOULD TALK TO JOE ALONE. WHAT'S WITH
THIS SUDDEN IMPULSE TO LEAVE ME BEHIND?

I'LL TELL YOU, BONES, THE USUAL
RULES, THEY DON'T APPLY HERE.

THE DEEPER WE GET, I DON'T WANT
ANYONE KNOWING THAT WE'RE F.B.I.

WELL, THAT'S EASY FOR
ME. I'M NOT. OKAY, FINE.

♪♪ [R & B]

[Grunts]

♪♪ [Ends]

WHAT DO YOU THINK? I HAVE
ENOUGH BIBLES, THANK YOU.

- BUT TRY NEXT DOOR.
- YOU SAID I COULD BE
A SCHOOL TEACHER.

NOT THE SPINSTER KIND WHO LIVES WITH HER SISTER,
BUT THE HOT ONE WHO MAKES THE BOYS CRAZY.

HERE. PUT ON THE
ONE THAT I PICKED OUT.

OKAY. BUT DON'T BE SO BOSSY.

WE'RE NEWLYWEDS, I SAID,
TAKING SIN CITY BY STORM.

READY FOR ACTION!

YOU KNOW, MARRIAGE IS
SUCH AN ARCHAIC INSTITUTION.

[Sighs] LISTEN, BONES. I
KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. OKAY?

I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.
JUST STOP ARGUING.

I'M NOT. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, I DON'T NEED
A PIECE OF PAPER TO PROVE MY COMMITMENT.

FINE. WE'RE ENGAGED.

- WHY WOULD I BE OKAY
WITH ENGAGEMENT?
- WHATEVER, BONES. ALL RIGHT?

WE'RE A LOOSELY COMMITTED
COUPLE OF HOT HIGH ROLLERS.

SEE? WITH MONEY TO BURN.

'CAUSE THAT IS WHAT'S
GONNA GET US IN THE DOOR.

LIKE THIS?

YEAH. YEAH, LIKE THAT.

[Cell Phone Rings]

HEY, CAM. DR. BRENNAN.

JUDGING BY THE
ANGLE OF THE BLOWS,

BILLIE'S LAST OPPONENT
WAS 5'6" AND LEFT-HANDED.

WITH A FIST SIZE OF
APPROXIMATELY 90 MILLIMETERS.

ZACK MEASURED.

THAT'S HOT. HOT?

WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT'S HOT?

N... UH, NOTHING. VEGAS! VEGAS
IS HOT. IT'S VERY HOT HERE.

[Punches Landing On
Punching Bags] [Men Shouting]

HOW DOES ANYONE ACTUALLY
WALK IN THESE THINGS?

WELL, THEM BOOTS, THEY AIN'T
MADE FOR WALKING, SWEETHEART.

OKAY. THAT WAS
COMPLETELY OVER THE TOP.

YOU PLAY YOUR
PART. I'LL PLAY MINE.

COME ON, MARISOL!
HEY, BOOTH. THE GIRL.

YEAH, I SEE. 5'6", SOUTHPAW.

YEAH, AND LEFT-HANDED.

CAN I HELP YOU FOLKS?
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

SLOPPY JOE NOLAN. SLOPPY JOE?

YEAH. THAT'S HOW HE LEFT HIS
OPPONENTS. THESE DAYS, IT'S JUST JOE.

I BUSTED A LACE, JOE.

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, JOE, BUT YOU HAD A
HUGE IMPACT ON MY STYLE BACK IN THE ARMY.

JUKE TO THE BODY, FOLLOWED BY A
RIGHT HOOK. WORKED FOR ME EVERY TIME.

ANOTHER ARMY FIGHTER, JOE? HOW MANY OF
THESE HAS-BEENS YOU GET IN HERE A WEEK?

- AT LEAST THIS ONE STILL
LOOKS LIKE HE'S IN SHAPE.
- MY MAN'S IN GREAT SHAPE.

BELIEVE ME. EASY THERE, HONEY.

WELL, LET'S SEE IT, ARMY. SHOW US
THOSE MOVES THAT MADE YOU SO FAMOUS.

GO AHEAD, TIGER.
SHOW THESE CLOWNS.

YEAH, MAYBE I WILL.
JUST A LITTLE. COME ON.

YEAH. COME ON, TIGER.

LET'S SEE, JOE. GIVE IT
THAT LITTLE, YOU KNOW, TAP.

YOU KNOW, JUKE TO THE
BODY WITH A HARD RIGHT,

FOLLOWED BY A WHOLE
BUNCH OF THE OLD...

[Grunting]

- SO MUCH FOR MY "HAS-BEEN"
ARMY FIGHTER.
- NOT BAD.

I STILL GOT IT. YEAH.
MAYBE A LITTLE TOO MUCH.

- WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
- TONY SCALIA. HERE'S MY FIANCÉE, ROXANNE.

YEAH, WE'RE MORE
ENGAGED TO BE ENGAGED.

YOU LOOKING TO TRAIN OR WHAT?
AH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T FIGHT NO MORE.

BUT THEY SAY THAT YOU COULD DIRECT ME AND ROXIE
TO A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, UNDERGROUND ACTION.

- THEY SAY A LOT, DON'T THEY?
- SOME GUY AT THE RIO.

- ONE OF THEM "YOU DIDN'T
HEAR IT FROM ME" TYPES.
- SORRY. CAN'T HELP YOU.

WHAT'D I TELL YOU, TONY? THAT
GUY WAS JUST TRYING TO HIT ON ME.

BUT I DO KNOW A NUMBER YOU CAN
CALL. NOT THAT I GIVE IT TO JUST ANYBODY.

OH, COME ON, JOE. THEY
SEEM LIKE SUCH NICE PEOPLE.

YEAH. WE'RE NICE PEOPLE.
A THOUSAND BUCKS.

EACH. WHOA. THAT'S
A LITTLE STEEP.

NO, TONY, COME ON. WE ONLY
LIVE ONCE. I WANT TO SEE A FIGHT.

- NOTHING LIKE BEING A KEPT MAN.
- YEAH. DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'D DO WITHOUT HER.

THAT WAS AMAZING.
WHAT GOT INTO YOU?

IT'S FROM WHEN I USED TO WATCH OLD MOVIES
WITH MY DAD. HE REALLY LIKED CLARA BOW.

CLARA BOW WAS
A SILENT FILM STAR.

YEAH, BUT I... I GUESS THAT'S HOW
I ALWAYS IMAGINED SHE SOUNDED.

JUST LIKE YOU IMAGINED SHE
CARRIED AROUND A WAD OF CASH?

OH, THAT. I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT,
SO I SNUCK OFF TO PLAY A LITTLE CRAP.

CRAPS, BONES. PLURAL. AND I
CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR BEGINNER'S LUCK.

DON'T SAY THAT. YOU'LL JINX IT.
SINCE WHEN DO YOU BELIEVE IN JINXES?

I DON'T. BUT AFTER HEARING
THE CRAP DEALER SAY IT...

CRAP DEALER'S RIGHT. NO JINXES.
WE GOT A BIG NIGHT AHEAD OF US.

ALL RIGHT. THE FEDERAL
PROSECUTOR HERE AND BILLIE HERE.

BOTH SHOW EVIDENCE
OF TOPICAL CHEMICALS.

THIS'LL EXTRACT THE ELEMENTS I NEED TO
CROSS-REFERENCE WITH THE DEAD BEETLES...

SAFELY.

NOT THAT SHE WAS SAFE, LETTING
HERSELF GET DRAWN INTO A FIGHT LIKE THAT.

WE'VE ALL BEEN IN A FIGHT OR
TWO WE WISH WE HADN'T. NOT ME.

YOU'VE NEVER FOUGHT?
NEVER THROWN A PUNCH?

NEVER SAW THE LOGIC OF IT.

IT'S NOT ABOUT LOGIC.

IT'S... IT'S EMOTIONAL.
IT'S ANGER.

I DON'T GET ANGRY.
IT'S NOT RATIONAL.

WHAT IF YOU WERE ON THE BEACH AND
SOMEONE KICKED SAND IN YOUR FACE?

I DON'T GO TO THE BEACH. ALL
RIGHT, WORK WITH ME HERE, ZACK.

THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING
THAT WOULD PISS YOU OFF.

WHAT IF I CALL YOU A SCRAWNY TWIT WHO CAN'T
HOLD A NORMAL CONVERSATION WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD?

I DON'T HAVE MUCH IN
COMMON WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD.

AND ALTHOUGH I DON'T
KNOW WHAT A TWIT IS,

OBJECTIVELY, I AM THIN AND
LACK MUSCULAR DEFINITION.

DUDE, YOU'RE A VULCAN. AND A DULL
VULCAN AT THAT. CAN WE PLEASE WORK?

NOW YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF. YOU'RE A
FREAK, MAN. ANGER IS A PART OF BEING HUMAN.

GROW A SET. I WOULD REALLY
LIKE TO WORK, HODGINS.

YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO BE SOME
ROBOTIC, SECOND-RATE GRAD STUDENT.

I AM THE MOST VALUABLE AND
ACCOMPLISHED GRAD STUDENT...

WHO'S HAS EVER BEEN
INSTALLED AT THE JEFFERSONIAN.

AND YOU'RE GONNA BE A GRAD STUDENT THE
REST OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO FIRE.

I'M WORKING ON MY DISSERTATION.

OH, PLEASE. YOU'VE BEEN SAYING
THAT FOR YEARS. YOU'RE A POSEUR.

YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR DOCTORATE BECAUSE YOU
HAVE NO DRIVE, NO PASSION FOR WHAT YOU LOVE.

- DUDE.
- IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK.

- YOU GOT PISSED.
- NO. STRIKING YOU...

MERELY SEEMED TO BE THE MOST PRACTICAL WAY
TO GET YOU TO BE QUIET AND FOCUS ON WORK.

BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE
HOW MUCH IT WOULD HURT.

- NICE PUNCH THOUGH.
- THANK YOU.

AND MY DISSERTATION WILL BE
FINISHED BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

HAVE THE CHEMICALS BEEN
EXTRACTED YET? LOOKS GOOD.

- DR. BRENNAN WANTED THE RESULTS
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
- I'M MOVING.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA
HIT ME AGAIN, ARE YA?

- [All Shouting]
- ALL RIGHT, GET 'IM!

♪♪ [Garage Rock]

- COME ON!
- GET 'IM!

I SUPPOSE, FROM AN
ANTHROPOLOGICAL STANDPOINT,

THIS TAPS INTO THE NIHILISTIC PART OF THE
HUMAN PSYCHE FASCINATED BY BLOOD AND GORE.

[Booth] IT'S HUMAN COCKFIGHTING.

MORE LIKE LESSER SURROGATES ENGAGED
IN BATTLES ON BEHALF OF THE ELITE LORDS...

WHO DON'T HAVE THE
COURAGE TO FIGHT THEMSELVES.

YOU KNOW WHAT?
COME BACK TO ME, ROXIE.

OOH, LOOK AT ALL THE SWEAT.

[Shouting, Cheering]

THAT'S IT! IT'S OVER!

YOUR WINNER! LITTLE
MIKEY! COME ON! GIVE IT UP!

GIVE IT UP, EVERYBODY!
COME ON! FOR LITTLE MIKEY!

[Man] WHAT'S HE DOIN'?

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU
LOOKING AT? NOT MUCH.

[Voice Echoing] HEY, TONY. TONY!

SORRY, BOOTH. I JUST COULDN'T
HAVE YOU BLOWING MY COVER.

AH, YEAH. AND AS THEY TAUGHT US IN
QUANTICO, WALT, I WASN'T ABOUT TO.

DO YOU KNOW
EVERYONE IN THIS TOWN?

- I HAD NO IDEA
WE HAD AN AGENT IN THERE.
- I'M ON A RICO ASSIGNMENT.

UNDER DEEP COVER ABOUT A MONTH.
STILL CAN'T CRACK WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW.

- WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT JOE NOLAN?
- LOW-LEVEL GUY.

ONE OF MANY BUFFERS. THAT 800 NUMBER
HE SELLS CHANGES WITH EVERY EVENT.

TRYING TO TRACK IT IS
LIKE PLAYING WHAC-A-MOLE.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
HER FIGHT AT THE CLUB?

UH, YEAH. IT'S, UH,
BILLIE-SOMETHING, RIGHT?

YEAH. FOUR-TO-ONE UNDERDOG. OH, SHE
WHUPPED THIS HOT LATINA PRETTY GOOD.

LATINA. ABOUT 5'6", LEFT-HANDED?

- SHE WORKS OUT AT NOLAN'S CLUB?
- YEAH, MARISOL. TOUGH AS NAILS.

AND UNDEFEATED BEFORE
YOUR GIRL CAME ALONG.

WELL, WHAT IF BILLIE BET ON
HERSELF? WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

WITH THE MONEY DON
BORROWED... $8,000, 4-TO-1 ODDS...

THAT HAD GET 'EM TO
THEIR FEET IN A HURRY.

- MAYBE THAT'S WHAT
GOT HER KILLED.
- WE GOTTA TALK TO THIS MARISOL.

WE'LL GO FIND HER.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU?

SPRAINED MY WRIST TWO FIGHTS
AGO WITH NO CHANCE TO HEAL.

IF I LOSE ANOTHER BOUT,
I'M OFF THE ROTATION.

- BOOTH'S A BOXER.
- EXCUSE ME?

I'M JUST SAYING, IF WE CAN FIND A
WAY TO GET YOU INTO THE ROTATION,

YOU CAN FIGHT WALT, LOSE, AND THEN HE
CAN STAY AND MAYBE HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAL.

- YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING ME
TO FIGHT?
- [Cell Phone Ringing]

I'M VOLUNTEERING YOU TO THROW ONE. YOU COULD
LOSE WITH YOUR HANDS TIED BEHIND YOUR BACK.

- HEY, HODGINS.
- HOW'S THIS FOR COINCIDENCE?

SCARAB BEETLES FROM ROBERTS'S BODY
HAD THE SAME SHORT LIFE SPAN AS BILLIE'S,

BUT NOT FROM CORTISONE.

HIS BUGS DIED FROM
INGESTING PINUS ELLIOTTII.

PINE? IN THE DESERT?

YEAH, PINE OIL RESIN IS OFTEN USED
TO TREAT THE SAME SKIN CONDITIONS...

AS THE CORTISONE THAT
KILLED THE OTHER BEETLES.

CONFIRM THAT AND GET BACK TO ME.

PINE OIL.

OKAY. PINE OIL.

- WHAT'S THAT MEAN?
- I DON'T KNOW YET.

GO PICK YOUR FIGHT.

[Speaking Spanish] WHAT THE
HELL'S ALL THIS ALL ABOUT ANYWAY?

HE INSULTED ME, JOE. HE NEEDS
A BEATING, AND I NEED THE MONEY.

THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T
FIGHT ANYMORE.

AH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS BEFORE I
GOT BLINDSIDED OUT OF RETIREMENT.

WILL THIS DO?

GLAD TO SEE YOUR SUGAR MAMA
TAUGHT YOU A THING OR TWO.

SIR?

- HEY, BONES. FIGHT'S ON.
- NO TROUBLE CONVINCING JOE?

NOTHING A STACK OF BILLS COULDN'T
FIX. SHE GIVE US ANYTHING YET?

NOTHING. WE'RE GONNA NEED A WARRANT.
FOR WHAT? WHAT'S OUR EVIDENCE?

AGENT ZHANG'S TALKING TO IT.

MARISOL'S BONES, TISSUE
AND MUSCLE ARE STILL HEALING.

IF WE CAN MATCH HER INJURIES TO
BILLIE'S, WE CAN PROVE THEY FOUGHT.

IF THE FIGHT'S WHAT KILLED BILLIE,
MARISOL'S GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER.

WHICH WOULD GIVE US LEVERAGE TO FORCE
HER TO GIVE UP WHOEVER RUNS THESE FIGHTS.

WHICH SHE MIGHT DO IN
EXCHANGE FOR PROTECTION.

SO, YOU WANT TO GET HER D.N.A. SAMPLE
AND SEND IT BACK TO THE JEFFERSONIAN.

ACTUALLY, I WANT
TO SEND MARISOL.

THIS GIRL? THE WHOLE GIRL?

OUR SQUINTS CAN
PERFORM A LIVE AUTOPSY...

WHILE OUR THERMAL-IMAGING PROGRAMS
RECONSTRUCT A THEORETICAL FIGHT.

YOU'RE LUCKY I KNOW A VERY
UNDERSTANDING JUDGE IN VEGAS.

OF COURSE YOU DO.

OKAY, MARISOL. YOU'RE
NOT UNDER ARREST.

YOU'RE JUST HERE AS EVIDENCE.

SO WHEN THIS NICE AGENT LEAVES YOU
HERE... I'M GON' KICK YOUR SKINNY ASS.

HONEY, I'M FROM THE BRONX. DON'T
FOR A SECOND THINK YOU SCARE ME.

LOOK, I DIDN'T KILL NOBODY,
ALL RIGHT? I DIDN'T EVEN FIGHT.

WELL, IF THAT'S TRUE, LET'S GO
OVER TO THE SCANNER AND PROVE IT.

- OR DISPROVE IT.
- HODGINS.

I'LL TAKE YOUR ROBE.
IS THIS GONNA HURT?

YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S
HAPPENING. OKAY, MARISOL?

SORRY IF THESE ARE COLD.

WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

BLOOD POOLS IN RECENT INJURIES.
THERMAL IMAGING RECORDS THAT.

NOW WE'RE GONNA MATCH YOUR
INJURIES AGAINST BILLIE MORGAN'S.

[Both Grunting]

- YEAH!
- WHOA!

YOU NERVOUS? ABOUT WHAT, HUH?

THROW A FEW TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD
AND THEN LET WALT TAKE ME DOWN.

[Shouting, Grunting]

- [Cheering Continues]
- IT'S OVER!

YOUR WINNER, DIANA
THE DESTROYER!

ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

WE'VE GOT SOME FRESH BLOOD
TO SHED FOR YOU TONIGHT.

THE GREAT TONY THE TIGER!

[Crowd Booing]

- WHY ARE THEY BOOING?
- THEY FIND IT MORE FUN
THAN CHEERING.

[Woman] WHAT'S UP, TONY?

THAT'S THE GUY FROM NOLAN'S GYM.
YEAH. I HAD A FEELING WE'D SEE HIM AGAIN.

HEY, TONY. WHAT ARE
YOU DOING OVER HERE?

YEAH. YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE OVER THERE.

- HOLD ON, FOLKS. THERE'S
BEEN A CHANGE IN THE CARD.
- SORRY, MAN. THEY PULLED ME.

THEY WHAT?

IN THIS CORNER, A MAN WHO
NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION.

MONROE!

[Grunts]

- THEY SAID MONROE WOULD BE
A BIGGER DRAW FOR THE BETTORS.
- HE'S SORTA BIGGER EVERYTHING.

[Grunts]

ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, PLACE YOUR BETS.

LAST CALL FOR WAGERS RIGHT
NOW. GET YOUR MONEY DOWN.

[Shouts]

YOU CAN'T FIGHT HIM,
BOOTH. HE'LL KILL YOU.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE
THE CHOICE, ROXIE.

TIGER, CENTER RING NOW.

[Man] YOU'RE GONNA GET
YOUR ASS KICKED, TIGER!

OKAY, BOYS, ON MY SIGNAL.

KILL!

[Zack] DAMAGE TO BILLIE'S
SCAPULA AND THORACIC VERTEBRAE.

FORCE AND VELOCITY MATCH PATELLA
DAMAGE TO MARISOL'S LEFT KNEE.

THIS CONTUSION
ON BILLIE'S FIFTH RIB,

THE MARK LOOKS LIKE IT WAS
DELIVERED BY A HEEL OR A FIST.

[Zack] NOW A RIGHT, FOLLOWED
BY A GRAB TO THE THROAT,

AND BILLIE'S DOWN AGAIN.

[Grunting]

[Saroyan] MORE DAMAGE
TO THE SCAPULA.

WHOA. EASY ON BILLIE'S
CHEST THERE, MARISOL.

HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF BILLIE'S
STERNUM AT THE THIRD COSTAL CARTILAGE...

IS CONGRUENT WITH DAMAGE
TO MARISOL'S LEFT HAND.

AND WE HAVE ANOTHER MATCH.

[Hodgins] BILLIE DUCKS AND THEN CAUSES
THE MAXILLARY FRACTURES IN MARISOL'S SKULL.

MARISOL SEEMS TO FAVOR THE
RIGHT-TO-THE-BODY, LEFT-TO-THE-HEAD COMBO.

- I DO NOT.
- YOU CAN DENY IT ALL YOU WANT. WE'VE GOT THE EVIDENCE HERE.

- [Zack] THE CHOKE HOLD...
- EXCUSE ME. TONY!

MATCHES THE BRUISING
ON BILLIE'S NECK.

TONY, STAY DOWN.

[Groaning]

MONROE HAS CALCIUM DEPOSITS
ON HIS LEFT MEDIAL EPICONDYLE.

AND THAT HELPS ME HOW?

EXCUSE ME.

EXCUSE ME.

HE CAN'T EXTEND HIS ARM, AND HE LACKS
RANGE OF MOTION IN HIS QUADRATUS LUMBORUM.

HIT HIM THERE.

- HIT HIM WHERE?
- IN HIS LOWER BACK
ABOVE HIS RIGHT KIDNEY.

THE TIDE HAS TURNED, MY FRIENDS.

- I TOLD YOU SHE COULD FIGHT.
- SHE DOESN'T FIGHT. SHE DOMINATES.

GIVE HIM YOUR NOLAN MOVE!

[Groans]

WOW.

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN.

- HOW COULD I MISS THAT?
- WE ALL MISSED IT, ZACK.

MISSED WHAT? WHAT IS IT?

YOUR WINNER! THE LAST MAN
STANDING! [Crowd Groaning, Booing]

TONY THE MAN-EATING TIGER!

TONY THE TIGER!

- I DID IT.
- YOUR WINNER!

[Cell Phone Ringing]

[Man] ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

- HEY, CAM.
- WE MISSED IT.

THE FATAL BLOW WAS OBSCURED
BY ALL HER OTHER INJURIES.

MARISOL CRACKED BILLIE'S RIBS, BUT
NOT HARD ENOUGH TO PUNCTURE THE LUNG.

IT WAS A BAT. THE SAME BASEBALL BAT
THAT KILLED THE FEDERAL PROSECUTOR.

WHAT IS IT? [Beeps]

IT WAS A BASEBALL BAT THAT KILLED
BILLIE, JUST LIKE THE ONE USED ON ROBERTS.

SO WHEN YOU'RE DRESSED, UM, THE
AGENT WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE AIRPORT.

MARISOL...

WHY DO YOU FIGHT?

WHERE ELSE AM I GONNA MAKE A THOUSAND
IN ONE NIGHT WITHOUT SELLING MYSELF?

AND I CAN MAKE EVEN MORE BETTING
ON MYSELF, LONG AS I AIN'T GREEDY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, GREEDY? BOOKIES DON'T
MIND US MAKING A FEW BUCKS ON THE SIDE.

- BUT JUST A FEW.
- HAD YOU BET ON YOUR FIGHT
WITH BILLIE?

GIRL COST ME 200 DOLLARS.
HAD BILLIE BET ON HERSELF?

MARISOL.

FROM WHAT I HEARD, SOME GUYS
PICKED BILLIE UP AFTER THE FIGHT.

THEY DIDN'T LOOK HAPPY. WHY DIDN'T
YOU TELL THE POLICE? OR TELL US?

LOOK, I MIGHT NOT HAVE MUCH,
BUT WHAT I GOT I AIM TO KEEP.

WHAT COULD BE SO IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT YOU
COULD LET SOMEBODY GET AWAY WITH MURDER?

MY DAUGHTER.

SHE'S TWO. SHE LIVES
WITH MY MOM, OKAY?

AND IF THEY FOUND OUT I WAS
BROUGHT HERE... WHO'S THEY?

LOOK, I DON'T KNOW.

AND I DON'T WANT TO KNOW.

I'M SORRY.

[Brennan] THANKS,
ANGELA. [Beeps]

SO WE WERE RIGHT. BILLIE BET ON
HERSELF, WHICH IS WHY I BET ON YOU.

YOU BET ON ME? YEAH, WITH
NICK, THE GUY FROM NOLAN'S GYM.

IT WAS ONE OF TWO REASONS. BUT
WHEN I HEARD THE ODDS, I COULDN'T...

MY ODDS? WHAT WERE THEY?
YOU WERE A 20-TO-1 UNDERDOG.

SO I BET WITH NICK FIGURING
THAT... 20-TO-1 AGAINST?

REALLY? DID I LOOK THAT BAD?

IF NICK PAYS ME,
HE'S NOT OUR GUY.

IF HE DOESN'T, IT MAY NOT PROVE HE KILLED
BILLIE, BUT IT'LL PUT HIM IN STRONG CONTENTION.

AT THE VERY LEAST.
VERY SMART, BONES.

WHAT WAS THE OTHER REASON?

COME ON. I HAVE
WINNINGS TO COLLECT.

HEY, NICK! THOUGHT
YOU RAN OUT ON US.

NICK ARNO DON'T RUN FROM
ANYBODY, SWEETHEART.

ARNO? SWEET PETE'S KID?

THAT WAS QUITE A SHOW YOU
PUT ON TONIGHT, ARMY BOY.

WELL, I HAD MY LUCKY CHARM
HERE. AND YOU OWE US SOME MONEY.

I SUPPOSE.

BUT THE GENTLEMAN I ANSWER TO, THERE'S AN
UNWRITTEN RULE ABOUT FIGHTERS GETTING GREEDY.

PLUS THEIR SPOUSES,
TOO, I'M AFRAID.

NO, WE'RE NOT MARRIED. WE'RE NOT
EVEN ENGAGED. WHAT'S THE RULE?

ENJOY A TASTE, BUT
NEVER EXPECT A MEAL,

LEAST OF ALL WITH
A RINGER INVOLVED.

- WAIT. I AIN'T NO RINGER.
- WHAT'S A RINGER?

THEY THINK I CHEATED.
SHE'S GOOD, ARMY BOY.

REAL GOOD.

- BUT I SEEN MONROE
TAKE OUT WHOLE BIKER GANGS.
- THEN I WANT MY THOUSAND BACK.

- CONSIDER IT A FINE.
- FINE? ARE YOU SERIOUS?

MAYBE I'M NOT MAKING
MYSELF CLEAR HERE.

AS OUR NEW TOP SEED,
HE WORKS FOR US NOW.

YOU DON'T JUST PUNCH OUT
OUR BEST GUY AND WALK AWAY,

NOT WHEN THERE'S
MORE MONEY TO BE MADE.

YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE ME FIGHT
FOR YOU? YOU ONLY FIND OUT IF YOU DON'T.

I WANT TO TALK TO THIS
GENTLEMAN THAT YOU ANSWER TO.

AND I WANT WORLD PEACE.

LOOK, TAKE MY ADVICE.

LET JOE HERE ESCORT YOU
SAFELY BACK TO YOUR HOTEL.

LET YOUR BEAUTIFUL...
WHATEVER SHE IS...

ICE YOUR WOUNDS.

IN ABOUT A DAY OR TWO, WE'LL COME
AND GET YOU FOR YOUR NEXT FIGHT.

- GET 'EM OUTTA HERE, JOE.
- LET'S GO.

I VOUCHED FOR YOU. SO IT'S MY
ASS IN THE SLING. YOU UNDERSTAND?

WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GET YOU
IN TROUBLE. YET HERE I AM.

SO YOU'RE GONNA DO
EXACTLY WHAT NICK SAYS.

NOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
RUNNING THINGS, THEY DON'T PLAY.

I GOT ENOUGH STRIKES
AGAINST ME AS IT IS.

YOU GOT AN ITCH, JOE? WHAT?

THE CORTISONE. IF IT WASN'T
INJECTED, IT COULD'VE BEEN TOPICAL.

LIKE THE PINE OIL, THEY'RE BOTH COMMON INGREDIENTS
IN LOTIONS USED TO TREAT SKIN AILMENTS...

- WHAT THE HELL
IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?
- SHE'S TALKING ABOUT YOUR RASH.

PSORIASIS?

ECZEMA, WHICH IS NONE
OF YOUR CONCERN. LET'S GO.

WHOA, WHOA, HEY, WHOA.
WHERE WE GONNA GO, JOE?

WE GONNA GO BACK
TO OUR HOTEL OR...

MILE MARKER 15?

WHERE WE FOUND BILLIE MORGAN AND
MASON ROBERTS. YOU REMEMBER THEM.

WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?

I'M WITH THE F.B.I., JOE.

LOOK, I DON'T HAVE MY BADGE, I DON'T HAVE
MY GUN, BUT YOU'D BE WISE TO BELIEVE ME.

NOW, YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
WHAT KIND OF CHOICE DO I HAVE?

TO BE THE MAN THAT YOU WERE
BEFORE YOU THREW YOUR FIRST FIGHT.

OR YOU WIND UP DEAD LIKE
THE REST OF THESE GUYS.

YOU WERE THE REAL DEAL.
YOU WERE STRONG AND FAST.

EVERYBODY WANTED
TO FIGHT LIKE YOU.

THERE WAS SO MUCH MONEY.

EASY MONEY.

I THOUGHT I COULD HANDLE IT.

HE WAS GONNA GET ME
ANOTHER SHOT AT THE TITLE.

WHO? NICK'S FATHER, SWEET PETE.

AND HE'S OWNED ME EVER SINCE.

MADE ME THROW MORE FIGHTS.

MADE YOU KILL MASON
ROBERTS? I DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY.

I JUST BURIED 'EM.

FOR PETE?

AND WHEN BILLIE MORGAN WON
HER BET, YOU BURIED HER TOO.

SHE WAS A SWEET KID, JUST
LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT.

I BEGGED PETE TO LET HER BE.

HE KILLED HER. MIGHT AS
WELL HAVE DONE IT MYSELF.

I BROUGHT HER IN HERE. I KNEW WHAT
KIND OF PUNKS SHE'D BE DEALING WITH.

BAD ENOUGH YOU'RE
UNDER SWEET PETE'S THUMB.

BUT NOW YOU'RE
UNDER HIS SON'S TOO?

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOUR LUCK TURNS IN THIS TOWN.

YOU KEEP HOPING IT'S
GONNA TURN AROUND AGAIN,

HOPING YOU'RE GONNA
GET BACK TO EVEN.

BUT YOU NEVER DO.

WRITE YOUR OWN STORY NOW, JOE.

YOU CAN MAKE NICK, SWEET PETE,
ALL HIS FRIENDS JUST DISAPPEAR,

THE WAY THEY DID TO
BILLIE AND ROBERTS.

[Woman] VEGAS AUTHORITIES HAVE
ARRESTED NICK ARNO, ALONG WITH HIS FATHER,

TANGIERS CASINO GAMING EXECUTIVE, PETER
ARNO, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SWEET PETE,

IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER FIVE YEARS AGO
OF PROSECUTOR MASON ROBERTS, AMONG OTHERS.

"AMONG OTHERS?" IS THAT WHAT BILLIE
MORGAN IS TO THESE PEOPLE? OTHERS?

IT'S DAY ONE, BONES. RELAX.

BILLIE'S GONNA HAVE HER STORY
TOLD. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.

SO WHAT WAS THE,
UH, SECOND REASON?

- WHAT?
- YOU NEVER TOLD ME THE SECOND
REASON WHY YOU BET ON ME.

YEAH, IT WAS... SILLY.

AW, COME ON. TRY ME.

BEGINNER'S LUCK.

I HAVEN'T LOST AT ANYTHING
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

SO, WELL, I...

- I FIGURED IF
I BET ON YOU, THEN...
- I COULDN'T LOSE.

SOUNDS SILLY, RIGHT?

IT SOUNDS FAMILIAR.

THANKS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

YOU READY? YEAH, LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHT... [Groans]

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?