Bones (2005–2017): Season 2, Episode 9 - Aliens in a Spaceship - full transcript

A reported find of 'two aliens' in a large vat proves the gruesome grave of human twin boys, Ryan and Matthew 'Matty' Kent, missing since years, burned at 300°. It's again the work of "the Gravedigger", a serial kidnapper-murderer who buries his victims and demands a royal ransom, no negotiation. The twins had not enough air to survive even if the ransom had been delivered as demanded, but after examining Matthew's serious fracture and stun-gun wounds, the team concludes it was a car crash, the Gravedigger was surprised by the second twin and has no larger vat available. Now the Gravedigger kidnaps both Bones and Hodgins from the Jeffersonian parking-lot, asking $8,000,000, well within his family's means. Zach discovers why the vat contains so much blood: Ryan severed his own artery with a pen, to give his brother more air and hence time. The forensic hostages -inside a car boot- aren't found within the ultimatum, but use enough tricks to gain time by saving and making oxygen, send a numeric message which makes relevant geological sense to erudite genius Zach and attempt an outbreak with a (last?) bang...

♪♪ [Soft Rock On
Radio] [Brennan] OH, GOD.

WHAT... WHAT HAPPENED?

WHERE... WHERE AM I?

♪♪ [Continues]

OH. OH, GOD.

[Grunting]

COME ON! COME ON!

OH! [Gasping]

OH, MY GOD! OH, GOD!

♪♪ [Switches Off]

OH, GOD. [Man Groans]



- [Groans]
- HODGINS?

HODGINS, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

CAN YOU TALK?

OH, GOD.

YOUR LEGS. WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOUR LEGS?

WH... WHERE ARE WE?

WE'RE BURIED ALIVE.

- HE MUST'VE GOT US.
- WHO?

THE GRAVE DIGGER.

[Police Radio Chatter]

HEY, GUYS, COME ON. JUST
STAY WHERE YOU ARE, OKAY?

MY SUPERIORS SAY TO LET
YOU LOOK AT THE FLYING SAUCER.

IT'S NOT A FLYING SAUCER.

IT SURE LOOKS LIKE ONE.



LOCAL KIDS DIRT-BIKING. SOMETHING
SHINY POKING FROM THE DIRT.

THEY DIG IT OUT, LOOK IN
THE WINDOW AND SEE ALIENS.

- DID YOU LOOK?
- YES, MA'AM. THEN CALLED FOR BACKUP.

- [Booth] UH, WHY?
- ON ACCOUNT OF,
WELL, THEY ARE ALIENS.

ALL RIGHT. [Grunts]

YOU WANNA TAKE A LOOK?

OH.

ARE THOSE WHAT I THINK THEY ARE?

YES. AS LONG AS YOU THINK THEY'RE
TWO ADOLESCENT HUMAN MALES.

MMM, HOW LONG?

THE AMOUNT OF DEHYDRATED
TISSUE SUGGESTS...

THE TANK IS SEALED AND INTACT.

- YEARS.
- MAN. TWO KIDS, HUH?

I LIKED IT BETTER WHEN
THEY WERE ALIENS.

ONE SET OF REMAINS SHOWS TRAUMA
TO THE LEGS... COMPOUND FRACTURES.

AND HIS PELVIS IS
BROKEN IN THREE PLACES.

THE OTHER IS
VIRTUALLY UNTOUCHED.

CAUSE OF DEATH? THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD
SUGGESTS AT LEAST ONE OF THEM BLED OUT.

PROBABLY THE ONE
WITH THE INJURIES.

I'VE ALSO NOTED A CONSTELLATION OF IDENTICAL
NON-METRIC VARIANTS. EXTRA FORAMINA.

DOES THAT MEAN THEY WERE TWINS?

- HOW DID YOU KNOW?
- MATTHEW AND RYAN KENT.

KIDNAPPED OCTOBER 31, 2001.

NO ONE HAS SEEN 'EM SINCE.

THE REMAINS IN THE BEER VAT...

HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED
AS MATTHEW AND RYAN KENT.

OH, GOD.

COME ON, PETER. IT'S
BETTER THAN NEVER KNOWING.

AGENT SANDERS, YOU WERE
ASSIGNED TO THE KENT KIDNAPPING?

UH, MR. SANDERS.

I, UH, RETIRED FROM THE F.B.I...

TO PURSUE A CAREER IN
GENERAL CONTRACTING,

UH, WHEN I'M SOBER.

UH, KIM HERE WAS THE ASSISTANT UNITED
STATES ATTORNEY ATTACHED TO THE CASE.

STILL ATTACHED.
THE FILE'S STILL OPEN.

[Kim] THE BOYS WERE SNATCHED
AFTER A DRINKING PARTY.

WAS THE RANSOM PAID?

AS THE DULY SWORN
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE F.B.I.,

I ADVISED MR. KENT
NOT TO PAY THE RANSOM.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE KENTS
LISTENED TO ME AND NOT THE K & R GUY,

AND, UH, NOW THEIR
SONS ARE DEAD.

- K & R?
- THAT'S "KIDNAP
AND RANSOM" EXPERTS.

THE KENT BOYS WERE THE
GRAVE DIGGER'S THIRD VICTIMS.

THIRD OF THE SIX WE KNOW OF.

UH, ALTOGETHER, FOUR
PAID THE RANSOM AND LIVED.

AND THE OTHER ONE THAT DIDN'T?

NEVER FOUND HIM. THAT'S WHY
THEY CALL HIM THE GRAVE DIGGER.

HE TAKES PEOPLE,
AND HE BURIES THEM.

YOU PAY THE RANSOM, AND HE
TELLS YOU HOW TO DIG 'EM UP.

YOU DON'T AND, UH, YOU
NEVER SEE 'EM AGAIN.

YOU WON'T CATCH HIM.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
UH, AGENT SANDERS,

WE HAVE THE BEER VAT
AND HUMAN REMAINS.

WHAT ARE TWO DEAD BODIES GONNA
TELL YOU THAT FOUR LIVE VICTIMS COULDN'T?

DR. BRENNAN... SHE'S PRETTY GOOD AT,
UH, MAKING DEAD PEOPLE TELL HER THINGS.

LOOK, MY ADVICE...
TALK TO THE K & R GUY.

"KIDNAP AND RANSOM" EXPERT,
THOMAS VEGA. FORMER F.B.I.

[Kim] HE LITERALLY WROTE THE
BOOK ON THE GRAVE DIGGER.

I BECAME A "KIDNAP AND
RANSOM" SPECIALIST...

AFTER I REALIZED THAT THE BUREAU'S
POLICY ON NONPAYMENT TO KIDNAPPERS...

IS ANTIQUATED AND DANGEROUS.

YOU'VE DEALT WITH THE
GRAVE DIGGER HOW MANY TIMES?

- IN TOTAL? FIVE.
- JANINE IS A JOURNALIST.

SHE HELPED ME WRITE THE
BOOK ON THE GRAVE DIGGER.

NEXT TO ME, SHE'S THE RANKING
EXPERT ON THAT SON OF A BITCH.

JOURNALIST, HUH?

OH, DON'T BE LIKE
THAT, AGENT BOOTH.

THE GRAVE DIGGER IS
TOTALLY CONSISTENT.

NO ONE EVER SEES
THE VICTIM TAKEN.

THE RANSOM DEMAND IS MADE
USING A DIGITALLY ALTERED VOICE.

A TIME LIMIT IS GIVEN.
THERE'S NEVER A SECOND CALL.

AS SOON AS THE RANSOM IS PAID...

TO A NUMBERED UNTRACEABLE ACCOUNT
IN BAHRAIN, THE CARIBBEAN, ET CETERA,

G.P.S. COORDINATES ARE
PROVIDED LEADING TO THE VICTIM.

NONE OF THE SURVIVING VICTIMS
REMEMBERS ANYTHING BEFORE BEING TAKEN?

NOTHING. BURN MARKS
ON THE BACK OF THE NECK...

SUGGESTS THE USE OF A
STUN GUN OR CATTLE PROD.

THAT'LL SCRAMBLE YOUR
BRAINS PRETTY GOOD.

ALSO, WHEN YOU TRY TO TRACE WHATEVER
CONTAINER THE BOYS WERE FOUND IN,

WELL, YOU'LL REACH A DEAD END.

HE GETS EVERYTHING FROM
LANDFILLS OR CASH AUCTIONS.

NO LAST CHANCE TO PAY UP?

NEVER.

YOU KNOW, MOST
KIDNAPPERS ARE CAUGHT...

BECAUSE THEY START
NEGOTIATING THE RANSOM.

THE GRAVE DIGGER
SIMPLY WON'T PLAY.

REALLY NOT LOOKING TO HELP
YOU WRITE ANOTHER BOOK.

YOU KNOW, CAPTURING
THE GRAVE DIGGER.

AGENT BOOTH, I HAVE SEEN WHAT
THIS GUY DOES TO FAMILIES, UP CLOSE.

YOU KNOW WHAT? DISLIKE
ME AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.

BUT I'M STILL GONNA HELP YOU
BECAUSE I WANT THIS BASTARD CAUGHT.

YOU WERE KIND OF MEAN TO THEM.

YEAH, THANKS.

ZACK, DID YOU CATALOG THIS ANOMALY
BETWEEN C1 AND C2 ON MATTHEW?

YES. IF YOU INCREASE MAGNIFICATION
ON THE ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT,

YOU'LL SEE CALCINING ON
THE ARTICULAR PROCESS.

[Beeping]

BONE BURN.

YES. OVER 300 DEGREES.

STUN GUN.

DOES THE SAME MARK
APPEAR ON RYAN?

NO. OKAY.

GET THE F.B.I. TO SEND YOU PHOTOS AND MEDICAL
EXAM RESULTS OF THE GRAVE DIGGER'S VICTIMS.

SEE IF HE USES THE SAME
STUN GUN EVERY TIME.

ALUMINUM.

- ALUMINUM?
- THE BRITS SAY ALUMINIUM,
BUT IT SOUNDS, WELL, BRITISH.

MANGANESE ALLOY,
STRAIN-HARDENED AND STABILIZED.

TRACES ON BOTH SETS OF CLOTHING.

- FROM THE VAT?
- NO. THE INSIDE OF THE VAT
IS PURE COPPER.

BOTH BOYS' CLOTHING WAS
STAINED WITH A SOOTY RESIDUE...

- MADE UP OF LEAD AND CARBON,
BENZENE AND ALDEHYDES.
- ENGINE EXHAUST.

YEAH. PARTICULATES FROM LOTS OF
ENGINES, BOTH GASOLINE AND DIESEL.

PARKING LOT?
UNDERGROUND PROBABLY.

THINK THAT'S WHERE THE
DIGGER GRABS HIS VICTIMS?

COMPARE YOUR FINDINGS
WITH THE RESULTS...

FOUND ON THE CLOTHING
OF THE SURVIVING VICTIMS.

SEE IF THEY SHARE
ANYTHING IN COMMON.

AND MEASURE OXYGEN
VOLUME IN THE VAT.

FIND OUT HOW LONG THE TWINS
SURVIVED. I'LL GET RIGHT ON IT.

MR. KENT, I'D LIKE TO START...

BY EXPRESSING THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT'S SINCERE CONDOLENCES...

FOR THE DEATH OF YOUR
SONS, MATTHEW AND RYAN.

IF I'D IGNORED THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT...

AND LISTENED TO MR. VEGA HERE...

PAID THE TWO MILLION... MY
BOYS WOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY.

- SIR, I UNDERSTAND YOUR
FEELINGS TOWARDS THE F.B.I.
- I DOUBT THAT.

[Vega] JIM, AGENT BOOTH HERE IS
INVESTIGATING YOUR SONS' MURDER.

YOU KNOW MY PROBLEMS WITH
THE F.B.I.'s APPROACH TO KIDNAPPING,

BUT WHEN IT COMES
TO FINDING KILLERS,

YOU WANT THESE
PEOPLE ON YOUR SIDE.

RYAN AND MATTY
WERE SPOILED. [Chuckles]

I KNOW. THEY, UH, PARTIED.

THEY CHASED GIRLS.
THEY, UH... [Cell Phone Chimes]

THEY GOT EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL.

BUT THEY WEREN'T BAD KIDS.

AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT
THEY DESERVED SUFFOCATION.

IS IT PAINFUL?

LIKE FALLING ASLEEP.

MR. KENT, THE GRAVE DIGGER
LIED TO YOU AND THE F.B.I.

THAT'S UNLIKELY. HE
DOESN'T PLAY GAMES.

MR. KENT, IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD'VE
PUT TOGETHER THE RANSOM IN 12 HOURS?

NO WAY IN THE WORLD.

WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY THE GRAVE
DIGGER PROVIDED MR. KENT WITH 24 HOURS.

HIS SONS ONLY HAD
ENOUGH AIR FOR 12 HOURS.

- OH, MY GOD.
- EVEN IF YOU HAD
IGNORED THE F.B.I...

AND LISTENED TO MR. VEGA, YOU STILL
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE YOUR SONS.

YOU'RE BACKSTOPPING
FOR THE BUREAU.

THERE WERE TWO OF THEM IN THAT VAT.
THEY USED UP THEIR OXYGEN TWICE AS FAST.

- THE GRAVE DIGGER
MISCALCULATED.
- NO, HE DOESN'T DO THAT.

THEN IT WAS NEVER HIS INTENTION
THAT THESE BOYS SURVIVE.

HE JUST DIDN'T CARE, MR. KENT.

SO MY DECISION TO LISTEN TO
THE F.B.I., TO NOT PAY THE RANSOM...

IF YOU HAD PAID THE RANSOM, YOUR SONS WOULD
STILL HAVE BEEN DEAD BY THE TIME YOU GOT TO THEM.

THERE WAS NOTHING YOU
COULD HAVE DONE, MR. KENT.

YOU ARE IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE DEATH OF YOUR SONS.

[Tires Screeching]

HAD IT OCCURRED TO YOU THAT
GOD IS A LOT LIKE THE GRAVE DIGGER?

WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?

HE LAYS DOWN THE RULES, NO
WAY TO QUESTION HIM OR NEGOTIATE.

THEN IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH HE
DOESN'T CARE HOW IT WORKS OUT.

EITHER YOU DO AS HE SAYS... MAKE
SOME SACRIFICES, AND THEY'RE DELIVERED...

OR YOU DON'T, AND
YOU END UP IN HELL.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I'D APPRECIATE
IF YOU DIDN'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT,

BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANT
TO GET STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

DO YOU GO TO
CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY?

YES, I DO. CAN I COME WITH YOU?

NO, YOU CAN'T. WHY? IT MIGHT
HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND.

I AM NOT GONNA HELP YOU DISRESPECT
GOD IN HIS OWN HOUSE, OKAY?

IF YOU WANNA DO SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW,
ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY, TURN ON THE RELIGIOUS CHANNEL.

EACH OF THESE CONTAINED ONE
OF THE GRAVE DIGGER'S VICTIMS.

COZY.

WE ALSO PROVIDED YOUR PEOPLE WITH
THE CLOTHES EACH VICTIM WAS WEARING.

REGARDING THE CLOTHING, EVERY ONE OF THEM
SHOWS TRACES OF ALUMINUM AND SOOTY RESIDUE.

WE KNOW EACH VICTIM WAS TAKEN
FROM AN UNDERGROUND GARAGE,

BEYOND THE REACH
OF SECURITY CAMERAS.

THE TYPICAL KIDNAP-FOR-RANSOM PROFILE IS
MIDDLE-AGED, IN A JOB THAT'S BENEATH HIM.

SMART GUY WHO'S AN UNDERACHIEVER AND SOMEONE
WHO ENJOYS CONTROL OVER SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE.

- THERE'S JUST ONE PROBLEM.
- WHAT'S THAT?

SEE, THERE'S NOTHING
TYPICAL ABOUT THIS GUY.

DON'T EXPECT HIM
TO FIT THE PROFILE.

OKAY, THE DIMENSIONS
OF THE VAT...

SIX FEET WIDE BY
EIGHT FEET TALL...

MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR MATTHEW KENT
TO HAVE FRACTURED HIS BROTHER'S PELVIS.

EVEN IF MATTHEW KNOCKED RYAN
DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, STOMPED ON HIM?

CAM AND I AGREE THE FRACTURE
WAS THE RESULT OF ONE HARD BLOW.

[Console Beeps]

A BREAK LIKE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A LOT MORE
FORCE THAN MATTHEW COULD HAVE GENERATED.

ALL RIGHT. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT RYAN
WAS INJURED BEFORE HE WENT INTO THAT VAT.

YES. BUT THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD ON THE FLOOR
CAN'T BE EXPLAINED BY HIS INJURIES ALONE.

- WHAT?
- IT WAS A MISTAKE.

WHAT WAS? LOOK, HE INTENDED TO
TAKE ONE BOY, BUT HE ENDED UP WITH TWO.

OH. THAT'S WHY THEY DIED 12
HOURS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

IF HE INTENDED TO TAKE TWO BOYS, HE WOULD'VE
PUT 'EM IN A CONTAINER TWICE AS BIG.

ALL RIGHT? THE GRAVE
DIGGER... HE MESSED UP.

HE SNUCK UP ON MATTHEW, KNOCKED HIM
UNCONSCIOUS, WHATEVER, AND RYAN WAS THERE.

HE SHOWS UP, AND
HE FOUGHT THE GUY.

NO, BOOTH. NOT FIGHT.

THE LEG DAMAGE,
THE FRACTURED PELVIS.

THESE INJURIES ARE
CLASSIC HUMAN-VERSUS-CAR.

RYAN INTERRUPTS THE
KIDNAPPING OF HIS BROTHER.

AND THE GRAVE DIGGER RUNS
HIM DOWN. IT WAS A MISTAKE.

THE GRAVE DIGGER
IS NOT GOD, BONES,

BECAUSE GOD DOES
NOT MAKE MISTAKES.

MMM, I DON'T KNOW.

PUTTING TESTICLES ON THE OUTSIDE
DIDN'T SEEM LIKE SUCH A GOOD IDEA.

COMMERCIAL STUN
GUN, 625,000 VOLTS...

STILL NOT ENOUGH. WELL, IT
SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF VOLTS.

ACTUALLY, IT'S THE AMPERAGE
THAT DOES THE REAL DAMAGE.

BUT STILL, I'VE CHECKED EVERY
COMMERCIAL STUN GUN I CAN FIND,

AND NONE OF THEM GENERATE
THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF POWER...

TO MAKE THOSE DISTINCTIVE
MARKS ON THE BONE.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT A CATTLE PROD?

STUN GUNS GENERATE A LOT
MORE POWER THAN CATTLE PRODS.

YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT THE STUN
GUN? THEN I AM THIS WEEK'S KING OF THE LAB,

- BECAUSE I FOUND
SOMETHING HUGE.
- [Sighs]

YOU COMPETE TO
BE KING OF THE LAB?

NO. [Scoffs]

HEY, ANGELA. I DIDN'T
KNOW THAT YOU WERE...

THIS SUCKS. [Clears Throat] I'M GONNA GO
CATCH BRENNAN, THEN BOLT FOR THE NIGHT.

SHE JUST LEFT. HEY.

COULD YOU STOP
BEING SO WEIRD, PLEASE?

IT'S MAKING ME VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE.

YOU SHOULD GIVE HIM A CHANCE.

EXCUSE ME?

- I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
- MM-HMM.

[Footsteps Approaching]
[Car Alarm Chirps]

[Footsteps Rapidly Approaching]

[Brennan Gasps]
[Electricity Crackling]

DR. BRENNAN. DR. BRENNAN?

[Tires Screeching]

[Cash Register Rings]

WHAT DO YOU SAY WE GO TO NEW
YORK FOR THE WEEKEND? YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW. COME ON. WE'RE
TWO ADULTS WITH NO OBLIGATIONS.

[Cell Phone Ringing] LET
IT GO TO VOICE MAIL.

WE'RE NOT CHEATING. WE'RE
NOT HURTING ANYBODY, SEELEY.

THEN WHY ARE WE KEEPING OUR
RELATIONSHIP SUCH A SECRET, CAMILLE?

BECAUSE WE WORK TOGETHER, AND WE'RE PROFESSIONALS,
AND IT'S NOBODY'S BUSINESS. THAT'S ALL.

SO COME TO NEW YORK. WE'LL
GO TO A MUSICAL. ♪♪ [Cell Phone]

[Chuckles]

TALKING AND SINGING AND TALKING
AND DANCING AND MORE SINGING?

[Beeps] YOU KNOW? [Chuckles]

IF YOU WANNA STOP WHAT
WE'RE DOING, JUST SAY SO.

YOU CAN FANTASIZE ABOUT PULLING OUT
YOUR GUN AND SHOOTING EVERYONE ON STAGE.

AND YOU KNOW YOU LIKE THAT.

NO, SERIOUSLY. WE'LL DO
SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE,

LIKE CLIMBING THE OUTSIDE
OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING...

OR SWIMMING THE EAST RIVER OR...

WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED?

[Distorted Voice] TEMPERANCE BRENNAN
AND JACK HODGINS HAVE BEEN BURIED ALIVE.

WIRE TRANSFER EIGHT
MILLION DOLLARS...

TO THE FOLLOWING
GRAND CAYMAN ACCOUNT,

OR THEY WILL SUFFOCATE TO DEATH.

[Distorted Voice] UPON
RECEIVING THE WIRE TRANSFER,

I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH BRENNAN
AND HODGINS'S G.P.S. COORDINATES.

THIS WILL BE MY
LAST COMMUNICATION.

IT WILL BE HIS LAST COMMUNICATION
TOO. HE'S NEVER VARIED.

HE LEARNED FROM THE KENT BOYS. HE GOT
TWO OF THEM. HE CUT THE DEADLINE IN HALF.

WHY IS THE GRAVE DIGGER DEMANDING SO
MUCH MONEY? IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

HE'S ALWAYS BEEN REASONABLE AT KNOWING
HOW MUCH MONEY PEOPLE COULD RAISE...

- WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT.
- HAS, UH, DR. BRENNAN MADE THAT
MUCH MONEY FROM HER BOOKS?

IT'S HODGINS. HE'S THE SOLE HEIR TO
THIS THING CALLED THE CANTILEVER GROUP.

AND WHAT'S THAT?

JUST THE THIRD LARGEST PRIVATELY
OWNED CORPORATION IN THE COUNTRY.

MAKE SENSE NOW, TOM?

[Grunts] I WAS ON MY WAY TO KARATE
CLASS, SO WE HAVE LOTS OF BOTTLED WATER.

WHAT HAPPENED? WHERE ARE WE?

THE LAST THING I REMEMBER
IS BEING AT THE LAB.

I'M REALLY CONFUSED. YEAH.

WHAT HAPPENED TO MY LEGS?

- WHERE ARE WE?
- UNDERGROUND. BURIED.

I HAVE A BURN.

ZACK WAS TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT KIND OF STUN GUN.

IT HAS TO BE THE GRAVE DIGGER.

I THINK HE RAN YOU DOWN
WITH HIS CAR AND THEN...

PUMPED YOU FULL OF DRUGS TO
RUIN YOUR SHORT-TERM MEMORY.

- SAME AS RYAN KENT.
- HOW LONG HAVE WE
BEEN DOWN HERE?

UM, MAYBE TWO HOURS, I THINK.

OKAY.

SO THIS VEHICLE HAS, I'D
SAY, 60... 60 CUBIC FEET OF AIR.

UH, IT'S 20 PERCENT JUST
OXYGEN. TWO PEOPLE.

MY BRAIN IS NOT WORKING.

THE GRAVE DIGGER
IS VERY CONSISTENT.

IF WE STARTED WITH
12 HOURS OF AIR,

WE'LL BE UNCONSCIOUS IN 10.

AFTER THAT, IF...

IF NO ONE PAYS THE RANSOM...

WE'RE DEAD.

HOW ARE WE GONNA GET OUR
HANDS ON EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS?

HODGINS IS RICH. HE IS?

RICH SQUARED TO THE POWER OF 10
TIMES FOUR IS HOW HE DESCRIBES IT.

YOU'RE GONNA PAY
THE RANSOM, RIGHT?

YES. F.B.I. STANDARD OPS... THEY WON'T WORK.
GRAVE DIGGER OPERATES OUTSIDE STATISTICS.

THEY'LL FIRE YOU. OH, THAT'S COOL.
ONE LESS REASON TO WEAR A SUIT.

HOW DID THE GRAVE DIGGER CATCH BRENNAN AND
HODGINS TOGETHER? BONES WAS ON HER WAY TO KARATE.

AND HODGINS SAID THAT
HE'D FOUND SOMETHING HUGE.

HE TRIED TO CATCH DR. BRENNAN.

HERE!

OH, MY GOD.

OH, THAT'S BLOOD, ISN'T IT?

IT'LL TURN OUT TO BE HODGINS'S. DR. BRENNAN
DOESN'T LIKE IT WHEN WE JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS.

SHE'LL APPRECIATE
WE'RE ON A DEADLINE.

LOOK, HODGINS INTERRUPTED THE
KIDNAPPING JUST LIKE RYAN AND MATTHEW.

[Booth] THE GRAVE DIGGER MUST'VE RUN
HIM OVER. GOD, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

IT'S A CRIME SCENE. THEY'LL
LOOK FOR TIRE TRACKS.

THEY'LL CHECK THE SECURITY
CAMERAS. I NEED YOU TO BE DR. BRENNAN.

- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
- IT MEANS KEEP WORKING
THE CASE.

- I NEED TO KNOW WHY HODGINS
WAS CHASING AFTER BONES.
- I'LL LOOK AT HIS NOTES.

- WELL, WHAT ABOUT ME?
- CALL BONES'S BROTHER RUSS. TELL HIM WHAT'S GOING ON.

I'M GONNA GO TALK TO THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE CANTILEVER GROUP.

[Dialing]

WE HAVE WATER, TOWELS,

A MINI-KIT, IBUPROFEN,

TWO CELL PHONES
WITH NO BATTERIES,

A DIGITAL CAMERA WITH
A BACKUP BATTERY...

AND A HANDFUL OF PENS.

THAT ONE'S A LASER POINTER.

AND A COPY OF MY NOVEL.

HEY, WE CAN READ IT TO
EACH OTHER IF WE GET BORED.

- DEEP RHAPSODY.
- CAREFUL.

THAT'S THREE GRAND A
QUARTER OUNCE. [Winces]

YEAH, I'D MAKE THAT FACE TOO
IF I SPENT $3,000 ON PERFUME.

OH, MAN. SOMETHING...

- MY LEG.
- OKAY, HERE. HERE.

I'M WORRIED YOU HAVE
COMPARTMENT SYNDROME.

[Grunts] IS THAT TERMINAL?

I MEAN, WITHIN THE
NEXT FEW HOURS?

- NO.
- BUT?

IT'S GONNA GET PAINFUL.

- MORE PAINFUL THAN NOW?
- YEAH.

SLIP-INTO-SHOCK-AND-DIE PAINFUL.

WOW.

THERE'S NOTHING WE
CAN DO ABOUT THAT?

ACTUALLY, THERE IS.

OH, I'M NOT GONNA
LIKE THIS, AM I?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

THE GRAVE DIGGER MODIFIED A COMMERCIAL
STUN GUN TO KNOCK OUT HIS VICTIMS.

I'VE FIGURED OUT THE
VOLTAGE AND AMPERAGE...

BUT NOT HOW HE MODIFIED
IT TO BOOST THE CURRENT.

WHICH WILL NOT HELP US FIND
DR. BRENNAN AND HODGINS.

- I DID FIGURE OUT
HOW RYAN KENT DIED.
- LET'S HEAR IT.

HE KILLED HIMSELF. PUNCTURED HIS CAROTID ARTERY,
WHICH EXPLAINS THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD WE FOUND.

HE USED A PEN. THERE'S A NICK ON
THE INFERIOR ANGLE OF THE MANDIBLE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY HE DID IT. I DON'T
REALLY DO "WHY." I JUST DO "HOW."

HE DID IT TO GIVE HIS BROTHER
MORE AIR. SO HIS TWIN WOULD SURVIVE.

THAT'S WHY WE FOUND THEM HOLDING
EACH OTHER. HOW DOES THAT HELP?

WHEN WE TELL MR. KENT THAT ONE
OF HIS SONS GAVE HIS OWN LIFE...

IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE HIS
BROTHER, IT'LL MEAN SOMETHING, ZACK.

JUST KEEP SEARCHING, OKAY?

OKAY, I'M READY.

IS THAT A NOTE TO ANGELA?

YES. JUST IN CASE.

IF WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA
DO TO ME SENDS ME INTO SHOCK,

I MIGHT DIE.

UPSIDE? ME NOT BREATHING
DOUBLES YOUR SURVIVAL TIME.

I'M NOT INTERESTED
IN SURVIVING THAT WAY.

WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS MAKE
A LONG INCISION IN THE FASCIA...

TO RELEASE THE PRESSURE INSIDE.

AND HOW... HOW LONG
IS A "LONG INCISION"?

WAIT. YOU KNOW
WHAT? DON'T TELL ME.

IT'S BEST IF I DO IT VERY
FAST AND WITHOUT EMPATHY.

HERE.

HANG ON TO SOMETHING.

AND DON'T FIGHT PASSING OUT.

YOU READY?

WAIT.

WHAT IS THAT?

EVIDENCE OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOU.

LET'S... LET'S WORRY
ABOUT IT LATER.

HERE. JUST PUT IT IN
THE PAGES OF YOUR BOOK.

I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT LATER.

[Mumbling]

IT'S BEST IF YOU
DON'T TALK RIGHT NOW.

I AM NUTS ABOUT ANGELA.

OVER THE MOON.

STUPID IN LOVE WITH HER.

THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT HER THAT...
THAT CRAZY EXPENSIVE PERFUME.

A MAN GIVES YOU A BOTTLE
OF PERFUME LIKE THAT, IT SAYS...

IT SAYS, "I LOVE YOU."

THERE. I SAID IT OUT LOUD.

[Muffled Screaming]

DID YOU FIND RUSS?

HE'S ON A FISHING TRIP WITH
FRIENDS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.

NO PHONE, NO CELL SERVICE.

YOU? HODGINS SEEMS TO WRITE
EVERYTHING IN SOME KIND OF CODE.

I MIGHT HAVE TO GET ZACK
OVER HERE TO BREAK IT.

IT SAYS THAT THE TRACES OF
ALUMINUM FOUND ON THE CLOTHING...

WERE ALMOST CERTAINLY
FROM THE KIDNAPPER'S VEHICLE...

LIKE A BOX IN THE BACK
OF A TRUNK OR A VAN.

YOU CAN READ THAT?

YEAH. HODGINS SENDS
ME A LOT OF NOTES.

WHY BOTHER WITH ALL OF THIS?

WE DON'T NEED EVIDENCE.
WE NEED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

I CAN'T GET THE RANSOM
TOGETHER, NOT IN TIME.

THE CANTILEVER GROUP
HAS GOT THIS POLICY.

NO PROOF OF LIFE FROM
THE KIDNAPPER, NO RANSOM.

NOT EVEN FOR THE BOSS? IT'S
HIS RULE. IT'S NO EXCEPTIONS.

THEY SAY THEY NEED MORE TIME. EXCEPT THE GRAVE
DIGGER DOESN'T GIVE US THAT OR PROOF OF LIFE.

BOOTH, I DON'T THINK IT'S A COINCIDENCE
THAT HE TOOK BRENNAN WHEN HE DID.

YEAH. I WAS KINDA
THINKING THE SAME THING.

[Horn Honks] [Gasps]

OH, THANK GOD I DIDN'T KILL YOU.

HOW LONG WAS I
UNCONSCIOUS? FOR A WHILE.

- HOW'S YOUR LEG?
- BETTER.

LOTS BETTER. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

HOT-WIRING THE PHONE TO THE
HORN SO WE CAN SEND A MESSAGE.

- FROM UNDERGROUND?
- WE GET RADIO RECEPTION.

DIRECT CURRENT 12-VOLT
WILL BURN OUT THE CIRCUITS...

IN A 4.2-VOLT CELL
PHONE IN A MICROSECOND.

BETTER JURY-RIG
A RESISTOR. SMART.

MIGHT WORK LONG ENOUGH TO
SEND A SINGLE BURST TRANSMISSION.

A VERY SHORT TEXT MESSAGE. BOOTH
CAN TRACE IT TO A CELL PHONE RELAY TOWER.

AND WHAT MESSAGE SHALL
WE SEND? "GOOD-BYE"?

"NICE TO KNOW YOU"? WHAT
ARE WE SURROUNDED BY?

PAIN,

DESPAIR...

AND A SUBSOIL ACCUMULATION
OF AGGLUTINATE ARIDISOLS.

- DIRT.
- I DON'T LIKE THE TERM "DIRT."

ALL RIGHT. THEN...

TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW.

ASH. [Sniffs]

HINTS OF NITROGEN
AND SULFUR. [Spits]

SO WHERE ARE WE?
WE'RE IN COAL COUNTRY.

BITUMINOUS COAL COUNTRY.

BASICALLY, VIRGINIA.

WE NEED MORE THAN THAT.

THE LASER.

AND WE NEED BENZOPHENONE.

BENZOPHENONE... IT'S IN
SOAPS AND PLASTIC PACKAGING,

SUNSCREEN.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY SUNSCREEN.

ANGELA'S PERFUME.

THREE GRAND THAT COST.

HODGINS, I WILL SPLIT THE
COST WHEN WE GET OUT OF HERE.

THERE'S SOMETHING YOU
DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME.

I'M RICH.

ME TOO.

NO. NO, YOU'RE... WELL-OFF.

MY FAMILY OWNS THE
CANTILEVER GROUP.

AND THERE'S NOT
MANY OF US LEFT ALIVE.

ONE, TO BE EXACT.

ME. OKAY, I WON'T
SPLIT IT WITH YOU.

IT SMELLS NICE.

I NEED THE CAMERA.

OKAY.

OKAY.

[Camera Whirring]

I KNOW WHERE WE ARE.

THERE'S NO NEGOTIATING
WITH THE GRAVE DIGGER.

[Exhales] YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS,
WHAT, UH, FIVE TIMES WITH THIS GUY?

EXACTLY. SO I KNOW HIM.
AND HE DOES NOT NEGOTIATE.

AW, WHAT? WHAT, NO CHAT
ROOM ACTION WITH HIM?

ARE YOU NUTS? I HATE
THE SON OF A BITCH.

WHY? HE'S MADE YOU RICH.

YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU JUST
NEED TO DEAL WITH THE FACTS.

THAT IF YOU CAN'T PUT THE RANSOM TOGETHER IN
THE TIME HE GAVE YOU, YOUR PARTNER IS DEAD.

HERE'S THE DEAL, ALL RIGHT? YOU
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS GUY.

WHAT THEY CALL SYMBIOTIC. YOU
BENEFIT FROM EACH OTHER. HMM?

SO KNOW THIS, HUH?

THAT DEADLINE COMES AROUND AND MY PARTNER
IS STILL UNDERGROUND, I WILL END YOU.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

[Gasping] YEAH?

THREE HOURS TO LIVE.

BETTER HURRY.

THIS THING YOU FOUND ON MY
LEG IS ANODIZED PLASTIC FILAMENT,

ENCODED METALLIC TAPE
WITH DRIED-OUT ADHESIVE.

I THINK IT'S A BUMPER STICKER.

YOU MEAN LIKE, "IF YOU CAN
READ THIS, YOU'RE TOO CLOSE"?

NO. LIKE A PREPAID
TOLL ROAD PASS.

SOMEONE RAN ME DOWN WITH A CAR.

WE KNEW THAT ALREADY.

YEAH, BUT NOW WE'VE PROVED
IT, AND I FIND I'M REALLY ANNOYED.

FOUR TO SIX SECONDS TO ENTER
A MESSAGE AND HIT SPEED DIAL.

- I FIGURED OUT A TEXT MESSAGE
USING EIGHT KEY STRIKES.
- HOW'S YOUR TEXT MESSAGING?

THUMBS LIKE
LIGHTNING. I CAN DO IT.

OKAY.

- YOU READY?
- YEAH.

- [Horn Honking]
- [Electricity Crackling]

OOH. OH.

- DID IT GO?
- I THINK IT WENT.

ME TOO.

♪♪ [Cell Phone]

[Beeps]

DOES IT MEAN
ANYTHING TO ANYBODY?

THEY'RE GETTING LOW ON OXYGEN.

HYPOXIA LEADS TO
MENTAL CONFUSION.

- IT'S BONES. THIS MEANS SOMETHING.
- DID YOU TRY DIALING THE NUMBER?

I TRIED ALL THE DUMB-GUY
NORMAL STUFF, OKAY?

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TALKING
TO THE BRAIN TRUST, ALL RIGHT?

THINK, EGGHEADS! WORK IT!

- BOOTH, THEY'RE NOT COPS.
- YEAH. WE'RE RUNNING
OUT OF TIME.

MINOR CORRECTION. DR. BRENNAN AND HODGINS
WILL RUN OUT OF AIR IN FOUR SECONDS.

[Zack] WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

[Grunting]

[Air Hissing]

HOW MUCH EXTRA TIME?

A LITTLE. FOUR OTHER TIRES,
BUT WE CAN'T GET TO 'EM.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?

IF THE RANSOM WAS
PAID, WE'D BE OUT BY NOW.

WHY PROLONG THE
INEVITABLE? BOOTH WILL FIND US.

YOU HAVE A LOT
OF FAITH IN BOOTH.

NO.

FAITH IS AN IRRATIONAL BELIEF IN
SOMETHING THAT IS LOGICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

OVER TIME, I'VE SEEN WHAT
BOOTH CAN DO. IT'S NOT FAITH.

NO OFFENSE.

AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING THIS
BECAUSE YOU FILLETED ME WITH A KNIFE.

WE ARE OUT OF AIR.

WE DON'T KNOW IF OUR MESSAGE GOT
OUT, MUCH LESS IF ANYONE UNDERSTOOD IT.

AND WE ARE BURIED UNDERGROUND.

WHAT YOU HAVE IS FAITH, BABY.

[Chuckles] SORRY.

THE "BABY" THING IS A REFLEX.

YOU SHOULDN'T TALK RIGHT
NOW, TO CONSERVE AIR.

I NEED THE CAMERA BATTERIES AND THE
PRESERVATIVE POWDER FROM YOUR KIT.

SODA ASH AND LITHIUM?

YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A
CARBON DIOXIDE SCRUBBER?

IF YOU CAN PERFORM
SURGERY OUT OF THIN AIR,

THEN I CAN PULL A LITTLE
THIN AIR OUT OF THIN AIR.

[Chuckling]

OKAY. ZACK FIGURED OUT WHAT STUN GUN THE
GRAVE DIGGER USES AND HOW IT'S MODIFIED.

THANKS TO ANGELA, WE KNOW
THAT THE GRAVE DIGGER...

HAS A CUSTOMIZED ALUMINUM
CASE IN THE BACK OF HIS VEHICLE.

I GOT ABOUT A HUNDRED
AGENTS WORKING THAT ANGLE.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? RIGHT
HERE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

YOU'RE FORGETTING SOMETHING!
BRENNAN AND HODGINS ARE OUT OF AIR.

GREAT. YOU WANNA GIVE UP, HUH? THIS IS
BONES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND HODGINS.

YOU THINK THEY DIDN'T FIND
A WAY TO EXTEND THEIR AIR?

THEY FOUND A WAY TO SEND US A MESSAGE, ASK FOR
HELP. AND YOU WANT TO GIVE UP BECAUSE OF MATH?

SODA ASH. LITHIUM REACTS WITH HIGH
CONCENTRATIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE,

PRODUCES OXYGEN.

OH. [Laughing]

THAT GIVES US JUST LONG ENOUGH.

JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR WHAT?

MY NEXT IDEA,
WHICH WILL KILL US.

AIR BAGS.

THEY AREN'T
ACTUALLY BAGS OF AIR.

I'M NOT LOOKING TO EXTEND
OUR SURVIVAL UNDERGROUND.

I'M LOOKING TO BLOW
OUR WAY OUT OF HERE.

USING THE EXPLOSIVES
FROM THE AIR BAGS?

THAT COULD DEFINITELY KILL US.

SO WILL DOING NOTHING.

[Blows, Grunts] [Paper Tears]

ANYONE YOU WANT
TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO?

[Writing]

IT'S NOT A NUMERICAL-ALPHABETICAL
CODE OR AN EQUATION.

- IT'S NOT G.P.S. COORDINATES
OR INDICATIONS OF TOPOGRAPHY.
- GREAT. THEN WHAT IS IT?

CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? SEE,
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I WAS SENT HERE.

YOU GUYS ARE BRILLIANT, BUT
YOU WON'T MAKE INTUITIVE LEAPS.

- YOU MEAN JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS?
- THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN.

THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM ONE OF
THEM TO ONE OF US... SPECIFIC, FOCUSED.

- WHO WAS IT MEANT TO GET TO?
- EASY. BRENNAN'S CELL TO MINE.

RIGHT? THE MESSAGE WAS FOR ME. WE
HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING. WE WORK TOGETHER.

WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.
SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND.

AND HODGINS...

HODGINS... SHE'S RIGHT.

- WE SHOULD ASSUME THE MESSAGE
IS FROM HODGINS, NOT BRENNAN.
- WHY?

- BECAUSE THEY'RE BURIED ALIVE.
- [Angela] AND HODGINS IS ALL ABOUT DIRT.

OKAY, GREAT. THE MESSAGE IS
ABOUT DIRT. BUT WHO IS IT TO?

ANGELA. HODGINS IS ALL
ABOUT DIRT AND ANGELA.

BUT IT'S NUMBERS,
ZACK. IT'S FOR YOU.

HODGINS WOULD'VE WRITTEN ME
A LINE OF POETRY OR SOMETHING.

AGENT BOOTH. JANINE USED ALL HER CONTACTS
AND GOT ME ON ALL THE LOCAL NEWS SHOWS.

AND I EXPLAINED THAT WE NEEDED
MORE TIME. I ASKED HIM TO CALL.

I'M SORRY, BUT HE'S
COMPLETELY CONSISTENT.

SIX, SEVEN, 16.

CARBON, NITROGEN AND SULFUR
ON THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS.

THEY ARE BURIED
IN COAL-RICH SOIL.

- [Beeping]
- YOU GOTTA
NARROW IT DOWN, ZACK.

- KEEP GOING, ZACK.
- THE MINERAL COMPONENTS IN COAL
ARE ALL THE SAME.

IT'S THE ORGANIC COMPONENTS THAT PROVIDE A
UNIQUE FINGERPRINT. THEY'RE CALLED MACERALS.

THEY FLUORESCE
AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.

A REFLECTANCE OF
1.4 IS QUITE RARE,

SUGGESTING A HIGH
CONCENTRATION OF INERTINITE.

- ZACK, TELL ME WHAT THAT MEANS.
- IT MEANS HE KNOWS
WHERE THEY ARE.

- ZACK?
- [Beeping]

I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.

- CAN THIS POSSIBLY WORK?
- I'M NOT REALLY
AN EXPLOSIVES EXPERT,

BUT THE DASH MIGHT SHAPE THE CHARGE
ENOUGH TO BLOW OUT THE WINDSHIELD.

IF WE'RE LESS THAN FOUR
FEET BENEATH THE SURFACE,

THIS CHARGE COULD
BLOW US TO FREEDOM.

IF WE'RE BURIED MORE
THAN FOUR FEET DEEP?

THEN THE CONCUSSION WILL
TURN OUR BRAINS INTO JELLY.

WELL, THEN WE CAN RUN FOR
CONGRESS, SO IT'S A WIN-WIN.

[Chuckles]

WE SHOULD GET AS FAR AWAY
FROM THE EXPLOSION AS POSSIBLE.

I ALREADY AM.

YOU CARE TO JOIN ME?

[Siren Wailing]

[Sirens Wailing]

[Man] TO THE RIDGE!

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO! GATHER UP!

[Booth] LOOK, PEOPLE, THEY GOTTA
BE HERE. JUST LOOK FOR ANYTHING...

TIRE TRACKS, RECENT DIGGING,
MOUNDS, DEPRESSIONS, ANYTHING.

[Helicopter Whirring Overhead]

[Police Radio Chatter]

READY?

YEAH.

DR. BRENNAN, IT'S
BEEN A PRIVILEGE.

♪♪ [Soft Rock]

[Muffled Explosion]

♪♪ [Continues]

[Gasping] GET HODGINS. GET...

JACK, COME ON. [Gasps]

♪♪ [Ends]

[Siren Wailing]

[Angela] I WENT TO VISIT
YOU AT THE HOSPITAL.

I BROUGHT YOU THIS.

THEY... THEY LET ME GO HOME.

NO, THEY DIDN'T. YOU LEFT
WITHOUT BEING DISCHARGED.

YOU STOLE CRUTCHES,
WHICH I HAD TO PAY FOR.

THEY PACKED ME, PUMPED
ME FULL OF ANTIBIOTICS,

STITCHED ME UP AND
GAVE ME PAINKILLERS.

SO... SO I'M... I'M GOOD TO GO.

COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK AT ME?

YOU WERE BURIED ALIVE.

YOU WERE OPERATED ON
WITHOUT AN ANESTHETIC.

YOU WERE PUMPED FULL OF DRUGS.

YOU REALLY SHOULD BE LYING DOWN.

HE'S OUT THERE, ANGELA.

HE BURIES PEOPLE ALIVE.

I HAVE TO CATCH HIM.

IF I CAN FIGURE OUT THE
EXACT ALLOY OF ALUMINUM,

THEN MAYBE I COULD...
MAYBE WE COULD...

PLUS THE BIT OF... OF... OF BUMPER
STICKER THAT BRENNAN FOUND IN MY LEG...

WE'RE GONNA CATCH HIM, OKAY?

I PROMISE YOU.

WE'RE GONNA START
TOMORROW. ALL OF US TOGETHER.

I CAN'T SLEEP, ANGELA.

I THOUGHT THAT THEY GAVE
YOU SOMETHING FOR THAT.

NO. I MEAN,

I'M AFRAID...

THAT IF I CLOSE
MY EYES, WHEN I...

WHEN I OPEN THEM, I'M
GONNA BE BACK IN THAT CAR...

AND BURIED, RUNNING OUT OF AIR.

OKAY. THEN YOU SHOULD
COME HOME WITH ME.

WHAT?

WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR
EYES, I'LL BE THERE.

YEAH?

YEAH.

OKAY.

YOU KNOW I'M GOOD
FOR THAT CRUTCH MONEY.

[Both Chuckling]

[Sniffles]

♪♪ [Soft Rock]

♪♪ [Continues]

WHAT'D YOU ASK FOR?

THAT'S BETWEEN ME
AND A CERTAIN SAINT.

ALTHOUGH I DID ASK FOR A LITTLE HELP
FINDING THE GRAVE DIGGER. GOOD MOVE.

WHAT'S THAT SMELL?

THE CANDLES.

AND I SAID THANKS.

- YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME.
- IF I WERE GOING TO PRAY,

I WOULD HAVE DONE IT JUST
BEFORE WE SET OFF THE EXPLOSION.

- AND YOU DIDN'T?
- NO.

SEE, IF THERE WAS A
GOD, WHICH THERE ISN'T...

SHH. DO YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE?

AND IF I WERE SOMEONE WHO
BELIEVED HE HAD A PLAN... WHICH I DO.

THEN I'D BE TEMPTED TO THINK HE WANTED ME TO
GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE I WENT THROUGH...

BECAUSE IT MIGHT MAKE ME MORE
OPEN TO THE WHOLE... CONCEPT.

HMM. AND IT OBVIOUSLY HASN'T.

I'M OKAY WITH YOU THANKING
GOD FOR SAVING ME AND HODGINS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I
THANKED HIM FOR.

I THANKED HIM FOR
SAVING ALL OF US.

IT WAS ALL OF US.

EVERY SINGLE ONE.

YOU TAKE ONE OF US AWAY,

AND YOU AND HODGINS
ARE IN THAT HOLE FOREVER.

AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.

I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T GIVE UP.

I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T GIVE UP.

♪♪ [Ends]

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?