Bones (2005–2017): Season 9, Episode 15 - The Heiress in the Hill - full transcript

The Jeffersonian team investigates the murder of Lauren Frank, a kidnap victim whose remains were found buried at a park. But when they discover the unhappy relationship that Lauren had with her stepmother, the team starts to think the killer was someone closer to the girl than expected. Meanwhile, Hodgins uncovers a shocking secret about his family and Brennan and Booth face a common couples dilemma - whether to co-mingle their funds.

I'll get Christine's boots.
She's gonna need 'em today.

I think she needs a boat.

Or perhaps an ark.

Huh! Hey, that's a
good one, Bones.

Thank you.

It was in reference
to the myth of Noah and...

I got it. Ark. Yes.
...the Ark.

Although that myth
isn't really thought out.

Why's that?
Two of each species?

He would've had
to include

submicroscopic organisms



that make life
possible underwater.

Whoa. What's this?

It was in, uh,
Christine's permission slips.

Oh.

I wondered where that went.

What do you mean, "Oh"?

It's a check
for $75,000.

That's not just
something you misplace.

It's an advance against

the paperback sales
of my last book.

Can you deposit that
at the bank

after you drop Christine
off at school?

Uh, no, no, no can do.

Because you know what?
It's in your name.



Told you we should get
a joint account.

I'll endorse it
over to you.

No, I can't take that.

That's more than I make
in a year.

What's your
problem, Booth?

We're married now.

Sharing everything
is part of that, isn't it?

Yeah, but I...

I need to get back
to the lab.

Hopefully,
this is murder,

and I will see you soon.

Wow.

So I was online looking
at dream houses,

which got me thinking
about adding an extra room.

And you want a studio.

Which could double
as a bug room.

Listen, I promise
we will do it...

as soon as I find a
suitable bank to rob.

You know, we'd make
a pretty good team.

You could drive the getaway car.

Excuse me,
Dr. Hodgins?

Yes?

I'm Dr. Rozran.

Okay.

From the Sandalwood Home.

Ah. Sorry.
This is my wife, Angela.

Hi.

What's the...
the Sandalwood Home?

We're an in-patient
mental health facility.

And since Dr. Hodgins
is the sole survivor

from the
Cantilever Group...

I get it.
I'm sorry, Dr. Rozran.

I'm sure that you've received
generous donations in the past,

but, you see,
the Cantilever Group

doesn't exist anymore.

I'm not here about a donation.

I'm here about your brother.

Since the fund hasn't paid
his expenses for over a year...

You made a mistake.
I don't have a brother.

You're Dr. Jack Hodgins, right?

Son of Jonathan
and Anne Hodgins?

Yeah, but Hodgins
is an only child.

That's not something
you get wrong.

Oh. Uh, since Jeffrey
has been at Sandalwood

since before I got there,

I suppose it's possible
the paperwork is askew.

Heads up! Watch your back!

Coming through!

Okay, right here.

That will give
everyone access.

Well, uh, sorry for the mix-up
there, Dr. Rozran,

but we really do need
to get going.

- Uh, yes, I understand.
- Uh...

I'll settle this when
I get back to my office.

I'm sorry to have
bothered you.

A ranger at Antietam
Battlefield Park

spotted the feet
when she came in this morning.

Are there just legs,

or is there a body
attached to them?

There's definitely more,

but it could be wrapped
in something

the radar can't get past.

Then we'll have
to excavate.

It's odd that he had
the Cantilever connection

and your parents' names.

Very.

But the fact is a person
doesn't just lose a brother.

I lost my father.
Yes, but you knew you had one.

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

You're late, Mr. Fisher.

Apologies.

I was watching the
news and wondering

if it was even worth
getting dressed.

Oh, we've missed you, Fisher.

Doesn't this seem
worth it, Mr. Fisher?

It has possibilities.

The tarsal bone
on the right foot suggests

the victim is female.

And from the looks of it,

the little toe was removed
before she died.

Possible cause of death?

By cutting off
the little toe?

Hemophiliac?

Just saying.

Think I got something.

Hold on. Nobody touch.

I've seen this before
in New York with gang hits.

This must be what blocked
Hodgins' view on the GPR.

The remains were doused in lye
before they were buried.

Bad news is,
sodium hydroxide

will eat up these remains.

Worse news, this mud and water
will speed the process.

If the bones
are damaged,

it could obscure evidence.

Yes, but good news,

vinegar neutralizes lye.

Excuse me.
Ooh.

The vinegar is making this
smell like a bad salad.

Based on lye

and desiccated tissue,
I'd say the remains

have been buried a day,
maybe a day and a half ago.

According to the exposed
tooth-to-pulp ratio,

she was in her mid-20s.

The angular nature
of the orbital socket

suggests she is Caucasian.

There's extensive damage
to the dentition.

Two, three, eight
upper and lower teeth

on the right side
have been smashed.

We won't get an I.D.
from dentals.

Lye, smashing
of the teeth?

Somebody really
didn't want us

to find out who
this woman was.

♪ Bones 9x15 ♪
The Heiress in the Hill
Original Air Date on January 31, 2014

♪ Main Title Theme ♪ The Crystal Method



Look, if you can't bury
a body deep enough,

you cover it in lye so the
animals don't dig it up.

It's classic Al Capone.

You think
it was a mob hit?

Oh, geez, what,
a girl in her 20s?

That's sexist.

Nowadays a girl
in her 20s can be

just as much a mobster
as a guy.

Wonderful how far
we've come.

All right, listen.

I want you to take
these cases, okay?

See if there's
any similar crimes.

You're very brusque today.

What?
Brusque. It's a word.

All right, here we go.
Howard Viceroy. Forget it.

The M.O.'s right, but the guy's
in Hazelton for life.

You know what?
Why don't you just

go to your office,
go through all these

and see what you
come up with, okay?

All of these?

You're a profiler.
So go profile.

I think you got a check here.

What? Give me that.

It's not mine. It's Bones's.

And that's upsetting to you?

No, it doesn't upset me.

Kind of. You see this?

That's for $75,000, okay?

Bones endorsed it over to me.
It's a nice present.

It's not a present, okay?
She wants me to put it

into the bank.
We don't have a joint account.

Oh.
"Oh."

Do me a favor.

Don't give me
the whole "oh" thing.

You got something to say, just say it.
Okay.

With the traditional male-female
dynamic changing in society,

your reluctance to
commingle your finances

implies that it touches
on issues of manhood

and your status
in the relationship.

What?
Look, money can cause

a lot of emotional issues
in couples, right?

Resentment,

insecurity, impotence.

Hold on
right there, okay?

Bones and I are just fine.

In every room of our house,
thank you very much.

And yet that
check still

strikes a nerve, doesn't it?
I tell you what.

Just, here, take 'em.
Take the files.

Go shrink 'em.
Shrink it down.

You don't shrink files.
You read them.

Just shrink it down.

Are any of those fractures
caused by the burial?

No, they're all perimortem.

Looks like
repeated trauma

to the parietal bone
along the sagittal suture.

Criminals never disappoint,
do they?

There are other
bone injuries,

but we need the tissue removed
before we can examine them.

That's a nasty crack
on the head.

It appears
the killer repeatedly smashed

the victim's head
into a hard surface.

But it doesn't appear
to be cause of death.

Well, I found out
who she is.

The remaining tissue provided
enough DNA for an I.D.

The victim is
Lauren Frank

of Arlington,
Virginia.

These are my parents'
signatures.

And the dates all track.

I was the only child
in that house.

I never even heard the name
Jeffrey mentioned.

It seems when your mother
was pregnant with you,

your parents decided it would
be best if Jeffrey received

full-time care and supervision.

So they warehoused my brother?

They were protecting
him from himself.

And protecting you.

He's violent?

Jeffrey has
schizo-affective disorder.

When he's on his meds
and receiving proper treatment,

he's manageable,
quite intelligent

and very pleasant
company.

And when he doesn't have
proper care?

He's ill, Dr. Hodgins,
and his illness can flare up.

We're not a
lockdown facility.

Sometimes he disappears.

How does he get back?
He usually goes to one

of a few places he knows,
so he's not difficult to find.

But with a case
like your brother's,

his care and supervision

are expensive.

That's why the board
had me contact you.

But I don't have
any money anymore.

Dr. Hodgins?

Yeah, sorry. It's just...

it's a lot to get
my head around, you know?

I mean, one day,
you're an only child,

and then... all this.

I can only imagine.

There's Jeffrey.

Lauren Frank, 26 years old,

still in community college,
parents divorced.

Lives with her father
and stepmother.

You know, the dad's the CEO
of Highpark, Incorporated,

some big software company.

He's loaded-- like, tens
of millions of loaded.

Yeah, the stepmother is listed
as a homemaker.

I don't understand.
This girl Lauren,

she was 26 years old
and she still hadn't moved out.

Yeah, it's more common
than not these days.

They're called "perma-children."

You know, between student loans,
high rents, low-paying jobs,

living with your parents
starts to look good.

Well, it didn't work out
too well for Lauren.

This is them, all right?

Did you find her?
Did you find Lauren?

I'm sorry.
How long... was she missing?

Yeah, there's no report filed.

She didn't tell you?

You haven't talked
to her, have you?

No, sir.
I thought we were here because...

Don't say anything,
Katherine. Not a word.

I don't know why you thought
we brought you in.

We shouldn't have come.
They told us not to.

Oh, God, what
have we done?

She was kidnapped.

We got a... we got
a package delivered.

Katherine!
It's over, Steven. They know.

There's nothing
we can do now.

Sorry. The package?

We found it outside
our front doorstep

yesterday morning
with a note.

"Call the police
and Lauren dies.

Instructions to follow."

And inside...

Was her toe.

If you haven't found her,
why are we here?

We're sorry to inform you

that we found your daughter's
body this morning.

We think that she
was murdered.

No.

We did everything.

We were waiting, we...

I would've paid,
I would've paid anything.

Why would they do this?

I can't believe this.

The bastards!

It's the kidnapper.

He still thinks
he can get the money.

He doesn't know
we found her yet.

That was a big mistake.

Listen, we're gonna find out

who did this to your daughter.

The kidnapper said
he was watching us.

That's why we didn't
call the police.

That's what he
wanted you to think

so no one would
go after him.

Are you sure that
Lauren didn't go out

with anyone that night, to
a party or anything like that?

No, she would've told us,
said good-bye.

She had no cause
to sneak out.

It's not like
she was a teenager.

And when she didn't come
down for breakfast,

we went to her room.

That's when we'd found
she was gone.

The angle of the incision
on the toe

matches the injury

to the distal metatarsal at the lab.
He smells the toe!

Get him out of here!
Otis, here, here, Otis!

What the hell's going on, Chuck?
I'm-I'm sorry, Steven. He got out.

I was about to feed him...
Just remove him!

I-I don't want
the evidence compromised.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Who are you?

Chuck Winter. He's in
charge of the house.

He's not doing a particularly
good job right now.

Where you here the
night that, uh,

Lauren was kidnapped?
I live here.

I have a suite off the kitchen.

If there's anything I can do...

Yeah, I'm sure we'll
be talking to you.

Can you get the
dog out of here?

Okay. Come on.

The toe was removed poorly.

The tissue's torn.

The bone is splintered.

It was basically ripped off.
Oh, God!

We can get into the details
later, okay, Bones?

Well, I'd like
to see Lauren's room.

We'd like
to see her room, okay?

Emergency fire ladder--
that's how they got her out.

All the second-floor bedrooms
are equipped with them.

You think that there was more
than one kidnapper, Booth?

At least two.

One to carry her and the
other to steady the ladder.

You're sure you haven't
touched anything, right?

No, of course not.

There's no evidence that
her toe was severed here.

No blood evidence at all.

No sign of a struggle,
she was probably

abducted in her sleep.

Now, there's sensors
here on the door.

Why didn't the alarms go off
when they were opened?

It was my fault.

I told her the air conditioning
was drying out her skin.

It's not your fault.
She hated me,

Steven, no matter
what I did.

Oh, now I can never...

I can never
make it up to her.

Can I take her downstairs?

Yeah, it's probably best.

Come on.

I should get back
to the lab, Booth.

There's nothing more
for me here.

Take the laptop, okay?

See if Angela can get
anything off that, will you?

The Nautilus.

Hey, that's
excellent detail

on the Architeuthis.

You like Jules Verne?

He's in my top three.

I'm...

Jack.

Jeffrey.

I've read everything
Verne's written.

Yeah, me, too.

I mean, we're still
catching up to the...

to the discoveries and
inventions in his books.

Oh, it's amazing
how many novelists can see

what the future holds

before the technologies
even exist.

Yeah, yeah.

Einstein always said

imagination is more powerful
than knowledge.

Yeah, well, uh, they weaponized
most of Einstein's findings

as fast as they could.

They always say
they're gonna use

science for good,
but they never do.

Please do not even get me
started on what "they" do.

All of our problems
would be solved

if they let
scientists run things.

But then, I've been told

I'm kind of
a conspiracy nut, so...

Does that mean you can see, too?

See what?

Past the static?

They use static
electricity to...

to mask the changes.

It's what Bradbury warned us.

Changes so subtle,
you'd hardly even notice.

New pills, hmm?

All of a sudden
there are blue M&M's?

I-I-I may have misled you,
Jeffrey, on the conspiracy...

No, no. No!

They will try to slip things
by you like Twitter.

And... GPS.

And the next thing you know,
you're living on Titan.

Or one of the moons of Neptune!

See, this is just a way station;
it's not real.

None of this is real.
Hey, Jeffrey, hey, Jeffrey, it's okay.

None of this is real.
No, no!

They are trying... They will use the static!
Hey, hey!

He won't be able to see!
I-I-I know.

I know, I know.
We hear it, we can hear it...

I want... No, Sean!

Sean, an
Yes, yes, it's Sean.

Right here,
right here. Okay?

All right, stay with me, okay?
Sean. Mm-hmm.

It's okay.

I don't... I don't know...
I don't know what happened.

I mean, we-we were talking.

He was fine, and then...

I shouldn't have said
what I said, but...

You didn't do anything.

This is what I was trying
to explain earlier.

This is what your parents knew.

Uh, her computer

was encrypted, but
since it was filled

her father's software,

he was able to give
me a work-around.

Hodgins is with his brother now?

Yeah, at the place.

His brother freaked out
for no reason,

just when Hodgins was feeling
comfortable with him.

It just...
it hit Hodgins pretty hard.

It must be difficult
for you, too,

knowing that Hodgins
is so upset.

It's just that Hodgins feels
so helpless

knowing that his brother has
to be moved to a state facility.

I'm sure you'll find
good care there.

But Sandalwood

has been Jeffrey's home
for over 30 years.

I'm sorry.

Just a period of adjustment,
I guess.

Oh...

Um...

This is Lauren's reminder list.

The last one set to go off
before the kidnapping was,

Spanish review with Mauricio.".

So, you're Lauren's
Spanish teacher Mauricio?

I'm just
the teacher's assistant.

Look, two suits with guns

show up at class and
take me to the FBI.

Are you gonna tell me
what's going on?

Lauren's dead.

She was kidnapped

and murdered
two nights ago.

I-I'm sorry, this is a shock.

Lauren was more than just
your student, wasn't she?

Yes.

We're dating.

We planned a hiking
tour of South America.

We planned on
leaving next week.

So, next week--
you... you must've

already bought
your ticket, then?

Yes. Why?

Uh, well, judging
from her laptop,

Lauren was pretty organized,
but we found no plans,

no tickets booked for next week.

Weren't you planning
to fly together?

I used miles and got
the last available seat.

She was gonna get a ticket
on another flight.

Meet up in Chile.

I see.

Where were you two nights ago?

I was home.

Grading term papers.

Okay, well, I'm gonna
need you to stay here

until the agent in charge
returns.

Why?
Why?

'Cause you have no alibi
and a ticket

to leave the country.

I'm telling the truth!

I love Lauren.

Yeah, but there's
also the possibility

that you were planning

to leave the country
with the ransom money.

According to the log,
Lauren turned off

the door sensor at 1:12.

And you can see she does this

around the same time
every night.

You don't have
any more footage

from the security
cameras after that?

No.

That's pretty convenient
for the kidnappers.

And you oversee all
of this, huh, Chuck?

Okay, hold on.

At 2:00 a.m.,
the system rebooted

for scheduled maintenance.

Normally that's a 30-second
interruption of service,

but it never booted up
that night.

Steven thought
it was probably a bug

in the new software
or something.

Right, so someone knew

about the ladders, right?

And they also knew about
when the security systems

were gonna reboot.

Not too many people
with that kind

of information, right, Chuck?

Everybody
in the family.

The security team, the patrol.

Right, and you were here

that night in-in your suite
off the kitchen?

Yes, all night.

And was up and made sure

that breakfast was ready
in the morning.

I'm sure you were.

But since we seem to think
this was a two-man job,

you understand I have
to ask these questions?

Sure.

Who the hell is that?

I'll call security.
Uh-uh.

I'm your security.

Hey, where you going?

Hold on. FBI.

Whoa, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
Easy, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, all right,
all right, easy, come on.

All right, oh-oh, right there. Okay.
Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

Who are you?

I'm here for Otis. Um, my code
for the gate didn't work.

They must've changed it.
Who are you?

I'm Buddy, the dog walker.

From the vet.

Look, my shirt.

Okay, with all this land, why do
the Franks need a dog walker?

Otis likes to swim.

You know,
I take him to the beach.

I groom him. Look, ask Lauren.

Lauren's dead.

What?

She's dead. Get up.

How well did you know her?

Sometimes, when
I'd drop off

Otis, you know, we'd sit

on her deck and talk.

Talk?
What did you talk about?

She... she mention anybody
coming around here?

Was she afraid of anyone,
any strangers?

No, mostly she just talked
about how messed up

things are for her here.

Messed up how?

Well, how she wanted
to move out.

How she and her stepmom
fought a lot.

And she said
that one time

she saw the stepmom
and the trainer, like...

you know.

No, I don't.

What?
Like...

like...
Lauren told you that?

She said things were
pretty messed up here.

It's them!

They sent texts

with attachments.

$3 million

in small, unmarked bills.

Our next message will have
instructions for the exchange.

So, you can track
where the texts came from?

Uh, theoretically.
Each file,

like the picture
of Lauren that was sent

and the audio message
from the kidnappers--

each has a digital
fingerprint.

That's great.

Yeah, it's half great.
I also need

the fingerprint of the phone or
computer that sent those texts.

That fingerprint will tell us
whose phone and where it is.

And that's a problem?

Whatever phone was used

was turned on to send the text

and then turned right off.
Ah, so it wasn't turned on

long enough for you to trace it.
Exactly.

But there has to be
a way around it.

I mean, I have half the picture.

I just have to fill in the rest.

Hey!

Hodgins!

Hey, uh, sorry I've
been away so long.

So I'm gonna get
right back to work.

Hodgins, please.

We have our work
and we have our families,

and yours just got
unexpectedly bigger, so...

anything I can do
to make things easier...

Just let me sift through the pile
of particulates waiting for me.

Honey, you don't have to jump
right back in. You can...

We have a murder
to solve, so, yeah.

I just wanted to let you know
that I'm back.

There are a number of
microfractures on the pisiform

the X-rays didn't show.

They're similar to those

we found on
the back of the skull.

Did you find them anywhere else?
Uh, yes.

Pisiform, triquetrum

and lunate-- bilaterally.

She was repeatedly
smashing

her fists against
something.

And the calcanei,
bilaterally.

All perimortem?

Yes.

These all indicate
quite a struggle.

She probably tried to escape
and fought with her kidnappers.

No.

The victim banged her own
head into the ground,

and fists and heels.

Wait, what?
Uniform, repeated injuries.

They're all signs of a seizure.
Oh, my God.

You're right.

Well, I feel inadequate.

You work with me,
Mr. Fisher.

I'd have thought you'd
be used to that by now.

The question we
need to answer

is: What caused the seizure?

Hey.
So I...

I-I swabbed
the kerf marks

Fisher and Dr. Brennan
found on the ulna.

It appears to be
a brand-new saw.

I mean, the oil on it...
I don't care.

Well, it's just that
it's different from

whatever was used
to sever the toe.

So after I figure out
what the beetles ate...

Hodgins, stop. Stop.

Just talk to me.

I want to, Ange.

It's just...
I-I don't know how.

It was just me.

It was always
just me, and now...

Okay. Okay.

So just let
that sink in.

And please don't
shut me out.

This is... this is
happening to both of us.

He has my mom's eyes.

And he loves Jules Verne,
you know?

Just like me.

I mean, we were...

we were having a great time,
Angie, you know?

I-I thought he could
come home, you know?

He could live with us.
But, uh...

I don't know,
I just... I...

I said something
that set him off,

and I-I could not
reel him back in.

I...

I kept thinking, after...

if-if we had known each other
when I was growing up,

maybe-maybe I
could've helped,

maybe he wouldn't
be where he is now.

You know that
that is not true.

No?

I could have loved him.

You can do that now.

You can still love him.

All I'm saying is that
this is your money,

from your hard work,
not mine.

Men are so foolish
when it comes to money.

It's why we have
so many wars.

You like your loot covered
in blood and sweat.

It's the only way
you can enjoy it.

Okay, great. So, what?
I'm Attila the Hun, now?

I mean, come on.
You're a little bit...

What do you mean, a little bit
like Attila the Hun?

There he is.
Sweets.

So I talked
to the trainer

that Katherine Frank
was sleeping with.

He was out of town
when Lauren disappeared.

He still is.

So he's not an accomplice.

And she's not a suspect.
Not so fast.

Check this out.

What do we got here?

Kidnapping and
ransom insurance...

She took out a
kidnapping policy

on her whole family.

So... what?
She kidnaps Lauren,

things goes wrong,

she still tries
to get the money...

Booth.

The victim's phone

sent those texts,

and the phone is still
in the victim's house.

The ransom texts were sent
from Lauren's phone.

It's still
in the house.

Yeah, the east side

of the house, to be exact.

Call me when
you get there, Booth,

and I'll tell you
where to find it.

I need that phone to see

the other information
that it contains.

All right, we're on our way.

We'll call you
when we get there.

Okay, we're here, Angela.

What's he doing, Steven?

What's going on,
Agent Booth?

Please let me do my job.

I'm using Reverse 911

to turn on the phone,
so listen for it.

Okay, Bones, listen for
a high-pitched squeal.

Down that hallway, Booth!

Yeah.

Got it?
Got it, Booth!

So is this your
exercise equipment?

Yes.

That's Lauren's phone.

I-I didn't know

it was in there.

Don't look at me like that.

So, we know that you and your
trainer were having an affair.

All right, according
to your prenup,

if you have an affair, uh,

your husband gets a divorce

and you don't get any money.
Correct?

And how does that make me
a murder suspect?

Come on.
Seriously?

Lauren comes home and sees you
having sex with the trainer,

and if she told her dad,

you'd end up
living in the car.

But if you could
get rid of Lauren,

then the kidnapping
policy would kick in...

Steven bought that.

The policy's in your name.

For tax purposes.

Steven is always
trying to hide money.

How'd you do it?
How'd she die?

Was that always
part of your plan?

I might have not

gotten along with her,
but I could never hurt Lauren.

I think you had
to kill her,

because the policy
would kick in either way,

and with Lauren dead,
there'd be no witness.

I've tried to help.

But I'm done.

I want my lawyer.
Good.

'Cause you're gonna need one.

So Lauren's phone was used
to send the texts.

And the stepmother
sent them.

Well, it could have
been anybody.

The phone was set
to turn itself on,

send the text,
and then immediately

turn itself off
so we couldn't trace it.

That's way too
tech-savvy

for Katherine.
I mean, she's the only one

in the house that didn't
have a computer, right?

What are those?

Oh, those are texts in a queue,
waiting to be sent.

They're all encrypted with
Steven Frank's software.

So you could just call him.

Well, he's not gonna
help this time.

He thinks we're
railroading his wife.

Or...

he's involved because
Katherine convinced him

that Lauren was getting in
the way of their new marriage.

Wait. You think that he
and Katherine together...?

That's horrible.

I mean, we're
dealing with murder

and kidnapping.

That's usually pretty horrible.

The father and the stepmother
make sense.

They were both in the house.

They had access
to the phone...

He's not cooperating.

Listen, Bones, um...
about the money...

Don't worry
about it, Booth.

I'll deposit the check.

No, no, no.
It's not that. It's just...

You know, if the money
is ours, together,

like, really ours together,

do I get a say
in how it's spent?

Of course.

Then I'd like to give the check
to Hodgins and Angela.

To Hodgins' brother,
so he can stay where he is.

Look, if you don't want me to...

Of course.

We can do it together,

like a...

Ah!
Oh...

You got pie on my pants.

You can afford
another pair.

I'm sorry,
because if I was here,

I would have
caught this earlier.

Look, there was
iron oxide

caught in the osteons
as well as canaliculi.

It's-it's red oxide.
Rust.

So whatever was used
to remove her toe was rusty.

There was also
organic particulates

I'm trying to I.D. now.

I just...
I don't think I have enough.

Well, the severed end

of the toe is filthy,

so you should have more
than enough there.

And I'll run DNA
on whatever you find.

Any news from
the beetles

that you used to
deflesh the remains?

Soon.

I just...

I-I couldn't grind them up

after I came back
from seeing my brother.

It's so stupid, I know...
Uh, Dr. Hodgins,

do you want Mr. Fisher
to do it for you?

No.

No. They're mine.

I'll have the results
for you soon.

I think I understand
the saw marks

we found on the ulna
and the C7.

They didn't do
much damage.

All marks are postmortem,
made after she died.

I believe
the killer did want

to dismember Lauren
to dispose of her body.

That's why

he destroyed her teeth.

To obscure her identity.

But only some of her teeth.
Barely enough.

He was interrupted.

Look at these
hesitation marks.

If we can find who interrupted him...
No.

Hesitation marks
would show signs

of starting and stopping.

These simply stop.

She had tetanus.

When I saw the rust

Dr. Hodgins found in the wounds,

I tested the osteons.

Tetanus wouldn't
kill her.

No, but it made her very sick.

It was a virulent strain,

fast-moving,
because something else

infected her in
addition to the rust.

She probably had
a high fever,

blood pressure, spasms...

That would freak out
a first-time kidnapper.

I think he tried to help her.

Look what the beetles gave us.

Penicillin.

That is an enormous
amount to give someone.

They'd have a seizure.

According to her
medical records,

she was allergic to penicillin.

Then that amount
would killed her.

But she was sick,
so whoever gave her

the penicillin
wasn't trying to kill her;

they wanted to save her.

Okay, I hate
to be the one

in rose-colored glasses here,
but I'm going to go on record:

This was an accident.

Whoever killed Lauren
loved her.

It wasn't a
knife or a saw.

Some kind of iron clippers
were used to sever the toe.

Which is why the bone
was crushed at the end.

Gardening shears?

No, smaller. Almost like
these nail clippers here.

And the organic material
you found on the tissue?

It was microscopic

amounts of feces.
Cam's running it for DNA.

Sounds like clippers
from someone's bathroom.

Ew. I do not want to
see your bathroom.

I have roommates.

Let me know if you need anything else.
Yep.

Oh, Dr. Hodgins...

about your
brother...

I'm-I'm fine, Fisher.

Well, that's not true.

Look, I've spent time
at the loony bin.

And I was grateful for it.

Because sometimes
it's the right place to be.

Painful, sure.

But what's worse is
when someone would look at you

like you shouldn't be there.

Always felt like
I'd done something wrong

rather than just...
having a disease, you know.

I know this sounds crazy,

but you got to be happy
for him in there.

Especially now
that he's found you.

Trust me, he just
won the lottery.

Okay, so that was all sincere,

but I'm feeling a little sick
talking like that,

so I'm gonna go now.

I'm decrypting the texts
that were sent.

It's slow
because each one

used a separate
encryption.

Well, we've seen
this one already.

Not the whole thing.

The original was run
through a Hipstashotz filter

to crop this out.

It's a selfie.

Yeah, Lauren took it
three weeks before

the kidnapping,
but it was sent today.

She staged her own kidnapping.
Why?

Because the dog walker said

that she wanted to get away
from her family.

I mean, she's used
to having money.

Clearly, she doesn't work.

But she still had
to have an accomplice.

She didn't bury herself.

Hey, Cam got the DNA results

from the feces in the wound.

It's from a dog.
The Franks' dog.

It was the dog walker.
Thanks, Hodgins. Thanks.

Oh-oh, uh,
one more thing, Hodgins.

Listen,
about your brother...

No, Booth, it's okay.
Let me finish.

Bones and I, we'd like
to give you guys some money.

To help you out
with your brother

so he can stay where he is.

Until you guys come up
with a plan, all right?

Yeah.
Yeah.

Wow. That's-That's
really kind of you.

It is. It is.
Thank you very much.

Um, I just... I can't take it.

Why?

I'm gonna get a loan...

from a bank.

Like the normal person
that I've never been.

But this is
more practical.

It's not about
being practical.

It's about being responsible.

Seems like pride.
Listen, I just

want you both to know

that Bones and I
are here for both of you

if you guys ever need anything.

Thank you.

Thanks.
No, no, no. Oh, no!

Whatever happened
to handshakes, okay?

Okay, that's good.
That's enough.

That's enough.
Take care.

I've got to go get
the dog walker now, all right?

Let's go.

You tried to cut her up,
destroy her face

so we wouldn't know
who she was,

but you couldn't go
through with it.

Because you loved her.

Isn't that right?
I mean, you said that you...

you used to sit
on her deck, right?

Is that where you planned
the kidnapping?

We tested your clippers,

the ones you use
to groom the dogs.

They were used
to cut off Lauren's toe.

She did that herself.

She said it was
the only way to convince

her father she'd
been kidnapped.

That was the plan.
The plan?

But that was a
pretty bad plan,

because you're about to
go down for murder, Buddy.

I'm not a murderer.

Look, her toe got infected,

and she wouldn't let me
take her to the hospital,

so I went to the vet's
where I work,

and I took some antibiotics.

Penicillin.

Yeah, I took the best one.

She was allergic to penicillin.

I didn't know that. I swear.

Look, we were gonna...

we were gonna run away together.

No, she was gonna run away
with someone else.

She was setting you up
for the kidnapping.

We decrypted the last text
her phone was going to send.

It was to the police,
telling them where to find you.

She said she loved me.

I told her we didn't
need the money.

You know, I have
a good job.

I was trying to help her.

♪ Light comes and goes

♪ Rust turns to coal

♪ I'll never know

♪ For the longest time...

Wait, wait.
I-I don't understand.

Dr. Rozran called,
said Jeffrey disappeared.

He thinks that Jeffrey
overheard he was being moved

to another facility
and that set him off.

So let the doctor and
his staff find him.

They have the
experience.

Yeah, but Rozran said
he only goes

to a couple of places, so...
Hey, Hodgins...

Hey, Angie, you said I had
a chance to love him now, right?

Well, that's what I'm doing.

The doctor will be there
if I need him.

Call me when you get him back.

♪ If you read my mind

♪ You'll know...

To our joint account.

Mm-hmm.

They gave me a choice between
sunsets around the world or...

The Simpsons, huh?

So what do you want
to do with the money?

I know the Superball
is coming up

and you've
always wanted to go.

"Super Bowl."

It's Super Bowl, not Superball.

Anyways, listen, it's too late
in the game right now

for plane tickets
and a hotel room.

It would cost the whole check.

That's fine with me.
You've been a good man.

Well, I was...
I was thinking

about something
else, about...

putting it to work for us.

Uh, investing it.
Yes!

I'm impressed, Booth.

I came up with
something really good.

"Wounded Warrior Project.

Empowering the wounded
and their families."

Yeah, it's
a tough go after

you've been injured, you know,

in the service
and you come home.

For the families, too.

I think it's
a good investment, right?

Yes.

Yeah.

It turns out you're very good
with your money, Booth.

Cheers. Thanks, Bones.

Jeffrey?

Jeffrey.

I brought you a coat.

No, no!

No! No, it was you!

You're the one
that was

gonna send me away!

Listen, it was a mix-up, okay?

I want to bring you back.

You're from the Federation.

You're the one

that creates the static
that-that-that...

I'm going to take you
back to your home.

And you're never going
to have to leave there.

I promise.
No.

I will never trust an operative.
That's right.

That's right. You-You'd never
trust an operative, okay?

But you can trust your brother.

I... I'm your brother, Jeffrey.

I'm Jack Hodgins.

Hey, you-you remember
Mom and Dad?

Dr. Rozran said
that you still have

a picture of them in your room.

Well, here, I got one, too.
You see that?

That's them.

That's them.

And that's me.

Man, I never knew it,

but I guess I've been looking
for you my whole life.

To complete the picture.

I can finally see past
the static, Jeffrey, like you.

Let me bring you back.

I promise you'll never have
to leave your home.

Never.

Is that...

how you know
20,000 Leagues so well?

Did he read it to you, too?

Yeah, he did.

Every night.

Just like he must have to you.

"The year 1866

was signalized by a
remarkable incident."

"A mysterious
and puzzling phenomenon

that surely
no one has forgotten."

"Without going into
the rumors that...

"...upset civilians
in the seaports

"and deranged the public mind,
even far inland, it must be said

that professional seamen
were especially alarmed."