“The Glowing Bones in the Old Stone House”
Episode 2 x 20
Written By: Stephen Nathan
Directed By: Caleb Deschanel
Transcribed by: ziggystarduzt
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TEASER EXT. WASHINGTON DC – WOODED AREA - DAY [Helicopters fly overhead; camera pans down to a large group of varied law, military, and medical officers milling around and doing their jobs.] [DR. TEMPERANCE BRENNAN and SPECIAL AGENT SEELEY BOOTH have just arrived at the scene. As they walk, they are briefed by MAJOR.] BRENNAN So no one touched the body. MAJOR Hell no. But we’re gonna need an ID ASAP. We could be dealing with a group that’s acquired nuclear material. BOOTH It’s actually glowing? MAJOR Oh, yes. BRENNAN I’ll need a video link with my lab. [A HOMELAND SECURITY AGENT approaches from behind. He is speaking on a cell phone, as he approaches he lowers it and addresses Major] HOMELAND SECURITY AGENT Excuse me, Major? The reactor at Kensington is secure. All transports carrying radioactive material have been halted. MAJOR Dr. Brennan’s gonna need a... video link up to the Jeffersonian. HOMELAND SECURITY AGENT As soon as possible. The rain’s really slowed things up. [Homeland Security Agent raises his cell phone again, turns around, and returns up the path.] BOOTH (To retreating Homeland Security Agent) Okay, thanks! (To Brennan and Major) See, uh, bodies, they don’t usually glow. MAJOR Yeah well, that’s why we’re taking all these precautions. [They arrive at the back of a van, in which there are radiation suits. Major pulls a pill bottle from his pocket and hands it to Brennan] MAJOR (CONT’D) Alright, this is Potassium Iodide (He gestures to the radiation suits), these are your suits. [Major grabs a kit from the back of the van and leaves] BOOTH Pills? [Brennan hands Booth some pills from the bottle] BRENNAN Yeah. It helps the... [Brennan swallows some pills, as does Booth] BRENNAN (CONT’D) ... thyroid block the absorption of radiation. [Booth and Brennan take the radiation suits from the back of the van and begin to put them on.] BRENNAN (CONT’D) You know, Angela turned down Hodgins again. BOOTH What? BRENNAN Hodgins proposed. Angela turned him down. BOOTH You really wanna talk about that now. BRENNAN Why not? There’s been no confirmation of danger yet. BOOTH It’s just, you know, weird, you know, talking about uh, marriage when we’re, you know, trying to avoid radiation poisoning. BRENNAN No, what’s weird is Angela thinking about marriage at all. CUT TO: EXT. WASHINGTON DC – OLD STONE HOUSE IN WOODED AREA - DAY [Brennan and Booth, now fully dressed in their radiation suits and rejoined by Major (also in a radiation suit) approach the Stone House.] BOOTH People fall in love and they get married. That’s what people do. BRENNAN I thought you didn’t want to talk about it. BOOTH Look, I’m just saying! You know, you believe in love, don’t you? BRENNAN I believe that dopamine and norepinephrine simulate euphoria because of certain biological triggers like scent, symmetrical features... BOOTH Symmetrical features. BRENNAN Yes, it’s an indication of a good breeder. You appear to be a very good breeder. MAJOR (laughing) How long have you two been going out? BRENNAN What? BRENNAN and BOOTH (in UNISON) We’re... [Brennan and Booth accidentally knock the helmets of their radiation suits together, pause, and glare at each other] BRENNAN and BOOTH (in UNISON, CONT’D) We’re partners. BRENNAN That’s it. MAJOR Huh. Me and my partner talk baseball. [Major and Brennan lower their radiation suit helmets and enter the stone house.] BOOTH (Calling after Brennan) You might not want to admit it, Bones, but there are some things like love that just can’t be measured in your lab. [Booth lowers his radiation suit helmet and follows Major and Brennan into the house. It is dark inside; the three shine their flashlights about. Major’s radiation monitor emits strange noises.] BOOTH (CONT’D) Oh! What’s that mean? MAJOR Three hundred millirams. Oh, that’s perfectly normal. We get a reading of three thousand or more, then we worry. It could be a weapon. BOOTH Nuclear? BRENNAN The suits would be useless against that. BOOTH Oh. Great. Thanks. MAJOR (Gesturing) Body’s in there. [Brennan walks towards the body as another HOMELAND SECURITY AGENT agent enters the house. We see the body is a brightly glowing skeleton. Insects swarm about the skeleton, and rats scatter as Brennan and Booth approach] MAJOR (Looking at radiation monitor) Anybody getting an increase? HOMELAND SECURITY AGENT All clear! Doesn’t make sense. [Brennan kneels down beside the skeleton] BRENNAN Female... Mid-twenties, early thirties. Caucasian. BOOTH Looks like she’s been there awhile. BRENNAN No, probably not that long. Rats and weasels work pretty quickly. [Major removes his radiation suit helmet and steps up to Brennan and Booth] MAJOR There’s no radiation in here. BOOTH Then why the hell’s it glowing? MAJOR I don’t know. But it’s your problem now. All right guys, we’re outta here. [Exit Major] BRENNAN Multiple stab wounds... BOOTH Why? Is she glowing? BRENNAN ...I have no idea...No idea at all. CREDITS ACT I INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – MAIN PLATFORM – DAY [Brennan, DR. JACK HODGINS, and DR. ZACK ADDY are examining the skeleton] BRENNAN The nicks on the ribs and haemorrhaging in the adjacent intercostal muscles are consistent with stabbing. Repeated stabbing. Someone was angry. ZACK Incise cuts on the left radius and ulna are congruent with defensive injuries. BRENNAN Still no answer for the luminescent bones? HODGINS It’s not like we get a human light bulb in here every day. (Looking at computer) I’ve got mature first-instar Phaenicia Sericata about to molt. Indicates she’s been dead approximately fourty eight hours. I gotta take more scrapings from the bones to analyse for luminescence. BRENNAN (Indicating skull) You can scrape this area. [BOOTH enters and steps up onto the examination platform.] BOOTH (clears throat) Okay, squint squad, why does she look like a glowstick? HODGINS Why does everyone think my job is so easy? [DR. CAMILLE SAROYAN enters] CAM Wow, you weren’t kidding. If we twirl her around, we can pretend we’re at a rave. What’s the good word, Hodgins? HODGINS Hey, I am not a party trick! CAM Are you okay? ZACK The bones probably remind him of Waitomo Cave. HODGINS Not. True. BRENNAN I’ve been there! In New Zealand. It’s filled with tiny glowing worms, and in the darkness it looks like thousands of stars. Very romantic. ZACK Yes, that’s where he was going to take Angela for their honeymoon. If she’d said yes. Which she didn’t. HODGINS Okay, look, people, Angela and I are cool. Okay? But she’s... complicated. I will figure her out though. Just like these electric bones. Let’s just go back to work. Okay? CAM All right. BOOTH Okay... CAM (referring to the skeleton) Nice bracelet. Do you need the left hand? BRENNAN No. Too fleshy and, no stab wounds. CAM Just how I like ‘em. CUT TO: INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – AUTOPSY ROOM – DAY [Cam has taken the skeleton’s hand and is severing one of the fingers. Enter Booth.] BOOTH Oh, God, what are you doing? Plugging a dike or something? CAM The left hand was lodged under the body. A lack of exposure preserved some of the dermis. We might be able to get a print. [Cam places the severed finger in a petrie dish] BOOTH From that. It’s all...shrivelled. CAM Can you pour fabric softener? BOOTH Yeah. Sure. My mom used to use this stuff. I didn’t know it was so, uh, scientific. [Booth begins to pour fabric softener into a jar] BOOTH (CONT’D) Say when. CAM That’s good. Do you think Hodgins is okay? BOOTH No, not at all. CAM Well, they seem to be jumping each other like rabbits. BOOTH Well, he wants more. CAM How sweet. [Cam drops the severed finger into the fabric softener] BOOTH Oh, you think all a man wants is sex? CAM No, of course not. Beer too. Chips...salsa... BOOTH Aw, come on, Cam. I mean, when we were together, you didn’t think that we could, you know... CAM Get married? No. BOOTH Nah. Nah, me neither. I mean, but wasn’t there a moment, just a moment where you felt... [Booth notices Cam removing the finger from the fabric softener] BOOTH Woah! Look at that! It’s a finger again! Huh! [Cam beings drying the finger off] CAM You want to know what I felt, Seeley? I felt... satisfied. Very satisfied. And grateful that I had my own place, my own single life... and you were too. BOOTH Why are we even talking about this? [Cam exhales and walks over to a fingerprint analysis computer] CAM Check this out. [Cam scans the finger, a fingerprint loads on the computer screen.] BOOTH Whoooa. CAM One perfect fingerprint. BOOTH Unbelievable. All from fabric softener. CAM Rehydrates dead tissue, and fights static cling. BOOTH (Examining fabric softener bottle) Eh. Geez. Puffy soft, huh? Twenty-one loads. Look at that. CUT TO: INT: MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – ANGELA’S OFFICE – DAY [Booth and Brennan are watching as ANGELA MONTENEGRO finds a match for the skeleton’s fingerprint.] ANGELA Okay. Carly Victor, twenty-nine. Carly Victor?! BOOTH Do you know her? ANGELA Yeah, she’s that celebrity chef. BRENNAN Carly’s Table over on Calvert. Chef would explain the cuts to her left hand, and the burns. ANGELA All right, this is her MySpace page. BOOTH Wait a second, is that the place with the famous mac and cheese? ANGELA Yeah. It’s like, impossible to get into. BOOTH Totally impossible. ANGELA You too? BOOTH Well, mac and cheese- that’s God’s best handiwork. BRENNAN She puts leeks in it, and- and little bits of pancetta. It was delicious. BOOTH How’d you get in? BRENNAN I’m a best-selling author, Booth. I get in anywhere. I took Sully. BOOTH ...Did he have... BRENNAN He said it was the best he ever ate. Why are all those pictures on her page? (Brennan points to the MySpace page on the computer) ANGELA It’s friends, different communities she’s joined...blogs, her husband, cooking videos... BOOTH Lot of knives in the kitchen, easy grab for one of these uh, friends to stab her, why don’t you check the pages and see if anyone had a problem with her. BRENNAN I can’t imagine anyone wanting to kill Carly. (From Angela’s confused look) She came out to see if we were enjoying our meal. We talked for a while. I was... supposed to go back and see her next week. ANGELA Are you okay, honey? BRENNAN Yeah. I’m just used to victims being strangers... We should tell her husband, Booth. BOOTH Sure. CUT TO: INT. CARLY’S TABLE – DAY [Booth and Brennan enter a very busy, very trendy restaurant. They come to the front podium, where a HOSTESS is seating patrons.] HOSTESS Welcome to Carly’s Table. Do you have a reservation? BOOTH Yeah, like that’s possible. HOSTESS Oh, Dr. Brennan! I’m sorry, I didn’t see you there. [The hostess begins leading Booth and Brennan into the crowded seating area] HOSTESS (CONT’D) We’re very crowded tonight, so you might have to wait a few minutes. BOOTH (To Brennan) You can walk in here without a reservation? BRENNAN We need to talk to Dan. BOOTH Carly’s husband. HOSTESS Oh, just a moment [Exit hostess] BRENNAN She knows he’s Carly’s husband. [A waitress walks by carrying a plate of macaroni and cheese] BOOTH Bones, Bones, Bones! Mac and cheese! Mac and cheese! [Booth grabs some of the macaroni and cheese from the plate the waitress is carrying, and eats it] BRENNAN Booth! [Brennan smacks Booth’s hands] BOOTH (Licking his fingers) Wow. That’s amazing. [Behind Booth and Brennan, a CUSTOMER praises the food to DAN, Carly’s husband. CUSTOMER Dan, the truffles were awesome. We’d love to tell Carly! DAN Uh, she’s a little slammed right now, but I’ll be sure to pass on the compliments, alright? Alright, take care! [Dan walks over to Booth and Brennan] BOOTH So. Carly’s in the kitchen? DAN Yeah, she’s back there 24/7, you have to drag her out... Dr. Brennan, right? BRENNAN Yes. This is my partner, Special Agent Seeley Booth. DAN Hi. BRENNAN We know she’s not back there, Dan. CUT TO: INT. CARLY’S TABLE – DAY [Dan has evidently been told of his wife’s death. He is crying and visibly upset.] DAN I just can’t imagine that she’s... she’s gone. BRENNAN I’m so sorry, Dan. BOOTH When was the last time you saw her? DAN Friday night. A lot of the restaurants around here have been getting robbed, so Carly didn’t want to leave the cash here. She and Abby took the cash and drove it to the ATM. BOOTH Who’s Abby? DAN Abby Singer. She and her boyfriend Ben are our business partners. Well, they’re our friends first. Abby organises Carly’s endorsements. I... I mean it’s... it’s not Abby as well, is it? BOOTH No, we... we only... we only found Carly. Has Ben heard from Abby? DAN Ben’s uh... he’s in the guard, and um, he’s been gone for the weekend. He should be back in a couple hours. BOOTH Help me understand something here, Dan. Your wife disappears and you don’t report her missing? DAN She would take these spur-of-the-moment trips to Atlantic City with Abby to kind of blow off steam. BOOTH She wouldn’t tell you first? DAN No, she wouldn’t tell me ‘cause she didn’t want me to say no. BOOTH Listen, what- what kind of car did they leave in? DAN She um, she had an old Volvo. [Dan pulls a photograph of himself, Carly, Ben, and Abby with the Volvo from his wallet and hands it to Booth] DAN (CONT’D) The picture was taken just before we opened. BOOTH I’ll get a search team on it. CUT TO: INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – ANGELA’S OFFICE – DAY [Angela is examining Carly’s MySpace page on her computer, when Hodgins walks in] HODGINS You find anything? ANGELA Yeah. Jealous chefs, vicious critics, fans that were a little too in love with her... fame is creepy. HODGINS They say chefs are the new rock stars. ANGELA Huh. They do deal with knives and fire and food. It’s pretty sexy. HODGINS (Flirtatiously) Yeah? ANGELA Mmhmm. HODGINS Well then tonight? I’ll take a knife and fire... and make you an orgasmic grilled cheese sandwich. ANGELA Oh, suddenly I am starving... [Angela and Hodgins begin kissing. Enter Cam] CAM Oh good Lord, you have to stop mounting each other in the office. Doesn’t marriage destroy sex? Please Angela, say yes. ANGELA We were working. CAM You were working it. A little professionalism would be nice, people. [Cam holds up a small bottle] CAM (CONT’D) I found some organic material in a cut on her left hand. Need to know what it is. [Hodgins takes the bottle] HODGINS I’m on it. [Hodgins begins to leave] CAM (To Angela) And you? Anything? ANGELA Yeah, I found out how to make braised beef, I found out that Carly loved sushi, I found out that... [Hodgins, hearing this, stops walking away and returns to Angela and Cam] HODGINS Oh my God, sushi, yes! That is it. You are brilliant! [Hodgins kisses Angela] HODGINS (CONT’D) You’re my muse. Check out all the sushi restaurants on her site. [Hodgins turns and leaves. Cam and Angela, confused, shrug at each other.] CAM At least he didn’t jump you. ANGELA True. CUT TO: INT. FBI BUILDING – BOOTH’S OFFICE – DAY [Booth and Brennan are interviewing BEN MICHAELSON] BOOTH So you were with the reserves all weekend? BEN Yeah, Fort Eustis, survival training. You’re sure Carly was murdered? BRENNAN Yes. BEN I mean, isn’t there anything I could be doing? Helping you look for Abby? I mean, I can’t just sit here. BOOTH We’re doing everything we can to find her. BEN And you’re looking for whoever’s been robbing the other restaurants? BOOTH Mmhmm, we just don’t have a description yet, that’s all. BEN Why didn’t Dan report them missing? BRENNAN He said that they would take off sometimes, go to Atlantic City. BEN Yeah, but still. The restaurant was booming. I mean, he should’ve known that she wouldn’t just leave. BOOTH Listen, do you, uh... you and Dan, you havin’ problems? BEN What? No. No, he just doesn’t think sometimes. I mean, we’re not in school anymore. I just would’ve done something. That’s all. Look... Here’s Abby’s picture. If you need it. [Ben pulls a photograph of Abby from his wallet and hands it to Booth] BEN (CONT’D) Just find Abby. Please. CUT TO: INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – MAIN PLATFORM – DAY [Hodgins is examining bacteria on a computer screen, and is showing it to Cam, Zack, and Angela.] HODGINS The sushi got me thinking. P. phosphoreum: a bacteria that grows in seafood. ZACK A luminescent bacteria? HODGINS Exactly. Vibrio bacteria. Which, when catalysed by luciferase, causes the bones to glow. So if the knife that was used to stab Carly contained P. phosphoreum, it would’ve entered her bloodstream. CAM (Understanding) And it would be left on the bones as the tissue decomposed and was stripped by the rats. Seafood. ANGELA So that narrows it down. To...every restaurant in the area. HODGINS No, the tissue Cam found? It’s ”uni” – sea urchin. A specialty in one of Carly’s favourite sushi restaurants. CUT TO: INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – ANGELA’S OFFICE – DAY [Angela has Carly’s MySpace page on her computer. Cam, Booth, Hodgins, and Brennan are gathered, listening to Angela’s findings.] ANGELA Carly’s blog mentions an old friend... who’s the chef at a sushi restaurant. HODGINS “Sushiguy23.” How imaginative. BOOTH “Executive chef at Sushi Beat Restaurant.” ANGELA And when we link to his page... [Angela pulls up a picture of ‘sushiguy23’ and Carly making sushi together] BRENNAN That’s Carly! CAM With sushiguy... ANGELA Yeah. And his knife. END ACT I ACT II INT. SUSHI BEAT RESTAURANT – DAY [A line of sushi chefs, among them ERNIE SUMMERS- aka Sushiguy23- are all preparing sushi, and placing it on a bar. As Brennan and Booth enter, they all look up and greet them in Japanese, in unison.] BRENNAN Can you believe this place? BOOTH Yeah, fresh toro today. BRENNAN They’ve cherry-picked the most marketable elements of a very complex and vibrant culture and then repackaged them to turn a profit. It’s awful. BOOTH Yeah, well, so is murder, okay? So just stay focused. [Booth walks up to the bar and shows Ernie his badge. Ernie looks up, but continues preparing sushi.] BOOTH (CONT’D) Hey Ernie, have a minute? ERNIE I guess... can I get you anything? BRENNAN No, we’re just here to ask... BOOTH (Cutting Brennan off) Well, sure. I mean, if you have some of that, uh, fresh toro left, that would be great. (From Brennan’s horrified look) What? Might as well eat lunch while we’re here. BRENNAN You and Carly Victor were high school sweethearts, right? ERNIE Why, what’s goin’ on? [Ernie places a plate of toro in front of Booth, who commences to eat.] BOOTH Uh, when was the last time you saw her? ERNIE Uh, Thursday of last week. What, somethin’ happen to her? BRENNAN Do you serve sea urchin? ERNIE Uni, yeah, it’s one of my specialties. You want some? BRENNAN No. BOOTH (At the same time as Brennan) Sure. ERNIE Is this about Dan? Did Dan find out she was with me? BOOTH Why? What’s goin’ on between you and Carly? ERNIE Nothin’. We reconnected on MySpace. She wanted to learn about Japanese cuisine, so I was teaching her how to make sushi. BOOTH Secretly? Why, because Dan hated Japanese food? ERNIE Because he’s so jealous. Everybody loved Carly. It drove him crazy. Carly even left him once. [Ernie places a plate of uni in front of Booth] BOOTH Why’d she go back? (referring to the uni) Delicious. ERNIE Thank you... What’s goin’ on? Is Carly okay? BOOTH Carly’s dead. ERNIE Dan? That son of a bitch. BRENNAN We don’t know who it was. But she was stabbed, Ernie, and we found bacteria associated with sea urchin in her system. It can only enter the body through the bloodstream. ERNIE What, you think I killed her? Why would I kill Carly? BRENNAN Well, that’s more his area (nods to Booth) BOOTH You love her, she says that she’ll leave Dan, she doesn’t, you get mad. She’s got the fishy virus, you got all those fishy knives... ERNIE Wait, wait, wait, last time Carly was here, she cut herself. And I wanted her to get stitches, but she wouldn’t. BRENNAN I’d like to borrow your knives, Ernie, and compare them to the injuries we found on Carly. ERNIE You know, a lot of people have knives like mine. BOOTH Are you saying no? Because that really wouldn’t look too good. Can I get a spicy tuna roll? CUT TO: INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – EXAMINATION ROOM – DAY [The skeleton is laid out on a table with several computer screens around. Angela is explaining her findings to Brennan and Zack, using a computer as illustration.] ANGELA I fed the measurements of the knives into the computer. Angles of the blades, thickness... and compared it to the injuries we found on the bones. BRENNAN None of them match the damage evident on the cortical surface of the ribs, or the defensive wounds. ANGELA No. But, we do have one match. This knife [Angela points to one of several knifes laid out beside the skeleton, which Zack then picks up.] ANGELA (CONT’D) And the cut on her left hand. BRENNAN The knife they use when preparing the uni. That must be how it entered her bloodstream. ZACK Sushiguy23 was telling the truth. ANGELA So he’s not the murderer. We can still eat at the restaurant. (From Brennan’s irritated look) What? Booth said the toro was fantastic. CUT TO: INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – MAIN PLATFORM – DAY [Angela and Brennan, having left the examination table, are now walking towards Brennan’s office. As they walk, Brennan is removing her lab coat.] BRENNAN Are you still torturing Hodgins? ANGELA He loves it. BRENNAN Just tell him no. Put him out of his misery. ANGELA What if I want to say yes? BRENNAN You get married? ANGELA Sometimes your brain just shuts off, because you’re... in love. BRENNAN One can’t logically base a decision on momentary happiness. [Brennan and Angela enter Brennan’s office, where Brennan hangs her lab coat on a coat stand.] ANGELA Haven’t you ever just looked at a guy and said, “Screw it”? ...Well, maybe not the best choice of words, okay, but... Like, when you were with Sully. Don’t you regret letting him go? BRENNAN I made a decision. Regrets serve no real purpose. If you want to be impulsive, why don’t you just say yes? ANGELA Because I’ve also got you in my head, telling me that marriage will hobble my personal and legal freedoms. [Brennan’s cell phone rings] ANGELA (CONT’D) You’re a very difficult best friend to have. [Brennan answers her phone.] BRENNAN (Into phone) Brennan? (Brennan pauses to listen) I’ll grab my things. [Brennan closes her cell phone and moves back to her coat stand to grab her jacket.] BRENNAN (CONT’D) Ernie’s story checked out. Carly took out a restraining order on Dan, and Dan took out a two-million-dollar life insurance policy on her. See? Marriage! It... ANGELA (Cutting Brennan off) Oh, just go. BRENNAN I’m going. [Brennan leaves.] CUT TO: INT. CARLY’S TABLE – KITCHEN – DAY [Booth and Brennan are interviewing Ben and Dan, who is looking over financial papers] BOOTH You guys had to shut down, huh? DAN Yeah, Carly’s without Carly doesn’t make much sense. BOOTH Yeah, that’s gotta be rough. I mean, you know, absorbing that kind of hit financially. BEN Look, man, his wife was murdered, and my girlfriend’s missing. Money is the last thing on our minds. BOOTH Yeah. Right, right, yeah. I understand. It’s just, I mean, here you guys are just, you know, pouring over the books. DAN Most of our staff live paycheque to paycheque, you know? We have to pay them. [Brennan indicates a rack of knives on the wall; one is missing] BRENNAN Where’s the other knife? DAN I don’t know. It’s been missing for years. Carly actually got it as a gift from the first chef that she worked for. BOOTH Or maybe it’s just been missing since you found out about, uh, Carly and Ernie Summers. BEN Ernie Summers? The sushi guy? BRENNAN I’d like to take this set of knives. BEN Sure. DAN No. BEN Hey, relax, man, just let them take the knives. DAN (Talking overtop of Ben) These bastards cannot come in here and start accusing me. BOOTH Alright, Carly was meeting up with Ernie secretly. You assumed the worst... DAN It’s not true. BOOTH ...Confronted her. One thing led to another... BEN Carly was involved with him? BOOTH ...Maybe Abby heard you fighting and she tried to get in the middle of... [Dan runs at Booth] DAN You son of a bitch! [Booth grabs Dan and slams him forward onto the table, then holds Dan there with one hand held behind his back] BOOTH She got caught up in the middle... DAN (Struggling) Get off of me! BRENNAN You know, you know I’d back down if I were you, he shot a clown once! BOOTH You’re good? DAN Yes, I’m good. [Booth lets Dan up] BOOTH We know about the restraining order and your drinking. BEN What’d you do, Dan? DAN Nothing, okay? We had some problems. I went into rehab. BEN You were drinking last week, Dan, before I left! DAN A couple glasses of wine, okay? The stress of everything... BRENNAN Carly? DAN Yes, and Carly. BOOTH Why didn’t you tell us about that insurance policy? DAN That was Ben’s idea. BEN This restaurant would be worth nothing without Carly. We have investors, we had to protect them. BOOTH But if you had a problem with Carly, I mean. You wouldn’t need the restaurant. You’d still get your payday. BEN Take the knives. Take anything you want. DAN You son of a bitch. You think that I... BEN (Cutting Dan off) Where’s Abby? DAN For God’s sakes, you people crazy? [Booth’s cell phone rings, he answers it] BOOTH (Into cell phone) Booth. DAN I loved Abby. I love Carly. It was... BOOTH (Into phone) Thanks. [Booth hangs up his phone] BOOTH (CONT’D) Helicopter spotted Abby’s car. CUT TO: EXT. WASHINGTON DC – WOODED AREA – NIGHT [Booth, Brennan, and Ben get out of Booth’s SUV and run towards where Abby’s Volvo is being towed out of some bushes. There is a flurry of police activity around the scene.] BOOTH (To Brennan) Tell him to stay back. BRENNAN (To Ben) You should wait here until we can determine if she’s in the car and... If she’s alive. [Brennan gets Ben to stay back. Booth runs towards RESCUE TEAM MEMBER #1] BOOTH You find her? RESCUE TEAM MEMBER #1 No one’s in the vehicle, Sir. BOOTH How about the trunk? RESCUE TEAM MEMBER #1 I haven’t checked yet. BOOTH Get me a crowbar. [Rescue Team Member #1 grabs a crowbar for Booth. Brennan comes running towards them.] BOOTH Come on! [The Rescue Team Member hands Booth the crowbar, he proceeds to pop the car trunk open. Inside is ABBY SINGER, curled up and unconscious. Brennan checks her pulse.] BRENNAN She’s alive. Get an air evac here right away! [Another RESCUE TEAM MEMBER #2 calls back to her] RESCUE TEAM MEMBER #2 I’ll call it in! [Ben approaches the car and leans down to speak to Abby.] BEN Hang on, baby, please. You’re gonna be alright. END ACT II ACT III INT. FBI BUILDING – CAR INVESTIGATION GARAGE – DAY [Hodgins walks into a large tent where FBI agents are swarming Abby’s Volvo for evidence. Cam is already there, also looking over the car.] HODGINS I don’t understand. Why wasn’t Abby killed too? CAM Funny, but I haven’t found a written confession yet. HODGINS Yeah, but she’s a witness. [Cam leans down to investigate the passenger’s side of the car with a small flashlight. Hodgins investigates the driver’s side.] CAM Blood traces on the dashboard where the vinyl split. Lots of blood on the seat, floor mats... Looks like Carly was definitely killed inside the car. HODGINS Maybe whoever did this saw what he’d done and lost the stomach for it when it came to Abby. [Cam moves around to the rear passenger’s side.] CAM Hello, possible semen and vaginal contributions. HODGINS Because this wasn’t nasty enough. [Cam cuts out the portion of the rear passenger’s seat with the seminal and vaginal stains. Hodgins goes around to the back of the car and opens the trunk. Cam joins him.] CAM Whew! Smells like a urinal. HODGINS She was locked up for thirty-six hours. I tell you, all she was worried about was surviving. CAM (Wincing) Sorry. I forgot you were buried... Look, if this is too difficult, Hodgins... HODGINS (Cutting her off) If I can help lock up the bastard who did this... at least someone gets justice, right? [Hodgins lowers his microscope goggles and notices some particulates on the blanket inside the trunk.] HODGINS (CONT’D) Woah, woah, woah, waaaait a minute... [Hodgins picks up a particle with his tweezers] CAM What is it? HODGINS Ahhh. Unidentified particulates. The two sweetest words that I know. CAM I don’t even wanna think about your pillow talk with Angela. CUT TO: INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – ANGELA’S OFFICE – DAY [Angela is showing her findings on the missing knife from Carly’s wall rack to Brennan.] ANGELA The missing knife from the set is an eight-inch hollow-edge utility knife. But sharp or dull, it couldn’t have made those injuries you found. BRENNAN So the edge was even sharper. ANGELA Yeah. BRENNAN How much can you magnify the cut to that rib? ANGELA I can go about six hundred times before degrading the image. [Angela magnifies the cut] BRENNAN Most blades are irregular and pitted, so they show on the bone... This is a knife without imperfections on its edge. ANGELA Do you really think her husband killed her? I mean, it makes sense he would spare Abby... BRENNAN I don’t think I’m the person to ask about psychology of relationships. ANGELA Mm. You know, when I said before that... you were the difficult friend inside my head... it’s not necessarily a bad thing. BRENNAN Yeah, I know that sharing a strong emotional attachment with another human being can be a good thing. But there seems to be a disconnect between my mind and... ANGELA You know, I... I shouldn’t have brought up Sully before. I’m sorry. BRENNAN It’s just... If a relationship seems more than casual, I feel that I need to posit the potential problems. Probabilities of success and failure, or... ANGELA You get scared. BRENNAN (Nodding) But I miss so much, don’t I? ANGELA I want to say no, but... yeah. You do. And so does whoever you’re keeping yourself from. [Enter Zack] ZACK I compared the hairline fracture on Carly’s skull to the damaged dashboard. The fracture was the result of her head smashing into it. Haemorrhaging indicates it was antemortem. CUT TO: INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – MAIN PLATFORM – DAY [Hodgins is showing his findings on the particulates in the trunk to Booth] HODGINS These white shards were found in the trunk and some were caught on her socks. FBI techs also found similar shards in the old house. I’m running a chemical analysis, but I’d say this is some kind of ceramic. BOOTH What, like pottery? HODGINS Actually, ceramics are used in everything from semiconductors to medical implants. This is a very hard ceramic. It’s probably eight Mohs. BOOTH Yeah? HODGINS Yeah. BOOTH What’s that mean? HODGINS That is was most likely used for industrial applications. Do..hmm. BOOTH What? HODGINS No, I’m not gonna ask you again. BOOTH About the ceramic stuff? HODGINS No. Angela. No more, I’m done. BOOTH Oh. You’re done with Angela? HODGINS No. But...Hey, I fell in love with a free spirit, and if getting married makes her feel trapped or something, then I’m... I’m just gonna have to deal with it. BOOTH Right, so you don’t wanna get married anymore. HODGINS Sure I do. BOOTH You know what? This whole ceramics stuff was making more sense to me... [Booth begins to walk away] HODGINS But Angela doesn’t. And I don’t want to drive her away like you did with Rebecca. [Booth turns back to Hodgins] BOOTH Whoa, I did not drive Rebecca away. We both agreed that it wasn’t right. HODGINS After you asked and she said no. BOOTH Well, when you say it like that it’s... HODGINS If it had been right, it wouldn’t matter if you were married or not, would it? Because you’d have a life together. BOOTH Great. Then why not get married? HODGINS Because then we wouldn’t be able to be together, see this is all coming so clear now! BOOTH Not really. HODGINS You put on that macho front, but inside you understand. BOOTH I don’t understand HODGINS That which the mind can’t grasp... BOOTH Alright, you know, I’m just trying to catch a murderer, but you seem to have gone way past that. HODGINS It means a lot, knowing that you get it, man. Most guys... not secure enough to admit that. BOOTH Hmm. I have a headache. [Booth’s cell phone rings. He answers it.] BOOTH (Into cell phone) Booth... Yeah. I’m on my way. [Booth hangs up his cell phone and turns to Hodgins, who is walking towards him] BOOTH (CONT’D) Abby just... [Hodgins throws his arms around Booth’s neck in a bear hug.] BOOTH (CONT’D) (Uncomfortable)...Woke up... I need you to figure out what that stuff is. Okay. Um. It’s so much easier just to fight and shoot guns. [Booth pulls Hodgins off of him, then turns and calls to Brennan] BOOTH (CONT’D) Bones, she’s awake, we’re goin’! [Booth leaves; a very happy-looking Hodgins turns back to his work.] CUT TO: INT. HOSPITAL – ABBY SINGER’S ROOM – DAY [Booth and Brennan are interviewing Abby, who is lying in a hospital bed, covered in bruises and cuts.] ABBY Uh, we had a lot of cash. There had been robberies. Carly wanted to take the money to the ATM. Her and Dan fought about it, but Carly always did what she wanted. He ran outside yelling. I...I didn’t want to get in the middle of it. You’re- you’re sure? She was stabbed? BRENNAN Yes. BOOTH What happened when you got in the car? ABBY We didn’t suspect anything. He must’ve been hiding in the backseat. BRENNAN Did you get a look at him? ABBY No. He was wearing a mask. I panicked, I uh... I tried to get out of the car. And, and he must’ve hit me, uh... cause the next thing I remember... is waking up in the dark. And, uh, I... I thought I’d been buried alive. Do you have any idea what that feels like? BRENNAN Actually, I was buried alive in a car just a few months ago with a colleague. We were able to use the air bag cannis... BOOTH (Cutting Brennan off) Bones. It’s a rhetorical question. ABBY I tried to fight. BOOTH It’s not your fault. ABBY Was it... (Abby sighs) Did she suffer? BRENNAN It was very quick. ABBY The, uh... The four of us were planning on taking a vacation together. After the cookbook came out. BOOTH We’re sorry. [Abby nods and begins crying.] FADE TO: INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – EXAMINATION ROOM – DAY [Zack is showing his findings on the skeleton to Angela, Cam, and Hodgins.] ZACK I took a second look at Carly’s cervical vertebrae. The damage matches an acceleration flexion-extension neck injury. HODGINS Whiplash. ANGELA Abby’s car stops suddenly. Carly doesn’t have her seatbelt on, she’s propelled forward, slamming her head into the dashboard and injuring her neck. ZACK Exactly. ANGELA (To Cam) What about what you found in the backseat? CAM The vaginal secretions are consistent with Carly’s DNA. ANGELA So she was raped before she was killed? HODGINS Any match on the semen? CAM I ran the seminal DNA through CODIS and the military database, and found a match. [Cam turns to the computer and pulls up the seminal match profile.] CAM (CONT’D) Ben Michaelson. ZACK Abby’s boyfriend? CAM It would explain why he spared Abby. HODGINS Carly’s husband said Ben was with the reserves when Carly was killed. CAM I wonder how hard it is to sneak off base. HODGINS He wasn’t on base. He was alone in the woods doing survival training. He could go rape and kill Carly, and no one would even find out he left. END ACT III ACT IV INT. FBI BUILDING – INTERROGATION ROOM – DAY [Booth and Brennan are interrogating Ben] BEN You spoke to Captain Gerard? Why didn’t you just talk to me? BOOTH Your reserve unit spent last weekend reviewing survival skills. BEN Yeah. We were each dropped off at isolated locations and given rudimentary supply and navigation kits. BRENNAN So basically, you were alone for two days. No one to corroborate your whereabouts. BEN What are you saying? BOOTH You spent two tours in Iraq. The Captain says you’re one of his best men. BRENNAN Someone as well trained as you would’ve easily been able to leave your assigned location and return to your rendezvous point with no one the wiser. BEN But I didn’t. BOOTH See, first I was wondering, why would a carjacker kill one of his victims and let the other victim stay alive? That doesn’t make sense. Hey, unless...maybe there’s no carjacker. BEN Wait, do you actually think that I- BRENNAN The insurance money would’ve given you over half a million dollars. BOOTH You’ve killed before. I’ve been in the service, some guys, they’re just numb to it. BEN Wait, this is insane! BOOTH Then again, killing your meal ticket is one thing. And then, killing your girlfriend, that’s another. BRENNAN So you locked Abby in the trunk. BEN No! BOOTH See, the one thing I don’t understand? The rape. BRENNAN Yeah. BEN What? BRENNAN We have your DNA from the backseat of the car. Yours and Carly’s. BOOTH So what was it, then? Did you get turned on, thinking about killing her? [Ben stands up from the table] BEN I want a lawyer. BOOTH I’ll bet you do. CUT TO: EXT. SUV TRAVELLING ALONG ROAD IN WASHINGTON, DC – DAY [Booth and Brennan are in Booth’s SVU, discussing the case] BOOTH You know, we’ll get him, Bones, alright? Don’t worry. BRENNAN We do this all the time. You know, I should be used to it. It shouldn’t bother me. BOOTH No, it should. Was she, uh, really gonna teach you how to cook? BRENNAN Yeah. I’ve always understood the basics of cooking, the physics of it, but... Carly said she was going to show me what it was really about. To her, she said that it was a way of... well, she said “loving,” but then, she was prone to hyperbole. BOOTH Well hey, I mean, that’s what family dinners are all about, right? Those are some of my, uh, my best memories. BRENNAN I’m not as cold as everyone thinks, Booth. BOOTH Okay, that was a leap. BRENNAN Just because I think marriage is an antiquated ritual doesn’t mean that I don’t want Angela and Hodgins to be happy. I have an appreciation and a need for emotional and physical intercourse, just like you. BOOTH Yeah. Sure. I mean, okay, good for you with that. BRENNAN Did I make you uncomfortable? BOOTH No. Not at all. I just wanna focus. Let’s just focus on the- on the case. BRENNAN I did make you uncomfortable. CUT TO: INT. HOSPITAL – ABBY SINGER’S ROOM – DAY [Booth and Brennan are interviewing Abby again] BOOTH Listen, Abby, I know it’s hard for you to go through this again, but do you remember hearing the carjacker’s voice? ABBY I, I must have. BOOTH Close your eyes for me, okay? [Abby closes her eyes after a moment of reluctance] BOOTH (CONT’D) I want you to try and hear that voice again. Can you do that for me? [Abby nods] BOOTH (CONT’D) Does it sound familiar? Someone you might know? ABBY What are you saying? BRENNAN We’re just asking, Abby. ABBY Why? BOOTH Ben’s story that night, it might not check out. ABBY What are you talking about? Ben would ne- we’re like a family. It’s not Ben. BOOTH Abby, it’s just a question we have to ask. BRENNAN Do you remember the car making a sudden stop? ABBY No. But I- I was unconscious in the trunk. BOOTH (To Brennan) Could that be how she broke her wrist? BRENNAN Possibly. Or when she was dragged, or thrown into the trunk. Abby, may I have permission to review your medical records? They could help us identify Carly’s killer. ABBY But... do you think it might really be Ben? BOOTH It’s just a possibility we have to pursue, that’s all. ABBY Okay. BOOTH Thanks. [Exit Booth and Brennan] CUT TO: INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – MAIN PLATFORM – DAY [Hodgins jogs up the steps of the main platform towards Zack and Angela.] HODGINS I did it! I found the murder weapon! Or, what’s left of it, anyway. I used the G.C. mass spectrometre to analyse the ceramic shards in the car. [Hodgins comes to the computer and pulls up a picture of Carly stirring something in a large bowl. Beside her, Abby holds up a large knife to the camera.] ZACK The murder weapon was a ceramic bowl? HODGINS It’s not just the bowl that’s ceramic. The knife is too. Booth mentioned that companies are sending her their products to endorse. ANGELA Wait, a ceramic knife? HODGINS Uh-huh. CUT TO: EXT. SUV DRIVING THROUGH STREET IN WASHINGTON, DC – DAY [Brennan’s cell phone rings, she answers it.] BRENNAN (Into cell phone) Brennan. [Camera cuts back to Hodgins, Angela, and Zack at the lab. Throughout the following conversation, we cut back and forth between the lab and the SUV.] HODGINS The murder weapon was a ceramic knife. BRENNAN (To Booth) Hodgins found the murder weapon. HODGINS Zirconium oxide: super sharp and easy to shatter. In this case, you shatter it into a million pieces, no one knows it’s a knife. Except me, of course. Using Angela’s program, I matched the wounds to the blade. CAM Either that trunk was packed with invisible pillows, or Abby’s lying to us. BOOTH Why? CAM Booth? BOOTH Yeah. Booth. Talk to me, squints, as close to English as possible. CAM According to the medical report, Abby’s got bumps and bruises, yes. But they aren’t at all consistent with the way she would’ve been thrown around in that trunk. She should’ve had more broken bones. BRENNAN Is there any evidence of Carly being raped? CAM None that I found. ZACK Me either. BRENNAN But... the wounds on the ribs, the directionality of impact was left to right. CAM Of course. ANGELA I fits the scenario I was working out. HODGINS So obvious! BOOTH English! Remember? Okay? How does Ben figure into all this? BRENNAN He doesn’t. ZACK The injuries fit if Abby was driving when the sudden stop occurred. BOOTH Abby? BRENNAN Yes, Abby. BOOTH Why Abby? HODGINS Look, I’m Abby. (Gesturing to Zack) You’re Carly. ZACK Why am I always the murder victim? HODGINS Sit. BRENNAN (Chuckling) Zack’s always the murder victim. BOOTH Mm. [Zack and Hodgins are now seated side by side in chairs, Hodgins imitates driving a car.] HODGINS I’m just drivin’ along. I undo Carly’s seatbelt, slam on the brakes, she goes flying into the dash. Go. Go! Fly into the dash! [Hodgins whacks Zack on the back, Zack imitates flying into a dash.] ZACK The concussion disorients me. [Zack mimes disorientation.] HODGINS Okay, don’t overdo it, sport. BOOTH Okay, what are we missing here? CAM The Stooges? BRENNAN Abby’s scaphoid fracture was right to left, which means she could’ve received that break while stabbing Carly. HODGINS Yes! [Hodgins mimes stabbing Zack. Zack raises his arm to block the stabbing motions.] ZACK I was wearing a punk bracelet, lots of metal. HODGINS Uh huh. ZACK That could easily fracture the scaphoid. [Hodgins mimes a broken wrist] HODGINS Ack! BOOTH Oh, okay, look. We know that Ben had sex with Carly in the backseat of that car. But you didn’t find any evidence of rape. BRENNAN So the sex they had was consensual. HODGINS Thiiiis part will be left up to the imagination. [Hodgins stands and walks away from Zack.] BOOTH And since there’s no way to pinpoint the time the sexual activity took place... ANGELA Ben and Carly were having an affair. CAM And they did it in Abby’s car? No wonder she was pissed. BOOTH Abby is in charge of uh, of all the equipment Carly is sent for endorsement, so she knows about the knife... so, Abby kills Carly. HODGINS Yes! Abby kills Carly, pulls her out of the car- [Hodgins resumes miming the actions; grabbing Zack and throwing him to the floor] CAM Oh boy. HODGINS Drags her into the old stone house... [Hodgins starts dragging Zack across the floor] ZACK (Plaintively) I don’t think this is necessary. HODGINS ...Destroys the murder weapon, leaving us little tiny shards to find! CAM Drives the car into the ravine, where she expects it’ll be found quickly... BOOTH And locks herself in the trunk. Wow. But, there was no hikers in the area to find her, because she didn’t count on the rain. BRENNAN Let’s go back, Booth. [Booth starts the siren and the SUV pulls a u-turn] FADE TO: INT. HOSPITAL – ABBY SINGER’S ROOM – DAY [Cannonball by Damien Rice plays over a montage of Abby sobbing in her hospital bed while Booth and Brennan stand over her.] ABBY (crying) Carly was my best friend. She was my best friend FADE TO: INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB – MAIN PLATFORM – NIGHT [While Cannonball continues to play, Hodgins is alone in the lab arranging raw shrimp on a tray. Angela walks up behind him. The music fades.] ANGELA Hey, what are you doing in here? I thought we were gonna go for sushi. Ugh, it smells like sushi in here. HODGINS Yeah. [Hodgins takes Angela by the arms.] HODGINS (Clears throat) Look, Angela. I’ve been thinking. You’re not like anyone I’ve ever known. And I don’t want that to change. So I’m taking you the way you are. No strings. ANGELA And the smell? HODGINS P. phosphoreum. ANGELA Oh, the fish bacteria? HODGINS Close your eyes. [Angela places her hand over her eyes, Hodgins leads her to the tray on which he was arranging the raw shrimp.] HODGINS (CONT’D) Be careful. ANGELA Yeah. HODGINS Okay, careful. Keep ‘em closed. [While Angela keeps her hand over her eyes, Hodgins turns to a computer and lowers the lights in the lab.] HODGINS (CONT’D) Okay. [Angela lowers her eyes, she sees that Hodgins has arranged the shrimp on the tray to spell out “BE MY LOVE” with hearts around “LOVE”. The bacteria is causing the shrimp to glow in the dark.] ANGELA Yes. Yes. Let’s get married. HODGINS No. No, no, no, this is- this is not a proposal. ANGELA I know. That’s why I’m asking you. HODGINS Huh? ANGELA What you said here... that we’re enough... just this, no pressure for more... (Angela’s voice breaks) that’s all that I ever wanted. Hodgins, say something. HODGINS You’re insane. ANGELA Is that a yes? HODGINS Absolutely! [Hodgins kisses Angela] HODGINS (CONT’D) Okay. Okay. Um. Alright. How- how about, uh, Italy! Italy in the spring? Um, Umbria?! ANGELA No. Right away. Next week. HODGINS We cannot get a wedding together in a week. ANGELA We have to. One week. HODGINS Uh... ANGELA I could change my mind. It’s up to you. HODGINS Okay, yeah, just a small little thing then. ANGELA No. Big. I want a big one. HODGINS Totally. Insane. [Hodgins and Angela kiss again] FADE TO: INT. BRENNAN’S APARTMENT – NIGHT [Booth is sitting at Brennan’s kitchen table while Brennan finishes cooking at the counter. Soft rock plays in the background.] BOOTH You know, you should let me help. BRENNAN No. [Brennan brings a bowl in from the kitchen and sets it in front of Booth.] BRENNAN (CONT’D) Cleaning up. You can do that. BOOTH Great. Wow! (Booth giggles) Mac and cheese! [Brennan returns to the kitchen, gets a bowl for herself, and joins Booth at the table.] BOOTH (CONT’D) Wow! Bones! This- this looks fantastic! BRENNAN Yeah? Really? BOOTH Oh, I mean, you shouldn’t have, I mean, all this work just for me? BRENNAN What? No, I mean. It wasn’t that much. BOOTH (Eating the mac and cheese) Mmm. (He gazes happily at Brennan) This is unbelievable. BRENNAN You like it? BOOTH I’d like to be alone with it. (He laughs) BRENNAN She said I could go with my instincts, so I put in a little fresh ground nutmeg. BOOTH Well, she taught you well. Thanks, Bones. BRENNAN Yeah, well, you know. We have to eat, right? BOOTH Yeah. Gotta eat. Always gotta eat. [Music swells, camera fades out on Booth and Brennan enjoying their meals.]
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