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I'm Stacey Goodyear,
and joining me on Wake Up, DC!

is Dr. Temperance Brennan.

She's the author of the
best-selling mystery novel

Bred in the Bone.

And she's also-- now, tell
me if I get this wrong--

an anthropologist who works
with the FBI to solve crimes?

Yes, that's correct.

I use the bones of people
who have been murdered

or burned, or blown up,

or eaten by animals or insects,
or just decomposed...

Well, that's exciting.

Uh, Dr. Brennan,
your book

has sold over
300,000 copies.

How do you juggle twin careers

as a best-selling author
and crime-fighting scientist?

Well, I do one, then the other.

And is the work enjoyable?

I mean, the part involving
rotten bodies?

Enjoyable?

Satisfying, yes,

like cracking a code,
but in general,

when you're looking
at someone

who has been brutally murdered,
it's complicated.

[ laughing]:
'Cause I just thought,
you know, ugh.

[ laughing]

Ah.

Doesn't leave you much time

for a personal
life, does it?

It's true I'm more focused
on my career right now.

Most of our viewers

are parents,

home with their
preschool-age children.

What will you
tell your kids

about the horrors
that you see every day?

I'm not going to have
any children.

Really?

Yes, really.

Do you have any advice
for budding authors out there?

Well, the first thing
they should have is an idea,

and then...

Well, first you need something
to write with.

They-they know that.

Well, obviously, you need
a writing instrument

and you need an idea.

I'm just not sure

which should come first.

The book is Bred in the Bone,
by Dr. Temperance Brennan.

Next up after the break,
wicker, the new leather.

But is it safe
for your children?

How was I?

We'll talk about
it on the way.

On the way where?

[ helicopter propeller
whirring]

[ sirens wailing]

State troopers called
in the fire department

to put out a burning car,

and they found a body
in the driver's seat.

License plate and
the VIN are missing.

Why is the FBI involved?

BOOTH:
Well, one burned backpack,
child-sized sneaker,

plus the right side
rear seat belt went missing.

Sliced away.

You think it was a kidnapping?

I have to act that way.

The first 48 hours after
a child abduction are crucial.

That's why you're here.

You ID that victim;

maybe that tells me
what kid I'm looking for.

ADDY:
Shoe size four.

It's a school bag,

but the contents are burned
beyond recognition.

What about the human remains?

Victim was female.

Her skull shows
combined Caucasoid

and Mongoloid
features.

Also, preauricular
sulcus to the pelvis

shows the victim gave birth
five to eight years ago.

The kidnapping victim
could be her child.

Maxillary molars
have been pulled

and replaced with
removable dentures,

lots of gold.

In parts of the Caucasus,

when girls from wealthy families
turn 16,

they are given gold teeth
as a display of affluence.

I'll dissolve a bicuspid
in nitric acid

and do a
chemical workup.

There's something lodged
in the larynx.

Part of her tongue?

Not fleshy enough for tongue--
this is cartilage.

GOODMAN:
this is Ms. Pickering.

She's performing
the State Department.

One man's security review
is another man's witch hunt.

That would be Dr. Jack Hodgins.

It would be, yes.You know us all, don't
you, Ms. Pickering?

Or is it Agent Pickering from
the National Security Agency?

I don't yet know you
as well as I will, Dr. Hodgins.

Is something burning?

ADDY:
Not anymore.

She's pretty much
extinguished by now.

Ms. Pickering will
of everyone's timetes

to perform a routine
security review.

I expect everyone
to be cooperative.

I'm not swearing
any damn loyalty oath.And civil.

BRENNAN:
in Pathology.Dr. Chen

Ask him to identify it
as soon as possible.

Dr. Brennan?

Yes, security check, civil.

Zack will grind a segment
of the femur,

so you can perform trace
element analysis.

Didn't I see you on television
this morning, Dr. Brennan?

How could I possibly know
what you watched on television?

Booth, I have to talk to you.

Yeah, it was definitely her.

Maybe work your way up
to Dr. Brennan.

BOOTH:
How close are you

to IDing the burn victim?

I may be jumping
the gun, but...

That's music to my ears.

Well, considering
this 48-hour thing,

we should be looking
at Eastern European immigrants

going back, say, ten years.

I can get that
information for you.

Angela doing a facial
reconstruction?
Yes.

You know, if this works,
I'm gonna buy you a puppy.

That would be inadvisable.
You never told me how I was

this morning. I asked you,
"How did I do?" and you said,

"We'll talk about it
in the car," but we didn't.

This was your
first TV interview?

Yes.

It was fine, you know...
for your first interview.

Well, that was
a qualified response.

What? No.

It was lively, yeah.

Lively?
What kind of word is that?

It's an adjective,
though, ironically,

most words that end
in "ly" are adverbs.

Like "ironically."

Okay, what did I do wrong?

Maybe next time,
tell a funny story.

Oh, and never say you
don't like children.

I didn't say
I don't likechildren.

I just said
I don't want any.

On TV, it's
the same thing.

The victim's skull
was in good shape,

no real shrinkage from the fire.

Okay, I'm running a comparison

between the facial
reconstruction and the photos

in the immigration database.

I hear we're all
going to get grilled

by some mysterious
government chick.

I've been through this before.

It's so we can work
on classified cases.

CIA, military...

You have something to hide?

Better believe it, bucko.

What kind of something?

The best kind.

There, that one.

Okay.

It's a good match.

Polina Rozalina Semov,
born 1970,

Cherdyn, Perm district
of the Urals.

She immigrated
to the US

in '94 with her
sister Maria,

married Carl Decker.

They live in Cleveland Park.

Children?

Donovan Dimitri Decker,
born 1997.

He's eight years old.

BRENNAN:
Polina and Carl separated

three months ago.

Separate addresses
for Mom and Dad.

Well, we know that
Mom is in a drawer in your lab.

Let's go find Dad.

You arrest someone
really small lately?

Car seat in the back.

Oh. I had Parker
for the weekend.

Don't know how you do that.

Install a car seat
in an FBI vehicle?

Bring a kid into this world,
knowing what you know.

Oh, but Parker

was an accident,
right?

Because his mother
wouldn't marry you?

[ chuckles]
What?

It never occurred to you that
that might be a sensitive topic?

Well, you could have gone
with the very small felon story.

I'm better for Parker
being in the world.

Someday, you
will see that.

No, I won't.You'll change your mind.

I don't do that.You will.

Yeah, maybe after I see
how Carl Decker reacts

when you tell him
his wife is dead

and his child
has been kidnapped.

Well, statistically speaking,
we're going to find Donovan
with his dad.

What? Why?

Why? Because most kidnappings
happen by estranged spouses.

Ah, you're certainly making
the whole domestic scene

more and more attractive.

[ sighs]

This is it?

Yep, this is
the correct address.

You just hang back and let me
do all the talking, okay?

Mr. Decker.

Bones, what
are you doing?

What?
Oh, it's tidy, spartan even.

Is that odd
for a recently separated man?

Guy's supposed to be

some super-rational
tight-ass geek.

No offense.

There's no TV,

no magazines, no art,

no stereo.

There's dust on everything.

I don't think he's been here
in a while.

Where are you going? Booth?

Where are you going?

[ engine starts]

FBI!

US Marshals!

US Marshals?

Forensic anthropologist!

That's why no gun.

Well, at least nobody
got shot. Probably 'cause
shedidn't have a gun.

Sir, why is
Carl Decker's home

being watched by US Marshals?

Carl Decker is a federal witness
under Witness Protection.

He's scheduled to appear
before a grand jury in two days.

Is it a mob thing?

Decker designs body armor
for KBC Systems.

He says they knowingly
sent defective armor to Iraq.

The Justice Department
believes him,

so they moved him
to a safe house.

Does the Justice Department
think that Decker's in danger

from the company?

He thinks he is.

They want him to testify;
they play along.

BOOTH:
Well, does Decker know

that his wife has been killed,
and his child's been kidnapped?

No, and they don't want him
to know.

Why?Because it might prevent him
from testifying.

CULLEN:
Their point of view:
there's nothing

to be gained from him knowing.

BRENNAN:
Except, maybe Decker chooses

not to testify,
and they don't kill his son.

Shouldn't that be his decision?

CULLEN:
Justice estimates

that KBC Systems
is directly responsible

for 30 deaths
and hundreds of injuries.

They're taking the larger view.

It's complicated.His wife is dead,

and his child is missing.

That's not so complicated.

No one's stopping you
from investigating those crimes.

He's a material witness,
I need access to him.

CULLEN:
Well, we know

Decker didn't kill his wife.

He was in custody
of US Marshals.

So start looking someplace else.

Harsh reality, Booth.

Deal with it.

What, does he not like me?

I don't know.

BRENNAN:
I'll stay on

Polina Decker's remains,
see if that leads somewhere.

Yeah, I'll talk
to the victims' families.

At least the ones who aren't
under federal protection.

You think a corporation
would actually kill a woman

and kidnap her child?

Billions in dollars,
plus civil suits

if they're found guilty?

I've seen people killed
for 50 bucks.

You believe
the boy is already dead?

I have to assume
that he isn't.

Why make that assumption?

Because it gives me something
to look forward to

instead of dread.

Given the choice, I avoid dread.

Okay, that's logical.Is it?

Why dread something
that hasn't happened yet?

Yeah.

ADDY:
That piece of cartilage

we found
in Polina's mouth?

Antihelix and meatus remnants.

It's an ear?

Chen says it was bitten off.

The victim bit off one
of her attacker's ears.

I heard someone found
a fingertip in their chili once.

Dr. Chen also found vestiges
of earwax.

Okay, get that wax
to Hodgins, see
what he can find.

BOY:
Why do I have to learn

to ride a bike?

Are you really asking?

Or are you
just stalling?

Mm, stalling.

Yeah, I thought so.

Why'd you stop?

What are we hoping to learn
from this tape?

We know Carl Decker
didn't kidnap his own child.

The mother is dead,
and the boy...

And the boy might be dead, too.

Well, I'm just wondering,

what is the benefit
of watching this tape?

You put faces to names,
you get a sense of human beings.

Oh, come on, Bones.
You're the anthropologist.

What does this tape tell you?

Learning to ride a bicycle

is a kind of rite of passage.

It has anthropological
significance.

Really?

It carries meaning
beyond the simple mechanics

of learning to ride a bike.

Are you being psychological?

Definitely not.

Psychology is about
the individual.

I'm speaking to a set
of cultural praxis and mores.

What the hell
are you talking about?

The father is tight--
he's holding his arms,

touching his mouth.

So he's nervous. So what?

Look at the boy.
He's relaxed.

He's-He's not afraid.

Well, so, then
why was the boy stalling, huh?

He's not.

The father is.

The son understands that
on some level.

And he's enabling his father
to reach some level of comfort.

It's a symbiotic relationship.

Relationship. Ha!

That's psychology.

The boy trusts his father
absolutely.

He's confident.

The father wishes

he didn't have to do this, but

he's accepted that he must
in his role as the father.

[ sniffles]What?

Probably the same way
Decker felt

about being a whistle-blower.

That's psychology,
and it's of no use to us

in this current investigation.

Just push play, okay?

All right, ready?

Okay.

WOMAN:
Be careful, Donnie.

Don't make him
nervous, Polina.

Push me, Dad.

Let go. Let go!

Not yet.

Let me go, Dad!
Let me go!

POLINA:
Not yet! Run along
with him, Carl.

DONOVAN:
I can do it!

[ laughing]:
He's doing it.

He's doing it.

Be careful. Be careful!

How will we get him back, Carl?

That's the real question now,
isn't it, Bones, huh?

How do we get the boy back?

WOMAN:
They left this morning,
very early, about 5:00 a.m.

Donovan is on the swim team.

Oh, my God...

You and your sister were close?

Yes.

When Polina and Carl separated,

she and Donovan came
to stay with me.

This is terrible.

Can you think of anyone
who'd want to hurt your sister?

It must be Carl.

Maybe he was afraid she would
take Donovan away from him.

Would she have done that?

No. Never.

You don't like
your brother-in-law?

He's supposed
to be brilliant, I know.

But he is also cold, angry.

Everything
has to be just so.

Why did Carl
and your sister separate?

Polina said
he was having affair.

I thought, "Who'd want him?"

[ sniffles]

But she found
credit card receipts

from a motel he went to once,
sometimes twice a week.

When she confronted Carl,
he was furious,

wouldn't talk about it.

[ sniffles]

So, she left him.

[ crying]:
Please find Donovan.

Find my sister's boy.

[ sniffling and crying]

I found cracks in the victim's
upper incisors.

There are also
bilateral fractures

in the femoral necks.

There are similar
fractures

in the proximal
humeral heads.

The result of the body going
into spasm as it burned?

Well, if she was
burned alive.

I'll have Angela run
some scenarios.

Angela's in her security review.

PICKERING:
25 addresses

in six countries in eight years.

That's weird, right?

What were you doing
in all those places?

Different things.

Mostly looking.

I'm an artist.

When was the last time
you saw your husband?

My husband?

Yes.

Oh!

[ chuckles]

Oh. Wow.

You mean that actually took?

Really, it didn't seem legal.

We were in Fiji. You know,
there was a fire dance.

You know how those things
can be, right?

I really don't, Ms. Montenegro.

Right.

Do you like working here?

Sometimes, yeah.

Not always.

But there's also a sense
of accomplishment,

and Brennan needs me here,

so I feel
a-a personal connection there,

but, you know,
the world's a big place.

Frankly, I'm-I'm emotionally
ambivalent on the subject.

Was that the wrong answer?

I should be more, "Oh, this is
the best job in the world,

and I'm proud
to serve my country," right?

Right? Am I going
too fast here? I mean,

am I treating you too much
like a therapist?

Do you want to stop?

Actually, 'cause

we could pick this up later
if you're...

Yeah.

Carl Decker is not only
a disgruntled employee,

he's, uh, uh...

What-What's the term?

As a lawyer, the, uh,
legal term is,

nuts and a pain
in the ass.

Oppositional Defiance Disorder
and paranoia is what I read.

Like I said, nuts and
a pain in the ass.

Read where? Paranoia?

You read that where?

You had Carl Decker
investigated?

He's making extremely
damaging allegations

against the company.

False allegations.Can you think of anyone

who'd want to kill his wife
and kidnap his son?

It wasn't us.

I didn't say it was.

Oh, please.

We have to top your list
of suspects.

Look, we-we have an
in-house system

for dealing
with whistle-blowers.

We encourage it.

I served in Vietnam,
Agent Booth.

I saw what soldiers see.

If I read you correctly,
you know what I mean.

Army. 75th Regiment.

Rangers lead the way.

I would never risk the lives
of soldiers

by knowingly providing them
with defective armor,

and I welcome Carl
Decker's appearance

at the grand jury,
because he is wrong.

Carl Decker did brilliant work
for us,

but he alienated everyone
he worked with.

You should look
for your murderer

and kidnapper elsewhere.

Where have you been?

I'm a field agent.
I was out in the field.

What did you find out?

There was a piece of an
ear in the victim's mouth.

It looks like
she bit it off.

The ear could
tell us something.

Have you found anything?

A lot. No reason
for the attitude.Well, I beg your pardon?

Well, it's not like
you've been doing all the work,

and I've just been kicking back.Okay, what have
you found out?

The victim and her husband
were having marital problems.

She found motel receipts.

I got the security tapes
from the motel parking lot.

I thought Angela could use her
fat recognition program on them.

Massrecognition program.

Whatever, maybe we'll
be able to find out

who Decker was seeing
behind his wife's back.

Is Angela in her office?

ADDY:
According to the FBI
pathologist, there was no

smoke in the
victim's lungs.

BRENNAN:
Meaning?

The victim was already
dead when she was burned.

There was clotting
in the lungs, as well.

That's troublesome.

If the fire was hot enough...

No, for clotting to occur,

superheated air would have
to be drawn into the lungs.

Which wouldn't happen
if she was already dead.

Something else caused
the clotting.

Angela's ready with the tapes.

The broken teeth
could have resulted

from particularly
violent seizures.

Epilepsy?

There are several
alternate causes

of acute tonic
muscular contractions.

Poisoning, a precipitous drop
in blood sugar...

Would this be a good time
to speak with Mr. Addy?

BRENNAN:
Considering you had

to interrupt him to
ask, probably not.

Take Hodgins.

I demand a lawyer.

I don't need
Dr. Hodgins.
I need Mr. Addy.

If I demand a lawyer,
will I get out of it, too?

In that case,
we all demand lawyers.

I'll wait for Mr. Addy.

Why aren't you interviewing me?

It won't be necessary.

I knew it.

They think my dossier
is complete.

They think they know
everything about me.

Well, they're wrong.

Be happy
they're leaving you alone.

Yeah, I'm happy.
Don't worry, I'm happy.

The ear you found--

there's-there's no way
it's her-her own ear, right?

How could it be her ear?

That's what I'm saying.What?

It's definitely not her ear.

How could she bite off
her own ear?

Chromosome tests make it
a male ear.

Seizures?

ADDY:
Seizures could be due to

low blood sugar, electrocution,

infection, head injury,

uh, brain tumor,
a sudden lack of oxygen

in the brain...

Electrocution.What?

The broken teeth,
the fractures,

the clots in
her lungs.

She was electrocuted.

That much damage to the teeth
could only result

from multiple violent spasms.

Dozens.

She was tortured.

For what?

To find out
where her husband was.

You should at least pretend
to interview me.

Dr. Hodgins, your
file is complete.

How is that possible?
No one from

the State Department has
interviewed me in two years.

No one from the State
Department has ever
interviewed you.

Right, yeah,
let's play it your way.

Six months ago, your
cousin was appointed

to a very high posting
in the government.

My cousin with the bad rug?

It doesn't affect his
security clearance.

It should. It demonstrates
a complete denial of reality.

Appointed to what
very high posting?

That's classified.

In what part of the government,
or is that classified, as well?

As a potential embarrassment,
you were thoroughly checked out.

What kind of embarrassment?

You are a conspiracy buff,
Dr. Hodgins.

You're paranoid.

Okay, okay, so,
you're telling me

that my toe-chewing,
moron cousin was appointed to a

secret post in a secret part
of the government

you can't tell me about,

so you compiled
a secret dossier on me,

but I'm the one
who's paranoid?

We don't use the word "dossier."

What was the finding?

I still work here, so...

Harmless.Harmless?

I'm harmless?

Yes. You do not pose
a viable threat.

Well, that's just... insulting.

If you want me to interview you,
I will.

But I'll only discover
what we already know.

You are benign.

I am not benign, lady.

I'm not harmless.

I'm malignant.

I'm a loaded cannon.Thank you, Dr. Hodgins.

I know things
that would curdle your blood,

including a formula
that literally curdles blood.

WOMAN:
Excuse me.

She's wrong. I'm dangerous.

Carl Decker is 1.7 meters tall
and weighs 58.2 kilograms.

An ultra-marathoner.

Be glad he's so lean.

It should make him
easier to find.

Not him.I talked to Pickering.

Was it awful?

Actually, I found it cathartic.

BOOTH:
Well, his head's down.
What do you think?

No. He doesn't move
like a runner.

She knows a lot about us.

It's creepy.

It's confidential.

Couldn't you get the file?

Probably.

Then it's not
confidential.

That's him.

That's Carl Decker.

Fast forward.

See if he shows up
with anyone else.

Back up.

Freeze on that guy.

Can you zoom in?

MONTENEGRO:
Hmm. A secret life

can cause marital strife.

He was having an affair
with a man?

All right, simmer down. For all
we know, he's meeting a hit man.

Doesn't look like a hit man.Just print the picture.

I'll put the word out,
see if he's in any
of the Bureau databases.

And when we find him?

Haul him in, check to see
if he's got both ears.

Let you know what happens.

Could we start, please?

Anytime.

I can do two things at once.

Mr. Addy, I require
your full attention.

No, you don't.

But I'll give it to you.

What I need to do here

is establish that you are
not a threat

to the security of this country.

I'm getting a degree
in forensic anthropology.

I'm halfway through
another in engineering.

What are you afraid I'll do?

Build a race of criminal robots
who'll destroy the Earth?

Do you have
that kind of fantasy often?

Very often.

Does it concern you
that such adolescent thoughts

are a sign
of emotional retardation?

I've been told.

I'm working on it.

Can you understand
why that concerns us?

Not really.Hypothetically:

you have a piece
of information...

Secret and meaningful
information?
Yes.

And the security
of the country's at stake.

Could I bribe you
to give it to me?

No.

Threaten you?No.

What if I made a reasonable,

rational argument,
very persuasive?

Merely persuasive?Irrefutable.

I make an irrefutable argument

as to why you should give me
this piece of information.

Would you do so?

Not without checking with
Dr. Brennan or Angela first,

see what they said,

maybe Agent Booth,
if he'd talk to me.

He probably wouldn't.

I'd check with Dr. Hodgins,

but he'd say it was
all part of some conspiracy,

so I mostly only take
his advice on women.

480 volts, 350 amps.

I beg your pardon.

It's sort of
secret information

I probably
shouldn't tell you.

Any other questions?

BOOTH:
Good work, sir.

I only posted his face

on the hot sheet
20 minutes ago.

My boss is the United States
Attorney General.

You're not doing
my career any good

putting me
on the hot list.

Special Agent Seeley Booth,

meet Assistant US Attorney
Ken Weeks.

I was hoping you'd turn out
to be gay or have only one ear.

Yeah, I get the gay thing a lot
because I'm so cute,

but the one-ear thing,
that's unique to you.

You're Carl Decker's
Justice Department handler?

Carl Decker was my prime witness
against KBC Systems.

BOOTH:Was?

You get fired
'cause we caught you

on some motel surveillance cam?

No, they lost him.

A material witness

for a specially-convened
grand jury,

and you lost him?

The guy's pretty smart.

Genius level.

Do you have any idea
what it's like

to interact
with those types of people?

Yeah, a little.

So what made him run?

Decker insisted
upon talking to
his son every day.

This morning, we couldn't put
him in touch with Donovan.

He panicked and ran.
The marshals will find him.

Doesn't matter;
he won't testify,

not after he finds out
about his wife and his child.

You might as well
pack up that grand jury

and send everybody home.

Look, I get the chance,
I'll give him

the "don't let
your wife die
in vain" speech.

Who knows? It might work.

BOOTH:
Weeks, you think this company

is capable of putting
a hit out on Decker?

Kill his wife, kidnap his kid?

KBC Systems sent our boys into
battle with faulty body armor.

In my book, you can do that,
you can do anything.

If Decker's as smart as they
say, how will they catch him?

Forget Decker.
Our job is to find his son.

If Decker doesn't
show up to testify...

We can't assume
they'd let the boy live.

Surely KBC isn't going...

Bones, we don't know
who hired these guys--

KBC, military,
disgruntled shareholders,

or it could be someone
we haven't even thought of yet.

What?

You just told me not to
jump to a conclusion.

No offense intended.No, you were right.

It's just I usually
get to tell you.

BOOTH:
Our relationship has taken
a whole new turn.

480 volts, 350 amps.

Polina Decker?

That's the voltage it would take

to cause muscle spasms so strong
they would fracture bone.

That's not household current.

They used a generator.

Zack, you are smart.

Hey, Zack, Zack! This guy,
Decker, he's like you.

He's in the whole stratosphere,
IQ-wise.

What's his IQ?It's 163.

Oh, he's not where Zack is.

If he's in the stratosphere,
I'm in the ionosphere.

Look, the point is that Decker
escapes the US Marshals,

tries to contact his
wife and he finds out
she's been killed.

What does he do next?

His IQ is not a variable.

Intelligence doesn't determine
what you do

so much as how effectively
you do it.

What he'll do depends on
what kind of person he is.

Well, you know,
he's a loving father,

okay, estranged from the mother
of his child.

Sound like anyone you know?

You want to just back out of
my personal space there, buddy?

Zack's right.

If you were in Decker's
position, what would you do?

[ sirens blaring]

Bucar-4 with accessory
proceeding to 4413 L Street,

KBC Systems, requesting
local cowboys for backup,

possible 10-31.

MAN:
Roger that, Bucar-4.

Did you just refer to me
as an accessory?

You asked me what I would do
if I were Decker.

They kill my wife,
they take my little boy.

I'd go to the source
of the problem and take him out.

Take him out like...

Oh.

FBI. Seward in his office?

Secure the building,
nobody in or out.

Usually, I enjoy your company,
Bones, but, you know,

it's times like this
that you give me

just a little something extra
to worry about.

You enjoy my company?

MAN:
Make the call.

FBI, Mr. Decker.

Drop your weapon.

Now!

Nothing's changed.

Make the call
or I'll blow your head off.

He wants me to call
his son's kidnappers.

Tell them to release
my boy or you die.

It's that simple.

You can shoot me
after that.

I don't care.I don't know...

Mr. Decker, Agent Booth

is an excellent shot.

I'm not afraid to die.

Shoot him!

For God's sakes, shoot him!

Mr. Seward, please shut up!

What you're trying to do--
save your son--

that's not going to happen
if you die here tonight.

Be rational, Mr. Decker.

What you were planning
has failed.

You have to adapt.

Adapt how?

All I want is for my son
to live.

You people just took away
his best chance.

PICKERING:
Do you know a woman
named Lily Marsden?

Yes, I do.

You had sexual relations
with her?

This falls
under your purview?

Lily Marsden
is an environmental extremist.

She's in Earth Now.

You give money to Earth Now,
don't you?

Yeah, and the Sierra Club
and Habitat for Humanity,

the opera and Public Radio.

Lily Marsden has been arrested
for breaking into animal labs,

torching SUVs, trespassing
on military reserves,

dousing citizens wearing fur
with red paint...

[ laughing]

Dr. Goodman,

if you have had or are having

sexual relations
with Lily Marsden,

we have a problem.Why?

Because an illicit
sexual relationship

gives her leverage over you.

This makes you
a security risk.

I'm a married man,
Ms. Pickering.

I'm faithful to my wife.

Could you please define your
relationship with Lily Marsden?

I enjoy talking to her.

We argue.

She's a nut,
but she's a smart nut.

She's... always interesting.

She's never dull.

So you...

Talk to her.

I think it's a very bad sign

when discourse becomes suspect.

You talk to her.Sometimes we yell.

You want to give me
one good reason

why I shouldn't charge you with
attempted murder, Mr. Decker.

You think I went
after Seward out
of vengeance?

Looks like vengeance.

KBC Systems hired people to kill
my wife and kidnap my child.

Think rationally for a moment.

BRENNAN:
That makes sense.

If KBC Systems
is behind the
kidnapping,

then Seward would be
the person to call it off.

Rational human being...

how'd you find yourself
amongst these people?

Sir, we are trying to help.

Excellent.
Hold your gun

to Trent Seward's head and
force him to let my son go.

CULLEN:
There's no compelling
evidence

that Trent Seward was the man

who ordered the kidnapping
of your son.

I personally calculated
the penetration tolerances

for the combat flak jackets.

The company
found my calculations

to be "excessively
conservative."

30 soldiers died.

Trent Seward
will do anything

to prevent me
from testifying.

He or someone

working for him kidnapped
my child and killed my wife.

If you want to get Trent Seward,

go into that grand jury
and tell them what you know.

And the kidnappers
will kill my boy.

All due respect for
what you're going
through emotionally,

sir, uh, Mr. Weeks is not wrong.

This is my son.

I love him.

And if there's even
a slight chance

that I can save his life
by shutting up,

then that's what I'll do--
shut the hell up.

And what about the soldiers?

DECKER:
Analytically,
I understand

that many lives
outweigh the one.

But I cannot trade
my son's life.

Have you considered
that by not testifying,

your wife will have died
in vain?

CULLEN:
Shut it up, Weeks.

If you people
had protected Mr. Decker

and his family properly,
we wouldn't even be here.

Let's go.

The only way
that I will testify...

...is if I see you with my son.

Mr. Decker, you and Donovan...

do you have
a code word?

Something to let him know
that you sent me?

"Paladin."

Tell Donovan, "Paladin."

Paladin... defender
of the faith, a protector.

Suits you, Booth.

You know what?

You tough guys are all
very sentimental.

Got results on the earwax.

I ran the particulates
through the gas chromatograph

and found the pollen
of Eragrostis curvula,

more commonly known
as weeping lovegrass.

And where does one
find weeping love?

Weeping love is
found worldwide,

but weeping lovegrass--
that's in South Africa.

Anything else?

Yeah, traces
of automotive-grade asbestos.

The guy didn't have very good
aural hygiene.

Dr. Brennan.

What, now?

You've got
to be kidding.

Take me.
I'll waive the lawyer.

I have a few surprises
in me!

Tell that to your superiors
at the NSA.

Booth, we're looking
for a one-eared South African.

South African?Does that mean something?

Yeah, I mean, there's a number

of South African
security consultants

that companies use to do their
dirty work in the Third World.

They're really mercenaries.

Well, he might be a mechanic
of some kind.You can tell that?

He had traces of what is
probably brake pad in his ear.

How'd that get in there?

Well, any number of ways--
most likely his hand

comes in contact
with the asbestos,

and then he scratches his ear.

Hello? Are you still there?

[ closes case]

Yeah. I'm on my way over.What's the matter?

Somebody sent me
Donovan Decker's finger.

An eight-year-old boy--
yes, that's consistent

with what I'm looking at.

You should really send this
to an FBI pathologist.

They'd give me
fingerprints and DNA.

We already know
who the finger belongs to.

I-I need more.

Like what?

You gave me
a South African mechanic

from a chunk of burnt ear;
do it again.

Do it better.
Do it fast.

What? Start.

Come on, do what you do.

You're kind of worked up.

What you see is a bunch
of facts, but what I see

is a terrified little boy
with his finger cut off.

Now, is he even still alive?

Blood saturation levels
in the surrounding tissues

are high; his heart
was still beating

when they removed his finger.

Okay... he's alive.

That's something.

Who does this?

Cuts a finger
off an eight-year-old boy?

Mercenaries, professionals.

They don't feel a thing.

I feel things, Booth.

Never said you didn't, Bones.

I'm a professional, too.

I do better work if I only see
the finger and not the child.

That doesn't mean I'm like them.

I know that, Bones,
but what I also know

is that they made a big mistake
sending us that finger.

Why, because it made you mad?

No, because you're going
to use it to catch them.

So you gather up
your squint squad.

Let's get to work.

BOOTH:
Did you kick the ball?

How far did it go?

Backwards?

[ chuckles]
Yeah, I can kick a ball.

I'm going to... Daddy's going
to show you on Saturday.

I'm going to see you Saturday,
okay, Parker?

Okay, I got to go, bub.

I love you.
I'll see you Saturday. Bye.

What do you got?

The finger was severed using
a hatchet on a wooden surface.

Cutting board?

No, older, unsealed, pine.

I'm thinking like a workbench
in a mechanic shop.

Why?Well, there's traces of lead
and methyl tertiary-butyl ether

on the bone.

The nail was bitten
to the quick, by the way.

Kid was nervous.
You would be, too.

MTBEs have been added
to gasoline since the '70s.

But there's lead
here, as well.

ADDY: Leaded gasoline
was phased out between 1975

and 1986.

Asbestos from brake pads,
leaded gasoline,

a mechanic bench,
you know,

plus the mother was electrocuted
by current

from a generator.

We're looking
for an abandoned gas station

or a mechanic shop
off the grid.

[ chuckling]:
You guys are geniuses.

How do we find that?

I work for the FBI, you idiot.

Way to go, Zack--
we went from geniuses to idiots

in three seconds.

Can you tell me
what you were doing in Cuba?

Only if you tell me first.I beg your pardon?

I don't know
your security clearance.

Well, what is
yoursecurity clearance?

You should check
with the State Department.

I'm from the State Department.

Then that should make
it easy for you.

When you were in Cuba,

did you meet with a man
named Juan Guzman?

Hello. It's Dr. Brennan
from the Jeffersonian.

You told me to call you
if anyone asked about...

you know... him.

Someone from
the State Department named...

Samantha Pickering.

Pickering.

Yes, sir.

Yes, I'll wait...
I'll wait here.

[ hangs up phone]

Any more questions?

No.

Uh, no. In fact,
the entire review is suspended.

I'm to wait here until someone
comes to destroy my notes.

We might have the kid.

BOOTH:
Polina didn't make any calls
from her cell phone

after she was kidnapped,
but nobody turned it off.

When she left her coverage area,

the cell phone was automatically
assigned a new routing tower.

You could triangulate
her position?

Yeah, to within
75 square miles.

There were six abandoned
gas stations in that area.

There were five
urban, one rural.

SWAT's gonna check them
all out, but I think it's
the rural one we want.

Why?

'Cause I used to do
this kind of work.

What, rescuing people?

Or being... the person
they needed to be rescued from.

Oh.If I had a choice,

I picked an isolated
rural area.

This place is perfect.

It's an abandoned
truck repair depot.

The SWAT team will
meet us there.

Why don't we ever
take my car?

Do you have bulletproof vests
in the trunk?

No.That's why.

FLIR imagery gives us three
adults within the structure.

The boy?No reading.

Probably because he's small...
or hypothermic.

Entirely possible, sir.
What's the play?

I go in first,
straight for the kid.

You guys do what you do.All right.

What about me?
Wait outside.

But I don't want
to miss anything.

Bones, these guys aren't
like anyone else you've
come up against.

Please. Just be someone you
aren't for the next ten minutes,

and you hang back.

Please.

[ shouting indistinctly]

[ officer shouting
indistinctly]

[ gunshots ricochet]Watch your back!

[ glass breaks][ boy whimpering]

Donovan, don't look at him
anymore.

Okay? It's okay.
Don't look at him anymore.No! Get away!

You're gonna be all right.
He's not gonna hurt you anymore.

Get away!Okay...

Donovan, Paladin. Okay?

Paladin.

Paladin.

Okay? Paladin.
Come on.[ crying]

Come on.

[ siren chirps]

[ Donovan crying]

All right, hey, come on.
You're all right.

[ garbled radio transmission][ sirens blaring in distance]

[ helicopter blades whirring]

Is my dad crying?

I think your dad's crying
because he's happy.

He's happy he got you back.

[ sighs]

Well done.
Yeah, I hope
you're really good

at your job, Mr. Weeks.Why is that?

'Cause otherwise, you got
nothing going for you.

He's a father himself.

Well, thank God I always
had the sense not to let
that happen to me.

BOOTH:
All right, thank you.

You think KBC hired
the mercenaries?

[ sighs]:
We'll let the grand jury
figure that out.

We did our job.

It's not often I
get to help save

someone beforethey die.Hell, Bones, every time
you catch a murderer

you save his next victim.This is different.

Yeah. Still glad
you don't have any kids?

Yeah. Why?You were looking
at that boy and his dad.

I just thought
you'd change your mind.

No. Still glad
you dohave a kid?

Gladder today than yesterday.

Doesn't make any sense.

Yeah, it's complicated.

What's that mean?