All language subtitles for Bones (2005) - S05E18 - The Predator in the Pool (1080p x265 EDGE2020).eng

On Tuesday morning,
a dead tiger shark
washed up on Rehoboth Beach.

Its stomach contained
the undigested remains
of a human leg.

- Ouch.
- What's wrong?

- That's gotta hurt.
- A seasoned law
enforcement agent...

who still has empathy
for a victim-- I'm glad
to know you're out there.

At your service.

Dr. Bryar is from the National
Atmos-Ocean Association.

- Called us this morning.
- The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.

Well, Andrew was joking.
He likes to put people
at ease.

- It's a nice quality.
- Yeah, everybody
likes to laugh.

- Except that guy.
- [ Booth, Bryar Laugh ]

The weird thing is nobody
reported a shark attack anywhere
along the eastern seaboard.

[ Hacker ]
Do you think you can make
an identification from the leg?

I've seen Temperance I.D.
a victim from a single
fingernail clipping.

- But I've never done that.
- Well, maybe not that.

But, you know,
things like that, you know?

She's my partner.
I'm sure we could help you out.

I'd be grateful.Yeah.
[ Murmurs ]

Yeah, I should go and clear out.
I'll let you do your thing--

Well, that was a speedy exit.
Shall we?

[ Brennan ]
The victim is likely male.

These shallow cuts
and deep gouges,

in conjunction
with location of recovery,

are likely indications
of C.O.D.

We-- We need
to count osteons
to determine age.

But the length of the tibia
indicates a height of between
five foot and 5'6".

- A short guy
got bit by a shark?
- [ Brennan ] Now,

these look like
six-ridged dermal denticles.

Well, that can't be.
A tiger shark doesn't
have dermal denticles.

Then the victim encountered
multiple predators
at the same time.

- That is highly unlikely.
- Well, this simple
symmetrical bite.

That's a tiger shark.This is different.

Some kind of small
conical canine.

- That's a red snapper.
- Then... this serrated bite.

Oh, my God.
A hammerhead.

- What? This sounds good.
- Hammerheads are tropical.

It's unlikely you'd
find one this far north.

Where's the nearest place
a tiger shark, a hammerhead...

and a red snapper
could coexist?

How about the aquarium?
[ Chuckles ]

You don't get to be
deputy director of the F.B.I....

by just dressing well
and kissing ass.
[ Chuckles ]

Okay, yeah, that's most of it.
But I'm probably right
about the aquarium.

[ Brennan ] According to NOAA,
this facility focuses on
marine rescue and preservation.

A rehabilitated tiger shark
was permanently released
into the ocean this Saturday.

[ Booth ] Jaws grabs
a quick snack before heading
back out into the wild?

Shark attacks
are very rare.

I mean, look, sharks,
they don't even like
to eat people.

- That's true.
How do you know that?
- Shark Week, you know,

where they do nothing
but make you afraid
of sharks.

Wait. They have
a week set aside
just for sharks?

Wow. Yeah.
It's a TV thing.

- [ Woman ] Agent Booth?
- Yes, Dr. Stoddard.

Marilyn. I work
in the animal husbandry
department.

I'm Dr. Temperance Brennan
from the Jeffersonian.

Was someone eaten here
this weekend?[ Laughs ] No.

The tiger shark that you
released this past Saturday,

can you show us
where you kept him?

Yeah. Come right this way.

Since when do fish
have husbands?

Animal husbandry is the science
of breeding livestock.

Since when
are fish livestock?The term can be applied loosely.

This is the tropical
reef tank...

where the tiger shark
was kept prior
to release.

Originally,
he required isolation.

But once he recovered, we placed
him in here to see how he would
interact with the others.

- Recovered from what?
- His fin was nearly severed,
probably from a drag net.

How'd he get on
with the other fish?

- Just fine,
as far as I can tell.
- You also have a hammerhead?

Uh, yes,
hiding somewhere.

This tank is over 600,000
gallons. You can only see
a portion from this side.

[ Booth ]
Looks like an ocean in itself.

[ Stoddard ]
It is, but I'm pretty sure
we would see evidence...

if a human being
had been eaten in there.

Anyone missing? Employees, you mean?

- Or guests? No.
- How about missing a leg?

No. I think we would
notice something like that.

Anything unusual?

The facilities department
lost an expensive filter.

There was a slight spike
in the ammonia levels,

but nothing out
of the ordinary here.

Certainly, nothing close
to a fatal accident.

- [ Boy ]
Look! Oh, Dad!
- [ Woman ] Oh, my gosh!

[ People Gasping, Chattering ]

[ Man ]
Step back, please.

Security!Okay, now who's gonna
go in there to get that?

[ Booth ]
Okay, you don't have
to go in, Bones.

Yes, I do. We need to recover
what's left of the victim...

to have any hope
of identification.

Time-out, okay?
Have Hodgins do it.

I look like Richard Dreyfuss,
don't I? "We're gonna need
a bigger boat."

No, we don't need a boat.
Why are you wearing that hat?

Keep his brain warm, okay?
Make Hodgins go in there
and do it.

There is nothing
to be afraid of, Booth. [ Hodgins ] Yeah.

- Sharks, they don't eat people.
- Tell that to the guy who
got coughed up by a grouper.

- Okay?
- Okay, who's going in?

- [ Brennan ] Um--
- You guys know what
you're doing, right?

It isn't a swim
in a fish tank.

- Isn't that exactly what it is?
- Yeah, a really big, cool one.

No, no. It's a recovery
of a body in the investigation
of a potential homicide.

Any questions, you ask me.
Keep your eyes on me.

Gotcha.Ready?

Yes. I am.Ben here will
escort you to the tank.

Agent Booth, follow me.
You'll be able to communicate...

with Dr. Brennan
on our intercom system. [ Booth ] Thank you.

Good luck to you.

[ Intercom Crackling ]Bones? Bones, you there?

[ On Intercom ]
We're right here, Booth.

This is beautiful.

Hodgins, I'll get the skull.

You see if there's
any other bone particulates.

I have the interior aspect
of the skull.

- You call it a face, Booth.
- Pipe down there, pal.

Hodgins, over here.

Look.

- Hi.
- Hi.

I thought I would stop by
and see if you'd made
any progress today.

Oh. Dr. Brennan, she's still
working on the identification.

Wow.It's what we do.

Do you mind
if I ask you a question?

Sure. Come on in.
This is my office.

It's very nice.Yeah, right.

Yeah. I was wondering
if you wanted
to go out sometime.

Maybe this weekend.
Unless, of course,
I'm a suspect.

'Cause I know
you can't date me
if I'm a suspect, right?

- I can't date anyone
who's a suspect.
- I understand.

Yeah, right. It's F.B.I.

Rules, regulations.

Yeah.But, um,

you know,
when we're done with you,
um, I can give you a call,

and, um, you can go out with me
or I can go out with you.

- How about both?
- Hey, look at that.

[ Laughs ]

Well, I'm looking forward
to not being a suspect.

I am too.

Let me know if you
hear anything more
about the identification.

Yeah, yeah. I will.

All right.

Bye.Bye.

[ Objects Clatter ]

[ Clark ]
The pelvis verifies
the osteon count.

He was between
the ages of 30 and 34.

The fusion of the vertebrae
could indicate an injury
to the spinal cord.

Huh. Anything
off the spectroscope?Yes.

The distal tibia
from the leg we
found originally--

it confirms the presence of
perimortem bruising.

When the shark attacked
the victim, he was still alive?

Yes. Take
a look right here.

I found a cleft fracture
of the styloid process.

Probably a blunt force
to the throat. And here,

several multidirectional
grooves along the glabella
and the supra-orbital ridge.

The victim
was stabbed in the eye?

Varying degrees of force
may suggest...

that someone tried
to stab the victim in the face
with a narrow, sharped object.

Okay, well, that makes this
an official homicide.

The victim was assaulted
and then dumped into the tank
alive as a means of disposal.

I think I know when it happened.

Meet Diploria labyrinthiformis,

better known as the groovy
grooved brain coral,

native to the Caribbean,
Bermuda and Bahamas. Why is it here?

Coral skeletons
accrete tiny
crystals...

of calcium carbonate
at night.

So for us,
this provides a timeline
similar to tree rings.

Coral can tell us
what was in the water
and when it got there.

- If you have a year to wait.
- No, that is the beauty.

Because of the rapid nature
of the growth,
the timeline is condensed.

- How specific is it?
- Within hours.

Now, a spike in ammonia
and nitrate levels found
within the coral skeleton...

tells us that something
died in that tank
on Friday night...

between midnight
and 6:00 a.m.--
something big,

like "human being" big.

[ Booth ] These here
are the 28 people we know
who were at the aquarium...

Saturday morning
between the hours
of midnight and 6:00 a.m.

Most of them are employees
and security guards.

[ Cell Phone Rings ]Are all of them
still alive?

We're working
on that right now. Booth.

This NOAA thing is turning
into a full-fledged
investigation.

Who is that?Uh-- [ Mouths Word ]

Oh. Tell Andrew
I said hi.Bones says hello.

Hello. Tell her I'm really
looking forward to our date.

Did you two wanna speak
to each other,

or is there something
that you wanted to tell me, sir?

I called 'cause I got
a heads-up on your
missing person.

Yeah. Okay. Wow.

Gotcha.[ Beeps ]

What did he say?Uh, he's looking
forward to our date.

- Your date.
- Oh, so am I.

He e-mailed me
and said he had
tickets to a play.

He e-mailed you?
What, for a play?

I believe that "play"
is Andrew's code
for sex.

- Is it okay for us
to talk like this?
- Yeah.

Well, when he invited me
to the play,

I thought it was
a code for sex,
so I said no.

Oh.But I said yes
to coffee.

Maybe that's a code.Mm-mmm.
Angela informed me...

that coffee isn't
a code for anything.Ha.

I have a date too.

Good.

Catherine Bryar.

Everyone at the aquarium
is a suspect.

And once she's eliminated
as a person of interest--

- Why did Andrew call?
- Oh. [ Clears Throat ]

Number 19 on our list,
uh, is not accounted for.

Jazz Gunn?Yeah.

- What a ludicrous name.
- You don't know who that is?

My name is Jazz Gunn,

and I have a secret
to tell you.

In the simplest terms,
the terrestrial world
we live in...

mirrors
the underwater world
you see right here.

Same rules
that govern the sea...

also govern
the sea of life.

Jazz Gunn is your average--
and I do mean average--
self-help guru.

His half-baked theory
is based on nothing more...

than the concept
of natural selection.

But his "Sea of Life"
seminars are packed.

The shape of his skull
is consistent with that
of the victim.

I've never heard of him. [ Booth ] I've heard of him.

He spent Friday night
getting ready to prepare
for this big speech...

that he was supposed to give
this morning at the aquarium,
and he never showed up.

He said that he had
a car accident in '93
that left him unable to walk.

But after he swam in the sea
off the coast of Brazil,
he was cured.

What, like a miracle?

Like this power
of positive thinking?

- It's preposterous.
- He swam with sharks.

He said that by forcing himself
to face his atavistic fears,

he gained the strength
to fight back.

That's the whole theory
behind the "Sea of Life."

What, so now this guy,
he gets paid
a hundred bucks a pop...

to talk about that
in front of fish tanks?

Let's begin with
life lesson number one:

Eat or be eaten.

What if your friends
and neighbors
tried to eat you?

Look at this guy.
His name's Tad Benedict.

Benedict used
to be Jazz's assistant,
but, uh, now Jazz does it solo.

They had a widely
publicized falling-out.

What does he have
in his hand?

[ Sweets ] Uh, that's a pen. [ Brennan ]
That looks like a metal stylus.

The victim was stabbed
with a small, sharp object.

Theodore Benedict. He's on our
list of people that were there
at the aquarium Friday night.

Maybe Jazz hired him back.

Or maybe he just showed up
with a chip on his shoulder.

And a pointy pointer
in his hand.

Or like life lesson number one.

Eat or be eaten.

[ Jazz Continues, Indistinct ]
...eat or be eaten.

- [ Booth ] Tad, is it?
- Yeah.

I can't believe this happened.
Who would wanna kill Jazz?
People love him.

The easy answer is you. You
worked for him three years ago? Off and on.

- Starting
three years ago, yeah.
- Let's forget about the "on."

Let's just focus on the "off."
Says you were dismissed after
an argument over compensation?

I wanted a share
of the profits.

I felt like
I did a lot of work,
and he made all the money.

I couldn't think
of a clearer motive. You?

- Do I look like
I could do that?
- No, but I've seen the video.

Jazz is about, what, 5'4"?

The way you were wieldin'
that little crazy pen around
of yours that you had,

it was pretty fierce.

You do know that that fight
was all over, right?

He called me
a couple of months ago...

when he oversold
a seminar in Santa Fe.

He needed help
and apologized.

I needed the job,
so I went back to work.

- Does he pay you?
- I get a percentage after each
seminar, just like I asked.

And he took me and my wife
to Aspen for Christmas.
I more than forgave him.

You wanna know
what I think, Agent Booth?

- Sure.
- Jazz loved the sea.

He wanted to swim
in that big tank
at the aquarium.

He told me.

Is this a live feed
of the tropical reef tank
at the aquarium?

Yep. With an
interactive interface
I implemented myself.

Check this out.
Click on this guy,

the program has an index
that catalogs anything organic.

This is incredible, Angela.
May I try?

[ Hodgins ] Look what
I found in the filter
from the aquarium.

It's a five-inch piece
of tanned, putrescible
animal rawhide.

From a fish?From a wallet.

Well, if you go into
a fish tank willingly,

you remove your wallet, right?

Yeah.

Oh, wow.

Oh, you should
leave this up.

It's beautiful,
peaceful, pure.

It's kind of scary,
though, right?

- Oh, I like scary.
- Yeah, so do I.

Clark is trying to determine
what sort of weapon
the killer may have used...

when stabbing
at the victim's face.

Hodgins, please keep me posted
about what you find
in the filter.

Uh-huh.

[ Device Beeps ]

Did you have time
to examine the grooves?

I did.

Syringe?Taking a closer look,

I could see
some of the deeper grooves...

had a faint
semi-circular ridge
near the point of contact.

I thought it'd be
consistent with the hub
of a hypodermic needle.

In terms of a diameter,
a 14-gauge would be
about right.

But there are
no matching grooves
on the styloid process.

No. That injury
is simple blunt force.

If the victim was stabbed with
a hypodermic needle, something
may have been injected.

It's hard to tell
with the body
being submerged.

And I can't find
the perfect needle
to match either.

Maybe I can.

Excuse me. We're back.

I see that.
Can I help you
with something?

[ Chuckles ]Why is she using
that tone?

Well, she just doesn't
like being pinned
as a murder suspect.

I can deal with that.
What I don't like...

is having every piece
of information I give you
double-checked.

- What can I do for you?
- We wanna take a look
at your hypodermic needles.

All right.
What sort of needles?Bones.

Fourteen-gauge with a round
hub and a blunted tip.Exactly.

Uh, we don't carry
anything like that.

Okay. Anything similar?

I realize you need
to double-check,
so please,

go right ahead.

Also need to know
who had access to it
the night the victim died.

I wasn't back here
that night.

What's wrong
with these angelfish?

They've been listless
the past few days.

Most likely due
to something they ingested.

Or someone.

We should take these fish
back to the lab. No, you can't.

These are a gift
from Morocco. They need to be tested...

for trace evidence
in a murder investigation.

- We'll get 'em back to you.
- I may or may not
get them back to you.

Wait. You just said
that you weren't here
that night.

You already said
that you were.No. Not in this area.

No one was back here
after midnight.

I was out in the lobby
helping with the kids.

Kids? What kids?

Our education department
hosts field trips
for local elementary students.

I was helping the teacher.

[ Clears Throat ]I teach fourth grade.

My students are mostly
nine- and 10-year-olds.

We usually do
the Natural History Museum.

And I thought
we'd try something new.

So we tried the aquarium. Wow.
Thirty-six kids overnight.

That's, uh--
That's very brave of you.

Well, kids that age,
when they fall asleep,
they're like little corpses.

Did you have any help?Yes.

Four mothers. And they're
the same four mothers
who do everything.

- I can give you their names.
- That'd be great. Thanks.

- Where did you sleep?
- In sleeping bags
on the floor.

- In the lobby.
- [ Chuckles ]

The aquarium people
left the lights on
in the big tank until midnight.

- It was beautiful.
- I'm just wondering,

how is it that so many people
can spend the night
in front of a tank...

and not see a man
being eaten by sharks?

When they turned
the lights off, it was dark.

Agent Booth, believe me.

If one of those kids
had seen anything, they would
all know about it by now.

Why?First of all,
they're blabbermouths.

And second, they were all
issued these disposable cameras,

and they take pictures
of everything. Everything?

Everything.
[ Exhales ]

[ All Chattering ]Kim, stop
hitting Steven.

[ Booth ] Just tell me
if any of these kids
is a killer.

It's pretty tough to tell
your average nine-year-old
from your average psychopath.

Don't say that.
I have a kid
nearly that age.

Children are still forming
their sense of ethics
at this age.

Like I said, they're
basically sociopaths.
It's true.

[ Woman ]
Kids, kids.Hey. Aw, thanks, Lucy.

Your photos will be returned
after they're developed and
perused for the investigation.

But what about the contest?

[ Whispering ]
We told the kids
it was a photo contest.

Oh, that's good. Spare them
the trauma of the murder.
Good idea.

- Murder?
- No, no. No, no, no, no.

No, no, no.
Photo contest.
First prize: amusement park.

- No one said murder.
- First place goes
to an amusement park.

Go ahead. I saved you.

- I know.
- You can thank me
for saving you later. Next.

So I'm looking
for evidence of
shark attack and murder...

while simultaneously
judging a photo contest?

You possess the necessary
overlapping skills.

Well, between 36 disposables
and 10 cell phone cameras,

we've got quite
a selection here.

Ew.

So you said that coffee isn't
code for anything, right?

Sweetie, I think
you need to stop
worrying about sex codes.

Hacker is a very
up-front guy...

who is also extremely
politically savvy.

Talk about strange
overlapping skills, huh?I don't know what that means.

Hacker is very sophisticated
in his job,

but he's much more transparent
in his personal life.

Does that sound
like anybody you know?

Me? So you mean
we're compatible?

Well, you know who
I think you belong with.

I don't belong with anyone,
Angela. Do you?

Well, I'm grappling
with those same issues.

So, yes, go have coffee
with Hacker.

And if it goes well,
then maybe you guys
can graduate to lunch.

- What should I wear?
- Clothing.

- Look at this.
- Let me see that one.

Let me see
if I can scan this.

[ Angela ] Well, it's
definitely a person.That's not our victim.

The proportions
are wrong.

But no one
was supposed
to be back there.

At 2:38 a.m.

Hodgins said that
the victim died in the tank
between midnight and 6:00 a.m.

So this could
definitely be our killer.

[ Whirring ]

Oh. That is the most
unpleasant smell.

- Angelfish smoothie?
- Man, you killed
the Moroccan angelfish?

No. No, I did not.
They died on their own.

Only afterwards
did I puree them. I hope you can prove that.

Those aquarium people
love their fish.Don't worry.

The angelfish died
from a generic, organic
protein-based neurotoxin...

that's found in lots
of different yummy places,

like the flagellum
of bacteria.

What, did they absorb it
through their gills?

- I think they ingested it.
- By snacking on our victim.

No. This neurotoxin's
not strong enough to kill
a fully grown human male.

Wait. What if it was
injected through his eye
more than once?

Well, it'd be disorienting,
as would any injection
into the eye.

Perhaps Dr. Saroyan
can find traces in what's
left of the body. Thank you.

Oh, hey, Clark.
I thought I should warn you.Yeah?

I-I'm sorry.
What's that
got to do with me?

She may be in the market
for a new intern.

[ Murmuring ]

Okay, okay, okay. Listen.

I'm gonna--
I'm gonna break
my cardinal rule for you...

and offer
some good advice.

Don't do that.Do what?

Channel your own frustrations
into snide allusions.

Oh. Snide's a strong word.

Um, I, uh--

I found this for you.
It was-- It was in the vacuum.

Looks like
an enterolith.

Well, in cats, you would
call it a hair ball.

Now, in this,
I see some bone fragments
within its composition.

- Well, take it.
It's all yours.
- Thanks.

Clark.[ Sighs ]
What it is now, Dr. Hodgins?

Thank you for breaking
your cardinal rule.

I'll, uh-- I'll take
what you said under advisement.

Good.

Just know that I really
don't need to know
the outcome.

[ Chuckles ]

Why can't you just
lighten up the guy's face
and zoom in?

Because it was
a cell phone camera
that was aimed by a child.

The Plexiglas at this point
is a foot thick.

- And 30 feet of water.
- At night.

I was just asking.

So I used some
warping software...

to reverse the direction
of the distortion...

that was caused
by the waves
in the surface of the water.

Then I lit it up.
But this is the best
that I can do.

Okay. Well,
we'll print that up
and get it to Booth.

- I know this man.
- You do?

Yes. His name is Ben.
I saw him working
at the aquarium.

- Are you sure?
- Absolutely.

So, why didn't you
clock in, Ben?

Probably 'cause
I wasn't working.Really?

Okay. There you go.
And on top of it,

we have photographic
evidence that shows
that you were.

Wow. Right. That night.

Right. That night.
Just a routine night
at the aquarium.

A man gets murdered
and then he gets fed
to the sharks.

I wasn't supposed
to work that night,

but I switched shifts.

I didn't clock in using
my own card. That happens.It doesn't matter.

The fact is
you were there.

So let's start this
all over again,
shall we, okay?

Here's a check made out
to you. Ben Marcus--
that's you, right?

For $10,000, deposited
the day after the murder.

- I can explain that.
- Signed by one Dmitri Vladov.

Oh, man. Okay.

This looks bad,
'cause he's a big
Russian mobster type.

Hello. Of course it looks bad.
It's made out to you
for $10,000.

For what?

It's not what you think.
But if I tell you,

Vladov will kill me.

Okay, I want a lawyer.
I'm not saying anything else.

- I'll just go ask Vlad.
- Do you think you could
leave my name out of it?

No?No.

Dmitri Vladov?Yeah.

Vladov the Impaler
paid for a hit
with a check?

Yeah. I mean, why would
Vladov hire an amateur?

And pay by check.
That's not a good sign
for law enforcement.

That's not a good sign
for culture as a whole.
You know what we ought to do?

Pool our money together
and buy a buffalo ranch
in Alberta.

Uh, sir, why do I feel
like you're stalling
so I don't talk to this guy?

I am stalling, yes.Why?

Why go out on a limb
when you know
it's gonna break?

Vladov's under
surveillance by about
five federal agencies.

Nothing ever happens.So how's he get away with it?

- What's the Russian word
for "Teflon"?
- I don't know. Teflonistan?

Vladov has been brought up
on 50 charges--

everything from homicide,
RICO, prostitution.

They've been smuggling
counterfeit vodka
for years.

He has a brilliant trick
to keep himself
out of prison.

What's that?He denies doing it.

It's gotten to the point
when he denies something,
it's his way of saying "yes."

Yeah, well, I'm not afraid
to bring this guy in.

You should be.
If you value your pension,
you should be.

Okay, well, I'm not,
even when you sound like Yoda.

You want me with you
when you talk to him?Why?

Vladov the Impaler--
the nickname
is self-explanatory.

I can handle it.Good.

because your successes
have done wonders
for my career.

This looks like your
friendly neighborhood
gill raker.

What's that?

That-- That would be
your friendly neighborhood
gum wrapper.

[ Cell Phone Rings,
Beeps ]

That's Booth.
Hello, Booth.

Yeah, Bones. Listen,
you gotta help me. I got
a hot lead and a funny feeling.

[ On Speakerphone ]
I don't understand
the juxtaposition.

All right, listen. I just
need a really strong, really
compelling piece of evidence.

Usually all
you say you need
is your gun and your wits.

-I've have to come
to depend on your wits too.
-What kind of proof do you need?

I need something
that links a Russian mobster...

to a self-improvement guru
who gives speeches
in front of fish tanks.

- I am currently witless.
- This is the Russian mobster
who smuggles booze?

Yeah, well, that's
the nicest thing he does.

Hello? Is somebody
doing something there?

Hodgins is doing
a demonstration
in his beaker.

It's a fact that
Russian "businessmen"...

add blue dye
to tankers of clear alcohol
and import it as glass cleaner,

thus avoiding
the high tariff on booze.

Now, once it gets
to the States,
they need to remove the dye...

so that they can bottle
the booze as vodka.

The only way to do that...

is from a reverse
osmosis filter.

[ Booth ] Okay, you know what,
I got "filter" out of that.

Marilyn at the aquarium told us
that they're missing a filter.

The mob can't go buy
a filter?This one is special.

It's really huge
and extra good.

See?No, I don't see.
I'm in another place.

I'm driving a car.If you were here,
you'd be very impressed.

Our victim witnesses
a filter theft
and gets killed for it.

Hit him
with the filter, Booth.
That's your connection.

Hodgins means
metaphorically, Booth.

If you hit a Russian mobster
with an actual filter, he'd
probably just impale you.

All right, well, that's great.
Thanks for the tip.

Mr. Vladov, could you,
uh, please describe
your line of work?

For the purposes
of this conversation,

importing and exporting
mostly glass cleaner.

What's that, 80 proof?

Agent Booth,
you know what you know. Fine.

But what we're talking
about here is different.

How about you tell me
what it is you think I did?

Then I tell you
I did not do this thing.

Then we part ways amicably.

Okay. Do you know
a motivational speaker
by the name of Jazz Gunn?

No. [ Chuckles ]
It's a silly name.

How about Ben Marcus?
Works at the Aquarium
of the Atlantic?

I even more vehemently deny
knowing this person.

Did you hire Ben Marcus
to steal a filter
from the giant tank?

I deny this
categorically.

That your check?

That's your name.
Right there. Dmitri Vladov.

And that's your signature
right there.

The check was written out
to a man who was photographed
at the scene of a murder.

He cashed it the next day.No, that is not my check.

- Yes, it is.
It's your check.
- No, it is not.

It's illegal to provide
false information that may
impede a federal investigation.

- I'm not aware of this, no.
- Well, you're aware
of it now...

because I'm telling you.

Am I under arrest?

I don't know. Are you?

I like you, Agent Booth.

And I've told you
everything I know
on this issue.

- You now owe me a favor.
- I owe you a favor?

[ Laughs ]
I don't owe you anything.

Yes, you do.
[ Laughs ]

No, I don't.

May I interest you
in our final selections
from the filter?

Dorsal fin
from a foxface rabbitfish.

I believe this is
some sort of sea turtle feces,

uh, a rusty paper clip
and the broken spine
of a lionfish.

- And that's all she wrote.
- [ Clark ] Throw in
the embryonic cells...

of a blue shark
and the remains
of a human vertebra.

Embryonic cells.

I need to see
your virtual aquarium.

Yeah. Sure.

Is there a blue shark
in this tank?

Uh, I don't think so.

No. No blue shark.

Well, that's not possible.
How would those embryonic cells
get into the tank?

It's a closed system.They weren't in the tank.
They were in the victim.

The embryonic cells
of a blue shark can be injected
between the vertebrae...

to form an infrastructure matrix
that facilitates
neural transmission.

It restores the spinal cord.

It was progressive surgery
that restored Jazz Gunn's
ability to walk.

- It had nothing to do
with his ridiculous theory.
- What a little liar.

Well, I have to tell Booth
there's a scientific
explanation for this.

Dr. Brennan, you know
what else is missing
from this tank?

Lionfish.

Looks like a 14-gauge.

Jazz Gunn was a liar.
He wasn't cured
by swimming in Brazil.

He underwent
experimental surgery.

Think of all the people
he misled. That's motive
for murder right there.

Is this
what you're looking for?

The edge of this tank
is damaged.

It still holds water.
We're on a tight budget
around here.

This explains
the cleft fracture
on the victim's styloid process.

- Uh, you lost me, Bones.
- The lionfish protects itself
with venomous spines...

containing the same neurotoxin
that stunned our victim
prior to his death.

- So no hypodermic
needle?
- No.

There were several spines
from one venomous fish,

all coming into contact
with the victim's face
at the same time.

So this fish
stabbed him in the eye?

That is consistent
with the wounds, yes.

This the only lionfish
you have here?That's it.

Pterois antennata.
I call him Bob.

Bob!
[ Chuckles ]

Bob is our murder weapon.

The victim and the killer
gained access to the back
area of the aquarium...

before the door
was locked.

Jazz saw the lionfish
in quarantine.

This represents
the quarantine tank.
Clark?

Jazz was all about
facing his fears.

He saw one of the world's
most venomous fish...

and was taking
a look at it from above
the surface of the water...

when someone forcefully
pushed his head down
into the tank,

causing a cleft fracture
of the styloid process.

[ Gasping ]

We used to do that
in junior high,
but we used a toilet.

This man died
of a lionfish swirly. [ Clark ] Yeah.

Now, several
of the venomous spines
penetrated the eye area.

A few broke
and remained embedded.

Now, with
the victim disoriented
and possibly unconscious,

it was very easy
to drag him off
to the big tank nearby.

Unconscious underwater,
he was dead
with his first breath.

And those fish
tore him apart.

And that's where this poor
nutcase's theory actually
holds true-- eat or be eaten.

[ Booth ]
Jazz Gunn flew to Brazil
every six months.

He had surgery
at a special clinic in
a small town called Itamaracá.

That would be consistent
with the maintenance injections
required semiannually,

although, Itamaracá, Brazil,
is a long way to go to get them.

Well, he's gotta
keep up the front--

tell everyone he's going for
another swim in the sea, right?

But guess who else paid a visit
to Itamaracá this year?

So Brazil's a pretty
expensive vacation
for a schoolteacher.

I love to travel.

To the very same beach
where Jazz Gunn claimed
to have been healed by the sea?

How many of his seminars
did you attend?

The F.B.I. will find out.

You said you didn't know
who Jazz Gunn was.

I went to nine
of his seminars.

I have fibromyalgia.

[ Sniffling ]

And that bastard convinced me
that if I just faced my fears,

that magically,
all this pain
would just disappear.

- He lied.
- So you brought a group
of fourth graders along...

as an alibi for murder?

No. It was a coincidence.

He took me back to see
this poisonous fish.

"Come face your fears,"
he said.

[ Exhales ]
Last thing he should've
said to me right then.

I'll tell you what though.
He might have been
on to something, that bastard.

Because ever since
I shoved his lying face
into that poisonous fish,

I haven't felt any pain.

I'm going to have
coffee with Andrew.

All right.
Have a good time.Thank you.

[ Punches Button ]I'm going to see someone too.

Dr. Catherine Bryar.Case is closed.

She's very nice.
The two of you
seem compatible.

Maybe. You know, we'll see.

She's easily as pretty
as I am.

I mean, using me
as a standard.

Well, Bones,
you arethe standard.

Andrew is not
as handsome as you--

using you
as a standard.

He is, however, taller.

[ Inhales ]
Catherine isn't
as smart as I am.

Well, I'm not
as smart as Hacker.

What? You once said
he was a doofus.He is a doofus-- a smart doofus.

Well, I hope you have
a good time together.

Yeah, you too.

Thanks.

[ Woman Singing: Alt Rock ]
♪ There's only so much
you can say ♪

♪ Before it all
just dissipates ♪

♪ You see, there's only
so much you can take ♪

♪ God, I hope
I'm one of those things ♪

♪ I hope you never leave ♪

♪ Leave me ♪

♪ You stole my breath ♪♪

- I'm not late, am I?
- Not at all.

I-- We were catching
a murderer.I heard.

Catching a murderer
is the best excuse
for being late I've ever heard.

But you said
I wasn't late.I was putting you at ease.

It's one of my strengths--
that and I can write longhand
perfectly in the dark.

[ Laughs ]
Oh.[ Murmuring ]

[ Clears Throat ]

Congratulations
on solving the murder.Yes.

Now Booth can have sex
with Dr. Bryar.

Because she was involved
in the investigation,

and the F.B.I. does not
allow socialization with
suspects or consultants.

And for a while,
she was both.
Oh, my God.

Andrew, are you allowed
to see me socially?

- Absolutely. I got clearance.
- From whom?

From myself.[ Laughs ]

In fact, I not only
granted permission, I insisted
that I see you socially.

That's funny
because you're satirizing
bureaucratic rules...

by adhering to the letter
of the regulations
instead of the spirit of it.

[ Both Laughing ]

You've got a great laugh.
You do. It's a Rat Pack laugh.

- I don't know what that means.
- You don't know
about the Rat Pack?

That's awesome.I-I-- Why?

The Rat Pack
does not sound
like a good thing.

'Cause you will not
be able to resist the man...

who showed you that the Rat Pack
is a good thing.

Okay.

[ Bryar ] Tell me the truth.
Did you think,
even for a second,

that I might be
the murderer?No.

but I definitely know
who didn't.

Yeah, yeah. I know.
You're a scientist,

so that whole intuition thing
is just a load of crap, right?

I have an intuition
about you.

Really?Mm-hmm.

[ Chuckles ]It tells me that you
could use some company.

Oh. I could use some company?

Really? Hmm.Mm-hmm.

I make you laugh.
You make me laugh.

You're gonna make me laugh?

- Do you think these
diamond earrings are real?
- I don't know.

I could tell that they
were real the minute
my ex gave them to me.

How so?Because no one would buy
fake diamonds this small.

[ Both Laughing ]

All right.See?

So give me a call
if you wanna have
dinner sometime.

Hey, Catherine.

You wanna have dinner sometime?

Sure.

[ Man Singing: Alt Rock ]
♪ Contact with a friend ♪

♪ A long time, but it's
never quite the same ♪♪

[ Brennan ] Angela and Hodgins
find the fish tank
to be very romantic.

[ Booth ]
Mystery of the deep--
the great unknown.

It's a body
of enclosed water...

filled with aquatic
ectothermic vertebrates.

Not unknown at all,
but pretty.

Maybe that's
what they like.Yeah.

That's probably what it is.
I bet that's what it is.

So, your date,
h-how was that?

Oh, quite enjoyable.

-Andrew is charming, very funny.
-I can see.
You're still smiling.

What about you and Catherine?
Did you have a good time?[ Chuckles ] Yeah.

Yeah. We laughed, a lot.

It felt good.
I'm gonna see her again.

Excellent.

You deserve
a good woman, Booth.So do you, Bones.

I mean, not a woman, but a--
You know what I meant.

[ Laughs ]
Yeah.I know.

Uh, she said something
about her earrings.She wore amusing earrings?

No. She said
that they were a gift, and
she knew that they were real...

'cause no one would buy
fake diamonds that small.

They might if they were
on a tight budget.

No, no. It's, um-- Uh--

It doesn't matter. Never mind.
You had to be there.

Andrew is going
to introduce me
to a rat pack.

He was very excited
about it.

They must be
extraordinary rodents.

Yeah. Talented too.

Do you know them?Mm-hmm.

What's that mean?