The Couple in the Cave (6×2)

Directed by: Milan Cheylov

Written by: Stephen Nathan

At the crime scene, Brennan grills Booth about Hannah. He is uncomfortable.

PARK RANGER: You were saying something about a woman you left behind.

BOOTH: Oh, I didn’t leave her behind. It was her decision to stay.

BRENNAN: Well, maybe you didn’t really love her.

BOOTH: No I do. I do love her. So is this the cave then?

PARK RANGER: Its kinda sad, the way they’re holding each other, right?

BOOTH: It’s like he couldn’t let her go.

BRENNAN: It would appear that way. It wouldn’t make any comparisons with your current situation.

BOOTH: Oh, oh thanks for that. Thank you.

B&B are still feeling each other up—out—as they work together.

BRENNAN: It seems like we were never away from each other doesn’t it?

BOOTH: Yeah. You okay with that?

BRENNAN: Of course. Why?

BOOTH: Why? Because seven months ago you said you didn’t want to be surround by the crime and death and sadness.

BRENNAN: Well I needed time to rationally access the best use of my considerable skills. Factoring in that we have such a strong and mutually beneficial relationship I concluded that I could be most useful solving crimes.

BOOTH: Right. So your happy to be working together?

BRENNAN: That’s what I just said.

BOOTH: Great!

BRENNAN: Me too.

Uh-oh!

HANNAH: Ah. I’ve heard a lot about you. Hannah Burley.

BRENNAN: I assumed.

As they investigate, the team wants answers about the new woman in Booth’s life.

CAM: So what was it like to meet Hannah?

BRENNAN: Oh, she seems very pleasant and attractive. Her face fits comfortably within the golden ratio.

CAM: I just assumed that when you guys got back from your trip that you’d be a real couple.

BRENNAN: We were never a couple.

ANGELA: No, no, no. You were a couple. You just weren’t having sex. Were you jealous?

BRENNAN: Of course not. I’m happy for Booth. Why would I be jealous?

CLARK: Because its obvious you and Agent Booth were attracted to each other, I mean even a blind man could see that. I just couldn’t understand why you two didn’t rip each others clothes off.

Sweets tries as well.

SWEETS: Oh, Agent Booth…

BOOTH: No.

SWEETS: No, what?

BOOTH: Nah, I’m not going to talk about Hannah.

Get-to-know-you time.

HANNAH: Seeley tells me you’re the best partner he’s ever had.

BRENNAN: Well I’m sure that’s true. I’m not only gifted intellectually and internationally known but I’m also highly skilled in various methods of self defense.

HANNAH: I like a person who isn’t hampered by modesty. I have two Peabody’s, a National Press Award and I have been wounded three times getting stories.

BRENNAN: We are both quite impressive.

Brennan drops some info on Booth in front of Sweets.

BRENNAN: Sometimes when I was away I would imagine us together.

SWEETS: Really?

BRENNAN: Well, while pleasant it was clearly a fantasy because we are also anomalies you were lucky enough to meet someone with whom you have parity.

BOOTH: Love. With whom I have love.

SWEETS: You guys want to talk about this?

BOOTH: Nope.

Booth and Hannah…talk.

HANNAH: You and Brennan… you two seem solid.

BOOTH: Well, it happens after working together for what, five years.

HANNAH: You know, I, I’m a little jealous actually.

BOOTH: What you actually think there is something going on between me and Bones?

HANNAH: No, not that, unless there’s something I should know?

BOOTH: No of course not.

HANNAH: I guess I’m just jealous of what you two do together – the action, in the field.

Brennan takes her frustration out on Clark.

CLARK: OK. I’m going to assume that I missed something.

BRENNAN: Yeah, I can guarantee that you missed something. Perhaps this is the reason that you didn’t get your promotion in Chicago

CAM: Dr. Brennan!

BRENNAN: If you hope to redeem yourself in my eyes you will look at these remains and tell me exactly what it is that you missed.

CAM: I’m guessing that this about more than a mistake made by an assistant.

BRENNAN: Do you mean Hannah?

CAM: Yes. Whether or not you’re happy for him you have to have feelings about it and if you can’t keep it out of the work place…

BRENNAN: It’s actually quite amusing to think that Hannah would ever affect my work.

B&B meet to discuss the victims and the implications of love as they wrap up.

BRENNAN: Well, uh, I could never live like that. Survival is the human imperative, if we don’t look out for ourselves nothing else matters.

BOOTH: That’s not true, you know that Bones. That’s not true. You know that.

BRENNAN: You’re experiencing a rush of dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin with Hannah, those feelings are wonderful, I’ve felt them, but I won’t rely on the transient nature of chemicals for my happiness.

Someone interrupts their wrap up tradition.

HANNAH: So you guys catch a bad guy?

BRENNAN: Yes it was a park ranger with a perverse sense of justice.

HANNAH: Ah. So this is like a post criminal drink?

BOOTH: Yeah. Its a post… You want one?

HANNAH: I’ll have one or two or three at dinner. We should go we’re be late.

HANNAH: Um one night, you and me, girls night out, we’ll dish about Seeley.

BOOTH: Come on lets go.

Thoughts:

*Honestly, after reviewing this episode after the passage of time, I don’t hate Hannah. I bet Booth SUPER downplayed his connection to Brennan overseas and she thought she had a single, unattached man interested in her. So, besides the stupid sunglasses scene in the future (which was just a bad writing job), I don’t have a problem with her anymore. I mean, if I’d bumped into DB anywhere, I’d probably follow him home too. Sorry for all the mean things I said Hannah! LOL!

*For all her “disinterest” in a relationship with Booth, Brennan sure is chatty this episode about Hannah/Booth/dreaming about Booth while they were apart!

*Even though he is “as serious as a heart attack”, do you think Booth was secretly hoping Hannah would never show up in DC? My personal view is that he really did love Hannah on some level, but as soon as he reunited with Brennan he realized those feelings were still there. Brennan saying things like she dreamed about him muddied the waters further. What do you think Booth is thinking this episode?

 

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The Mastodon in the Room (6×1)

We did it fam! Nearing the halfway point of all Bones episodes!

Written by: Hart Hanson

Directed by: Ian Toynton

We open the episode to find B&B working separately.

DAISY: No offense, Dr Brennan, but what we’re looking for is evidence of early man, not jewelry that’s barely 200 years old.

BRENNAN: I find it interesting that I’m only afraid of snakes when Booth is around to be jumped upon.

SOLDIER: She says 2 insurgents, 5 minutes ago, went to kidnap child of NATO interpreter.

BOOTH: We’re gonna allow that? Uh, Just like we trained boys, a hundred times, all right?

Caroline is over this separation and works her magic via guilt trip.

CAROLINE: You need to come home right away!

BOOTH: Kinda involved here training Afghanis. What’s the rush?

CAROLINE: Cam’s gonna lose her job and her reputation if you don’t do your white knight routine.

CAROLINE: Cherie, I know you’re out there looking for the origins of humanity, but you need to get home right now!

BRENNAN: Why?

CAROLINE: Because you left Cam all alone and if you don’t come back she’s gonna lose everything!

Caroline’s plan works and B&B meet as they’d planned.

BRENNAN: Daisy and I were attacked by some armed guerrillas but I… I beat them up and… we got away.

BOOTH: You beat up armed guerrillas?

BRENNAN: I had to! You weren’t there to save me!

BOOTH: Aww… Bones! So, did you meet anyone special?

BRENNAN: You mean, did I have sex with anyone.

BOOTH: I missed that about you, you know? You just cut right to the chase; yeah.

BRENNAN: I was working...so there was no time or inclination for sex or… romance. How about you

BOOTH: Yeah… I’ll show you. Hannah. She’s a journalist, war correspondent.

BRENNAN: Ho-how did you meet?

BOOTH: Oh, I arrested her for being in a restricted area.

BRENNAN: You-you arrested me, once.

BOOTH: I remember.

BOOTH: Didn’t you stay in touch with anyone while you were gone?

BRENNAN: No. My only contact with the outside world was a satellite phone; and it was only for emergencies.

BOOTH: Good to know it wasn’t just me, huh?

They begin to investigate a missing child case. Caroline sums up the goal.

CAROLINE: So, our goal here is, you people tuck in like the old days, make Cam look competent, so we keep us the best federal coroner we ever had.

CAM: I had no idea you thought that.

Cam shows her gratefulness by turning on Brennan.

BRENNAN: What happened? You are no longer in the Jeffersonian, all my interns gone…

CAM: What happened is you put your own desires ahead of everything else and you left.

BRENNAN: Are you angry with me?

CAM: Yes, I am angry, Dr Brennan. We had a great thing going and you just… You let it fall apart.

The guilt parade continues as Brennan meets up with Wendell.

BRENNAN: No, not yet. Why are you fixing the bus? You are a highly educated and fairly intelligent young man!

WENDELL: Gotta pay a rent, save up for tuition.

BRENNAN: What happened to your fellowship?

WENDELL: After you left, the new forensic anthropologist wasn’t based at the Jeffersonian, he was in New York, so they shut down the program.

Caroline continues to keep it real as she learns about Hannah.

CAROLINE: Does Dr Brennan know?

BOOTH: ‘Course she does.

CAROLINE: Sort of takes the emotional pressure off, I guess.

BOOTH: Right?

CAROLINE: Which means there’s absolutely no reason for the two of you not to work together, get the old team back together, catch miscreants and killers and the like.

BOOTH: Well I’m staying, but I’m pretty sure Bones is heading back to the Moppapuchuy Islands or whatever they’re called, to find her missing link to humanity.

CAROLINE: Well, we’d all like for her to find that.

BOOTH: Right? Me too.

CAROLINE: Mm-hmm.

BOOTH: No missing link there, though, right?

CAROLINE: There ain’t nothing missing over her.

Sweets confides in Booth about his troubles with Daisy.

SWEETS: Okay… Daisy just wants to pick up where we left off and I don’t know whether to…

BOOTH: Move on.

SWEETS: Yeah? Like you did?

BOOTH: You know what? You asked my opinion, right? I’m gonna give it to you; are you listening? Give yourself a chance to be happy: move on.

SWEETS: And that worked for you?

BOOTH: Yeah, it did. It did.

Meanwhile Angela seeks to connect with Brennan. She has questions, and news!

ANGELA: Sweetie! Sweetie, can I get some attention over here?

BRENNAN: Yeah, uh, yes it’s very good to see you. Because you are my best friend and I love you like a sister – ah, I assume, not having an actual sister to use as a control.

ANGELA: Right, yes, yes, I know. So, um… What is the deal with Booth? Is it weird seeing him again?

BRENNAN: Not at all weird; very nice.

ANGELA: Are there any old… surges… of feelings; anything like that?

BRENNAN: Booth fell in love in Afghanistan.

ANGELA: Oh! Oh sweetie, I’m so sorry!

BRENNAN: Why? Are- Are you in love with Booth?

ANGELA: Well, a little bit but… that’s not what I mean. Don’t tell me that you’re happy about him finding somebody else!

BRENNAN: I’m very pleased for him. A committed, romantic one is exactly the kind of relationship Booth seems to require to be happy.

ANGELA: Did you think about Booth at all when you were away?

BRENNAN: Yes I did; a- a few times I actually… dreamed about him.

ANGELA: Oh, well, there you go! Dreams are very meaningful.

BRENNAN: I dreamed about the work we do; I dreamed about catching murderers and getting justice for… people who were killed. What does that mean?

ANGELA: It means you’re going to die loveless and alone.

ANGELA: What I did miss is… my period…I hope you’re hugging me because you’re excited about being an aunt.

BRENNAN: No, I’d have to be your sister to do that. Oh! Which I am – metaphorically.

B&B finally get out into the field together.

BRENNAN: I- I find this reassuring.

BOOTH: What?

BRENNAN: Us! Sitting like this; going to check out a possible crime scene. You, refusing to wear your seatbelt…

BOOTH: Hey! The going gets rough, you know, I’m not wasting valuable time looking to release a seatbelt catch.

BRENNAN: Man of action.

BOOTH: Listen, Bones, we gotta talk about this. Are we gonna put the old team back together again?

BRENNAN: I dreamed about this.

BRENNAN: Yes, I am obviously the linchpin personality in our group.

BOOTH: But, yeah- I left too.

BRENNAN: But after I decided to leave.

BOOTH: No, you left after I… Alright, the question is, are you back?

BRENNAN: I’d rather go back to Maluku, but I feel, as a linchpin personality, that I… should put my own selfish desires behind the good of this group.

Another accidental death!

BRENNAN: We know it was an accident; that you tried to save him. But he died.

BOOTH: You wrapped him up in a blanket that you made from your jacket and you buried him with as much love as you could.

But they have to find the reason for Cam’s trouble, the other missing child!

BOOTH: I was thinking about Logan Bartlett. I checked out the Missing Persons investigation into the father and… The dad buys a car three days after the son disappeared. What kind of father does that?

CARRIE BARTLETT: That’s Logan! Trevor dyed his hair but that’s Logan! Oh, he’s not dead; I thought he was dead, oh my God!

BRENNAN: The man is ignoring his child. Why would he do that if he loves him so much?

BOOTH: He doesn’t love him; he kidnapped him to hurt his wife.

Two cases solved; wrap up time!

CAROLINE: What are you staring at?

BRENNAN: It’s you!

CAROLINE: What’s “me”?

BRENNAN: You are the linchpin! You managed to get us all back here and then you fixed it so we’d stay!

CAROLINE: I have no idea what you’re talking about, Dr Brennan.

CAM: Well, I think we should thank Dr Brennan for insisting that the Jeffersonian reform a forensic unit on the premises.

BRENNAN: And we should recognize that Booth’s return to duty at the FBI means that we can work with him again.

BOOTH: So how come I’m not the linchpin here? I’m the linchpin.

CAM: I would like to say thanks personally, to all of you for dropping everything you were doing… you are all my true friends; and I won’t forget it. But, let there be no mistake, I am the boss and I am in charge.

The gang is back!

BOOTH: Welcome home, Bones.

BRENNAN: Thank you! Welcome home, Booth.

Thoughts:

• “I find it interesting that I’m only afraid of snakes when Booth is around to be jumped upon.”
• “Serious as a heart attack” Hannah
• “The Moppapachewy Islands.” Booth is definitely doing that on purpose because you don’t want her to go back. 
• Sweets/Daisy and Booth/Brennan parallels are very interesting throughout.
• Everybody thinks they’re the linchpin. Angela and Hodgins. Booth. Brennan. Caroline. Who is the real linchpin in your mind?
• Brennan is basically accused of ruining everything by Cam and Wendell, is that fair to give her all the blame?
• Why couldn’t the local authorities easily find the missing Logan Bartlett? It took Booth 2 seconds to realize the dad had bought a new car and hid the child, find the child, and fix everything. No one else could do that??

The Beginning in the End (5×22)

Written by: Hart Hanson/Stephen Nathan

Directed by: Ian Toynton

Brennan is unusually vague at the crime scene.

BRENNAN: Victim is male… in his 40s.

BOOTH: That’s all you got? I mean, usually you have just a list of specifics I don’t even understand.

BRENNAN: I’m very distracted.

BOOTH: Yeah, I bet you are with all the junk here.

BRENNAN: No, not that. You probably heard about the full set of interspecies hominid remains that were found in the Maluku Islands.

BOOTH: No, I missed that one.

We get the first hint of trouble.

BRENNAN: Remains were found on the islands which suggest Homo floresienses may have mated with early Homo sapiens. I’ve been in touch with the organizing committee.

CAM: Really?

BRENNAN: That shouldn’t cause surprise. I’m an anthropologist.

CAM: Who’s been focusing on murder lately.

BRENNAN: Lately.

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DAISY: It’s just… I’ve been accepted to go to the Maluku Islands.

CAM: Whoa! Hearing loss, Miss Wick!

BRENNAN: That is excellent news.

CAM: Wow, that did not sound sincere.

DAISY: If it weren’t for that letter of recommendation you wrote, I would not have made the cut.

BRENNAN: Well, I had no idea that recommendation was for the Maluku project.

DAISY: But it was. This is amazing. I could be referenced in research materials.

BRENNAN: Yes, Ms. Wick is indeed very fortunate. The Maluku anthropological team could influence scientific thought for many years.

Sweets gives us another hint of trouble, comparing Booth to the hoarder victim.

SWEETS: You’d be classified as a level one.

BOOTH: Me?

SWEETS: Yeah. I’ve seen your office, your apartment. You cling.

BOOTH: I don’t cling, okay? I collect things. It’s a big difference.

Our first Pelant of the series approaches Booth.

PELANT: We’re losing men every day, men who don’t have to die and wouldn’t if you trained them. Your country needs you.

BOOTH: Oh, no. Don’t say that word. I served my country, Colonel.

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BRENNAN: Who was that soldier?

BOOTH: Oh, just, uh, just an old army buddy of mine.

BRENNAN: You didn’t look like buddies.

BOOTH: What, all of a sudden, you can tell stuff like that?

BRENNAN: Well, you’ve taught me to be more observant of human interaction. I can also tell that you’re reluctant to be honest about your real relationship with him.

BRENNAN: Secretary of Defense? They want you to go back into the Army? As a Sergeant Major? Wait. I thought you were a Master Sergeant.

BOOTH: They’re just trying to tempt me with a promotion, but, you know, I’m not going. I served my country, and I have a kid here. I got responsibilities, all right? I’m not going to Afganistan, and you’re not going to the Makapoopoo Islands.

Brennan checks in with her sounding board.

ANGELA: Listen, you’re allowed to make life changes without picking a fight with your old life.

BRENNAN: But I need a break from my life. I’m worried all the time. Worried that Booth might get hurt on a case, and I couldn’t prevent it, worried… about what our partnership means.

ANGELA: So you want to get away from Booth?

BRENNAN: No. It’s just… I just need some perspective so that I can view my life with some objectivity.

ANGELA: Have you talked to him about it?

BRENNAN: The Army wants Booth to go to Afghanistan. To train soldiers in the apprehension of terrorists.

ANGELA: Is-is he going to go?

BRENNAN: Even though he said he wasn’t, it felt like he wanted to. Perhaps it’s all for the best.

ANGELA: You two at opposite ends of the world? No, I don’t think so.

Meanwhile, Hodgins gets a visitor.

ANGELA’S DAD: You’re not afraid of me, are you?

HODGINS: You? No.

ANGELA’S DAD: Good. So now that you’re family, I’m gonna have to go ahead here and uh, ask you for a favor.

HODGINS: Anything for family. Dad.

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BOOTH: No, Bones is not going anywhere.

HODGINS: If it’s any consolation, Angela’s dad got cheated out of his car in a card game with some bikers and he wants me to steal it back.

SWEETS: How is that any consolation?

HODGINS: Travails d’amour, mes amis. The things we do for love.

B&B finally talk.

BOOTH: So, Bones, here we are. What’s all the mystery about?

BRENNAN: I’ve been offered the chance to head up the Maluku Island project.

BOOTH: Yeah, I heard. Daisy told Sweets and Sweets told me.

BRENNAN: Oh. I’d like to accept.

BOOTH: Hmm. I thought you already had.

BRENNAN: We’ve been partners for five years, Booth. I wouldn’t make a decision like this without talking to you.

BOOTH: Bones, look, you don’t need my permission. Okay, it’s-it’s cool.

BRENNAN: You say that, but you won’t look at me. You’re the one who taught me the value of making eye contact. So, please…?

BOOTH: I’m sorry. I just… I don’t do really good with change, I guess.

BRENNAN: Well, you’re better than I am.

BOOTH: The pyramids are better at change than you are. It was a joke. Hey, I was being affectionate.

BRENNAN: Oh. Will you go back to the Army?

BOOTH: It’s what’s best for me right now.

BRENNAN: I’ll only be gone for a year.

BOOTH: Me, too. Right. So, hey, what’s a year?

BRENNAN: It’s the time it takes the Earth to make a full revolution around the sun.

BOOTH: In the scheme of things. You know, the grand scheme. Just saying, a year is just, you know… it’s not too bad.

BRENNAN: We can come back, pick up where we left off. Nothing really has to change.

BOOTH: No, things have to change. You know what? Hey, I taught you about eye contact, you taught me about evolution. So… here’s to change.

Booth talks to his own sounding board.

CAROLINE: What about your partner?

BOOTH: Oh, Bones–She’s going to Indonesia. You know what? Maybe it’s time to find another, you know, FBI guy and a forensic anthropologist.

CAROLINE: Yes, on account of you’re both so replaceable.

Sweets offers to help Hodgins.

SWEETS: This is pretty extreme, man.

HODGINS: Of course, because I’ve got a father-in-law that plays poker with bikers.

Caroline pushes B&B to get more on the case and serves them some truth.

CAROLINE: The assault caused him to starve. Still manslaughter. Which will get tossed if all I have in court is this. If it’s gonna be your last case together, then do it properly.

BRENNAN: It’s not our last case.

BOOTH: We’ll be back in a year.

CAROLINE: Tight as a drum, that’s what I want. And trust me, the way you two are running from each other, you’d better be damn sure of these little trips you’re taking.

They solve the case, but let’s be honest, this is the most important part. Airport wrap up!

Thoughts:

*What do you think about B&B’s choices to leave? Were they both running away from the situation? Would Booth have refused the military if Brennan stayed?
*Why didn’t B&B ever win Emmy’s for their flawless face-acting? They get me every time!!

The Boy with the Answer (5×21)

BONES: Heather Taffet (guest star Deirdre Lovejoy) represents herself during the Gravedigger trial in the BONES episode "The Boy with the Answer" airing Thursday, May 13 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on Fox. ©2010 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Greg Gayne/FOX

We open the episode to find Brennan having a Gravedigger nightmare. It is time for court.

BOOTH: You okay, Bones?

BRENNAN: Of course, why wouldn’t I be?

BOOTH: Well, we’re about to come head to head with the woman who tried to kill both of us.

BRENNAN: So are you. Are you okay?

BOOTH: Sure. Yeah. Yeah. I’m just checking in. Just wanted to make sure you’re okay and if you need anything, I’m –

BRENNAN: It’s just another case, Booth.

BOOTH: Right.

BRENNAN: Dad!

BOOTH: Max.

BRENNAN: Wha-what are you doing here?

MAX: Just thought you should have a little support from somebody who’s been through the legal system a few times.

Taffett gets some of the evidence thrown out so the team gets to work looking for more.

BRENNAN: Booth is getting her arrest records as well as old case files from when she was a prosecutor.

ANGELA: Okay, uh, I’m pulling every record we have so far associated with Taffet. Social security numbers, birthdates, blood test results.

HODGINS: I think Taffet is just messing with us again.

SWEETS: I have to disagree. Her pathology is consistent; this is all a game to her. She won the first round so now she’s upping the stakes by challenging Dr. Brennan.

ANGELA: You know, he still gets nightmares. Says he wakes up in a sweat.

SWEETS: I should have been more sensitive.

CAROLINE JULIAN: Here are the first set of documents you asked for. More numbers than I’ve ever seen in my life.

BOOTH: Right. Thanks. You okay?

CAROLINE JULIAN: Oh, you mean because this case is a career killer? I’m cute. I can always find a job.

BOOTH: Come on, Bones. You’ve been at it for hours. You gotta eat something.

BRENNAN: She was laughing at me, I – I can’t let her win.

\BOOTH: She won’t.

BRENNAN: You hope. She may be amoral, but she is brilliant.

BOOTH: Well, you’re more brilliant.

BRENNAN: What if her dispassion makes her more logical. What if that gives her an advantage over me?

BOOTH: Wait a minute. Now you’re upset because you’re not more like a psychopath?

BRENNAN: I just think…maybe I’ve lost my advantage because of all the people I’ve involved with now. All of the relationships, they complicate logical thought.

BOOTH: You don’t mean that.

BRENNAN: Could we please just work.

BOOTH: Sure.

They find a clue that led them to yet another victim. Caroline tells them they can’t work on this case if they pursue their own personal charges against the Gravedigger.

BRENNAN: All of our evidence has been thrown out. The rational thing to do is to persue a case with fresh, untained evidence.

HODGINS: Are you kidding me?! Is it really that easy for you to forget what happened to us?

BRENNAN: I will never forget what happened to us. Or to Booth. Or this boy. You are not the only one suffering, Dr. Hodgins but your emotions have no relevance. Not if we want to convict Taffet.

HODGINS: This better work.

CAROLINE JULIAN: I’ll have the charges dismissed in the morning; you can start right after that.

BOOTH: I told Caroline to drop my charges too. I’m not gonna let you do this alone. She’s gonna see the judge tomorrow morning at 10 and then we can dive in on all this.

BRENNAN: Thanks, Booth.

BOOTH: We’re partners. That’s what we do. Right?

BRENNAN: If Taffet is acquitted on this count, she can never be tried again. Maybe that’s why she wanted us to find the boy.

BOOTH: Yeah, well she arrogant, like Sweets said. And she’s misjudging you.

Booth encounters Max, who plans to shoot the Gravedigger.

BOOTH: Max. You didn’t think I was gonna follow you. Max, this is what you want?

MAX: Don’t trust the system, Booth!

BOOTH: You miss, you compromise the case, Taffet walks.

MAX: I don’t miss.

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MAX: Hey, honey. I need you to bail me out.

BRENNAN: What! No, dad!

MAX: I was doing it for you.

BRENNAN: No! I don’t want you to kill people for me! Just buy me a sweater, like a regular dad.

They go to the court with fresh evidence. We find out that free spirit artist Angela apparently has a great deal of education and innovating we didn’t know about!

HEATHER TAFFET: That was very impressive, Ms. Montenegro. Could you share your credentials with the court?

ANGELA: I have a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Texas with a minor in computer science. And I’ve also studied biomedical illustration at American University.

HEATHER TAFFET: But you do not have a degree in sound engineering, is that correct?

ANGELA: No.

CAROLINE JULIAN: Objection. Ms. Montenegro has numerous patents pending from her work in auditory forensic reconstruction.

HEATHER TAFFET: The homeless man on my street has a patent pending for a time machine. That doesn’t mean I’m going to ask him to testify in court.

Booth coaches Brennan on making the evidence more personal and less technical for the trial.

BOOTH: That’s…that’s..that’s good and all, but Taffet’s kind of had a field day, you know, trashing the whole technical goobledy stuff. And the jury seems to like her for it.

BRENNAN: But those are the facts.

BOOTH: It’s how you present the facts that win or lose a case. Bones, the jury needs to know what that little boy went through.

BRENNAN: I’ve – I’ve testified before, Booth. I’ll be fine. We-we should go.

BOOTH: Okay.

BRENNAN: The five-foot-four assailant – crushed the boy’s chest, choked him and finally caused him a torturous death by burying him alive.

HEATHER TAFFET: Objection. Speculation. She can’t know what the witness felt.

BRENNAN: I was buried alive. Which makes me uniquely qualified to comment on its horror.

Hodgins finds a tiny dust mite full of Taffet’s DNA on the victim. Wrap up time!

BOOTH: Are you okay, Bones? Your team just nailed Taffet.

BRENNAN: I’m just tired.

BOOTH: Yeah. Yeah. It’s been – it’s been a tough case.

BRENNAN: It’s not just the case. I’m tired of…of all of it. I’m tired of dealing with murders and victims and sadness and pain.

BOOTH: Well, Bones, that’s what we do. Alright? We catch the bad people and we make the world a better place.

BRENNAN: No, Booth. That’s what you do and somehow I got caught up into it.

BOOTH: Wait a sec. Hold on. You were dealing with dead people long before we got together.

BRENNAN: As a researcher, an anthropologist. That’s how I can make the world a better place.

BOOTH: And you do. Come on. You make the world a great place. Hey. Cheers to that, alright? You’re just anxious. Alright? And tomorrow, when we have won, everything will be perfect. It’ll be fine.

BRENNAN: I have this sense that everything’s changing, Booth.

BOOTH: Well, not everything. Look, we’re still partners. Right? And-and Taffet. She’s-she’s put away. I mean, you’re feeling good about that, right?

BRENNAN: You almost died, Booth. That can happen again. What if, next time, I can’t get to you?

BOOTH: It’s not going to happen again.

BRENNAN: I envy your ability to substitute optimism for reality.

BOOTH: You know what? Maybe you just need to take some time off. Go to a beach. Lay in the sun.

BRENNAN: I might need more than a little time.

BOOTH: Don’t make any decisions about your future right now.

BRENNAN: I’m just saying…

BOOTH: You know when a dentist gives you anesthetic and tells you not to operate any heavy machinery or make any important decisions within 24 hours? Alright, this case was bigger than a root canal. Come on, let’s just go back inside and have one more drink. Come on. Just one.

BRENNAN: No. I’m tired, Booth. I-I-I’m going to go home.

BOOTH: Alright. Come on. Let’s-we’ll get you in the cab. I know, it’s-it’s been a long, long day. Alright, get in there, alright? Hey. I’ll see you tomorrow, alright?

Thoughts:

*Still not buying a middle-aged woman as the sole perpetrator of the Gravedigger schemes! How’d she lift Booth in a dead weight? Or Brennan? Or Hodgins? How did she bury everything alone? Did she have help? Who? So many questions!!

*Enjoyed the team working together for a common cause they are passionate about.

*Appreciated the realness of Brennan and Hodgins still working through the trauma of their experience.

*We got Max AND Caroline in one episode!

*That ending with Booth having to watch her leave him yet AGAIN is heartcrushing.