1 00:00:03,802 --> 00:00:06,670 See, this... this can't be the place. 2 00:00:06,671 --> 00:00:08,924 Why would they leave a clue for a treasure hunt here? 3 00:00:08,975 --> 00:00:10,559 Denise hired a professional to plan the game. 4 00:00:10,593 --> 00:00:11,760 They know what they're doing. 5 00:00:11,811 --> 00:00:12,978 Why couldn't Denise and Joel 6 00:00:13,012 --> 00:00:14,262 just have a dinner party? 7 00:00:14,313 --> 00:00:17,899 Watch out for that step. It's... See? 8 00:00:17,934 --> 00:00:19,267 Told you. Hey. 9 00:00:19,318 --> 00:00:20,685 Help me get some light down here. 10 00:00:23,072 --> 00:00:25,524 Okay, 11 00:00:25,558 --> 00:00:26,942 nothing down there. 12 00:00:26,993 --> 00:00:28,109 Let's go. 13 00:00:28,995 --> 00:00:30,228 Seriously? 14 00:00:30,246 --> 00:00:33,331 This is awesome. 15 00:00:33,366 --> 00:00:34,732 Get a picture. 16 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:37,002 Smells gross. Man up! 17 00:00:37,036 --> 00:00:38,753 Do you want Ryan and Kristy to win? 18 00:00:38,788 --> 00:00:40,338 Dig. 19 00:00:42,575 --> 00:00:44,876 Wait. I... I think I found something. 20 00:00:44,910 --> 00:00:46,711 Feels like a bottle. 21 00:00:46,745 --> 00:00:48,913 It'll have the next clue inside. 22 00:00:48,931 --> 00:00:51,266 Got to admit, winning would be nice. 23 00:01:00,193 --> 00:01:02,611 I hate Ryan and Kristy! 24 00:01:09,785 --> 00:01:12,787 Hey, Bones. She's sleeping. 25 00:01:13,772 --> 00:01:15,290 Shh. Look at this, huh? 26 00:01:15,324 --> 00:01:17,275 We have an artist. 27 00:01:17,293 --> 00:01:19,377 This is beautiful. Yeah. 28 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:20,962 It's truly exceptional. 29 00:01:20,997 --> 00:01:23,915 There are flashes of Abstract Expressionism in this. 30 00:01:23,949 --> 00:01:25,283 Huh? 31 00:01:25,301 --> 00:01:27,002 Abstract Expressionism. 32 00:01:27,053 --> 00:01:31,623 You know, like Wassily Kandinsky or... Friedel Dzubas. 33 00:01:31,641 --> 00:01:34,207 There's a real sweep to these strokes. 34 00:01:34,232 --> 00:01:35,010 Right, right. 35 00:01:35,011 --> 00:01:37,095 Okay, well, the school director, she wants to, uh, 36 00:01:37,129 --> 00:01:38,763 bring us in and talk to us. 37 00:01:38,797 --> 00:01:41,466 So she recognizes Christine's talent, too? 38 00:01:41,484 --> 00:01:43,151 Uh, no, Christine, she, uh... 39 00:01:43,185 --> 00:01:45,186 she bit a kid. What?! 40 00:01:45,238 --> 00:01:47,405 No, th-that's impossible. 41 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,442 It's no big deal. I mean, kids bite. No. Not Christine. 42 00:01:50,476 --> 00:01:52,494 She's not just any kid-- she's my daughter, 43 00:01:52,528 --> 00:01:53,695 and they made a mistake. 44 00:01:53,746 --> 00:01:55,313 Bones, just relax. 45 00:01:55,331 --> 00:01:57,165 I mean, the school director, she felt bad. 46 00:01:57,199 --> 00:01:59,417 She was apologizing for bringing it up. 47 00:01:59,452 --> 00:02:00,869 Well, then why did she? Well, because, 48 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:02,871 you know, a kid got bit, that's why. 49 00:02:02,922 --> 00:02:04,289 Which kid? 50 00:02:05,758 --> 00:02:06,841 Thank God. 51 00:02:07,627 --> 00:02:09,493 Brennan. Booth. 52 00:02:09,494 --> 00:02:11,119 Where is it? Text me the address. 53 00:02:11,144 --> 00:02:12,597 Okay, we'll be right there. 54 00:02:12,598 --> 00:02:14,549 We got a body. I know. I'll call Max 55 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:15,884 to watch her. 56 00:02:15,935 --> 00:02:17,102 Which kid? 57 00:02:17,136 --> 00:02:19,804 Emma. One of the Emmas. 58 00:02:19,838 --> 00:02:22,140 Emma R. or Emma C.? Emma C. 59 00:02:22,174 --> 00:02:26,010 Figures. She cries when they sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider." 60 00:02:34,236 --> 00:02:37,572 Wow! Look at those 'shrooms! 61 00:02:37,623 --> 00:02:39,074 Yeah. Spectacular, right? 62 00:02:39,125 --> 00:02:41,960 Ganoderma, enokitake, 63 00:02:41,994 --> 00:02:44,162 some beautiful bunapi-shimeji, 64 00:02:44,196 --> 00:02:48,133 and just about the cutest little hypholoma I've ever seen. 65 00:02:48,167 --> 00:02:50,168 - Okay, that's great. Let's move it along. - The frontal eminence 66 00:02:50,202 --> 00:02:51,753 and the orbital margins 67 00:02:51,804 --> 00:02:54,139 indicate the victim was female. 68 00:02:54,173 --> 00:02:55,307 Caucasian. 69 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:56,541 Cranial suturing suggests 70 00:02:56,559 --> 00:02:58,310 she was in her mid-20s. All right, 71 00:02:58,344 --> 00:03:00,378 - any evidence of sexual assault? - Not that I can see. 72 00:03:00,396 --> 00:03:01,713 Her pants are still on. 73 00:03:01,731 --> 00:03:03,381 I didn't think mushrooms grew on bodies. 74 00:03:03,399 --> 00:03:04,683 Yeah, they don't. 75 00:03:04,717 --> 00:03:07,051 They are growing through it and around it. 76 00:03:07,069 --> 00:03:10,238 Spores must have been laying dormant underground. 77 00:03:10,272 --> 00:03:12,324 Fluid from the victim could have seeped out 78 00:03:12,358 --> 00:03:13,992 and reactivated them. 79 00:03:14,026 --> 00:03:15,527 What proof do they have? 80 00:03:15,561 --> 00:03:16,578 Huh? 81 00:03:16,612 --> 00:03:17,779 Hard proof. Hard proof? 82 00:03:17,830 --> 00:03:18,830 I... I don't know. 83 00:03:18,864 --> 00:03:20,415 The teacher heard a scream, 84 00:03:20,449 --> 00:03:21,533 she turned around and she saw 85 00:03:21,567 --> 00:03:22,701 Christine standing next to C 86 00:03:22,735 --> 00:03:24,169 and she had a bite mark on her. 87 00:03:24,203 --> 00:03:25,870 Not about the case, I'm guessing? 88 00:03:25,904 --> 00:03:27,922 It could have been another child who ran away. 89 00:03:27,957 --> 00:03:30,008 Let's talk about this later. Has Michael Vincent 90 00:03:30,042 --> 00:03:32,177 - ever bit anyone? - Yeah, sure. 91 00:03:32,211 --> 00:03:33,762 I mean, th-there's nothing weird about that. 92 00:03:33,796 --> 00:03:35,880 - It's average behavior. - Average. 93 00:03:35,914 --> 00:03:37,682 Exactly. Christine didn't do this. 94 00:03:37,717 --> 00:03:38,967 The teacher was mistaken. 95 00:03:39,018 --> 00:03:40,301 There was no reports of a kidnapping 96 00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:42,137 or an abduction in the area, 97 00:03:42,188 --> 00:03:43,805 so how long has Mushroom Woman 98 00:03:43,856 --> 00:03:46,224 been down here, do you think? Well, based on 99 00:03:46,258 --> 00:03:47,609 the size of the stems, 100 00:03:47,643 --> 00:03:50,094 I'd say somewhere between 20 and 30 days. 101 00:03:50,112 --> 00:03:52,263 Hey, she could be homeless. Her teeth 102 00:03:52,281 --> 00:03:54,543 are pristine-- she doesn't have a single filling. 103 00:03:54,568 --> 00:03:55,233 Look... 104 00:03:55,234 --> 00:03:57,118 at her fingernails. 105 00:03:57,153 --> 00:03:58,313 Wow, that's a manicure. 106 00:03:58,320 --> 00:03:59,771 It's a very good manicure. 107 00:03:59,789 --> 00:04:02,073 She took very good care of herself. 108 00:04:02,107 --> 00:04:04,275 Can I... 109 00:04:04,293 --> 00:04:06,961 see that? Yeah. 110 00:04:08,714 --> 00:04:10,665 These shoes are from Ava Lang. 111 00:04:10,716 --> 00:04:11,800 Beautiful. 112 00:04:11,834 --> 00:04:13,251 Incredible leather. 113 00:04:13,285 --> 00:04:14,219 Sounds very expensive. 114 00:04:14,253 --> 00:04:16,120 So, why did a woman 115 00:04:16,138 --> 00:04:17,756 who could afford shoes like this end up 116 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:19,758 in one of the worst neighborhoods in D.C. 117 00:04:19,792 --> 00:04:21,676 with mushrooms growing out of her? 118 00:04:27,540 --> 00:04:31,540 ♪ Bones 8x21 ♪ The Maiden in the Mushrooms Original Air Date on April 1, 2013 119 00:04:31,565 --> 00:04:36,565 ♪ Main Title Theme ♪ The Crystal Method == sync, corrected by elderman == 120 00:04:36,590 --> 00:04:57,306 ♪ 121 00:05:02,692 --> 00:05:05,777 These bunapi-shimejis are full of antioxidants. 122 00:05:05,829 --> 00:05:07,279 The mushrooms? Yeah. 123 00:05:07,330 --> 00:05:08,794 There could be a market for these. 124 00:05:08,819 --> 00:05:09,581 Yeah, 125 00:05:09,582 --> 00:05:11,867 mushrooms grown locally on corpses. 126 00:05:11,901 --> 00:05:13,902 Are you two looking for some kind of side business? 127 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:15,537 Oh, no. Hey, I accept 128 00:05:15,571 --> 00:05:16,922 not being rich-rich, but I wouldn't mind 129 00:05:16,956 --> 00:05:18,924 being a little richer than we are right now. 130 00:05:18,958 --> 00:05:21,910 We're living off our salaries; it's what people do. 131 00:05:21,928 --> 00:05:23,912 Well, happiness isn't tied to how much money you make. 132 00:05:23,930 --> 00:05:26,465 Thank you, Opie-- but I'd rather not have Michael Vincent 133 00:05:26,516 --> 00:05:27,766 eating squirrel gizzards 134 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,302 and hillbilly broth. We had to mortgage 135 00:05:30,353 --> 00:05:32,104 the house to pay off a few final debts 136 00:05:32,138 --> 00:05:33,555 after the collapse of the Cantilever Group. 137 00:05:33,589 --> 00:05:35,140 No, he's freaking out. Yep. 138 00:05:35,191 --> 00:05:36,642 Totally. Okay, finished with the photos? 139 00:05:36,693 --> 00:05:37,809 Right. 140 00:05:37,861 --> 00:05:39,862 Let's rattle them bones. 141 00:05:52,742 --> 00:05:54,609 Well, the victim's clothing suggests 142 00:05:54,627 --> 00:05:55,928 she had expensive tastes. 143 00:05:55,962 --> 00:05:57,523 Come on, I need a psychologist for that? 144 00:05:57,547 --> 00:05:58,747 The wear on her shoes 145 00:05:58,781 --> 00:06:00,299 indicates they didn't fit well. 146 00:06:00,333 --> 00:06:02,784 Her clothes were altered at home. You know what? 147 00:06:02,802 --> 00:06:05,003 You're watching way too much Project Runway. 148 00:06:05,054 --> 00:06:06,755 It was important for her to look good. 149 00:06:06,789 --> 00:06:08,423 She was living beyond her means. 150 00:06:08,457 --> 00:06:10,458 Maybe a social climber? How's that gonna help me 151 00:06:10,476 --> 00:06:12,511 catch her murderer? She showed a false front 152 00:06:12,562 --> 00:06:14,897 to the world-- it was a lie, 153 00:06:14,931 --> 00:06:16,181 if you will. Enough with the clothes, 154 00:06:16,232 --> 00:06:17,683 all right? Okay. 155 00:06:17,734 --> 00:06:19,401 Do you have anything else? Um, yeah. 156 00:06:19,435 --> 00:06:22,354 The victim being buried facedown-- that's significant. 157 00:06:22,405 --> 00:06:23,989 How so? When the victim's turned away, 158 00:06:24,023 --> 00:06:25,807 the killer avoids a personal connection, which means 159 00:06:25,825 --> 00:06:27,109 the killer probably knew the victim. 160 00:06:27,134 --> 00:06:27,776 That's good. 161 00:06:27,777 --> 00:06:29,027 You know what? I can work with that. 162 00:06:29,078 --> 00:06:30,279 Thank you. 163 00:06:31,497 --> 00:06:34,199 Hey, Sweets, uh, biting is normal, right? 164 00:06:34,250 --> 00:06:36,585 Lab didn't mention anything about biting. 165 00:06:36,619 --> 00:06:38,153 Did... 166 00:06:38,187 --> 00:06:39,671 did you bite someone? 167 00:06:39,706 --> 00:06:42,007 No. Christine bit someone. Oh. 168 00:06:42,041 --> 00:06:43,842 Oh, yeah. Her age-- totally normal. 169 00:06:43,876 --> 00:06:45,427 I mean, the average child... 170 00:06:45,461 --> 00:06:46,878 Don't say "average." 171 00:06:46,930 --> 00:06:48,246 Bones hears you 172 00:06:48,281 --> 00:06:51,666 say "average," it's bad. 173 00:06:51,684 --> 00:06:54,720 Just... don't say "average," okay? 174 00:06:54,771 --> 00:06:56,521 Okay. Don't. 175 00:07:02,678 --> 00:07:04,813 I found hairline fractures on the occipital. 176 00:07:04,847 --> 00:07:07,532 Did the victim die from a blow to the head? 177 00:07:07,567 --> 00:07:10,285 No. The injury was enough 178 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:11,954 to disorient the victim, 179 00:07:11,988 --> 00:07:13,188 maybe even lose consciousness, 180 00:07:13,206 --> 00:07:14,873 but wouldn't be cause of death. 181 00:07:14,907 --> 00:07:16,575 I've got epithelial cells 182 00:07:16,626 --> 00:07:17,993 from under her fingernails. 183 00:07:18,027 --> 00:07:19,411 I'll run the DNA. 184 00:07:19,445 --> 00:07:21,663 If we're lucky, she fought with her killer. 185 00:07:21,697 --> 00:07:22,898 Oh, well, 186 00:07:22,932 --> 00:07:25,033 multiple fractures on the distal 187 00:07:25,068 --> 00:07:26,918 and medial phalanges 188 00:07:26,953 --> 00:07:29,137 as well as the metatarsals could be indicative 189 00:07:29,172 --> 00:07:32,057 of a fight, yes. Some of this 190 00:07:32,091 --> 00:07:34,259 is not skin. What is it? 191 00:07:34,310 --> 00:07:36,261 Not sure. 192 00:07:41,884 --> 00:07:43,335 It's fibrous. 193 00:07:43,369 --> 00:07:45,103 I'll get Hodgins to identify it. 194 00:07:45,154 --> 00:07:47,239 Hey. I ran a facial reconstruction 195 00:07:47,273 --> 00:07:51,410 through Missing Persons, and I found a possible match. 196 00:07:51,444 --> 00:07:54,246 Rebecca Pearce, 25 years old, reported missing 197 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,031 by Trudy Morris. 198 00:07:56,065 --> 00:07:57,532 Judge Trudy? 199 00:07:57,566 --> 00:07:58,700 I'm not familiar with Judge Trudy. 200 00:07:58,734 --> 00:08:00,335 What circuit is she on? 201 00:08:00,370 --> 00:08:02,254 Citizen's Court. Does that have something to do 202 00:08:02,288 --> 00:08:05,257 with the French Revolution? No. Judge Trudy 203 00:08:05,291 --> 00:08:08,093 has a TV show where she judges "small claims" cases. 204 00:08:08,127 --> 00:08:10,345 Why? Because it's great drama. 205 00:08:10,380 --> 00:08:12,964 People just fight over the silliest little things. 206 00:08:13,016 --> 00:08:15,267 You should see the way that they yell and scream at each other. 207 00:08:15,301 --> 00:08:16,468 Total guilty pleasure. 208 00:08:16,519 --> 00:08:18,470 Like watching a train wreck. 209 00:08:18,521 --> 00:08:19,805 Train wrecks are not pleasurable. 210 00:08:19,856 --> 00:08:22,457 No wonder you feel guilty. 211 00:08:30,283 --> 00:08:32,818 I have a huge bone to pick with you. 212 00:08:32,869 --> 00:08:34,486 Check out this Synthesiomyia nudiseta. 213 00:08:34,537 --> 00:08:36,271 I'm serious. I'm steaming. By the size 214 00:08:36,305 --> 00:08:37,939 of the larva, I can narrow time of death 215 00:08:37,957 --> 00:08:39,541 to somewhere between 20 and 23 days. 216 00:08:39,575 --> 00:08:42,661 Thurston, please stop ignoring me. 217 00:08:43,913 --> 00:08:45,797 Did you finish this? 218 00:08:45,832 --> 00:08:47,666 There's still a bit left. 219 00:08:48,718 --> 00:08:51,002 Yes. It was delicious. 220 00:08:51,054 --> 00:08:52,453 This was my last bottle of hot sauce! 221 00:08:52,454 --> 00:08:53,535 I didn't know it was yours. 222 00:08:53,545 --> 00:08:55,545 Well, if you wanted me to believe you, 223 00:08:55,591 --> 00:08:57,926 you should have removed the Post-it note. 224 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,761 Okay, all right, in my defense, 225 00:08:59,795 --> 00:09:02,147 it's a communal fridge. I'll buy you a new one. 226 00:09:02,181 --> 00:09:03,965 No, no, you don't understand. 227 00:09:03,983 --> 00:09:05,267 This was my granny's last bottle 228 00:09:05,301 --> 00:09:06,935 of special sauce. Well, call her up 229 00:09:06,969 --> 00:09:08,303 and tell her to, you know... 230 00:09:08,321 --> 00:09:09,821 I can't, because she's dead! 231 00:09:12,408 --> 00:09:15,527 ♪ 232 00:09:19,365 --> 00:09:21,533 What have you learned about Emma? 233 00:09:21,584 --> 00:09:22,951 Does she have a history of false reporting? 234 00:09:22,976 --> 00:09:24,119 Oh, yeah. 235 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:25,487 Numerous occasions, police responded 236 00:09:25,505 --> 00:09:27,655 to reports of a monster under the bed, 237 00:09:27,673 --> 00:09:29,674 but no monster was ever found. 238 00:09:29,709 --> 00:09:32,344 I know that that's amusing, but I don't feel like laughing. 239 00:09:32,378 --> 00:09:33,995 Bones, come on, kids bite, 240 00:09:34,013 --> 00:09:36,264 and they grow out of it. Really, just let it go. 241 00:09:36,299 --> 00:09:39,017 I would love to let it go. Good. Let it go. 242 00:09:39,051 --> 00:09:41,720 Which is why I intend to challenge the spurious 243 00:09:41,771 --> 00:09:43,722 circumstantial evidence with empirical data. 244 00:09:43,773 --> 00:09:45,507 You're kidding. 245 00:09:45,525 --> 00:09:46,975 Not kidding. Not kidding. 246 00:09:47,009 --> 00:09:48,676 Okay, th-the teacher turned around 247 00:09:48,694 --> 00:09:50,437 and saw Christine standing next to Emma. 248 00:09:50,462 --> 00:09:51,563 Hearsay, 249 00:09:51,564 --> 00:09:53,782 circumstantial, and a possibly biased witness. 250 00:09:53,816 --> 00:09:55,534 Look, I'm just saying, 251 00:09:55,568 --> 00:09:56,985 if Christine did it, 252 00:09:57,019 --> 00:09:59,454 I'm sure she won't do it again. 253 00:10:00,656 --> 00:10:02,574 If she did it the first time. 254 00:10:02,625 --> 00:10:05,827 Which, probably, you know, she didn't. 255 00:10:07,830 --> 00:10:08,964 Right. 256 00:10:09,799 --> 00:10:11,900 Your Honor, 257 00:10:11,934 --> 00:10:13,385 if you'll just let me finish... 258 00:10:13,419 --> 00:10:15,203 Let you fin...? I don't let you finish! 259 00:10:15,221 --> 00:10:16,538 You let me finish! 260 00:10:16,556 --> 00:10:18,340 Nowhere on this lease does it say 261 00:10:18,374 --> 00:10:20,926 your tenant cannot have a pet goldfish! 262 00:10:20,977 --> 00:10:22,344 Well, that is just one woman's opinion. 263 00:10:22,378 --> 00:10:23,345 That is not 264 00:10:23,379 --> 00:10:24,679 "one woman's opinion." 265 00:10:24,713 --> 00:10:26,064 That is my ruling. 266 00:10:26,098 --> 00:10:27,983 And let's get something straight, pal-- 267 00:10:28,017 --> 00:10:29,434 no one comes into my courtroom 268 00:10:29,485 --> 00:10:31,736 and tells me how to interpret the law. 269 00:10:31,771 --> 00:10:33,655 People love this freak show. No. On the contrary. 270 00:10:33,689 --> 00:10:35,490 You know, it's about the stern but effective 271 00:10:35,525 --> 00:10:37,225 administration of justice. 272 00:10:37,243 --> 00:10:40,278 There has been a long tradition of trial watching. 273 00:10:40,329 --> 00:10:42,030 Salem Witch Trials, 274 00:10:42,064 --> 00:10:43,331 the Nuremberg Trials. 275 00:10:43,366 --> 00:10:45,567 This show's just a logical progression. 276 00:10:45,585 --> 00:10:47,502 Logical? Are you watching the same trial I'm watching? 277 00:10:47,537 --> 00:10:48,570 They're talking about goldfish. 278 00:10:48,588 --> 00:10:50,589 Who is talking when I'm talking? 279 00:10:50,623 --> 00:10:52,073 I, uh... I'm sorry, Your Honor. 280 00:10:52,091 --> 00:10:54,376 No, I was just explaining to my partner 281 00:10:54,410 --> 00:10:56,845 that while these proceedings may be unconventional, they are 282 00:10:56,879 --> 00:10:59,297 by no means a "freak show." Who is this woman, 283 00:10:59,348 --> 00:11:01,550 and why is she interrupting my courtroom? 284 00:11:01,584 --> 00:11:03,802 I-I have no idea, Your Honor. 285 00:11:03,853 --> 00:11:05,720 I'm Dr. Temperance Brennan... Bailiff Griff, 286 00:11:05,754 --> 00:11:08,423 - eject her now. - Uh, you can't do that. 287 00:11:08,441 --> 00:11:10,642 No, this isn't even a real courtroom. 288 00:11:10,693 --> 00:11:11,943 There's no ceiling. Don't even try it, pal. 289 00:11:11,978 --> 00:11:13,144 Hey, look, we can either 290 00:11:13,196 --> 00:11:14,980 do this easy or we can do it hard. 291 00:11:15,031 --> 00:11:16,064 You're not gonna do it at all. 292 00:11:16,098 --> 00:11:17,482 Okay? FBI. Special Agent Booth. 293 00:11:17,533 --> 00:11:19,150 This here is my partner. Dr. Temperance Brennan. 294 00:11:19,202 --> 00:11:20,922 We already heard that, Bones. And we're here 295 00:11:20,936 --> 00:11:23,121 to ask you a few questions about a murder. 296 00:11:32,987 --> 00:11:34,787 Rebecca was murdered? 297 00:11:34,822 --> 00:11:37,040 Why? By whom? That's what we're here 298 00:11:37,074 --> 00:11:39,242 to find out. You reported her missing. 299 00:11:39,293 --> 00:11:41,244 I-I was worried; she didn't show up 300 00:11:41,295 --> 00:11:43,885 for work, she didn't call. Rebecca never missed a day. 301 00:11:43,886 --> 00:11:45,247 When was the last time you saw her? 302 00:11:45,582 --> 00:11:48,584 Is this gonna take much longer? The judge needs to be in makeup. 303 00:11:48,636 --> 00:11:50,920 Rebecca... was murdered. 304 00:11:50,971 --> 00:11:52,204 Oh. 305 00:11:52,222 --> 00:11:53,640 Uh... 306 00:11:53,674 --> 00:11:55,508 oh, my God. 307 00:11:55,542 --> 00:11:57,176 Yeah, so you better tell makeup 308 00:11:57,210 --> 00:11:58,544 it's gonna take a while. 309 00:11:58,562 --> 00:12:00,563 Well, what happened? They don't know. 310 00:12:00,597 --> 00:12:03,016 When did I last see Rebecca? Um... 311 00:12:03,050 --> 00:12:05,268 looks like the post-show debrief on the 17th. 312 00:12:05,319 --> 00:12:07,687 The meeting went until 7:00. I'm sorry. 313 00:12:07,721 --> 00:12:08,988 Are you her assistant? 314 00:12:09,023 --> 00:12:10,239 No. Jill's our intern producer 315 00:12:10,274 --> 00:12:11,557 since Rebecca disappeared. 316 00:12:11,575 --> 00:12:13,660 So you replaced Rebecca? 317 00:12:13,694 --> 00:12:16,062 No one could really replace Rebecca. 318 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,448 Her body was found in an abandoned building 319 00:12:18,499 --> 00:12:19,866 on L Street. 320 00:12:19,900 --> 00:12:21,567 Do you know what she was doing there? 321 00:12:21,585 --> 00:12:23,903 Probably recruiting litigants for the show. 322 00:12:23,921 --> 00:12:25,237 Becca would go anywhere to get people 323 00:12:25,255 --> 00:12:27,840 on the show-- police stations, the DMV. 324 00:12:27,875 --> 00:12:29,258 She'd even camp out in parking lots 325 00:12:29,293 --> 00:12:30,733 waiting for fender benders to happen. 326 00:12:30,744 --> 00:12:32,345 She was committed. 327 00:12:32,379 --> 00:12:33,580 The night she went missing, where were you? 328 00:12:33,605 --> 00:12:34,464 Home. 329 00:12:34,465 --> 00:12:37,633 Alone. Just being truthful. 330 00:12:37,685 --> 00:12:40,636 I was here-- I had 20 hours of video to get through. 331 00:12:40,688 --> 00:12:42,105 Alone, I assume? 332 00:12:42,139 --> 00:12:44,474 I liked Rebecca. 333 00:12:44,525 --> 00:12:46,309 In case both of you are innocent, 334 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,928 was Rebecca seeing anyone romantically? 335 00:12:48,946 --> 00:12:51,430 - Not since Griff. - The bailiff? 336 00:12:51,448 --> 00:12:53,232 Griff the bailiff and your producer 337 00:12:53,266 --> 00:12:54,734 were having a relationship? 338 00:12:54,768 --> 00:12:56,202 They broke up last year. 339 00:12:56,236 --> 00:12:57,904 But they got along fine. 340 00:12:57,938 --> 00:12:59,105 They're both professionals. 341 00:12:59,123 --> 00:13:00,623 One more question. 342 00:13:00,657 --> 00:13:02,458 If someone was accused of biting, 343 00:13:02,493 --> 00:13:05,578 wouldn't you demand solid proof for a conviction? 344 00:13:05,612 --> 00:13:07,213 Really? 345 00:13:07,247 --> 00:13:09,749 I would like her answer. 346 00:13:13,504 --> 00:13:16,589 Hey! I have got the results! 347 00:13:16,623 --> 00:13:18,474 The fiber from the victim's fingernail? 348 00:13:18,509 --> 00:13:20,459 What? No. No, no, I'm still working on that. No. 349 00:13:20,477 --> 00:13:24,063 I have a molecular breakdown of your grandma's secret sauce. 350 00:13:24,098 --> 00:13:26,649 Oh, forget it; I've moved on. No, you haven't. 351 00:13:26,683 --> 00:13:28,300 You're still pissed, and I don't blame you. 352 00:13:28,318 --> 00:13:29,852 All right? That stuff is awesome. Yeah. 353 00:13:29,903 --> 00:13:31,687 My grandmother used to put it on my catfish. 354 00:13:31,739 --> 00:13:33,072 Oh, you're killing me here. 355 00:13:33,107 --> 00:13:34,974 I'm not gonna let that hot sauce die. 356 00:13:34,992 --> 00:13:36,659 Now, look at this. I-I took a swab 357 00:13:36,693 --> 00:13:39,328 of the bottle and I ran it through the Mass Spec, right? 358 00:13:39,363 --> 00:13:41,147 Now, I almost got everything, okay? 359 00:13:41,165 --> 00:13:43,416 We've got red and yellow peppers, okay, 360 00:13:43,450 --> 00:13:45,284 cayenne, tomatoes, of course, 361 00:13:45,318 --> 00:13:47,553 garlic, onions, cumin, salt, Hodgins.... 362 00:13:47,588 --> 00:13:49,338 brown sugar, vinegar-- it's just, there's this one compound 363 00:13:49,373 --> 00:13:51,924 I cannot identify, and I was hoping you'd know what it was. 364 00:13:51,959 --> 00:13:53,259 Yeah, sure. 365 00:13:53,293 --> 00:13:54,510 It's the one thing you'll never find. 366 00:13:54,545 --> 00:13:55,661 Okay, but I've already got 367 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:56,846 a portion of the molecular chain... 368 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:58,264 Love. 369 00:13:58,298 --> 00:14:00,083 It's love, Hodgins. 370 00:14:00,117 --> 00:14:02,168 That's not gonna show up on your Mass Spec. 371 00:14:02,186 --> 00:14:03,936 Come on, let it go. 372 00:14:03,971 --> 00:14:05,805 No. Fi... come on, hey... 373 00:14:05,839 --> 00:14:08,558 I-I'm one compound away! 374 00:14:08,609 --> 00:14:10,176 I-I'm gonna burn 375 00:14:10,194 --> 00:14:13,512 the crap out of your mouth, and you are gonna love it! 376 00:14:13,530 --> 00:14:16,616 Huh? What's that about? 377 00:14:16,650 --> 00:14:19,819 We met when the show started. 378 00:14:19,853 --> 00:14:21,621 Trudy didn't want us to date each other, 379 00:14:21,655 --> 00:14:23,856 but I guess Rebecca and I were so in love 380 00:14:23,874 --> 00:14:25,825 that she didn't want to be the Grinch. 381 00:14:25,859 --> 00:14:26,993 How long were you together? 382 00:14:27,027 --> 00:14:28,027 Four years. 383 00:14:28,045 --> 00:14:29,545 Lived together for the last two. 384 00:14:29,580 --> 00:14:31,030 With Iris. Iris. 385 00:14:31,048 --> 00:14:32,048 That's interesting. 386 00:14:32,082 --> 00:14:33,466 Not really, Booth. 387 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:35,534 For hundreds of years, having multiple partners 388 00:14:35,552 --> 00:14:37,870 was quite acceptable. Oh, no, no, no. 389 00:14:37,888 --> 00:14:39,222 Iris is a dog. 390 00:14:39,256 --> 00:14:42,058 Uh, she's a leopard hound that we rescued. 391 00:14:42,092 --> 00:14:43,226 Never mind. 392 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:44,260 So, what happened? 393 00:14:44,311 --> 00:14:45,761 Uh, not much. 394 00:14:45,813 --> 00:14:47,563 I mean, we saw Iris in a shelter 395 00:14:47,598 --> 00:14:49,856 and both of us thought she was really... 396 00:14:49,881 --> 00:14:50,683 No, no, not... 397 00:14:50,684 --> 00:14:52,902 not with the dog, Iris; with you and Rebecca. 398 00:14:52,936 --> 00:14:54,153 Why'd you guys split? 399 00:14:54,188 --> 00:14:55,571 Oh, well, her job. 400 00:14:55,606 --> 00:14:57,990 I remember asking her if it was worth it. 401 00:14:58,025 --> 00:15:00,059 I mean, she was always dealing with lunatics. 402 00:15:00,077 --> 00:15:02,028 I told her, one of them could snap. 403 00:15:02,062 --> 00:15:03,196 Did anyone ever threaten her? 404 00:15:03,230 --> 00:15:04,447 Oh, yeah, every day. 405 00:15:04,498 --> 00:15:06,065 Half the people who lost blamed her, 406 00:15:06,083 --> 00:15:08,501 because she got them all fired up before they went on. 407 00:15:08,535 --> 00:15:10,503 But she wasn't bothered? Oh, she loved it. 408 00:15:10,537 --> 00:15:12,622 Then after Trudy promoted her to be producer, 409 00:15:12,673 --> 00:15:13,906 nothing else mattered. 410 00:15:13,924 --> 00:15:15,258 The only time I had a conversation 411 00:15:15,292 --> 00:15:16,742 with her was on set. 412 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,554 She stopped seeing friends and family. 413 00:15:18,579 --> 00:15:19,128 Was that 414 00:15:19,129 --> 00:15:21,430 why you sued her for palimony? Hey, I supported Rebecca 415 00:15:21,465 --> 00:15:23,015 when she was carrying coffee. 416 00:15:23,050 --> 00:15:25,751 By the time we split, her salary was triple mine. 417 00:15:25,769 --> 00:15:26,802 You sound bitter. 418 00:15:26,827 --> 00:15:29,174 As long as I got my check every month, I was happy. 419 00:15:29,723 --> 00:15:34,360 Problem is, now she's gone, they're gonna stop. 420 00:15:34,394 --> 00:15:36,929 So from where I stand... 421 00:15:36,947 --> 00:15:39,398 Rebecca wasn't the only victim here. 422 00:15:41,268 --> 00:15:43,819 I'm mad! I had every right to burn his car! 423 00:15:43,871 --> 00:15:45,404 It seems like it to me. 424 00:15:45,438 --> 00:15:47,623 I would've liked to have burned it with him in it! 425 00:15:47,658 --> 00:15:50,609 That's it! That is the anger that I want to see in there! 426 00:15:50,627 --> 00:15:53,663 You're not gonna win if you don't get mad. 427 00:15:53,714 --> 00:15:55,464 How long have you been watching this? 428 00:15:55,499 --> 00:15:57,950 Three hours. Three hours 429 00:15:57,968 --> 00:16:00,219 of raw footage of people screaming at each other. 430 00:16:00,254 --> 00:16:02,338 The bailiff even told Booth that these contestants 431 00:16:02,389 --> 00:16:03,723 could be pretty nuts. 432 00:16:03,757 --> 00:16:05,224 I can see that. 433 00:16:05,259 --> 00:16:07,093 One guy went ballistic on his friend 434 00:16:07,127 --> 00:16:08,895 for not returning a magazine. 435 00:16:08,929 --> 00:16:11,063 And then he threatened to kill him. Well, that's good. 436 00:16:11,098 --> 00:16:13,599 Um, not for the friend, but for our case. 437 00:16:13,633 --> 00:16:15,101 He has an alibi. 438 00:16:15,135 --> 00:16:17,353 Rebecca was the one who was really pushing it. 439 00:16:17,404 --> 00:16:20,990 She went out of her way to push buttons on these crazies. 440 00:16:21,024 --> 00:16:22,491 Maybe that was part of her job, 441 00:16:22,526 --> 00:16:23,993 to make the show more interesting. 442 00:16:24,027 --> 00:16:26,478 Eh. The word I was going for was "pathetic." 443 00:16:26,496 --> 00:16:29,498 The only one so far without an alibi is this one. 444 00:16:29,533 --> 00:16:32,451 He said he was using the money for an engagement ring! 445 00:16:32,485 --> 00:16:34,787 So he lied! Now, you go in there, 446 00:16:34,821 --> 00:16:36,706 and you fight for what you know is right, 447 00:16:36,757 --> 00:16:38,541 and you'll win. You think so? 448 00:16:38,575 --> 00:16:40,776 Hell, yeah! Are you a doormat, 449 00:16:40,811 --> 00:16:43,229 or are you a fighter? A fighter! 450 00:16:43,263 --> 00:16:45,831 Now, you go in there and you get some justice. 451 00:16:46,883 --> 00:16:48,935 Wow. 452 00:16:48,969 --> 00:16:50,519 Yeah. 453 00:16:50,554 --> 00:16:52,939 Then she lost the case and had to be removed 454 00:16:52,973 --> 00:16:54,724 from the studio by security. 455 00:16:54,775 --> 00:16:56,642 She blamed Rebecca for losing the case. 456 00:16:56,676 --> 00:17:00,229 You set me up! You're a dead perra! 457 00:17:02,032 --> 00:17:03,215 Now, this was 458 00:17:03,250 --> 00:17:04,867 the day before Rebecca disappeared, 459 00:17:04,901 --> 00:17:06,852 and this woman lives two blocks 460 00:17:06,870 --> 00:17:09,622 from where Rebecca's body was found. 461 00:17:09,656 --> 00:17:12,158 Okay. 462 00:17:12,192 --> 00:17:14,243 Sure, I got mad-- she said I would win. 463 00:17:14,294 --> 00:17:16,028 Look, the show paid you more 464 00:17:16,046 --> 00:17:18,364 for appearing than it would've if you won the case. 465 00:17:18,382 --> 00:17:19,832 It was the principle of the thing! 466 00:17:19,866 --> 00:17:21,200 Ain't you got no morals? 467 00:17:21,218 --> 00:17:22,969 Hey, you were betrayed by your fiancé. 468 00:17:23,003 --> 00:17:25,413 Money couldn't heal that. You wanted revenge. 469 00:17:25,438 --> 00:17:26,255 Yeah. 470 00:17:26,256 --> 00:17:27,390 He gets it. 471 00:17:27,424 --> 00:17:29,508 Revenge-- that makes things right. 472 00:17:29,542 --> 00:17:31,894 Seems like you got a lot of revenge in the past. 473 00:17:31,928 --> 00:17:34,397 Huh? Let's take a look, huh? Assault, breaking and entering. 474 00:17:34,431 --> 00:17:35,765 Oh, another assault. 475 00:17:35,816 --> 00:17:37,850 Look at this one-- my favorite-- 476 00:17:37,884 --> 00:17:40,519 first degree murder. That was dismissed! 477 00:17:40,553 --> 00:17:41,937 You seem to feel that anger's a good solution 478 00:17:41,989 --> 00:17:43,606 to your problems-- which I totally understand. 479 00:17:43,657 --> 00:17:45,741 Yeah? Yeah. Sure. 480 00:17:45,776 --> 00:17:47,777 The release of adrenaline and noradrenalin in your system 481 00:17:47,828 --> 00:17:49,195 causes you to feel optimistic 482 00:17:49,229 --> 00:17:51,063 that your impulses are causing you to make, 483 00:17:51,081 --> 00:17:52,564 uh, reasonable risk assessments. 484 00:17:52,582 --> 00:17:54,283 It's a common correspondence bias. 485 00:17:54,334 --> 00:17:56,118 Are you screwing with me? No, I'm simply pointing out 486 00:17:56,169 --> 00:17:57,586 that your lack of self-control can 487 00:17:57,621 --> 00:17:59,755 cause you to make extremely poor decisions. 488 00:17:59,790 --> 00:18:00,797 You said you were on my side! 489 00:18:00,822 --> 00:18:02,922 No, he said he understood why you go psycho. 490 00:18:03,343 --> 00:18:04,677 Okay, I wouldn't use that word. I know. 491 00:18:04,711 --> 00:18:05,961 That's why I'm here. Okay, look, 492 00:18:06,013 --> 00:18:07,263 I caused a scene; they threw me out. 493 00:18:07,297 --> 00:18:09,348 Why they got to bring it up again now? 494 00:18:09,383 --> 00:18:10,633 Rebecca Pearce was found murdered two blocks 495 00:18:10,684 --> 00:18:12,468 from your home. She was killed 496 00:18:12,519 --> 00:18:14,520 right after you appeared on her show. You just hauled me 497 00:18:14,554 --> 00:18:16,605 in here 'cause I live in a crap neighborhood, and maybe 498 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,442 ain't that smart, but I got brains. 499 00:18:20,977 --> 00:18:23,279 I ain't gonna make this easy. 500 00:18:23,313 --> 00:18:25,481 I got nothing more to say. 501 00:18:28,068 --> 00:18:31,370 See how calm I could be? 502 00:18:34,157 --> 00:18:36,325 Fractures to the metatarsals and phalanges. 503 00:18:36,376 --> 00:18:38,961 Which suggests that the victim was defending herself. 504 00:18:38,995 --> 00:18:41,130 Fracturing to the occipital. 505 00:18:41,164 --> 00:18:43,916 Right. Blunt-force trauma, but wasn't enough to kill. 506 00:18:43,950 --> 00:18:46,001 But would certainly be enough to daze the victim 507 00:18:46,053 --> 00:18:48,003 so the assailant could gain control over her. 508 00:18:48,055 --> 00:18:49,255 And we also know 509 00:18:49,289 --> 00:18:50,756 that the underside of her fingernails 510 00:18:50,790 --> 00:18:52,308 contained her own skin cells, 511 00:18:52,342 --> 00:18:54,343 which would indicate that she was bound 512 00:18:54,394 --> 00:18:56,312 and that she tried to claw at her restraints. 513 00:18:56,346 --> 00:18:58,647 None of which gives us cause of death. 514 00:19:00,350 --> 00:19:02,301 Ma'am, if I could speak? 515 00:19:02,319 --> 00:19:04,270 You are. Of course. 516 00:19:04,304 --> 00:19:06,939 Uh, I heard about your little girl, 517 00:19:06,973 --> 00:19:08,807 and I just wanted to say that 518 00:19:08,825 --> 00:19:10,526 there's nothing special about biting. 519 00:19:10,577 --> 00:19:12,862 I mean, my mama said I used to chew on folks 520 00:19:12,913 --> 00:19:14,313 like a cannibal at Thanksgiving dinner. 521 00:19:14,331 --> 00:19:15,831 And I turned out okay. 522 00:19:15,866 --> 00:19:18,918 You served time in a juvenile correction facility 523 00:19:18,952 --> 00:19:20,669 for stabbing your stepfather. 524 00:19:20,704 --> 00:19:22,421 But I stabbed him in self-defense. 525 00:19:22,456 --> 00:19:25,424 I... I went to juvie for theft and malicious mischief. 526 00:19:26,843 --> 00:19:28,094 Yeah, that doesn't sound good. 527 00:19:28,128 --> 00:19:29,845 All I'm saying is that biting is, 528 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,081 you know, pretty average behavior. And since my daughter 529 00:19:32,099 --> 00:19:35,935 is not average, I'll prove that she's being unfairly maligned. 530 00:19:37,771 --> 00:19:41,307 Did you see this, Mr. Abernathy? 531 00:19:41,341 --> 00:19:44,026 Uh... yes. That's an antemortem injury 532 00:19:44,060 --> 00:19:45,861 to the right zygomatic. Blunt-force consistent 533 00:19:45,896 --> 00:19:48,948 with a violent blow. Degree of remodeling 534 00:19:48,982 --> 00:19:50,232 indicates that the injuries 535 00:19:50,283 --> 00:19:52,034 occurred approximately three months ago. 536 00:19:52,068 --> 00:19:54,904 Whoever murdered Rebecca Pearce might have just been finishing 537 00:19:54,955 --> 00:19:57,823 what they started three months ago. 538 00:20:04,473 --> 00:20:06,968 So, Pabla Sepúlveda's whole family is saying that she was 539 00:20:06,969 --> 00:20:08,906 with them the night of the murder. And you believe them? 540 00:20:08,907 --> 00:20:10,107 I believe it was enough 541 00:20:10,125 --> 00:20:11,626 for her lawyer to get her released. 542 00:20:11,660 --> 00:20:13,100 Right, but the techs are still seeing 543 00:20:13,111 --> 00:20:14,495 if there's anything at the crime scene 544 00:20:14,547 --> 00:20:16,130 that ties her to the murder? Yeah. 545 00:20:16,165 --> 00:20:19,133 But until then, I got another loon for you to look at. 546 00:20:19,168 --> 00:20:21,352 Gordie Rand. Rebecca and he met 547 00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:22,954 through an online dating service. 548 00:20:22,988 --> 00:20:24,839 He looks 12. Yeah, he's 22. 549 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:27,175 Lied on his profile and put up a fake picture. 550 00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:29,928 But they only met once... for coffee. 551 00:20:29,962 --> 00:20:33,064 But, look, seems Gordie didn't understand the word "no." 552 00:20:33,098 --> 00:20:34,973 Oh, she filed a restraining order against him. 553 00:20:34,998 --> 00:20:36,857 Right, look at the date of the restraining order-- 554 00:20:36,858 --> 00:20:38,447 it was three months ago. That's around the time 555 00:20:38,448 --> 00:20:40,375 Dr. Brennan said Rebecca was hit in the face. 556 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:41,656 Right. Now, 557 00:20:41,657 --> 00:20:43,658 look at the admitting doctor's note for cause 558 00:20:43,692 --> 00:20:46,611 of injury. "Accidental fall in home." 559 00:20:46,645 --> 00:20:48,613 So here's where Mr. Shrinky comes into play. 560 00:20:48,647 --> 00:20:50,314 If Gordie Rand attacked her, 561 00:20:50,332 --> 00:20:52,483 why didn't Rebecca report him? Uh, fear? 562 00:20:52,501 --> 00:20:54,035 She probably thought that by reporting him, 563 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:56,921 she would incite him and make matters worse. 564 00:20:56,956 --> 00:20:58,840 She had a restraining order-- one call, and the cops 565 00:20:58,874 --> 00:21:00,658 would have picked him up. Yeah, but she knew 566 00:21:00,676 --> 00:21:03,294 the justice system-- she knew that it didn't always work, 567 00:21:03,328 --> 00:21:04,996 so her survival skills kicked in. 568 00:21:05,014 --> 00:21:06,881 Was there any additional contact after this, uh, incident? 569 00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:08,433 Yeah. He sent her these 570 00:21:08,467 --> 00:21:10,852 a week before she disappeared. 571 00:21:11,971 --> 00:21:13,504 That's... 572 00:21:13,539 --> 00:21:14,606 creepy. 573 00:21:19,177 --> 00:21:22,847 So, what can you tell me about Rebecca Pearce? 574 00:21:22,865 --> 00:21:24,699 Uh, nothing to tell. 575 00:21:24,733 --> 00:21:26,401 Things got complicated, so I broke it off. 576 00:21:26,452 --> 00:21:27,902 Did they get complicated around the time 577 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:29,687 that you started making naked videos of her? 578 00:21:29,705 --> 00:21:31,389 She was totally into it, man. 579 00:21:31,423 --> 00:21:33,558 She was playing to the camera. You're delusional. 580 00:21:33,592 --> 00:21:35,743 You know what? You are a stalker. 581 00:21:35,794 --> 00:21:37,528 You delude yourself 582 00:21:37,546 --> 00:21:39,864 into thinking that there's a real relationship... 583 00:21:39,882 --> 00:21:42,216 No. and then it finally sinks in 584 00:21:42,251 --> 00:21:44,836 after hundreds of phone calls and letters... 585 00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:46,754 Romance is a dance-- you move forward, 586 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:49,474 they move back, and-and vice versa. A dance? Really? 587 00:21:49,508 --> 00:21:51,042 Okay, give me one example 588 00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:52,927 when she moved forward to you, just once. 589 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:55,379 It's a... it's a subtle thing, man. 590 00:21:55,397 --> 00:21:57,849 What are these, love tokens? 591 00:21:57,900 --> 00:21:59,400 Yeah. 592 00:21:59,435 --> 00:22:01,686 She liked the Halloween movies. 593 00:22:03,072 --> 00:22:05,523 It was on her profile. All right, so if you guys 594 00:22:05,557 --> 00:22:07,437 were so right for each other, why'd she take out 595 00:22:07,443 --> 00:22:08,493 a restraining order against you? 596 00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:09,694 Well, all respect to Rebecca, 597 00:22:09,728 --> 00:22:11,195 that's when she took it too far. 598 00:22:11,229 --> 00:22:12,747 And then you smacked her in the face. 599 00:22:12,781 --> 00:22:14,449 I would never do that; I loved her. 600 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:16,334 And I followed every rule of that order. 601 00:22:16,368 --> 00:22:17,952 Where were you on the 17th? 602 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:21,072 I was at-at home, I think. 603 00:22:21,090 --> 00:22:23,574 You think? Do you have someone who can back up your story? 604 00:22:24,593 --> 00:22:27,095 My mom. Your mom? 605 00:22:27,129 --> 00:22:28,346 You live with your mom? 606 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:31,215 I bet Rebecca found that hot. 607 00:22:35,754 --> 00:22:37,421 I need your help with something, 608 00:22:37,439 --> 00:22:39,640 but it must remain between us. Yeah. 609 00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:41,926 For you, anything. Christine has been accused 610 00:22:41,944 --> 00:22:44,645 of something based on the word of a two-year-old 611 00:22:44,697 --> 00:22:47,106 whose neural connections haven't fully formed yet. 612 00:22:47,131 --> 00:22:47,699 I heard. 613 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:49,117 She bit a kid. 614 00:22:49,151 --> 00:22:51,319 No. Allegedly. A child was bitten, 615 00:22:51,370 --> 00:22:53,421 but... there's no definitive evidence 616 00:22:53,455 --> 00:22:54,789 that it was Christine. 617 00:22:54,823 --> 00:22:57,492 You don't accuse anyone, even a child, 618 00:22:57,543 --> 00:22:59,327 without proof-- photographs 619 00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:01,913 or measurement of the alleged bite mark. 620 00:23:01,947 --> 00:23:04,048 What do you need? I need you 621 00:23:04,083 --> 00:23:06,283 to access some records from Christine's daycare. 622 00:23:06,301 --> 00:23:08,336 You want me to hack their server? 623 00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:10,671 I need you to pull Emma Carter's records 624 00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:13,391 and see if there's any visual evidence of the alleged bite. 625 00:23:13,425 --> 00:23:15,309 You know this is pretty extreme, right? 626 00:23:15,344 --> 00:23:18,846 Motherhood makes demands that you can't ignore. 627 00:23:22,568 --> 00:23:24,301 Did you identify the fiber particulate 628 00:23:24,319 --> 00:23:26,637 I found under the victim's nail? Copolymer 629 00:23:26,655 --> 00:23:29,323 of a six C diamine and a 12 C diacid. 630 00:23:29,358 --> 00:23:31,692 Copolymer? It's a synthetic fabric? 631 00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:33,694 Nylon-based velvet treated with purple dye. 632 00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:36,647 I've e-mailed you the results. 633 00:23:36,665 --> 00:23:38,149 Did you find something? 634 00:23:38,167 --> 00:23:40,251 When I was examining the feet, 635 00:23:40,285 --> 00:23:43,320 I noticed, uh, perimortem hairline fractures 636 00:23:43,338 --> 00:23:46,124 to the talus, calcaneus and... 637 00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:48,926 distal fibula. Could that result 638 00:23:48,961 --> 00:23:50,711 from the victim kicking her assailant? 639 00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:53,381 Well, that's more consistent with damage by a jump 640 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,049 down onto a hard surface. 641 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,185 But in that case, we would expect to see 642 00:23:57,219 --> 00:23:59,353 the tibias and fibulas pierce directly 643 00:23:59,388 --> 00:24:01,139 through the inferior portion of the feet. 644 00:24:01,173 --> 00:24:03,524 And there are no compression fractures 645 00:24:03,559 --> 00:24:05,276 to the lumbar vertebrae. 646 00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:06,861 So a jump, but not 647 00:24:06,895 --> 00:24:09,230 from a great height. Well, maybe she was dropped 648 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:11,232 from the top of the stairs to the cellar floor. 649 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,151 Now, that's a distance of approximately 650 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:15,453 ten feet, or just over three meters. So... 651 00:24:15,487 --> 00:24:16,854 not high enough to kill her, 652 00:24:16,872 --> 00:24:18,573 but it sure would've slowed her down. 653 00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:20,408 Yeah. 654 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,498 I find for the plaintiff 655 00:24:27,532 --> 00:24:31,135 in the full amount of $243. 656 00:24:32,304 --> 00:24:34,338 You said I'd win, bitch! 657 00:24:34,372 --> 00:24:35,923 Why didn't you arrest this man? 658 00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:38,375 Well, because he was in county on a solicitation charge 659 00:24:38,393 --> 00:24:39,560 the night of the murder. 660 00:24:39,595 --> 00:24:40,978 All rise. 661 00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:45,266 Oh, wow. 662 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:46,717 Weebles, wobbles and... 663 00:24:46,735 --> 00:24:47,902 Ow! 664 00:24:47,936 --> 00:24:50,054 Wow. Okay, so what do you think, Bones? 665 00:24:50,072 --> 00:24:51,405 The judge might suffer 666 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,342 from a neuromuscular disorder. 667 00:24:54,376 --> 00:24:56,110 She's sloshed! 668 00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:58,162 Drunk. 669 00:24:58,197 --> 00:24:59,997 Oh... that. 670 00:25:00,032 --> 00:25:02,416 ...talking in my courtroom? Yes. 671 00:25:02,451 --> 00:25:04,619 Oh! From the looks of it, 672 00:25:04,670 --> 00:25:07,788 she is a mean drunk. 673 00:25:13,612 --> 00:25:16,113 Who's talking in my courtroom? 674 00:25:16,647 --> 00:25:19,296 Yeah, that definitely looks like felony assault to me. 675 00:25:19,553 --> 00:25:21,838 You don't have a good grasp 676 00:25:21,889 --> 00:25:23,640 of the law, do you, Agent Booth? 677 00:25:23,674 --> 00:25:25,458 Since no charges were filed, legally, 678 00:25:25,476 --> 00:25:27,978 that looks like nothing at all. Ah, pretty cold. 679 00:25:28,012 --> 00:25:30,930 Yeah, I get that way when I'm falsely accused of assault. 680 00:25:30,964 --> 00:25:32,349 Rebecca knew it was an accident 681 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,300 and signed documents to confirm that. 682 00:25:34,318 --> 00:25:35,819 The way you stumbled and missed the steps... 683 00:25:35,853 --> 00:25:37,470 You had been drinking there, hadn't you? 684 00:25:37,488 --> 00:25:41,524 I had come back from a business lunch, 685 00:25:41,575 --> 00:25:43,660 probably had some wine. 686 00:25:43,694 --> 00:25:46,663 This line of questioning is absurd. 687 00:25:46,697 --> 00:25:48,999 Move on with it. This is not 688 00:25:49,033 --> 00:25:51,150 your fake courtroom, Trudy. 689 00:25:51,168 --> 00:25:52,669 I call the shots here. 690 00:25:52,703 --> 00:25:54,287 You're more than a social drinker, aren't you? 691 00:25:54,321 --> 00:25:57,957 I can tell by the way your hand is shaking. 692 00:25:57,991 --> 00:26:00,427 I have an occasional drink. 693 00:26:00,461 --> 00:26:02,662 Occasional. Right. 694 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,299 Like you had the occasional DUI. 695 00:26:06,333 --> 00:26:08,935 For me, it was gambling; for my father, it was drinking. 696 00:26:08,969 --> 00:26:11,170 I know a problem when I see one. 697 00:26:18,279 --> 00:26:23,451 The Trudy you see on TV... that's a performance. 698 00:26:23,452 --> 00:26:24,930 Some days I need help getting there. 699 00:26:24,955 --> 00:26:25,535 Okay. 700 00:26:25,536 --> 00:26:27,019 So it must have been difficult, then, 701 00:26:27,038 --> 00:26:28,538 when Rebecca banned alcohol from the set. 702 00:26:28,572 --> 00:26:31,241 Nothing was banned from the set. 703 00:26:31,292 --> 00:26:33,076 According to this production letter, you would've 704 00:26:33,127 --> 00:26:35,528 lost insurance on your show if you didn't stop drinking. 705 00:26:35,546 --> 00:26:36,663 But you're still drinking. 706 00:26:36,697 --> 00:26:37,818 You know, addiction is tough, 707 00:26:37,832 --> 00:26:39,153 even when your career is at stake. 708 00:26:39,166 --> 00:26:40,583 Your judgment's impaired, you make 709 00:26:40,634 --> 00:26:42,585 impulsive and rash decisions. Like getting rid 710 00:26:42,636 --> 00:26:44,036 of the people standing between you 711 00:26:44,055 --> 00:26:45,872 and that drink that you need. 712 00:26:45,890 --> 00:26:47,540 I didn't kill Rebecca. 713 00:26:47,558 --> 00:26:49,342 But you did find someone to bring 714 00:26:49,376 --> 00:26:50,810 your booze to the set, right? 715 00:26:50,845 --> 00:26:52,365 Maybe someone to get on your good side, 716 00:26:52,379 --> 00:26:54,097 edge out Rebecca. 717 00:26:54,148 --> 00:26:57,383 I'm not answering any more questions. 718 00:26:57,401 --> 00:26:58,885 And that's your right. 719 00:26:58,903 --> 00:27:00,737 But can you see the headlines now? 720 00:27:00,771 --> 00:27:02,522 "TV's Judge Trudy 721 00:27:02,556 --> 00:27:04,607 obstructs murder investigation." Now, 722 00:27:04,642 --> 00:27:06,910 that is bad publicity. 723 00:27:13,167 --> 00:27:15,452 So, these are from the little girl's file. 724 00:27:15,503 --> 00:27:18,988 You can see the bite marks. Excellent. Now we can discount 725 00:27:19,023 --> 00:27:21,240 the validity of their allegations, 726 00:27:21,258 --> 00:27:23,075 and I will be able to submit evidence 727 00:27:23,094 --> 00:27:25,095 to Christine's daycare director. 728 00:27:25,129 --> 00:27:26,179 Here. 729 00:27:26,213 --> 00:27:28,381 What is this? We'll need 730 00:27:28,415 --> 00:27:30,800 to compare the injuries with Christine. 731 00:27:30,851 --> 00:27:33,970 You actually took an impression of Christine's teeth? 732 00:27:34,021 --> 00:27:36,723 Yes. I-I had her bite into an apple, 733 00:27:36,757 --> 00:27:38,758 and then I constructed the model. 734 00:27:38,776 --> 00:27:39,726 It was actually 735 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:40,944 quite simple. 736 00:27:40,978 --> 00:27:42,479 And she loves apples. 737 00:27:42,530 --> 00:27:43,613 Okay. 738 00:27:56,577 --> 00:28:00,230 Oh. Aha! There is a laceration here, 739 00:28:00,264 --> 00:28:01,798 in the area where Christine's tooth 740 00:28:01,832 --> 00:28:03,133 hasn't yet fully erupted. 741 00:28:03,167 --> 00:28:04,667 Do you concur? 742 00:28:04,718 --> 00:28:07,337 Uh, well, since the flesh is malleable, 743 00:28:07,388 --> 00:28:10,340 the computer can't confirm or deny if Christine did this. 744 00:28:10,391 --> 00:28:11,674 Well, that is absurd. 745 00:28:11,725 --> 00:28:13,726 We can re-create entire crime scenes, 746 00:28:13,761 --> 00:28:16,980 complete assault scenarios... Sorry, sweetie. 747 00:28:17,014 --> 00:28:19,682 The best that I can do is give you odds. 748 00:28:19,733 --> 00:28:21,818 Okay. 749 00:28:21,852 --> 00:28:23,903 And you're not gonna like them. 750 00:28:23,938 --> 00:28:27,023 Why? What do you mean? Odds are 751 00:28:27,074 --> 00:28:30,894 78 to 21 that Christine bit the kid. 752 00:28:30,928 --> 00:28:33,746 21% plus my knowledge of her. 753 00:28:33,781 --> 00:28:37,917 I am satisfied that Christine is innocent. 754 00:28:37,952 --> 00:28:38,952 Really? 755 00:28:38,986 --> 00:28:40,486 Of course. Thank you. 756 00:28:40,504 --> 00:28:41,871 Oh, are we still on 757 00:28:41,922 --> 00:28:43,506 for Christine and Michael Vincent's 758 00:28:43,541 --> 00:28:45,925 playdate on Saturday? Uh... 759 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,710 sure, yeah. 760 00:28:47,761 --> 00:28:49,179 Great. 761 00:28:58,556 --> 00:29:00,557 I hope this is important. 762 00:29:00,608 --> 00:29:02,709 I'm trying to find cause of death. 763 00:29:02,743 --> 00:29:04,010 What's that smell? 764 00:29:04,028 --> 00:29:06,846 It is catfish, Opie. 765 00:29:06,864 --> 00:29:08,681 Oh. 766 00:29:08,699 --> 00:29:11,117 That wasn't necessary, Thurston. 767 00:29:11,151 --> 00:29:14,037 But it was. Come here, sit down. 768 00:29:16,490 --> 00:29:18,124 And this... 769 00:29:18,158 --> 00:29:21,193 this is the hot sauce. 770 00:29:21,212 --> 00:29:23,413 Taste it. 771 00:29:23,464 --> 00:29:24,797 You are gonna love it. 772 00:29:26,217 --> 00:29:28,334 Uh, this is... 773 00:29:35,676 --> 00:29:37,343 Oh, my God. 774 00:29:37,377 --> 00:29:39,512 How did you do that? 775 00:29:39,546 --> 00:29:41,564 Aframomum melegueta. It's more commonly known 776 00:29:41,599 --> 00:29:44,216 as Guinea grain-- it's native to swampy habitats 777 00:29:44,235 --> 00:29:46,269 along the West African coast. I have no idea 778 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:48,404 how your granny got a hold of it, but... 779 00:29:48,439 --> 00:29:50,523 She used to trade with an herbalist in the woods. 780 00:29:50,557 --> 00:29:53,026 Damn, if you haven't brought my granny back from the dead! 781 00:29:53,060 --> 00:29:55,945 Hey, I told you I'd find it, right? 782 00:29:55,996 --> 00:29:58,197 And you were right-- the secret ingredient was love. 783 00:29:58,231 --> 00:30:00,250 That's the only explanation 784 00:30:00,284 --> 00:30:02,068 for Hodgins spending so much time and... 785 00:30:02,086 --> 00:30:03,786 and effort to do this. 786 00:30:06,540 --> 00:30:08,341 Eat. Go. Eat. 787 00:30:08,375 --> 00:30:09,759 Eat. 788 00:30:09,793 --> 00:30:11,473 Hey, we shouldn't keep this stuff a secret. 789 00:30:11,512 --> 00:30:13,963 I mean, the world would love this. 790 00:30:14,014 --> 00:30:15,798 Oh, very true, very true. 791 00:30:15,849 --> 00:30:17,050 You should slow down 792 00:30:17,084 --> 00:30:18,685 a little bit, Finn-- you don't want 793 00:30:18,719 --> 00:30:20,136 to get a bone stuck in your throat. 794 00:30:20,187 --> 00:30:22,889 Not from a baby catfish. 795 00:30:25,276 --> 00:30:27,143 That's it. What? 796 00:30:27,194 --> 00:30:28,728 Cause of death. 797 00:30:28,762 --> 00:30:31,698 Thank-thank you. 798 00:30:34,985 --> 00:30:37,370 You see these micro-fractures 799 00:30:37,404 --> 00:30:39,739 on the transverse processes of the C-four and -five? 800 00:30:39,773 --> 00:30:41,624 Yes. Well, they appear to be 801 00:30:41,659 --> 00:30:44,276 consistent with strangulation. Which is unlikely 802 00:30:44,295 --> 00:30:46,162 since the hyoid bone remains intact. 803 00:30:46,213 --> 00:30:48,131 Unlikely, yes, but not impossible. 804 00:30:48,165 --> 00:30:50,107 The victim was in her mid-20s, yes? 805 00:30:50,132 --> 00:30:51,084 At that age, 806 00:30:51,085 --> 00:30:53,086 the hyoid bone is still very flexible. 807 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:54,837 And if the conditions were right, 808 00:30:54,888 --> 00:30:56,556 she could've been strangled without breaking her hyoid. 809 00:30:56,590 --> 00:30:59,008 The flexibility of the young, 810 00:30:59,059 --> 00:31:01,961 semicartilaginous hyoid, combined with 811 00:31:01,979 --> 00:31:04,180 a wide ligature, could very well have caused 812 00:31:04,231 --> 00:31:05,515 these micro-fractures. 813 00:31:05,566 --> 00:31:07,600 Well done, Mr. Abernathy. 814 00:31:07,634 --> 00:31:10,837 Well, you should be thanking my granny. 815 00:31:12,773 --> 00:31:14,273 Rebecca made it clear, 816 00:31:14,307 --> 00:31:16,142 if there was any booze on set, I'd be fired, 817 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,994 and then Trudy said, if I didn't figure out 818 00:31:18,028 --> 00:31:19,495 a way to get her some vodka, 819 00:31:19,530 --> 00:31:21,998 she'd fire me, too. So you picked the judge. 820 00:31:22,032 --> 00:31:24,233 It was just a matter of time before Trudy fired Rebecca. 821 00:31:24,251 --> 00:31:25,920 This job meant a lot to me. 822 00:31:25,945 --> 00:31:27,420 I'd say it worked out pretty well for you. 823 00:31:27,421 --> 00:31:30,039 Your show is still going on, you got Rebecca's job-- 824 00:31:30,090 --> 00:31:31,841 sounds like a motive to me. 825 00:31:31,875 --> 00:31:33,960 Rebecca was my mentor. Oh, right, yeah. 826 00:31:33,994 --> 00:31:36,629 She treated you like crap, you got paid next to nothing, 827 00:31:36,663 --> 00:31:38,598 and she took all the credit. 828 00:31:38,632 --> 00:31:39,716 That's how everyone starts out. 829 00:31:39,767 --> 00:31:40,967 Trudy said that you and Rebecca 830 00:31:41,001 --> 00:31:42,518 used to fight all the time 831 00:31:42,553 --> 00:31:44,137 because she wouldn't give you a promotion. 832 00:31:44,171 --> 00:31:47,523 Sometimes I have a temper. 833 00:31:47,558 --> 00:31:49,892 I can... get impatient, that's all. 834 00:31:49,943 --> 00:31:51,978 I think you ran out of patience-- I think 835 00:31:52,012 --> 00:31:53,863 you told her to go to this abandoned building 836 00:31:53,897 --> 00:31:55,398 to interview this fake guest, and... 837 00:31:55,449 --> 00:31:58,350 you strangled her... with this. 838 00:31:59,352 --> 00:32:01,871 Where... where did you get this? 839 00:32:01,905 --> 00:32:03,406 Got a search warrant for your apartment. 840 00:32:03,457 --> 00:32:04,957 You see, the team at the Jeffersonian 841 00:32:04,992 --> 00:32:06,242 said that Rebecca was strangled. 842 00:32:06,293 --> 00:32:09,045 We found a fiber underneath her fingernail. 843 00:32:09,079 --> 00:32:10,529 No. No, you've got this all wrong. 844 00:32:10,547 --> 00:32:12,999 Rebecca lent me this scarf... Oh. 845 00:32:13,033 --> 00:32:15,635 That's Rebecca's scarf. 846 00:32:15,669 --> 00:32:17,230 Oh, I didn't know that; thanks for that. 847 00:32:17,254 --> 00:32:20,039 Wow, this is looking worse and worse for you, 848 00:32:20,057 --> 00:32:22,191 isn't it, Jill? 849 00:32:30,001 --> 00:32:32,335 Look, Jill Roberts has motive and opportunity. 850 00:32:32,336 --> 00:32:34,955 Hell, she even got her promotion courtesy of Rebecca's death. 851 00:32:34,973 --> 00:32:36,841 I believe our killer acted 852 00:32:36,892 --> 00:32:38,459 on impulse and obsession. 853 00:32:38,477 --> 00:32:41,237 Jill Roberts is methodical and calculating. 854 00:32:41,238 --> 00:32:43,186 Okay, you're saying that she's innocent 855 00:32:43,265 --> 00:32:44,982 because her desk is neat? 856 00:32:45,016 --> 00:32:48,819 No, I'm saying that Jill is only aggressive professionally. 857 00:32:48,854 --> 00:32:50,637 She didn't try to hide her feelings. 858 00:32:50,655 --> 00:32:52,606 She seemed genuinely upset about Rebecca's death. 859 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:53,774 Hodgins identified the fiber that was 860 00:32:53,808 --> 00:32:54,992 under the victim's fingernails. 861 00:32:55,026 --> 00:32:56,827 Some kind of a nylon, okay? 862 00:32:56,862 --> 00:32:59,747 This scarf... probably matches it. 863 00:32:59,781 --> 00:33:02,149 No, see, this is wool. 864 00:33:02,167 --> 00:33:03,417 This is South American 865 00:33:03,452 --> 00:33:04,752 vicuña-- it's very expensive. 866 00:33:04,786 --> 00:33:06,036 What? It's not a crime 867 00:33:06,087 --> 00:33:07,654 to appreciate nice things. 868 00:33:07,672 --> 00:33:09,623 Okay. Doesn't mean that 869 00:33:09,657 --> 00:33:11,208 she's not the murderer, okay? 870 00:33:11,259 --> 00:33:13,260 Just means that she didn't use this. 871 00:33:14,629 --> 00:33:17,014 I think you're reaching, Booth. 872 00:33:20,936 --> 00:33:23,220 Our assumption was that the victim was strangled 873 00:33:23,271 --> 00:33:24,889 at the top of the stairs 874 00:33:24,923 --> 00:33:26,257 and then tossed over the railing. 875 00:33:26,291 --> 00:33:27,625 But Finn and I tried that 876 00:33:27,659 --> 00:33:28,859 every possible way. 877 00:33:28,894 --> 00:33:30,694 The yellow fractures 878 00:33:30,729 --> 00:33:33,898 show the injuries from the simulated falls... 879 00:33:33,949 --> 00:33:36,700 and the red show the actual fractures to your victim. 880 00:33:36,735 --> 00:33:39,987 Yeah, we couldn't match the same fracture pattern that we found. 881 00:33:40,021 --> 00:33:43,023 What if the body dropped at a 90-degree angle? 882 00:33:43,041 --> 00:33:45,496 Well, how could that be possible if she was thrown over the side? 883 00:33:45,521 --> 00:33:46,193 It wouldn't. 884 00:33:46,194 --> 00:33:48,245 The calcaneal fractures indicate 885 00:33:48,296 --> 00:33:50,297 that her feet hit the ground first 886 00:33:50,332 --> 00:33:51,966 and absorbed most of the impact. 887 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,035 So if I adjust the direction of her body... 888 00:33:55,053 --> 00:33:57,304 and adjust for the dead weight... 889 00:33:57,339 --> 00:33:58,889 Add a ligature around her neck. 890 00:34:05,263 --> 00:34:07,598 Well, I'll be damned. She was hanged over that rail. 891 00:34:07,649 --> 00:34:09,550 And then cut down after she died. 892 00:34:09,568 --> 00:34:11,569 Hairline fracturing matches. But the victim's neck 893 00:34:11,603 --> 00:34:13,354 wasn't broken. 894 00:34:13,388 --> 00:34:15,356 Wouldn't your neck break if you were hanged? 895 00:34:15,357 --> 00:34:17,442 It depends on the length of the ligature, 896 00:34:17,443 --> 00:34:20,611 and if the noose was wide enough, 897 00:34:20,662 --> 00:34:23,030 like so, it wouldn't break Rebecca's neck. 898 00:34:23,064 --> 00:34:26,700 But... it would cause tremendous impact 899 00:34:26,734 --> 00:34:29,169 to the jawline. 900 00:34:38,580 --> 00:34:39,964 Look. 901 00:34:40,015 --> 00:34:41,932 What are those? Three small nicks 902 00:34:41,967 --> 00:34:44,885 on the anteroinferior aspect of the mandible. 903 00:34:44,919 --> 00:34:47,721 Uniform and equidistant. Small spikes. 904 00:34:47,755 --> 00:34:50,094 This could tell us how she was strangled. 905 00:34:50,119 --> 00:34:50,924 And by what. 906 00:34:50,925 --> 00:34:53,694 I'll have Dr. Hodgins swab. 907 00:34:57,532 --> 00:34:59,867 They do seem to be spikes. 908 00:34:59,901 --> 00:35:01,785 Like maybe from a bracelet. 909 00:35:01,820 --> 00:35:04,405 Like a punk would wear. Exactly. 910 00:35:04,439 --> 00:35:07,458 So you think the victim was struck in the throat 911 00:35:07,492 --> 00:35:10,077 by someone wearing a bracelet? Impossible. 912 00:35:10,111 --> 00:35:13,163 There would be scraping, as well as the indentations. 913 00:35:13,214 --> 00:35:16,000 These marks were made by applying consistent pressure. 914 00:35:16,051 --> 00:35:18,469 Got it! So, I swabbed 915 00:35:18,503 --> 00:35:20,216 Rebecca's mandible; I found dander. 916 00:35:20,241 --> 00:35:21,005 Dander, 917 00:35:21,006 --> 00:35:22,623 like from a dog? Yeah, exactly. 918 00:35:22,641 --> 00:35:24,258 - It's a dog collar. Mm-hmm. 919 00:35:24,292 --> 00:35:25,959 Angie, can you call up the file that I sent? 920 00:35:25,977 --> 00:35:28,062 So, I even found the breed. 921 00:35:28,096 --> 00:35:29,132 It was a leopard hound. 922 00:35:29,157 --> 00:35:30,797 Yeah. It's a Catahoula leopard hound, 923 00:35:30,798 --> 00:35:32,933 to be exact. How did you... 924 00:35:35,570 --> 00:35:37,304 That look familiar? 925 00:35:37,322 --> 00:35:39,139 What are you doing with Iris's collar? 926 00:35:39,157 --> 00:35:41,158 We got a search warrant for your home. 927 00:35:41,192 --> 00:35:43,444 Telling you, you've got quite a shrine for your dog. 928 00:35:43,478 --> 00:35:45,145 The purple velvet 929 00:35:45,163 --> 00:35:46,747 matches perfectly with the fibers 930 00:35:46,781 --> 00:35:48,649 we found under Rebecca's fingernails. 931 00:35:48,667 --> 00:35:51,669 - Well, so? She was her dog, too. - That's true. 932 00:35:51,703 --> 00:35:53,170 So, where's Iris? 933 00:35:54,089 --> 00:35:55,839 She... died. 934 00:35:55,874 --> 00:35:57,157 Before Rebecca was killed? 935 00:35:57,192 --> 00:35:58,926 Look, we know you had a palimony agreement 936 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,178 which gave you joint custody of the dog. 937 00:36:01,212 --> 00:36:02,663 How did the dog die? 938 00:36:02,697 --> 00:36:05,015 Rebecca was always working, 939 00:36:05,050 --> 00:36:07,351 so the dog that you loved so much 940 00:36:07,385 --> 00:36:09,803 probably died of neglect, am I right? 941 00:36:09,837 --> 00:36:12,056 There's a tribe in Southern India 942 00:36:12,107 --> 00:36:15,342 that felt that a man's animal was a part of him. 943 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:16,977 Like his arm or his heart. 944 00:36:17,011 --> 00:36:18,696 If another man killed his animal, 945 00:36:18,730 --> 00:36:22,032 he was put to death... in the same manner as that animal. 946 00:36:22,067 --> 00:36:23,367 Our FBI shrink 947 00:36:23,401 --> 00:36:26,987 agrees-- Iris was hanged, wasn't she? 948 00:36:27,021 --> 00:36:28,539 That's why you hanged Rebecca. 949 00:36:28,573 --> 00:36:31,408 We found the grave 950 00:36:31,459 --> 00:36:32,693 in your backyard. 951 00:36:32,711 --> 00:36:35,028 We can dig up the dog, 952 00:36:35,046 --> 00:36:38,332 and it'll be easy to determine cause of death. 953 00:36:42,036 --> 00:36:43,971 I'll do that. 954 00:36:44,005 --> 00:36:45,839 Don't. 955 00:36:45,873 --> 00:36:47,891 Don't what? 956 00:36:49,511 --> 00:36:53,013 Don't... dig up Iris. 957 00:36:53,047 --> 00:36:55,616 Please. 958 00:36:56,935 --> 00:36:59,987 I went to pick her up... 959 00:37:00,021 --> 00:37:02,856 on Saturday, and... 960 00:37:02,890 --> 00:37:06,160 nobody answered the door, so I... went around back. 961 00:37:06,194 --> 00:37:07,745 Rebecca was working, 962 00:37:07,779 --> 00:37:09,246 like usual? 963 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:13,117 She left Iris chained to the porch. 964 00:37:14,836 --> 00:37:17,904 Who would leave a dog tied up like that? 965 00:37:17,922 --> 00:37:20,841 I told her that I would take her. 966 00:37:20,875 --> 00:37:23,761 But she said the... 967 00:37:23,795 --> 00:37:26,930 custody agreement was a... legal contract, 968 00:37:26,965 --> 00:37:29,349 that the law was the law. 969 00:37:29,384 --> 00:37:31,802 Everything always went back to that... 970 00:37:31,853 --> 00:37:33,520 stupid show. 971 00:37:35,256 --> 00:37:38,192 Iris was... 972 00:37:38,226 --> 00:37:41,979 she was more than an agreement. 973 00:37:42,030 --> 00:37:45,315 She was all I had left. 974 00:37:46,934 --> 00:37:48,902 And there she was... 975 00:37:48,936 --> 00:37:51,538 hanging off the... 976 00:37:51,573 --> 00:37:54,908 patio railing... 977 00:37:54,942 --> 00:37:57,878 dangling by her collar. 978 00:37:59,164 --> 00:38:01,632 Probably went after a squirrel... 979 00:38:01,666 --> 00:38:04,384 or something. 980 00:38:06,921 --> 00:38:11,759 I couldn't... let Rebecca get away with that. 981 00:38:11,793 --> 00:38:15,896 That's what the law is all about, right? 982 00:38:18,016 --> 00:38:20,651 ♪ 983 00:38:24,138 --> 00:38:27,991 ♪ In the hearts of men 984 00:38:28,026 --> 00:38:31,862 ♪ In the arms of mothers 985 00:38:31,913 --> 00:38:35,532 ♪ In the parts we play 986 00:38:35,583 --> 00:38:39,286 ♪ To convince others 987 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:43,040 ♪ We know what we're doing 988 00:38:43,091 --> 00:38:46,426 ♪ We're doing it right 989 00:38:46,461 --> 00:38:49,296 ♪ They've written books on the subject ♪ 990 00:38:49,330 --> 00:38:54,551 ♪ But then you may still be surprised... ♪ 991 00:38:57,522 --> 00:39:01,475 Listen, you guys, I thought you were here to do an article. 992 00:39:01,509 --> 00:39:04,194 You know, my assistant never would have set up 993 00:39:04,229 --> 00:39:05,979 this meeting for a tasting 994 00:39:06,013 --> 00:39:07,648 if my team hadn't tasted it first. 995 00:39:07,682 --> 00:39:09,900 Especially if you want me involved in the marketing. 996 00:39:09,951 --> 00:39:11,548 Come on, you guys, let's go, get that food up. 997 00:39:11,549 --> 00:39:12,152 You're right, ma'am. 998 00:39:12,153 --> 00:39:13,362 Please accept our apologies... 999 00:39:13,387 --> 00:39:15,289 Okay, uh, but they do not have your palate, 1000 00:39:15,290 --> 00:39:17,658 and we could not let you miss an opportunity like this. 1001 00:39:17,692 --> 00:39:20,193 That's sweet, but you need to talk to my staff. 1002 00:39:20,211 --> 00:39:22,362 Come on, let's go, let's go. You're right, ma'am. 1003 00:39:22,380 --> 00:39:24,164 Okay? We're sorry... Okay, what you can't see 1004 00:39:24,198 --> 00:39:26,083 is that he is actually the best 1005 00:39:26,134 --> 00:39:28,252 of what this country has to offer. 1006 00:39:28,303 --> 00:39:29,920 Did he kill bin Laden? 1007 00:39:29,971 --> 00:39:32,055 Wow, you are a tough sell. Taste it. 1008 00:39:32,090 --> 00:39:34,842 Relax, it's just a hot sauce we're talking about. 1009 00:39:34,876 --> 00:39:36,927 No, it's not just a hot sauce. 1010 00:39:36,978 --> 00:39:39,763 My granny made this sauce, and she took the recipe with her 1011 00:39:39,814 --> 00:39:41,982 to her grave. 1012 00:39:43,268 --> 00:39:44,651 Look me in the eye, kid. 1013 00:39:44,686 --> 00:39:46,720 Look me in the eye and tell me 1014 00:39:46,738 --> 00:39:49,189 that you think this is the most amazing hot sauce 1015 00:39:49,223 --> 00:39:51,909 I'll ever taste and I should make an exception. 1016 00:39:51,943 --> 00:39:55,495 Ma'am, I promise you... to my everlasting surprise 1017 00:39:55,530 --> 00:39:57,915 that this sauce tastes every bit as good 1018 00:39:57,949 --> 00:40:00,367 as when my grandmother made it for me. 1019 00:40:00,401 --> 00:40:01,919 Now, men fought for this sauce. 1020 00:40:01,953 --> 00:40:03,737 And I-I ain't proud to say it, 1021 00:40:03,755 --> 00:40:06,256 but my cousin lost his hand because of it. 1022 00:40:07,241 --> 00:40:09,760 All right, give me a taste. 1023 00:40:27,729 --> 00:40:29,529 Not bad. 1024 00:40:31,098 --> 00:40:32,933 All right, 1025 00:40:32,951 --> 00:40:34,985 60 me, 40 you, 1026 00:40:35,036 --> 00:40:36,820 and we'll market it with my name, 1027 00:40:36,871 --> 00:40:38,271 my logo, maybe we'll make 1028 00:40:38,289 --> 00:40:40,290 - a little bit of money. - Please, 1029 00:40:40,325 --> 00:40:42,776 we're gonna be rich-- 80/20, 1030 00:40:42,794 --> 00:40:44,444 our favor, and... 1031 00:40:44,462 --> 00:40:47,381 it's called "Opie and Thurston's Hot Sauce." 1032 00:40:52,337 --> 00:40:54,304 Okay. 1033 00:41:01,813 --> 00:41:03,847 Now, I got to hand it to you, Bones, 1034 00:41:03,898 --> 00:41:05,732 you always find a way to amaze me. 1035 00:41:05,767 --> 00:41:07,184 I'm proud of you. 1036 00:41:07,235 --> 00:41:09,069 Solving this case was a group effort. 1037 00:41:09,103 --> 00:41:12,305 But I am the most valuable, so thank you. 1038 00:41:12,323 --> 00:41:14,808 No, I meant I'm proud of you for not losing 1039 00:41:14,826 --> 00:41:17,037 your cool with the preschool director, and Emma's mom. 1040 00:41:17,062 --> 00:41:17,978 Well, when it comes 1041 00:41:17,979 --> 00:41:21,081 to settling conflicts, it's always better to be rational. 1042 00:41:21,115 --> 00:41:23,533 And the abundance of forensic evidence 1043 00:41:23,584 --> 00:41:24,952 against Christine 1044 00:41:24,986 --> 00:41:27,621 was clearly tainted by multiple sources. 1045 00:41:27,655 --> 00:41:29,289 Yeah, but the part where 1046 00:41:29,323 --> 00:41:31,658 it became the O.J. trial was a bit much. 1047 00:41:31,676 --> 00:41:33,210 But it worked. 1048 00:41:33,261 --> 00:41:36,463 Yeah. You know, Christine, she's gonna misbehave again. 1049 00:41:36,497 --> 00:41:39,016 She's gonna break curfew, she's gonna have a cigarette or two, 1050 00:41:39,050 --> 00:41:40,434 she's probably gonna skip school. 1051 00:41:40,468 --> 00:41:41,685 I know. 1052 00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:43,520 It's a natural part of maturing. 1053 00:41:43,554 --> 00:41:45,105 Natural? Yes. 1054 00:41:45,139 --> 00:41:47,441 Really? Yes. Acceptable behavior 1055 00:41:47,475 --> 00:41:48,976 can only be learned through the experience 1056 00:41:49,010 --> 00:41:50,193 of unacceptable behavior. 1057 00:41:50,228 --> 00:41:51,478 Why the big change of heart? 1058 00:41:51,512 --> 00:41:52,446 I haven't changed. 1059 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:53,847 What's that? What? 1060 00:41:53,865 --> 00:41:56,016 On your neck. Is that a bite mark? Nothing. 1061 00:41:56,034 --> 00:41:57,734 Christine bit you. No... oh... 1062 00:41:57,785 --> 00:41:59,202 Christine got excited. 1063 00:41:59,237 --> 00:42:00,977 It doesn't mean that she bit Emma. 1064 00:42:00,978 --> 00:42:02,496 Better not take her to daycare for a while. 1065 00:42:02,497 --> 00:42:05,243 I'll just tell them that you did it while we were making love. 1066 00:42:05,244 --> 00:42:06,715 No, you won't. 1067 00:42:06,740 --> 00:42:08,961 Well, it's a believable explanation, Booth. 1068 00:42:08,962 --> 00:42:10,697 What...? What, that I gave you a hickey? 1069 00:42:10,715 --> 00:42:12,032 No, I'm not in eighth grade. 1070 00:42:12,950 --> 00:42:14,150 Ooh. 1071 00:42:14,201 --> 00:42:15,601 Seriously? You got to slow down. 1072 00:42:17,097 --> 00:42:19,288 Boy, she really did lay into you there, huh? 1073 00:42:19,289 --> 00:42:20,956 It is a bit sore. Yeah. 1074 00:42:21,007 --> 00:42:26,007 == sync, corrected by elderman == 1075 00:42:54,704 --> 00:42:56,188 What's that mean?