All language subtitles for Bones (2005) - S04E17 - The Salt in the Wounds (1080p x265 EDGE2020).eng

Operations says we got
a black ice alert
on the bridges.

Weather guys are
like psychics, man.
They don't know squat.

I went to a psychic once.
Talked to my mother.
Mom even bothered me dead.

All of the bridges?All of 'em.

Okay.
Fill me up! [ Machinery Whirring ]

- [ Loud Thud ]
- What's up?

Something in the salt.

- [ Gasps ]
- What is it?

You know that Bible story
about the woman
who turns into salt?

- Lot's wife?
- I think maybe
we found her.

[ Policeman ] Yes, it's cold.
What's your procedure when
the roads freeze up?

[ Booth ]
The weather's been warm
for the past six weeks.

Wow. So they haven't
had to use rock salt.

Whoo!The dermis is
extremely desiccated.

The salt
quick-dried the tissues.

- Looks like a really big
apple doll.
- It's a teenage girl.

Very tall.
Six feet.

Looks like she's been dead
for about a hundred years.

No. In fact,
less than a month.
Salt is hygroscopic.

It draws moisture
from its surroundings
and replaces it with crystal.

You know what?
I suddenly got
a potato chip craving.

Cats are so disdainful.

They're independent
and self-assured,
like you.

Dog. Aw.

Cat.

Which you gonna pick?Uh, this is a lion
eating a gazelle.

What's with the sudden
pet desire?

We're not even
living together.Yet.

Look at him, Rox.
Look at his warm, brown eyes.[ Sighs ]

[ Chuckles ][ Laughing ]

[ Brennan ]
He's going to do this
five times a day.

Mr. Vaziri's Iranian.
He's an observant Muslim.

Bright side--
we'll always know
which way is east.

I don't know if
this is going to
work out, Dr. Saroyan.

This country was founded
on the notion
of religious tolerance.

Well, I'm not discriminating
because he is a Muslim.

I find all religions
equally irrational. [ Device Beeps ]

Thank you
for your patience.

I had no choice.
Apparently, it's
a constitutional issue.

Uh, trauma to the temporal
and sphenoid region with
buckling on the outer edges.

Probably from being
dropped from the bin.

- Bonk.
- [ Saroyan ]
I see some red fibers.

- Ooh, that's me.
- [ Brennan ]
Mr. Vaziri,

do you see the antemortem
skeletal trauma?

Significant remodeling of
the metacarpophalangeal
joint on the right thumb.

A snap.
An old fracture
to the little finger.

Crack. And a bone chip
at the dorsal radial portion
of the left wrist.

- Pop?
- I've seen this before
in cases of abuse.

A girl who was handcuffed
to a radiator in order
to preserve her virginity.

Well, it turns out
there aren't that many
16-year-old girls...

who are six feet tall
on the missing persons list.

Ashley Clark.
Missing three weeks.

So Roxie and I
are getting a dog.

Wow. I had Roxie
pegged as a cat person.

Hey. I'm Angela.

Oh. Arastoo Vaziri.

Um, your-your boyfriend's
name is, uh, Rocky?

Like, pow?
Like the famous boxer?

- No. Roxie--
- Angela's boyfriend is a girl.

Perhaps your religion won't
allow you to accept that.

Blood chemistry shows
unusually high levels
of relaxin.

Hmm. Relaxin? That sounds
like something you could
get arrested for taking.

It's a naturally occurring
hormone secreted
during pregnancy.

So if she was handcuffed
to protect her virginity,
didn't work out so well.

We last saw Ashley
the afternoon before
her high school dance.

It was the
End of Winter Dance.

I remember because we made
a bunch of jam that day.

And Ashley was worried that
she'd smell like raspberries.

Ashley never made it
to the dance?

We had to wait
24 hours before she was
officially missing.

Were there any
major developments...

in your daughter's life in the
weeks leading up to her death?

He means drugs.
Was-- Was Ashley
doing drugs?

No, we don't mean drugs.No. No drugs.

Were you aware that
your daughter was pregnant?

Approximately 12 weeks.

Pregnant? Ashley couldn't
have been pregnant.

She was.
Do you have any idea
who might be the father?

Is that who
you think killed her--
the father of her child?

- We'd like to talk to him.
- My daughter and I
were very close.

And it simply isn't possible
that she wouldn't tell me
she was pregnant.

I would appreciate
some insight...

into the high number of injuries
your daughter sustained
since puberty.

So now you're saying that
we abused our daughter?

[ Father ]
It's all right.
They have to ask.

My daughter was an athlete.
She grew almost two feet
over the last four years.

You can confirm the injuries
with her chiropractor.

We're very sorry
for your loss, sir.

Then you shouldn't say
such terrible things.

Ashley wasn't
a victim of abuse.

She was the victim of
athleticism and a competitive
disposition.

See this remodeling
of the right thumb,

the little finger,
the dorsal radial portion
of her wrist?

-Volleyball, of course.
-That's right. That's very good.

- Patellar tendinitis.
- Jumper's knee.

- Wow. How'd you know that?
- Athlete, Bones.

Thanks, Dr. Fitts.
We appreciate your help.

Yeah.Thanks.

Were you aware that
Ashley Clark was pregnant?

No. No. Her last appointment
was about six weeks ago.

She didn't mention it.

Well, despite the fact that you
aren't a real medical doctor,
you have been quite helpful.

Thanks.Oh, you're welcome.
Oh, and by the way.

You aren't a real
medical doctor either.

Ouch.

No hematoma, meaning the skull
was fractured postmortem.

Probably when the body tumbled
out of the overhead bin.
Clunk.

Very descriptively put.

It has been pointed out to me
that I tend towards
onomatopoeia.

Dr. Saroyan. Why hasn't
the body been de-fleshed?

I'm still conducting
the autopsy.

If I can't remove the flesh,
I can't find cause of death.

If you remove the flesh,
Ican't find cause of death.

What flesh? The body
is completely desiccated.

Any remaining indicators
are going to come
from the bones.

Not if I can
rehydrate the tissue.

Paleontologists have used
Ruffer's solution
successfully on mummies.

But shush.

The salt arrested
bacterial development.
There's no decomp.

If I can rehydrate, I can
do a proper autopsy.It will take too long.

And a positive result
is debatable.Lucky for me, I'm the boss.

I claim one of my freebies.

I claim one
of my freebie declines.

[ Sighs ]

- [ Knocking ]
- Come on in.

What can I do for you,
Mr. Clark?

I wanted to tell you I suspected
my daughter was pregnant.

All right. Have a seat.

And you, uh,

didn't want to say anything
in front of your wife? No.

I found a pregnancy test in
the wastebasket in the bathroom.

Your wife is still
young enough to have children.

Sexual intercourse has not been
a part of our marriage
in several years.

Did you, uh, talk to Ashley
about the pregnancy test?

Yes. She denied it was hers.
She said it was a friend's.

She asked me
not to tell my wife.

She called it a
father-daughter secret.

Was there a, uh--
a boy in Ashley's life?

Well, Ashley argued about
a boy with her friend Becca.

I overheard it on the phone.
Didn't get a name.

Mmm. All right, I see.
Well, I'll look into it.

Uh, I hope my wife...

doesn't have to find out that
I kept this huge
secret from her.

I don't think
she'd forgive me.Forgive you?

[ Sighs ]
Considering how
it turned out.

His name is Donatello,
and he's a rescue.
And he needs a good home.

One caveat though.
He's afraid of the wind.

Wow. You really don't
want this dog, do you?

[ Sniffles ]Is it because Donatello
is a stupid name?

Yeah.
You're breaking up with me.

You don't have to say
anything, Rox. It's okay.I do want to say something.

Ange, you live
in the moment.
I know that.

But moments are fleeting.
They pass.

Yeah, but we decide
when the moments pass.

This one has passed.

Yeah.

I've gotta think
about the future.

Okay.

[ Kisses ]

You gotta be kiddin' me.

Excuse me, Agent Booth?Yeah?

I'm Becca Hedgepeth.

They told me
I could find you here.

Wow.
Ashley Clark's friend.

Yeah.

So you heard that
Ashley was murdered
on the news, right?

Yeah.It's my job to find out
who did it.

Okay.
Well, I hope you do.

According to her father,
he said the two of you
got into a fight...

and you stopped
coming to the house.

That's just because
Ashley went behind my back
with my boyfriend.

What's your boyfriend's name?Well, ex-boyfriend.
Uh, Rory Davis.

Wait.

Do you think that
I was jealous enough
to kill my best friend?

Or are you saying
Rory did it?

Well, you're pregnant.
Emotions run high
during that situation.

Me and Ashley
would've gotten past it,

because she broke up
with Rory too.

Looks like I'm gonna
have to talk to
"Love '‘Em and Leave '‘Em" Rory.

Okay. Very careful.
The tissue's fragile.

All right, ready?
On my count.
One, two--

Now, we're gonna completely
submerge her in a bath
of sodium carbonate,

aqueous formalin
and ethyl alcohol.
Good.

And somewhere between
24 and 48 hours from now,

she should look
practically human again.

Ready?
And... go.

I got the trace back
on those red fibers
you found in her hair.

They're trilobal.
Two red strands, one
blue strand woven together.

Given the length and texture,
they definitely came
from an automobile.

So the killer must have
transported Ashley's body...

from wherever she was killed
into the salt pile.

Can you narrow down
what kind of car?

Yeah. I'm running
the fibers through FACID.

That should be able
to give Booth
make and model and year.

[ Watch Beeping ]Ooh. Time-out for Allah.

[ Angela ]
Hey, Arastoo. Hello, Angela.

Hey.
Um, listen.

Do you need me
anymore here today?
'Cause I could really use a--

Angela.
What's the matter?

Roxie and I broke up,
and I just--

- I'm gonna take Angela
for a cup of coffee, okay?
- Sure, yeah. Go.

This is a simple murder.
Solves itself.

Okay, Rory Davis?

Yeah.A little warning, dude. I'm only
the Hulk when I get pissed.

Listen, we'd like to talk
to you about Ashley Clark.

- It wasn't me.
- It wasn't you who what?

Becca texted me saying that
you think I killed Ashley,
but I didn't.

Excuse me. You wanna
give me a moment here?
I'd like to talk to him alone.

Dude, you're a murder suspect.
That's awesome.

[ Clears Throat ]

Becca said that
you and Ashley
connected sexually?

Yeah. Her exact words were
"Got all over."

- This is completely not fair.
- That you had sex with two
girls and they got pregnant?

- We didn't have sex.
- Pregnancy is unlikely
without intercourse.

- Right. Thanks for
the tip, Bones.
- We didn't have intercourse.

I'm a Christian.
I'm not gonna have intercourse
until I'm married.

Okay. So you got two girls
pregnant, but you didn't
have sex with either one of 'em?

Well, uh, I think
some of, uh, my,

you know, stuff,
may have found
its way in there.

I mean, the way Ashley
came after me,

it's like
she was really,
really trying--

- To get your sperm?
- Yeah, well, if it wasn't
for my faith in Jesus,

there would've been
sexual intercourse.

- How did your relationship
with Ashley end?
- Bad.

Ashley was mad at me.
Becca was mad at me.

I did everything right,
and it turned out
all wrong.

Mmm. Did Ashley
have any arguments
with anyone else?

Or try to get their sperm?

She had
some sort of fight
with Mr. Hawthorne.

- I heard it
from the weight room.
- Who's Mr. Hawthorne?

He's the volleyball coach.

Where would he be?

Wow.
That was great.

Like I told you,
I'll always be there for you
when you need comforting.

I didn't need comfort.

But I needed a good tumble.

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.

Mmm.
I'm fine about Roxie.

People come and go in life. What did she say?

Aside from "So long."

Basically, she said
she wants somebody who doesn't
just live in the moment,

but who considers
the future.

- What's wrong
with the moment?
- Nothing.

But?

But it's nice
every once in a while
to think about the future.

So let me get this straight.
To be together,

then it has to be
all about the future?

Yeah.

So this, right now--
This isn't together?

It was a moment.
A great moment.

But like all great moments,
it passed.

Hey--

- [ School Bell Rings ]
- Well, we heard you got into
a loud argument with Ashley.

With shouting.That's true.
Two fights, in fact.

The first one was when
she failed to seduce me.

And the second
a couple of months later when
she threatened to name me...

as the father of her child
if I didn't give her
five grand.

She tried to seduce you?All right, seduce
isn't the right word.

- That girl came at me like--
- So Ashley Clark
tried to blackmail you?

In case you're thinking
that drove me to murder, you
can check with the principal.

I reported it. What with
the way things are, I figured
that that was the smartest move.

The way things are?Half my volleyball team
got pregnant.

-We're gonna need a team roster.
-If you wanna talk to them,
go to the multipurpose room.

They're having another
baby shower.

[ Woman, Hip-hop ]
♪ What you got goin' on ♪

♪♪ [ Continues ][ Chattering ]

Oh! You gotta
be kiddin' me.

This school ever hear
of sex education? Well, if so,

there's gaps
in the curriculum.That's for sure.

These are the people
I was telling you about.Okay.

That's Becca. [ Girl ]
Hello. Hi.

I'm Alyssa Howland.
You guys have already
spoken to Becca and Rory.

So I imagine you're here
about Ashley Clark.Wow.

This texting thing
is way out of control.

Were you, by any chance,
the captain
of the volleyball team?

Alyssa was the captain
of all our teams.Yeah.

Or I was
until people decided
that I was a bad example.

As alpha female,
you are a bad example.

Hey.I'm sorry.
But in this day and age...

of available contraception
and easily accessed
information,

for a teen girl
to become pregnant, it's
clearly a lapse in judgment.

Okay, girls.
You do realize this is
a murder investigation?

Oh, yeah.
We understand that.

- Yeah, we're quite intelligent.
- Right. So Rory Davis was not
the father of your child?

- I never said he was.
- And he wasn't the father of
Ashley's baby either, was he?

No. No. As a matter of fact,
the same guy's the father
of my baby and Becca's.

- And Ashley's.
- And what about
the rest of them?

Jenny?Yeah.
Um, her.

- And the others got pregnant by
their boyfriends and whatnot.
- You really are showing.

So one boy is the father
of four babies?

- Mm-hmm.
- Okay. And who
would this stud be?

- It's Clinton.
- Oh, President Bill Clinton?

Ew. No.Clinton Gilmore.

The cute one
in the yellow shirt.
Hey.

[ Booth ]
The one in the yellow?

♪ Show me, baby ♪♪

- Clinton.
- What?

Alyssa Howland says
that you had sex with
the entire volleyball team?

The girls' volleyball team.
And not all of 'em.

I don't like to boast.
A gentleman does not
kiss and tell.

How old are you?[ Groans ]

Sixteen. My personality
is completely formed.

How did you get those
four girls pregnant?

You want pictures,
check the Internet.
That's what I did.

Right. You know,
I show no disrespect.
I went to high school.

And high school has not changed.
The fact is,
from what I remember,

guys like you
didn't get that many girls.

- You know what I'm saying?
- Wait. You can't lift that.

- [ Grunting ]
- Whoa.

[ Sighs ]

All right.
See, the point is I can do that,

but I didn't get girls
like thatin high school.

So, what you're saying happened
really didn't happen, huh?

Like a conspiracy?

Well, the conspiracy
is that they like me.
I'll tell you something else.

More than one of them told me
I'm actually very considerate
and sweet in the bed department.

Ashley is dead.
She was murdered.

The prime suspect would be
the person who knocked her up.

I need to know the person
who did that deed.

It was me--
the sex deed part.

The killing part
was definitely
somebody else.

You know what I think?
I think those girls
are up to something,

and they're using you
as a cover.

That's okay.
We'll just do a D.N.A. test,

and the truth will come out,
right?

Take my D.N.A., and, uh,
you'll find out the truth.

I am the mack daddy
supremo baby daddy
of "Geo Dub" High School.

[ Saroyan ]
The Ruffer's solution
is working.

I find myself wondering if
the rate of tissue reclamation
will accelerate over time,

decelerate or hold steady.

You're worried about
what to tell Dr. Brennan.

Um, if Dr. Brennan asks,
when do you think we will
have access to the bones?

Tell Dr. Brennan
that unless she can
think of a way...

to examine the bones
while leaving the flesh intact,
you're both out of luck.

During the investigation
into the death of high school
sophomore Ashley Clark,

it was discovered
the presumed murder victim...

was part of a group of girls
who made a pact...

to get pregnant and raise
their children together.

[ Brennan ]
No. There was no proof
that there was a pact.

You see,
this is what happens when all
you worry about is the future.

Pregnant teenagers.

I would argue that
most pregnant teenagers...

get that way
by becoming involved
in the moment.

Yeah, true.

You all right?

Oh, yeah. Totally.
It was so worth it.

Will you be able
to remain B.B.F.s?

B.F.F.s.
Best Friends Forever.

Oh. Will you resume
a sexual relationship
with Hodgins?

I already did.

Oh. Well, good.

Yeah, but he can't
keep it casual.
He's the marrying kind.

I am comfortable giving you
advice in this area.

Shoot.I think you live
your life very well.

Thank you.

You are not afraid
to change your mind
when conditions change.

Conditions always change.The successful organism is
the organism that adapts.

-This is one
area where we are very similar.
-I was with you until there.

Like me, you are not
swept away by your emotions.
You remain rational.

You use your brain
to pick someone
for sex and companionship.

Uh, minor correction there.
I use my heart.

That is not--Metaphoric heart, sweetie.

Stay with me here, right?

Love, like art,
comes from the moment...

where two people become one.

Mmm, minor correction.
Love comes from
a confluence...

of chemicals and hormones
in the pineal gland.

Right.
But all beauty is transient
and of the moment.

Like a sunset is beautiful.You know, it sounds
like we're in agreement,

which is worrying me
just a little bit.

[ Cell Phone Vibrating ]

Hodgins says
he found pectin...

in the scratches
he swabbed on
the victim's arm.

How did he find scratches?
The victim looked
like beef jerky.

Well, apparently, Cam
had some limited success...

in rehydrating the body.

- That's impressive.
- Yes.

Pectin is used
in making preserves, right? Sure.

I remember that from
growing up a farm girl
in Amish country.

Sarcasm, Brennan.

I'm sorry.The victim
and her mother...

were making jam
the afternoon
before she disappeared.

Have you ever noticed
that a-a sunset...

looks more beautiful
when you share it with
somebody that you care about?

No.

I haven't.

But I'll pay better
attention next time.

Okay.

So we have evidence that
you scratched your daughter
shortly before she died.

I grabbed her arm is all.

Hard enough
to leave marks.

Was it because you
found out she was pregnant?

No. I still find that
hard to believe. Ashley
and I talked about everything.

Why can't this woman
face the facts?

Perhaps because the facts
are so painful.

You suspect the father
of incest?

It would explain
the mother's behavior.

[ Continues On Speaker ]
I didn't know
about the pregnancy.

I was angry because--

You wrote your daughter
a check for $5,000?No.

She forged my signature.

I caught her before
she could cash it.

Why did Ashley
need $5,000?I don't know.

She wouldn't say.
She just... was always
hanging around Becca...

and the rest of that team.

And suddenly,
I didn't exist.

And now the news is saying
that she had some kind of pact.

[ Flips Switch ]Booth, I have a theory.

Can you, um, excuse me
for one moment there,
Mrs. Clark?

[ Sobs ]

What do you got? Okay.

It's possible that Ashley Clark
was killed by the pack...

for not coming up with $5,000.

So you think this whole
pact thing is true?

There have been
many instances in history...

where women grouped together
to raise their children.

And the men become
nothing more to them
than sperm donors.

The "walking marriages"
of the Mosuo in the
Himalayas, for example.

Right. Okay,
so you think that...

the Himalayan "Momos"
just killed each other
when things got dicey?

Killing is a more
male response.

Women tend
more towards shunning.

I might be able to
figure out the nature of
the girls' relationship.

- How?
- Let me at the alpha girl.

Psychologically, I mean.

[ Saroyan ]
Mr. Vaziri,
do you have any idea...

where all the monitors on
the forensic platform have gone?

I appropriated them.
I sent you an e-mail.

Well, I didn't have a monitor
to check my e-mail. You have
created a virtual skeleton.

It was your idea,
Dr. Saroyan.No, I don't recall--

In speaking
of Dr. Brennan,
you said to me,

"Tell her that unless
she can think of a way...

to examine the bones while
leaving the flesh intact,
you are both out of luck."

Well, I'll make sure
you get the credit
for this with Dr. Brennan.

No, no, no, no, no.You don't want credit?

No. I would rather
not be the person to
point out to Dr. Brennan...

that she was incorrect
about retaining
the soft tissue...

at the expense of
exposing the skeleton.

Meaning you found something?I would never have seen this
on the actual bone.

But when I blew up
the digital X-ray--

Here.
In the middle ear,

there is
a hairline fracture
on the stapes.

What does that
suggest to you?

Violence,
Dr. Saroyan.

Miss Montenegro?

Yeah. Hi, Arastoo.
How are you?

I would like to pass on
to you my condolences that
your heart has been broken.

Oh. Here we go.

Are you gonna quote
the Koran?No, no.

I put together a CD
with some songs that
I have found to be cathartic.

Oh.

"I Hope There is Someone"
by Mr. Antony and the Johnsons.

"Breathe Me" by Sia.

"Heartbeats" by
Mr. José Gonzáles.

"Fade Into You"
by Mazzy Star.

This is not a person,
but a band.

"Lullaby of Loneliness"
by Adam English.

And, of course,
the finest of
the melancholy songs--

[ Sighs ]
"Dust in the Wind."

Very melancholy, that.

Uh, I wish you peace,
Miss Montenegro,

and I wish that
you find love again.

Thank you, Arastoo.

Thanks very much.

[ Device Beeps ]Dr. Saroyan?

Tell Dr. Brennan
she cannot have
the remains yet.

Hovering will not
make this go any faster.

Dr. Brennan
required me to hover.

How's about you go
bank a prayer and give me
a little breathing space?

I apologize.
I quip sometimes.

Believe me, it is
nothing compared to...

the First Battalion,
Ninth Marine Regiment,
Regimental Combat Team One.

Glycerin, please?

What are you going to do?

Ruffer's only
gets us so far.

So I'm gonna inject
some glycerin around
the soft tissue of the ear.

Oh. To see if there's
any tissue damage,

which might explain
the fractured stapes.

[ Alyssa ]
A pact?

There's no pact.
The papers totally
made that up.

Okay. But you are
very close.

Well, yeah.
We played on the same team
together since we were freshmen.

We've traveled a lot too.
I mean, we've been through
a lot together.

- Boys--
- Boys come and go.

You know. But your friends,
that's who you can really
count on, right?

Count on?Yeah. They don't
pressure you like boys,

like parents.

Uh, pressure?

Pressure to succeed, yeah.

Well, you're
a very high achiever,
Miss Howland.

Student body president.
Valedictorian.

Full scholarship
to Amherst.

All of which went away
when you got pregnant.Yeah, that's okay.

I mean, I'm totally cool
with being a mother.

Is it a coincidence that
once you got pregnant,

seven of the others
on the volleyball team
did the same?

It's not my fault that
people want to be like me.
I'm a natural leader.

They look to you
as an example.

It was my idea that we all
get a house together,

help each other
raise our kids.

Where would the money
come from?Oh.

Um, I mean, we'd all put in.
I'd figured out
how much we'd need.

$5,000 each?That's right.

Wait. How did you know?

- You said
it wasn't a pact.
- Mm-mmm.

Then how do you explain
that four of you got pregnant
from the same boy?

He seems
an unlikely choice.

Clinton wasn't a choice.
I didn't plan the baby.

I'd... just found out
I'd won the scholarship,

and my parents started
to plan my whole life.

I just went to the park.
I couldn't... breathe.

I couldn't think.
[ Deep Breath ]

Too much pressure?

Yeah.
And Clinton was there.

And I was crying,
and I just-- I felt like
I was being banished.

You know?
I mean, nobody
asked me what I wanted.

And Clinton understood.
And he held my hand,
and he let me cry.

And, you know,
one thing led to another.

And he's been great.Great how?

Well, he's a kid.
You know, he doesn't
really want to raise kids.

Right. Maybe that's why
the other girls chose him
to get them pregnant.

Yeah. Yeah.
And it's going to be great.

We all are gonna have
these cute kids, and we'll
all be there for each other.

Except Ashley.

Yeah.
[ Sighs ]

What exactly
are we doing?

I couldn't see
any contusions around the ear.

But perimortem bruising
is often only visible
under certain light wavelengths.

You're using colorimetrics? That's right.

I read an article
in a forensic journal.

A Japanese scientist
published his study.

We read the same article.
Could you turn on
the U.V. light?

Look at that.

Are you switching teams,
Mr. Vaziri?No, no.

But Dr. Saroyan's use
of colorimetrics
was thrilling.

Look at the monitor.

Assuming
sufficient force,

that perimortem bruising
explains your stapes fracture.

The bruise is directly
on top of the vagus nerve.

And?Cowabunga!

- What?
- When the vagus nerve is
triggered with enough force,

the victim will go into
cardiac arrest and die.

You have discovered
the cause of death.

The tissue damage
is distributed evenly.What does that indicate?

That it was a single blow.

Whatever did this
is completely flat and round.

Some kind of hammer?Anyone interested in
our mysterious red fiber?

You identified the vehicle?

Late model German sedan.
Mercedes or BMW.

Let Booth know.

And, uh, just so you know,
Arastoo is praying again.

Either that, or he's doing
a very repetitive yoga move.Is that appropriate in the lab?

Some of us take coffee breaks.
Some of us take smoke breaks.

Mr. Vaziri takes
a spiritual break.Who smokes?

Nobody.

Not very often anyway.
Just very rarely
in times of great stress.

If you had released
the remains to me
when I'd asked,

and Mr. Vaziri had removed
the flesh, then we'd never
have found cause of death.

- Thank you.
- Why are you thanking me?
I'm simply stating a fact.

I'm thanking you for stating
the fact that you were wrong.

Oh. You're welcome.

The odds of hitting
the vagus nerve
by accident are very slight.

So do you think
this was done by someone
who knew what they were doing?

Yes. Someone
who's very familiar
with human anatomy.

Like a physiologist
or a doctor...

or a chiropractor.

Let's check out the victim's
chiropractor's ride.

So Dr. Fitts drives
a 2007 BMW sedan.

- So you got a warrant?
- There are 1,208
BMW sedans in D.C.

- So you didn't get a warrant?
- But how many
of those drivers...

know how to kill
using the vagus nerve?

And how many
of those drivers
had access to the victim?

And owned chiropractic tools
we might be able to match
with the murder weapon?

Guys, no warrant.

If Booth and I hadn't
questioned Dr. Fitts,
we could mount...

one of our clever
undercover operations.

Hey, not me.
But I do have a great idea.

How long have
we been married?

Just concentrate
on your symptoms.
That's all he's gonna ask about.

Okay.I'll look for
this thing here.

Brennan says it's
the murder weapon.

So you heard about
me and Roxie?

Yeah.
I'm sorry.

Oh, no.
Really, it's absolutely fine.

Okay.I also had a little
afternoon delight with Hodgins.

But let's just say
it's not really his thing.

[ Chuckles ]Again, I'm sorry.

No. It's totally fine.

Then why are
you telling me?

Brennan approves of the way
that I conduct my love life.

Oh.

Yeah.

What's wrong with
living in the moment?

Nothing. Nothing,
as long as it's
working for you.

Oh, it is, definitely.

If it weren't--No, it-it-it is.

Well, if it weren't--It is.

If it weren't,
I'd suggest to you--

What?You won't like it.

Oh, no. I'm-I'm--
I'm happy living in the moment.

What you say
is merely interesting.

Well, what I would advise you
to do is remove sex
from the situation.

I don't like that.

You're a beautiful woman.

You're confident
in your sexuality,
which is laudable.

But you need to connect
with people on another level.Why?

Why? Because sexual attraction's
only one facet of
the human romantic experience.

So don't have sex?

I-- I'd suggest
you be celibate
for, say, six months.

[ Scoffs ]
Oh, my God.

Six months?
Why not 10 years?

You asked my opinion,
and that's it.

Forego sex in favor
of other connections.

Shouldn't we have, like,
a cover story...

in order to reassure
the chiropractor
that we're married?

[ Door Opens ]Mr. Sweets?

Yeah.Um--

Okay, honey.
We're up.

This is us--
a happily married couple.

Uh, help me,
please.

Okay.Thank you.

[ Fitts ]
So you've had some discomfort
in your lower back?

Uh, yeah, yeah.

As a fireman, I often
have to carry heavy--[ Bones Cracking ]

Oh!Oh, that's very tight.
That's very tight.

What are you-- Oh, God!
What are you doing?Okay.

Um, frankly,
these knots I feel
in your lumbar region...

are more congruent
with sitting hunched
over a desk...

than they are
pulling people from
a burning building.

Well, he's not
a fireman yet,
Dr. Fitts.

He's just training. [ Fitts ]
Oh.

Yeah, almost.
Another week.

He spends a little too
much time on the Internet.
[ Mouthing Words ]

Well, I feel knots
in your lumbar region.

I'm gonna give you
a minor adjustment.

- Now, this won't hurt.
- [ Instrument Clicks ]

But you will feel
some pressure. ♪♪ [ Guitar: Soft Rock ]

Not as much as you.

[ Camera Shutter Clicks ]

[ Man ]
♪ One night to be confused ♪

♪ One night to speed up truth ♪

♪ We had a promise made ♪

♪ Four hands and then away ♪

♪ Both under influence ♪

♪ We had divine sense ♪

♪ To know what to say ♪

♪ Mind is a razor blade ♪

♪ To call for hands of above ♪

♪ To lean on ♪

♪ Wouldn't be good enough ♪

♪ For me, no ♪

♪ One night of magic rush ♪

♪ The start, a simple touch ♪

♪ One night to push and scream ♪

♪ And then relief ♪

♪ Ten days of perfect tunes ♪

♪ The colors red and blue ♪

♪ We had a promise made ♪

♪ We were in love ♪♪

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

♪♪ [ Jukebox: Rock ]

Ashley needed $5,000
to leave home
and raise her baby.

So she tries to
blackmail her coach.

But it didn't work,
because he'd never
had sex with her.

Right. So she has
to go and seduce
the chiropractor,

and threatens him
with statutory rape
if he doesn't pay up.

He killed her.God.
That's horrible. Wow.

So, um, are the rest
of the girls still
renting a house together?

Right. You know
what I don't get?
How is it that...

eight beautiful girls
could just give up their
whole lives during high school?

It's a rational
decision.On what planet?

Earth.[ Chuckles ]
Earth?

Given the current environment,
the paradigm within which...

a group of girls
band together to raise
their offspring has merit.

Without their fathers?

Anthropologically speaking,
those girls have
grown up in a culture...

that reinforces
the sad truism that women
cannot count on men.

Don't say "men" like that.
Men do not like a world
without responsibility.

But... that boy...

whom those young girls
chose as their sperm donor,

he seemed more than happy
with the arrangement.

Booth?You're right.

- I know. Who you calling?
- [ Cell Phone Beeping ]

Clinton.
Listen, it's Agent Booth.
I need to talk to you.

The kid?Listen, meet me at the
Royal Diner in 20 minutes.

Yeah, just get there, okay?
Thanks. I'm buying.

[ Beeps ]Look, I know you want to
come along and all, but--

No, I get it.
Go alone.

It's a guy-to-guy thing.

Thanks.

Why did the chiropractor
kill Ashley?

Well, Ashley seduced him
and tried to blackmail him.

So he murdered her?
Dude.Yeah.

You know,
Ashley needed money
to raise her baby.

Your baby.

You didn't think those girls
would have sex with me because
I can't bench-press enough.

[ Chuckles ]
You know what?

D.N.A. tests, they proved
that I was wrong.

Yes.So-- Yeah.

I owe you an apology.I did--

I told you.Yeah. You know what?
You are a smart kid.

- I know.
- You're also a real
smart-ass kid.

Okay? There's something
I want you to think about.

All right?
Sex is never free and easy.

I beg to differ.Because the fact is,

any one of these girls,
they could change their mind,

and you would be
paying child support
for the rest of your life.

- Wait. What?
- Do you see these
four girls right here?

♪♪ [ Guitar: Soft Rock ]

You are responsible for bringing
their children into the world.

Whether they think so or not,
they are your responsibility.

♪♪ [ Man Singing, Indistinct ]

Your children,
your responsibility.
Do you understand?

And what you do about that will
define what kind of man you are.

No. Hold on
a second.But if you ignore that,

ignore your children,
that's exactly what
you're gonna become.

A loser, a deadbeat...

for the rest of your life.

You know what?
There's something else
that you should think about.

Ashley Clark.

She was gonna have your baby.

[ Sighs ]
According to our pathologist,
it was gonna be a boy.

[ Sighs ]

A boy?

Mm-hmm. A son...

who died...

with his mother.

Why'd you have to
tell me all that for?

Because you needed to hear it.

Do you understand?

Yes. ♪♪ [ Continues ]

♪ Sharing different heartbeats ♪

♪ In one night ♪

♪ To call for hands of above ♪

♪ To lean on ♪

♪ Wouldn't be good enough ♪

♪ For me, no ♪

♪ To call for hands of above ♪

♪ To lean on ♪

♪ Wouldn't be good enough ♪♪

What's that mean?