All language subtitles for Bones (2005) - S04E23 - The Girl in the Mask (1080p x265 EDGE2020).eng

Overall, Clark is the most
astute and experienced.

Ah. So hire him.Wendell has
the most potential.

And he has an excellent
work ethic.

Plus, you know,
he's somewhat normal.That's what youlike.

Vincent is the most intelligent.Well, that's what youlike,
so you should hire him.

I mean, this person's
gonna be your right-hand man.

Well, I've decided to take
your opinion into account
as I make this decision.

- Really?
- I'm making an effort.

- [ Cell Phone Rings ]
- Well-- Booth.

[ Man With Japanese Accent ]
Agent Booth, this is
Sergeant Nakamura.

[ Booth ] Naki!
My friend Naki with the sake.
How's it hangin'?

I'm afraid they are
not hanging well, Booth.What's wrong?

My sister has not
returned my calls.
It has been five days.

Okay, look. We all know
how overly protective
you are of Sachi.

Your sister.You're a cop,
like me, Booth.

She calls every day.
Something's wrong.

- Okay, so why are you
tellin' me?
- 'Cause I'm in Tokyo.

Oh, Sachi's here in D.C.?Almost two months.

She told me she'd called you.
She has not called you?Whoa.

Just relax, all right?

Twenty-one-year-old girl
probably doesn't want...

her brother's friend
crampin' her style.

If I fly in, can you
help me look for her?I'll tell you what.

Just text me her information.
I'll track her down,
and I'll make her call you.

- Okay? I promise.
- Arigato.

- Ja mata.
- Ja mata.

[ Man On Speakerphone ]
Detective Frame. Hey, Rick, it's Booth.

Listen, I'm lookin'
for a little
interagency cooperation.

What do you need?Hey, has there been
any action...

on a Japanese national,
legal entry, named
Sachi Nakamura?

Female, aged 21. Uh, give me a minute.

[ Typing ]When were you in Japan?

A few years ago
on an exchange program
with the Tokyo police.

Nak's a great guy, man.
He and his sister--
they made me feel like family.

- But he's overprotective?
- He worries.
Every parent does.

- But he's her brother.
- Raised his little sister
after his parents died.

- That makes him a parent.
- [ Frame ]
I got a hit on your girl.

Car registered to her
was found abandoned
near Tillbrook salt marshes.

Salt marshes?
That's a pretty popular place
to dump a body, Booth.

- Yeah.
- [ Siren Wailing ]

[ Police Radio Chatter ] [ Siren Blares ]

- Hey, I'm Special Agent--
- Booth. Yeah.

Detective Frame told me
to wait on you before
I had this vehicle towed.

- That was nice of him.
- I'm Officer Lisa Kopek.

Car's registered
to Sachi Nakamura,
311 Ring Road.

Here on a work visa
from Tokyo, Japan.

I printed her visa photo.

This is blood
on the upholstery. Yeah.

- Any sign of the girl?
- No.

- Damn.
- Yeah. Checked her residence.
It's empty.

Looks like it's been that way
a couple of days.

Also no sign
of her roommate,
Nozomi Sato.

Miss Sato is here
on a lapsed student visa.

I... got a request in
for cadaver dogs.

Okay, whoa, whoa.
Bones, what we usually
do here is wait...

for people
in rubber boots.

I see something.

I just got
these shoes, so--

What is it? A body?

No, it's some kind of mask.

Okay, Bones. Come on.
Get out of there. Let's go.

- Booth?
- What?

There's flesh in the mask.
Human head.

- She serious?
- Yeah, always.

And Booth?
This mask appears
to be Japanese in design.

[ Brennan ]
Based on the weak prominence
of thearcus superciliaris,

the victim is female.

The head was decapitated
between C5 and C6
vertebrae.

Judging from decomp
and discoloration,

I'd estimate the head
was in the pond
a minimum of four days.

Can you confirm decapitation
as cause of death? No.

Victim was in
the water too long.
The blood leached out.

There's trace lodged deep
in the striae.

Blade could have transferred
particulates from the ground...

into the wound track
when it was withdrawn
from the bone.

Hey, sweetie,
Booth is in your office.

- He's got some people with him.
- Thanks.

Just when I thought
it couldn't get worse.

[ Exhales ]

Bones, this here is
Sachi Nakamura's brother, Ken.

[ Speaking Japanese ]

The honor is mine, Dr. Brennan.

May I present to you--

I know. Dr. Haru Tanaka.

The emperor awarded Dr. Tanaka
the Grand Cordon of the Order
of the Rising Sun...

for Dr. Tanaka's paper,
"On Investigation...

"of Second, Fourth and Eighth
Sternal Rib End Variations...

Related to Age Estimation."
It was brilliant.

I am honored to meet you.

- Everyone in the field accepts
that you are the best.
- Yes, I know.

I told Ken and the doctor
they can aid in
the investigation.

That is against protocol,
Booth.

Bones, this could be
his sister.

I would enjoy working
with Dr. Tanaka.

You gonna be okay with this?I am fine.

There is a contact wound
inferior to the mandible...

exiting slightly anterior
to the bregma point.

That would be consistent
with a gunshot wound.

Bones, maybe you
should just jump ahead
and I.D. the victim.

Maxilla and zygomatic
conform to her photograph.

Palate is fractured,

but appears parabolic...

with a straight suture
across the palatine bone,

indicating that she was
a native Japanese speaker.

Did your sister have
any kind of distinctive...

facial scarring
or dental work?

When Sachi was eight,
she fell doing gymnastics.
Broke her jaw.

It was wired for two months.

Impact fracture from a fall.

Remodeling of the jaw
suggests...

that it occurred
prior to puberty.

I feel comfortable
identifying the remains
as your sister.

I'm very sorry.Thank you.

If you would excuse me.

Hey, Nak. Listen. I have agents
looking for Sachi's roommate.

There's a chance the roommate
may have seen something.

Yes. Good.

I'm sorry, Nak.You have a child.

You know it was my
responsibility to keep her safe.

She was 21,
but still a child.All right. Come on.

Let me get you
back to the hotel.
You get some rest.

Not until we find
who did this.I hear you, Nak,

but we need a lead--
something we can go on.

Sachi was gonna
move back to Japan,

but the man who took
these pictures said
he could make her a model.

Okay. There's something.
Right?

[ Footsteps ]

Whoa. This is like one
of those big-eye paintings
they sell at the mall.

- The mask is based
on anime design.
- Japanese animation.

So someone had it out
for a cartoon character?

No, this is original,
not representing any of
the well-known characters.

Sailor Moon,
Faye Valentine, Motoko.

The mask could have
been used by the killer
to dehumanize the victim,

allowing whoever
decapitated her
to distance himself...

from the ugly reality
of her death.

Mmm, you are entering
the realm of psychology,

a field of unverifiable
speculation.

Perhaps I can be of further help
to Dr. Brennan.

Sometimes I hate hard science.

I know that seems immature,
but that's just how I feel.

- So any guesses?
- We don't really have
enough evidence yet.

No, not the case. That doctor.

Dude or dudette?

I don't know.I--

Remember, Nak.
This is my investigation.

You're just
a tourist.Just a tourist.

Micah Strutt.

How can I help you? F.B.I. Like to ask you
a few questions...

about Sachi Nakamura
and Nozomi Sato.Sure.

They were the roommates, right?
Nice kids.

When did you
see 'em last?

[ Strutt ]
Must be about
a couple months now.

They came in for a shoot.

"Pappa Puffs"?Yeah.

- The girls worked there.
- You made them pose
like this?

Me? No.
That was their idea.

They convinced their boss
to do some advertising,

but he went postal
when he saw the proofs.

That old jerk fired them
for this.

It's the 21st century.
Who cares about
a little skin, right?

He does. That's his sister.

[ Chattering In Japanese ]

Hey, I feel like someone...

slipped something into
my coffee.

Fashion is the way
the Japanese youth...

rebel against traditional
social roles.

[ Booth ]
What is with
the Ama-Loli girls?

I never expected to see
the sweet Lolitas here
in the States.

Culture follows
the youth.

It's just innocent
role-playing usually.

- Nak.
- I see.

- Excuse me.
You the owner?
- Why do you ask?

F.B.I.

[ Speaking Japanese ]

We need your help.
As a tourist.

Need to ask you
a few questions
about Sachi Nakamura...

- and her friend Nozomi.
- Sachi and Nozomi in trouble?

Well, Sachi is dead,
and Nozomi is missing.

I've known them since
they started coming
for the tea parties.

They were anime girls.
I gave them jobs.

Is this the mask that Sachi
was wearing to the parties?

No. That's Nozomi's.
What happened?

- Those girls were--
were like family.
- You always fire family?

They developed other interests.
They didn't belong here
anymore.

I tried to talk to them,
explain what a bad choice
they were making.

What are you talking about?The girls started working
for an escort service.

I couldn't allow that here.
Families come here.It's not possible.

- It's true.
- Not my sister.

- Your sister?
- You know the name
of the escort service?

- Elegant Escorts.
- Don't believe you.

- [ Both Shouting In Japanese ]
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Whoa. Put the cleaver down, pal.

Easy.

Put it down.

- Dr. Saroyan.
- Dr. Tanaka.

With your permission,
I would like to free
the head of tissue.

I have a test
to perform first.

You're welcome to observe.

- This is ferrocene?
- Yes. I'm
testing for gunshot residue.

- No reaction.
- Any shot fired
within five feet...

would have left residue.

The angle of entry
was steep,

- exiting at the top
of the cranium.
- Sachi was only five feet tall.

Even if the killer was lying on
the ground, there'd be residue.

Perhaps she was
coming downstairs.

Or maybe standing
on the balcony
of her apartment.

Grab some goggles
and a mask.

Did you know the victim,
Dr. Tanaka?

I met Sachi three times.
She and her brother
were very close.

That's a very big favor
to do Detective Nakamura,
coming all the way from Japan.

I would do anything
for him.

- Okay.
- [ Whirring ]

There.

While I examine
the wound track,

you can analyze
exit trauma.

Thank you.

[ Brennan ]
Since Booth took you
out of the field,

I thought perhaps
you'd like to consolidate...

the results of our analysis
to convey to Booth.

You are trying
to make me feel useful.

No, I-- I don't really
do things like that.

I owe you for talking Booth
out of sending me home. Wasn't me.

Booth is a very empathetic man.

Yes. Are you aware
how we met?

Um, some kind
of exchange program?

Hai.Most of
the F.B.I. agents showed up...

and started telling us
how to handle our
organized crime problem.

Booth said nothing.

Two or three days,
just listening.

He was quiet? That--
[ Chuckles ]

That does not sound
like Booth.

Then he asked a question.

He asked, "How would
you gentlemen handle...

ourorganized crime
problem?"

He was respectful.

That is the basis
of your friendship?

That and a situation
incited by...

a gallon of sake,
a police boat...

- and Uruga Harbor at dawn.
- [ Laughs ]

You're a lucky woman,
Dr. Brennan.

To work with Booth.

I know.

To work with Booth. Yes.

Here you go.

[ Sweets ]
So the-the mask didn't
belong to the killer.

It belonged to Nozomi,
Sachi's roommate.Okay. So?

So perhaps the killer
wasn't trying to
dehumanize his victim.

Two coffees, please. [ Woman ]
You got it.

Well, maybe he
just had a thing
for girls in masks.

- I mean, I get that.
- You do?

Yeah.

In an objective,
evidentiary way.

You had a point?

Yeah. I think that
the killer was purposely...

projecting Nozomi's identity
onto his murder victim.

Hey. So... I googled Tanaka.

300 hits,
all Japanese.

None with a personal pronoun.

- Maybe we should
just ask her.
- Him.

Uh, you people can identify
human remains based on
a tiny little finger bone,

but you can't judge
the sex of a person
standing right in front of you.

Does nobody else
see the irony in this?

Of course.
But as a scientist,
I also see the challenge.

Well, Dr. Tanaka
identifies with a subset...

of an urban Japanese
aesthetic known as Kei.There you are.

Thank you.
It glorifies androgyny.

Well, mission accomplished
there, Dr. Tanaka.

You know, I think
you're probably right.
We should just ask him.

- Her.
- Tanaka won't answer.
That's the whole point.

Gender is unimportant.
We should be mature enough...

to accept Dr. Tanaka
just the way Dr. Tanaka is.

- Yeah, you know what?
You're right. Who cares?
- Yeah. I mean,

- it doesn't really matter
what he is.
- She.

What she is.

- You mind?
- Yeah, actually, I do.

James Sok, right?
Elegant Escorts?

Yeah. So?
I run a legitimate business.

[ Strikes Car ]You're a pimp.

I don't like pimps.

He really doesn't.No.

Your record says
that you assaulted
Bruce Takedo.

Those charges were dropped--
because the guy attacked me.

With a knife.
All I did was protect myself.

Really?
Probably because you were
recruiting at his place.

Middle-aged guy surrounds
himself with schoolgirls--

- Maybe he's the guy
you wanna look at.
- Nozomi Sato--

You recognize her?Yeah. I like Nozomi.

Well, she's missing.Well, most of my models
come from Asia.

They-They're young. Flaky.
Sometimes they take off.

You know, you got
a sweet life, Jimmy.

You got a houseboat down
in the marina. You got
cash rollin' in.

If you wanna live your life
as my prime suspect...

in the murder
of Sachi Nakamura,
that's just fine.

But just know,
as of right now,
your business is done.

[ Taps On Hood ]Or?

Or you give me something shiny
to distract me.

I don't know anything
about Sachi Nakamura,

but, uh, Nozomi
booked a client last Friday,

and I haven't seen her since. That's the day that
Sachi Nakamura disappeared.

- What's the client's name?
- Banker named Vogler.

Got hurt bad in the big crunch.
Made him mean.

And Nozomi didn't mind
a little rough stuff.

Let's go, Bones.

That shiny enough for you?Excuse me?

Booth? Okay, come on.

[ Tanaka ]
There is a small scratch
to the left of the exit wound.

And the directionality is
outward from the midpoint
of the coronal suture.

Whatever pierced the skull
must have splintered
back inside.

Splintered? It was a gunshot.
Don't you mean fragmented?

There are no striations
on the cross-section
of the exit wound.

So she wasn't killed
by a bullet?That is my assessment.

What could have been
driven through her head?

Perhaps you can inform Booth
that the murder weapon
was not a gun.

And we can x-ray the brain
to see if we find any
evidence of splinters.

I ran the particulates
from the C5 through
the mass spec.

Nematodes, turbellaria,
copepods-- blah, blah, blah.

All congruent with the marsh
where the head was found.

I am not familiar
with the "bra, bra, bra."

But I also found bird vomit
on the victim's head.

- Now I truly do not understand.
- Totally lost.

Okay. All right.
In salt marshes,
there are high marshes,

low marshes and salt flats.Dr. Brennan found the head
on the low marsh.

Yes, but that bird vomit
comes from Catoptrophorus
semipalmatus.

A willet.

The willet is a high-marsh
creature.

But the cadaver dogs
are looking here
in the low marsh.

They should be looking
here in the high marsh,
where the willet is found.

- But that is miles away.
- Yeah, which is why we need
to call the search team.

Why would someone cut
a head off a body here...

and drive miles away
to dispose of the head here?

I rarely find motive
in bird vomit.

[ Barks ]Seek.

José, it's here.

[ José ]
Okay.

[ Dog Barks ]

[ Booth ]
Bones?

[ Cell Phone Beeping ]

Nak, I think we found her.

[ Saroyan ]
I will autopsy the remains,

then give the body
back to Dr. Brennan so
she can remove the tissue.

[ Brennan ]
The marks on the vertebrae
will give us...

a clear idea of the weapon
used to decapitate her.

Dr. Tanaka can help me
prepare the brain
for "liquefication."

Perhaps he shouldn't be here.

If he doesn't ask for help,
it would be an insult
for me to offer.

It would imply weakness.

I realize that staying here
shows great strength...

and commitment
to your sister's memory.

She is lucky to have
such a devoted brother.

But it is distracting
for us...

and might compromise
our work.

I'm sure
you wouldn't want that.

Of course not.

I will come to you
with any news.

[ Saroyan ]
The heat and vibration
will liquefy the tissue,

enabling us to examine
whatever foreign particle
was picked up by the X-ray.

[ Machine Whirring ]

This was an excellent idea.

Thank you.

Is there something wrong?What? No. Why?

You were staring at me.I was? I was? I--

I didn't realize it.
I... like your shirt.

Oh. Wow.
Look at that brain.

Oh, I think I see it.

What is it?

Wood?The wound track
wasn't from a bullet,

but from a piece of wood
being thrust into her skull?

Let's not get ahead
of ourselves--
Give it to Hodgins...

so we know exactly what
we're dealing with.Right away.

He has also been staring.
It seems many people
like my shirt.

[ Door Opens ] [ Booth ]
Paul Vogler?

[ Groans ]
What the hell?Don't stop because of us.

Like to ask you a few questions
about Nozomi Sato.

- How much do you charge
for a massage?
- $200.

Bones.What? It seems
way too much.

Her knowledge of the skeletal
and muscular system seems
minimal at best.

Right. Uh, she's
not that type
of masseuse.

- So. Nozomi Sato?
- Who?

You know, the prostitute
you like beating up.

I don't know
what you're talking about. Okay, fine.

We'll just go subpoena
the phone records
from Elegant Escorts.

I saw her a few times.

Oh, really? Yeah, to blow off
some steam.

You know. A photographer
who did some ads
for my firm--

He's the one that gave me
the Elegant flyer.

- Micah Strutt?
- Yeah. I guess he shot
for them too.

You-You should really focus
on the iliocostalis
and the longissimus.

That's where most people
carry their tension.
Like this.

[ Groans ]
Whoa. Oh, that's great.

You see?
That's what they want.

Not... usually.

Bones, she's a "happy ending"
masseuse.

- Okay? Happy ending.
- Oh.

How about this girl?

I never met her.

Nozomi was the only escort
I was seeing.

You seem to be a fine collector
of Asian art.

Do you want to explain
the sword on the wall...

there in the background?It's a nihonto sword.

It was used by
the feudal executioners
to behead the condemned.

I know. I had to sell it.
I lost a fortune
in the market.

Right. How convenient of you
to sell the sword off,

- you know, since
Sachi Nakamura was beheaded.
- What?

- Beheaded.
- Hey, I don't know
what you're thinking--

Hitting the iliohypogastric
nerve--[ Gasps ]

- can be extremely painful.
- [ Sharp Groan ]

Where's the sword now?Listen--
[ Sharp Groan ]

God! I'm not saying
another word to you people
without my lawyer.

Fine. That's fine with us.
We'll be in touch.

Come on, Bones.

[ Sharp Groan ]

- She's a quick learner.
- Yeah. Very quick.

[ Groaning ]

Hey. I did
a little research
on Strutt Photography.

I almost asked Tanaka.No. Really?

Not that it matters, but he--
she/he caught me staring.

I didn't mean to, but--
I had an opening, you know?

But I didn't know
how to lead off.

If I said he/she was a girl,
and he/she was a guy,

he/she might be offended,
or other way around.

Same thing. God.
I miss the ease
of a simple pronoun.

Yeah, tell me about it.

All right, check out
Strutt Photography's Web site.

There's a link
to additional services...

which requires permission
and a password.

I traced the I.P. address,
and I found the F.T.P. site...

that contains all the uploads.

Then I bypassed
the password protection
by hacking into the server...

where his Web address
is registered.

Why do I feel like
my checking account isn't safe?

Look what Mr. Strutt's
been hiding.

[ Saroyan ] These pictures
definitely weren't taken
at Strutt's studio.

[ Angela ]
It's a long lens,
foreground objects--

Probably taken without
the subject's consent.

Classic stalker photos.Mm-hmm.

If he was stalking Sachi--

Maybe it wasn't just pictures
he wanted to shoot.

Forgive me, Dr. Brennan,
but I must ask...

if you are familiar
with the Shinto idea
of kami.

The spiritual essence
of an object.Yes.

I cannot define
what is missing
from this skull--

how its kamiis incomplete.

Maybe because the top
of the cranium
had been removed.

Perhaps.

I often find that
handling the bone...

gives me insight
that pure science
cannot explain.

I find that pure science
is the only thing...

that gives satisfactory
explanations, Dr. Tanaka.

There is something
with the temporal bone.

Yes. The tympanomastoid--

a swelling in the airspace.

Tympanomastoid hemorrhaging
in the absence of
a bleeding diathesis.

The victim was drowned.

Very impressive, Dr. Tanaka.

It wasn't me.
It was thekami.

Well, she wasn't killed
by whatever pierced
her brain.

I aspirated her lungs.
Cause of death was drowning.

We need to determine
if the victim was drowned
in the marsh or somewhere else.

No problem. I'll analyze
the water samples
from the lungs.

Now, I discovered
what the splinter
from the brain tissue is--

Pseudosasa japonica.

It's arrow bamboo.
It's ornamental.

Only grows indoors
in this climate.

Sharpened bamboo
could easily pierce a skull.

[ Saroyan ]
The girl was drowned first,

a mask was put on her,
then she was decapitated...

and her head was mounted
on a bamboo stake?

Yeah, and then the head
was tossed into the marsh?

Let's find out what kind
of water was in her lungs.

She was beautiful, wasn't she?

Yes, she was.

A beautiful young woman.

Which is probably
why she came to America.

She felt like a woman...

and wanted to be rid
of a big brother watching her
all the time.

My parents left
me and my brother
when I was 15.

My brother was
the only family
that I had then,

but he walked out
on me too.

I'm sorry.

I turned out quite well,
actually,

but it would have
been nice to have had
a brother like you.

According
to the F.B.I. logs,

she called you every day,
often twice a day,

and the conversations...

never were less
than five minutes...

and averaged 15 minutes.

This has meaning for you?

Objectively speaking,
it would indicate...

an irrefutable desire
to connect--

a deep and abiding love.

I cannot imagine
never talking to her again.

I myself have
no one in my life
whom I talk to that much.

Outside of work, I mean.

Perhaps that is good.How so?

I can see how much
pain you're in.

Is it worth it?

To have your own happiness
so contingent upon
another human being?

If I was willing...

to give up my life
for Sachi,

why would I not be willing
to risk my happiness for her?

[ Saroyan On Speakerphone ]
Hodgins analyzed the water
in Sachi's lungs.

I found dibromides.
It's the active ingredient
in algicides...

used to treat water features.

So the victim wasn't drowned
in the salt marshes? She was
drowned in a water feature?

Hey, the photographer has
a water thing in his lobby.Feature.

Water feature.I'm not gonna say "feature."

It's just weird, okay?
I'll say pond or pool.

- Or thing.
- All right, wishing well.
Can we just move on?

Hodgins, if we had a sample,

could you isolate
a single water feature?Yeah, I could match profiles.

If you think the photographer
is the killer,
I want to be there.

Nak, if you budge
from the Jeffersonian,

I will have you
on the first plane
back to Japan.

You understand?
You know me,
and you know that's true.

[ Beep, Dial Tone ]

You were kind of mean
there, Booth.

Man's in big pain, Bones.
Makes it hard for him to hear.

I've never heard of grief
affecting auditory acuteness.

Medical fact. Look it up.

Okay, I thought you only did
one shoot with Sachi Nakamura.

Okay, look, this is getting
totally out of hand.

Maybe I should get a lawyer.What's your connection
with James Sok?

All I do
is give him names, man.

- What names?
- Names of girls who don't mind
doing nude shots.

Oh, finder's fee.Yeah.

Yeah.I mean, that's all.

Right. I mean, you do know
what James Sok does with
these girls, right?

I mind my own business.He's a pimp,
which makes you a pimp too.

What about Sachi?She wouldn't pose nude.

- What about these photos?
- Well, it's a style, man.

Look, I got the releases
that she signed before
we even did it.

You wanna see 'em?

Yes. Thank you.

The water at the photographer's
studio uses chlorine.

So Sachi was not
drowned there?No, sir.

I just thought if I were you,
I'd wanna hear everything
from the horse's mouth.

Thank you, Dr. Hodgins.

Any luck with the Microsil?Yes.

to reconstruct the tool
used to decapitate
the victim.

Uh, excuse me. Hi.

I heard that.

Dr. Tanaka means no offense.
In Japanese, that would not
sound so insulting.

I will complete my work
and give you the results.

So how are you
holding up?

I should have known
the life she was living.

Listen. Your sister
wasn't a prostitute.

Her roommate was.

It was a warning.

What was?

Putting Sachi's head
on the spike.

In feudal Japan,

a traitor's head
was placed on a pole
as a warning...

that others should
fear the warlords.

Right. And she was wearing
her roommate Nozomi's mask.

Yes, because the warning
was meant for Nozomi.

Nozomi sees the head
and knows she must run.

And she disposes of it
so that no one will think
that she killed Sachi.

But what did my sister do?

If Sachi was a good girl,

what did she do
to get killed?

[ Booth ]
Picked up her roommate
trying to leave the country.

She's still pretty freaked out.She saw her best friend's
head on a spike.

Trauma like that
could take years
to assimilate.

Yeah, we don't have years, okay?
So get in there and work
your magic, all right?

Go.

[ Door Closes ]

[ Exhales ]
We'll keep you safe,
Nozomi.

You don't have to worry.

Can I get you anything?

[ Sniffles ]

[ Exhales ]

Look. I know
you feel alone.

You think that no one else
could understand
what you went through.

And no one could,
but that doesn't mean
that you can't be helped.

We can prevent
anything like this
from happening again--

to you or anyone else.

If you tell us
who did this, Nozomi,
we can protect you.

And we'll make sure
that you get home safely.

[ Whimpering Softly ]

We got the general shape
from Dr. Tanaka's cast,

but we still need
to fill in the details.

Does the basic shape
resemble a katana sword...

or a Japanese dough knife?Well, it's too early
to say.

The prominent residual striae
indicate that a power tool
was not used,

and that the blade
was curved.

It has a combination
of serrated and plain edging.

All right, so there goes
the katana sword.

From the breakaway spur,
I could see that there are...

approximately
six teeth per inch
on the serrated section.

- Okay. Anything else?
- There also appears to be
something...

that catches on the bone
as it's pulled back, like
a hook near the blade's point.

Ooh. That's good.

I've never seen a knife like
that. Perhaps there was an error
in the topography of my mold.

No. I've seen
this knife before.

It's a marine knife.
The hook is used for
cutting line and cord.

Wait a minute. James Sok--
the owner of Elegant Escorts--

doesn't he live on a boat?

So what was it, Sok?

You wanted to keep Nozomi
in line, so you used Sachi
as an example?

Sachi-- She doesn't
even work for you.

Where'd you get that?We have a search warrant.

These were taken
from your boat.

The serrations
are consistent...

- with the tool markings
on the bone.
- I didn't kill anyone.

Then you're gonna have to
explain why there's blood
on your knife.

It's clean.

- What?
- There's no blood
on the knife.

Yeah, well, I'm sure
there's another knife.

We'll just tear your place apart
until we find one.
That's all.

Booth?

He didn't clean
the sheath.

Ha. Look at that.

Why don't you just save
the taxpayers some money
and confess?

Why don't you
offer me a deal instead?

You're really in
no bargaining position
right now, Mr. Sok.

Evidence proves
that you killed Sachi. No, it doesn't.

It proves that
he cut off her head.
She died by drowning.

Very good.

Sachi stuck her nose
in where it didn't belong.

If you wanna know
who killed her,
you'll cut me a deal.

[ Scoffs ]
Right.

You cut off her head
and you stuck it on a spike
to keep your girls in line,

and you want me
to cut you a deal?

Yeah. That's right.

What do you want to do, Nak?I want to kill him.

Look. He could give us
Sachi's murderer.

And then he goes free--

the man who put
my sister's head on a spike.

If I don't cut this deal,
then...

her murderer could walk.

This is your case, Booth.

That one doesn't matter.

To me it does.
And it would to Sachi.

Cut the deal.

Paul Vogler.
He was a good customer.

One of my best.
Always wanted Nozomi.

But he liked to get rough--
sometimes maybe too rough.

One day that girl Sachi
barges into Vogler's place
screaming,

saying she was gonna call
her cop brother...

if Vogler ever touched
her friend Nozomi again.

Vogler pushes her
into his koi pond,

holds her down,
just to shut her up.

Idiot kills her.

He paid me
to clean up the mess.

So, yeah, I put the girl's head
in Nozomi's apartment,

and Nozomi took off,
like I knew she would.

I had a business to save,
but I didn't kill anyone.

It was Vogler.

[ Match Strikes ]

Hey, Nak.

Nozomi's been cleared
to leave by Immigration.

I'll see that she
gets home safely.

- Thank you, Nak.
- And Sachi can rest
with our parents.

If the teachings
are correct,
she will be reborn.

And Sok and Vogler
will have to answer
for their actions.

That is highly improbable.

But I hope that it's true.

I am forever in your debt.

My friend, one of those
good Japanese beers
will be just fine.

Oh, I'd prefer sake.

Sake.

We'll let you know
when it's time to go. Okay?

[ Hodgins ]
So... no one asked Tanaka?

[ Sweets ]
Doesn't matter,
remember?

Yeah. Yeah.
No, I know.

It's Tanaka's life.
We are not children.

Very good.Oh, this is ridiculous.

Hey, Haru.
It was great
working with you.

I hope to see you
again soon.

Okay then.
Have a great trip back.

Okay.

It moved. He's a guy.

Yeah.

There. Huh?
Hey, it's good
for what ails ya.

But usually in this situation,
we'd have alcohol.

Which is exactly why
we should do this, okay?

From time to time.

Oh, no.[ Imitates Airplane ]

Yum, hmm?
Here you go.

Will he recover,
your friend Ken?

From losin' his sister?
Um, well, you don't recover
from something like that.

You just survive.People die.

There's a fault in the design
if we can't recover from it.

"Fault in the design"?
What are we, coffee pots?

Mmm, I just mean that...

we should be designed
so that we can handle the worst.

Weare designed that way.

We aren't sent anything
that we can't handle.

I'm not convinced
that loving someone
is worth it.

I got a son,
and it's worth it.

Even if he died?Whoa. Bones, don't even
say that like that.

Don't even put that
out there.

It is worth it,
and everything around it
is worth it.

Every moment--
Everything...

is worth it,
so eat the ice cream
before it melts.

I wish it was beer.Right.

Know what?

Okay.

You're right.

Now, this is what
I'm talking about.

Good. We agree
to understand that
this is worth it.

What's that mean?