"[Alarm Blaring]" "[Man] Smoke comes out of the vent into the first-floor break room." "You're sure you turned the flame down last night?" "Totally, 100% guaranteed, positively sure." "Alarm's gone off before, but the smoke was always gray." "Well, one time, a possum got caught in the shaft." "Smoke came out like this." "Dr. Addy was conducting an experiment on a pig yesterday." "I told all them eggheads not to toss dead animals down the incinerator shaft." "Since when do they listen to us?" " [Flames Roaring]" " Holy crap. [Coughs]" "Definitely not pork." "At 400 degrees, bone chars in six hours and turns to ash in eight." "[Saroyan] Charring, no ash." "Six to eight hours?" " Dumped into the incinerator between 1:00 and 3:00 a.m. - [Groans]" "Was that alive or dead before he or she went into the incinerator?" " Can't tell yet." " What's that?" "Guest log." "No visitors checked out after 9:36 last night." "No one checked in before 8:02 this morning." "Meaning the victim probably works here." "Meaning the killer does too." "Pubic bone." "Female." "There's no carbon in the trachea." "She was dead before she was thrown down the chute." "Extensive fissures, fractures and breaks to the entire skeleton." "I'll have Zack determine which were caused by heat and which by trauma." "Heads up." "They called Bancroft in from a hearing on the Hill." " Who's Bancroft again?" " God." "The supreme honcho of theJeffersonian." "I think I met him once." "Okay." "I am ready to start the facial reconstruction." "I haven't put on tissue depth markers yet." "I haven't finished removing all the carbonized brain matter." "[Brennan] Once you've done that, Zack can clean the skull." "[Brennan] Angela?" "Angela?" " Angela." " Yeah." " Are you all right?" " What's wrong?" "Um" "Um, I'm fine." "Uh, I'll" " I'll start after the tissue markers are" "Let me know." "What the hell was that about?" " You won't like it." " Like what?" " I've I.D.'d the victim." " That's impossible." "I told you you wouldn't like it." "There are no tissue markers." "You can't just look at a skull and see the person." "Sweetie, I've done hundreds of these reconstructions." "The depressed glabella, the narrow nasal aperture, the chipped lateral incisor." "You can see a face from that?" "The chipped tooth was from a skiing accident when she was 16." "Ange." "You know the victim personally?" "[Sighs]" "Kristen Reardon." "She's an intern." "We had coffee a couple of times." "She didn't want to be a scientist." "She wanted to go into design." "She was just here to make her father happy." "She was young and eager and keen and" "She was just really, really young." "Wait." "Reardon?" "As in Dr. Ted Reardon?" " Yeah." "He used to work here." " I took a course from him in Ancient Pharmacology." "Look, I know that we can't say anything until you do the tissue markers... and we go through channels, but I'm telling you I know that this is Kristen." "Poor Ted." "You want to know something else?" " She was seeing somebody who worked here." " Is that relevant?" "Well, Booth will think so, especially since it was a married man." "Well, did she tell you who?" "No." "Just that they had had their first kiss at the opening of that Egyptian exhibit... and that it had been hot and heavy ever since." " I'm sorry, Ange." " No, I'm" " I'm sorry." "I'm just really freaked out by this one." " Because you know the victim." " Well, and the killer." "I mean, look around." "Do you like thinking that somebody we see every day... could've thrown Kristen into the incinerator?" "Now, how can I aid your investigation?" "Well, Dr. Bancroft, I'd like printouts from theJeffersonian Security... detailing who was and was not in the building." "Done." "I'd also appreciate it if you would tell your people to cooperate with the F.B.I." "Yes, of course, Agent Booth." "I don't know if you've had much cause to work with scientists." "Difficult people by nature." "Combative, skeptical, resistant." "I've noticed." "Have you identified the victim yet?" "Unofficially, an intern by the name of Kristen Reardon." " No relation to Ted Reardon?" " His daughter." "Dr. Reardon left theJeffersonian for Georgetown University?" "In the interest of full disclosure, I was instrumental in that move." " You fired him?" " I facilitated a necessary change." "Necessary change?" "Excellent scientist, poor administrator." "Does Reardon know about his daughter?" "Dr. Brennan is informing him now." "I'd like to be kept in the loop on this." " Within the constraint of the law, of course." " [Chuckles]" "Sure." "[Saroyan] Ted Reardon?" "Victim's father?" "Yep." "Bones is telling him his daughter's dead." "[Saroyan] Rumor has it Bancroft banished Reardon from theJeffersonian... 'cause he felt threatened politically." "I know." "Let's leave Bones to it." "Would it be insensitive to mention that my father's 60th birthday's coming up?" " Sixty already?" "Wow." " Uh-huh." "We're having a big birthday dinner for him on Thursday night." "You give him my best." " You do it yourself." "You have to come with me." " What?" "No." "Not your family." "No." "I can't spend the night defending the fact that I still live alone to my family." "You never told them we broke up?" "You want to make a man miserable on his 60th birthday?" "You want me to pretend that I'm your boyfriend?" " Yes." "Between 6:30 and 10:00 on Thursday." " [Groans]" "Camille, you're an adult." "You can't live your life afraid of what your family thinks." "Seeley, it's not gonna be like this forever." "One day he'll die." "Tough going in there?" "I've never had to tell someone his child is dead." "I mean, I've been there when you did it, but to actually" "It's extremely unpleasant." "Yeah." "Listen, did you get a chance to, uh, ask him about his daughter's love life?" "Yes." "He said as far as he knew, she wasrt seeing anyone." "Kristen was lying to her father." "[Man] Dr. Brennan, is it true?" "Kristen Reardon is dead?" "Evan, Special Agent Booth." "He's in charge of the murder investigation." "Dr. Evan Klimkew, Kristen Reardors supervisor." "Murder?" "Kristen was murdered?" " What does Kristen Reardon do?" " Authentications." "Other museums and high-end collectors use us to authenticate their acquisitions." " Is that a big department?" " Three to five interns, all doctoral candidates." "My assistant and myself." "That's it." " Hmm." "That's a competitive environment, right?" " Of course." "You put a bunch of neurotic, type "A" overachievers together, dangle a prize over their head" "Dr. Klimkew is referring to the Bates Fellowship." "The top intern receives $75,000 and a gold star on their résumé." "Kristen was the front-runner." " I had heard that her heart wasrt in it." " Didrt show in her work." "God, this is terrible." "Do" " Does her father know?" "Who's the main rival for the Bates money?" "Uh, that would be Neil Tyler." "Neil Tyler." "Where can I find him?" "We're authenticating the artifacts in your serial killer vault." "So, what does your wife think of these, you know- these late hours?" "I'm separated." "That's your answer." " You seeing anyone now?" " Are you serious?" "It's a murder investigation, Evan." "No." "I'm not seeing anyone." "Thank you, Dr. Klimkew." "This spinner appears to be Masonic in origin." "Bloodstone gold." "But what's interesting is, in the center... instead of the traditional "G" for God, there's a skull." " Gormogon iconography." " Strange, huh?" "We've been seeing a lot of that in here." " Gormogon?" "Okay, what's that?" " It's an 18th-century" "It's an extinct group dedicated to eradicating the influence... of the Freemasons and Illuminati in Europe in the 18th century." "That could be the largest collection of Gormogon artifacts in the world." "That's great." "You and Kristen Reardon were here last night?" "That's right." "Kristen worked there." "I signed out around midnight." "Kristen stayed longer, like always." "Okay." "Little resentful there?" "I worked my way through state college." "I've got a second job, which is why I had to leave early." "Kristen went to an Ivy League school." "Her dad's got connections." "Who do you think needed that Bates Fellowship more?" "Well, the way I hear it, you're next in line for the big payday, pal." "[Scoffs] I liked Kristen." "She liked me." "Check the logs." "I wasrt here." "Do you know who Kristen was seeing?" "You mean, like, romantically?" "No." "Only that it was an older guy." "And she said I was gonna be really surprised when I found out who it was." " How 'bout you?" "You married?" " [Laughs]" "I'm gay, Agent Booth." "Excuse me." " What do you got?" " Kristen Reardors bag." "Ah, cell phone." "Logs." "The bag tells us that Kristen wasrt leaving the museum when she met with her killer." " Look at that." "A lot of calls to the same number." " Booth." "Let's hope it's our cheating husband." "Kristen was authenticating artifacts from the Gormogon vault." " Let's not go there." " If Gormogon killed her, then Gormogon is one of us." " Somebody who works at theJeffersonian." " Oh." "You went there." " What?" " You went there, and you gave him a nickname." " [Crash]" " That just happened, right?" "You saw that?" "[Siren Wails]" " Who is it?" " Is he dead?" " Yes, but only because he was never alive." " You gotta be kidding me." "[Hodgins] Look at this." "The Gestapo is interfering with free inquiry." "Guys, just let 'em go." "And if they try to escape, shoot 'em!" " What's with the dummy, dummies?" " Not a dummy." "It's an ersatz skeleton made from glass and reinforced nylon... which breaks exactly like human bones." " We threw it from the top floor." " Explicate your process, please." "Using bone density tables, we duplicated Kristers exact height and weight." "For God's sake, why?" "To prove Kristen was dead before her skull fractured from falling down the incinerator shaft." " We already know that." " We recreated her bone density... and found that her skull would not have fractured in the way it did... from a fall less than 25 meters." " Oh." " "Oh" what?" "English, please!" "That tells us the body was put in the trash chute on the top floor of our building." "The office suites." "It's always the suits, baby." " Hey, I wear suits." " Yes." "Yes, you do." "All right." "That's it." "No shooting of the squints tonight." "Sorry." "All right." "Good work." "Let's go, Bones." "[Saroyan] Kristen Reardon was stabbed to death." " Aorta and left lung both punctured." " Whoa." "She bleed a lot?" "Through the wounds." "Through her mouth." "Copious amounts." "Booth, everyone's coming around to the opinion that Kristen Reardors death... had something to do with the Gormogon vault." "Oh, no, no, no." "See, we gotta squelch that one... 'cause that will totally shift the focus of this investigation." "You might have noticed, but these people are tough to squelch." "You know what?" "They're always telling us not to jump to conclusions." " But when they do, it's called a quantum leap." " Jump, leap." "Tomato, to-mah-to." "What's the difference?" "Look, um, does the name Aldridge mean anything to you?" "It rings a bell, yeah." "Why?" "Because there was no blood near the incinerator chute on the top floor." "The body could've been wrapped in plastic or transported in a tub." "There's a Dr. Kyle Aldridge." "Heads up the Middle East department." "Why?" "Hmm." "Do they have offices in this building?" "Middle East department is in Building "S"... but it joins up to this building by a skyway." "Why?" " What floor does the skyway connect with?" " Top floor." "I'm gonna ask why again, and this time you're gonna tell me." "This guy Aldridge's number's all over Kristers cell phone." " [Cell Phone Beeping]" " Just hold on." "Yeah, it's Booth." "Check out all the offices in the adjoining building on the top floor." "Start with a Dr. K. Aldridge." " Cam, this case" " Yes." "You still have to come to my father's birthday dinner." "I didn't even bring that up." "I'm just saying" " Nice try." " "Nice try" what?" " Zip." " I didn't even" "Zoop!" "Ah, the good life." "Dr. Kyle Aldridge." "Mansion next to Teddy Kennedy on Dupont Circle?" "A 60-foot yacht and a vacation home in the Hamptons." "Wow." "I wish I'd paid more attention during science class." "Intelligence is not a matter of will, Agent Booth." "So it's not a character flaw to be less intelligent than someone else." "Yeah." "Listen." "I appreciate the pep talk." "Listen." "Our first suspect would usually be your wife." "But since she's been in Venice for a month-Venice?" "So how is it that somebody who makes 80 grand a year... can lend Ted Kennedy his lawn mower... and afford to send his wife off to Venice?" "My wife's family is very generous." "How generous do you think they would be if they found out that you were, uh... boinking an intern?" "They teach you that technique at Quantico?" "Spring vulgarities on the unsuspecting suspect and he will confess all?" "Are you confessing all?" "To the affair or to murder?" "Excuse me, Agent Booth." "There's something you're gonna want to see in Dr. Aldridge's workroom." "[Man] Lights, please." "[Brennan] Wow." "Look at all that blood." "This can't explains how the body was transported over to the incinerator chute." "This must be where Kristen Reardon was actually murdered." "All right." "Put the lights on." "Okay, Dr. Aldridge." "I'd like to ask you a few questions about the murder of Kristen Reardon." "We gonna go willingly?" "I never liked Kyle Aldridge." "He told me once that having a high I.Q. Was no excuse not to bathe." " I don't believe it." " No." "Those were his exact words." ""No excuse not to bathe."" " What do you got?" " Consistent with the trauma to the left lung and aorta." "The C7 vertebrae and the fifth rib were both nicked at a 67-degree angle... suggesting a single point of entry." " Through the back?" " The serial killer eats human flesh." " Kyle Aldridge is a vegetarian." " So was Hitler." "We're calling him Gormogon now." "Excellent name." "And historically accurate." "People, you have to stop assuming that Gormogon was involved in Kristers death." "Why?" "It's somewhere between a possibility and a probability." "Kyle Aldridge is not a cannibal." "But he may have killed his girlfriend." "Do you see the difference?" " Mmm." " So eyes on the evidence, okay?" "[Claps Hands] Go." "Zack provided me with the fragments." "Retrieved from the fifth rib." " [Hodgins] Running it through the G.C. Mass spec." " What about the incinerator?" "I analyzed the ashes in the incinerator and found carbonized traces of Cedrus libani." "It's a species of cedar fir from Lebanon." "The Middle East is Aldridge's area of study." "And the Mesopotamians used cedar as an odor neutralizer during funerals... to mask the smell of burning flesh." "Can you see Aldridge committing a crime of passion... and using his knowledge to cover it up?" "I guess." "He's kind of" "[Grumbling, Growling]" "Exactly how well do you know Aldridge?" "We had drinks." "I don't sleep with married men." "You're married." "And you sleep with men besides your husband." "What's the difference?" "Ow!" "Why do you want me to interrogate Aldridge?" " Because he thinks I'm stupid." " You're not." "Thanks, Bones." "I know." "During the interrogation, always refer to the victim by her first name." "Well, you're the one that told me that personalizing the victim... doesn't work with sociopathic serial killers." "They lack all empathy." "You told me that." "Look, we are not looking for Gorgonzola today." "Gormogon." "Gor-mo-gon." "We're looking for someone who murdered one girl and tossed her down an incinerator chute." "Entirely different kind of a guy." "So inside." "Don't tell me" " Don't- You're not bossing me." "Stop it." "Kyle Aldridge seduced my daughter?" "That's what we hope to find out, Doc." "It was definitely Kristers blood on your worktable." "That proves only she was killed in my workroom." "Why am I talking to you?" "What time did you leave theJeffersonian that night?" "Shortly after 11:00." "Dr. Brennan, surely I merit someone higher up the food chain... than an F.B.I. Consultant." "Kyle, I know you get everything you want... by flaunting your superior intellect... but that won't work with me." " Why is that?" " Because I'm smarter than you are." "So why don't we do the rational thing and cut to the chase?" "Were you having an affair with Kristen?" "I'm not willing to comment on that." "[Brennan] Again, I know you were." "You first kissed at the opening of the Egyptian exhibit." "Obviously Kristen was indiscreet." "[Brennan] If your wife knew about Kristen, she'd leave you, correct?" "And you'd no longer be rich." "See, the F.B.I., they call that a motive." "They think you did this, Dr. Aldridge." "And so far the evidence is on their side." "Can you tell me anything that would suggest otherwise?" "Yes." "But first I need to speak with a lawyer and make arrangements with a federal prosecutor." " Sounds like you want to cut a deal." " I've told you what I need." "So either have me arrested, or let me make those arrangements." "All right." "Thank you, Doctor." "Cam." "Cam." "Wow!" "You look great." "I mean that objectively, not as your fake boyfriend." " Thank you." " Hey, got your dad a universal remote." " Even bought the batteries." " Oh, he'll never let us break up." " So, am I driving?" " No." "My sister's picking us up." " But, of course, she's late." " Okay, maybe she's late because there was traffic." "Maybe she's late 'cause there was a sale." "Oh, great." "It's gonna be one of those nights." "Hey, it's not me." "She's the jealous, competitive one." " [Chuckles] Okay." " You don't think so?" "Look, I'm thinking it's your family." "I am an innocent bystander with a universal remote and batteries... trying not to get hit by shrapnel." " That's all." " Ready." "Sorry." "Dad is in the car." " [Both] Mwah." "Mwah." " Okay." "Let me get my things." "[Sighs] There was traffic." "Not that she'd believe me." "No." "Traffic." "That's exactly what she said." "This is gonna be fun." "Yeah." "Everyone talking about how perfect Cam's life is." "No." "Cam's life is not so perfect." "You got a lot going for you." " Yeah?" " Yeah." "What's not so great?" "Are you and Cam" "What?" " No." "No." "I should never have said anything." " Oh, you poor baby." "[Moans]" "Okay, Felicia." "You don't have to say anything." "I'm here." "That's all you need to know." "Okay." "Let's go." "Let's go!" "Yeah, okay." "You look great." "Doesrt she look beautiful?" "She looks beautiful!" "God!" "I am so lucky to have you as my girlfriend." " Go easy, big guy." "It's gonna be all night." " Oh, tell me about it." "[Angela] You know, Jack." "You are actually a better candidate to be Gormogon... than Kyle Aldridge." " Really?" " Mmm." "You're brilliant, paranoid about conspiracies." "I say that lovingly." "With limitless resources." "I'm not Gormogon." "I don't kill people and eat their faces." " Mm-hmm." " I am not waging a secret war against anybody." "Great." "Now if I can only get the other thousand or so people who work here to convince me... maybe I can sleep tonight." "Oh, I'll help you get to sleep tonight." "[Laughs] What's in your file?" "G.C. Mass spec analysis of the fragment we pulled from Kristers rib." "It's, uh, 800-year-old copper." "Wait, wait." "The murder weapon is an artifact?" "Well, I thought we'd see if we can match any of the weapons in theJeffersonian to the sample." "[Angela] Well, there is one item." "An 800-year-old copper spear tip." "The Authentication department checked it out two weeks ago... to a..." "Dr. Kyle Aldridge... in the Middle Eastern department." "Checked it out from where?" "The Gormogon vault." "[Brennan] Tell us about this piece, Dr. Klimkew." "The spearhead is genuine, decorative." "Probably brought back as a souvenir of the Crusades... by a Templar Knight in 1200 or 1300 A.D." " Go ahead, Hodgins." " What are you doing?" "Did you see Kyle Aldridge the night that Kristen Reardon was murdered?" "Yes." "What is he doing with the spearhead?" "It's phenolphthalein." "It won't affect the copper." "But if blood is present, it'll turn pink." "So what time did you see the doctor?" " Uh, 11:00, in the parking lot." " Did you talk?" "Kyle Aldridge doesn't really talk to anyone beneath him, which is everyone." "It's not the weapon we're looking for." "I'll put it back." "Did you know about Aldridge and Kristen?" "As a couple?" "Yes." " Kristen told you?" " No." "I caught them making out." "Frankly, I've been surprised ever since... that Aldridge didn't use his friendship with Bancroft to have me transferred... to some dig in Darfur." "[Hodgins] Helpl I need some help back herel" " What?" "Oh, oh, oh, oh." "All right." "Hold on." " Booth." " Hold on." "Hold on." " [Grunts]" "Hold on." "[Grunts]" "Easy." "Easy, easy, easy." " All right." "I'll call an ambulance." " We don't need an ambulance." "He's already dead." "That concludes the autopsy of Dr. Kyle Aldridge." "Written report to follow." "Booth saw Aldridge's widow." "He sent her a suicide note by e-mail... apologizing for the affair with Kristen... and confessing to the killing." "Aldridge did not kill himself." "The ligature, which was a silk cord from the vault, didn't break his hyoid." " What was the cause of death?" " I'm stumped." "No significant trauma, no cardiac arrest, aneurysm or hematoma." "Plus, I did a full tox screen." "Organics, inorganics, heavy metals, even cardiac glycosides- all negative." "Well, he was hung up in the vault." "It all circles back to the vault." "It all circles back to the Authentications department... who happened to be working in the vault." "Why don't you and Booth think that Gormogon is behind these murders?" "Because as far as we know, he only kills males and snacks on them." " Plus, there are far too many other reasonable suspects." " Like who?" " The victim's father." " Ted Reardon?" "He saw you question Aldridge." "Booth said he went pale with anger." " When did he say that?" " We had dinner the other night when we... had dinner." "This cord is actually a hanging rope from England... circa 1650." "In those days, when sentenced to death... nobles often chose a silk cord rather than rough hemp and rope." "It'd be cool to know who else might've died on this cord." "If it came from the vault, the cord probably can't lead us to the murderer." "Au contraire." "The killer left D.N.A." "In order to hoist Aldridge, the killer wrapped the cord around his forearm and pulled." "Ouch." "He left some skin behind?" " Yeah." "And hair." " Nice job, Hodgins." "We find the guy, we can do a D.N.A. Match." "King of the lab." "The skeletal muscles are pulling away from the bone." "What's his potassium level?" "Uh, blood serum contains... 10 milligrams per 100 milliliters." "Elevated, but nonfatal." "It's odd though, because his kidneys were healthy." "No signs of Addisors or any medication." " Succinylcholine." " A muscle relaxant?" "In high doses, it stops the heart and lungs." "Right." "The body turns succinylcholine into potassium... which occurs naturally in the body, so it's not detected as a toxin." "Succinylcholine is one of the earliest anesthetics known to man." " Guess how I know that." " I read Dr. Reardors book too." "Why are you here?" "I'm just waiting for Cam to finish cutting up Aldridge." "She's done." "Why are you here in my area?" "Cam's sister kissed me." " Dude." " Don't call me dude." "All right, listen." "I was supposed to be Cam's boyfriend, but only between the hours of 6:30 and 10:00." "She kissed me at 6:20, so technically that doesn't even count." " [Scoffs]" " Cam went to her office to get something." "Felicia, she just grabbed me and planted one on me." "I didn't even see it coming." "I didn't even have a defense maneuver planned." "Oh, wow." "All right, all right." "Uh, how are you, uh- How are you gonna break it to Cam?" " What?" "Why would I do that?" " You want her to find out from her sister?" "Wow." "This is worse than when we were a couple." "[Laughing] Sorry." " [Laughing Continues]" " I really should take my gun out and shoot you now." "I'm sorry, man." "No, it's... serious." " [Giggling]" " You're not helping." "Look, I have a son." "If I thought someone hurt him, I'd want to hang him." "I didn't kill Kyle Aldridge." "He was a political enemy who slept with your daughter... then killed her after she threatened to tell his wife." "Juries understand situations like that." " There's no proof Kyle Aldridge killed my daughter." " Do you need proof?" "Yes." "And for a jury to be sympathetic to me, they'd need proof as well." "Do you have that proof, Agent Booth?" "Aldridge didn't die from hanging." "Succinylcholine poisoning can't be proven." "Right." "Nobody knows that better than you." "You literally wrote the book on it, Doc." "So... can you roll up your sleeves, please?" "This is a sample of 800-year-old bronze." "Why am I interested in that?" "Because we found a fragment of 800-year-old copper in Kristen Reardon." " Different metals." "Right." " Copper is an ingredient in bronze." "And when Angela accused me of being Gormogon, it started me thinking." "Angela accused you of being Gormogon?" "It started me thinking that you and Booth could be right." "I am not Gormogon." "Booth and I could be right about what?" "I put the serial killer in the vault out of my mind... and started considering Kristers murder as its own singular occurrence." "What?" "From the outside, you are a pretty good candidate to be Gormogon." "It's possible... that the copper in Kristers wound... was an unalloyed chip from a larger piece of bronze... like a chocolate chip that didn't melt in the cake mix." "And theJeffersoniars full of bronze weapons." "None of which are in Gormogors vault." "Are you able to match a bronze weapon to a copper fragment?" "Theoretically, but it would take about 200 years... to test every bronze weapon in theJeffersonian." "I might be able to help with that." "I worked up a 3-D model of Kristers murder, and I noticed something." "This is Kristen." "The angle of attack was exactly 67 degrees." " As you can see, the weapon went right through her." " Which is weird." " Why?" " We've been assuming that Kristen was stabbed." "Someone would have to be awfully tall to stab downward at that angle." "And incredibly strong." "6'8" and 300 pounds." "No one at theJeffersonian looks like that." " It'd be pretty tough for someone like that to sneak in." " Alternative explanations?" "Projectile?" "Blood stain analysis indicates Kristen was killed on Aldridge's worktable." "And there's no evidence on the surface suggesting that a projectile... exited Kristers body and struck the table." "But" "Kristen was impaled?" "Like a piece of paper on a message spike." "Visualize a sharp object on the table... at a fixed 67-degree angle." "The object impales Kristen through the posterior thorax." " Exits her anterior thorax." " Still at a 67-degree angle." "The only rational conclusion is the death itself was accidental." "Dr. Aldridge gets in a tiff with his young girlfriend." "She pulls out her phone, threatens to call his wife." "They argue." "Aldridge reaches for the phone." "The girl falls back onto the table." "If you call Aldridge by his name, you really should call "the girl" by her name." "At which point, he panics and throws Ms. Reardon down the incinerator chute." "Overcome with remorse, he arranges to meet with the federal attorney to confess." "But before he can do that, guilt destroys him." "He hangs himself in the vault, symbolically aligning himself with the serial killer." "Whoa, Dr. Bancroft." "Aldridge arranged to meet the federal attorney?" "Through theJeffersonian in-house counsel." "Most likely to confess." "Why didn't he just confess during Dr. Brennars interrogation?" ""The guilt being great, the fear doth still exceed." ""And extreme fear can neither fight nor fly... but coward-like with trembling terror, die."" "Unfortunately for Mr. Shakespeare..." "Dr. Aldridge didn't actually commit suicide." "He died of succinylcholine poison." "It's my understanding that that can't be proven, at least not to court standards." "No, I think you'll find that my explanation will satisfy any inquest inquiry." "Dr. Bancroft, it's our professional opinion here in the forensics lab... that Dr. Aldridge was murdered." "Fine." "Prove it." "But watch your backs... because if I'm wrong and you're right... that means there's still a serial killer out there." "And if I were the killer, you'd be next, Miss Montenegro." "Why me?" "Well, you identified the Reardon girl." "You figured out this hologramatic impalement scenario." "Well, be careful." "I feel like I was just threatened." "I've checked every bronze weapon in the Jeffersonian that matches Angela's criteria." "None are consistent with the fragment removed from Kristen." "Well, obviously we're looking for a weapon that was smuggled in." " [Scoffs]" " Yeah?" "Well, hey." "What were those noises?" "There is no way to smuggle an 800-year-old bronze weapon into theJeffersonian." "No." "No." "We have X-rays, guards, metal detectors." "You come in with anything bigger than a watch, they search you." "You two are geniuses." "How would you do it?" " It's absolutely impossible." " Unless you mail it." "Oh." "Yeah, right." "There's that." " What?" " If you mail something to theJeffersonian... it doesn't need to be cleared by Customs or Security." "Okay." "You're saying if I want to get a stolen artifact into the United States... all I have to do is mail it to theJeffersonian?" "Technically, yes, but the fact is we check and report all items to the government." " Okay." "Who's "we?"" " The Authentications department." "Oh, okay." "You mean a bunch of starving interns who work here during the summer." "Interns keep detailed records of every item they authenticate." "Access Kristen Reardors log." "I suppose Gormogon could've mailed himself to theJeffersonian... stole an I.D. And simply walked out." " This has got nothing to do with "Goobagon."" " Gormogon!" " Whatever." "How many times do I have to say that?" " [Beeping]" "I don't have the necessary clearance." "Let me try." " [Beeping]" " Neither do I." "Excuse me." "[Brennan] Wait." "You have a password?" "Yeah." "Cam's." " What?" "She won't mind." " [Laughs]" "[Beeping]" "Kristen Reardon worked on a lot of 16th-century baroque wood carvings." "I know your password too." "It's "daffodil."" " I never told you that." " What?" "I got eyes." "I mean, you guys aren't exactly C.I.A. Material." " Daffodil?" " What?" "They're pretty." "It looks like Kristen might have worked on some Luristan Bronzes." "Any from the 13th century?" "[Hodgins] Yeah." "Tools, utensils, sculptures." " What's Luristan?" " Persia." "You mean Iran or Iraq." "Since the war, Iraqi museums have been looted... and their pieces are being sold on the black market." "This murder has nothing to do with the vault or a serial killer." "So Kristen Reardon was a smuggler?" "More than likely killed by a smuggler." " She goes to report something, and the smuggler kills her." " Yeah." "I'll have Zack check all of these as possible murder weapons... and I'm changing my password." " Daisy?" " How did you know?" "It's your second-favorite flower." "I know you, Bones." "Try a planet." "[Snaps Fingers] Jupiter!" " Hey." " Hey." " I owe you." " No, you don't." "I do." "Took the pressure off." "I even reconnected with Felicia." " She kissed me." " What?" "I swear I didn't see it coming." "She just planted it on me." "Like a peck on the cheek or a full meal?" "Why does that even matter?" "Full meal." " I don't believe it." " What's the big deal?" "I mean, you and I aren't actually, you know, going out." "She thought she stole you away from me." "That's why she was so nice." " You." " What?" " You kissed back." " No, no." "No, there was no kiss back." "You know, my lips, they may have parted for a second" " Hi." "Ready for lunch?" " Hi." "Don't say hello to her." "How could you make a move on my boyfriend?" "He said things werert so great between you guys." "You didn't think you should ask me first?" "Sorry." "Didrt seem like he was all that into you." "Time out." "Let's get real here, okay?" " You are fighting over something that does not even exist." " What?" "We don't go out anymore." "We broke up a long time ago." "And you brought him for Dad so he'd still think" "You know Dad." "I'd never hear the end of it." "You saw how he lit up when he got that remote." " It can handle up to eight different devices." " We know, Booth." "Why didn't you tell me you guys split up?" "You want him?" "Take him." "I don't care." " I don't want him." " You don't?" "I was just trying to get back at you for being so perfect all the time." " So you admit it?" " Like you're a saint?" "She used to go into my closet with all my dolls... and say they were having a party, but I wasrt invited." "You were five, and they did not like you." "Typical!" "Start a fight so we miss lunch." "You made reservations?" "I thought we'd have to eat from a can't in the street." " Wow." "You two can have lunch after all this?" " Like you can ruin a meal?" " [Felicia Scoffs]" " Okay, that's it." "I don't know who you think" "Don't raise your voice to her, Seeley." "What?" "Let's go." "Let him calm down." " Wow." " Why did you guys break up?" "What did he do?" "It wasrt me." "L  [Beeping]" " This is the most likely murder weapon." " It's an antelope." " Actually, it's an oryx." " That's a type of antelope." " I was being precise." "You used to appreciate that." " Sixty-seven degrees." " Exactly." "Oryx on table, struggle, Kristen Reardon is impaled on the oryx." "Good work, Zack!" "Let's swab the sculpture, see if there's any D.N.A. Evidence." "It's not here." "[Bancroft] What do you mean it's not here anymore?" "According toJeffersonian records... the oryx was mailed to Box 99, Poplar Street Post Office in Arlington." "What?" "TheJeffersoniars being used to smuggle Iraqi artifacts?" " Has the F.B.I. Been informed about this?" " Yes, Dr. Bancroft." "Agent Booth and Dr. Brennan are trying to arrange to have the post office staked out tomorrow." "Good." "Good." "That's good." " [Cell Phone Beeping]" " It's Cam." "I told him." "You were right." "He wasrt happy when I said the F.B.I. Already knew." "Thanks." "Now we'll see if he's a part of it or just another ass-covering bureaucrat." "Good hunting." "Hmm." "Little game there, Bones." "Who shows up for the Iraqi Bambi?" "There are a number of possible candidates." "Come on." "I mean, it's a stakeout." "Play with me." "Speculate." " My money's on Bancroft." " What?" "The head of theJeffersonian?" "Why?" " He's a dill weed." " [Scoffs]" " You think he's a murderer just because you don't like him?" " Bones, it's a game." "Well, there's no way it's Bancroft." "He has a doctorate." "Dr. Kevorkian has a doctorate." "Whoa." "So does that guy." "Dr. Klimkew." "During a murder investigation, you uncovered my smuggling operation?" " Yep." " Man, that is bad, bad luck." "What about the murders, Evan?" "Kristen Reardon and Kyle Aldridge?" "No, I'm afraid that their deaths are on your hands." "How do you figure?" "Well, this silver skeleton Gormogon serial killer is obviously involved." "You brought him into our house." "No." "I can only take responsibility for smuggling this oryx into the country." "Get your hands off the murder weapon." "We know what happened." "I was there, but it wasrt me who pushed Kristen onto that table." " It was Aldridge." " Now, why would he do that?" "Uh, love gone wrong?" "I don't know." "But Aldridge said that if I didn't help him dispose of the body... he'd expose my smuggling deal and I would go to prison." "Well, I guess that's it then, huh, Bones?" "Case closed." "Right." "Well, except somebody killed Kyle Aldridge." "No, he hanged himself." "Ow!" "Yeah." "Rope burns." "Look at that." "Well, we think you killed Kristen Reardon probably by accident." " We know you killed Kyle Aldridge." " Premeditated." "And I'm confident we can prove it beyond reasonable doubt to a jury." " Ow!" " It's over, Evan." "[Slaps Arm]" "Do either of you know a good lawyer?" "Okay, don't take it so hard." "I'm not taking anything hard." "What are we?" "Russian?" "Ah!" "Na Zdorov'yel Yeah." "Mmm." "I'll tell you what else I know." "What you're taking hard... is, uh, the fact that it happened in your house." " It's not my house." " Not where you sleep." "The-Your favorite place." "The house of reason." "TheJeffersonian." "Oh." "It's not my favorite place." " Yes, it is." " What?" "No, it's not" " How do you know?" "Daffodil, daisy..." "Jupiter." "Okay, I'll tell you what else I know." "You were hoping that it was Gorgonzola." " Gormogon." " Ah!" "So you admit it!" "Uh- [Sighs] Accidentally." " Does" " Does that count?" " Yes." "Look, all the scientists and the squints and the eggheads... they wanted it to be a serial killer so it wouldn't be one of them." " "Them"?" " You." " Me?" " One of you." "You were all offended that it was one of you." "You know what?" " I am offended." " I just said that." "I'm offended because" "because" "Because you were betrayed by one of your own." "Yes." "Are you going to betray me?" "No." "Nonetheless, I shall be vigilant." ""Nonetheless"?" "[Laughing]" "I'm not gonna have a headache tomorrow, am I?" "Well, we're gonna find out." "Hodgins and Zack, they do their experiments." "We do ours." "To Gorgonzola!" "Gormogon." "You missed." "[Laughing]" "What's that mean?"