1 00:00:03,293 --> 00:00:06,327 That must be them there near that big piece of nothing. 2 00:00:06,429 --> 00:00:08,055 According to my G.P.S... 3 00:00:08,157 --> 00:00:10,197 it's about where Texas turns into Oklahoma. 4 00:00:10,302 --> 00:00:14,393 Oh, great. Right in the middle of a jurisdictional pissing contest. 5 00:00:15,838 --> 00:00:18,107 Look, I'm out of water. Give me yours. 6 00:00:18,206 --> 00:00:19,613 Hey! 7 00:00:20,767 --> 00:00:23,450 Hey! Are y'all F.B.I? 8 00:00:23,550 --> 00:00:25,437 F.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth. 9 00:00:25,534 --> 00:00:28,317 This here is Dr. Temperance Brennan from the Jeffersonian. 10 00:00:28,414 --> 00:00:31,448 - Welcome to Oklahoma, ma'am. - Welcome to Texas, ma'am. 11 00:00:31,551 --> 00:00:33,144 Guys, welcome to the United States of America. 12 00:00:33,247 --> 00:00:35,352 - Where are the remains, please? - Oh! 13 00:00:35,455 --> 00:00:37,757 Right here. 14 00:00:41,536 --> 00:00:43,641 Hardly any flesh left. 15 00:00:43,743 --> 00:00:45,631 It's very dry here... 16 00:00:45,728 --> 00:00:48,247 so I'm guessing that time of death was some months ago. 17 00:00:48,351 --> 00:00:52,759 - How do you think they died? - They left Oklahoma, hit Texas, then died of despair. 18 00:00:52,862 --> 00:00:55,579 Nope. They're definitely Oklahomans. 19 00:00:55,679 --> 00:00:57,916 If they were from Texas, they'd have had sense enough to carry water. 20 00:00:58,015 --> 00:01:00,284 That wouldn't show up in the bones. 21 00:01:00,384 --> 00:01:02,839 - No clothing. - Might've blown away. 22 00:01:02,943 --> 00:01:05,332 Maybe a young couple, some kind of suicide pact? 23 00:01:05,439 --> 00:01:08,308 Sub-pubic angle suggests two females. 24 00:01:08,416 --> 00:01:11,613 - Oh! Lesbian suicide pact. - Definitely Texans then. 25 00:01:11,711 --> 00:01:15,356 The victims were pygopagus or, some would say, illeopagus. 26 00:01:15,456 --> 00:01:17,911 - What's that? - Greek? - Conjoined twins. 27 00:01:18,016 --> 00:01:19,904 - What's that? - Siamese twins. 28 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,367 The point of attachment is posterior. 29 00:01:22,465 --> 00:01:25,596 - Ah, joined at the ass. - Definitely Texans. 30 00:01:25,697 --> 00:01:27,671 So what do we got here, Doc? 31 00:01:27,776 --> 00:01:30,296 Well, it's a federal case, boys. F.B.I. will take jurisdiction. 32 00:01:35,489 --> 00:01:39,744 Conjoined twin births occur once every 85,000 births... 33 00:01:39,841 --> 00:01:42,208 the same frequency as hermaphroditic births. 34 00:01:42,305 --> 00:01:45,818 Oh, Mr. Nigel-Murray, we've so missed your insights. 35 00:01:45,921 --> 00:01:49,150 - Thank you. - Why weren't the remains dispersed by scavengers? 36 00:01:49,249 --> 00:01:51,136 Well, the depression in the earth suggested... 37 00:01:51,233 --> 00:01:54,016 that they were buried in an extremely shallow grave. 38 00:01:54,113 --> 00:01:56,415 The remains were spotted by an oil survey team from a helicopter. 39 00:01:56,514 --> 00:01:58,848 Begging the question, what exposed the bones? 40 00:01:58,946 --> 00:02:02,329 Well, there was a sandstorm in that area eight days ago. 41 00:02:02,434 --> 00:02:05,281 Sustained winds of 60 miles an hour, gusts of about 80. 42 00:02:05,378 --> 00:02:08,640 Third molars have not completely emerged, and root development is incomplete. 43 00:02:08,739 --> 00:02:12,567 Indicating that the victims were between 19 and 21 years of age. 44 00:02:12,674 --> 00:02:16,471 Guys, hello. I.D.'ing them is not going to be a problem. 45 00:02:16,578 --> 00:02:18,618 How many sets of conjoined twins can there be? 46 00:02:18,722 --> 00:02:22,137 Um, over the last 500 years, approximately 600 sets... 47 00:02:22,242 --> 00:02:24,631 over 70 percent women. 48 00:02:24,738 --> 00:02:27,105 I did not expect him to know that. 49 00:02:27,202 --> 00:02:30,814 Well, all facts are useful. It's just the context that shifts. 50 00:02:30,915 --> 00:02:33,784 I bet I could just go search for missing Siamese twins... 51 00:02:33,891 --> 00:02:35,745 and find them in, like, 10 minutes. 52 00:02:35,842 --> 00:02:40,545 - By all means, give it a shot. - The victims have two separate spinal columns... 53 00:02:40,643 --> 00:02:43,774 fused distally at the lower sacral level, extending to the pelvis. 54 00:02:43,875 --> 00:02:45,762 No other vertebral anomalies. 55 00:02:45,859 --> 00:02:48,128 Neither one of them could've survived the death of the other. 56 00:02:48,227 --> 00:02:51,805 So murder/suicide, suicide/murder or vice versa. 57 00:02:51,907 --> 00:02:54,046 That was vice versa. 58 00:02:54,147 --> 00:02:57,857 Soil beneath the skeletons was full of weirdness. 59 00:02:57,956 --> 00:02:59,843 Quite a bit of decomposed cotton. 60 00:02:59,939 --> 00:03:02,809 - We didn't see any fabric. - Wow. It was decomposed. 61 00:03:02,915 --> 00:03:05,665 It was fairly cheap stuff too. I think they were wrapped in a sheet. 62 00:03:05,764 --> 00:03:07,706 Naked, wrapped in a sheet. 63 00:03:07,812 --> 00:03:09,700 Sweets will have something to say about that. 64 00:03:09,796 --> 00:03:12,862 Also, I found soil-dwelling mites- genus Ameronothrus. 65 00:03:12,965 --> 00:03:15,616 Nearest place they could've picked up soil mites was hundreds of miles away. 66 00:03:15,716 --> 00:03:18,172 And decomposed popcorn. 67 00:03:18,276 --> 00:03:20,283 They were killed at the movies? 68 00:03:20,389 --> 00:03:22,528 - I have a theory- - The circus. 69 00:03:23,557 --> 00:03:25,532 Kind of stole my thunder there. 70 00:03:25,637 --> 00:03:28,255 But yeah. Yeah. The traveling circus. 71 00:03:29,253 --> 00:03:32,449 - I found them. - Already? 72 00:03:36,996 --> 00:03:38,884 - Huh? The circus. - The circus. 73 00:03:38,981 --> 00:03:40,257 - The circus. - The circus. 74 00:03:41,797 --> 00:03:45,409 "Abracadabra" was first uttered to cure hay fever. 75 00:03:48,709 --> 00:03:50,684 Conjoined twins wrapped in a sheet? 76 00:03:50,789 --> 00:03:52,611 - Yep. - According to Hodgins. 77 00:03:52,709 --> 00:03:54,531 It would help to know how they were wrapped. 78 00:03:54,629 --> 00:03:56,255 All the evidence is gone with the wind. 79 00:03:56,358 --> 00:03:58,180 - No other clothing? - According to Hodgins. 80 00:03:58,278 --> 00:04:00,766 The murderer didn't want anyone to identify them from their clothes. 81 00:04:00,870 --> 00:04:02,692 They're conjoined twins. 82 00:04:02,790 --> 00:04:06,402 You might as well have buried them with their driver's licenses in their hands. 83 00:04:06,502 --> 00:04:10,626 Wrapped naked bodies often indicate a careful burial or, of course, sexual assault. 84 00:04:10,726 --> 00:04:13,508 Okay, you know what? That's, uh- That's creepy. We gotta get going, Sweets. 85 00:04:13,606 --> 00:04:15,461 - Where? - Texas. That's where the circus is. 86 00:04:15,558 --> 00:04:19,617 Uh, circus folk are extremely tight-lipped and close-knit. 87 00:04:19,718 --> 00:04:21,605 They won't tell you anything. 88 00:04:21,702 --> 00:04:26,307 - How do you know? - I-You know, I've read articles. 89 00:04:26,407 --> 00:04:28,862 You're the worst liar I have ever met. You read articles? 90 00:04:28,966 --> 00:04:31,650 - Even I know he's lying. - Okay. I'm adopted. 91 00:04:31,751 --> 00:04:33,660 You know-You know what? My story isn't important here. 92 00:04:33,767 --> 00:04:35,839 No, it's very important. Go ahead. 93 00:04:35,943 --> 00:04:39,423 I- When I reached the age of majority... 94 00:04:39,527 --> 00:04:41,982 I tried to find my birth mother- 95 00:04:42,088 --> 00:04:46,528 a psychic who worked the circus-and-carnival circuit in Florida. 96 00:04:46,632 --> 00:04:49,948 - Bio mom was a carny. - You know what? Let's stay on track. 97 00:04:50,056 --> 00:04:52,260 The point is, no one would talk to me. 98 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,367 - Were you wearing a suit? - You'll be wearing a suit. 99 00:04:54,472 --> 00:04:57,506 And they won't open up to you either. I'm just trying to be helpful here. 100 00:04:57,609 --> 00:04:59,463 I suspect Sweets is right. 101 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:01,763 I studied a carnival for six weeks... 102 00:05:01,863 --> 00:05:04,384 as research for my cultural anthropology dissertation. 103 00:05:04,487 --> 00:05:06,375 No one would tell me anything... 104 00:05:06,472 --> 00:05:08,544 even though I became quite adept on the high wire. 105 00:05:08,648 --> 00:05:12,423 Fine. If they're gonna talk to their own, we will go undercover. 106 00:05:12,519 --> 00:05:15,007 - What? - If we're joining a circus, we'll need an act. 107 00:05:15,112 --> 00:05:17,600 - I'm quite adept on the high wire. - No, no, no. You know what? 108 00:05:17,704 --> 00:05:19,843 - We'll have a knife-throwing act. - Well, I can't throw knives. 109 00:05:19,945 --> 00:05:22,400 I can. I had the best knife skills in the Rangers. 110 00:05:22,505 --> 00:05:25,603 Are we going to join the circus? 111 00:05:25,705 --> 00:05:28,225 We are gonna join the circus. 112 00:06:02,442 --> 00:06:06,239 We're gonna talk to the twins' mother here in Fort Worth, then pick up our mobile home. 113 00:06:06,346 --> 00:06:09,412 - And we'll join the circus right outside Waco. - Uh, our mobile home? 114 00:06:09,515 --> 00:06:11,425 Yeah. We're circus folks, Bones. 115 00:06:11,531 --> 00:06:14,248 We crisscross the country in a mobile home. 116 00:06:14,347 --> 00:06:16,681 I had the field office here paint up something special for us. 117 00:06:16,779 --> 00:06:19,649 Is that all you need to get a job at the circus- a mobile home? 118 00:06:19,755 --> 00:06:23,530 You know what? It's gonna help. It's showy. And we're show people. 119 00:06:23,627 --> 00:06:26,277 It's always possible that we'll talk to the girls' mother... 120 00:06:26,379 --> 00:06:28,615 and solve this whole case tonight. 121 00:06:28,715 --> 00:06:30,690 - Right? - I hope not. 122 00:06:30,794 --> 00:06:33,250 - What? Huh? - Hmm? 123 00:06:41,131 --> 00:06:44,547 I should've never let those girls leave this home. 124 00:06:44,651 --> 00:06:46,561 Worst thing that can happen to a mother, isn't it? 125 00:06:46,667 --> 00:06:51,174 Finding out that you outlived your child. Unnatural. 126 00:06:51,276 --> 00:06:53,414 Except for societies with high infant mortality rates. 127 00:06:53,516 --> 00:06:56,615 My understanding is you tried to sue the circus several times, Mrs. Van Owen. 128 00:06:56,716 --> 00:07:00,938 - It's Mrs. Hicks. - Dell Hicks here is my husband and my lawyer. 129 00:07:01,036 --> 00:07:03,273 Dell helped me sue the circus for- 130 00:07:03,373 --> 00:07:05,674 Loss of income, alienation of affection... 131 00:07:05,772 --> 00:07:09,602 civil rights abuses, animal abuses, improper hiring... 132 00:07:09,708 --> 00:07:11,618 emotional distress, mental anguish. 133 00:07:11,724 --> 00:07:14,856 - Any of these go to court? - It's just a matter of time, Agent Booth. 134 00:07:14,956 --> 00:07:16,899 Hmm. You really hated that circus. 135 00:07:17,005 --> 00:07:21,064 They stole my daughters. I'll do anything to get back at them for that. 136 00:07:21,165 --> 00:07:24,165 - When did you last see your daughters? - Four months ago. 137 00:07:24,269 --> 00:07:27,139 - They told us to butt out of their lives. - Jenny did. 138 00:07:27,245 --> 00:07:29,133 If one of the girls wanted something... 139 00:07:29,229 --> 00:07:31,433 it was the same as both of 'em wanting it. 140 00:07:31,533 --> 00:07:33,475 If Jenny wanted something, then they both wanted it. 141 00:07:33,582 --> 00:07:36,265 Didn't matter what Julie wanted. 142 00:07:36,366 --> 00:07:38,406 I took a look at the remains... 143 00:07:38,510 --> 00:07:42,601 and I had to wonder if you ever considered having them surgically separated. 144 00:07:42,702 --> 00:07:44,742 It was too dangerous. 145 00:07:44,846 --> 00:07:47,781 - I disagree. - So did Jenny and Dr. Muir. 146 00:07:47,887 --> 00:07:51,814 Well, Julie and I thought it was too dangerous. 147 00:07:51,918 --> 00:07:55,693 Your daughters disagreed on whether or not they should be separated? 148 00:07:57,166 --> 00:07:59,370 Dr. Muir's office- here in Forth Worth? 149 00:08:01,230 --> 00:08:05,573 I'm sure you understand that my responses to your questions about the Van Owen sisters... 150 00:08:05,679 --> 00:08:07,948 is somewhat tempered by patient privilege. 151 00:08:08,047 --> 00:08:09,869 They're murder victims, right? 152 00:08:09,967 --> 00:08:11,789 Patient privilege no longer applies. 153 00:08:11,887 --> 00:08:14,854 Well, yes, of course. 154 00:08:14,959 --> 00:08:17,741 I've never- I've never had a patient murdered before. 155 00:08:17,839 --> 00:08:21,287 You thought that the twins could safely be separated? 156 00:08:21,391 --> 00:08:23,279 - Yes. - I agree. 157 00:08:23,375 --> 00:08:27,270 As did Jenny. But Julie and her mother disagreed. 158 00:08:27,375 --> 00:08:31,653 She and her... ambulance-chaser husband tried to sue me. 159 00:08:31,759 --> 00:08:33,766 - So how did you leave things? - Well, in the end... 160 00:08:33,872 --> 00:08:36,141 it didn't matter what the rest of us thought. 161 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:38,509 Julie and Jenny were gonna have to come to an agreement. 162 00:08:38,608 --> 00:08:41,259 I wonder if they thought they could continue... 163 00:08:41,359 --> 00:08:43,596 to work in the circus if they were separated. 164 00:08:43,696 --> 00:08:45,932 Well, they both loved the circus. 165 00:08:46,032 --> 00:08:47,854 Yeah, Jenny told me once... 166 00:08:47,952 --> 00:08:51,214 that they had some ideas on how to expand their act. 167 00:08:51,312 --> 00:08:55,207 Sounds like Jenny was the bossy one and Julie was a little nicer? 168 00:08:55,312 --> 00:08:58,444 Well, they were like any other sisters. 169 00:08:58,544 --> 00:09:02,407 They had distinct personalities and strengths. 170 00:09:02,513 --> 00:09:05,677 If there's anything else I can do to help the F.B.I.- 171 00:09:05,777 --> 00:09:07,184 Yeah. Tell you what. 172 00:09:07,281 --> 00:09:08,906 Send the records to the F.B.I. in Washington. 173 00:09:09,009 --> 00:09:11,497 - Why can't you simply take them with you? - We have another appointment. 174 00:09:11,601 --> 00:09:13,260 - Thank you for your cooperation. - Mm-hmm. 175 00:09:18,481 --> 00:09:21,350 The F.B.I. did a wonderful job with this trailer. 176 00:09:21,457 --> 00:09:23,977 Okay. Just lose the Katharine Hepburn voice. 177 00:09:24,081 --> 00:09:26,831 I'm just trying to find my character. You know, acting. 178 00:09:26,928 --> 00:09:30,573 Well, don't. It sounds ridiculous. Okay, Bones? 179 00:09:30,673 --> 00:09:32,582 What's my name there, Wanda? 180 00:09:32,689 --> 00:09:34,794 It's written right there on the side of the truck... 181 00:09:34,898 --> 00:09:36,807 which "high wire" is not. 182 00:09:36,914 --> 00:09:38,288 It's just sometimes you get irritated... 183 00:09:38,386 --> 00:09:39,793 and you say "Booth" without thinking. 184 00:09:39,890 --> 00:09:42,956 I don't do anything without thinking- ever, Buck. 185 00:09:49,682 --> 00:09:51,918 Buck and Wanda and Their Knives of Death, huh? 186 00:09:52,018 --> 00:09:53,229 Never heard of ya. 187 00:09:53,330 --> 00:09:56,429 We've worked the Pacific Northwest, Canada, Alaska. 188 00:09:56,531 --> 00:09:58,832 I guess that makes you the beautiful assistant then? 189 00:09:58,930 --> 00:10:01,232 Wanda. Yes. I'm also quite adept on the high wire. 190 00:10:01,331 --> 00:10:04,877 Well, I gotta admit it would be nice to have a knife-throwing act around. 191 00:10:04,978 --> 00:10:06,888 Yeah, well, folks, they love a little danger. 192 00:10:06,995 --> 00:10:09,451 - So what's your thing? - Our thing? 193 00:10:09,555 --> 00:10:12,970 Yeah. Your gimmick. You know, a cowboy and Indian princess. 194 00:10:13,075 --> 00:10:15,530 A pirate and kidnapped princess. 195 00:10:15,636 --> 00:10:18,091 A Jack the Ripper and... princess. 196 00:10:18,195 --> 00:10:20,879 - We're Russian. - Or the "cowboy and Indian princess" thing. 197 00:10:20,980 --> 00:10:23,281 No, no, no. The Russian thing sounds good. 198 00:10:23,379 --> 00:10:24,721 - It does? - Yeah. 199 00:10:24,820 --> 00:10:26,543 - Yeah. Okay, yeah. We are "Ruska. " - All right. 200 00:10:26,644 --> 00:10:28,532 Well, you do the first show for free... 201 00:10:28,627 --> 00:10:30,700 and, if I like you, then we talk payment. 202 00:10:34,644 --> 00:10:36,105 Wow. 203 00:10:37,524 --> 00:10:39,663 Uh, you-you ain't seen nothin' yet. 204 00:10:39,764 --> 00:10:42,316 Lavalle! 205 00:10:42,419 --> 00:10:44,492 You two ain't the first of May, are you? 206 00:10:44,595 --> 00:10:48,971 - No. In fact, we are not- - We are no first of May. 207 00:10:49,076 --> 00:10:51,443 This is Lavalle. He's our 24-hour man. 208 00:10:51,540 --> 00:10:54,639 Lavalle, meet Buck and Wanda Moosejaw. They do a barber act. 209 00:10:54,740 --> 00:10:58,156 - Moosejaw? What are you- Indian? - Canadian. 210 00:10:58,260 --> 00:11:01,195 Lavalle will show you where to park your digs. You can get ready for the show. 211 00:11:01,301 --> 00:11:03,505 - They any good? - How about that? 212 00:11:03,604 --> 00:11:06,157 Hell, being able to splinter a post don't make you a showman. 213 00:11:06,261 --> 00:11:09,742 We're show people, all right. You will be amazed. 214 00:11:09,845 --> 00:11:12,082 Ha! 215 00:11:16,693 --> 00:11:18,580 Russian? You had to pick Russian? 216 00:11:18,677 --> 00:11:20,979 Brilliant, right? It just popped into my head. 217 00:11:21,077 --> 00:11:23,794 Well, you know what? Don't pop things, Bones. 218 00:11:23,894 --> 00:11:26,382 - Sweets, what the hell is "the first of May?" - A newbie. 219 00:11:26,485 --> 00:11:28,340 A rookie. 220 00:11:28,438 --> 00:11:31,056 Why would a little person be referred to as a 24-hour man? 221 00:11:31,158 --> 00:11:33,067 Oh. Having a little trouble with the lingo, huh? 222 00:11:33,174 --> 00:11:34,701 He is the advance person. 223 00:11:34,806 --> 00:11:37,676 He goes to town ahead of the circus and sets everything up. 224 00:11:37,782 --> 00:11:40,717 If you like, I could e-mail you a lexicon. 225 00:11:40,823 --> 00:11:43,343 - Uh, I would certainly appreciate that. - Sure. 226 00:11:43,447 --> 00:11:45,389 Um, can I offer a piece of advice? 227 00:11:45,494 --> 00:11:47,382 Well, that's why we called you, Sweets. 228 00:11:47,479 --> 00:11:49,453 Don't try too hard to be their friends. 229 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,406 Act like you're more interested in each other than any of them. 230 00:11:52,502 --> 00:11:55,317 - All right? They will come to you. - Okay. Thanks, Sweets. 231 00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:58,481 So, uh, sex, right? 232 00:11:59,575 --> 00:12:03,187 - Oh. Good idea. - Okay. 233 00:12:03,287 --> 00:12:07,149 Okay, well, I think what we need to do is get a syncopated rhythm going... 234 00:12:07,254 --> 00:12:10,254 that takes advantage of the natural frequency of the springs. 235 00:12:10,359 --> 00:12:13,228 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Are you this spontaneous during real sex? 236 00:12:13,335 --> 00:12:15,026 Yes, I am. 237 00:12:20,023 --> 00:12:21,878 What do you think? 238 00:12:21,975 --> 00:12:26,285 Let's just hope they're as good outside the trailer as they are in. 239 00:12:26,392 --> 00:12:29,556 I'll give 'em good marks for staying power. 240 00:12:36,536 --> 00:12:39,536 - I don't know what this is. - I can try to balance it. 241 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:45,363 - Getting settled in, Moosejaw? - Yep. 242 00:12:45,464 --> 00:12:48,181 - Nice tent. Very- - It's a piece of crap. 243 00:12:48,281 --> 00:12:50,998 - Right. - Let's just pray there's no wind or rain. 244 00:12:51,097 --> 00:12:53,202 I'd hate for it to collapse on paying customers. 245 00:12:53,305 --> 00:12:56,272 There something we can help you with? 246 00:12:56,377 --> 00:12:59,311 - Aim me at the Van Owen sisters. - The Van Owen sisters? 247 00:12:59,417 --> 00:13:02,352 Yeah. Sisters. Jugglers. Julie and Jenny, joined at the hip, literally. 248 00:13:02,457 --> 00:13:05,239 Yeah, funny. How do you know 'em? 249 00:13:05,337 --> 00:13:07,923 They worked a carny up in Alaska last year. Nice kids. 250 00:13:08,026 --> 00:13:11,703 - Said they were coming down here to work at Bingham's. - I'm afraid you missed 'em. 251 00:13:11,801 --> 00:13:16,177 Uh, Julie and Jenny, they-they moved on. Well, when was it, Lavalle? 252 00:13:16,281 --> 00:13:18,583 Uh-After Petersburg, wasn't it? 253 00:13:18,682 --> 00:13:20,919 - Buck! - Wanda. 254 00:13:21,018 --> 00:13:23,157 Julie and Jenny don't work here anymore. 255 00:13:23,258 --> 00:13:25,145 - Where'd they go? - Well, you know what? 256 00:13:25,242 --> 00:13:28,820 I think I got a note in here somewhere from 'em that they left. 257 00:13:31,897 --> 00:13:35,443 "Thanks for everything. We loved working here. And we love all of you. 258 00:13:35,546 --> 00:13:38,480 "But we've decided to take another direction in our lives. 259 00:13:38,586 --> 00:13:40,593 You'll always be family. Love, Julie and Jenny. " 260 00:13:40,698 --> 00:13:42,738 - That doesn't sound like them. - Well, it sounds like Julie. 261 00:13:42,842 --> 00:13:45,876 - Not Jenny? - Well, maybe they were forced to leave under duress. 262 00:13:45,979 --> 00:13:48,117 Listen to the five-dollar words the target can use. 263 00:13:48,218 --> 00:13:50,073 She likes to read the dictionary. 264 00:13:50,171 --> 00:13:53,619 - Tough girl, Jenny. - Yeah. The rubes sure loved 'em. 265 00:13:53,722 --> 00:13:56,144 Them quitting probably hurt your box office. 266 00:13:56,250 --> 00:14:00,179 Sweetheart, I got nothing but trouble at the box office. 267 00:14:00,283 --> 00:14:02,869 Yeah, I'm sure we'll run into the girls somewhere or another. 268 00:14:02,971 --> 00:14:05,360 I mean, there's not many circuses anymore, right? 269 00:14:05,467 --> 00:14:07,028 Food's ready in the mess tent. 270 00:14:07,131 --> 00:14:09,684 If you two can drag yourselves out of your trailer... 271 00:14:09,787 --> 00:14:12,787 I'll, um, introduce you to the rest of the gang. 272 00:14:12,891 --> 00:14:15,161 "Duress"? Real smart. Don't use those kind of words. 273 00:14:15,259 --> 00:14:18,009 - What? Why? Just because I'm in a carnival- - Oh, forget it. 274 00:14:18,108 --> 00:14:21,621 doesn't mean I can't read books and have a good vocabular- 275 00:14:31,772 --> 00:14:35,350 Is it more impressive that they can do that joined at the hip, or less? 276 00:14:35,453 --> 00:14:38,552 Twins die an average of 10 years apart... 277 00:14:38,652 --> 00:14:41,042 even when they are genetically identical. 278 00:14:41,149 --> 00:14:45,273 - Not helpful. - Ah. X-rays from the twins' doctor in Dallas. 279 00:14:45,373 --> 00:14:48,853 Okay, notice the antemortem bone lesion in the carpal capitate... 280 00:14:48,957 --> 00:14:51,990 suggesting a stab wound on the hand. 281 00:14:52,093 --> 00:14:54,711 - Did you see the video? They were juggling machetes. 282 00:14:54,813 --> 00:14:58,554 I found particulates of magnesium carbonate on both girls. 283 00:14:58,652 --> 00:15:01,140 Do you have any fascinating trivia on that subject? 284 00:15:01,245 --> 00:15:05,369 - One man's trivia is another man's wisdom. - Mm-hmm. 285 00:15:05,468 --> 00:15:10,651 It's a chalk- used in flooring, fireproofing, cosmetics, toothpaste and laxatives. 286 00:15:10,749 --> 00:15:13,116 Obviously, we are on the lookout for a clean-toothed... 287 00:15:13,213 --> 00:15:16,442 eye shadow-wearing, constipated contractor. 288 00:15:16,541 --> 00:15:18,516 Wow. 289 00:15:18,621 --> 00:15:21,938 Brennan sent a photograph of the note the twins left at the circus. 290 00:15:22,045 --> 00:15:24,434 How long will it take you to analyze it? 291 00:15:24,542 --> 00:15:27,509 I found something pretty interesting just by looking at it. 292 00:15:27,614 --> 00:15:30,265 - You said Jenny was the left-handed twin. - Yes. 293 00:15:30,366 --> 00:15:33,683 Correct. The smudges and the slants on the letter indicate... 294 00:15:33,790 --> 00:15:36,987 that the note was written by the left-handed twin. 295 00:15:37,087 --> 00:15:40,567 On a standard keyboard, there are over 3,000 words... 296 00:15:40,671 --> 00:15:42,973 that can be touch-typed with the left hand alone. 297 00:15:43,070 --> 00:15:44,893 It's not typed. It's handwritten. 298 00:15:44,990 --> 00:15:46,878 How many can be typed with the right hand? 299 00:15:46,975 --> 00:15:49,910 450. Thank you ever so much for asking me. 300 00:15:50,015 --> 00:15:52,187 - Please don't encourage him. - Uh-huh. 301 00:15:52,287 --> 00:15:55,135 The point is, "Jenny" was signed with the right hand... 302 00:15:55,232 --> 00:15:57,621 while "Julie'"signed the note with the left. 303 00:16:00,255 --> 00:16:02,557 This note was obviously not written by them, guys. 304 00:16:03,776 --> 00:16:05,915 It's fake. 305 00:16:09,376 --> 00:16:12,126 Oh! Look at them, huh? Clowns. 306 00:16:12,224 --> 00:16:15,769 Well, the psychiatric term for fear of clowns is coulrophobia. 307 00:16:15,872 --> 00:16:18,622 It's not fear. It's hate. Okay? Big difference. 308 00:16:18,721 --> 00:16:20,957 - You mind? - Sure. Have a seat. 309 00:16:21,057 --> 00:16:25,529 Buck, Wanda, this is Magnum the Strong Man, and this is Madam Nina. 310 00:16:25,632 --> 00:16:29,407 - Oh, are those your legal names? - Is Wanda yours? 311 00:16:29,504 --> 00:16:32,024 Buck and Wanda, they knew Jenny and Julie. 312 00:16:32,128 --> 00:16:35,706 - I miss those girls. - We all do. 313 00:16:35,809 --> 00:16:37,849 - Ah, not the clowns. - Why is that? 314 00:16:37,952 --> 00:16:41,433 The girls were trying a new act. Borrowed some of the clowns' equipment without asking. 315 00:16:41,536 --> 00:16:43,424 They should've stuck to juggling. 316 00:16:43,521 --> 00:16:45,408 They were just trying to help save the circus. 317 00:16:45,505 --> 00:16:48,734 Well, they wanted more time in front of the audience. 318 00:16:48,833 --> 00:16:51,167 Not Julie. She wanted to spend more time with her boyfriend. 319 00:16:51,265 --> 00:16:55,291 - Julie had a boyfriend? - But her sister was literally right beside her all the time. 320 00:16:55,393 --> 00:16:57,914 People can't help who they fall in love with. 321 00:16:59,906 --> 00:17:02,753 When you fall in love with an outsider, that's the end of circus life. 322 00:17:02,849 --> 00:17:05,435 - Who was it? - He was a gillie. 323 00:17:05,537 --> 00:17:07,643 - What's a gillie? - A gillie's an outsider. 324 00:17:10,050 --> 00:17:12,832 So one of the girls had a boyfriend- Booth, you're sitting on my clothes. 325 00:17:12,930 --> 00:17:14,818 I'm sorry, but it's kind of tight in here. 326 00:17:14,914 --> 00:17:18,111 - Which is why you shouldn't throw your underwear on the floor. - They fell. 327 00:17:18,210 --> 00:17:21,276 No. Don't blame gravity for lack of tidiness. 328 00:17:21,379 --> 00:17:25,241 - Is there only one bed there? - Wait. Can we please hit "Rewind"? 329 00:17:25,346 --> 00:17:27,768 - One of the girls had a boyfriend? - Yes. 330 00:17:27,874 --> 00:17:29,729 Only one of them? 331 00:17:29,826 --> 00:17:31,866 I mean, how do they- 332 00:17:31,971 --> 00:17:34,556 You know, when they're- I just don't see physically how they- 333 00:17:34,659 --> 00:17:36,547 Okay, look, that's not the issue. 334 00:17:36,643 --> 00:17:38,815 Just take that image out of your mind... 335 00:17:38,915 --> 00:17:41,599 and pretend that they are separate individuals and ask yourself... 336 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:45,377 if you found anything that suggested a relationship. 337 00:17:45,476 --> 00:17:47,362 - Hodgins. - Huh? 338 00:17:47,459 --> 00:17:50,176 Yeah. Sorry. Still working on the "mind picture eradication" thing. 339 00:17:50,275 --> 00:17:53,308 Did you find anything on one of the sisters... 340 00:17:53,411 --> 00:17:55,299 that you didn't find present on the other? 341 00:17:55,395 --> 00:17:57,915 Uh, yeah. Actually, yeah, I did. 342 00:17:58,020 --> 00:18:02,275 Uh, residue of polyelectrolyte polymers under the fingernails of Julie and not Jenny. 343 00:18:02,371 --> 00:18:05,600 - It's polyvinylpyrrolidone. - What is that? Makeup? 344 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:07,489 It's not makeup. It's hair gel. 345 00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:09,954 Seems that Julie was running her fingers through someone's hair. 346 00:18:10,051 --> 00:18:12,473 - Julie was the one with the boyfriend? - Can you identify a brand? 347 00:18:12,579 --> 00:18:15,449 No. But it would smell a lot like sandalwood. 348 00:18:15,555 --> 00:18:18,403 Oh. Smooth Sure Powerhold. 349 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:22,428 Uh, yeah, that's definitely on the list of possible products. Yeah. 350 00:18:22,532 --> 00:18:26,427 Dr. Muir was wearing a ton of hair gel. It smelled just like sandalwood. 351 00:18:26,532 --> 00:18:29,761 What? Son of a barber, okay? I know my traditional hair products. 352 00:18:29,860 --> 00:18:32,249 So Julie was having an affair with Dr. Muir? 353 00:18:32,357 --> 00:18:35,292 If we leave now, we can question them and be back in a couple of hours. 354 00:18:35,397 --> 00:18:39,074 No. Not in this thing. And we have a show. We can't be late. 355 00:18:39,173 --> 00:18:41,278 You know, we're not circus performers, okay? We solve murders. 356 00:18:41,381 --> 00:18:43,966 Yeah. We're undercover murder-solvers. 357 00:18:44,069 --> 00:18:46,720 - If we don't make it back in time, we'll blow our cover. - Tell you what. 358 00:18:46,822 --> 00:18:49,277 I will search for a faster vehicle, all right? 359 00:18:49,381 --> 00:18:52,448 Oh, but first, I gotta go scavenge some Russian costumes... 360 00:18:52,549 --> 00:18:54,818 because somebody said we did a Russian act. 361 00:18:54,917 --> 00:18:56,957 It was a great idea. 362 00:18:57,062 --> 00:18:59,582 Dr. Brennan, if you do have to perform... 363 00:18:59,686 --> 00:19:02,588 any chance that you could set up a webcam so we could watch? 364 00:19:02,695 --> 00:19:06,077 You know, to see if we might be of any help with the case, I mean. 365 00:19:06,183 --> 00:19:08,157 Yeah. Absolutely. Anything to help. 366 00:19:08,262 --> 00:19:10,335 Yes! 367 00:19:12,453 --> 00:19:15,137 - Did you bring our real clothes? - Yes. They're in the bag. 368 00:19:15,237 --> 00:19:17,060 Where did you learn to drive this thing? 369 00:19:17,158 --> 00:19:18,980 You're kidding me, right? I'm a cop. 370 00:19:21,638 --> 00:19:23,940 We should really talk about our act. 371 00:19:24,038 --> 00:19:29,276 Two complementary fractures on each of the victims' craniums. 372 00:19:29,382 --> 00:19:31,968 - Like their heads were cracked together? - Interesting fact. 373 00:19:32,070 --> 00:19:34,918 - Yes. But is it pertinent? - Indeed. 374 00:19:35,015 --> 00:19:37,633 In the fraternity of forensic anthropologists... 375 00:19:37,735 --> 00:19:39,622 these are known as "kissing fractures. " 376 00:19:39,719 --> 00:19:41,607 So heads knocked together is the cause of death? 377 00:19:41,703 --> 00:19:45,315 Little known fact- there were actually six men known as the Three Stooges. 378 00:19:45,415 --> 00:19:48,285 So we're going with the Three Stooges as the cause of death? 379 00:19:48,391 --> 00:19:50,660 Such would be my inclination. 380 00:19:52,743 --> 00:19:55,427 I'll let you pass that nugget on to Dr. Brennan... 381 00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:57,415 when you tell her about the fractures. 382 00:20:01,415 --> 00:20:03,390 I already sent off the girls' medical records. 383 00:20:03,496 --> 00:20:05,383 I'm not sure how else I can help you. 384 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:07,455 I want to run my fingers through your hair. 385 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:09,568 Why? 386 00:20:09,672 --> 00:20:12,356 To prove you were in a sexual relationship with Julie Van Owen. 387 00:20:12,456 --> 00:20:14,977 And running your fingers through my hair will prove that? 388 00:20:15,081 --> 00:20:17,186 - Yeah. - Look Dr. Brennan up on the Internet. 389 00:20:17,288 --> 00:20:20,355 She's getting very famous for this kind of stuff. 390 00:20:20,457 --> 00:20:22,912 You're not gonna understand this. 391 00:20:23,017 --> 00:20:25,254 - You had a threesome. - Absolutely not. 392 00:20:25,353 --> 00:20:29,347 I dated Jenny first, and then I fell in love with Julie. 393 00:20:29,450 --> 00:20:31,392 Jenny didn't really like that. 394 00:20:31,497 --> 00:20:34,018 That's why he recommended separating the twins. 395 00:20:34,121 --> 00:20:37,601 Well, that's not true. My recommendation was totally objective. 396 00:20:37,704 --> 00:20:39,527 Maybe the mother found out and sued his whole life away. 397 00:20:39,625 --> 00:20:43,367 - Which is the only reason we kept the relationship a secret. - Relationship? 398 00:20:43,465 --> 00:20:45,799 - Sexual relationship? - How? 399 00:20:45,897 --> 00:20:48,614 Well, when you were- I'm trying to understand. 400 00:20:48,713 --> 00:20:52,357 - When, uh, you and Julie- - The girls had separate genitalia. 401 00:20:52,457 --> 00:20:54,530 A fair amount of privacy could be achieved... 402 00:20:54,633 --> 00:20:57,895 by an eye mask and an MP3 player turned up very loud. 403 00:20:57,994 --> 00:21:01,442 Julie liked the Kings of Leon. Jenny liked Maroon 5. 404 00:21:01,545 --> 00:21:06,117 The American Medical Association is going to take away your license. 405 00:21:06,218 --> 00:21:08,422 - Yeah. That's a motive for murder. - We should arrest him. 406 00:21:08,522 --> 00:21:10,049 Wait. On what charges? 407 00:21:10,154 --> 00:21:11,976 Definitely positive for the "suspicion of murder" thing. 408 00:21:12,074 --> 00:21:14,082 But you know, the, uh- 409 00:21:14,186 --> 00:21:16,772 The other thing is just, uh- It's, well, confusing. 410 00:21:25,931 --> 00:21:28,484 Can you go faster? We'll miss the show. 411 00:21:28,587 --> 00:21:31,075 No. We're making great time, Bones. All right? Relax. 412 00:21:31,179 --> 00:21:33,798 - All right, a little help there. The phone's ringing. 413 00:21:33,899 --> 00:21:36,266 - I'm kind of busy. - Oh, okay. Should we talk about our act? 414 00:21:36,363 --> 00:21:38,818 - We need costumes. - We don't need the Russian costumes, all right? 415 00:21:38,924 --> 00:21:41,771 - We're dropping the act. - What? You could throw knives, I thought. 416 00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:44,584 Yeah, I know we can. But we caught the bad guy, all right? 417 00:21:44,684 --> 00:21:47,783 We don't need to go undercover. What are you doing- digging for loose change? 418 00:21:47,884 --> 00:21:49,891 Oh! Got it. 419 00:21:49,996 --> 00:21:52,297 Special Agent Seeley Booth's phone. 420 00:21:52,396 --> 00:21:54,284 Dr. Temperance Brennan speaking. 421 00:21:55,340 --> 00:21:57,228 Dallas field office. It's for you. 422 00:21:57,324 --> 00:21:59,211 Yeah, of course it is. It's my phone. 423 00:21:59,308 --> 00:22:02,373 - Well, then ask them what they want. - What is this about, please? 424 00:22:02,475 --> 00:22:04,712 They say that all of Dr. Muir's alibis checked out... 425 00:22:04,811 --> 00:22:06,699 and they can't hold him for murder. 426 00:22:06,796 --> 00:22:08,683 Whoa. He didn't kill the twins? 427 00:22:08,780 --> 00:22:12,741 He couldn't have driven all the way to the Texas-Oklahoma border during that time. 428 00:22:12,844 --> 00:22:16,390 Now could we talk about our act? I do know a few words in Russian. 429 00:22:16,492 --> 00:22:18,664 Oh, no. 430 00:22:20,844 --> 00:22:23,594 Vincent provided me with the approximate forces it would take... 431 00:22:23,693 --> 00:22:26,060 to cause the kissing fractures to the twins' skulls. 432 00:22:26,157 --> 00:22:28,775 Approximately 300 pounds per square inch. 433 00:22:28,877 --> 00:22:31,299 Which is, by the way, the same as a pit bull's bite. 434 00:22:31,405 --> 00:22:34,918 - Were they attacked by a pit bull? - Not a likely scenario, no. 435 00:22:35,021 --> 00:22:36,995 See how this works, Mr. Nigel-Murray? 436 00:22:37,101 --> 00:22:39,043 A kind of mental winnowing process. 437 00:22:39,150 --> 00:22:41,768 Okay, scenario number one. 438 00:22:41,870 --> 00:22:44,204 Whiplash. 439 00:22:44,302 --> 00:22:46,822 - No. - No? 440 00:22:46,926 --> 00:22:50,309 There'd be evidence of trauma in the vertebrae as well. 441 00:22:50,414 --> 00:22:54,124 - Excellent mental winnowing. - Okay, scenario number two. 442 00:22:54,222 --> 00:22:56,109 A fall. 443 00:22:57,903 --> 00:23:01,896 No. The rest of the skeleton would've showed evidence of the fall. 444 00:23:01,998 --> 00:23:03,525 Scenario number three. 445 00:23:03,630 --> 00:23:05,453 They're assaulted separately by a weapon. 446 00:23:09,071 --> 00:23:10,697 That's possible. 447 00:23:10,798 --> 00:23:13,798 - Oh, no. Actually, it's not. - Why not? 448 00:23:13,903 --> 00:23:16,424 Well, because the wounds are absolutely symmetrical here. 449 00:23:16,527 --> 00:23:19,211 The possibility of an assailant striking them separately... 450 00:23:19,311 --> 00:23:22,628 at the exact same angle, with the exact same force- it ain't gonna happen. 451 00:23:22,735 --> 00:23:26,664 Okay. Well, the heads could've been conked together. 452 00:23:28,430 --> 00:23:30,535 There'd be evidence on the soft tissue of the face. 453 00:23:30,639 --> 00:23:32,428 No. There was no soft tissue left. 454 00:23:32,527 --> 00:23:36,138 What if the blunt instrument was soft? 455 00:23:36,239 --> 00:23:38,727 What, like a pillow? 456 00:23:38,832 --> 00:23:40,806 Oh, wait a second. 457 00:23:40,911 --> 00:23:43,693 Clown props. 458 00:23:43,791 --> 00:23:47,140 - I'll call Booth and Dr. Brennan. - Nice. 459 00:23:48,432 --> 00:23:51,247 When Cortez conquered the Aztecs... 460 00:23:51,344 --> 00:23:53,166 clowns were among the many treasures... 461 00:23:53,264 --> 00:23:55,817 he carried back to Clement VII. 462 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,341 Thank you. That's- 463 00:24:01,584 --> 00:24:03,559 Ah! 464 00:24:03,664 --> 00:24:05,803 - You ready? - Yes. 465 00:24:05,905 --> 00:24:08,523 Ready to throw knives at beautiful woman. 466 00:24:08,625 --> 00:24:11,342 - Not "at," I hope. - Right. No, of course. 467 00:24:11,441 --> 00:24:13,513 Ha-ha. Around. 468 00:24:13,617 --> 00:24:17,065 Wow! Wanda. You-You look- 469 00:24:17,169 --> 00:24:19,591 - Wow. - You too, uh, Boris. 470 00:24:19,697 --> 00:24:22,032 You make beautiful Natasha. 471 00:24:22,130 --> 00:24:24,366 Man, you act like this is the first time you've done this. 472 00:24:24,465 --> 00:24:28,109 - Yeah, well, we like to keep things fresh. - So I've seen. 473 00:24:28,209 --> 00:24:30,413 Okay. So, um- 474 00:24:30,514 --> 00:24:33,678 I stand against a board, right, with balloons all around me... 475 00:24:33,778 --> 00:24:36,593 and then you pop them with your razor-sharp knives? 476 00:24:36,689 --> 00:24:40,367 Right. Unless we do our actual job and find the murder weapon. 477 00:24:40,466 --> 00:24:43,249 - What's with the mustache? - I thought it would add a nice Russian flair. 478 00:24:43,346 --> 00:24:46,696 - It looks like a small animal. - Too short. 479 00:24:46,802 --> 00:24:50,577 There's a giant plastic ice-cream cone, a giant plastic shoe... 480 00:24:50,675 --> 00:24:54,122 a giant plastic phone, a giant plastic- 481 00:24:54,225 --> 00:24:56,746 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 482 00:24:56,849 --> 00:24:58,737 Mind telling me what you're doing here? 483 00:24:58,834 --> 00:25:01,583 Oh, what, you gonna play tough? You're clowns, right? 484 00:25:01,682 --> 00:25:04,911 - I throw knives. - Let's kick his ass. 485 00:25:05,010 --> 00:25:08,785 - Yeah, bring it on, Bozo. - Uh, we're just looking for a prop. That's all. 486 00:25:08,882 --> 00:25:12,908 Buck here is going to knock this nose off my face with a knife. 487 00:25:13,011 --> 00:25:16,623 Why does everyone think the clown stuff is there for everyone? 488 00:25:16,723 --> 00:25:19,472 - This is our stuff. - Let's kick his ass, you guys. 489 00:25:19,571 --> 00:25:22,637 Traditionally, clowns are fun loving and anarchistic. 490 00:25:22,739 --> 00:25:26,351 - You are rigid and humorless. - Let's kick both their asses! 491 00:25:26,452 --> 00:25:28,753 You better have your biggest ass-kicking shoes on. 492 00:25:28,851 --> 00:25:30,859 Stop! 493 00:25:32,308 --> 00:25:34,544 If y'all want to have a Clem, that's your business. 494 00:25:34,643 --> 00:25:36,683 But after the show. 495 00:25:39,924 --> 00:25:43,917 - Tumbles, I'm serious. - Your call. 496 00:25:44,020 --> 00:25:47,184 - All right. Let's go, guys. - Not so funny now, eh, Tumbles? 497 00:25:48,533 --> 00:25:50,355 That's enough, Moosejaw. 498 00:25:50,453 --> 00:25:53,998 We're lining up. You two damn well better be ready. 499 00:25:54,100 --> 00:25:57,264 - Thinks he's so big. - I'm ready. How about you? 500 00:25:57,365 --> 00:26:00,496 - Yeah, I'm ready. Oh, God. Bones. - Oh! My eye. 501 00:26:00,597 --> 00:26:02,637 - You okay? - I'm okay. 502 00:26:02,740 --> 00:26:04,944 Well, we can't do the show now. 503 00:26:05,045 --> 00:26:08,144 What? No. The show must go on. 504 00:26:09,397 --> 00:26:10,892 Says who? 505 00:26:13,525 --> 00:26:17,867 Ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages... 506 00:26:17,973 --> 00:26:20,656 welcome to Bingham's Circus of Wonders... 507 00:26:20,757 --> 00:26:23,375 the most sensational, death-defying... 508 00:26:23,477 --> 00:26:26,892 one-ring spectacular on earth! 509 00:26:29,110 --> 00:26:32,590 Here they come! Yea! 510 00:26:35,830 --> 00:26:37,717 Hoo, hoo-hoo-hoo! 511 00:26:41,590 --> 00:26:43,216 Hello, hello! 512 00:26:44,918 --> 00:26:46,380 Hey, hey! 513 00:26:49,558 --> 00:26:52,657 Good day! Good day! 514 00:26:55,575 --> 00:26:57,429 They're clapping for us. 515 00:26:57,526 --> 00:26:59,828 Smile, Boris, and wave. 516 00:26:59,927 --> 00:27:02,447 Show them your knives. Come on. 517 00:27:02,551 --> 00:27:04,307 Where's the Buck Moosejaw I married? 518 00:27:13,815 --> 00:27:16,117 Bonjour, mes amis! 519 00:27:17,527 --> 00:27:19,021 Hey. 520 00:27:19,128 --> 00:27:22,674 - Hey. I got props. - Props? For what? 521 00:27:22,775 --> 00:27:24,750 Props. Objects for you to throw knives at. 522 00:27:24,855 --> 00:27:27,506 No, no. You are going to stand against the board- still. 523 00:27:27,608 --> 00:27:30,456 I am gonna throw knives around you, but not too close. 524 00:27:30,552 --> 00:27:32,440 That does not sound like a very good act. 525 00:27:32,536 --> 00:27:34,675 I'm sure the crowd is expecting a lot more than that. 526 00:27:34,776 --> 00:27:38,224 There is no act, remember? There's just me trying not to kill you. 527 00:27:38,329 --> 00:27:41,711 You said you were very good- trained in knife skills by the military. 528 00:27:41,817 --> 00:27:44,751 Oh, I am very good, but it's you I am concerned for. 529 00:27:44,855 --> 00:27:48,434 Well, if you say you're skilled, then I have no reason to doubt you, do I? 530 00:27:48,536 --> 00:27:52,213 You know, it's not good for the barbers to fight before a show. 531 00:27:53,336 --> 00:27:55,409 Those things are sharp. 532 00:27:55,513 --> 00:27:58,862 Let's just get through this, all right, Mrs. Moosejaw? 533 00:27:58,968 --> 00:28:00,627 Okay. 534 00:28:02,937 --> 00:28:04,944 Look at that. 535 00:28:05,049 --> 00:28:07,569 The clowns are using those fake barbells. 536 00:28:10,905 --> 00:28:12,793 One of them could've clocked the twins... 537 00:28:12,889 --> 00:28:14,712 and smashed their heads together. 538 00:28:14,809 --> 00:28:17,079 The bar joining the foam weights together, it's too short. 539 00:28:17,177 --> 00:28:21,040 The fulcrum wouldn't give any of them sufficient force to cause a kissing fracture. 540 00:28:21,145 --> 00:28:23,567 They're clowns. They have their ways. 541 00:28:23,673 --> 00:28:25,845 Folks, thanks a lot. See you later on. 542 00:28:25,945 --> 00:28:28,334 - You're up. - And now... 543 00:28:28,442 --> 00:28:32,817 direct from their triumphant tour of Europe and the Far East... 544 00:28:32,922 --> 00:28:37,778 Bingham's Circus of Wonders is proud to present the razor-sharp skills... 545 00:28:37,882 --> 00:28:40,817 of the most thrilling, the most breathtaking... 546 00:28:40,922 --> 00:28:44,785 the most dangerous knife-throwing act in the world. 547 00:28:44,890 --> 00:28:48,884 Boris and Natasha and Their Russian Knives of Death! 548 00:28:56,763 --> 00:29:00,211 - Huh. What's up with Brennan's eye? - Eye patch. That's very rakish. 549 00:29:00,315 --> 00:29:02,355 Plus, she only has to be half as scared. 550 00:29:04,380 --> 00:29:08,602 Bones, just keep your arms outstretched like this, okay? 551 00:29:08,699 --> 00:29:10,673 - Be very, very still. - Okay. 552 00:29:10,779 --> 00:29:14,227 - Shouldn't the balloons be closer to my body? - Not if you want to live. 553 00:29:25,659 --> 00:29:27,415 Waah! 554 00:29:50,045 --> 00:29:53,361 That was amazing! That was really amazing! 555 00:30:17,918 --> 00:30:19,958 - Oh! - Whoo! 556 00:30:22,142 --> 00:30:25,590 Da! Da! 557 00:30:25,694 --> 00:30:28,061 Natasha's balloons are no match... 558 00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:31,988 for Boris's Knives of Death! 559 00:30:32,095 --> 00:30:36,185 Ah! Da! Hmm. 560 00:30:37,950 --> 00:30:40,634 - Ah! - Hmm? 561 00:30:44,094 --> 00:30:49,113 Boris. Moya Lyubov. Spare the life of your Lyubov. 562 00:30:51,966 --> 00:30:53,624 Da. 563 00:30:56,575 --> 00:30:58,942 Definitely. Da. 564 00:31:00,287 --> 00:31:02,873 Are they sure they know what they're doing? 565 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,502 Oh! 566 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,764 Hey! 567 00:31:20,863 --> 00:31:23,351 You really are as good as you said. You should try a blindfold. 568 00:31:23,456 --> 00:31:25,343 Says the half-blind woman. 569 00:31:38,177 --> 00:31:40,697 Is it me, or does she seem a little too into this? 570 00:31:40,801 --> 00:31:43,484 Well, there is, of course, a sexual component to an act of this sort. 571 00:31:43,585 --> 00:31:45,276 - The knife representing- - We get it. 572 00:31:45,377 --> 00:31:49,086 Dr. Brennan is showing remarkable trust and willingness. 573 00:31:49,185 --> 00:31:51,008 Be careful! 574 00:31:51,105 --> 00:31:52,960 She's only got one eye left! 575 00:31:53,057 --> 00:31:55,839 Da! Da! 576 00:32:35,042 --> 00:32:38,271 Well, how about that! Let's hear it for 'em, folks. 577 00:32:38,371 --> 00:32:42,649 Boris the Brave and the knee-knockingly lovely Natasha! 578 00:32:42,755 --> 00:32:45,122 Come, Boris. 579 00:32:47,459 --> 00:32:49,598 Let 'em hear it, folks. 580 00:32:49,699 --> 00:32:52,317 They loved us. You were great. 581 00:32:52,419 --> 00:32:55,102 Superb hand-eye coordination there, Buckie. 582 00:32:55,203 --> 00:32:59,578 - I could've killed you. - Therein lies the excitement for the spectators. 583 00:32:59,684 --> 00:33:05,151 Our own superstrong Mighty Magnum! 584 00:33:05,252 --> 00:33:06,747 - My God. - What? 585 00:33:06,852 --> 00:33:09,634 Magnum. Look. 586 00:33:13,124 --> 00:33:16,124 He definitely has the upper-body strength to swing a foam barbell... 587 00:33:16,228 --> 00:33:18,367 hard enough to cause those fractures. 588 00:33:18,468 --> 00:33:20,705 Check out those arms of steel! 589 00:33:22,981 --> 00:33:27,006 - Hey there, big guy. You got a minute? - For what? 590 00:33:27,108 --> 00:33:30,457 I want to ask you a question about my friends, Julie and Jenny. 591 00:33:30,564 --> 00:33:33,881 Look, this is getting old. Now, I told you. 592 00:33:33,988 --> 00:33:37,469 They were here. They left. That's all I know. Check with some other circuses maybe. 593 00:33:37,572 --> 00:33:40,420 - They're dead. But you knew that, didn't you? - Dead? 594 00:33:40,517 --> 00:33:44,772 - What are you talking about? - Their heads were smashed together, weren't they? 595 00:33:49,605 --> 00:33:51,710 - Oh! - Oh! Geez. 596 00:33:51,813 --> 00:33:54,748 - That guy is strong. - Well, he is called a "strong man. " 597 00:33:54,853 --> 00:33:58,017 - Well, help me get out of this. - I'm trying to get out. 598 00:34:01,574 --> 00:34:04,061 Look, I want to put a BOLO on this guy right away. 599 00:34:04,166 --> 00:34:08,094 Magnum the Strong Man. Real name- Norman von Gluck. 600 00:34:08,198 --> 00:34:11,100 Well, of course he's big. He's a strong man. 601 00:34:11,206 --> 00:34:13,093 Look, he's wearing a tank top that says "Magnum. " 602 00:34:13,190 --> 00:34:15,078 He shouldn't be too hard to spot. 603 00:34:15,174 --> 00:34:18,306 Mr. Nigel-Murray has found some additional bone anomalies. 604 00:34:18,407 --> 00:34:22,116 - Can you explain? - "Anomaly," from the Greek anomalos. 605 00:34:22,214 --> 00:34:25,182 I'm thinking we could move this along a bit faster, Mr. Nigel-Murray. 606 00:34:25,287 --> 00:34:28,800 I found slight longitudinal fractures... 607 00:34:28,903 --> 00:34:31,903 along the distal ends of all four lower leg bones... 608 00:34:32,007 --> 00:34:33,895 and stress fractures on the cuboids. 609 00:34:33,991 --> 00:34:36,544 Fractures to the lower legs and feet. 610 00:34:36,647 --> 00:34:39,364 Does the guy torture 'em first? Rubber hose to the feet? 611 00:34:39,463 --> 00:34:42,627 That wouldn't be consistent with the injuries which are isolated to those specific areas. 612 00:34:42,727 --> 00:34:44,615 Can you send me the X-rays? 613 00:34:44,711 --> 00:34:46,599 - The X-rays are- - They're on their way. 614 00:34:46,696 --> 00:34:48,517 I was more than capable of telling her that. 615 00:34:48,615 --> 00:34:51,365 I was afraid you'd start talking about Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen... 616 00:34:51,462 --> 00:34:52,989 and the discovery of the X-ray. 617 00:34:53,095 --> 00:34:56,357 November the 8th, 1895. He made an image of his wife's hand- 618 00:34:56,455 --> 00:34:59,903 I rest my case. By the way, we all loved your show. 619 00:35:00,007 --> 00:35:02,079 Oh, thank you. Did you hear the cheering? 620 00:35:02,183 --> 00:35:04,605 - Eh, it was all for me. - Booth was undeniably good. 621 00:35:04,711 --> 00:35:07,646 However, he's not very imaginative as far as the act goes. 622 00:35:07,751 --> 00:35:11,526 Look, there is a difference between imagination and tempting fate. 623 00:35:11,623 --> 00:35:13,729 I am just asking for a little flair. 624 00:35:13,832 --> 00:35:15,720 Flair? You want flair- 625 00:35:15,816 --> 00:35:18,370 - Can I ask about the eye? - No. 626 00:35:18,472 --> 00:35:21,090 I was thinking that I could wear a hat of fruit... 627 00:35:21,192 --> 00:35:23,647 and then you could slice through each fruit while- 628 00:35:23,752 --> 00:35:26,207 Bones, it's over. No more undercover. 629 00:35:26,313 --> 00:35:29,095 The act, it's over. 630 00:35:32,073 --> 00:35:36,034 We have to go question the other performers. 631 00:35:36,137 --> 00:35:38,024 Right. 632 00:35:39,305 --> 00:35:41,672 Hey. 633 00:35:41,769 --> 00:35:43,973 You two want to explain what happened with Magnum? 634 00:35:44,073 --> 00:35:46,080 - He trapped us in the net. - For no reason? 635 00:35:46,185 --> 00:35:48,160 - We asked him about the twins. - Asked what? 636 00:35:48,265 --> 00:35:50,600 If he knew anything about how they died. 637 00:35:53,834 --> 00:35:56,038 - You want us to take care of this? - Settle. 638 00:35:56,138 --> 00:35:58,594 - Who are you people? - F.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth. 639 00:35:58,698 --> 00:36:02,047 And Dr. Temperance Brennan of the Jeffersonian Institution. 640 00:36:02,154 --> 00:36:04,041 Okay, uh, the Van Owen twins were murdered. 641 00:36:04,138 --> 00:36:06,211 Our prime suspect right now is Magnum. 642 00:36:06,314 --> 00:36:08,224 He had the requisite strength. 643 00:36:08,330 --> 00:36:12,356 - Magnum never killed anyone. - People, can you please come back now? 644 00:36:12,459 --> 00:36:14,531 - Tell them to come back. - None of us are gonna help you. 645 00:36:14,633 --> 00:36:18,463 - Don't you care what happened to the twins? - You aren't one of us. 646 00:36:18,570 --> 00:36:21,669 You don't get it, do you? How could you? You're gillies. 647 00:36:21,770 --> 00:36:24,836 No. No. We're not gillies. Our act was good. 648 00:36:24,939 --> 00:36:27,524 Yeah. You're gillies. 649 00:36:29,323 --> 00:36:31,908 - Right. - We have no case. 650 00:36:32,011 --> 00:36:33,833 Yeah. We will when we bring Magnum in. 651 00:36:33,931 --> 00:36:37,608 We have no definitive forensics tying him or anyone else to the murder. 652 00:36:37,707 --> 00:36:40,074 You will when you get back to the lab. You'll find evidence. 653 00:36:40,171 --> 00:36:43,848 The "boneus maximus" will have his initials on it or something. 654 00:36:46,027 --> 00:36:49,737 I really was pretty good on the high wire. 655 00:36:50,860 --> 00:36:54,155 - I'm gonna try it. - No- Up there? Now? 656 00:36:54,251 --> 00:36:56,935 Wait a second. Bones, no. You will-You'll fall. It's too high. 657 00:36:57,035 --> 00:37:00,069 - There's a net. - You got no depth perception. You have a patch on your eye. 658 00:37:00,172 --> 00:37:03,368 - You won't be able to see. - No. It's more a case of feel. 659 00:37:03,468 --> 00:37:05,770 - I could do it with my eyes shut. - You shut your eyes... 660 00:37:05,868 --> 00:37:07,755 and I will shut mine, 'cause I am not watching. 661 00:37:07,852 --> 00:37:10,373 My teacher said I was one of his best students. 662 00:37:12,652 --> 00:37:14,627 This is crazy. 663 00:37:20,461 --> 00:37:22,949 - Booth, look! - No. 664 00:37:23,053 --> 00:37:25,638 I told you. I'm not gonna look. I'm keeping my eyes shut. 665 00:37:25,741 --> 00:37:28,676 This is absolutely- Oh, my God. 666 00:37:28,781 --> 00:37:31,880 Bones. Whoo! Wow! You are fearless. 667 00:37:33,709 --> 00:37:35,596 My feet. I'm not in shape for this. 668 00:37:35,693 --> 00:37:37,799 Look at you. You're doing great. 669 00:37:37,902 --> 00:37:40,040 You think maybe you could ride a bike on that thing... 670 00:37:40,141 --> 00:37:42,312 and maybe spin a ball on your nose at the same time? 671 00:37:42,413 --> 00:37:44,485 - Ow! My cuboids. - Your what? 672 00:37:44,589 --> 00:37:48,167 - The cuboids are the bones in my feet. - Bones, you all right? 673 00:37:49,581 --> 00:37:53,159 - Bones. - Yeah, I'm fine. 674 00:37:53,262 --> 00:37:55,531 Oh, my God! 675 00:37:55,630 --> 00:37:58,445 Bones, are you all right? 676 00:37:58,542 --> 00:38:01,771 Yeah, I'm fine. I know what happened. 677 00:38:01,870 --> 00:38:05,034 - It's pretty obvious. You lost your balance. - No. To the twins. 678 00:38:05,134 --> 00:38:07,523 They weren't murdered. 679 00:38:07,630 --> 00:38:10,380 The stress fractures to their fibulas and cuboids? 680 00:38:10,478 --> 00:38:12,813 They were caused by walking on the high wire. 681 00:38:12,911 --> 00:38:15,115 And-And the kissing fracture? 682 00:38:15,214 --> 00:38:17,418 Their heads snapped together when they fell into the net. 683 00:38:17,518 --> 00:38:19,406 That's why there was no other trauma. 684 00:38:19,502 --> 00:38:21,958 Oh. A conjoined twin high wire act. 685 00:38:22,063 --> 00:38:24,485 Henry said that Jenny wanted to be famous. 686 00:38:24,590 --> 00:38:26,957 Their act would've been completely unique. 687 00:38:31,152 --> 00:38:33,039 Well, that's a first. 688 00:38:33,135 --> 00:38:36,004 Yeah. He covered up an accident by making it look like a murder. 689 00:38:36,111 --> 00:38:38,697 I didn't kill 'em. 690 00:38:38,799 --> 00:38:40,807 I didn't kill 'em. 691 00:38:41,808 --> 00:38:43,695 I loved them. 692 00:38:43,791 --> 00:38:46,126 - I would never hurt them. - We know. 693 00:38:46,224 --> 00:38:49,802 I buried them, and they needed a proper burial. 694 00:38:51,504 --> 00:38:53,512 Don't say anything, Magnum. 695 00:38:53,616 --> 00:38:56,813 You asked them not to go on the high wire, but that's exactly what they wanted to do. 696 00:38:56,913 --> 00:38:59,433 It's probably the only thing Julie and Jenny ever agreed on. 697 00:38:59,537 --> 00:39:03,115 When they dropped to the net, the force of the fall snapped their heads together. 698 00:39:03,217 --> 00:39:06,031 An accident like that, their mother definitely would've sued. 699 00:39:06,127 --> 00:39:08,015 The circus would never have survived. 700 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,680 I'm gonna have to arrest you for interference with a dead body. 701 00:39:12,784 --> 00:39:15,981 - We're sorry. Aren't we? - Yeah. 702 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,211 - Sorry. - We're going to get you a good lawyer. 703 00:39:19,312 --> 00:39:21,581 Just don't bring them into this. 704 00:39:21,681 --> 00:39:24,878 'Cause I don't wanna see the circus die because of me. 705 00:39:24,976 --> 00:39:27,365 What you're gonna have to explain is why you wrapped 'em in a sheet... 706 00:39:27,473 --> 00:39:30,768 because that's something a woman would do out of respect. 707 00:39:30,865 --> 00:39:34,695 You'll also have to explain how you forged their handwriting on a note. 708 00:39:37,138 --> 00:39:40,007 Yeah. I will. 709 00:39:41,330 --> 00:39:42,955 Thanks. 710 00:39:49,362 --> 00:39:53,486 Well, I'll just call up the Dallas field office and have them pick him up. 711 00:39:53,586 --> 00:39:55,495 Think he'll run again? 712 00:39:57,522 --> 00:39:59,180 No. He won't run. 713 00:39:59,282 --> 00:40:02,217 #Some are reaching, Few are there # 714 00:40:04,850 --> 00:40:08,745 # Want to reign from a hero's chair# 715 00:40:11,923 --> 00:40:15,632 # Some are scared to fly so high # 716 00:40:17,683 --> 00:40:21,229 # Well, this is how we have to try # 717 00:40:21,331 --> 00:40:24,976 # Have no envy and no fear# 718 00:40:25,076 --> 00:40:27,247 # Have no envy # 719 00:40:28,628 --> 00:40:30,569 # And no fear# 720 00:40:34,867 --> 00:40:37,453 - They're gone. - Yeah. 721 00:40:37,555 --> 00:40:39,792 - We slept through it? - Yeah. Yeah. 722 00:40:39,892 --> 00:40:43,689 "Boris and Natasha and Their Russian Knives of Death. " 723 00:40:43,795 --> 00:40:45,682 I guess we all got it in us, huh? 724 00:40:45,779 --> 00:40:48,649 The desire to run off and join the circus. 725 00:40:51,092 --> 00:40:54,125 - We did it. - Buck and Wanda were damn good. 726 00:40:54,228 --> 00:40:57,490 Buck was more dashing than you. I mean, Buck drove a motorcycle. 727 00:40:57,589 --> 00:40:59,978 - Well, Wanda was funner than you. - How? 728 00:41:00,084 --> 00:41:02,801 She let me knock off a rubber nose from her face with a knife. 729 00:41:02,900 --> 00:41:06,283 You would never let me do that. You are way too rational. 730 00:41:06,388 --> 00:41:09,236 # Have no envy # 731 00:41:09,333 --> 00:41:11,089 # And no fear# 732 00:41:11,188 --> 00:41:13,261 Where do you think they are now? 733 00:41:15,253 --> 00:41:17,140 Over the horizon. 734 00:41:19,989 --> 00:41:23,633 # When your sister turns to leave # 735 00:41:26,838 --> 00:41:29,904 # Only when she's most in need ## 736 00:42:07,222 --> 00:42:08,531 What's that mean?