1 00:00:02,093 --> 00:00:04,891 Lo, the cave where the princess doth dwell. 2 00:00:07,093 --> 00:00:10,130 Let the light of Mythryleen guide our path. 3 00:00:10,213 --> 00:00:14,968 - It smells like ass in here, yo. - Yo? Who is this Yo of whom you speak? 4 00:00:15,053 --> 00:00:17,726 - I know him not. - For real, Trev. Let's go back. 5 00:00:17,813 --> 00:00:20,327 Those other freaks are gonna beat us to the treasure anyway. 6 00:00:20,413 --> 00:00:23,007 The name's Blackthorne and you'd do well to remember it. 7 00:00:23,093 --> 00:00:27,325 Your name is Trevor Vertuca, and that is your mom's cell phone. 8 00:00:27,413 --> 00:00:29,290 Now call her to pick us up, or I will. 9 00:00:29,373 --> 00:00:31,091 This is getting old. Right, Ezra? 10 00:00:34,093 --> 00:00:36,004 A rat? Come on. 11 00:00:36,093 --> 00:00:37,924 Wait for me! Wait for me! 12 00:00:38,133 --> 00:00:41,921 Look, I'm sorry about this. We don't usually break character, but... 13 00:00:42,013 --> 00:00:44,925 I mean, you have to dock points. I understand. 14 00:00:49,853 --> 00:00:51,252 What the... 15 00:00:59,493 --> 00:01:01,768 - Open up! - All right! All right! 16 00:01:01,853 --> 00:01:04,242 All right. I'm coming. Just keep it down. 17 00:01:05,453 --> 00:01:07,045 What's taking so long? 18 00:01:11,813 --> 00:01:13,610 - Hi. - What's wrong? 19 00:01:13,693 --> 00:01:18,244 Nothing. Come on in. How about some coffee? Arabian bean! 20 00:01:18,333 --> 00:01:21,131 - You hurt your back again? - No, no, no. 21 00:01:22,453 --> 00:01:24,489 It's that obvious, huh? 22 00:01:24,573 --> 00:01:28,930 Your gait suggests you re-strained your anterior longitudinal ligament. 23 00:01:29,013 --> 00:01:32,972 Yeah, well, I blame the couch. All right? I fell asleep last night watching the game. 24 00:01:34,253 --> 00:01:36,483 Look, I figured you fixed my back last time really well. 25 00:01:36,573 --> 00:01:38,404 And I just thought that maybe you could fix it again. 26 00:01:38,493 --> 00:01:41,451 So, use your little magic knuckles, and hit it up and we're good to go. 27 00:01:41,533 --> 00:01:44,252 Booth, if this has become a recurring problem, you should see a specialist. 28 00:01:44,333 --> 00:01:46,244 Right. I get it. All disclaimers apply. 29 00:01:46,333 --> 00:01:48,972 Here we go. Hit the back. Chop-chop. We got a case. 30 00:01:49,053 --> 00:01:51,169 - No. - What do you mean, no? 31 00:01:51,253 --> 00:01:53,448 Last time I had this, you were begging to help me. 32 00:01:53,533 --> 00:01:55,888 No. I probably shouldn't have touched you the last time. 33 00:01:55,973 --> 00:01:59,090 - You need a medical doctor. - I'm not asking you to perform surgery. 34 00:01:59,173 --> 00:02:03,451 Just do what you did last time and fix it with your magic knuckles and... 35 00:02:03,533 --> 00:02:09,529 Look, there's no one I trust more to get my back and crack it than you. 36 00:02:13,333 --> 00:02:15,085 - Wow. - You want more? 37 00:02:16,013 --> 00:02:18,288 No. That was effective. Turn around. 38 00:02:20,853 --> 00:02:24,846 - Okay. Ready? - Okay. This is gonna be good. 39 00:02:24,933 --> 00:02:27,322 Believe me. I really am not going to forget... 40 00:02:30,293 --> 00:02:31,567 This. 41 00:02:32,573 --> 00:02:33,608 How is he? 42 00:02:33,693 --> 00:02:36,765 Dr. Patel suspects a herniated disk in Booth's lumbar region. 43 00:02:36,853 --> 00:02:38,923 We'll know which vertebrae when the X-rays get here. 44 00:02:39,013 --> 00:02:41,129 So you didn't actually paralyze him? 45 00:02:41,213 --> 00:02:43,329 No. The Vicodin seems to be working. 46 00:02:43,413 --> 00:02:46,405 He claims it makes the furniture feel friendly. 47 00:02:46,493 --> 00:02:48,643 But he'll be on bed rest for the remainder of the week. 48 00:02:48,733 --> 00:02:50,405 Are you okay? 49 00:02:50,493 --> 00:02:52,609 Of course. I wasn't the one who was injured. 50 00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:57,971 Admittedly, I shouldn't have let Booth talk me into adjusting him. 51 00:02:58,053 --> 00:03:00,283 - Agent Perotta. - Dr. Brennan, nice to see you. 52 00:03:00,373 --> 00:03:03,092 I was honored you requested me as a substitute for Agent Booth. 53 00:03:03,173 --> 00:03:05,209 The variables involved in breaking in a new person 54 00:03:05,293 --> 00:03:08,490 outweigh the benefit of possibly finding a better investigator. 55 00:03:08,573 --> 00:03:10,165 Let's not get gushy about it. 56 00:03:10,253 --> 00:03:12,289 Agent Perotta and I inspected the dump site. 57 00:03:12,373 --> 00:03:14,443 And I cleared the body to be transported back to the lab. 58 00:03:14,533 --> 00:03:16,012 We haven't determined identity yet. 59 00:03:16,093 --> 00:03:19,403 Booth usually waits for me to conduct my own examination of the scene. 60 00:03:19,493 --> 00:03:21,290 Do you want to go back there? 61 00:03:21,373 --> 00:03:24,729 No. I'll examine the remains here. Thank you. 62 00:03:26,893 --> 00:03:29,532 Mr. Fisher, welcome back. 63 00:03:29,613 --> 00:03:30,966 What are your preliminary findings? 64 00:03:31,053 --> 00:03:34,125 The victim is female, 25 to 29 years old. 65 00:03:34,213 --> 00:03:37,569 Severe damage to the skull. The mandible's almost completely severed. 66 00:03:37,653 --> 00:03:40,963 Avulsions to the tissue at the maxillary and mandibular incisors, 67 00:03:41,053 --> 00:03:42,088 that's very unusual. 68 00:03:42,173 --> 00:03:43,765 It's like her face was hit by a wrecking ball. 69 00:03:43,853 --> 00:03:46,606 This damage is going to make facial reconstruction very difficult. 70 00:03:46,693 --> 00:03:48,012 Yeah. 71 00:03:49,613 --> 00:03:51,410 The flesh is all yours, Dr. Saroyan. 72 00:03:51,493 --> 00:03:54,883 Does that mean we're officially investigating a murder? 73 00:03:54,973 --> 00:03:57,612 She's just upset because she put Booth in the hospital. 74 00:03:58,413 --> 00:03:59,687 I understand that, 75 00:03:59,773 --> 00:04:01,764 but I still need someone to officially say "murder." 76 00:04:01,853 --> 00:04:03,923 - Murder. - Thank you. 77 00:04:05,173 --> 00:04:07,846 So, what do we make of this clothing? 78 00:04:08,693 --> 00:04:11,366 Like a costume out of The Lord of the Rings. 79 00:04:11,453 --> 00:04:12,681 The porno version. 80 00:04:12,773 --> 00:04:15,241 - Fisher, you're into this stuff. - Porn? 81 00:04:15,333 --> 00:04:19,121 - Fantasy, sci-fi, geek stuff. - Superficial judgment. 82 00:04:19,213 --> 00:04:22,171 Both feet display erythema and heavy blistering, 83 00:04:22,253 --> 00:04:23,845 but no calluses. 84 00:04:23,933 --> 00:04:27,084 My guess is she was standing in those princess pumps for hours. 85 00:04:27,173 --> 00:04:29,482 The skin here, on the back of the hand, 86 00:04:29,573 --> 00:04:32,246 is less desiccated than the area surrounding it. 87 00:04:32,333 --> 00:04:34,801 - I'm not sure what that means yet. - May I? 88 00:04:40,733 --> 00:04:41,882 Hello. 89 00:04:46,493 --> 00:04:48,324 It's a Spectroline UV stamp. 90 00:04:48,413 --> 00:04:50,449 They're designed to withstand evaporation. 91 00:04:50,533 --> 00:04:53,764 No match to any local bars or clubs, but I'm still searching. 92 00:04:53,853 --> 00:04:56,890 - Agent Perotta discovered this? - Yes. 93 00:04:56,973 --> 00:04:58,884 You should be nicer to her. 94 00:04:58,973 --> 00:05:02,204 Well, I like working with Booth. I'm nice to him. 95 00:05:02,293 --> 00:05:05,126 - Okay, I admit. I'm a geek. - You're a Greek? 96 00:05:05,213 --> 00:05:06,726 No, a geek, sweetie. 97 00:05:06,813 --> 00:05:11,887 I love it all. Star Trek, Star Wars, Buffy, Xena, Akira. 98 00:05:11,973 --> 00:05:13,770 I even watch Fringe. 99 00:05:13,853 --> 00:05:18,085 My girlfriend, Jill, dumped me because of it, which is very depressing. 100 00:05:18,173 --> 00:05:21,165 - Fisher, what doesn't depress you? - Answers. 101 00:05:22,013 --> 00:05:23,162 I know that insignia. 102 00:05:23,253 --> 00:05:25,972 I bet the victim was a booth babe at lmagiCon. 103 00:05:26,053 --> 00:05:29,090 - I don't know what that means. - ImagiCon? 104 00:05:29,173 --> 00:05:34,566 It's a convention for fans of genre movies, comic books, video games, anime. 105 00:05:34,653 --> 00:05:37,008 Yeah, and it's at Union Center till the end of the week. 106 00:05:37,093 --> 00:05:39,846 Click on gallery for booth babe roundup. Yeah. 107 00:05:39,933 --> 00:05:43,243 When Dr. Saroyan talked about the victim standing on her feet for hours, 108 00:05:43,333 --> 00:05:45,722 - it sort of started to click for me. - Stop. 109 00:05:46,693 --> 00:05:48,684 That's definitely our dress. 110 00:05:48,773 --> 00:05:53,244 And judging from her zygomatic arches and facial contours, 111 00:05:53,333 --> 00:05:55,528 there's a good chance that that's our victim wearing it. 112 00:05:55,613 --> 00:05:59,686 - Someone should inform Agent Perotta. - That'd be you, sweetie. 113 00:05:59,773 --> 00:06:03,288 Of course. I will inform Agent Perotta. 114 00:06:08,693 --> 00:06:11,127 Well, these people don't look like killers. 115 00:06:13,413 --> 00:06:15,973 I disagree. 116 00:06:52,493 --> 00:06:53,528 Fascinating. 117 00:06:53,613 --> 00:06:57,208 A summit between the disenfranchised and the commercial franchises. 118 00:06:57,293 --> 00:07:00,842 I'm at a loss for an anthropological analogue. 119 00:07:00,933 --> 00:07:03,163 So, you really did a number on Booth's lower back, huh? 120 00:07:03,253 --> 00:07:06,723 Well, he had a mechanical problem which didn't show up on his X-rays. 121 00:07:06,813 --> 00:07:08,849 My adjustment aggravated it. 122 00:07:09,893 --> 00:07:11,724 - So it was an accident? - Yes. 123 00:07:11,813 --> 00:07:13,883 Why? Did Booth tell you something different? 124 00:07:13,973 --> 00:07:18,569 No. No, no. In fact, "aggravated" was exactly the word he used. 125 00:07:19,493 --> 00:07:21,245 There's the Grimoire 3.0 booth. 126 00:07:30,613 --> 00:07:35,084 I'm Special Agent Perotta, FBI. This is Dr. Brennan from the Jeffersonian. 127 00:07:35,173 --> 00:07:37,289 We need you to answer a couple of questions. 128 00:07:38,693 --> 00:07:41,890 Yeah, that's Kendra Kim. You can call me Shiny. 129 00:07:41,973 --> 00:07:44,931 - Why? - It's my name. Shiny Kopinski. 130 00:07:45,013 --> 00:07:48,767 Shiny, you didn't find it strange at all that Kendra didn't show up for work? 131 00:07:48,853 --> 00:07:51,811 I just figured the Grimoire people fired her for her attitude. 132 00:07:51,893 --> 00:07:53,406 What are Grimoire people? 133 00:07:53,493 --> 00:07:58,009 Grimoire 3.0 is the online encyclopedia fantastica for the mouth-breather crowd. 134 00:07:58,093 --> 00:08:00,448 Your job is to sexualize software? 135 00:08:00,533 --> 00:08:04,242 - You mentioned Kendra had an attitude? - Kendra thought she was a princess. 136 00:08:04,333 --> 00:08:07,211 She kept bragging about the fact that this was her last trade show. 137 00:08:07,293 --> 00:08:09,966 And she was sitting on some goldmine, and was gonna cash in big. 138 00:08:10,053 --> 00:08:12,647 - What was the goldmine? - She wouldn't say. 139 00:08:12,733 --> 00:08:14,803 But one day, I followed her on a lunch break. 140 00:08:14,893 --> 00:08:17,487 I figured I'd catch her talking to some game developer. 141 00:08:17,573 --> 00:08:20,849 I mean, those guys are loaded, and some of them even smell normal. 142 00:08:20,933 --> 00:08:24,608 But the only person I saw her talking to was some loser at the Blacksmith booth. 143 00:08:29,533 --> 00:08:33,287 - Are you Kroon the Blacksmith? - Kroon, I am. 144 00:08:33,373 --> 00:08:34,806 And who be ye, fair maiden? 145 00:08:34,893 --> 00:08:39,011 I be a special agent in search of justice and truth. 146 00:08:39,093 --> 00:08:41,448 Yea, thou art. How can I assist thee? 147 00:08:41,533 --> 00:08:43,888 By knocking off the medieval stuff and answering some questions. 148 00:08:43,973 --> 00:08:45,884 That would make me feel more comfortable. 149 00:08:45,973 --> 00:08:48,771 I assume Kroon the Blacksmith is not on your driver's license? 150 00:08:48,853 --> 00:08:51,003 The name's Peter Kroon. I don't know what you've heard, 151 00:08:51,093 --> 00:08:53,846 but these weapons are all legal and accounted for. 152 00:08:53,933 --> 00:08:55,286 Do you know this young woman? 153 00:08:55,373 --> 00:08:56,931 I know her first name, Kimba. 154 00:08:57,013 --> 00:08:58,048 Kendra. 155 00:08:58,133 --> 00:08:59,964 Whatever. She's the girl with Excalibur. 156 00:09:00,053 --> 00:09:02,408 You mean the sword from the King Arthur mythos? 157 00:09:02,493 --> 00:09:06,611 Yes. Though in this case, it's a prop sword from the film, Le Morte d'Arthur. 158 00:09:06,693 --> 00:09:08,923 - Is she in trouble? - No. She's dead. 159 00:09:09,893 --> 00:09:12,009 - Do you sell nunchaku? - No. 160 00:09:12,093 --> 00:09:13,082 No. 161 00:09:13,173 --> 00:09:15,209 Why do you ask if she's in trouble? 162 00:09:15,293 --> 00:09:17,853 She stopped by and asked me how much I'd give her for it. 163 00:09:17,933 --> 00:09:23,451 Excalibur. I take a look and go, "Whoa, that ain't no ordinary cutlery." 164 00:09:23,533 --> 00:09:26,605 I have to wonder if it's hot. You know, stolen. 165 00:09:26,693 --> 00:09:28,126 Did it have significant value? 166 00:09:28,213 --> 00:09:30,932 It was worth thousands, tens of thousands. 167 00:09:31,013 --> 00:09:33,368 You weren't tempted to kill her, take it for yourself? 168 00:09:33,453 --> 00:09:36,331 Look. I could've told her it was worth 200 bucks, ripped her off. 169 00:09:36,413 --> 00:09:39,530 But I didn't. I sent her to Carl Derf to list it at the auction. 170 00:09:39,613 --> 00:09:42,127 Why was this piece of cutlery worth so much? 171 00:09:42,213 --> 00:09:45,364 It was the actual prop wielded by Guy Thivisol 172 00:09:45,453 --> 00:09:47,967 in the first fantasy film ever made. 173 00:09:48,053 --> 00:09:52,649 The Excalibur from this film is the Holy Grail of fantasy memorabilia. 174 00:09:52,733 --> 00:09:53,802 Here it is. 175 00:09:54,533 --> 00:09:55,602 Beautiful. 176 00:09:55,693 --> 00:09:56,921 Mmm. 177 00:09:57,253 --> 00:10:00,131 And you have no idea where Kendra Kim got it? 178 00:10:00,213 --> 00:10:02,090 She said she got it from her family. 179 00:10:02,173 --> 00:10:03,322 You don't believe her? 180 00:10:03,413 --> 00:10:06,610 That sword hasn't been seen in 20 years. 181 00:10:06,693 --> 00:10:10,083 What I thought was that she got it from someone else here. 182 00:10:10,413 --> 00:10:13,052 - Stole it? - Stole it, maybe. 183 00:10:13,133 --> 00:10:17,524 The girl was hot. That goes a long way in a place like this. 184 00:10:22,373 --> 00:10:24,648 Trauma is limited to the skull. 185 00:10:24,733 --> 00:10:28,089 Once I clean the skeleton and get a better look at the mandibular damage, 186 00:10:28,173 --> 00:10:30,767 I'll know more, or get fired for incompetence. 187 00:10:30,853 --> 00:10:34,209 Well, I am finished with the soft tissue, so you can remove the flesh now. 188 00:10:34,293 --> 00:10:36,409 According to our old friends, diptera and coleoptera, 189 00:10:36,493 --> 00:10:39,087 I place actual time of death about 72 hours ago. 190 00:10:39,173 --> 00:10:43,325 Also, I discovered soil under her nails along with traces of Virginia nailworts, 191 00:10:43,413 --> 00:10:45,085 neither native to the dump site. 192 00:10:47,493 --> 00:10:49,688 What's with the long face there, sunshine? 193 00:10:49,773 --> 00:10:52,970 Mr. Fisher just broke up with his girlfriend and he's feeling a little down. 194 00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:54,930 What about me? My girlfriend and I broke up. 195 00:10:55,013 --> 00:10:56,526 I gotta see her at work every day. 196 00:10:56,613 --> 00:10:59,923 Well, obviously it hasn't blackened your soul like it has mine. 197 00:11:00,013 --> 00:11:02,925 - There was some light charring. - I'm dead inside. 198 00:11:03,013 --> 00:11:05,811 Okay, you win. Happy? 199 00:11:06,413 --> 00:11:08,529 Not that I can ever remember. 200 00:11:13,853 --> 00:11:14,888 So, what did your doctor say? 201 00:11:14,973 --> 00:11:21,208 Something about a possible herniation occurred on my disks. L3, L4. 202 00:11:21,293 --> 00:11:23,602 Nothing, you know, a little rest, stretching... 203 00:11:23,693 --> 00:11:26,491 Hey, maybe a good massage will just kick it right out. 204 00:11:26,573 --> 00:11:29,770 Well, intervertebral disk degeneration shouldn't be taken lightly. 205 00:11:29,853 --> 00:11:31,969 Are you wearing your lumbosacral support belt? 206 00:11:32,053 --> 00:11:35,125 Yeah. The girdle, you mean. Yeah, it's nice and tight. 207 00:11:36,373 --> 00:11:37,601 Hold on. 208 00:11:39,053 --> 00:11:42,329 - It's Booth. - Hey, it's Perotta. How you doing? 209 00:11:42,413 --> 00:11:45,803 - You need anything? - No. I am just dandy. 210 00:11:45,893 --> 00:11:47,292 Well, if you do... 211 00:11:48,573 --> 00:11:50,928 - Hey, we found the victim's father. - We did? 212 00:11:51,013 --> 00:11:52,731 - Who was that? - It's Booth. 213 00:11:52,813 --> 00:11:55,930 - No, no, no. Before it was you. - Booth, you pressed "conference." 214 00:11:56,013 --> 00:11:57,605 - Dr. Brennan? - It's me, Booth. 215 00:11:57,693 --> 00:12:00,571 Booth is on painkillers. Is the victim's father coming in? 216 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:02,484 - I want to be there! - No, you can't! 217 00:12:02,573 --> 00:12:04,484 - He can't. - Why? 218 00:12:04,573 --> 00:12:07,485 Yes, I can. What are you still doing on this call? 219 00:12:07,573 --> 00:12:12,408 No. Agent Perotta, his back is very bad. He can't be there. You can't let him in. 220 00:12:12,933 --> 00:12:17,802 - Yes, I can. I am the ranking officer. - But you are incapacitated by painkillers. 221 00:12:17,893 --> 00:12:20,043 Bones, enough! Okay? I'm not incapacipatated. 222 00:12:20,133 --> 00:12:21,566 Or whatever you said there, all right? I just... 223 00:12:21,653 --> 00:12:23,803 Don't listen to her, Perotta. Don't. 224 00:12:26,733 --> 00:12:29,531 Did your daughter live at home with you, Mr. Kim? 225 00:12:29,613 --> 00:12:31,092 No. 226 00:12:31,173 --> 00:12:33,448 Kendra lived in a condo in Logan Circle. 227 00:12:33,533 --> 00:12:36,525 Look, ask him when was the last time he saw his daughter. 228 00:12:36,613 --> 00:12:39,923 - What was that? - This is Agent Booth. 229 00:12:40,013 --> 00:12:43,130 - Hello. - He's unable to be with us in person. 230 00:12:44,173 --> 00:12:46,209 Kendra and I didn't see each other much, 231 00:12:46,293 --> 00:12:48,761 despite the fact that I put a roof over her head. 232 00:12:48,853 --> 00:12:50,684 According to the modeling agency that booked your daughter, 233 00:12:50,773 --> 00:12:52,809 all of her checks were sent to your address? 234 00:12:52,893 --> 00:12:56,249 The money went to pay the mortgage on the condo, which was also in my name. 235 00:12:56,333 --> 00:12:58,563 That's kind of a weird arrangement, now isn't it? 236 00:12:58,653 --> 00:12:59,642 So is this. 237 00:12:59,733 --> 00:13:04,124 Well, considering my situation and my back, which is... Continue. 238 00:13:05,773 --> 00:13:08,810 Kendra was about as irresponsible as a person could be. 239 00:13:09,533 --> 00:13:12,570 I told her after she paid her debt to me 240 00:13:12,653 --> 00:13:14,006 she could spend her money how she wanted. 241 00:13:14,093 --> 00:13:15,606 Tough love. 242 00:13:17,373 --> 00:13:19,489 - Did you give her a sword? - A sword? 243 00:13:19,573 --> 00:13:22,645 - It's a knife. But it's only huge. - No. 244 00:13:22,733 --> 00:13:24,928 But did your daughter mention she might have something of value? 245 00:13:25,013 --> 00:13:26,287 - No. - Probably because 246 00:13:26,373 --> 00:13:28,250 you'd take it away from her. 247 00:13:28,333 --> 00:13:31,405 - Okay, this doesn't work. - Don't... Don't shut me off. 248 00:13:32,253 --> 00:13:36,531 I'd like to take a look at your daughter's condo, Mr. Kim. 249 00:13:52,573 --> 00:13:55,531 Looks like someone really wanted that sword. 250 00:14:05,093 --> 00:14:08,085 Precise slashes to the couch and removal of ventilation screens 251 00:14:08,173 --> 00:14:10,289 suggest perp was frustrated in the search. 252 00:14:10,373 --> 00:14:13,126 Digital answering machine behind the bed. It's cracked. 253 00:14:13,213 --> 00:14:15,773 See if Computer Forensics can get anything off of it. 254 00:14:15,853 --> 00:14:19,687 Found some running shoes in the closet. Soles contain insects, soil, and blood. 255 00:14:19,773 --> 00:14:21,331 You want our lab to analyze that or yours? 256 00:14:21,413 --> 00:14:24,405 Yeah. I'd like to see you try and get these away from me now. 257 00:14:24,493 --> 00:14:28,611 - Figuratively speaking, of course. - Anything else, Dr. Hodgins? 258 00:14:28,693 --> 00:14:32,572 In some ways, you're just like Booth. Mean that as a compliment. 259 00:14:32,653 --> 00:14:34,132 I don't think you do. 260 00:14:36,573 --> 00:14:37,608 Now check this out. 261 00:14:37,693 --> 00:14:40,765 Mandibular trauma downward. Maxillary trauma upward. 262 00:14:40,853 --> 00:14:43,367 Trauma to the molars extends bilaterally. 263 00:14:43,453 --> 00:14:46,968 The force radiated symmetrically from the center of her mouth. 264 00:14:47,053 --> 00:14:50,329 - It's like her face exploded. - Certainly nothing I've seen before. 265 00:14:52,133 --> 00:14:54,522 - Very good, Mr. Fisher. - Really? 266 00:14:56,133 --> 00:15:01,651 Just seems like the truth is further away than it was before, and like laughing at us. 267 00:15:01,733 --> 00:15:05,328 Process of elimination is a key step to discovering the truth. 268 00:15:05,413 --> 00:15:08,052 I've seen many unusual murder weapons. 269 00:15:08,133 --> 00:15:12,729 So the fact that I don't recognize this one rules out all of the others. 270 00:15:12,813 --> 00:15:15,088 Wow. My kind of silver lining. 271 00:15:16,573 --> 00:15:18,131 It's depressing. 272 00:15:22,893 --> 00:15:26,442 The blood I found on the booth babe's running shoes, not human. 273 00:15:26,533 --> 00:15:28,888 I think our princess kissed a toad. 274 00:15:29,773 --> 00:15:33,812 - Bufo americanus. American toad. - So she stepped on a frog? 275 00:15:33,893 --> 00:15:35,804 A toad. Bufo americanus. 276 00:15:35,893 --> 00:15:39,124 Which amphibian is down to one local population 277 00:15:39,213 --> 00:15:41,283 right here near the Potomac, 278 00:15:41,373 --> 00:15:45,366 in an area which matches the soil and flora found beneath her fingernails. 279 00:15:45,453 --> 00:15:48,809 She went for a run, stepped on a frog, and buried something? 280 00:15:48,893 --> 00:15:52,488 A toad. And, yeah. Yeah, that's the picture forming in my mind, too. 281 00:15:54,053 --> 00:15:56,886 We pulled this message off the victim's answering machine. 282 00:15:56,973 --> 00:15:59,168 I don't know who you think you're fooling, little princess, 283 00:15:59,253 --> 00:16:01,403 but you're playing with a woman who gets what she wants. 284 00:16:01,493 --> 00:16:04,690 You've got three days. I want that sword. 285 00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:08,722 You want me to do a profile from a voice on an answering machine? 286 00:16:08,813 --> 00:16:11,373 Give it a shot. You're a smarty pants. 287 00:16:11,453 --> 00:16:13,842 Okay, fine. "You're playing with a woman" 288 00:16:13,933 --> 00:16:17,369 suggests that the caller regards the victim as a child in comparison. 289 00:16:17,453 --> 00:16:21,207 - Okay. So, what? An old woman? - No, no, experientially. 290 00:16:21,293 --> 00:16:23,124 Probably in terms of sexual experience. 291 00:16:23,213 --> 00:16:25,807 So you're looking for someone fairly promiscuous. 292 00:16:25,893 --> 00:16:28,532 I think that she's already tried to take the sword from a man 293 00:16:28,613 --> 00:16:31,764 and now is truly annoyed that she has to deal with a girl. 294 00:16:32,573 --> 00:16:34,643 The auctioneer is a man 295 00:16:34,733 --> 00:16:38,521 and he evaluated the sword before Kendra panicked and buried it. 296 00:16:41,573 --> 00:16:44,724 I can assure you that this is a clean and fair auction. 297 00:16:44,813 --> 00:16:46,166 We've been running this auction for 15 years... 298 00:16:46,253 --> 00:16:48,289 Please answer the question, Mr. Dorf. 299 00:16:48,373 --> 00:16:49,408 Derf. 300 00:16:49,493 --> 00:16:51,688 Yes. I certified and registered the item. 301 00:16:51,773 --> 00:16:55,129 I even gave the consigner the option to store in our secure room. She declined. 302 00:16:55,213 --> 00:16:57,807 The consigner has to give you detailed contact information, right? 303 00:16:57,893 --> 00:17:00,646 - If they want to get paid. - And sometimes you give that information 304 00:17:00,733 --> 00:17:03,930 to certain parties interested in illegal pre-bidding? 305 00:17:04,013 --> 00:17:06,573 What? No. No, look. I told you before... 306 00:17:06,653 --> 00:17:09,690 Your pupils are constricted, suggesting an increase in adrenaline. 307 00:17:09,773 --> 00:17:11,286 - What? - And the change in voice pitch 308 00:17:11,373 --> 00:17:14,809 indicates increased pressure in the neck via the laryngeal prominence. 309 00:17:14,893 --> 00:17:17,088 - What are you saying? - You're lying to us. 310 00:17:17,173 --> 00:17:20,449 Kinesthesia is a clear indicator of dissembling, Mr. Dorf. 311 00:17:20,533 --> 00:17:24,128 - Derf. But, look... - Do you recognize this voice? 312 00:17:24,213 --> 00:17:26,488 I don't know who you think you're fooling, little princess, 313 00:17:26,573 --> 00:17:28,643 but you're playing with a woman who gets what she wants. 314 00:17:28,733 --> 00:17:32,043 You've got three days. I want that sword. 315 00:17:32,133 --> 00:17:34,010 Did that woman contact you about the sword? 316 00:17:34,093 --> 00:17:38,848 Yes, she did. Her name is Valerie Daniels. She's a medieval weapons collector. 317 00:17:38,933 --> 00:17:42,482 And you provided her with Kendra Kim's address and phone number. 318 00:17:42,573 --> 00:17:45,645 Every auction does private pre-bids. And no one ever gets... 319 00:17:45,733 --> 00:17:48,122 - Hurt? - But wait a minute. 320 00:17:48,213 --> 00:17:51,330 What about the Excalibur? Did you find it? Is it still going up for auction? 321 00:17:51,413 --> 00:17:54,849 Booth is right. You're like a portable polygraph. 322 00:17:54,933 --> 00:17:56,764 He didn't mean that in a good way, though, did he? 323 00:18:01,973 --> 00:18:05,966 This is quite a collection of medieval and fantasy weapons, Ms. Daniels. 324 00:18:06,053 --> 00:18:09,807 My parents call it a waste of my trust fund, which is praise enough for me. 325 00:18:09,893 --> 00:18:12,726 Seems an unlikely hobby for a young woman. 326 00:18:12,813 --> 00:18:17,489 I like sharp edges. I like sharp against soft. 327 00:18:18,133 --> 00:18:20,852 - What do you like, Dr. Sweets? - What? 328 00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:22,924 Can you account for your whereabouts Wednesday night? 329 00:18:23,013 --> 00:18:25,322 Yeah. I was somewhere not killing Kendra Kim. 330 00:18:25,413 --> 00:18:27,563 - That's what you wanted to know, right? - That's not what I asked. 331 00:18:27,653 --> 00:18:32,932 I was at the Immortal Comics after party. You can ask Dean Noveck, the publisher. 332 00:18:33,013 --> 00:18:36,722 We slept together. The sex was vanilla. At least I got an alibi out of it, right? 333 00:18:36,813 --> 00:18:39,452 You feel a need to be in control, don't you, Ms. Daniels? 334 00:18:39,533 --> 00:18:43,526 - I'd like to control you if you're up for it. - Oh, I assure you I'm not. 335 00:18:43,613 --> 00:18:48,129 And your attempt to regain self-esteem through sexual intimidation will not repair 336 00:18:48,213 --> 00:18:51,091 the dysfunctional relationship you had with your father. 337 00:18:51,173 --> 00:18:54,609 Abandonment? Abuse? Indifference? 338 00:18:54,693 --> 00:18:59,244 You are far more ripped under those schoolboy duds than one would think, 339 00:18:59,333 --> 00:19:01,608 - aren't you, Dr. Sweets? - Yes. 340 00:19:01,693 --> 00:19:05,163 But right now, I'm more interested to hear why you trashed Kendra's condo 341 00:19:05,253 --> 00:19:07,084 after you didn't kill her. 342 00:19:07,173 --> 00:19:08,845 Her condo was trashed? 343 00:19:08,933 --> 00:19:12,812 They were looking for Excalibur. That's what you wanted, right? 344 00:19:12,893 --> 00:19:17,887 I travel the world tracking down rare and beautiful weapons. I do research. 345 00:19:17,973 --> 00:19:21,966 I develop contacts. I put in serious work. Along comes this booth babe 346 00:19:22,053 --> 00:19:25,728 with a famous sword thought to be lost for decades? 347 00:19:25,813 --> 00:19:27,883 - She didn't deserve it. - But you deserved it? 348 00:19:27,973 --> 00:19:29,406 I asked her where did she get it. 349 00:19:29,493 --> 00:19:32,212 She said somebody dressed as a black knight 350 00:19:32,293 --> 00:19:34,488 just gave it to her on the first day of lmagiCon. 351 00:19:34,573 --> 00:19:37,451 Just walked up and presented it to her as a gift. 352 00:19:37,533 --> 00:19:39,728 She expected me to believe that? 353 00:19:40,653 --> 00:19:42,883 I didn't kill the girl. 354 00:19:42,973 --> 00:19:44,929 I just wanted the sword. 355 00:19:50,733 --> 00:19:53,201 - Oh, man. Feels good. - Yeah. 356 00:19:53,293 --> 00:19:57,081 - Thanks for coming along. - Yeah. Any chance to get some fresh air. 357 00:19:57,173 --> 00:20:00,927 Lone guy with a metal detector in the bushes, looks kind of creepy. 358 00:20:01,013 --> 00:20:02,810 It is. And I know you. 359 00:20:02,893 --> 00:20:05,168 Oh, boy! Frog! 360 00:20:05,253 --> 00:20:08,882 Toad, not frog. Bufo americanus. 361 00:20:08,973 --> 00:20:10,645 And Virginia nailwort. 362 00:20:11,413 --> 00:20:13,131 We're close to where she buried the sword. 363 00:20:13,213 --> 00:20:14,771 Hold on a second. 364 00:20:16,253 --> 00:20:18,244 I got frequency response. 365 00:20:25,373 --> 00:20:26,692 Whoa. 366 00:20:27,733 --> 00:20:29,166 Excalibur. 367 00:20:31,093 --> 00:20:34,449 "I am the once and future king!" 368 00:20:34,533 --> 00:20:37,889 - Way to not be creepy. - Wow. 369 00:20:47,933 --> 00:20:51,892 - That is not a toy, Dr. Hodgins. - It kind of is. It's a movie prop. 370 00:20:51,973 --> 00:20:55,124 Stainless steel blade. That was new technology for the time. 371 00:20:55,213 --> 00:20:57,647 - Edge is dull, of course. - May I see? 372 00:21:00,413 --> 00:21:02,244 It's badly balanced. 373 00:21:03,373 --> 00:21:05,011 The blade is warped. 374 00:21:05,093 --> 00:21:08,529 All of the prints on the sword belong to Kendra Kim. 375 00:21:08,613 --> 00:21:11,411 - Could this be the murder weapon? - She wasn't stabbed or slashed. 376 00:21:11,493 --> 00:21:14,530 The damage to her jaw is unique. It wasn't from being struck with a sword. 377 00:21:14,613 --> 00:21:16,843 Is that the sword? Can I? 378 00:21:21,173 --> 00:21:23,733 "An elegant weapon for a more civilized age." 379 00:21:23,813 --> 00:21:27,044 Actually, the age in which swords were the primary infantry weapon 380 00:21:27,133 --> 00:21:28,851 were some of the most barbaric in history. 381 00:21:28,933 --> 00:21:31,401 - It's a line from Star Wars. - Obi-Wan Kenobi. 382 00:21:31,493 --> 00:21:34,530 - What language is that supposed to be? - Why is he all excited? 383 00:21:34,613 --> 00:21:38,401 Finding this sword has given us a unique advantage in this case. 384 00:21:38,493 --> 00:21:40,404 We now have what the killer wants the most. 385 00:21:40,493 --> 00:21:42,563 It only makes sense that the killer's gonna come after it again. 386 00:21:42,653 --> 00:21:44,405 Dr. Sweets wants to lay a trap. 387 00:21:44,493 --> 00:21:47,007 You said that the auctioneer's no longer a suspect, correct? 388 00:21:47,093 --> 00:21:49,004 So we lean on him to fake the auction? 389 00:21:49,093 --> 00:21:53,132 - No, we can't auction off evidence. - I never thought of that. 390 00:21:53,213 --> 00:21:56,842 We could insert an undercover asset who outbids everyone for the item, 391 00:21:56,933 --> 00:21:59,128 - no matter how high the price goes. - The auction's tomorrow. 392 00:21:59,213 --> 00:22:00,851 I don't have time to set up that kind of operation. 393 00:22:00,933 --> 00:22:03,322 I'll do it. You and Dr. Brennan have already 394 00:22:03,413 --> 00:22:06,291 been seen walking around lmagiCon asking questions, right? 395 00:22:06,373 --> 00:22:10,491 Whereas I am an unknown quantity, an enigma. 396 00:22:10,573 --> 00:22:14,282 "Who is this man bidding so aggressively for Excalibur?" 397 00:22:14,373 --> 00:22:19,128 I'm confident that if our killer is there, this will provoke him to reveal himself. 398 00:22:19,213 --> 00:22:20,202 I play the mystery bidder. 399 00:22:20,293 --> 00:22:24,684 You observe the unsuspecting suspects via video feed in a separate room. 400 00:22:24,773 --> 00:22:26,843 Who's gonna run the camera? 401 00:22:26,933 --> 00:22:30,403 We need someone who blends in. 402 00:22:30,493 --> 00:22:32,131 Someone who looks like they belong there. 403 00:22:32,213 --> 00:22:34,647 I drug your ghost across the country 404 00:22:34,733 --> 00:22:36,405 And we plotted out my death 405 00:22:36,493 --> 00:22:39,371 In every city, memories would whisper 406 00:22:39,453 --> 00:22:41,171 "Here is where you rest" 407 00:22:43,773 --> 00:22:45,331 What's wrong now? 408 00:22:50,213 --> 00:22:54,047 Sold to the Rancor Princess. Congratulations, ma'am. 409 00:22:54,333 --> 00:22:57,530 Is there a special reason why you wanted me here, Agent Perotta? 410 00:22:57,613 --> 00:23:01,447 I thought you wanted to be involved in the investigation. Okay. 411 00:23:01,533 --> 00:23:03,091 - Pan around, Fisher. - Lot 784. 412 00:23:03,173 --> 00:23:05,243 - We have an Imperial... - Good. 413 00:23:05,333 --> 00:23:08,052 - There is Peter Kroon. going into space. 414 00:23:08,133 --> 00:23:11,569 - Bidding starts at $5,000. - And there is Valerie Daniels. 415 00:23:11,653 --> 00:23:14,087 - Let's hope she doesn't recognize Sweets. - I have five. Do I... 416 00:23:14,173 --> 00:23:15,731 There's the Black Knight. 417 00:23:15,813 --> 00:23:18,885 Valerie Daniels said that a Black Knight gave Kendra the sword. 418 00:23:18,973 --> 00:23:20,884 All right. Stay on this one, Fisher. 419 00:23:20,973 --> 00:23:22,850 Okay, Lot 922. 420 00:23:22,933 --> 00:23:25,288 We have here the Geiger counter. 421 00:23:25,373 --> 00:23:29,446 The actual Geiger counter used by Ron Berger in The Day of the Atom. 422 00:23:29,533 --> 00:23:33,162 Who can forget that sound right before the giant cockroach attack? 423 00:23:35,853 --> 00:23:39,243 Bidding starts at 10,000. Do I have 10? 424 00:23:39,333 --> 00:23:43,884 10 to the Elven Warrior. 15 to the Snaarflap in the front row. 425 00:23:43,973 --> 00:23:47,568 Do I have 16? 16? 20,000! 426 00:23:47,653 --> 00:23:49,530 Going once, twice... 427 00:23:49,613 --> 00:23:54,164 Sold to the Gentleman Molnar! Sorry, ma'am. Female Molnar. 428 00:23:54,253 --> 00:23:57,450 - They're difficult... - Okay. Here we go. Sword is next. 429 00:23:57,533 --> 00:23:58,886 Fisher, find Sweets. 430 00:23:58,973 --> 00:24:02,204 Sweets, you gotta try to keep that giant fuzzy thing 431 00:24:02,293 --> 00:24:05,410 - between you and Valerie Daniels, okay? - She won't recognize me. 432 00:24:05,493 --> 00:24:07,404 Where did he get that disguise on such short notice? 433 00:24:07,493 --> 00:24:09,643 My guess is his closet. 434 00:24:09,733 --> 00:24:12,167 The last item needs no introduction. 435 00:24:12,253 --> 00:24:16,531 The Excalibur sword from the film Le Morte d'Arthur. 436 00:24:18,293 --> 00:24:19,726 - That's great. - As you may have heard, 437 00:24:19,813 --> 00:24:22,281 the seller of this item tragically died this week. 438 00:24:22,373 --> 00:24:25,968 According to her family's wishes, the proceeds for this lot will go to charity. 439 00:24:26,053 --> 00:24:31,411 Due to the rare nature of this item bidding will start at $50,000. 440 00:24:34,133 --> 00:24:38,172 This will separate the men from the boys... Or the women. 441 00:24:38,253 --> 00:24:42,929 50,000 to the lady in black. Do I hear 55? 60? 442 00:24:43,013 --> 00:24:45,732 60 to the gentleman from the future with the red lips. 443 00:24:45,813 --> 00:24:51,206 Do I hear 70? 70,000, yes. Do I hear 80? 80,000. 444 00:24:51,293 --> 00:24:54,285 Do I hear 90? We have 80 on the table. Do I hear... 445 00:24:54,373 --> 00:24:55,601 150. 446 00:24:58,293 --> 00:25:02,127 - Fisher, let me take a look at this guy. - $150,000! 447 00:25:02,213 --> 00:25:06,445 Going once, twice. 160. 170. 448 00:25:06,533 --> 00:25:09,809 Two? 200,000. 449 00:25:13,413 --> 00:25:15,608 - Who is that guy? - Who is that guy? 450 00:25:15,693 --> 00:25:18,810 This was Johnny Gerard's first ever fantasy film. 451 00:25:18,893 --> 00:25:21,282 - 300,000! - Sir? 452 00:25:23,293 --> 00:25:24,965 400,000! 453 00:25:26,253 --> 00:25:28,608 $400,000. 454 00:25:28,693 --> 00:25:30,968 In 193 AD, the Praetorian Guard took over Rome 455 00:25:31,053 --> 00:25:33,806 and auctioned off the entire empire to the highest bidder. 456 00:25:33,893 --> 00:25:35,565 I don't know why I'm nervous, but I am. 457 00:25:35,653 --> 00:25:37,325 - Sweets, it's fake money! - Going once... 458 00:25:37,413 --> 00:25:39,005 - Okay? Just do it! - Going twice... 459 00:25:39,093 --> 00:25:40,492 - Do it! - 500! 460 00:25:40,573 --> 00:25:45,283 $500,000 for the Excalibur sword. A half a million dollars. 461 00:25:46,413 --> 00:25:47,562 Sir? 462 00:25:49,613 --> 00:25:50,682 Ma'am? 463 00:25:52,613 --> 00:25:54,649 500,000, going once, 464 00:25:56,693 --> 00:25:57,967 twice. 465 00:25:59,733 --> 00:26:02,884 Sold to the skinny gentleman dressed in a... 466 00:26:03,733 --> 00:26:06,884 Congratulations, sir. And thank you, everyone. 467 00:26:06,973 --> 00:26:08,042 Good job! 468 00:26:08,133 --> 00:26:10,408 Join the medieval weapons demonstration in the exhibit hall. 469 00:26:10,493 --> 00:26:12,370 - And you guys don't want to miss the... - How you doing? 470 00:26:12,453 --> 00:26:14,364 Blackthorn guest panel. That's tomorrow. 471 00:26:14,453 --> 00:26:16,444 Just making a documentary. 472 00:26:18,453 --> 00:26:21,650 Well, I am gonna go talk to James Bond. 473 00:26:25,053 --> 00:26:27,487 Nice suit. Got a minute? 474 00:26:31,093 --> 00:26:34,244 Badgley Mormont? Is that your real name? 475 00:26:34,333 --> 00:26:36,688 Of course it's my real name. It's a family name. 476 00:26:36,773 --> 00:26:38,286 Could I possibly get my passport back? 477 00:26:38,373 --> 00:26:39,408 Are you in a big hurry to get somewhere? 478 00:26:39,493 --> 00:26:42,963 - I need to make a flight, yes. - What's your business with the sword? 479 00:26:43,053 --> 00:26:46,489 I represent a group of collectors known as the Arthurium Consortium. 480 00:26:46,573 --> 00:26:50,361 We house the world's largest collection of materials relating to Camelot. 481 00:26:50,453 --> 00:26:51,932 They wanted the sword. 482 00:26:52,013 --> 00:26:54,208 Wow. That was actually pretty wild. 483 00:26:54,293 --> 00:26:56,648 But I'm pretty sure no one realized the auction was bogus. 484 00:26:56,733 --> 00:26:58,485 - The auction was fixed? - Uh-oh. 485 00:26:58,573 --> 00:27:01,451 I'm going to sue you and I'm going to sue you. 486 00:27:09,493 --> 00:27:11,723 You know, intellectually I knew the auction was fixed. 487 00:27:11,813 --> 00:27:14,281 But, man, my heart was pumping! 488 00:27:14,373 --> 00:27:17,126 Well, technically your adrenal glands were secreting. 489 00:27:17,213 --> 00:27:19,727 Okay. Remember last session when we talked about the correcting 490 00:27:19,813 --> 00:27:22,771 - and how it could be read the wrong way? - Right. 491 00:27:24,093 --> 00:27:28,644 So, how did it feel when you won the sword? 492 00:27:28,733 --> 00:27:30,530 Awesome! Thank you for asking. 493 00:27:30,613 --> 00:27:33,491 Though I gotta say, I'll be glad to be back behind my desk. 494 00:27:33,573 --> 00:27:35,450 I had enough excitement to last me... 495 00:27:59,973 --> 00:28:01,804 Hey! Stop! 496 00:28:22,973 --> 00:28:24,042 Uh-uh. 497 00:28:27,413 --> 00:28:29,210 Sweets, are you hurt? 498 00:28:29,293 --> 00:28:31,488 I don't know. I don't know. 499 00:28:33,813 --> 00:28:35,849 - Mad props. - Thanks. 500 00:28:37,333 --> 00:28:38,652 You okay? 501 00:28:45,453 --> 00:28:48,889 Okay. You know what? I'm coming in. All right? You could've been killed. 502 00:28:48,973 --> 00:28:51,441 No. You shouldn't move, Booth. With a herniated disk, 503 00:28:51,533 --> 00:28:53,922 the splintered cartilage can irritate the nerves and... 504 00:28:54,013 --> 00:28:56,732 - I'm fine! - So the pain is gone? 505 00:28:56,813 --> 00:29:01,170 Don't feel a thing. I might not be moving as fast, 506 00:29:01,253 --> 00:29:03,926 but, hey, still haven't lost my edge. 507 00:29:04,693 --> 00:29:07,890 - So, why wasn't Perotta with you? - I was with Sweets. 508 00:29:07,973 --> 00:29:10,851 That's like being protected by a Smurf. Not the sheriff. 509 00:29:10,933 --> 00:29:13,766 The guy who was in charge. I don't even know his name. 510 00:29:13,853 --> 00:29:18,404 - But he was blue and a small guy... - Booth, have you taken more Vicodin? 511 00:29:18,493 --> 00:29:21,530 Look, Booth. I'm fine. Sweets is fine. A little shaken up. 512 00:29:21,613 --> 00:29:24,366 But, really, we're both fine. Please don't come in. 513 00:29:24,453 --> 00:29:25,806 If you think so. 514 00:29:27,013 --> 00:29:30,164 - But I'm ready. - That's amazing, in your condition. 515 00:29:30,253 --> 00:29:32,244 Yeah. Well, you know me. 516 00:29:32,333 --> 00:29:35,530 I really think you should just take your Vicodin and rest. 517 00:29:35,613 --> 00:29:37,092 You're right. Okay. 518 00:29:37,893 --> 00:29:41,169 - Let me talk to Perotta. - All right. He wants to talk to you. 519 00:29:45,293 --> 00:29:46,692 How are you, Agent Booth? 520 00:29:46,773 --> 00:29:50,083 The only reason that I am not coming in right now is because Bones told me not to. 521 00:29:50,173 --> 00:29:52,926 But she is your responsibility. Nothing can happen to her, okay? 522 00:29:53,013 --> 00:29:59,327 If anything happens to her, you know, that silky black hair and 523 00:30:00,693 --> 00:30:02,763 that soft skin... 524 00:30:02,853 --> 00:30:05,731 I will not let her out of my sight. You have my word. 525 00:30:07,093 --> 00:30:10,130 Now, we should really get back to the case, Agent Booth. 526 00:30:10,213 --> 00:30:11,885 Am I stopping you? 527 00:30:15,293 --> 00:30:16,772 Let me in! 528 00:30:18,893 --> 00:30:19,928 All right. 529 00:30:20,013 --> 00:30:23,528 I'm gonna go round up as many Black Knights as I can at lmagiCon. 530 00:30:23,613 --> 00:30:26,173 In the meantime, please don't go out in the field without me. 531 00:30:26,253 --> 00:30:27,288 I don't need a sitter. 532 00:30:27,373 --> 00:30:29,170 Booth gets needlessly protective sometimes. 533 00:30:29,253 --> 00:30:30,971 I have no idea why. 534 00:30:31,053 --> 00:30:33,647 - You really don't, do you? - No. 535 00:30:34,573 --> 00:30:36,245 Just call me, please. 536 00:30:40,253 --> 00:30:42,767 Matched paint chips that we lifted from Sweets' car. 537 00:30:42,853 --> 00:30:45,970 Copolymer comprised of ethylenically unsaturated monomers 538 00:30:46,053 --> 00:30:49,204 containing hydroxyl groups and other vinyl monomers. 539 00:30:49,293 --> 00:30:51,011 You know, they could've been killed, Hodgins. 540 00:30:51,093 --> 00:30:54,005 Sweets is way too young for this. He still has to show his ID to drink. 541 00:30:54,093 --> 00:30:57,005 - But they weren't. - And Brennan... 542 00:30:57,093 --> 00:30:58,970 She shouldn't be putting herself in danger like this. 543 00:30:59,053 --> 00:31:01,442 Angela, she cares too much to keep it all in the lab. 544 00:31:01,533 --> 00:31:02,648 And you're never gonna change her. 545 00:31:02,733 --> 00:31:06,362 Why can't she just get her rocks off through sex like a normal person, right? 546 00:31:06,453 --> 00:31:11,607 I agree. And in the spirit of friendship, if, you know, you ever... 547 00:31:14,333 --> 00:31:15,812 Saved by the beep, huh? 548 00:31:17,853 --> 00:31:20,606 The paint is from an early '90's Ford Explorer. 549 00:31:20,693 --> 00:31:23,924 Now all Perotta has to do is find an evil Black Knight that owns one. 550 00:31:28,653 --> 00:31:29,768 There's blood on the blade. 551 00:31:29,853 --> 00:31:31,889 So you landed some hits on the errant knight. 552 00:31:31,973 --> 00:31:33,884 - He's injured. - Can you pull DNA? 553 00:31:33,973 --> 00:31:35,725 Sure. But we have nothing to compare it to. 554 00:31:35,813 --> 00:31:37,371 There's some fresh nicks on the blade. 555 00:31:37,453 --> 00:31:39,921 Only metal would damage the blade like this. 556 00:31:40,013 --> 00:31:41,332 - Was he wearing armor? - No. 557 00:31:41,413 --> 00:31:44,405 - His movement wasn't constricted at all. - He jangled. 558 00:31:44,493 --> 00:31:47,530 - Sweets, how are you feeling? - Appreciative of the airbag. 559 00:31:49,053 --> 00:31:51,123 - Doctor says I'm fine. Thanks. - Jangled? 560 00:31:51,213 --> 00:31:53,283 - Yeah. - A lot of change in his pocket? 561 00:31:53,373 --> 00:31:54,692 I wasn't particularly observant. 562 00:31:54,773 --> 00:31:59,005 Because during the attack, I secreted copious quantities of adrenaline. 563 00:31:59,093 --> 00:32:01,926 An attack is an acceptable excuse, Dr. Brennan. 564 00:32:02,013 --> 00:32:04,322 I'll have Hodgins examine the sword and see what he can find. 565 00:32:04,413 --> 00:32:05,607 Okay. 566 00:32:05,693 --> 00:32:09,368 Hey. I have to thank you, Dr. Brennan, for saving my life. 567 00:32:09,453 --> 00:32:10,522 I owe you a great deal. 568 00:32:10,613 --> 00:32:13,366 I'm sure you would've done the same for me, Dr. Sweets, 569 00:32:13,453 --> 00:32:16,286 if I had been trapped in the car. 570 00:32:16,373 --> 00:32:18,250 Yeah. Though I have to say 571 00:32:18,333 --> 00:32:20,085 you were quite impressive with that sword. 572 00:32:20,173 --> 00:32:24,052 - Your moves, you were very Xena-ish. - Xena-ish? 573 00:32:24,133 --> 00:32:30,083 Xena. She's a tall warrior princess who's really a fantasy. 574 00:32:30,173 --> 00:32:32,368 Okay, thank you. I think. 575 00:32:32,453 --> 00:32:35,763 Hey, since we shared this brush with death, Dr. Brennan, 576 00:32:35,853 --> 00:32:38,128 I was wondering if I could also call you Bones 577 00:32:38,213 --> 00:32:41,285 - in future moments of shared camaraderie? - Don't call me Bones. 578 00:32:41,373 --> 00:32:44,092 - You sure about that, Bones? - Please don't. 579 00:32:45,373 --> 00:32:47,967 None of them drives a Ford Explorer and they all have alibis. 580 00:32:48,053 --> 00:32:50,169 Four that can be corroborated by their moms. 581 00:32:50,253 --> 00:32:52,369 - Any way for you to get blood samples? - No. 582 00:32:52,453 --> 00:32:53,647 I mean, dressing like a medieval knight 583 00:32:53,733 --> 00:32:56,372 isn't exactly enough to get a warrant to collect DNA. 584 00:32:56,453 --> 00:32:58,444 Maybe you could get the names of a few more Black Knights 585 00:32:58,533 --> 00:32:59,852 from these Black Knights. 586 00:32:59,933 --> 00:33:02,493 Okay. But I gotta tell you, 587 00:33:02,573 --> 00:33:05,371 being addressed as "m'lady" for two hours makes one a little cranky. 588 00:33:08,453 --> 00:33:09,852 - M'lady. - M'lady. 589 00:33:13,813 --> 00:33:16,771 - Mr. Fisher? - This is the murder weapon. 590 00:33:16,853 --> 00:33:18,969 Not the literal murder weapon. I'm not that good. 591 00:33:19,053 --> 00:33:21,647 But it certainly falls within the genre or type. 592 00:33:21,733 --> 00:33:22,768 What is it? 593 00:33:22,853 --> 00:33:26,562 The Pear of Anguish. A medieval torture device. Valerie had it. 594 00:33:27,853 --> 00:33:29,764 - Valerie... - Valerie Daniels. 595 00:33:29,853 --> 00:33:32,526 One of the suspects in the case, Valerie Daniels? 596 00:33:32,613 --> 00:33:35,844 - How did you get it? - Do we really have to get into that? 597 00:33:35,933 --> 00:33:39,289 - Now we do, yeah. - Our eyes met at the auction. 598 00:33:39,373 --> 00:33:43,048 We shared a bleak and profound hopelessness. 599 00:33:43,133 --> 00:33:46,409 - You spent the night with a suspect? - Yes. 600 00:33:46,493 --> 00:33:49,371 Valerie enjoys quite a collection of torture devices 601 00:33:49,453 --> 00:33:53,241 and other archaic implements used for pleasure rather than pain. 602 00:33:54,133 --> 00:33:55,566 - May I? - Sure. 603 00:33:57,173 --> 00:34:02,372 This particular Pear of Anguish is to be inserted in either the vagina or the anus. 604 00:34:02,453 --> 00:34:04,569 There are larger ones for the mouth. 605 00:34:04,653 --> 00:34:09,044 As it is opened, it expands the hard palate and mandible in equal proportions, 606 00:34:09,133 --> 00:34:11,124 which would give exactly these injuries, 607 00:34:11,213 --> 00:34:16,367 crushing the maxilla and zygomatic, thrusting the bones into the brain, 608 00:34:16,453 --> 00:34:18,091 killing the victim. 609 00:34:18,653 --> 00:34:20,450 That is one horrible way to die. 610 00:34:20,533 --> 00:34:24,082 I wish the depravity and cruelty of human behavior surprised me. 611 00:34:24,173 --> 00:34:25,891 Does that extend to disciplinary action? 612 00:34:25,973 --> 00:34:28,407 Because you are in big trouble, my melancholy friend. 613 00:34:28,493 --> 00:34:32,088 Of course I am. Who could expect a night of love to last? 614 00:34:45,453 --> 00:34:47,683 I've done every test I can think of on the sword. 615 00:34:47,773 --> 00:34:48,922 Can I say something? 616 00:34:49,013 --> 00:34:51,288 The only thing I'm willing to hear from you right now, Mr. Fisher, 617 00:34:51,373 --> 00:34:53,170 is "I hereby tender my resignation." 618 00:34:53,253 --> 00:34:56,768 Practically speaking, this sword is not worth enough to kill for. 619 00:34:56,853 --> 00:35:00,289 Anything is worth killing for, then everything is worth killing for. 620 00:35:00,373 --> 00:35:02,603 It's worth so much because it appeared in the movie. 621 00:35:02,693 --> 00:35:04,092 That's conveyed value. 622 00:35:04,173 --> 00:35:07,449 Intrinsically, it can't be worth more than a few hundred dollars. 623 00:35:07,533 --> 00:35:10,093 You mean, if it really was a sword from 100 AD, 624 00:35:10,173 --> 00:35:12,323 - you'd understand killing for it? - Yes, I would. 625 00:35:12,413 --> 00:35:15,485 I'd very much like to examine a sword like that. 626 00:35:15,573 --> 00:35:18,485 - What about the marks on this sword? - Metal, you struck metal. 627 00:35:18,573 --> 00:35:19,722 You said he was a knight. 628 00:35:19,813 --> 00:35:22,930 Chain mail. I'm thinking chain mail. 629 00:35:23,613 --> 00:35:24,728 Huh. 630 00:35:25,533 --> 00:35:27,410 - What? - The knight who attacked me 631 00:35:27,493 --> 00:35:29,006 was authentic in his moves. 632 00:35:29,093 --> 00:35:32,608 He used two attack maneuvers, the serpent and the arrowhead. 633 00:35:32,693 --> 00:35:34,126 He could've learned them from movies. 634 00:35:34,213 --> 00:35:37,444 Movies never show combatants holding the sword correctly, 635 00:35:37,533 --> 00:35:40,491 which is one hand on the handle and the other on the blade. 636 00:35:40,573 --> 00:35:43,246 Our assailant's form was historically accurate. 637 00:35:43,333 --> 00:35:47,929 So you believe you were attacked by an actual Arthurian knight? 638 00:35:48,013 --> 00:35:53,212 No. Time travel is scientifically impossible. But I was attacked by someone 639 00:35:53,293 --> 00:35:56,046 well-trained in archaic martial arts wearing chain mail. 640 00:35:56,133 --> 00:35:58,727 Hodgins, we're gonna need to use your metal detector again. 641 00:35:58,813 --> 00:35:59,928 Sure. 642 00:36:00,653 --> 00:36:02,644 I think that she means that you should go with her. 643 00:36:02,733 --> 00:36:05,770 Oh, yeah. Right. Hey, field trip. 644 00:36:15,293 --> 00:36:16,612 What's that? 645 00:36:17,853 --> 00:36:20,890 Part of Sweets' car. Think he wants it back? 646 00:36:20,973 --> 00:36:24,886 - I'll ask him. - So what am I looking for exactly? 647 00:36:24,973 --> 00:36:26,884 Maybe the Black Knight dropped his metal wallet? 648 00:36:27,453 --> 00:36:31,287 No. Historically, that would be a leather sack held together with flax thread. 649 00:36:31,373 --> 00:36:34,763 It wouldn't register on your metal detector. I hit him hard. 650 00:36:34,853 --> 00:36:40,405 Perhaps hard enough to dislodge some of his chain mail. 651 00:36:45,813 --> 00:36:48,566 What we're looking at is flat, riveted chain mail. 652 00:36:48,653 --> 00:36:49,688 Is it real? 653 00:36:49,773 --> 00:36:53,766 If by "real" you mean, does it come from medieval times? No. No. 654 00:36:53,853 --> 00:36:57,402 But it's a very, very good replica. Made of wrought iron. 655 00:36:57,493 --> 00:37:01,532 It's alternating rows of solid rings and riveted rings. Historically accurate. 656 00:37:01,613 --> 00:37:04,047 But the smelting methods for the wrought iron are modern. 657 00:37:04,133 --> 00:37:06,647 - Can you trace the manufacturer? - I had Fisher do it. 658 00:37:09,533 --> 00:37:13,128 Hodgins, are you trying to help someone? Because that's not in your character. 659 00:37:13,213 --> 00:37:15,886 The way I see it, Fisher's like a deep-cover agent. 660 00:37:15,973 --> 00:37:18,009 He infiltrated the enemy to uncover secrets. 661 00:37:18,093 --> 00:37:20,368 In order to do so, he had to suffer a night of passion 662 00:37:20,453 --> 00:37:23,206 with a beautiful but dangerous enemy. 663 00:37:23,293 --> 00:37:26,649 - You have no idea how dangerous. - He's sort of my hero. 664 00:37:28,173 --> 00:37:31,165 - All right. What have you got? - I didn't have to go far. 665 00:37:31,253 --> 00:37:35,405 There are only three manufacturers working at this level with these materials. 666 00:37:35,493 --> 00:37:40,408 Can I please keep my job if I promise never ever to have sex again with anyone, 667 00:37:40,493 --> 00:37:43,644 which, by the way, suits me temperamentally? 668 00:37:43,733 --> 00:37:46,293 I happen to be very self-sufficient. 669 00:37:46,373 --> 00:37:49,888 I won't require that, Mr. Fisher, but I do require discretion. 670 00:37:49,973 --> 00:37:53,363 Nothing will pass these lips again, Dr. Saroyan. 671 00:37:53,453 --> 00:37:58,004 Even if a scary hot woman in black leather uses the Pear of Anguish on me. 672 00:37:59,293 --> 00:38:01,363 Which I'm actually afraid she will. 673 00:38:08,973 --> 00:38:10,691 Kroon the Blacksmith. 674 00:38:11,973 --> 00:38:14,646 You started out as a serious historian at Yale. 675 00:38:14,733 --> 00:38:19,011 You studied medieval warfare and Chaucerian literature at Oxford. 676 00:38:19,093 --> 00:38:20,082 You're a published poet. 677 00:38:20,173 --> 00:38:22,368 You're wondering how a man with all my potential 678 00:38:22,453 --> 00:38:24,523 ended up selling artifacts to fantasy geeks? 679 00:38:24,613 --> 00:38:27,252 - No. I don't care. - Your car shows you are the person 680 00:38:27,333 --> 00:38:29,528 who drove Dr. Brennan and Dr. Sweets off the road. 681 00:38:29,613 --> 00:38:32,332 Your wound matches the one Dr. Brennan delivered to her assailant. 682 00:38:32,413 --> 00:38:33,892 It was your blood on the sword. 683 00:38:33,973 --> 00:38:35,565 And we found fragments of your chain mail. 684 00:38:35,653 --> 00:38:37,291 - We know you did it. - We just don't know why. 685 00:38:37,373 --> 00:38:39,933 - But we really don't care why. - Well, I kind of do. 686 00:38:40,013 --> 00:38:42,481 I mean, the motive thing is pretty central to a conviction. 687 00:38:42,573 --> 00:38:44,245 I know why he did it. 688 00:38:44,893 --> 00:38:49,205 Read this to him. "What is a man without his love?" 689 00:38:49,293 --> 00:38:51,682 "What is a man without his love? 690 00:38:52,533 --> 00:38:58,244 "If love turn its back on thee, it is as a hearth with no fire. 691 00:38:58,333 --> 00:39:03,248 "'Tis best to slay the false heart, to waken from the dream that is life 692 00:39:03,333 --> 00:39:06,405 "than live dark-hearted in a dark world." 693 00:39:09,493 --> 00:39:12,883 - What's that? - It's mine. I wrote that. 694 00:39:13,933 --> 00:39:16,447 - It's a confession. - It's a confession. 695 00:39:17,533 --> 00:39:20,730 I loved her. It's stupid, but... 696 00:39:22,533 --> 00:39:25,206 Love is stupid, you know? 697 00:39:25,293 --> 00:39:28,569 You gave her the sword, your most valuable possession, 698 00:39:28,653 --> 00:39:30,530 and she tried to sell it for rent? 699 00:39:30,613 --> 00:39:33,685 You killed her because she wanted to sell a movie prop? 700 00:39:33,773 --> 00:39:35,491 You don't understand. 701 00:39:36,773 --> 00:39:39,287 No one understands true love anymore! 702 00:39:49,773 --> 00:39:52,571 So he killed her because he loved her so much? 703 00:39:52,653 --> 00:39:56,089 The whole Age of Chivalry was irrational. 704 00:39:56,173 --> 00:39:59,324 Knights, maidens. Thank goodness we've moved through the Reformation, 705 00:39:59,413 --> 00:40:03,088 and the Enlightenment, into the Age of Reason. 706 00:40:03,173 --> 00:40:05,243 Do you... Do you see what I mean? 707 00:40:05,333 --> 00:40:07,164 Not at all. I gotta tell you, man. 708 00:40:07,253 --> 00:40:10,723 I think they had a pretty good idea with the whole chivalry thing, you know? 709 00:40:10,813 --> 00:40:16,490 Open car doors, kill dragons, small hearts. 710 00:40:16,573 --> 00:40:19,371 - Are you still on Vicodin? - Yeah, a little. 711 00:40:19,453 --> 00:40:23,287 Okay. What I'm trying to show you is that your doctor is wrong. 712 00:40:23,373 --> 00:40:25,204 - You've been misdiagnosed. - Give me that! What? 713 00:40:25,293 --> 00:40:27,124 There's just a slight misalignment. 714 00:40:27,213 --> 00:40:28,646 - I'd be happy to fix it for you. - No, no, no, no. 715 00:40:28,733 --> 00:40:30,928 The last time you did that, I almost ended up in a wheelchair. 716 00:40:31,013 --> 00:40:34,289 - Don't you trust me? - Let's not make it about trust. 717 00:40:34,373 --> 00:40:36,648 Well, it's a fact. A fact is not what I make of it. 718 00:40:36,733 --> 00:40:37,882 It's just a fact. Are you ready? 719 00:40:37,973 --> 00:40:40,567 I'm definitely not ready now. Thanks. 720 00:40:41,973 --> 00:40:43,292 It's open! 721 00:40:45,813 --> 00:40:46,962 Whoa! 722 00:40:47,053 --> 00:40:48,372 Oh. 723 00:40:48,453 --> 00:40:51,365 I didn't... I thought you said the door was open. 724 00:40:51,453 --> 00:40:54,092 It is open. I'm done. I'm just leaving. 725 00:40:54,173 --> 00:40:58,212 No, no. No, no. I just brought some chili I made, but... 726 00:40:58,733 --> 00:41:02,521 You know what? I'll just leave that there. And you can... 727 00:41:04,893 --> 00:41:06,804 - Are you all right? - He's fine now. 728 00:41:06,893 --> 00:41:11,523 - I gotta tell you, I'm afraid to move. - He's fine. Please, you stay. 729 00:41:11,613 --> 00:41:14,207 No, no. I really... I really can't. So, you stay. 730 00:41:14,293 --> 00:41:16,602 - I've gotta go. - I can't stay. 731 00:41:18,053 --> 00:41:19,884 Great. Now nobody's staying? 732 00:41:22,933 --> 00:41:24,082 Hello? 733 00:42:01,693 --> 00:42:02,682 English - US - SDH