10x18 - The Verdict in the Victims

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Previously on Bones...

He was a good man. He was gonna make it.

Booth: So everyone in here has done time?

Yeah. I told you my guys had nothing to do with this.

Oh, three more bodies.

The bodies b*rned for different amounts of time.

Saroyan: That and the creepy removal of the tattoos.

I'm calling this a serial k*ller.

There appear to be symmetrical curve marks through the clavicles and the upper thorax.

Just like Freeman.

These killings could have a ritualistic component.

We found three more bodies where Connor was being held c*ptive.

Two of them had connections to Rockwell, one we're still waiting on.

Listen to me, Alex, if you run, they're not gonna believe you.

You need to talk to them now.

Rockwell?

He has a Kn*fe in the car!

I don't have a clear sh*t.

I do.

(grunts)

Booth.

Rockwell?

How you doing?

You decided what you want for your last meal request?

I'll eat whatever the kitchen is serving the other inmates.

Aw. They'll make whatever you want.

Final 48 hours are approaching.

Means you get one visit with your family and a priest, but you got to fill out this form first.

I know the rules.

I have no family and no priest.

They gave up on me a long time ago.

Listen.

The warden can assign you a chaplain if you want one...

I need nothing, thanks.

I'm all I need.

(knocking)

Look, Bones, this is, like, the fourth message that I've left you already, all right?

So just do me a favor.

I'm getting just a little worried right now, okay?

So, you get this message, I want you to call me or text me, got it?

Well, this is a big honor.

Being invited to Sunday dinner.

Everything okay?

Bones was supposed to be home hours ago.

She's been at the lab all weekend long going over her findings from the Alex Rockwell case.

Why? I mean, that was seven months ago.

And she got a conviction.

Well, it's her process before anyone is ex*cuted.

You know? She has to look at her work.

So Rockwell didn't file for an appeal?

No, not at all.

He even aske$ to move up the execution date.

Well, if that doesn't say guilty, I don't know what does.

Christine: I'm starving.

If I don't eat soon, I'll die.

Booth: Right. Coming up!

Hey, what if I sneak you a snack?

Seriously? You carry snacks in your pocket?

Uh, yeah, in case of emergencies like this one.

I don't think my mom would want me eating those.

No, I'll tell you what-- she wouldn't want you eating those.

That's a good choi...

She's not picking up.

Okay, Christine, you know what?

Field trip time.

Let's go get Mom.

But I'm hungry!

You know, if you want, I can watch the mini-Booth.

What? I mean, I'm closer to her in age.

We'll have plenty to talk about.

Go, go. It's fine. I'm good with the kids.

Come on, Christine and I will be fine, right?

Okay.

Listen to me then, all right?

I don't want you eating any of these.

No sugar. Broccoli only, all right?

You hear me? Broccoli.

Can I see those gummy bears again?

Dr. Brennan.

It's late. You shouldn't be here.

He has osteophytes on both coracoid processes.

It makes no sense.

Are you okay?

No, I-I don't believe I am.

Is it the baby?

What? The baby?

No. The baby's fine.

Look at these.

What am I looking at?

Our m*rder*r!

These are Alex Rockwell's humeral heads and scapulas.

There is increased bone growth around the glenoid fossa of the right scapula and osteophytes on both coracoid processes.

Okay, Alex Rockwell had untreated rotator cuff injuries in both shoulders.

And they're over ten years old.

I'm sorry, I don't get the cause for alarm.

Because he's going to be ex*cuted.

And there's no way he could've k*lled Leonard Barnes.

He wasn't tried for Barnes' m*rder.

Only the other three.

Caroline...

I know.

The evidence for Barnes was older than the others, but...

Bones, wait a sec, what are you still doing here?

You were supposed to be home hours ago.

I need to find Leonard Barnes' file.

Barnes?

He was Rockwell's first victim.

We found him with the others at the ironworks factory.

I know who he is.

Why are we looking for his file?

Because I don't think Alex Rockwell is our serial k*ller.

Hold it right there, okay?

He was convicted off of your evidence and your testimony.

Saroyan: Dr. Brennan, how long has it been since you slept?

You're pregnant.

Maybe the stress...

Yes, I am pregnant, Dr. Saroyan.

But that in no way compromises my mental acumen.

I am making sense, Booth.

I found her like this poring over Alex Rockwell's X-rays.

Booth: His X-rays?

What are we doing with Rockwell's X-rays?

They were taken by the prison doctor after he got into a fight a few months ago. And they confirm that he couldn't have k*lled Leonard Barnes.

Barnes sustained blunt force trauma to his left parietal and spinous processes of the L1 through L5 from someone swinging a pipe from a high angle in a downward motion.

Oh, my God.

Booth: Okay, look, everyone just... someone, please tell me what's going on.

This case was a slam dunk.

Brennan: Alex Rockwell's rotator cuff injuries.

He would've been incapable of meeting the force profile required to b*at Leonard Barnes to death.

Saroyan: All the victims, including Barnes, had that same ritualistic triangle carved into the tissue of their upper chests.

All their DNA was found on the Kn*fe in Alex's car-- I-I ran the tests myself.

Booth: Okay, if Rockwell didn't k*ll Barnes, then it's possible he didn't k*ll any of the victims we found.

Which means... they could be executing an innocent man.

In just over 48 hours.

♪ Bones 10x18 ♪
The Verdict in the Victims
Original Air Date on May 7, 2015

♪ Main Title Theme ♪
The Crystal Method
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Woman: I don't understand.

You three are responsible for the conviction of Alex Rockwell, and now you're asking me to stay his execution?

Brennan: Yes.

Or at least just postpone it till we get to the bottom of all this.

We did get to the bottom of it, several months ago in court.

You consulted with the D.A. prosecuting Rockwell, Ms. Julian. Why are you wasting my time?

Caroline: I trust these two, Your Honor.

If they say something's hinky, then something's hinky.

The last time I looked, hinky was not a legal strategy.

Listen, I haven't had breakfast yet, so...

The blows to Leonard Barnes could not...

Wait, wait, wait.

Leonard Barnes?

Alex Rockwell wasn't even tried for Barnes' m*rder.

Right, but the four murders were linked.

I mean, look, if Rockwell didn't k*ll Barnes, it's likely he didn't k*ll any of them.

"Likely," "hinky."

What's next-- "maybe"?

Leonard Barnes is not relevant.

Alex Rockwell is being ex*cuted for the murders of Father Douglas Nabors, Ted Widmer and Connor Freeman.

But those...

No, no, no.

No more theories, Dr. Brennan.

Do you have conclusive evidence that would overturn his conviction?

Not yet.

You know, we just... we just need more time.

Sorry, kids, I have no legal grounds to postpone this execution.

I can provide the evidence if I can re-examine the remains.

You want to exhume four bodies?

How else would I be able to re-examine the remains?

Booth: Please, just give us this one.

You don't want an innocent man's death on your head, do you?

Cute.

Any objection from the Justice Department?

I have no objection.

All right, I will sign an exhumation order.

But I don't want to see any of you in my chambers again until you have concrete evidence.

Angela's particle scanner uses similar technology to what was used to read through the layers of the Herculaneum charred scrolls.

Yeah, think of it as a high-pressure X-ray.

It should be able to determine the force applied to these fractures, and hopefully prove Brennan's theory.

I can't believe your country still executes prisoners.

I believe it's your country now, too.

Yeah, and if you want to prevent the death of an innocent man, I suggest you familiarize yourself with these case files.

Brennan: And the 824 bones before you, because Mr. Rockwell will be dead in 36 hours and 16 minutes.

Fuentes: So, based on time of death, Leonard Barnes was the very first victim.

Saroyan: Which explains why that m*rder was the most violent.

Our k*ller hadn't honed his skills yet.

Fuentes: And all the remaining victims were then k*lled in a similar manner.

But the jugular veins were more expertly severed.

Brennan: Except for Connor Freeman, who escaped and d*ed in the mine expl*si*n.

Montenegro: Okay.

That should do it.

I'm gonna load this in the Angelatron.

My God.

You okay there, buddy?

All these victims were tortured and left to slowly bleed out.

I can never understand how somebody could do something like this.

Let's hope we figure out who it is before it's too late.

So why have we brought in Thomas Saltz?

Well, if Rockwell didn't do it, then somebody planted the m*rder w*apon in his car, right?

Saltz-- he worked with him at the bakery, borrowed his car all the time.

Giving Saltz means and opportunity to plant evidence in the car.

Look, during the trial, Rockwell's lawyer tried to drum up reasonable doubt by pointing the finger at Thomas Saltz.

So maybe it was more than reasonable doubt?

We're gonna find out, huh?

The jury convicted Alex.

Man, I had nothing to do with those murders.

Well, we have reason to believe that Alex may be innocent.

So you think I did it instead?

Borrowed his car a few times a week, didn't you?

So?

So it would've been real easy for you to stash the m*rder w*apon in it.

Look, I borrowed his car to go to my N.A. meetings.

Ah, look at that.

N.A.-- Narcotics Anonymous.

That's good.

Right? Now we're getting somewhere.

Look, I'm clean.

You can ask my sponsor.

Why would I k*ll all those people? I've never even had an as*ault conviction.

You had a connection to at least two of the victims.

Yeah.

Two of your prison mates there, Widmer and Freeman.

Plus, we know that Father Nabors visited Alex at the bakery, tried to get him back to church.

You were friends with Alex; maybe you didn't like the idea of losing him.

Saltz: That's crazy.

What's crazy?

The night Connor was k*lled, I was at one of my N.A. meetings.

I go to the same meeting every week.

You can check.

Fuentes: All the damage I'm seeing is already listed in the case files.

It is new.

What is it, Dr. Fuentes?

Right there.

A faint, curved striation toward the medial end of Father Nabor's left clavicle, further in than the kerf mark.

Do any of the other victims have that same striation on their clavicle?

Not that I saw, but some of these remains are extremely damaged by the fire.

Perhaps Angela's scans will see something else.

I hope, because this could just be Rockwell's hand slipping when he was carving up his victim.

But now we know, even after examining these remains numerous times, we still have new evidence to find.

Guard: Open 12.

Guard 2: 12 open.

(door buzzes)

(door opens)

Guard (over intercom): Closing 12.

I declined all visitors.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but the laws concerning an ongoing investigation, they Tr*mp those wishes.

Look, I'm here to help you.

No, thank you.

Just listen to me. We...

(sighs)

We reopened the investigation into the murders.

We think you may be innocent.

You understand what I'm saying to you?

You'd be wasting your time.

Are you saying you're guilty?

I'm saying there's nothing left for me on this earth.

You have a son.

Is he nothing to you?

I've been fighting for a decent life since I was born, Agent Booth.

I've finally learned that true justice isn't here, not on this earth.

I'm putting myself in God's hands now.

If you're putting your faith into God, then you should put your faith into other people.

Nice thought.

The truth is, once I'm dead, after a couple of days, I won't even cross your mind.

Look, who else would've k*lled those people, Rockwell?

Who else?

(muffled): Pick it back up.

Pick the phone back up.

(muffled): Hey! I am trying to help you!

Listen to me. Hey!

Who else?

(door buzzes)

You wanted to see me, Dr. Fuentes?

Did Ted Widmer use dr*gs?

Not that we found in the initial investigation.

Why?

I found a tiny nick in the base of Widmer's manubrium, indicative of an injury caused by a needle.

Was this nick in Dr. Brennan's original findings?

No.

I didn't see anything like it in the other remains.

Saroyan: We know the k*ller injected his victims with opiates at the base of their skull.

Maybe this is another injection site.

Have we heard anything from Booth?

Apparently, Alex is being uncooperative, so Booth's on his way to see Alex's ex-girlfriend.

Maybe she can help.

Well, hopefully, she can point us in the direction of a suspect.

'cause I got to say, I'm gonna swab this, but honestly, with only 27 hours left, I am not feeling too optimistic.

So no luck with the fibers retrieved from Alex's car?

No. So far, everything points back to Alex.

There's nothing that links to Saltz.

Fuentes: This is ridiculous.

We're trying to find a serial k*ller in one day.

Yeah, this is the problem with the death penalty.

Innocent people die.

Well, we don't know for sure that Rockwell is innocent.

Perhaps Dr. Brennan was mistaken, and his rotator cuff injuries didn't prevent him from k*lling Barnes.

Fuentes: Makes no difference.

Putting people to death is inhumane.

What happened to these people in that factory was inhumane.

So you believe in the death penalty?

My personal beliefs aren't pertinent to this case.

You cannot be serious.

42% of death row population is black, yet African-Americans make up only 13.2% of the overall U.S. population.

Saroyan: So a person shouldn't believe in the death penalty because of the color of their skin?

How liberal of you.

If it was Michelle on this table, I'd want the person who k*lled her to pay in kind.

And so would you, if it was Michael Vincent.

I'd like to think that I'm better than that.

And I'd feel fine knowing justice was served.

And I'm grateful to finally be in a country where we can debate about this.

But not right now.

Rockwell dies tomorrow at midnight.

Me, personally?

I don't want his life on my head if he's innocent.

I'll swab the needle mark.

Woman: Now Alex is saying he was framed?

Booth: No.

He's not saying anything.

See, that's why we're here.

All I know is I was living with a criminal.

I can't help you.

Lauren...

No, Torrance.

I have stood by Alex time and time again, and he always lands back in prison.

I have to think about Zeke now.

My son is my priority.

No one else.

All right. Pastor Evans, I-I remember you from Alex's trial.

You, Alex and Lauren-- you go way back, right?

Yeah, Alex and I came up as altar boys together under Father Nabors.

I guess you could say our lives took different paths.

Are you two...

He's Zeke's godfather.

That's all.

Torrance: It's hard to raise a child without a man in the house.

I'm just doing what I can.

Booth: I'm sorry, but where was all this concern for Lauren and Zeke when you testified against Alex at the trial?

Excuse me, but I didn't testify against Alex.

You testified that Alex held a grudge against Father Nabors.

Father Nabors kicked Alex out of the altar boy program when he caught Alex stealing.

Alex never forgave him for that.

You see how that could be construed as pretty damning testimony?

I was asked a question.

I was under oath.

A-Am I a suspect now?

Well, we're just asking questions, that's all.

Gentlemen, I'm sorry Alex is about to be ex*cuted.

I personally believe that his judgment should be between him and God.

But he's there because of choices he made.

Not because I put him there.

Brennan: You don't really believe that Torrance Evans k*lled all those people and framed Alex to get to his family, do you?

Look, I don't know anything, but we don't... we're running out of time right here.

We got to look at everyone, okay?

Aubrey is-is digging up everything he can on Evans right now.

I'm just trying to say that there's no evidence to indicate that Evans is a serial k*ller.

There's no evidence that indicates anything about anyone except Rockwell.

Do you see? That's the problem.

So you think I'm wrong.

That Rockwell is guilty.

(scoffs)

I didn't say that.

You didn't have to.

Look, I think that you're the best, okay?

I am putting everything on you.

I'm trusting you.

Man: Excuse me, Agent Booth?

Mr. Flender.

What are you doing here?

Thomas Saltz came into work today very upset.

He said that you guys brought him in.

I don't have time for your lectures on how good your men are.

That's not why I'm here.

Like you, I believe that Alex Rockwell is innocent.

Do you have any information pertinent to the case?

No, but... you could bring me in.

Officially, as a suspect.

I don't understand.

Why would you want to do that?

Are you confessing?

No.

But Rockwell, Saltz, the other ex-cons-- they all worked for me.

That makes me as much of a suspect as Saltz, right?

So the judge will have to postpone the execution if you tell her that I'm your main suspect.

You would do that for Alex?

I'd do that for any of my men who I believed were innocent.

The judge is not gonna stop the execution because we bring you in.

She's gonna want hard evidence.

So where does that leave Alex?

Hodgins: There was nothing in the new swab.

So I just went over every one of my original findings--

I mean, every particulate, every fungi...

Let me guess.

You found nothing new.

(sighs) I feel completely useless here, you know?

What are these?

What, are we house hunting?

Oh. Uh, that's nothing.

Oh... don't worry about that.

Oh!

These are Paris listings.

You want to buy a vacation home in Paris.

I... I was thinking about a home home.

It-it... it's stupid.

It's not even important right now.

Angie, Angie, talk to me. What's going on?

I just started imagining what our lives would be like without all this death and shadow governments and-and serial K*llers.

What a life would be like without my best friend's house getting sh*t up.

Where you could maybe teach at the Sorbonne and-and...

I could paint stuff.

Doesn't that sound nice?

This is a little more than imagining.

I mean, you're serious.

Wh-When were you gonna mention this to me?

Well, I mean, I was working on the case.

You-you brought it up.

It was sitting on your desk.

Well, I-I... I don't think we should talk about it right now.

(sighs)

You're right.

Yeah.

So, uh, the scan I did confirmed Brennan's theory.

Rockwell was incapable of the force profile for the fractures to Barnes' skull.

So then I remembered something that Sweets said.

That a serial k*ller usually has a personal connection to his first victim.

So I went through Barnes' e-mails and bills.

Mm-hmm.

Now, we already knew he was into cocaine.

Two weeks before he d*ed, he spent an exorbitant amount of money on flowers for a funeral.

A funeral? Who d*ed?

His driver.

He had a driver?

Yeah. He was loaded.

I'll keep looking and see if anything else jumps out at me.

Yeah.

I looked into Pastor Evans and found a sealed juvie record from when he was 15 for car theft.

Are you trying to tell me you didn't pull any dumb stuff in your youth?

Me? I was a Boy Scout.

Actually a Boy Scout.

Anyway, look, other than the sealed juvie record, guy's clean.

What about Dr. Brennan and the cute Cuban at the lab?

Between all those victims, they've got enough bones to fill a clown car.

Have they found anything?

Uh, a needle mark, a cut that they didn't see before, but nothing that gives us another k*ller.

What is it?

What are we missing?

Bones.

Wait a second.

Bones, wake up.

What is it? Wh-What's wrong?

Wake up, listen.

Uh... there's a pattern.

The dates that the victims d*ed.

I can't believe I didn't see this.

It was right in front of me.

Wh-What pattern?

Look, the k*ller hasn't gone more than three or four months without k*lling someone.

Sweets used to say that serial K*llers are compulsive by nature.

They can't stop.

Right, so and if Rockwell's been in jail for more than seven months-- I mean, if the real k*ller is still out there...

He must have k*lled someone in the last few months.

There has to be another body out there, Bones.

There just has to be.

(sighs)

So we have to get

into the head of the k*ller, so I did some research on the history of the Scovell Iron Works factory.

Now, it turns out that land belonged to a monastery in the 1700s.

So the factory was built on holy land.

Given the ritualistic nature of the killings, that can't be a coincidence.

Yeah, exactly.

Which means the k*ller would want his new hideaway to be on holy ground.

Well, this is a map of all of the religious ground in the tri-state area.

That's a lot of ground to cover.

Yeah, but we know he needs his privacy, right?

So we can rule out any active churches, mosques, synagogues.

So that narrows us down to 42 locations.

42.

Well, that's a start, Dr. Hodgins.

Send everything you have over to the FBI.

I want us all working on this.

Well, it looks like you haven't moved in quite a while.

Have they found a new victim yet?

Angela's working with the FBI to try to narrow down a possible location.

And Booth is trying Rockwell one more time.

And I brought you breakfast.

Oh, thank you, I'm not hungry.

Maybe you're not, but that little person inside must be starving.

It's an eggless tofu omelet.

Booth said it's your favorite, which is upsetting, but eat, please.

Thank you.

Have you found anything yet?

No.

No, I-I pride myself on my thoroughness and not making mistakes, and yet I've made a mistake.

All the evidence pointed to Rockwell, including the Kn*fe they found in his car.

This isn't your fault.

Of course it is.

It's my work that put him on death row.

The only person responsible is the bastard who k*lled those four men and framed Rockwell.

I wish I could believe that.

Montenegro: Hey.

I think we did it.

We found a location that might give us a new victim.

Aubrey and Caroline are on their way to the judge right now to get a warrant.

See?

We will solve this case, Dr. Brennan.

Yes.

But my fear is that when we do, Rockwell will already be dead.

You can sit.

No, we can't, Cherie.

C-Can you try the judge again?

We really need that warrant.

She is probably in the parking structure.

There's no cell service there.

It won't hurt your fingers to push those little buttons and try.

Look, we find a location, yet?

This kid here has a good brain stuck in that cute head of his.

Okay, so needed to find a place that was remote, abandoned and holy.

This abandoned water treatment plant was built on land that belonged to the Kiskiack tribe.

It's on holy ground.

And at a treatment plant, they purify water...

Guy's a religious nut-- okay, so the deaths and the burning after is just some kind of a purification.

You got it, Cher. Couldn't you just eat him up?

Oh, God.

What now?

Search warrant, Your Honor.

All right, let me get a coffee, and then we'll talk.

No, no time.

(sirens wailing, indistinct police radio chatter)

N-N-No, l-listen to me for a second.

Bones, all right, listen, it's not safe for you to be here.

I don't know, they kicked us out because they smelled some kind of fumes.

All right, I'll tell you what.

I'll get all the information to you as soon as I find things out. Thanks. Bye.

So we found the victim in a barrel of ammonia inside the facility.

Ammonia's one of the chemicals they use to purify water.

Also good for dissolving tissue if used in a high enough concentration.

Wow, I could make you an honorary squint.

Listen, before they rushed us out of there, we also found a worktable with large dried blood stains.

Victim was probably bled like the others.

Hodgins: All right, well, we'll know for sure when we're done examining the remains.

I got to get back under the tent.

Well, I got to get back into the plant.

There's got to be evidence in there that needs to be secured.

We'll take care of it.

Guys, you don't understand.

One false move in there, one mistake, and any moisture on your body could react with the ammonia and burn you from the inside out.

I'll stay out here, no problems.

Don't have the suit, gonna stay right here, right?

Yeah.

Sir, this was found hanging from a pipe inside the plant.

Okay.

There you go-- it's a piece of tattooed skin like the one we found at the ironworks.

This is our guy.

Which means we definitely got the wrong guy on death row.

Fuentes: Based on the pitting on the bones, these remains have been in the ammonia for roughly three months.

Saroyan: That fits the right time frame based on our k*ller's pattern.

Hodgins: Hopefully, I can pinpoint a more specific time of death once I get a sample of the ammonia here.

Well, we need to hose down the remains immediately.

N-N-No, that could wash away vital evidence.

If we don't, the ammonia's gonna keep eating away at what little tissue we have.

Forward protrusion of the anterior aspect of the mandible.

Narrow zygomatic arch.

The victim's a black female.

His first female victim.

That we know of.

Keep it.

Thank you, ma'am.

Caroline: Judge Edwards.

This cup of coffee I'm drinking.

We found another victim, same M.O.

The evidence matches the other victims.

Evidence?

Real evidence?

This victim has been dead for three months.

Her tattooed flesh was found hanging at the crime scene.

Just like at the ironworks factory.

Caroline: And they found a similar work area at the plant, with bloody restraints, worktables.

It's all in the file.

Brennan: Alex Rockwell has been in solitary confinement on death row for seven months.

He could not have done this.

I sympathize with what you're trying to do, but Rockwell's was a very highly publicized trial.

This latest m*rder could be a copycat k*lling.

No... the method is too precise, too exacting to be a copycat.

Caroline: Why don't we all just admit what's really happening here?

Executing Alex Rockwell furthers your political aspirations as a law and order candidate.

I don't give a crap what you think about me, Miss Julian.

The law is the law.

Provide me with proof that Rockwell did not k*ll Nabors, Freeman or Widmer, or he will be ex*cuted as planned in nine hours.

(sighs)

Damn.

"Harbor no ill will.

"Forgive those who might hurt and betray you.

"Expect nothing, but give everything.

"What others say is not who you are.

"The love you hold inside is who you are.

"Trust in the Lord, for there is no other justice than in him.

Love, Papa."

(door opens)

Guard: Rockwell, it's time.

For my son.

Sure.

Open 14.

(door buzzes)

Guard: 14 open.

Step out.

We'll take you to the holding room.

You'll wait there until it's time to take you to the execution chamber.

Right hand.

There's a deep striation to the victim's anterior C-6.

Saroyan: Well, that confirms that she bled out through her jugular vein like the other victims.

I also found kerf marks on the victim's right clavicle and marks on the upper thorax.

She was definitely k*lled by the same person who m*rder*d all the other four victims.

(computer beeps)

Ooh, I got a match.

Fuentes: Already?

Yeah, looks like an ex-con.

Seems like the black-sleeve rose tattoo really did the trick.

It was listed as a unique identifier.

Tracy Taylor, 33, reported missing by her parole officer two months ago.

Caroline: Possession, dealing, DUIs, prostitution.

This little Tracy Taylor was a busy woman.

Makes her a perfect candidate to be purified.

So I get why this sick puppy thinks the ex-cons need to be purified, but what did Father Nabors and Barnes do to earn their spot on the list?

I have no idea. When we catch him, you can ask him yourself.

Spoke to Tracy Taylor's parole officer; apparently, Tracy was getting her life back together.

Caroline: And I'm planning on entering the Miss USA Pageant.

Right?

He said that she was regularly attending Narcotics Anonymous meetings.

Let me guess-- the same meetings that Thomas Saltz attended.

You got it.

Look, I want Saltz back in here now.

And anyone else from the N.A. meeting who may have seen him and Tracy Taylor together the day she disappeared.

On it.

Right, okay, so witnesses at the meetings say that you and Tracy Taylor fought for months leading up to her disappearance.

One guy even said that you were the reason Tracy stopped coming to the meetings.

Oh, so now I've k*lled five people?

Did you call Flender?

'Cause I'm not saying anything till he gets me a lawyer.

Really? Okay, what was it, huh?

She get on your nerves?

She find out about the other murders?

Maybe she knew that you weren't at N.A. the night that Connor Freeman was m*rder*d.

Booth: That makes sense. What?

She's the only one standing between you and the perfect alibi?

No.

You guys are wrong.

Oh, really?

Why don't you help us out, then?

Tracy and I fought.

She kept trying to get me using again.

Why'd she finally stop?

I don't know.

Maybe someone threatened to call the cops on her.

I swear on my mama's soul, I had no idea that she was dead.

Brennan: Kyle Martin.

Who is Kyle Martin?

Saroyan: Please don't tell me you found another victim.

Montenegro: No. I've been looking for the link between Leonard Barnes and anyone else in Rockwell's life.

And he's the link.

So who is he?

What's the connection?

He was Barnes' driver.

He d*ed two weeks before Barnes went missing.

You said he spent a ton on flowers for a funeral.

It was Kyle Martin's funeral?

Yeah.

Look at his death certificate.

Brennan: Says he d*ed of a drug overdose.

Well, Barnes had cocaine in his system, lots of it.

Maybe they were drug buddies.

I'm still confused.

What does this have to do with Alex Rockwell?

Montenegro: It doesn't.

It has to do with someone else in Rockwell's life.

Look at Kyle Martin's mother's name on the death certificate.

"Rosamund... Flender"?

Oh, my God.

So Kyle Martin was related to Roger Flender, the baker.

Rosamund Flender was Roger Flender's sister.

Kyle Martin was his nephew.

Kyle O.D.s while working for Barnes, and then two weeks later, Barnes is m*rder*d?

Flender is the only one connected to all five victims.

Barnes was the first victim, which means he must have been Flender's trigger.

Roger Flender framed Alex.

He's our serial k*ller.

So Flender thinks he's some kind of a messiah and all the ex-cons that are working for him are like his disciples.

He even offered himself up in place of Alex like some sort of martyr.

So as long as they abide by his rules, he keeps them protected.

Right.

And they're all devoted to him because you know what?

He gave them all a second chance.

Caroline: So he kills anyone who tries to lead his men away from righteousness.

And to Flender, only death could wash these sins away.

This isn't gonna be enough for Judge Edwards.

It's all circumstantial.

We need proof.

Booth: Bones is looking at the remains again.

She's gonna come up with something.

Hope she can do it in less than an hour, Cher.

Start at the distal ends of the tibias and proceed upwards.

Tell me everything you find, no matter how small or insignificant.

This mark...

What is it?

Well, you found a curved striation on Father Nabors' left clavicle yesterday.

Yes, it seemed to have been caused when his hand slipped as he was cutting into the victim.

I don't think it was a slip.

It looked just like this one.

I believe you're right, yes.

It's a perfect curve.

One mark like this could be a slip, but...

Not two.

This is the kind of mark you'd expect to find if it was drawn with a compass.

I'll check the other remains.

Even if the mark is not evident, Angela's particle scans should show evidence of pressure that could indicate the same curve.

We might be able to determine the w*apon that was used to do this.

If this man Flender felt that he was performing a ritual, then he'd consider his w*apon holy.

Which means he would still have it. Go!

Brennan: Focus on the clavicles, ribs and sternum.

Montenegro: Okay, these are the burnt layers being stripped away.

Fuentes: There it is.

The curved striations are forming a circle in the triangle.

Saroyan: What's that dot in the center?

It's probably from the w*apon that was used to create the perfect circle.

Brennan: A compass of some kind was used to create this ritualistic symbol.

A triangle pointing downward could represent a lot of things.

Femininity, water...

No. Hold on, hold on.

It's deity.

This is the Masonic symbol for deity.

Look-it, look...

The point in the center represents an individual

"brother."

The circle itself signifies the boundary line of his duty to God and man.

That's it!

I-I'll call Booth.

(heart monitor beeping steadily)

(indistinct police radio chatter)

(indistinct conversations)

Flender: You'll find nothing, Agent Booth, because there's nothing to find.

There's no way you're getting away with this.

Getting away with what?

I provide a livelihood for men that society has deemed worthless because they served a little time.

God's work?

I don't expect you to understand.

Look, I understand you're not God.

No sign of the Kn*fe used on Tracy Taylor or anything that ties him to the ironworks factory.

Well, it was good (phone ringing) seeing you all again.

Ah! Have a seat, will you?

Sit down.

Bones, listen, you got to give me something, or this guy's gonna walk.

It's a compass.

The circles were created with a Masonic compass.

It will have all five of the victims' DNA on it.

Okay, okay.

What? What are we looking for?

Make sure he stays put.

Hurry, Cher, Alex Rockwell has less than 15 minutes.

Okay, okay.

Wait a second.

Masons are builders, right?

Aubrey: Yes. Traditionally, stone and brick builders.

Uh, Aubrey's correct.

Hold on.

What is it, Booth?

Did you find it?

Hold on for a second.

There we go.

(mutters quietly)

Wow.

What do we have here, huh?

We got him. Call it in.

Bones, we got him.

We got Flender.

(chuckles softly)

I kept my men safe, and I was obedient to my calling.

My perfect obedience is through my suffering, my death and ultimately, one day, my resurrection.

I may not believe in the death penalty anymore, but with you, I'd make an exception.

Get him out of here.

Judge? Ms. Julian.

We have your evidence.

♪ Idle as it seemed ♪
♪ Trudging through the mist ♪
♪ Following the creeks ♪
♪ Erasing dim lines on theist ♪
♪ Eager to arrive ♪
♪ Leaving footprints in the clay... ♪

Rockwell's alive.

Oh. Thank God.

I can't imagine what he must be feeling.

Probably grateful to have another sh*t at living his life.

If it were me, I would vow not to put off any dreams until later, because later... later is not a guarantee.

Oh.

Hey, I'm sorry about the whole Paris thing.

I-I wasn't trying to be sneaky, I just...

Well, if you had talked to me, I would have told you that I thought you were dreaming a little too small.

Oh, my God.

Whoa. Wait, these... these houses are beautiful.

Well, we have the money now, right?

And Michael Vincent needs a place to play, and you need a studio.

Are you actually considering this?

After ten years, I think we deserve to let life surprise us, don't you?

Yeah.

Booth: Well, you did good today.

We did.

Yeah.

Was so afraid, Booth.

(sighs)

You know what, Bones?

You got to have as much faith in you as I do.

I imagine if Flender is sentenced to death, Judge Edwards will get what she wants after all.

Yeah.

A society based on vengeance.

You don't believe in the death penalty anymore?

No.

Not after all this, no.

No.

But you know what?

Enough about death.

I mean, we have a whole new beautiful life to focus on.

Isn't that right, Tiger?

Tiger?

Ah, it just came out of my mouth.

Come on, let's get mom and baby to bed.

Oh, well, I'm actually a little hungry.

Hungry? Of course you are.

Tigers, they love to eat.

Tell you what, I'll make you one of those big, huge veggie sandwiches you like.

I would like that very much.

Ooh! And some leftover dumplings from Hop Li.

Of course you would like that.

And a piece of that, um, banana walnut cake.

Right, Bones, by the time we get all that eaten, it's gonna be breakfast.

Well, an omelette sounds good, actually.

Omelette and waffles.

Yes.

What's that mean?