Batman swoops in and saves them! Really, he only turned off the machine and opened the door, but let's not get picky.
At the lab, Cam and Wiki discover the pitting on the bones was caused by a mechanical pencil. Man, office impliments are deadly this year. The radiation was killing the victim too slowly, so the murderer stabbed her to kill her faster.
Angela, however, is deep in conversation with her dad. Not conversation exactly, more an attempt to persuade him that the break-up was not all Hodgins's fault. "Could he have stopped it?" her dad asks. "Yes, but so could I," Angela replies honestly. "Then his dad can come kick your ass." I love this guy! Her dad promises to "ameliorate his vengeful intentions". (For the record, ameliorate isn't quite what it sounds like. ) Honest? As honest as a Texas sundown.
Booth, Bones and Sweets confront the PhD suspects. Since radiation poisoning is the opposite of a crime of passion, they have deduced that there was no sexual motive for the murder. The stabbing, however, indicates there was some kind of deadline. It was the journal's deadline. Milt killed her because she was blackmailing him. She wouldn't publish his work unless he gave her partial credit and that, my friends, was worth killing over. Batman tries to punch out Milt and misses, clobering Booth. Wow, we almost made it through the whole episode without a blind joke. He then asks Bones out. She debates the decision aloud and comes back with "no." Because she's secretly in love with Booth.
After successfully catching another bad guy, the gang celebrates in the bar. Booth tells his partner that she will have to stop hanging out with geniuses or she will figure out how stupid he is. Bones says that she figured out how stupid he was long ago. She then goes on beating this very dead horse and proceeds to insult Booth a couple more times as well as Angela and Sweets before she completely swallows her other foot. In a belated attempt to change the subject, Angela asks if anyone has seen Hodgins.
Hodgins is not at the bar. He is waking up in the middle of nowhere with a portrait of Angela tattooed on his bicep. I love Angela's dad!
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Okay, Bones fans. Two new episodes next week. Wednesday AND Thursday. Set your VCRs/DVRs/TiVos.
That last scene with Hodges was awesome! As was your recap :)
Thanks. It was only a half-terrible episode. The whole Angela/Hodgins storyline was all kinds of wonderful and made it worthwhile.
That last scene with Hodges was awesome! As was your recap :)
Thanks. It was only a half-terrible episode. The whole Angela/Hodgins storyline was all kinds of wonderful and made it worthwhile.