(After a pause) why? (Booth and Max leave and Angela walks by then looks questioningly at Brennan)ANGELA: Uh, sweetie? (Booth takes off his jacket and gets ready to fist fight with Max. (Brennan's face changes and she looks close to tears)
ANGELA: At the wedding? (She leads them to the computer screen and brings up a sketch of an old BRENNAN: That is an old woman. A message from your mother, on video tape. BOOTH: And you killed her. BOOTH: Cynthia Cole, you're under arrest for the murder of your daughter Chelsea Cole. BOOTH: You abandoned her as a child, you don't think she feels that? BRENNAN: Werner's Syndrome. Brennan and Zack are examining an x-ray of a skull and half the spine, with a hole in the lower back of the cranium. CAROLINE: Come on then. HODGINS: Angela is already married? HODGINS: No, the president has a machine to sign for him. I'm so sorry not to be there to tell you all the things a mother should tell her daughter when she turns sixteen and sorry not to give you this (holds up the ring Brennan's father gave her). Iraq? MAX: I'm trying to make repairs. She used her mom's shampoo and it stung her eyes, I went in and helped her rinse it out and then I went back out and let her get dressed, which is what she told her mother, who did not listen. Was that your dad? What I did to you may have been wrong, but I did it out of love, I did it out of love. You know about the wedding? ZACK: The president is asking for me personally.
Plan: A: The team; Q: Who works on finding how Chelsea Cole died? A: a fan; Q: What was Chelsea Cole's relationship to astronomy? A: Werner syndrome; Q: What was Chelsea Cole suffering from? A: Iraq; Q: Where is Zack asked to serve his country? A: her past; Q: What does Brennan's father try to let her in on? A: 1993; Q: When was the video of Brennan's mother made? A: Booth; Q: Who shares some touching information with Brennan? A: a fist fight; Q: What does Booth and Max get into before Max surrenders to his arrest? A: The investigation; Q: What leads to the victim's mother as the killer? A: her disabled daughter; Q: Who did Chelsea's mother confess to killing? A: a confronting revelation; Q: What does Brennan have about the mother? A: significance; Q: What does Brennan's revelation about the mother hold for her? A: her parents; Q: Who abandoned Brennan as a child? A: the wedding; Q: What do Angela and Hodgins prepare for after the case is solved? A: Caroline Julian; Q: Who informs Angela and Hodgins that Angela is still married to a man from a previous relationship? A: The couple; Q: Who escapes embarrassment? A: embarrassment; Q: What do Angela and Hodgins escape from after learning of Angela's previous relationship? Summary: The team works on finding how Chelsea Cole, a fan of astronomy who suffered from Werner syndrome , died. Meanwhile, Hodgins and Angela prepare for their wedding. Zack is asked to serve his country in Iraq. Brennan's father, Max, tries to let her in on her past and brings her a 1993 video of her mother. Booth and Max get into a fist fight before Max surrenders to his arrest. The investigation leads to the victim's mother as the killer who admits guilt, confessing that she killed her disabled daughter thinking she was dying herself, fearing what would happen to Chelsea if she died. Brennan has a confronting revelation about the mother, acknowledging that she did what she did out of love. This holds significance for Brennan due to her parents abandoning her as a child, realizing they did it out of love. After resolving the case, Angela and Hodgins prepare for the wedding and Booth shares some touching information with Brennan. After a surprising turn of events, Caroline Julian informs the couple that Angela is still married to a man from a previous relationship, which she assumed hadn't been serious. The couple escape embarrassment, leaving Brennan and Booth facing each other awkwardly at the altar.