At the head of the line is a man dressed as Santa Claus (played by Matt McTighe).] BOOTH and BRENNAN are in the car.] BOOTH is on the phone with the Jeffersonian. BOOTH: It could be the guy who set off the bomb. BOOTH: Only his customer locked him into a bomb and made him rob a bank. BRENNAN: The only explanation is that he was reacting not to the explosion but to the sound of the radio. CAM: And family spends Christmas together. Hurry up. It's her fingernail. MAN: Security! OWEN: It was a coincidence. On Christmas. Our bomber was an exterminator. This is BRENNAN's second cousin, MARGARET WHITESELL (played by Zooey Deschanel) and hereafter referred to as MARGARET.] [They hug.]
Plan: A: Santa Claus; Q: Who was the man dressed as? A: an explosive vest; Q: What was the Santa Claus wearing? A: Christmas; Q: What holiday does Brennan plan on spending in El Salvador? A: her father; Q: Who convinces Brennan to stay for Christmas? A: Ryan O'Neal; Q: Who played Brennan's father? A: Margaret; Q: Who is Brennan's second cousin? A: Zooey Deschanel; Q: Who played Brennan's cousin? A: the funeral; Q: What do the Jeffersonian team attend after solving the case? A: the mother; Q: Who was the only family member of the man killed in the bank robbery? A: a Christmas dinner; Q: What do the team celebrate at Brennan's? Summary: A man dressed as Santa Claus wearing an explosive vest is blown up via a radio frequency after robbing a bank, leaving Booth and Brennan to investigate the identity of the bomber and who set off the explosives. Brennan plans on spending Christmas in El Salvador, but her father ( Ryan O'Neal ) convinces her to stay and spend it with him and her second cousin on her mother's side, Margaret ( Zooey Deschanel ). After solving the case, the Jeffersonian team attend the funeral of the man that was killed after they discover he was forced into the robbery, comforting the mother who was his only family. The team later celebrate a Christmas dinner at Brennan's.