"The Woman in Limbo"
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ACT I
(Open - Medico-Legal lab - Booth is trying to get Brennan out of the lab, and everyone keeps stopping her)
GOODMAN: All I ask is that you stop by the archeology section and identify the skull as a Syrian, Hetite or Egyptian
BRENNAN: I'm in court today. (Angela is speechless)
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(Cut to: Observation platform Brennan is studying her mother's skull and has a flashback to her.) (She finally realized what he's getting at)
ANGELA: Brennan's parents disappeared in December of 1991. ANGELA: Zack's Jane Doe. BOOTH: It means your parents weren't who you thought they were. BRENNAN: It was 15 years ago. BRENNAN: My mother died of a subdural hematoma. BRENNAN: She was a bookkeeper. Come on. Come on. Finding your mother's remains means that I can open an official F.B.I. I mean for the first time, a real investigation can occur. It means that they were living under...assumed identities. It works. MCVICKER: You will NEVER know what happened to your father. My parents were on the list of Federal Offenders? Now! Now. Seven years. This (points to skull) is the latest Jane Doe from Limbo. Those are fighter jets. What people? You can't live not knowing. [SCENE_BREAK]
(Cut to: Brennan going into to her office to examine the contents of the bag. case.
Plan: A: the identity; Q: What is Brennan trying to determine about a Jane Doe? A: Brennan; Q: Who is shocked to learn that the remains of her mother are those of her mother? A: 15 years ago; Q: When did Brennan's mother and father go missing? A: uncertainty; Q: What did Brennan feel for years about her parents? A: her parents; Q: Who did Brennan not know what happened to? A: confirmation; Q: What does Brennan finally have of her mother's death? A: Booth; Q: Who reveals to Brennan that her parents were outlaws? A: an investigation; Q: What can Booth open into the case now that remains have been uncovered? A: Brennan's parents' lives; Q: What did Booth research to find out more about Brennan's parents? A: assumed identities; Q: What were Brennan's parents living under? A: the team; Q: Who is working to glean more information from her mother's skeleton? A: a whole new reality; Q: What must Brennan come to grips with as more details of her parents' past come to the surface? Summary: While trying to determine the identity of a Jane Doe, Brennan is shocked to learn the remains are those of her mother, who went missing with her father 15 years ago. After years of uncertainty and not knowing what happened to her parents, Brennan finally has confirmation of her mother's death, and the news understandably hits her hard. Now that remains have been uncovered, Booth can open an investigation into the case for the first time. After researching Brennan's parents' lives, Booth surprises her with the news that her parents were not the people she thought they were - both were outlaws living under assumed identities. With the team working to glean more information from her mother's skeleton, to Brennan, she's now more of a Jane Doe than ever. As more details of her parents' past, in addition to her own, come to the surface, Brennan must come to grips with a whole new reality.