"The Man in the Fallout Shelter"
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[Fade in: Stock footage of the White House at Christmastime fades to the Jefferesonain lab, decorated for Christmas. ANGELA: Brennan's parents disappeared just before Christmas when she was fifteen. All right. BOOTH: You find something? BRENNAN: Fits the remains. Dental work? HODGINS: Booth has a kid? Is that valley fever? It seems to be dated from the summer of 1957 through to winter of 1958. She walks over to them.] Sid agreed to bring him by. The team is conferring with an official, dressed in a Santa costume due to the holidays, via video.] This year. When? ZACK: I cut into the fallout shelter bones and the biohazard alarm went off. [Brennan grabs the file Booth brought in.] [He turns to Brennan.] [She spots Zack and Hodgins walking across one of the catwalks on the upper level of the lab, Hodgins carrying the beaker of alcohol.] [Time lapse.
Plan: A: Construction workers; Q: Who found the skeleton? A: a skeleton; Q: What do construction workers find in an old fallout shelter? A: the 1950s; Q: When was the fallout shelter built? A: Jeffersonian; Q: What is the name of the lab that is brought in to help identify the remains? A: Zack; Q: Who accidentally released spores of the deadly fungus Valley Fever? A: the deadly fungus Valley Fever; Q: What deadly fungus is released when Zack cuts into the bone? A: the team; Q: Who is quarantined in the lab? A: the holiday spirit; Q: What does the team try to maintain? A: Booth and Brennan's team; Q: Who is reminded that this is a rough time of year for Brennan? A: her parents; Q: Who went missing right before Christmas? A: a kid; Q: What was Brennan when her parents went missing? A: closure; Q: What does Brennan work to bring to the family of the missing man? Summary: Construction workers find a skeleton in an old fallout shelter from the 1950s and the Jeffersonian is brought in to help identify the remains. When Zack cuts into the bone, he accidentally releases spores of the deadly fungus Valley Fever, causing the team to be quarantined in the lab over Christmas. While everyone tries to maintain the holiday spirit, Brennan buckles down to solve the mystery of the fallout shelter. Booth and Brennan's team are reminded that this is a rough time of year for Brennan, since her parents went missing right before Christmas when she was a kid. As Brennan works to bring closure to the family of the missing man - something she has yet to receive about her own parents - the time spent together in the lab provides the catalyst for revealing information about all of them.