(The plane is silent.) (brandishes badge) FBI Special Agent Seeley BOOTH, this here's my partner, Dr. Temperance BRENNAN, and, uh, she is actually going to China-well, we're going to China, and she's going to help the Chinese government help identify some real old Chinese dude. ANGELA watches him, then turns back to the computer screen with a sigh.) ANGELA, HODGINS and CAROLINE are present and communicating with BOOTH and BRENNAN via the internet.) BLAKE: It's against the rules. BOOTH and BRENNAN stumble as the plane touches down. BOOTH: And shoved her in the oven and cooked her. BOOTH: They gotta fly back on their own dime. BRENNAN: Over here. CAM, ANGELA and HODGINS are working on the case in front of TV screens displaying BRENNAN's photographs.) CAM: A body was found roasted beyond recognition in a large convection microwave oven on BOOTH and BRENNAN's flight to China. For what? Liz was one of the best, uh, travel writers in the country. ROXIE: Did you catch the murderer? ROXIE: You've never done that before, asked someone to move in with you. That counts as a crappy day. The father was cheating on the dying wife with the victim. The flight is over thirteen hours. They "clink" their glasses together.) To chill out from passengers.
Plan: A: China; Q: Where are Booth and Brennan headed? A: pre-historic anthropological; Q: What kind of remains is Brennan being summoned to identify? A: their flight; Q: What is disrupted? A: a fully cooked human body; Q: What did the flight attendant find in the microwave? A: the plane's industrial microwave; Q: What was the murder weapon? A: the team; Q: Who do Booth and Brennan connect with back in the U.S.? A: evidence; Q: What do Booth and Brennan send back to the Jeffersonian? A: the Jeffersonian; Q: Where is the evidence sent for processing? A: a travel writer; Q: What was the victim's occupation? A: a controversial story; Q: What kind of story was the victim working on? A: the clock; Q: What are Booth and Brennan racing against? A: the murder; Q: What do Booth and Brennan have to solve before the plane lands? A: the case; Q: What do Booth and Brennan lose jurisdiction over? A: Roxie's relationship; Q: What progresses as Hodgins tries to move on? A: Roxie; Q: Who is Angela's new love interest? Summary: Booth and Brennan are en route to China where Brennan has been summoned to help identify pre-historic anthropological remains with Booth in tow to watch over her highly sensitive equipment. However, their flight is disrupted when a flight attendant discovers a fully cooked human body in the plane's industrial microwave. Booth and Brennan connect with the team back in the U.S. via internet connection and they use Brennan's high-tech equipment, as well as odds and ends from the airline passengers, to send evidence back to the Jeffersonian for processing. When they identify the victim as a travel writer working on a controversial story about airline pilots, Booth and Brennan must race against the clock and solve the murder before the plane lands in China and they lose their jurisdiction over the case. Meanwhile, back in the states, Angela and Roxie's relationship progresses as Hodgins tries to move on.