(Cut back to Angela in the lab, trying to get Hodgins to calm down and focus again. (In the clearing, Booth sees the dog growling ferociously, the skeletal remains of a forearm and hand clenched between his teeth - the dog is perched atop a small mound, surrounded by a wide circle of rangers, policemen, and the dog's owner, GIL LAPPIN, who is trying to calm the dog as the trio approaches)
GIL LAPPIN: (to the dog) Put down the bone. (looking grim) First thing I'll do when they get here. - what clue are we missing? A young girl was, uh, found with this religious medal. ANGELA: Do you recognize this man? BRENNAN: Howard Epps, a serial killer on death row. BRENNAN: Who has access? Blonde girls. Caroline Epps might not be Epps's accomplice after all. Good work. HELEN: He just left. My stinky effort to bond? Sixteen years old. Talk to her? There's another victim out there, somewhere. This is why. You find Helen.
Plan: A: the lab; Q: Where are the remains of a young girl brought back to? A: the team; Q: Who recognizes this is not just any murder? A: Howard Epps; Q: Who is the serial killer on death row? A: the first season; Q: When did the team first encounter Howard Epps? A: death row; Q: Where was Howard Epps on when he was first encountered? A: another body; Q: What did Howard Epps leave clues leading to? A: only a week old; Q: How old was the body of the young girl that was found? A: Epps' cryptic clues; Q: What do Brennan and her team scramble to decipher? A: his accomplice; Q: Who has been killing for Epps? A: pressure; Q: What is the team under when they realize another victim may be alive? Summary: Skeletal remains of a young girl are found, and when brought back to the lab, the team recognizes this is not just any murder but Howard Epps, who the team encountered in the first season, a convicted serial killer on death row. He left clues leading to another body, a fresh kill only a week old. Brennan and her team scramble to decipher Epps' cryptic clues as they try in a desperate effort to find his accomplice who has been killing for Epps. When they realize another victim may be alive, the team works under pressure to try to find the young girl.