"The Soldier on the Grave"
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[Fade in: BRENNAN and BOOTH walk into the scene, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY]
BOOTH: I never get used to the magnitude of this place, what it's taken to keep this country free. BOOTH and BRENNAN share a look.] BOOTH: And you had no idea this was a friendly fire incident? BOOTH: [Incredulous] Exhume a *war hero*? BRENNAN: Was not. Covered up. It's a murder investigation. Janie and the kids keep asking about you. Lefferts scans around as they round the corner.] Not to Kent. That's what it was all about. The murderer's still out there, Booth. They're much more fragile and needy. You got no one but the guys you served with. [BRALDEY KENT leads his wife away.] [Camera whites out and fades back in to show a SOLDIER sitting in the driver's side of a military vehicle.] [The MARSHALLs walk towards the gathered mourners, BOOTH and BRENNAN standing in the front row.] as soon as possible. confirmed suicide?
Plan: A: Booth; Q: Who laments the horrors of war and his own shady past as a military sniper? A: Brennan; Q: Who is the lead investigator in the case? A: murder; Q: What was the apparent suicide of a protester in Arlington National Cemetery actually? A: the victim; Q: Who was a soldier who served in Iraq? A: a war protester; Q: What was the victim originally thought to be? A: the murder investigation; Q: What do Booth and Brennan pursue? A: the American soldiers; Q: Who did Booth and Brennan interrogate? A: the actions; Q: What did the soldiers take while on patrol in Iraq? A: a potential military cover-up; Q: What do the clues point to? Summary: Booth and Brennan investigate the apparent suicide of a protester in Arlington National Cemetery. But Brennan and her team discover this was not suicide, it was murder, and the victim was a soldier who had served in Iraq, not a war protester as originally thought. Booth and Brennan pursue the murder investigation and interrogate the American soldiers the victim served with in Iraq. Their investigation leads to many unanswered questions about the victim's military unit in Iraq and the actions they took while on patrol there. As they uncover more information about the case, all clues point to a potential military cover-up. Meanwhile, Booth laments the horrors of war and his own shady past as a military sniper.