TEXT: "The Knight on the Grid" [SCENE_BREAK] TEASER (Booth is at the crime scene. A car pulls up and Cam gets out and walks towards Booth) BOOTH: Traffic? CAM: Dr. Brennan looked a little hurt when I told her you asked me to come out here instead of her. BOOTH: No, Bones's feelings - they don't get hurt. She's not like you. CAM: Like me? BOOTH: Yeah. A girl. CAM: Yeah. The word you're looking for would be "woman" - who, incidentally, makes more money than you. BOOTH: Touchy. CAM: What can I say? I'm just a girl with feelings. BOOTH: Alright listen, construction crew they found a body this afternoon. The keyword is body, as in still meaty. (Cam removes the plastic from the body.) BOOTH: oh... CAM: Male, middle-aged. BOOTH: Bones - she usually, uh, kneels next to the remains. CAM: These are designer pants and my bodies are always so much - gushier - than Dr. Brennan's. BOOTH: Just saying... (Cam partially bends down to look at the remains) CAM: Looks like a stab wound to the middle of the chest. Naked, wrapped in plastic, bite marks to the face and extremities. Looks like rats. BOOTH: Rats? CAM: Looks like he might have been knee-capped. Mob thing, maybe? (Cam takes something from the body.) BOOTH: What's that? CAM: Some kind of gemstone. (Cut to: Medico Legal Lab - Autopsy Bay) ZACK: This blow to the sternum would have been fatal, dealt by a double edged blade BRENNAN: So we know our killer is strong. CAM: Based on the rate of decomp, I'd say he's been dead 3 days. Probably dumped Friday night. HODGINS: (entering) Gemstone is jade, narrowing down the exact
SUMMARY:
Booth and Brennan's investigation into the death of a priest leads them back on the case of the Gormogon serial killer when the priest's kneecaps were discovered to have been surgically removed. They realize the killer has a pattern for choosing victims after Angela finds a victim tree in the evidence vault. The team attempts to make predictions on who the next victim is while Dr. Sweets provides psychological insights into the killer for Brennan and Booth. Meanwhile, Brennan's brother reappears.