TEXT: THE TOUGH MAN IN THE TENDER CHICKEN ACT ONE (At the Jeffersonian lab. Hodgins and Brennan are seen walking in from the lab entrance) HODGINS: Had a feeling that my Melolonta melolonta might hatch this morning, so I came in the crack of dawn, and there they were. Lined up at the door. BRENNAN: What? Your Melolonta melolonta? HODGINS: No. The woodchucks. (A group of girls in scout uniforms are seen standing in front of the lab platform) BRENNAN: They appear to be little girls. HODGINS: Yeah. Woodchucks are like girl scouts, only scientific and administered by the Jeffersonian. They brought in a dead body. BRENNAN: A bunch of little girls brought a dead body here? HODGINS: Woodchucks are very industrious mire mucks. (to the woodchucks) Okay! Now this is Dr Temperance Brennan. (the woodchucks starts clapping) BRENNAN: (confused) Why are they applauding? CAM: Apparently you're their role model. HODGINS: I wanna know is why aren't they all freaked out or getting trauma counseling. CAM: Because, of the type of children who idolizes Dr Brennan. HODGINS: So they were eco-camping by the banks of the savage river. CAM: These remains are completely saturated. HODGINS: The girls fished the body out of the river and brought it to us. BRENNAN: How? WOODCHUCK GIRL #1: In our woodchuck bus. CAM: Very impressive! BRENNAN: I disagree. Those woodchucks disturbed a federal crime scene. The area should be secured, samples taken- HODGINS: Yeah. They did all that. Water samples from where the body was found. WOODCHUCK GIRL #2: Digital photographs of the entire area. HODGINS: Plants, insects, soil samples; tagged with GPS coordinates. Now
SUMMARY:
When the remains of a local chicken farmer are found mutilated by a nearby river, Booth and Brennan investigate the various suspects, including several animal rights activists who are protesting outside the chicken factory. Angela, feeling bothered by the practices of the chicken farm, asks for donations to save a piglet in which Brennan declines as her belief of saving one will not change anything, causing her to question why they are friends. After Wendell makes a donation to Angela, they kiss and a relationship starts to develop as Angela has now been celibate for five and half months.