TEXT: "The Blonde in the Game" [SCENE_BREAK] TEASER (Exterior - Wooded area, Daytime. Pan down from tall trees to DR. TEMPERANCE BRENNAN and SPECIAL AGENT SEELEY BOOTH as they make their way through the woods, led by a POLICE OFFICER/PARK RANGER, until they reach a clearing sectioned off by police tape.) POLICE OFFICER/PARK RANGER: (voice coming in immediately, mid-conversation, as all three walk through the woods) Hikers aren't supposed to let their dogs off the leash back here. But I'm pretty sure the dog was running free when he found the - what he found. BRENNAN: What's the condition of the body? POLICE OFFICER/PARK RANGER: No idea. Can't get close enough to examine it. BOOTH: Why not? POLICE OFFICER/PARK RANGER: The dog's definitely not on his leash at this time. BOOTH: Ohhh. (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. (Gil continues coaxing the dog as Booth and Brennan reach the crime site and stand, watching the scene) BOOTH: How the hell are we gonna get to the body? GIL LAPPIN: (trying to approach the dog) Come on, Buddy, drop it. POLICE OFFICER/PARK RANGER: (watching the dog) You don't see that every day. (turns to Brennan and Booth) Sent for Animal Control. Take another hour though. GIL LAPPIN: Drop it now! (flus
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.