TEXT: "A Man on Death Row" [SCENE_BREAK] (INT: FBI Building, conference room) (BOOTH and BRENNAN are sitting at a table) BOOTH: Name? BRENNAN: You know my name. BOOTH: Bones, you are making an official request to the FBI to be allowed to carry a concealed weapon. I have to follow protocol. BRENNAN: It's ridiculous. BOOTH: Fine, then we're done here. Do you wanna get some coffee...? BRENNAN: My name is Dr Temperance Brennan. BOOTH: Reason for wanting a gun? BRENNAN: To shoot people. BOOTH: Not a good response. BRENNAN: It's the truth. BOOTH: You know, I'm writing "self defence in the performance of my duties pursuing suspected felons as contracted out to the FBI." BRENNAN: So I can shoot them. BOOTH: Ever been charged with a felony? BRENNAN: Charged, or convicted? BOOTH: Charged. BRENNAN: You know I have. BOOTH: I have to ask the questions. BRENNAN: Bureaucratic nonsense. BOOTH: Nevertheless, name of the arresting officer? BRENNAN: You... Special Agent Seeley Booth. Do you need me to spell that for you? BOOTH: I can sound that out. BRENNAN: So when do I get the gun? BOOTH: You can't have a gun. BRENNAN: Why not? BOOTH: Because you were charged with a felony. BRENNAN: Write down that you were wrong to charge me. BOOTH: Oh, there's no space for that. BRENNAN: Why'd we go through all of this if you were never going to give me a gun? BOOTH: You have a constitutional right to apply for a weapon. I would never deny your constitutional right. BRENNAN: But I need a gun! BOOTH: Rules are rules. BRENNAN: Tell them that I shot a murderer who was going to light me on
SUMMARY:
Condemned man Howard Epps is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in 32 hours for the murder of 17-year-old April Wright. Epps' attorney, Amy Morton, makes a last-minute appeal to Booth, the man who arrested Epps, to re-examine the case. Booth believes Epps is guilty, but acknowledges that the case had a few loose ends. He asks Dr. Temperance Brennan and her team of squints to review the evidence and confirm Epps' guilt. But when Brennan finds forensic anomalies in the case, and Booth turns up evidence that another man was with April Wright the night she died, they must race against the clock to stay the execution.