TEXT: "The Wannabe in the Weeds" [SCENE_BREAK] TEASER (Open: outside of the CHECKER BOX, a karaoke bar. People are entering. Someone inside the bar is singing "Corner of the Sky" from the musical Pippin) Voice: "Gotta find my corner..." (Cut to: inside the bar. It is crowded. We can now see KEVIN singing on stage with someone playing the piano) KEVIN: (con'd) "...of the sky!" (Cut to: crowd applauding the performance. We see JERRY LINCOLN stand up from a table to the side of the bar, and begin to walk towards the stage. We also see a shot of MITCH sitting in the back of the bar, with a pad and pen - clearly a talent scout. KEVIN walks offstage as LINCOLN approaches) LINCOLN: Thanks Kevin. Another great performance! But Open Mic Night is just beginning. So let's hear it for the beautiful - and persistent - Emma Von Helberg! (Crowd claps with some amusement. We see a shot of TOMMY SOUR, looking amused) (Piano begins playing "Slave 4 U" by Britney Spears. EMMA, standing on stage, badly mimics the style of Spears in her rendition of the song) EMMA: (singing badly) "Get it, get it, get it, get it, ohhhhh! I'm a slaaave for you. I cannot hold it, I cannot control it, I'm a...slaaave for you." (We are spared the rest of EMMA's performance as the camera flashes through a series of performers of varying skill and quality) SPRINGSTEEN WANNABE: "But I'll return so don't you worry..." ("Hearts of Stone") DOLLY PARTON WANNABE: "Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin'...barely, gettin' by, it's all takin' and no
SUMMARY:
When aspiring singer Tommy Sour ( Ace Young ) is found dead, an investigation leads to the Checker Box Restaurant's Open Mic Night. Brennan reveals she is more musically inclined than she appears, and Booth is shot, his fate unknown.