TEXT: "The Boy in the Time Capsule" [SCENE_BREAK] TEASER (The class of 1987 is gathered at Foot Hill High School to open a time capsule that was buried 20 years prior.) TERRY STINSON: Our time capsule was buried in 1987. The year the Dow closed above 2000 for the first time. Regan told Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. WOMAN IN CROWD: Uh, you had a huge crush on LaToya Jackson. TERRY: I did. MAN IN CROWD: You can't complain, Stinston. You married the head cheerleader.TERRY: Lucky I did. And now we have a wonderful kid who's a Senior, right here at Foot Hill. Alex, take a bow. (Alex, who is digging up the time capsule - nods and waves) TERRY: Anyhow, we're here today to open the time capsule that we buried 20 years ago, so we can see who we were and how the heck we all got to where we are today. ALEX: (hitting something under the dirt) Found it! WOMAN IN CROWD: (to Janelle) 20 years. JANELLE: Mmm. WOMAN IN CROWD: Do you even remember what you put in there? JANELLE: Bad perm and pink leg warmers, probably. (Terry and a cop are opening the capsule) TERRY: Here we go. (As he opens it - there is a horrible smell and it's full of liquid. Everyone turns away.) TERRY: Oh, what the hell, Bill. I thought you said this thing was water tight. GIL: It should have been and it's Gil, not Bill. TERRY: Let's see what we got here. (He reaches in with a crow bar and pulls out a skull.) (Cut to: Some time later, Booth & Brennan arrive) BOOTH: Wow. Now this is a sweet field. This is what I'm talking about, right. I mean, it's nothing like ours but hey, that didn't stop me from being MVP
SUMMARY:
The body of a teenage boy is found by his former high school classmates to have been hidden inside a time capsule that was buried 20 years ago. As the team investigates the class of 1987 to find the boy's killer, they find a disk among his belongings, containing a game which would have been a landmark title in 1987 if released. They also discover he was the father of a classmate's son. The team relive their high school memories as they sift through the evidence. Brennan and Booth receive some psychological profiling advice of the killer from their therapist, Dr. Sweets.