TEXT: "Woman in the Tunnel" [SCENE_BREAK] ACT ONE (Open: Booth and Brennan are walking through a sewer system with various and usual law enforcement personell, etc. at the scene of a crime.) BRENNAN: Where are we? BOOTH: Apparently, this was an access shaft to an underwater aqueduct which has never been activated. BRENNAN: No, no, I mean where are we geographically? BOOTH: Oh, somewhere beneath Wisconsin and Massachusetts Avenue near the National Cathedral. ZACK: How far down? We seem very far down. BOOTH: Oh, about 60 feet so far. ZACK: Is there any other way? BOOTH: It's a giant maze down here, but this was the fastest way to get to the body. BRENNAN: I've done plenty of climbing. These lines have low tolerances that are more than adequate. ZACK: What about shock tolerance? The rope jerks, pounds-feet of kinetic energy increases and snap- we fall to our deaths. BOOTH: Oh... Okay. I say we just stop the chatter. (Cut to: A badly decayed body covered in rats, feeding on the rotting flesh.) COP: Two city workers found it. DC public works are under federal jurisdiction, so this is your party. BOOTH: Oh... Any idea what's at the top of that shaft? COP: Utility tunnel for accessing steam pipes. BRENNAN: May I borrow your gun? BOOTH: Why do you want my gun? BRENNAN: I'm not going to shoot anyone. I promise. BOOTH: It's not a hammer or anything. BRENNAN: We've been working together for months, Booth. A little trust would be nice. BOOTH: Careful. BRENNAN: Here. Hold this. (Shoots the gun a few times at the rats, then hands it back to Booth.) BRENNAN: Now they'll eat each other and leave our remains alone. BOOTH: You know, you do know I have to file a report with the review board each time I discharges
SUMMARY:
When the remains of a young documentary filmmaker are found in a ventilation shaft in an underground Washington, DC, tunnel, Brennan and Booth must venture into the maze of tunnels beneath the city and are surprised to discover a world of homeless shelters underground. Clues lead them to suspect that a man living underground was involved with the murder, but instead he gives them valuable information about the purpose of the victim's underground project. When a valuable artifact is found among the victim's possessions, the entire Jeffersonian team joins in the investigation to learn why the victim was in the maze of tunnels and what she found down there that led to her murder.