TEXT: "The Boy in the Shroud" [SCENE_BREAK] TEASER (Open: FBI Agents are in an alley digging through garbage. Cam and Booth are already there. Everyone is grossed out by the smell - Cam picks up a rat.) BOOTH: (waving his hand to keep the smell away and then covers his nose) Holy mother of God. Oh Geez. (Brennan and Hodgins arrive) BRENNAN: Booth! What do we have here? HODGINS: Bet I know. That's- (he sniffs the air) lasagna, (sniffs) fishy rotten cat food and (sniffs) vulcanized rubber. CAM: Excellent olfactory talent, Hodgins. BRENNAN: What happened? BOOTH: Well, it's obvious, isn't it? A guy tried to beat the yellow light, he got T-Boned by tractor trailer. BRENNAN: Well, what was the semi carrying? BOOTH: Aquarium sand, but that's not- BRENNAN: No natural gas or propane? No explosion? No fire? HODGINS: No corrosive chemicals. BRENNAN: What - do you need me for? CAM: You might want to prepare yourself. (she looks at Brennan) - or not. BOOTH: Oh man. Okay, how bad does, uh, garbage gotta stink to cover the smell of a dead body. CAM: I think the victim was a minor. BOOTH: (to Brennan) 'Kay, well if you agree this falls under FBI jurisdiction. (Brennan and Hodgins kneel down next to the body. Brennan starts to examine the skull) BRENNAN: It's a male. Yes, an adolescent. HODGINS: Flatworms. Necrophagous flies and beetles. Yeah, he's been garbage for about three weeks. I didn't mean that the way it sounded. BRENNAN: The fractures to the cranium, s
SUMMARY:
Brennan and her team dig through the trash to find clues when a young man wrapped in a shroud is found among garbage. After Angela is able to identify the deceased boy, Cam quickly assumes the main suspect to be the boy's girlfriend, Kelly, who is a product of the foster system. Brennan is hurt by this as she is also a product of the foster system. Meanwhile, things get tense when Brennan and Cam struggle for power in their disagreement on work styles. Cam threatens to fire Brennan even if it costs her the whole Jeffersonian team.