"Mummy in the Maze"
Episode 3x05
Written By: Scott Williams
Directed by: Marita Grabiak
Transcribed by xxblackxsatinxx

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Teaser

 

              Ext. roadside halloween maze - day

 

              It's Halloween, and many kids have gathered around this maze dressed up in an assortment of costumes. The camera pans around a number of people as the host exclaims the rules of the game.

 

                                          host

 

                          Come, my brave children, to the hideous Halloween maze. Avoid the creepies and the crawlies that live in every dark corner of the maze. And the first one to reach the centre and emerge alive will win the grand prize. AHA!

 

              A pistol is shot, declaring the beginning of the race, as the children break through the starting line and push past each other into the maze.

 

              The maze is covered with traps and dead ends. As the kids run around, the camera follows one boy, MATTY, a heavy-set boy dressed as a fuzzy bear. Matty is clearly lost and frightened as he runs around aimlessly in the maze. Matty comes across the hanging skeleton, scared by it turns in the other direction. Matty runs into the large witch at the intersection and he turns, once more, scared. Through the tunnels of the maze, you can see other children running about, trying to get to the centre. Matty whimpers and looks around, scared.

 

                                          Matty

 

                          Where am I?

 

              Matty looks down one of the pathways of the maze, and there sits a skeleton in an electric chair indicating a dead end.

 

              A woman dressed in a cat costume lunges out at Matty and scares him. Matty stands in front of the large black witch.

 

                                          Matty (CONT'D)

 

                          I'm lost! Somebody help me!

 

              Matty begins to run. A GRIM REAPER jumps out at Matty. Matty screams and begins to run again. Matty runs passed the noose. The bottom half of a hanging mummy can be seen quickly.

 

              Matty comes face to face with the mummy.

 

              CLOSE ON

 

              The mummy's face. A spider crawls out of the eye socket.

 

              BACK TO SCENE

 

              Matty begins screaming. The spider falls on his nose. Matty faints. 

 

              Ext. Halloween maze - night

 

              The maze is all lit up with hanging ornament lights. Sirens wail in the background, as witnesses are being interviewed.

 

              DR. POTOSKA leads BRENNAN and BOOTH into the maze.

 

                                          Potoska

 

                          Right this way, miss.

 

              Booth admires the costumes.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Now, that's an excellent costume.

 

                          What are you wearing?

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          What? Now?

 

                                          Booth

 

                          No, not now. At the Jeffersonian's Halloween Ball.

 

              Int. halloween maze - night

 

              Booth and Brennan followed Dr. Potoska.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          What I always wear. Are you going this year?

 

                                          Booth

 

                          I'm the official unofficial FBI liaison to the Jeffersonian. Of course I'm going.

 

              Dr. Potoska notes the wolfman. Potoska walkies another officer.

 

                                          Potoska

 

                          We just passed the wolfman.

 

                                          Deputy (o.s.)

 

                          Go straight towards the guillotine and veer left.

 

              Potoska turns to look at Booth and Brennan.

 

                                          Potoska

 

                          It's a maze. What can I do?

 

              Booth, Brennan and Potoska continue through the maze.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Dr. Potoska, how were the remains discovered?

 

                                          Potoska

 

                          A kid passed out.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          What killed him?

 

                                          Potoska

 

                          Oh, the kid didn't die. He just fainted.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Then why am I here?

 

              They walk past a hanging skeleton.

 

                                          Potoska

 

                          Well, when Matty fainted, I was here with my own kids.  I'm a

 

                          pediatrician, but I'm also the coroner.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Small town.

 

              They continue to walk through the maze. As Potoska begins, and continues to talk, Booth gets separated momentarily from Brennan and Potoska.

 

                                          Potoska

 

                          Yeah, well, Matty revived easily enough.  Uh, he's what you call a nervous-type kid.  But then I saw what it was that made him faint in the first place and I almost fainted too, because it was a mummy, which I told the

 

                          sheriff, who called the FBI, who called the Jeffersonian.  And now here we are, lost in this stupid maze looking for the mummy.

 

              Booth reappears and joins Brennan and Potoska.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          A mummy?

 

                                          Potoska

 

                        (in walkie)

 

                          Yeah, I do not see a guillotine.

 

              Potoska looks at a scarecrow wearing a cowboy hat.

 

                                          Potoska (CONT'D)

 

                          What would you call that?

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          A cowboy?

 

                                          Booth

 

                          No, it's a scarecrow.

 

                                          Deputy (o.S.)

 

                          Look, just keep turning to the right, all right?  Let me know when you reach the dragon.

 

              The trio turn, and are greeted by a red and green monkey face with big white teeth.

 

                                          Potoska

 

                        (to walkie)

 

                          Dead end, with teeth.

 

                                          Deputy (o.S.)

 

                          That's because you turned left at the globin. You were supposed to turn right.

 

              Potoska turns around.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Look, when you say a mummy? You mean... ?

 

                                          Potoska

 

                          Wrapped in bandages, curse of King Tut.  You know, a mummy.

 

                                          BRENNAN

 

                          No offense, but I'm not certain a pediatrician is qualified.

 

                                          POTOSKA 

 

                          Pediatrician AND coroner. See that? Yeah.

 

              They stand in front of the electric chair.

 

                                          POTOSKA (CONT'D)

 

                        (in walkie)

 

                          Okay, we are at the electric chair.

 

                                          DEPUTY

 

                          There's an electric chair?

 

                                          BOOTH

 

                          Look, just tell the guy to throw his flashlight up in the air, will ya?

 

                                          POTOSKA

 

                          The FBI requests that you toss your flashlight into the air.

 

              The DEPUTY is with the mummy.

 

                                          DEPUTY

 

                          Ten-four.

 

              The Deputy tosses his flashlight into the air. Booth sees it.

 

                                          BOOTH

 

                          Ah!  There it is.

 

                                          POTOSKA 

 

                          Oh, let's see if we can get there this way.

 

              Potoska begins to walk in the opposite direction. Brennan follows him. Booth stops them both.

 

                                          BOOTH

 

                          Guys?

 

              They stop to turn and look at him. Booth turns around and knocks down the haystack wall. The Deputy stands on the other side of the now fallen wall. The Deputy stands next to the mummy. Booth climbs over the fallen hay bundles.

 

                                          POTOSKA

 

                        (to Brennan)

 

                          After you.

 

              Booth stumbles on the bales of hay, regains his balance and breaths in.  He looks up and sees the mummy.

 

                                          BOOTH

 

                          Oh!

 

              Brennan and Potoska follow Booth and climb over the fallen hay bundles

 

                                          BOOTH (CONT'D)

 

                          What do you think, Bones?

 

              Brennan examines at the mummy.

 

                                          BRENNAN

 

                          Well, ocular contents dry, ramus collapsed, leathery skin. These are actual human remains.

 

                                          POTOSKA 

 

                          A mummy.

 

                                          BRENNAN

 

                          How long will it take to get out of this maze?

 

                                          BOOTH

 

                          Not as long as you might think.

 

              Booth takes out his car keys and holds them up. Booth presses a button and his car alarm chirps. Booth turns around and knocks down the nearby hay wall. Booth's SUV is right on the opposite side of the now demolished wall. Booth climbs over the fallen hay bundlers and looks back to Brennan and lifts his arms with a look on his face that says 'it was that easy.'

 

        

        End of teaser

 

        Act I

 

              INT. MEDICO-LEGAL LAB / EXAMINATION TABLE

 

              CAM and ZACK examine the mummified remains.

 

              HODGINS, currently offscreen, is also on the platform.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          It takes a steady flow of dry air over a long period of time to achieve this kind of desiccated mummification.

 

                                          ZACK

 

                          The Incan Ice Woman of Peru, the Tarim Basin mummies of China, the peat bog Tollund Man in Denmark.

 

              Zack turns to look at the x-rays up on the screen.

 

              HODGINS sits at a desk, his feet up, and a pumpkin full of candy in his lap. Hodgins is sucking on a lollipop.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          How old are we talking?

 

                                          Zack

 

                          Buttons, zipper, rivets. She's probably wearing jeans.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          So, freakazoid murder-mummification rather than fascinating history?

 

                                          Cam

 

                          She?

 

                                          Zack

 

                          Shape of the innominate bone indicates female.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          Now listen, boys.  The Jeffersonian Halloween party, it's compulsory. Donors, patrons, angels, benefactors.  So we all show up in costume and do our duty.

 

              Hodgins is about to say something but Cam silences him with a finger.

 

                                          Cam (CONT'D)

 

                          I don't want any argument on this.

 

                                          Zack

 

                          I will be the back end of a cow.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          So, now costume?

 

                                          Zack

 

                          Naomi, from Paleontology, has agreed to be my front.

 

              Cam begins to cut the dressings from the mummy.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          Oh, so many jokes, so little time.

 

              Cam shakes her head as she smiles.

 

                                          Hodgins (CONT'D)

 

                          It's fine. We're all in. I'll be Edward John Smith for Halloween.

 

              Cam looks up to Hodgins with a look of confusion on her face as she frowns. Zack notices.

 

                                          Zack

 

                          Ill-fated captain of the Titanic.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          What about Angela and Brennan?

 

                                          Zack

 

                          Dr. Brennan always wears the same costume to this things. She loves it.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          Help me remove these.

 

              Cam and Hodgins slowly pull the dressings apart.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          What's with the smell?

 

                                          Cam

 

                          Cedar oil?

 

                                          Zack

 

                          Also used in mummification.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          What about this clear coating over the skin?

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          Lacquer?

 

                                          Cam

 

                          She was painted to death?

 

                                          HODGINS

 

                          The clothing came from a church-run thrift store.

 

                                          CAM

 

                          How could you possibly know that?

 

                                          ZACK

 

                          There is no bug or slime specific to church thrift stores.

 

                                          HODGINS

 

                          You don't know that.  I'm the bug and slime guy.  You're just the

 

                          auxiliary bone guy who dresses up like the back end of a cow.

 

                                          CAM

 

                          Hodgins?

 

              Hodgins sighs, and rips off the label on the clothing and holds it up for Cam to read.

 

                                          Cam (CONT'D)

 

                          Free Church of America Thrift Store, huh? Tell Booth.

 

                                          Zack

 

                          I knew it wasn't bugs or slime.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          No, you didn't! And that's what makes me, King of the Lab!

 

              Cam glares at Hodgins.

 

                                          Hodgins (CONT'D)

 

                          A loyal servant of the Empress.

 

              Hodgins nods respectively towards Cam. Cam smiles with content.

 

              Zack looks from Cam to Hodgins, raising an eyebrow.

 

              Int. Free church of american / thrift store - day

 

              Booth and Brennan walk among the clothing racks at the thrift store while talking with PASTOR BILL JONAS.

 

                                          PASTOR

 

                          Clothes from this ministry were found on a dead body?  Well,

 

                          I'm afraid that happens fairly often.

 

                                          BRENNAN

 

                          Why?

 

                                          PASTOR

 

                          Because we're a charitable congregation.  Homeless people

 

                          know that we'll provide them with what they need.

 

              Pastor Jonas puts down the painting he was carrying as Brennan opens the case file and shows him photographs.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Do you, by any chance, remember these specific pieces of clothing?

 

                                          Pastor

 

                          This is from your murder victim?

 

                                          Brennan

 

                        (nods)

 

                          Mm-hmm.

 

              A TEENAGE BOY wearing a long black trench coat interrupts them.

 

                                          Boy

 

                          Jonas? Do you have anything like this in red?

 

                                          Pastor

 

                          You're looking for something that screams "Satan," right?

 

                                          Boy

 

                          Basically.

 

                                          Pastor

 

                          I think we have a pink cape in the back.  Maybe we can dye it.

 

              The boy leaves.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          What kind of church dresses kids like Satanists?

 

                                          Pastor

 

                          Let me show you.  At Halloween we do a Hell House. Fornication, theft, murder, gambling, usury, sodomy, abortion.

 

              The pastor shows them a miniature of the Hell House.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          It's kind of horrific, isn't it?

 

                                          Pastor

 

                          Well, abandoning the path of righteousness is horrific, Dr. Brennan.  This is our way of remaking a pagan holiday, Halloween, into a positive celebration of Christian values.

 

                        (to girl) )

 

                          Excellent prostitute, Stephanie.

 

              A GIRL, dressed provocatively, walks by them and smiles.

 

                                          Stephanie

 

                          Hey.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Anyone ever dress like a mummy?

 

                                          Pastor

 

                          We've never featured a "false idol" room, though, now that

 

                          you mention it, it's not a bad idea.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs endured for almost 4,000 years, twice the length of Christianity.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Look, any of your kids suddenly disappear?

 

                                          Pastor

 

                          No.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          What if the children that you save from abortion grow up to be usurers and sodomites?

 

                                          Pastor

 

                          I don't respond to mocking semantics, Dr. Brennan.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Nor do I, but she's serious.

 

                                          Pastor

 

                          In that case, my serious answer would be that in being given a chance to live a life, the aborted soul will have a multitude of opportunities to repent for their sins and live bathed in the Holy Spirit.

 

              Brennan nods.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Thank you.

 

                                          Booth

 

                        (surprised)

 

                          Thank you?

 

              Brennan looks to Booth.

 

                                          Pastor (O.s.)

 

                          You're welcome.

 

              Int. Royal diner - day

 

              ANGELA and Hodgins sit across the table from a red-headed woman named AMBER KIPPLER.

 

                                          Amber

 

                          My name is Amber Kippler.  I'm a senior investigator with Doyley

 

                          Private Investigations.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          Mr. Doyley assured me he'd be taking a personal interest in the search for Ms. Montenegro's husband.

 

                                          Amber

 

                          Interest, yes.  But I'll be doing the actual footwork.  Mr. Doyley is taking a very personal interest, only not from up close.

 

                                          Angela

 

                          Do you have a lot of experience at this kind of work?

 

                                          Amber

 

                          Angela Montenegro is not your birth name.  You changed your name on your 18th birthday because it came to you in a dream.

 

              Angela's jaw drops.

 

                                          Angela

 

                          Um...

 

              Hodgins' eyes widen as he looks at Angela.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          You never told me that.

 

                                          Angela

 

                          I never told anybody that.

 

                                          Amber

 

                          If I can discover something nobody knew about a client I'm not being paid to investigate, imagine what I can do for real.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          Good point.

 

                                          Angela

 

                        (insisting)

 

                          I never told anybody about that.

 

                                          Amber

 

                          Yes, you did, actually.  A girl named Roxie whose heart you broke in second year art school.

 

                                          Angela

 

                          Oh...

 

                        (smiles)

 

                          Roxie.

 

              Angela chuckles.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          Wow!

 

                        (to Amber)

 

                          What do you know about me?

 

                                          Amber

 

                          Wouldn't it be better if we got to Ms. Montenegro's husband,

 

                          Grayson "Birimbau" Barasa?

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          You found something?

 

                                          Amber

 

                          I found the actual human man—in Florida, in the Keys.  No

 

                          Name Key, very remote.

 

                                          Angela

 

                          Did you talk to him?

 

                                          Amber

 

                          Absolutely not.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          Why?

 

                                          Amber

 

                          My instructions were to locate.  That being achieved, we can now discuss contact.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          We want you to contact him.

 

                                          Angela

 

                          And get him to sign the divorce papers.

 

                                          Amber

 

                          By "get him" do you mean... 

 

              Amber looks at Hodgins and Angela. Angela and Hodgins look at her as if insisting the rest of the sentence.

 

                                          Amber (CONT'D)

 

                                          ...force him to sign them?

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          If necessary, do you have a gun?

 

                                          Angela

 

                          Or just remind him of who I am and ask him politely.

 

                                          Hodgins

 

                          What are you? Canadian?

 

                                          Amber

 

                          We'll do this one step at a time.

 

              Ext. road - day

 

              Booth's SUV is cruising down the road.

 

                                          Booth (O.S.)

 

                          Didn't that pastor guy make you mad?

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          No.

 

              INT. BOOTH'S SUV - day

 

                                          Booth

 

                          He's a fundamentalist.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          I appreciate consistency.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Oh what, the consistency of trying to scare kids into Christianity?

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          How do we keep kids from smoking? We tell them it gives them cancer.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          It does give them cancer.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          According to science.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          You know, that's all you care about is science.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          In the end, even someone who believes in empiricism and science has to take a leap of faith.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          What?

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          I believe in what I can hear, taste, see, touch and measure.  You believe in what you feel.  Pastor Jonas believes that God speaks to him through a sacred book.

 

              Booth's cell phone rings.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Yeah, well, I feel like we're on the wrong side of the argument here.

 

              Booth checks his phone.

 

                                          Booth (CONT'D)

 

                          Oh, it's Cam.

 

              Booth puts Cam on speakerphone.

 

                                          Booth (CONT'D)

 

                        (to Cam)

 

                          What's up?

 

                                          Cam (O.S.)

 

                          I really need you to come back.

 

              Int. Medico-legal lab / outside brennan's office - day

 

              Cam is on the phone and walking.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          I got a couple here, says they think the mummy in the maze is

 

                          their daughter.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Oh, that'd save us some time on identification.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          Their daughter only disappeared last week.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          The remains we found were at least a year old.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          Look, I'm great with corpses, but when it comes to loved ones, let's just say there's a reason why I'm not a pediatrician.  So if you got a siren, turn it on.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Right.

 

              Booth hangs up.

 

              Cam turns around to look at the couple in Brennan's office.

 

              Int. Medico-legal lab / Brennan's Office - day

 

              Booth and Brennan are talking to Megan Shaw's parents, DON SHAW and MARGIE SHAW.

 

              CLOSE ON

 

              Photo of a red-haired teenager.

 

                                          DON SHAW (o.S.)

 

                          Megan is fourteen. She didn't run away.

 

                                          Margie shaw (O.s.)

 

                          Something terrible happened.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          She's a very pretty girl.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          What makes you think the remains we found are your daughter?

 

                                          Margie SHAW

 

                          The news said that you found the body of a teenage girl in a fun

 

                          house.  I suddenly knew it was Megan.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Suddenly knew?

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, it wasn't a fun house.  It was a maze.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          And the remains we found are more than a year old.

 

                                          MargIE SHAW

 

                          You're certain?

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Yes.

 

                                          Don shaw

 

                          Oh, I see.

 

              Angela knocks on the glass pane, gesturing that she wishes to talk with Booth.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          I'm sorry. Excuse me.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          I don't understand why you're disappointed. Your daughter might still be alive.

 

                                          Margie shaw

 

                        (her voice breaking)

 

                          Megan is not still alive.

 

              Angela hands Booth the sketch.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          How are you so certain?

 

                                          Margie shaw

 

                          I just am. I can't explain it.   I'm her mother.

 

              Booth takes a seat next to Margie and Don. Booth shows them Angela's sketch.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          I'm sorry. Does this face mean anything to you?

 

                                          Don shaw

 

                          No.

 

                                          Margie shaw

 

                          Does she have something to do with Megan?

 

                                          Booth

 

                          This is the girl that we found in the maze.

 

              Brennan's phone rings.

 

                                          Don shaw

 

                          Definitely not Megan.

 

              Margie begins to cry.

 

              Brennan answers her phone.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Yes?

 

              Int. Medico-legal lab / cam's office

 

                                          Cam

 

                          Dr. Brennan, another mummy has been found at Shoreline Amusement Park.

 

              Brennan turns and looks at Booth.

 

              Ext. Shoreline amusement park - night

 

              Brennan and Booth quickly make their way through the park.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Perhaps the fact that Megan Shaw disappeared from here and there's

 

                          another mummy here is a

 

                          coincidence.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Fact, Bones, there are no coincidences in a murder investigation.

 

              Booth flashes his badge to the officer who points them towards the Dungeon of 1000 Corpses.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          You do know the strict definition of a fact, right?  It's not the

 

                          same as a funny feeling.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Just because somebody says they saw a mummy doesn't mean they actually did.

 

              Booth and Brennan walk up to a BREATHLESS WOMAN sitting on a gurney accompanied by an EMT, PETE GELLER.

 

                                          Breathless Woman

 

                          I know what I saw.

 

                                          Geller

 

                          Keep the mask on, please, ma'am.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          What's wrong with her?

 

                                          Geller

 

                          Anxiety attack. Brought on by this dungeon here. I spend half my time on these calls.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                        (to the woman)

 

                          You know it's not real, right?  You're overreacting to an excessive amount of stimuli.

 

                                          Geller

 

                          Keep the mask in place, ma'am.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Plus, you should lose some weight.

 

                                          Geller

 

                        (to Brennan)

 

                          Um, ma'am?

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Bones, a little compassion.

 

                                          Breathless woman

 

                          I'm not overreacting. There's a dead body in there!

 

                                          Geller

 

                          A thousand of them, to be exact.

 

              Geller turns and motions to the sign.

 

              Close on

 

              Sign that indicates DUNGEON OF A 1000 CORPSES

 

              BACK TO SCENE

 

                                          Breathless woman

 

                          There's a real one. I'm a nurse, trust me! I know a dead body when I see one.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                        (to Geller)

 

                          Did you see anything?

 

                                          Geller

 

                          Not much time for that. Just went in, got her, got her out.

 

              Booth leans in, and pulls the oxygen mask away from the woman so she can speak.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Right. What did you see?

 

                                          Breathless woman

 

                          A corpse. Past the killer clown.

 

              Booth lets go of the mask, his eyes wide.

 

                                          Booth

 

                        (in a higher pitch than usual)

 

                          Clown?

 

              Booth looks at Geller.

 

                                          Geller

 

                          You okay?

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Yeah.

 

              Booth stands up straighter, his posture stiff.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          You sure?

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Sure.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Come on.

 

              Brennan heads to entire the dungeon as Booth points to the breathless woman.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Clown.

 

              Int. Dungeon of 1000 corpses - night

 

              The inside of the dungeon has lights flashing, and a background sound of shrill screams. Booth walks in and stops when he sees the killer clown. The clown has wrinkly skin, and long sharp teeth.

 

              Brennan enters behind him.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          What's wrong?

 

              Booth jumps and squeals. He pulls out his phone.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Um... the phone rang. It's Cam on the phone. It's ringing.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Coulrophobia.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Euh?

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          The fear of clowns. Coulrophobia. May explain why you shot that clown last year.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Look, I have no problems with clowns. I can stand right here. See?

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Uh-huh...

 

              Booth answers the call.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          On the phone.

 

                        (brings the phone to his ear)

 

                          Booth.

 

              Int. Medico-legal lab / cam's office

 

              Cam is on the phone with Booth.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          We got an ID on our maze victim off of Angela's sketch.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Great.  Uh, details to follow.

 

              Booth pulls the phone away from his ear, except Cam continues.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          I think you want to hear this now.  Name's Stella Higgins, fifteen years old, disappeared a year ago today.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          What's she saying?

 

              While on the phone, Booth is obviously uncomfortable with the clown. Booth keeps looking back to it as if expecting it to come alive.

 

                                          Booth

 

                        (to Brennan)

 

                          ID and date of disappearance of our maze victim.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          Stella was last seen at Shoreline Amusement Park.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Wow!

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          What wow?

 

                                          Booth

 

                          More coincidences.

 

                        (to Cam)

 

                          Uh.. Thanks!

 

              Booth hangs up the phone.

 

                                          Booth (CONT'D)

 

                          The maze victim disappeared from here. So we just go right past the clown.  I can walk right past the clown, like she said. Just right...

 

              Booth begins to walk past the clown, just as he is facing the clown, the clown begins to rotate and the clown's arm nearly touches Booth. Booth dodges the clown's arm as he lets out a scream.

 

              Booth and Brennan continue through the dungeon.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Torture dungeon.

 

              Brennan imitates the "evil laughter" coming from the speakers.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          Yeah, okay. Clown, scary. Not you.

 

              Booth and Brennan enter the torture chamber and begin to look through the various dummy corpses.

 

              Booth scoffs.

 

                                          Booth (CONT'D)

 

                          Oh, gee! You're kidding me, right?

 

              Booth points to a mannequin strapped to a torture chair. 

 

                                          Booth (CONT'D)

 

                          Look at the eye, uh? It's a Ping-Pong ball.

 

              Brennan walks up to a pile of corpses, and looks at one in particular.

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Not this one.

 

                                          Booth

 

                          How do you know?

 

                                          Brennan

 

                          Human remains, Booth, it's sort of my speciality. This is a dead person.

 

        

        End of act I

 

        Act II

 

              Int. Medico-legal lab / examination area

 

              Zack is examining the most recent victim when Cam walks across the platform towards him.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          Okay, the first thing Booth needs to know is if this is Megan Shaw.

 

                                          Zack

 

                          It is not Megan Shaw.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          I agree. It would be impossible to mummify a body like this in just a little more than a week.

 

                                          Zack

 

                          Dental records do not match.

 

              Zack begins to examine the victim's hand.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          Lacquer and cedar oil. Looks like the same murderer.

 

                                          Zack

 

                          That's leaping to a conclusion.

 

                                          Cam

 

                          I said looks like, Zack. Looks like is not leaping.

 

                                          Zack

 

                          Her phalanges, fingers, are broken. Metacarpals... cracked.