NCIS

We're lost. We're totally lost.

We're fine, Tracey.

I told you hiking was crazy.

We should have just bought plaid shirts

and gone to a resort.

We'll hit the trail as long as we keep heading west,

and we're heading west!

You don't know that, Michael. Tracey,

that's the sun, so that's South and that's west!

That's what you say. It's not my opinion.

It has to do with the position of the sun! Oh, please,

this whole direction thing is totally arbitrary!

We're lost!

And we're gonna die out here, and they're

gonna find our bones one day, and I hate you! You know what?

Just follow me, or they will find your bones,

because I'll kill you.

Now, come on!

Great.

Oh, God, it's starting to rain?!

Look, there's a cave over there.

A cave? Look,

if you don't like it, then stay out here.

Well, don't leave me all alone!

Oh, we are so totally gonna die.

You bastard.

We are not gonna die!

Says you.

Oh, my God.

We're totally gonna die!

So, have you talked to Hannah since you got back?

Oh, yeah. Couple times.

She said she's waiting for her new assignment,

probably Southern Iraq. I find it anomalous

that you would leave her since you believe

so emphatically in the mythic powers of love.

Do you understand what she's saying? Just nod.

Well, I'm just saying that you wanted to fall in love

and you did in Afghanistan.

You were in Afghanistan? Yeah, I just got back.

Ah. I was stationed as a staff sergeant in Kandahar.

Served with my brother in '04. I'm a...

well, I was a Ranger.

Oh, you guys were awesome.

Yeah. My brother didn't make it back.

Oh. Sorry.

It was worse

for his wife and kid.

I take care of her now.

Sorry, I didn't mean to bring us down.

You were saying something about a woman you left behind?

Oh, I didn't leave her behind; it was her decision to stay.

Well, maybe you didn't really love her.

No, I... I do love her. I do.

So, is this the cave entrance?

This is it.

This one is a male,

late 20s, early 30s.

This is a female, same approximate age.

Kind of sad the way they're holding each other, right?

Yeah, what happened there, Bones?

Well, multiple fractures,

more severe on the female.

It appears they've been bludgeoned.

Oh. It's, like, he... he couldn't let her go.

It would appear that way.

I wouldn't make any comparisons

with your current situation.

Oh, uh, thanks... for that. Thank you.

Maggots and other insect activity

seem to have cleaned the bodies of tissue.

Some of the bone of the skull as well.

Yeah, that'll happen pretty fast out here.

Well, it makes determining time of death more difficult.

I'll need the remains transported

back to the Jeffersonian, along with the rocks

and the surrounding soil. Great. Maybe you can lead

the forensics team, Sarge, all right, so nobody gets lost.

Yeah. All right, let's go.

Careful of your head. Yeah. All right.

Great. So, the forensics team says

the remains should be at the lab in a couple of hours.

It seems like we were never away from each other,

doesn't it? Yeah.

You okay with that? Of course.

Why? Why?

Because seven months ago, you said you...

didn't want to be surrounded by, you know, crime and death

and sadness. Well, I needed some time

to rationally assess the best use of my considerable skills.

Factoring in that we have such a strong

and mutually beneficial relationship,

I concluded that...

I could be most useful solving crimes.

Right. So you're happy to be working together?

That's what I just said. Great.

Me, too.

So...

do you miss her?

Yeah, of course I do.

Well, if there's anything that I can do...

You know, I didn't leave Hannah.

You know, I had to come back here because of Parker.

I know. I couldn't ask her to leave

any more than she could get me to stay.

I-I'm sorry I brought it up.

Oh, my God.

Hannah. Hey.

What are you doing here?

We can talk in a minute.

Mm.

I put in a request to be assigned to the Washington press corps.

Something you said you'd never do. Well, that was

before I realized how much I hated waking up alone.

Hello.

I'm...

Temperance Brennan.

Ah. I've heard a lot about you.

Hannah Burley.

I assumed.

Yes.

I was passed over for a promotion in Chicago,

and when I heard Dr. Brennan was back,

I just jumped at the chance to work here again.

That shows excellent judgment.

Most of the fractures

on the female are localized to the left posterior side.

Yeah, there are

multiple breaks in the femur,

pelvis, vertebrae...

So, what was it like to meet Hannah?

Oh, she seems... very pleasant

and...

attractive. Her face fits

comfortably within the golden ratio.

So you guys did math together?

No, the golden ratio is a formula that determines beauty.

One to 1.618.

For instance, the width of the mouth

to the width of the cheek... So she's hot.

I see some, uh,

particulates here, Dr. Hodgins.

You know, if we still care about finding out

what happened to these poor people.

I just assumed that when you guys got back from your trip, you'd be a real couple.

We were never a couple.

Dr. Saroyan, you assured me that you

would try to keep this workplace professional. And I will,

Dr. Edison. No, no, no.

You were a couple.

You just weren't having sex.

Were you jealous?

Of course not. I'm happy for Booth.

Why would I be jealous?

Because it's obvious you and Agent Booth

were attracted to each other.

I mean, a blind man could see that.

I just couldn't understand why you two

just didn't rip each other's clothes off.

I mean, just get all butt-naked and...

Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God. Uh...

I'm-I'm sorry.

Uh, I...

It just popped out, okay?

You guys weren't focusing. Dude.

A little self-control?

I hitched a ride on a C-130 coming back from Baghdad. Oh. Oh.

We got fired on twice.

I was sitting next to some guy from A.P.

who wet his brand-new fatigues.

I just, I can't believe you're here.

It's so strange.

Truthfully, baby, neither can I. So,

are you sure that the press corps

is gonna be exciting enough for you?

I'll make sure it is.

God, I missed you.

Mm.

I wish I could take some time off,

but we're just in the middle

of a double homicide. Forget it.

We have all the time in the world now.

They put me up at the Dupont Hotel.

Call me when you're free.

Dupont. Place is a dump.

All right, listen,

stop by later, okay?

Here's my key to my place.

What you got to do is, you got to just

get it in there and you got to move it left

to right, and when you hear the lock pop,

Yeah? just give it a kick.

That sounds filthy.

I should go.

See you later.

Sorry, is this a bad time?

No, come on in. Come on in. Come in.

How can I help you?

Thought your girl was still in Afghanistan.

Ah, she surprised me.