Bones

Aaron, where's Joey?

Taking a leak.

Buddy system.

Come on.

Which way did he go?

I don't know. Geez.

Joey's gotta whiz, like, every ten minutes and I...

Trauma to the forehead.

Eyes full of maggots and all you see

is the boo-boo on the forehead.

Hands bound in front of him.

Definitely not execution style.

What's the... shiny stuff on the nose?

Some kind of emollient. It's around his lips, too.

You get anything out of the boy who found him?

Only thing came out of the kid was vomit.

That would explain the pervasive smell.

Why am I here? Dead guy.

Foul play. It's your main function.

With... bones.

This is... very meaty,

there's a bit of bone here. And... there.

And look at all the maggots.

Bones, I said, not "bugs".

Lividity looks fixed.

So, it's not a body dump... he was killed here.

This is all flesh.

Why'd you call me in on this?

Wasn't me.

- It was me. - Why?

Is it because you're trying to think of excuses

to put Booth and me together on cases?

I wouldn't do that, Dr. Brennan.

'Cause we worked things out and we're fine. Right?

Yeah. Hundred percent.

That's... That's not why I called you in.

Then why?

- Feet are missing. - Because his feet are missing,

which... suggests bone trauma,

which immediately suggested you.

Oh, look at that.

Blood.

Do you think that's from...

the wound on the forehead?

No. Too much.

All right, looks like the blood

trail stops here.

You want the honor?

The honor is all yours.

I got a foot...

Me, too.

Find a third one, and I'll be impressed.

I estimate time of death at or around four days.

Hodgins took a look at the maggots and agrees.

Trauma to the frontal bone would have been fatal.

Yeah, and tissue damage indicates some kind of blade.

So does bone damage.

Dr. Brennan, you aren't being competitive

between flesh and bone, are you?

It's possible.

Absence of pronounced ecchymosis

on the wrists

indicates the hands were bound post-mortem.

Consistent with the feet.

No hemorrhagic tissue. They were removed post-mortem.

- Was that competive? - No, I'm hearing a tone, but...

it could be my imagination.

Angela's going to be hypnotized.

Why?

She's going deep into her subconscious to remember her husband's name.

So we can find him, divorce him, get married ourselves,

and live happily for all eternity.

You won't live for eternity.

I thought you had a name.

A name for what?

Angela's husband.

Birimbau.

But our private investigator says it's a nickname.

You can't get much off a nickname.

Birimbau is... "little flute".

Brazilian.

What?

A "little flute"?

I'm suddenly filled with a sense of...

well-being.

The jury is out on the efficacy

and validity of recovered memories.

That's great. Speaking of names,

I... ran the vic's prints. I got a hit.

Ed Milner, from Maryland.

The shiny substance you found on the victim's nose and mouth...

it's sunscreen.

Per the manufacturer, "it protects and maintains

the natural color of coats, manes and tails."

Coats, manes and tails. Oh, my...

Formulated for horses.

Any human applications?

The manufacturer recommendsagainst use on human skin.

Guys, contents of the victim's stomach are corn,

raw oats and dried molasses.

- Horse food? - FYI.

There's such a thing as too much fiber.

All right, I can draw inferences from multiple equine implications.

What?

She's going along with the horsey theme.

Incised wounds extending into the periosteum of the maxilla,

between the molars and premolars.

What?

His teeth and jaw show evidence of a bit.

His name is "Ed."

Why is that funny?

As in, "A horse is a horse..."

Of course, of course.

The famous Mr. Ed?

Mr. Ed?!

Bones S03E03 "Death in the Saddle"

He was supposed to be in a corporate retreat in Orlando, Florida.

He's in marketing.

Are you able to identify your husband's body from that photograph?

Yes, that's Ed.

I don't understand...

who could've done that.

We found your husband's body just outside Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Virginia?

Did he... mention any recent disagreements?

- Friends, co-workers, family members? - No.

Ed was one of "those guys."

When we got married, we owned an apartment building.

If a tenant couldn't afford the rent, Ed would cut him a break.

That's how he was with everyone.

Do you have a ranch? Own a racehorse,

- a pony ride, anything like that? - No. Why?

Did Ed ever go to the racetrack? Rodeos?

I'm not sure Ed even ever saw a real horse up close and in person.

Why?

I don't have anything concrete,

right now, but when I do I'll let you know.

Hey!

Hay is for horses.

Hey, that's funny, Bones.

I found it on this Web site about horses.

- Yeah? - Where do horses stay in a hotel?

Bridle suite.

- That's correct. - So, did you find out anything useful?

The hooves of champion thoroughbreds

are buried separately from their corpses.

The hooves represent "power" and are given their own resting spot.

Our victim's feet were separated from his body.

The victim's wife said he was at a corporate retreat.

And his boss said he took time off to spend with the family.

- He lied. - Yeah, they could all be lying.

How did you know the answer to the bridle suite joke?

I have a five year old son.

Hey, have you seen Brennan?

You just missed her. Booth tracked down the victim's last credit card

purchase to a country inn in Virginia.

Why? Do you need her?

No, I was sort of hoping that she needed me.

Well, I admire your work ethic but she didn't say anything to me.

What about you? You need anything?

I am weighing human organs. Not really your thing.

Right. Okay.

Are you passing the time until you're hypnotized?

- Did Hodgins tell everybody? - Oh, he's excited, we all are.

Delving into the subconscious to find the name of the mystery husband?

Very romantic.

Yeah, well, it won't be so romantic when I divorce him.

Romantic for you and Hodgins when you can finally get married. You nervous?

No. No, I'm annoyed.

I know about this hypnotism thing.

I was a magician's assistant at a little gypsy carnival in Brazil.

Now, that's an opening line.

Mysteria was really cute and I was younger then and...

the whole being sawed in half thing was actually kind of hot.

We were talking about hypnotism.

Right. Well, this guy

could rub an alligator's stomach so I could stick my head inside its mouth,

but every time he hypnotized people,

it was always a scam.

Angela, therapeutic hypnosis is a proven technique.

Electroencephalography shows an increase

in activity in the the cerebral cortex which opens the subconscious.

Really?

Yeah, it alters the alpha and the theta waves.

Read the Stanford University study. It's not a party trick.

You read that?

And I've been hypnotized myself.

- Why? - I was in Vegas.

I got called up on stage,

and apparently, I clucked like a chicken in front of 3,000 people,

but I have absolutely no memory of it.

Was this little episode in the Stanford study?

No, it should have been.

For the next three days, every time someone said "coffee,"

I'd cluck. Awkward.

Okay, why am I not feeling better about this?

Trust me. No crazier than you drinking kava and marrying a giant in Fiji.

And Hodgins seems to be pretty cool with that, so...

if he wants you to try hypnosis I'd say get drowsy.

I guess you're right.