- Brennan and Booth investigate a set of uniquely disfigured remains allegorizing biblical text. As they acquire more information about the victim, a former patient of Dr. Adam Copeland at Havenhurst Sanitarium, they are confronted with suspects who are hard to characterize as either good or evil. Meanwhile, Jeffersonian intern Arastoo Vaziri reveals a secret about his past.—FOX Publicity
- Father Patrick and his altar boy William find the burning corpse of Noel Lowery with a natural tail and artificial horns on their altar. He was a psychiatric patient in Dr. Adam Copeland's Ravenhurst institution's residential ward. The team works out Neal's fractured skull didn't kill him, but electrocution, and goes trough possible motives among staff, fellow patients and family.—KGF Vissers
- William (Daniel Polo), an altar boy, and Father Patrick (John Apicella) a Catholic priest, bless holy water, when the former notices a strange smell. It's a fire! But not just any fire -- a body which appears to have horns burns near the altar. Is it a demon? Bones (Emily Deschanel) doubts it, though she understands the significance of the body's location -- sort of. "That would have great meaning to your superstitious followers," she says. The priest warns evil is not "mythical," blaming Satan and his minions. Bones claims not to believe in evil, but can't explain the horns -- yet. "What do you say we get Hellboy wrapped up and back to the Jeffersonian," says a nervous Booth (David Boreanaz).
Later, Camille (Tamara Taylor) claims to have never seen a body like the one currently sitting on the table. "This gave me a chill," she tells Bones, who fails to understand. Arastoo (Pej Vahdat) then notes the victim also appears to have a legitimate tail along with being a white male in his late teens or early 20s. The flammable substance used the light the body, meanwhile, was garden-variety motor oil. Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) reveals the horns were at least partly made of coral, so they're not real, after all. Angela (Michaela Conlin) is then able to put a name to the demon: Neil Lowery, whose last known residence is a sanitarium. Booth, in the meantime, questions the man's mother Erica (Rusty Schwimmer) and brother Gabe (Scott Caudill), who tell a sad tale of the sick victim. "He told people he was the son of Satan," the brother says. Mom also admits to losing her temper and beating her son before he was diagnosed as schizophrenic.
Back at the lab, Hodgins has found a plant substance on the victim -- a "key ingredient in a potion meant to summon the devil," according to certain sources. Booth seriously wonders whether the victim was possessed. Sweets (John Francis Daley) and Bones dismiss the theory, but Sweets is at least sympathetic. The trio then head to the sanitarium, which is thoroughly creepy. Bones notices the plant Hodgins found growing outside. Dr. Copeland (Joshua Malina), who runs the facility, introduces the team to a patient named Neviah (Amanda Schull). She has painted a picture of Neil being crucified -- and she also claims to be an angel. Later, Sweets interviews the woman, who says God told her to kill Neil. The murder weapon, of course, is conveniently invisible. Sweets and Booth seriously doubt Neviah's story.
Bones, in the meantime, meets Dr. Womack (Henri Lubatti). The two flirt, before Copeland informs her the man claiming to be a doctor is actually a delusional patient. "I thought we had a lot in common," Bones says. Sweets then takes Neviah's painting back to the lab, where Angela uncovers a second painting hidden beneath. It depicts sanitarium nurse Lloyd with horns. The caregiver also happens to be carrying the dead body of Neil. B&B head to the hospital to confront Lloyd, who denies any involvement in the death. A quick search of the man's car, however, reveals numchucks a big bag of drugs. "Looks like we found Neil Lowery's heroin dealer," Booth says. Before you can say "busted," Booth interrogates Lloyd, who claims he was only trying to help Neil, whose prescribed medication wasn't working. Booth is suspicious and decides to hold the nurse.
Back at the sanitarium, Copeland pulls Bones aside to chastise her for continually insulting the profession of psychiatry. She is about to apologize when Womack suddenly begins banging on the wall and flailing uncontrollably. "I want the medicine Lloyd gave me!" Womack screams. "I'm a doctor!" Booth has seen enough. He suggests a thorough search of the facility. Meanwhile, Arastoo has noticed damage to the victim's vestigial tail, indicating it was bashed in some way. Hodgins sets up a test with a dummy to measure the "impact of the numchucks strikes." After accidentally striking himself in the face, Arastoo takes over and turns out to be an expert with the martial arts weapon. "What are you?" an astonished Hodgins asks. "A Persian ninja?" Nevertheless, the test proves Lloyd's numchucks are NOT the murder weapon.
Sweets, meanwhile, questions Womack. The latter once again claims to be a doctor simply posing as a patient. And, as a doctor, he can't break doctor-patient confidentiality and talk about Neil. Naturally.
Back at the lab, Arastoo tells Camille a tragic story of having to kill an insurgent while working as a translator in Iraq. "Tell me that the devil did not win that day?" he asks. He then discovers cause of death: electrocution. Armed with that information, Bones confronts Copeland, who claims Neil was not receiving electroshock therapy. So where could the man have fatally shocked himself? After examining the plans for the facility, Angela points out a series of panels which might just do the job. B&B, Sweets and Copeland immediately head into the basement to seek out the panels. They mind evidence of heroin usage, as well as blood near a transformer. So this is where the man died. On the wall, "Welcome to hell" is scrawled in what appears to be blood. Gross.
Back at the lab, Angela runs a simulation on the electricity, which ends with Neil surviving. "So what happened?" Sweets asks. Good question. Bones takes a close look at a photo of Neil's boots, noting someone else must have tied the man's shoes (because the victim was left handed and the laces were tied by a righty). Angela then runs the simulation again -- this time removing the rubber-soul boots. Sure enough, simulated Neil dies. "He was electrocuted first and then the boots were put back on," Bones says. "I say the killer may have left his or her DNA on the laces." Moments later, Neil's brother Gabe is in custody. His DNA is a match. "What you and your family went through, it's almost unbearable," Sweets tells the victim's mother. "Gabe found Neil shooting up heroin and struck him with a pipe." Neil then fell backward and was accidentally electrocuted against the transformer. But what about the incident at the church? "We all become angry at God sometimes," Sweets says. Mom fights back tears.
Case closed.
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