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* UnbrokenFirstPersonPerspective: Everything until the last few minutes is seen from the POV of the victim's skull.
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* UnfinishedBusiness: Avalon senses this about the victim, and after having tried to reassure him about the children he would have fathered and the team solving his death, they eventually figure out that the reason he couldn't move on was that he never told Miranda that he had a crush on her.

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* UnfinishedBusiness: Avalon senses this about the victim, and after having tried to reassure him about the children he would have fathered and the team solving his death, they eventually figure out that the reason he couldn't move on was that he never told Miranda that never heard the song he had a crush on wrote her.
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* UnfinishedBusiness: Avalon senses this about the victim, and after having tried to reassure him about the children he would have fathered and the team solving his death, they eventually figure out that the reason he couldn't move on was that he never told Miranda that he had a crush on her.



* WhodunnitToMe: The episode plays with this. The victim is dead and doesn't play any tangible part in solving his murder, but all of the characters treat him as if his spirit is still with his body and the entire episode is seen "through the victim's eyes", with the victim's skull always immediately BehindTheBlack.

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* WhodunnitToMe: The episode plays with this. The victim is dead and doesn't play any tangible part in solving his murder, but all of the characters treat him as if his spirit is still with his body and the entire episode is seen "through the victim's eyes", with the victim's skull always immediately BehindTheBlack.BehindTheBlack.
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* ShakyPOVCam: The camera is played this way, and often focuses away from the person who's talking, all to emphasize it's the skull's POV.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: InUniverse. Avalon tells Colin's spirit that he would've grown up, had a wife and children, and would have made the world a better place had he not died, and laments the loss of that future.

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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: The episode puts the viewer in the POV of the victim's skull.



* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The episode puts the viewer in the POV of the victim's skull.
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Everyone at the Jeffersonian begins wondering about life and death when the remains of a 14-year-old boy are found in a greenhouse. Angela calls upon Avalon Harmonia (Music/CyndiLauper) when she believes that Avalon could help find out who murdered the young boy but, when Avalon arrives, everyone believes that she shouldn't be there; she later returns saying that she believes he's sad. Avalon finds that the young boy was set to have a good future, and she vows to help him make the journey to the afterlife. Brennan begins to worry about Booth when he continues to believe the murderer is Colin's father. Brennan brings Colin home in hopes of finding something to solve the case. The team finds that Colin's death was an accident, after he was riding on the hood of a car, and his friends decided not to tell and, instead, hide the body. The team, with Avalon, play a video Colin made for the girl he loved.

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Everyone at the Jeffersonian begins wondering about life and death when the The remains of a 14-year-old boy are found in a greenhouse. greenhouse, and the episode follows the skull as it proceeds through the case. Angela once again calls upon her psychic friend Avalon Harmonia (Music/CyndiLauper) when she believes that Avalon could help find out who murdered the young boy but, when Avalon arrives, everyone believes that she shouldn't be there; she later returns saying that she believes he's sad. Avalon finds that the young boy was set to have a good future, victim is still trapped on Earth and she vows has yet to help him make the journey to the afterlife. Brennan begins to worry about Booth when he continues to believe the murderer is Colin's father. Brennan brings Colin home in hopes of finding something to solve the case. pass on. The team finds that Colin's the boy's death was an accident, accidental, after he was riding on the hood of a car, and his friends decided not to tell and, instead, hide the body. The team, with Avalon, play a video Colin he made for the girl he loved.
loved, which allows his spirit to move on.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The episode puts the viewer in the POV of the victim's skull.

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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The episode puts the viewer in the POV of the victim's skull.skull.
* WhodunnitToMe: The episode plays with this. The victim is dead and doesn't play any tangible part in solving his murder, but all of the characters treat him as if his spirit is still with his body and the entire episode is seen "through the victim's eyes", with the victim's skull always immediately BehindTheBlack.

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* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: The episode shows how the entire team's affected by the remains of a young 14-year old.

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* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: The episode shows how the entire team's affected by the remains of a young 14-year old.old.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The episode puts the viewer in the POV of the victim's skull.
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* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: The episode shows how the entire team's affected by the remains of a young 14-year old.
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Everyone at the Jeffersonian begins wondering about life and death when the remains of a 14-year-old boy are found in a greenhouse. Angela calls upon Avalon Harmonia (Creator/CyndiLauper) when she believes that Avalon could help find out who murdered the young boy but, when Avalon arrives, everyone believes that she shouldn't be there; she later returns saying that she believes he's sad. Avalon finds that the young boy was set to have a good future, and she vows to help him make the journey to the afterlife. Brennan begins to worry about Booth when he continues to believe the murderer is Colin's father. Brennan brings Colin home in hopes of finding something to solve the case. The team finds that Colin's death was an accident, after he was riding on the hood of a car, and his friends decided not to tell and, instead, hide the body. The team, with Avalon, play a video Colin made for the girl he loved.

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Everyone at the Jeffersonian begins wondering about life and death when the remains of a 14-year-old boy are found in a greenhouse. Angela calls upon Avalon Harmonia (Creator/CyndiLauper) (Music/CyndiLauper) when she believes that Avalon could help find out who murdered the young boy but, when Avalon arrives, everyone believes that she shouldn't be there; she later returns saying that she believes he's sad. Avalon finds that the young boy was set to have a good future, and she vows to help him make the journey to the afterlife. Brennan begins to worry about Booth when he continues to believe the murderer is Colin's father. Brennan brings Colin home in hopes of finding something to solve the case. The team finds that Colin's death was an accident, after he was riding on the hood of a car, and his friends decided not to tell and, instead, hide the body. The team, with Avalon, play a video Colin made for the girl he loved.
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Everyone at the Jeffersonian begins wondering about life and death when the remains of a 14-year-old boy are found in a greenhouse. Angela calls upon Avalon Harmonia (Creator/CyndiLauper) when she believes that Avalon could help find out who murdered the young boy but, when Avalon arrives, everyone believes that she shouldn't be there; she later returns saying that she believes he's sad. Avalon finds that the young boy was set to have a good future, and she vows to help him make the journey to the afterlife. Brennan begins to worry about Booth when he continues to believe the murderer is Colin's father. Brennan brings Colin home in hopes of finding something to solve the case. The team finds that Colin's death was an accident, after he was riding on the hood of a car, and his friends decided not to tell and, instead, hide the body. The team, with Avalon, play a video Colin made for the girl he loved.

Note: This episode is told and filmed from the point of view of the deceased victim.

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