The remains of a wealthy kidnap victim lead Hodgins to learn a secret about his family that unnerves him. Meanwhile, Booth and Brennan discuss how to handle their finances when Brennan receives a $75,000 advancement from her book sales and asks a reluctant Booth to cash the check and decide what to do with it.
Tropes
- Artistic License – Chemistry: Vinegar will cancel out lye... Dousing it in baking soda solution would be a hell of a lot safer.
- Asshole Victim: The victim emotionally manipulated the dog walker into thinking she loved him in order to facilitate his help with her scheme, but planned to blame him for the kidnapping.
- Faked Kidnapping: The victim fakes her own kidnapping in order to get enough money to move out of her parents' home, but dies from an allergic reaction after disappearing.
- It's Personal: Hodgins finds it deeply disturbing that he, a man who believes firmly in conspiracy theories, has a brother he never knew about who believes so firmly in conspiracy theories that he's legally insane and physically dangerous.
- Long-Lost Relative: Hodgins finds he has a brother named Jeffery who lives in a mental hospital.
- The Schizophrenia Conspiracy: Hodgins’ brother Jeffrey has a schizoaffective disorder that makes him paranoid.
