Remains of a female Afghani refugee found stuffed in a duffel bag at the bottom of a lake reunite Booth with old friend/CIA agent Danny Beck, especially when it's discovered that the deceased was an informant for Beck and had recently gained political asylum. Meanwhile, Booth and Brennan argue when Brennan learns her life insurance premiums are higher than Booth's.
Tropes
- Artistic License – Biology: The episode seems to have confused lampreys, which are parasitic on live prey, with hagfish that scavenge dead carcasses.
- As You Know: Notably Played for Laughs when Daisy, having failed her orals, spends the rest of the episode answering Bones's case-relevant questions as if on an exam.
- Bodyguard Crush: CIA agent Danny Beck protected the victim (a former source from Afghanistan) and eventually fell in love with her.
- Karma Houdini: The killer walks away scot free from the FBI with a ten million dollar bounty because he's willing to hand over a terrorist network.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: But then the killer gets hauled away by military police because a technicality means he's still subject to military jurisdiction, and the crimes the military can charge him with come with the death penalty.
