- A cabin burns down in the woods revealing two bodies - one of a modern-day witch and one from the days of the Salem Witch Trials - leading Booth and Brennan into the world of Wicca to find a killer. Meanwhile, when Hodgins' reckless driving gets him and Angela arrested and thrown in jail, Sweets and intern Clark Edison step into unfamiliar territory to help out the team.—Fox Flash
- Sheriff Gus Abrams calls the FBI to rural Berryville, in Maryland, to investigate arson in Chéry Byrd's home, which burnt her. She kept in a metal chest a three centuries old corpse, dug up and clumsily reassembled. The woman was crushed to death being accused of being a Salem witch. Lance contributes his expertise from a Salem witch trial socio-psychosis study and points the team to the local Wiccan covenant, which rejected Chéry as a gold-digger. The sheriff arrests Hodgins and Angela for speeding. The Byrd house was the only obstacle for Mario Trivisonno's development project. Lance identifies the Salem witch, with an interesting family tree.—KGF Vissers
- We open inside a burned down cabin, where a fireman discovers a skeleton wearing a white dress. "That's a new one on me," a second fireman says. Bones (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz) are soon on the scene, where they meet Sheriff Abrams (Wade Williams). "The bones were already dried and de-fleshed before the fire," Bones says. "The skeleton has been reassembled." It's not long before Bones discovers a second skeleton -- this one from a very recent victim, who happens to wearing red shoes. "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore," Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) quips.
Back at the lab, Camille (Tamara Taylor) determines the recent female victim shows no evidence of smoke inhalation, so she was killed before the fire. Clark (Eugene Byrd), meanwhile, points out an injury on the older female skeleton consistent with 17th century torture. "It was a form of punishment used during the Salem witch trials," Bones observes. Whoa. Later, Hodgins and Angela (Michaela Conlin) drive back from the crime scene when Hodgins begins to swerve (he's testing a feature in the product placement he's driving). He is soon pulled over by none other than Sheriff Abrams, who cuts the joking scientists absolutely no slack.
Cut to the pub, where Sweets (John Francis Daley) reveals he is an "expert" on the Salem witch trials. "I want to work on the case," the young shrink declares. Booth gets a call: the cabin belonged to the recent victim, Sherrie Byrd. The woman has a brother, Jesse (Peter Holden). So Booth interviews the man, who admits he didn't get along with his sister. "The last 10 years she got into some really weird stuff," Jesse explains. Meaning: witchcraft. He then says a developer named Mario (Joel Polis) called Sherrie's cabin "the key" to a profitable project -- and was angry when she wouldn't sell. Cut to a jail cell, where Hodgins and Angela sit in a jail cell. Turns out Angela has an outstanding bench warrant for speeding, while Hodgins has an eight-year-old warrant for escaping police custody during a protest. "I can't let you go until a judge rules on your warrant," Abrams says. It could be awhile.
Back at the Jeffersonian, Booth interviews Mario, who claims to be the victim of a "voodoo curse." Turns out he hasn't wanted to buy the house for months, especially after his hair started falling out. He is now completely bald -- and blames it on a spell cast by Sherrie Byrd. He also says he saw a dead cat laid out on the kitchen table during his last visit to the house. Bones and Clark, in the meantime, examine the skeleton and determine Sherrie had been repeatedly stabbed. It appears to be foul play. Later, Sweets suggests B&B talk to members of the local Wiccan coven.
Cut to jail, where Hodgins gives Angela a shoulder rub. Camille enters and asks Abrams to let the pair go. "They can be reached here anytime to assist," Abrams says in denying her. "You know that the law can't be twisted to our will or chaos will ensue." Camille can't disagree. She takes the evidence Hodgins and Angela had collected at the crime scene and exits -- much to her coworkers' chagrin. B&B, in the meantime, sneak up on a Wiccan ceremony in the woods. The participants are burning someone effigy. But who? Soon, the women disrobe. "Why is it when things like this happen it's to people you don't want to see naked?" Booth asks. Bones has no answer.
Robes back on, Wiccans Rowan (Kate Vernon) and Ember (Jillian Bach) speak with Bones and Booth. They explain the victim wasn't part of the coven because she performed harmful magic for profit. "The Dark Arts are fragile, agent Booth," Rowan warns. Cut to the jail cell, where Hodgins notes the former couple hasn't spent this much together in a long time. Abrams enters with an antiquated computer. The prisoners will be allowed to work the murder case from the inside of their cell. They connect via Web cam with the lab and examine a chuck of amber found in the fire. It clearly came from a modern necklace, but a hair was melted into it. Abrams points out the strand could belong to the perp.
Later, Camille identifies the hair as belonging to Murray Huddler (Chris Ufland), a local man whose wife left him for an attorney. Camille pulls up a wedding photo of Huddler and his wife -- and the latter is wearing the exact same wedding dress found on the Salem witch skeleton. Booth quickly brings Murray in for questioning. He admits to hiring Sherrie to "put a hex on my bitch ex-wife." Alas, the bitter man said the spell didn't work -- even after he gave the woman his ex's old wedding dress to help things along.
Cut to the lab, where Bones discovers small animal bones mixed among the remains of Sherrie Byrd. Hodgins, via Web cam, identifies them as belong to a bat. "Are we thinking that a woman had a bat shoved down her throat?" Camille asks. Exactly.
Later, Angela wonders "what happened to us on the day we broke up?" Hodgins calls it the "biggest regret of his life." They kiss! Naturally, they are interrupted by the judge (William Stanford Davis), who tells Abrams to "give it a rest." "Let's get you two out of here," the judge sighs. Hodgins and Angela, meanwhile, are positively beaming. Later, Bones notes the bat isn't indigenous to the U.S. but can be purchased online. Sweets then enters with news: the old skeleton was a Salem witch whose grave had been robbed six months ago. He theorizes Sherrie stole the body in an effort to increase her own powers. But wait -- there's more! The witch was the great grandmother of a certain Wiccan named Ember.
Ember is soon in the hot seat. She admits to buying bat bones online, but denies killing Sherrie. In fact, she claims to have had no idea her grandmother's bones were dug up. So it's back to the drawing board -- literally. Bones marks up an x-ray of the victim and notices the stab wounds form a pentagram. She theorizes it wasn't just Ember who killed Sherrie, but entire coven! Clark then points out residue from a certain hallucinogen was also found. "What if they were stoned out of their minds?" Clarks asks. Did the witches believe they were slaying an actual demon? When pressed, Ember admits the group got out of control while trying to "restore the balance." Case closed, but not the episode. We cut back to the jail where the judge is marrying Hodgins and Angela! Hodgins even produces a ring. It's been in his wallet since the pair's first wedding was called off. Abrams throws confetti as the newly married couple kisses. It's a touching moment.
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