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The Woman in the Garden is the thirteenth episode of the first season of Bones.

Summary[]

Booth and Brennan investigate when a dug up corpse is found in the back of a gang member's car. While being questioned, a drive-by shooting allows him to escape. Booth and Brennan follow the clues, which lead them to an empty grave and another body in a grave at a wealthy senator's house, where the gang member used to work.

Recap[]

Bones and Booth arrive in Little Salvador where a suspected gang member (later identified as Jose Duarte) has been pulled over. They find a Mara Muerte tattoo on his neck (a feared gang in the area) and female remains in the trunk. They are asking questions when shots are heard, and they are shot at in a drive-by shooting. The shooters get away and so does the gang member.

Back at the lab they find out the victim was a Catholic because she had a rosary on her. Reports state that she was hit hard on the head. Meanwhile, Booth is interrogating Miguel Valleda. There he learns that the drive-by shooting was made by other Mara Muerte gang members. Brennan then learns that the victim was pregnant. They find where she was buried and learn that there was another body buried nearby.

They link the remains back to Senator Alan Corman. There they meet Hector, the house manager, and Logan, the Senator's son. They identify the gang member from the car as Jose Vargas. They also find the second body.

They head over to Jose's house and find his wife and son, who will not talk with Booth or Brennan. Back at the lab they find a hereditary condition linked to both victims. They were father and daughter. They also conclude that the father was not murdered, but died of cancer.

Somewhere down by a hospital Jose is thrown out of a car, nearly beaten to death with a note on his chest addressed to Booth that says "Special delivery for Agent Seeley Booth FBI". Jose was beaten by his own gang. They find out that the two bodies were his sister and his father by the hereditary disease. Jose tells them that their family name was Duarte and that his sister was named Maria and their father was Augustine.

Booth gets the gang unit to bring in the leader of Mara Muerte. Brennan gets into an argument with him that leads to a fight. They trace the murder weapon back to the Senator's house. Brennan and Booth find out that Maria was sleeping with Logan, and that Maria was pregnant with Logan's child. They find out that she was pulled off a ladder and hit her head on a bed pole. Hector confesses to the murder of Maria but says it was an accident.

Booth gets word that Mara Muerte has put a hit out on Brennan. Booth finds the leader of Mara Muerte, and tells him that if anything ever happens to her, he will come after him and kill him. Booth puts his gun into the leader's mouth, saying "Nobody sees, nobody knows". Brennan arranges a funeral for Jose's father and sister. Jose thanks her, and says that he will pay her back. Brennan is mad at Booth when he shows up late for the funeral.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Recurring Cast[]

Guest Cast[]

Featured Music[]

  • "Nada Es Para Siempre" - Elefante
  • "Rey De Reyes" - Sporty Loco

Notes[]

  • The Mara Muerte gang depicted is most likely based on the real-life gang Mara Salvatrucha. Mara Salvatrucha is an international gang, founded in California by and comprised primarily of Salvadorians.

Quotes[]

  • Booth: Ok. Hodgins, sew it up. You're coming with us. We're going to the barrio.
    Hodgins: Field work. Cool! Do I get a gun
    Brennan: You can't arm Hodgins and not me!
    Booth: What is it with you people and the guns, huh?
  • Booth: My problem is that somebody shot at me - shot at me and my partner. Plus, you know, a bad guy got away. So I'm a little cranky about the whole thing.
  • Booth: Come on, guys. Let's think of it as a puzzle, and there's a missing piece.
    Brennan: I like puzzles. I find them relaxing. I just finishted "The Anatomy Lesson" - Rembrandt.
    Booth: You're kidding, right?
    Brennan: No. What do you find relaxing?
    Booth: I restore vintage cars.
    Hodgins: I know what I find relaxing.
    Booth: Everybody finds what you find relaxing relaxing.
  • Booth: Bones, let's pretend that I'm the cop for a second, okay?
  • Brennan: Let's pretend we're Booth for a second, okay?
    Hodgins: Oh, let me try!
    [Tosses ball in air and catches it then precedes with a Booth-like guess]
  • Booth: Am I in trouble?
    Angela: You're late for a funeral. Of course you're in trouble
  • Booth: You put a hit out on my partner?
    Ramon Ortez: She's not FBI.
    Booth: [punches gang leader] I never said anything about FBI. She's my partner, and if anything happens to her I will find you and I will kill you. [puts gun in gang leader's mouth] I won't think twice. Look at my eyes, look at my face... if anything happens to her, I will kill you. This is between you and me, nobody sees, nobody knows. You've got nothing to prove. You understand? You understand? [gang leader nods] Yeah, I thought so. Now if you don't mind I'll leave first because I have somewhere I have to be.

I don't know what that means[]

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