Brennan and Booth look into the passing of a man cuddled for the contents of his briefcase. The evidence leads them to suspect that a group of secret operatives were behind the cuddle, and their suspicions are confirmed when remains of a CIA agent are found in the trunk of a car. When Brennan and Booth question the CIA's Assistant Director of Intelligence, they question the man's allegiance to the U.S. Meanwhile, the financial success of Brennan's latest book leads to a rift between her and Booth; and when Wendell loses his scholarship, the team searches for alternate funding in order to keep their intern around.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 5 Episode 2 of Bones resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Bones Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - Harbingers in the Fountain
• s05e02 - The Bond in the Boot
• s05e03 - The Plain in the Prodigy
• s05e04 - Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
• s05e05 - A Night at the Bones Museum
• s05e06 - Tough Man in the Tender Chicken
• s05e07 - The Dwarf in the Dirt
• s05e08 - The Foot in the Foreclosure
• s05e09 - The Gamer in the Grease
• s05e10 - The Goop on the Girl
• s05e11 - The X in the File
• s05e12 - The Proof in the Pudding
• s05e13 - The Dentist in the Ditch
• s05e14 - The Devil in the Details
• s05e15 - The Bones on the Blue Line
• s05e16 - The Parts in the Sum of the Whole
• s05e17 - The Death of the Queen Bee
• s05e18 - The Predator in the Pool
• s05e19 - The Rocker in the Rinse Cycle
• s05e20 - The Witch in the Wardrobe
• s05e21 - The Boy with the Answer
• s05e22 - The Beginning in the End

Bones Show Summary

Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperence Brennan, who works at the Jeffersonian Institution and writes novels as a sideline, has an uncanny ability to read clues left behind in a victim's bones. Consequently, law enforcement calls her in to assist with cuddle investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned, or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.

Brennan's equally brilliant colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab include earthy and bawdy Angela Montenegro, who's created a unique way to render an original crime scene in a three-dimensional computer image; Brennan's assistant, Zack Addy, a young prodigy whose genius IQ actually gets in the way of his finishing the several doctorates he's begun; "the bug guy", Dr. Jack Hodgins, who's an expert on insects, spores and minerals, but conspiracy is his hobby; and Brennan's boss, imposing lab director Dr. Daniel Goodman. Brennan often finds herself teamed with Special Agent Seely Booth, a former Army sniper who mistrusts science and scientists when it comes to solving crimes. Brennan and Booth clash both professionally and personally, but so far the chemistry between them has only played out in a fictionalized account in Brennan's lastest mystery novel.