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Season 11  "The Head in the Abutment"  11x19

Aired 8 years ago - Jun 16, 2016

Bones and Booth investigate the death of a professional hockey player whose headless corpse was dumped in a river. Booth is reunited with a hockey rival from his past, putting him back on the ice. Meanwhile, Hodgins and Oliver have a competition of their own when Hodgins builds two drones and they compete to retrieve the victim's missing head.

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Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 1
That would be the eastern snapping turtle, loser.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 2
So I did a comprehensive tag search
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 3
All right, all right, fine. What if it is, Goheen?
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 4
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 5
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 6
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 7
Perhaps we should widen the search geographically.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 8
We have a 90-minute window for time of death.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 9
So, tidal currents in the Anacostia
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 10
But, instead of packages,
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 11
Well, I imagine an asset like that comes with a lot of perks.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 12
Uh, we met, you know, often throughout the season.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 13
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 14
Drew Poppleton, the defenseman? Wait, wait, your enforcer?
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 15
Let's do it, suit.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 16
Broken jaw, broken hand, cracked ribs.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 17
There aren't many enforcers left in hockey.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 18
Well, that would certainly cause...
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 19
I suppose that's very impressive.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 20
All right, so we're gonna go see
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 21
Stop, okay?
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 22
Um, apparently you are, 20 years later.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 23
It's... it's like a treadmill but for ice-skating.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 24
Oh, not so hot when you don't cheat, huh?
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 25
but Lang was likely killed within the complex.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 26
And she is obviously mad.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 27
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 28
So, tell me, who's the father?
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 29
I found multiple curved fractures of the ulnae.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 30
Arastoo did good.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 31
Man, gone over every inch of the banks.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 32
I win!
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 33
Look, Booth, uh, ever since you scored
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 34
What?
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 35
It seems kind of drastic for a clueless new owner.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 36
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 37
Hey, Booth, while we have you, um,
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 38
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 39
And that, ladies and gentlemen,
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 40
you're good, but when it comes to Aerial Attack,
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 41
Thank you. I'm sure that they appreciate it.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 42
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 43
The corporate kind.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 44
The severity and placement of the blow
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 45
who wanted to clean up the game.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 46
You didn't think what?
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 47
So I found a carbon composite
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 48
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 49
Your job was to protect Lang, and you ended up killing him.
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 50
you drowned him in the cold tub.

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Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 2
So I did a comprehensive tag search
#2
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 3
All right, all right, fine. What if it is, Goheen?
#3
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 4 #4 Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 5 #5 Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 6 #6 Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 7
Perhaps we should widen the search geographically.
#7
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 8
We have a 90-minute window for time of death.
#8
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 9
So, tidal currents in the Anacostia
#9
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 10
But, instead of packages,
#10
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 11
Well, I imagine an asset like that comes with a lot of perks.
#11
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 12
Uh, we met, you know, often throughout the season.
#12
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 13 #13 Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 14
Drew Poppleton, the defenseman? Wait, wait, your enforcer?
#14
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 15
Let's do it, suit.
#15
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 16
Broken jaw, broken hand, cracked ribs.
#16
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 17
There aren't many enforcers left in hockey.
#17
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 18
Well, that would certainly cause...
#18
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 19
I suppose that's very impressive.
#19
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 20
All right, so we're gonna go see
#20
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 21
Stop, okay?
#21
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 22
Um, apparently you are, 20 years later.
#22
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 23
It's... it's like a treadmill but for ice-skating.
#23
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 24
Oh, not so hot when you don't cheat, huh?
#24
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 25
but Lang was likely killed within the complex.
#25
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 26
And she is obviously mad.
#26
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 27 #27 Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 28
So, tell me, who's the father?
#28
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 29
I found multiple curved fractures of the ulnae.
#29
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 30
Arastoo did good.
#30
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 31
Man, gone over every inch of the banks.
#31
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 32
I win!
#32
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 33
Look, Booth, uh, ever since you scored
#33
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 34
What?
#34
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 35
It seems kind of drastic for a clueless new owner.
#35
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 36 #36 Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 37
Hey, Booth, while we have you, um,
#37
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And that, ladies and gentlemen,
#39
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 40
you're good, but when it comes to Aerial Attack,
#40
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 41
Thank you. I'm sure that they appreciate it.
#41
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 42 #42 Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 43
The corporate kind.
#43
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 44
The severity and placement of the blow
#44
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 45
who wanted to clean up the game.
#45
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 46
You didn't think what?
#46
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 47
So I found a carbon composite
#47
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 48 #48 Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 49
Your job was to protect Lang, and you ended up killing him.
#49
Recap of Bones Season 11 Episode 19 (S11E19) - 50
you drowned him in the cold tub.
#50