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Season 2  "The Truth in the Lye"  2x5

Aired 18 years ago - Sep 27, 2006

There are two suspects with the same motive when Booth and Brennan investigate the murder of a man found in a bathtub full of chemicals. They soon discover that he had two wives and a girlfriend.

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Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 1
- Wouldn't it be a lot easier if we took the whole tub? - No, no, no, wait.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 2
- Why? - You called it.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 3
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 4
- What's our starting weight, Zack? - Starting weight is 542.13.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 5
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 6
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 7
Have my water sifters arrived yet?
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 8
So then what would you call it?
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 9
Humans act upon a hierarchy of needs, and sex is very highly ranked.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 10
Okeydoke.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 11
We'll split up.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 12
- Your husband's been missing since... - Thursday.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 13
Skullcap was falling apart faster than I could put a face on it.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 14
Just make sureJenny takes her meds.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 15
There's just so much underbidding. And it's not like we can get by on what I make.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 16
It's all taken care of.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 17
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 18
Rapport, right. That's the word.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 19
Making them either great actresses who are in cahoots...
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 20
Corner of a 2-by-4 maybe?
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 21
I can think of ways. Of course, byjuggle, I mean quite literally...
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 22
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 23
- sounds a lot like motive. - [Scoffs]
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 24
I think I've stumbled upon an anomaly, Dr. Saroyan.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 25
I found it plugged with a ceramic stopper, which I lifted and voilĂ .
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 26
- And when I pull it... - We'll have our killer.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 27
No, thank you. Are you on my husband's case too?
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 28
are the same Larry.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 29
Are you sure? Thanks.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 30
Hey.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 31
- I can see that. - By the time that I realized I'd made a mistake...
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 32
- What? - He worries about it himself.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 33
I know I may thumb my nose at the hypocrisy of marriage as a sacred institution.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 34
- they're all pristine outside a scratch or two. - Wait. Let me see that.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 35
And I think you're half Swedish. Let's hear some Swedish.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 36
- "Yeah, I hear you're back with your ex." - I don't know.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 37
So you worship at the temple of Beltway Burger too, huh?
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 38
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 39
- I had no idea that Larry was married. - Let alone twice.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 40
Larry was dead when you got there?
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 41
Then we'd better go dig up that gun.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 42
You are a wonderful father.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 43
- I'll miss you. - Yeah.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 44
which I had always attributed to the effects of the lye.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 45
I now discover I had one extra.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 46
- Look at my wall there. Who's gonna pay for that? - Let's find out.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 47
- That's not gonna happen in this lifetime. - So it got physical.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 48
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 49
Right. Not stupid.
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 50
You can lie to yourself, and you can say that it's all good.

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Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 2
- Why? - You called it.
#2
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 3 #3 Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 4
- What's our starting weight, Zack? - Starting weight is 542.13.
#4
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 5 #5 Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 6 #6 Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 7
Have my water sifters arrived yet?
#7
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 8
So then what would you call it?
#8
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 9
Humans act upon a hierarchy of needs, and sex is very highly ranked.
#9
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 10
Okeydoke.
#10
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 11
We'll split up.
#11
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 12
- Your husband's been missing since... - Thursday.
#12
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 13
Skullcap was falling apart faster than I could put a face on it.
#13
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 14
Just make sureJenny takes her meds.
#14
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 15
There's just so much underbidding. And it's not like we can get by on what I make.
#15
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 16
It's all taken care of.
#16
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 17 #17 Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 18
Rapport, right. That's the word.
#18
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Making them either great actresses who are in cahoots...
#19
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 20
Corner of a 2-by-4 maybe?
#20
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 21
I can think of ways. Of course, byjuggle, I mean quite literally...
#21
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 22 #22 Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 23
- sounds a lot like motive. - [Scoffs]
#23
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 24
I think I've stumbled upon an anomaly, Dr. Saroyan.
#24
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 25
I found it plugged with a ceramic stopper, which I lifted and voilĂ .
#25
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 26
- And when I pull it... - We'll have our killer.
#26
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 27
No, thank you. Are you on my husband's case too?
#27
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 28
are the same Larry.
#28
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 29
Are you sure? Thanks.
#29
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 30
Hey.
#30
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 31
- I can see that. - By the time that I realized I'd made a mistake...
#31
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 32
- What? - He worries about it himself.
#32
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 33
I know I may thumb my nose at the hypocrisy of marriage as a sacred institution.
#33
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 34
- they're all pristine outside a scratch or two. - Wait. Let me see that.
#34
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 35
And I think you're half Swedish. Let's hear some Swedish.
#35
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 36
- "Yeah, I hear you're back with your ex." - I don't know.
#36
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 37
So you worship at the temple of Beltway Burger too, huh?
#37
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 38 #38 Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 39
- I had no idea that Larry was married. - Let alone twice.
#39
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 40
Larry was dead when you got there?
#40
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 41
Then we'd better go dig up that gun.
#41
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 42
You are a wonderful father.
#42
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 43
- I'll miss you. - Yeah.
#43
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 44
which I had always attributed to the effects of the lye.
#44
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 45
I now discover I had one extra.
#45
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 46
- Look at my wall there. Who's gonna pay for that? - Let's find out.
#46
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 47
- That's not gonna happen in this lifetime. - So it got physical.
#47
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 48 #48 Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 49
Right. Not stupid.
#49
Recap of Bones Season 2 Episode 5 (S02E05) - 50
You can lie to yourself, and you can say that it's all good.
#50