As the team investigates the disappearance of a prominent Boston attorney, secrets of the man's past are revealed.

The Jeffersonian team investigates the murder of a high-powered divorce lawyer with a lot of enemies. The plot thickens when the team discovers that the attorney’s wife and assistant have been hiding crucial evidence which could help solve the case. Meanwhile, Brennan tries to adjust to life after being on the run, and tensions start to rise between her and Booth as the impact of their three-month separation begins to take its toll.

An East Indian woman is found strangled; a fussy temp subs for Donna; Russell's temper clouds Simone's judgement.

A woman's corpse is found in a carved wooden box; a child falls down a flight of stairs to his death; Russell tells Kirkendall about her pregnancy.