Brennan gives a keynote speech at a convention for forensic scientists, who are all eager to help when the remains of a body are discovered in a stairwell, but the Jeffersonian team are stunned when Hodgins becomes a murder suspect.
Wendell Bray is back, in full remission. The team has jurisdiction when a participant at a forensic convention, where Bones is giving speech, is found murdered in a fire. Colleagues rival to offer their help and inventions, but some also prove valid suspects, notably dubious fellow author Tess Brown.—KGF Vissers