History Recap / BonesS2E18TheKillerInTheConcrete

* KarmaHoudini: Ice Pick gets away clean. Although he is certainly the lesser of two evils to the still active McKenna and his sadistic lieutenant.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ice Pick was a hired killer but doesn't kill for fun and would prefer to not kill even in self defence if he doesn't have to. As such when he gets the jump on Booth he leaves him alive, tied up in his hotel room to be found soon enough when the management comes to collect rent. He even leaves Booth his gun (unloaded), since he's aware FBI agents get in trouble for losing their weapons and there's no reason to make this any harder on Booth than necessary. If Ice Pick's former employer hadn't found Booth he'd have been in no danger.

* DiegeticSwitch: A subversion. Poco's "Keep on Tryin'" plays over the rescue scene, then is discussed in the after-action scene.

Remains are discovered encased in concrete, leading the FBI to suspect an infamous crime boss of murder and that a supposedly dead hit man may still be alive. Booth's attempts to investigate lead to his capture, necessitating Max and Bones to work together to save him. Booth tries to arrest Max after being rescued, given Max's status as a fugitive but Brennan helps her father slip away.

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The remains of a body are discovered encased in concrete, and Booth has a hunch the victim is connected to an organized-crime boss. When Booth suspects a dead, former hit man (Hugh Kennedy) is apparently alive, he contacts the bounty hunter who found what was left of his remains (a severed leg). When Booth travels to Baltimore to find the hit man, he gets knocked unconscious and tied up by Kennedy himself, but Kennedy soon flees, leaving Booth relatively unhurt whilst still restrained. Meanwhile, Brennan's estranged father pays her a visit. Brennan later appeals to her father to find Booth, having not heard from him. When they get to Baltimore, they find Kennedy's hotel room and the bounty hunter inside. Brennan gets violent with her when she finds Booth's tooth in the hallway, suspecting the bounty hunter's involvement in her partner's abduction. Meanwhile, Booth is being tortured by Kennedy's former rival crime boss, Gallagher and his partner. When Booth is finally located in an aircraft hangar, Brennan and Max come to his rescue. When Gallagher tries to escape, he's arrested by the FBI waiting outside while his partner injures himself when Booth tips over his chair. Booth tries to arrest Max even in his state, given Max's status as a fugitive. Brennan helps her father slip away.