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* AmputationStopsSpread: Suggested; when Arastoo is first infected, he suggests cutting off the finger that got pricked, but the CDC consultant affirms that won't help in the current situation.



* RaceAgainstTheClock: The team would already have been motivated to catch a killer with an instant death virus post-haste, but then Arastoo gets infected and they find themselves with a few hours to save his life by catching the killer.

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The team would already have been motivated to catch a killer with an instant death virus post-haste, but then Arastoo gets infected and they find themselves with a few hours to save his life by catching the killer.killer in the hope that they can also retrieve the antidote.



* WithholdingTheCure: The killer won’t give up the anti-serum at first, even as Cam begs him to save the dying Arastoo. He relents when Brennan grabs a nearby syringe and fakes injecting him with the virus.

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* WithholdingTheCure: The killer won’t give up the anti-serum at first, even as Cam begs him to save the dying Arastoo.Arastoo, because admitting he has the cure is basically an admission of guilt. He relents when Brennan grabs a nearby syringe and fakes injecting him with the virus.

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* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Subverted when Angela declares that if Hodgins had done to her what Mia did to her boyfriend, she would not ''want'' to kill him; she ''would'' have killed him.



* WithholdingTheCure: The killer won’t give up the anti-serum at first, even as Cam begs him to save the dying Arastoo. He relents when Brennan grabs a nearby syringe and fakes injecting him with the virus.

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* WithholdingTheCure: The killer won’t give up the anti-serum at first, even as Cam begs him to save the dying Arastoo. He relents when Brennan grabs a nearby syringe and fakes injecting him with the virus.virus.
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* HollywoodLaw: This one is kind of dicey, actually. The team has enough to get the killer based on all the evidence they managed to collect. The dicey part is the end, where Brennan pretends to inject the killer with the virus in order to get the anti-serum necessary to save Arastoo. That was criminal assault and the confession that came with it would be ''totally in the wind''. However, no one would convict Brennan for what she did and the evidence wasn't necessary. Still, CowboyCop out the ass.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The episode involves a virus that is eating away the victim's corpse. By definition, viruses require living cells to reproduce. This is ''somewhat'' mitigated in that the death of the organism isn't perfectly equal to the death of the individual cells, but the fact is that they need a constant supply of oxygen and other nutrients so the failure of the heart and lungs leads to cell death in a few minutes or hours, depending on the cell. Therefore, some viral activity could continue after death. For a few minutes, maybe a few hours, and it wouldn't impact dead cells.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Averted. The episode involves a killer virus that is eating away the victim's corpse. By definition, couldn't destroy dead flesh; viruses require living cells to reproduce. This is ''somewhat'' mitigated in However, the virus was accelerated by including Clostridium botulinum, a prokaryotic infection that the death of the organism isn't perfectly equal to the death of the individual cells, but the fact is that they need a constant supply of oxygen causes botulism, and other nutrients so the failure of the heart bacteria don't require living hosts to reproduce and lungs leads to cell death in a few minutes or hours, depending on the cell. Therefore, some viral activity could continue after death. For a few minutes, maybe a few hours, and it wouldn't impact dead cells.excrete their toxins.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: The killer was experimenting on killer viruses, and killed the victim to cover up the ''incredible danger of unsanctioned experimentation''.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Brennan finds Hodgins concocting a cure for Arastoo based on old folk remedies, the sort of thing she would ordinarily ridicule as superstition. Instead she joins in, offers suggestions about what to pursue, and helps him work out dosage ratios.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The episode involves a virus that is eating away the victim's corpse. By definition, viruses require living cells to reproduce.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The episode involves a virus that is eating away the victim's corpse. By definition, viruses require living cells to reproduce. This is ''somewhat'' mitigated in that the death of the organism isn't perfectly equal to the death of the individual cells, but the fact is that they need a constant supply of oxygen and other nutrients so the failure of the heart and lungs leads to cell death in a few minutes or hours, depending on the cell. Therefore, some viral activity could continue after death. For a few minutes, maybe a few hours, and it wouldn't impact dead cells.



* OhCrap: The killer when Brennan jabs him with a syringe she says is full of distilled virus.

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* OhCrap: OhCrap:
** The entire team freaks out when they go to move the remains and Arastoo says "Ow." because something jabbed him. This goes up to a billion when they see he's bleeding.
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The killer when Brennan jabs him with a syringe she says is full of distilled virus.virus.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The team would already have been motivated to catch a killer with an instant death virus post-haste, but then Arastoo gets infected and they find themselves with a few hours to save his life by catching the killer.
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An ordinary murder case escalates into possible bioterrorism when the CDC brings in a body discovered at a biohazard disposal facility is found to have been infected with an unknown and potentially lethal virus. When Arastoo accidentally comes into contact with the remains, the team find themselves in unfamiliar territory as they work around the clock to identify the virus and solve the murder to prevent an outbreak. After Arastoo is saved and the killer identified, Brennan surprises Booth under a gazebo.

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An ordinary murder case escalates into possible bioterrorism when Arastoo's life is on the line after the CDC brings in a body discovered at a biohazard disposal facility is found to have been infected with an unknown and potentially lethal virus. When Arastoo accidentally comes into contact with the remains, the The team find themselves in unfamiliar territory as they must then work around the clock to identify the virus and solve the murder killer to prevent an a potential outbreak. After Arastoo is saved and the killer identified, case, Brennan surprises Booth under a gazebo.
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* SyntheticPlague: The modified virus that killed the victim and infected Arastoo.

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* SyntheticPlague: The modified virus that killed the victim and infected Arastoo.Arastoo.
* WithholdingTheCure: The killer won’t give up the anti-serum at first, even as Cam begs him to save the dying Arastoo. He relents when Brennan grabs a nearby syringe and fakes injecting him with the virus.
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* OhCrap: The killer when Brennan jabs him with a syringe she says is full of distilled virus.

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* OhCrap: The killer when Brennan jabs him with a syringe she says is full of distilled virus.virus.
* SyntheticPlague: The modified virus that killed the victim and infected Arastoo.

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* InstantSedation: Arastooagain. He needs a procedure to help him fight the illness and when Cam injects sedative into his IV beforehand, he’s out in seconds. Possibly justified since it was directly into his bloodstream

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* InstantSedation: Arastooagain.Arastoo again. He needs a procedure to help him fight the illness and when Cam injects sedative into his IV beforehand, he’s out in seconds. Possibly justified since it was directly into his bloodstreambloodstream.
* OhCrap: The killer when Brennan jabs him with a syringe she says is full of distilled virus.
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* FindTheCure: Arastoo is infected with a SyntheticPlague and catching the killer of the originally infected victim is tantamount to getting the anti-serum to save him.

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* FindTheCure: Arastoo is infected with a SyntheticPlague and catching the killer of the originally infected victim is tantamount to getting the anti-serum to save him.him.
* InstantIllness: A SyntheticPlague has Arastoo close to death in a couple of hours.
* InstantSedation: Arastooagain. He needs a procedure to help him fight the illness and when Cam injects sedative into his IV beforehand, he’s out in seconds. Possibly justified since it was directly into his bloodstream

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* ConvulsiveSeizures: Arastoo when he’a dying from a virus; He’s given an anti-serum but it fails to work and increases his heart rate until he seized.

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* ConvulsiveSeizures: Arastoo when he’a dying from a virus; He’s given an anti-serum but it fails to work and increases his heart rate until he seized.seized.
* FindTheCure: Arastoo is infected with a SyntheticPlague and catching the killer of the originally infected victim is tantamount to getting the anti-serum to save him.
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* ContaminationSituation: Intern Of The Week Arastoo is infected and drives the team to discover a cure before the clock runs out.

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* ContaminationSituation: Intern Of The Week Arastoo is infected and drives the team to discover a cure before the clock runs out.out.
* ConvulsiveSeizures: Arastoo when he’a dying from a virus; He’s given an anti-serum but it fails to work and increases his heart rate until he seized.
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* CarryingTheAntidote: It’s surmised that the killer would have it in case he was infected himself, so they need to find him before Arastoo succumbs to the virus.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The episode involves a virus that is eating away the victim's corpse. By definition, viruses require living cells to reproduce.
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* ContaminationSituation: Intern Of The Week Arastoo is infected and drives the team to discover a cure before the clock runs out.
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An ordinary murder case escalates into possible bioterrorism when the CDC brings in a body discovered at a biohazard disposal facility is found to have been infected with an unknown and potentially lethal virus. When Arastoo accidentally comes into contact with the remains, the team find themselves in unfamiliar territory as they work around the clock to identify the virus and solve the murder to prevent an outbreak. After Arastoo is saved and the killer identified, Brennan surprises Booth under a gazebo.

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