Max, Bones and baby Christine have been on the run for months since Christopher Pelant set her up for murder. Now they leave clues for Booth to realize the corpse they leave dug-up in his Virginia home small town is probably an early victim of Pelant's, the school counselor whose written recommendation was key in the IT genius's Stanford admission. Booth has a hard timing countering his buddy, Agent Hayes Flynn, in charge of arresting Bones. Despite childish emotive hostility from Angela's side, Bones' forensic interim, Dr. Clark Edison, helps clear the case which looks likely to end his contract. Pelant, now a children's computer introduction instructor, can't resist hacking, but a last surprise up his sleeve since childhood changes everything once more.