“I don’t want you to kill people for me,” Brennan sighed.

“Just buy me a sweater like a regular dad.”

So let’s talk about how the lovable old con man met his end.

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Nowafter apparently letting that wound fester for anicelong timesomeone connected to Radic is out for revenge.

Having a fight in a parking lot.

“yo do this for me.”

How could he say no?

Behind the bar is a photo of a boy whose face Booth will never forget: Radic’s son.

Are we setting up for a twist here?

If we are, my money’s on Kovac’s wife, Jeannine.

Kovac seems like a good guy.

Kovac says he’s being framed.

Maybe he isby his wifebut maybe he’s just that good at lying.

“Have you ever met anyone with no neuroses?”

No hint of anger issues?"

Caroline thinks Kovac is hiding something.

So that’s encouraging.

There’s been a shooting at the safe house.

Booth and Brennan speed their way over there; Booth probably mows down at least two pedestrians.

But Max has been hit; paramedics are wheeling him out on a stretcher.

Apparently Max turns into Booth when he’s shot.

Booth is Max on the right side of the law.

Brennan goes with her dad to the hospital while Booth checks out the scene.

Max stood his ground and fought, and it saved at least one agent’s life.

This isn’t over.

If Kovac didn’t know Booth was the sniper before, he definitely does now.

Now that’s teamwork.

It has Mike’s DNA.

Is there an infographic that tracks how manyBonesmurderers are ultimately caught because they forgot to clean something?

The season isn’t over.

“Why’d you kill my father?”

Kovac asks as Booth pulls out his cuffs.

Booth shuts him down: “I’ll ask the questions here.”

But I did say the victory was only temporary.

(Weird, but okay.)

And then he flatlines.

The doctors push her back.

Brennan calls to her dad that she’s right here.

By the time Booth shows up (where’ve you been, Booth?

“We should have gotten there sooner,” she tells her husband as he hugs her.

The paramedics were already working on him when Booth and Brennan arrived at the safe house.

That feels real to me.

I’m excited to see how it plays out.