The Woman in the Car

The completely burned corpse of a woman in a car is identified as the estranged wife of genius Carl Decker, the crown witness against his employer KBC Systems, a criminally deficient US Army supplier.

Further traces shows she bit a man's ear off and was tortured by electrocution; there also was a child with her- probably her and Carls eight year-old son Donovan Decker, who is missing.

The Jeffersonian team is security-screened by federal Agent Pickering, except Hodges who is furious to be considered too inoffensive; and already screened anyhow because of a relatives promotion in the State Department, until...

Booth shows his weak flank as a protective father, determined to find and save Donovan at all cost, thanks to good work by Hodges and especially Zach, and deals with Carls desperate move as well as cynical careerist Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Weeks who cares only for the companys trial...