Bones Episode 10.16 The Big Beef at the Royal Diner

The remains of a popular TV celebrity chef are discovered at a local park, and the Jeffersonian team must search for clues in local restaurants that he had been reviewing.

A body is found in a shallow grave at a local park, two days dead but already eighty percent decomposed thanks to corrosive chemicals the murderer poured on the body. Signs of kidney and pancreas transplants help ID the victim as popular celebrity chef and food critic Chili Reuben, who had a TV show on which he reviewed various greasy spoon diners. He had been in D.C. recently to film a new episode, and the Jeffersonian team must search for clues in the local restaurants he had been reviewing.

When evidence points to the Royal Diner, Brennan and Booth's favorite eatery - and the only place in D.C. Reuben had given a negative review - the two must risk their status as favored patrons by questioning the staff. Suspects include the TV show's producer, the show's shady sound guy, a bartender Reuben fought with the last time he was seen alive... and, of course, the staff of the Royal Diner.

Meanwhile, Hodgins sells his new invention for millions, Clark attempts to assuage Cam's worries about Arastoo's safety while he's away in Iran, and Brennan creates an anatomically correct song to help Christine learn about the bones in the human body.