"Mother and Child in the Bay" is the 24th episode and the second episode of season 2 of the American television series, Bones. Written by Stephen Nathan and directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño, the episode was first aired on september 6, 2006 on the FOX Network. The plot features the investigation of FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (played by David Boreanaz) and Dr. Temperance Brennan (played by Emily Deschanel) into the murder of missing pregnant woman after her remains wash up onshore, but the suspect, the women's husband, disappears. Meanwhile, Bones continues to clash with Cam, and Booth gets a visit from his ex played by Jessica Capshaw.