Ignoring a "Keep Out!" sign, Ben climbs over a fence and follows the fox into the barn, unaware that a young man and woman are in the midst of a passionate embrace up in the hayloft. After several days of tracking, he discovered that the fox's den was in a barn. Young Ben Hollister is seen tracking a fox outdoors with a rifle. Hollister than narrates his son's story and we see the events portrayed in flashback. Hollister calls the fox "'Circe,'" the temptress, and tells Clovis that all of the items in the room on display belonged to his son. The room is decorated with numerous objects, including a stuffed and mounted prairie falcon, a selection of Boy Scout merit badges, and a stuffed fox in a glass case. Hollister invites Clovis for a drink before dinner and the shot dissolves to the inside of Hollister's home, which is attached to the museum. The guide, whose name is Hollister, says that the skeleton is that of a man he knew who died many years ago. He opines about the men who fashioned the knives and suggests that one in particular was "'sensitive, an artist.'" Clovis examines the second skeleton and notes a break in the leg, comparing it to his own injury. Clovis, an archaeo-psychologist who walks with a cane due to an old skiing injury. The visitor identifies himself as Newton B. Like Chekhov's gun, the focus on knives at this early point ensures that one of these knives will be used later in the episode! He discovers that one man has remained inside, examining a series of primitive, Obsidian knives displayed atop a glass display case. The guide then leads the group to another skeleton hanging nearby, that of a modern male Caucasian, a "'present-day American, very much like you and I.'" Soon, the group leaves and the guide closes the doors of the museum for the day. We hear the voice of a museum tour guide discussing the artifact, and the camera pulls back to see the man speaking to a tour group in a museum as they observe an entire skeleton on display. The show opens with a close up of a skull that has a large hole in its cranium. In the end, four men are dead: one by accident, one from despair, and two due to careful planning. "Museum Piece" is a tale of a father's revenge, the evidence of his crime hidden in plain sight for years, and two murders committed by a seemingly reasonable man.
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