Hodgins and Brennan in “Aliens in a Spaceship”

Can this possibly work?

I'm not really an explosives expert, but the dash might shape the charge enough to blow out the windshield. If we're less than four feet beneath the surface, this charge could blow us to freedom.

And if we're buried more than four feet deep?

Then the concussion will turn our brains into jelly.

Well, then we can run for Congress, so it's a win-win.