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Season 1 – Bones

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Dr. Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist who works at the Jeffersonian Institution and also writes books, has an impressive ability to read clues from victims' bones. Consequently, law enforcement calls her to assist with investigations when remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that standard identification methods are useless. Brennan is teamed with Special Agent Seeley Booth, a former Army sniper, who mistrusts science and scientists when it comes to solving crimes but who has developed respect for Brennan, both professionally and personally.
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Bones — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Despite the reliable presence of Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, Bones is a so-so police procedural that does little to capitalize on its novel premise.

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Kelly Lawler USA Today The long-running series drags near the end, but the first few seasons are the epitome of a good will they/won't they relationship. Nov 10, 2021 Full Review Lucy Mangan Guardian It gets away with everything because it has the irreducible charm of something that is just a little better than it needs to be... Sep 19, 2018 Full Review Gillian Flynn Entertainment Weekly If Bones holds up, it'll be because that old Sam-and-Diane, Maddie-and-David, Mulder-and-Scully opposites-attract stuff never feels standard when it's done right. Rated: B- Mar 14, 2017 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand ... it struck that perfect alchemy of fun characters, snappy dialogue, murder mystery complications, gooey forensics and, most important, screen chemistry bonded to perfection that most television never approaches. Jul 9, 2022 Full Review David Gurney Common Sense Media While Bones does not do much to innovate the format, it does have a unique advantage in its two lead characters. Rated: 3/5 Sep 18, 2018 Full Review Roger Holland PopMatters It's a weak TV-by-numbers show that makes no attempt to live up to the Brennan books, and it has a single scant hope of surviving the scheduler's cull. Sep 13, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Clara Y Can't you two just get together and kiss ?? Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/24/24 Full Review Westen H I love everything about it!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/28/24 Full Review Ted G This show goes a little over the top with many aspects of every episode and seems to be more unbelievable than anything else. There is clearly a significant amount of repetition, to the point I could write the next episode. The writers either went over the top or failed to do their homework. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/24 Full Review Bruno V Bons tempos de série em que o foco era a própria série e não a política. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/03/23 Full Review Antonio F Loved the characters and the relations. Really lovely Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/28/23 Full Review Alan M Enjoy the banter between Bones and Booth. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Hart Hanson

Creator

Emily Deschanel

Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan

David Boreanaz

FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth

Eric Millegan

Zack Addy

T.J. Thyne

Dr. Jack Hodgins

Michaela Conlin

Angela Montenegro

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 13, 2005 Pilot Skeletal remains found at the bottom of a lake turn out to be those of a congressman's former aide. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 20, 2005 The Man in the SUV When Dr. Brennan uncovers the identity of a man killed while driving a car registered to a prominent Middle Eastern man with ties to the U.S. government, she and Booth find themselves tracking a terrorist. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 27, 2005 A Boy in a Tree The decaying corpse of the Venezuelan ambassador's son is found hanging from a tree. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 1, 2005 The Man Inside the Bear Brennan and Booth travel to Washington state to determine how a human arm ended up in the stomach of a black bear. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 8, 2005 A Boy in a Bush Brennan identifies remains of a 6-year-old boy who went missing from a local park and determines that he was sexually assaulted before being murdered. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 15, 2005 The Man in the Wall Angela and Brennan are caught in a melee at a hip-hop club, when a wall breaks open and reveals a mummified corpse and a stash of drugs. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 22, 2005 A Man on Death Row Brennan and Booth race the clock to tie up loose ends before the defendant in Booth's first FBI case is executed for the crime. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 29, 2005 The Girl in the Fridge A girl's decomposed remains are found in a refrigerator, leading Brennan to confront her former mentor. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 13, 2005 The Man in the Fallout Shelter Construction workers find a skeleton in an old fallout shelter from the 1950's and the Jeffersonian is brought in to help identify the remains; when Zack cuts into the bone, he accidentally releases spores of the deadly fungus Valley Fever, causing the team to be quarantined in the lab over Christmas; while everyone tries to maintain the holiday spirit, Brennan buckles down to solve the mystery of the fallout shelter. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 25, 2006 Woman at the Airport Extensive plastic surgery hides the identity of a body whose parts were found near an airport. Details Episode 11 Aired Feb 1, 2006 The Woman in the Car When a woman's burned body is found in a car with evidence that her child was kidnapped, Brennan and Booth's investigation leads to a suspect who is in the Witness Protection Program. Details Episode 12 Aired Feb 8, 2006 The Superhero in the Alley Brennan and Booth's investigation identifies a decomposed body found in a local alley as that of a friendless teen. Details Episode 13 Aired Feb 15, 2006 The Woman in the Garden Booth and Brennan investigate when police find the dug-up corpse of a young woman in the trunk of a Salvadoran gang member's car. Details Episode 14 Aired Mar 8, 2006 The Man on the Fairway At the scene of a plane crash involving Chinese diplomats, Brennan finds three small bone fragments that did not come from the plane and might have something to do with a local man who went missing five years earlier. Details Episode 15 Aired Mar 15, 2006 Two Bodies in the Lab Brennan tries online dating but ends up the target of a shooting when she tries to meet her date at a local restaurant. Details Episode 16 Aired Mar 22, 2006 The Woman in the Tunnel When the remains of a filmmaker are found in the ventilation shaft of an underground tunnel, Brennan and Booth discover a subterranean world of homeless people. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 29, 2006 The Skull in the Desert The investigation of the bones of a shooting victim leads to a counterfeiting ring. Details Episode 18 Aired Apr 5, 2006 The Man With the Bone When a body is found clutching a 300-year-old finger bone, Booth and Brennan's investigation leads them to a dive site where a pirate may have buried his treasure. Details Episode 19 Aired Apr 19, 2006 The Man in the Morgue Brennan wakes up in the bathroom of her New Orleans motel room, bloodied and beaten with no memory of what happened. Details Episode 20 Aired Apr 26, 2006 The Graft in the Girl While examining a young girl's cancer, Brennan and Booth uncover a bone-smuggling ring. Details Episode 21 Aired May 10, 2006 The Soldier on the Grave Booth and Brennan's investigation of an apparent suicide of a protester in Arlington National Cemetery may lead to a military scandal. Details Episode 22 Aired May 17, 2006 The Woman in Limbo Brennan makes a shocking discovery while trying to identify a Jane Doe; Brennan tries to come to grips with her parents' past. Details

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Season Info

Director
Greg Yaitanes
Creator
Hart Hanson
Executive Producer
Jonathan Collier, Hart Hanson, Barry Josephson, Stephen Nathan, Ian Toynton
Screenwriter
Teresa Chao Yi Lin
Network
Fox
Rating
TV-14 (D|L|V)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 13, 2005
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