From executive producers Barry Josephson and Hart Hanson comes the darkly amusing drama Bones, inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs. Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, who works at the Jeffersonian Institution and writes novels as a sideline, has an uncanny ability to read clues left behind in a victim's bones. Consequently, law enforcement calls her in to assist with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned, or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless. Brennan has been teamed with Special Agent Seeley Booth, a former Army sniper who mistrusts science and scientists when it comes to solving crimes. Brennan and Booth clash both professionally and personally, but the chemistry between them has grown since they first met and has made them a strong and trusting team. Brennan's equally brilliant colleagues (or "squints" as they're often called) at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab include earthy and bawdy Angela Montenegro, who's created a unique way to render an original crime scene in a three-dimensional computer image; Dr. Jack Hodgins, who's an expert on insects, spores and minerals, but conspiracy is his hobby; and Brennan's boss Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan, who replaced Dr. Daniel Goodman after the first season. Zack Addy, a young prodigy whose genius IQ sometimes distances him from reality, was Brennan's former assistant, but at the end of season three he left the Jeffersonian.
To aid Booth and Brennan in their persisting struggles, psychologist Dr. Lance Sweets signed on in season three as their therapist, and more recently has been hired to work in the lab to provide his unique input on cases.
A corpse found in the woods may be connected to a feud between two families that's been going on for more than 100 years. Meanwhile, Max's offer to babysit his granddaughter, Christine, dredges up unpleasant memories for...
A scavenger hunt ensues when a message written in human blood is found at a national monument; Brennan and Booth look for new home
The team discover the death of a storm chaser may not have been caused by the tornado he was following. Meanwhile, Angela and Hodgins have reservations about letting Angela's father, ZZ Top guitarist Billy F. Gibbons, ba...
Human remains found in mail at a dead-letter office are linked to a local business-service retail center, where a group of employees are recent lottery winners. Meanwhile, Booth gets surprising news from his grandfather ...
A toy-company CEO (Morgan Fairchild) grants Booth and Sweets access to its top-secret lab after the remains of a female executive are discovered in a shrink-wrapped doll. Meanwhile, Daisy helps Sweets in his quest for a ...
A new squintern (Luke Kleintank) makes an immediate contribution to a case involving the death of a competitive eater, whose remains are identified before a premiere event, but his delinquent past makes his welcome to th...
In the seventh-season premiere, the team investigate the death of a woman with a history of amnesia, disappearances and head trauma whose corpse is found in a shallow grave. Meanwhile, Booth and a very pregnant Brennan d...
When a bowler's remains are found in an automatic pinsetter in the Season 6 finale, Booth goes undercover to fill an injured Max's slot on the victim's team to look for clues and suspects. Meanwhile, a pregnant Angela wo...
Booth puts all his energy into apprehending Jacob Broadsky (Arnold Vosloo) after an innocent victim is hit by the sniper's bullet---that was meant for Booth.
The team wonders if a recent murder may have been committed by a teenage, hearing-impaired Jane Doe, who was found in the streets while covered in blood and holding a knife. Meanwhile, Angela tries to keep new details of...
A murder victim made himself few friends by being overly honest, and team members find out why when they begin being more honest with each other. Meanwhile, Angela urges Hodgins to deal with the fact that she's pregnant....
Booth calls on Walter Sherman (Geoff Stults), a fellow soldier with a bloodhound's tracking skills, for help with a case involving a 17th-century treasure map and the remains of a maritime-museum security guard found in ...
Booth calls on Walter Sherman (Geoff Stults), a fellow soldier with a bloodhound's tracking skills, for help with a case involving a 17th-century treasure map and the remains of a maritime-museum security guard found in ...
A TV-show host's remains are found in the wilderness; Vincent Nigel-Murray makes surprising confessions while making amends with each member of the team.
Brennan teams up with a forensic podiatrist to match seven pairs of severed feet with bodies; Cam makes college plans for her daughter.
During a blizzard that causes a citywide blackout, the team must solve a murder case that could be connected to a possible viral outbreak; Sweets starts a touchy conversation about Brennan and Booth's relationship.
When the liquefied remains of a wedding planner are found in a tanning bed on Valentine's Day, Cam pressures the team to work fast so she can spend the holiday with her boyfriend; Clark helps Hodgins realize the best gif...
A BMX rider's remains are discovered on the roof of a warehouse; Sweets asks Booth for advice; Booth plans a grand gesture to demonstrate his commitment to Hannah.
A dead man disguised as a scarecrow is found in a cornfield; Booth and Brennan question the victim's three wives, who are also sisters; Cam doubts her relationship.
The Jeffersonian team investigates when a notorious murderer known as ``The Gravedigger'' (Deirdre Lovejoy) is killed by a sniper.
A body is found in the shower of a home belonging to a young socialite; Hodgins and Angela talk about their future; Booth talks to Hannah about Brennan's feeling for him.
A brilliant and career-driven surgeon is found dead in a rough neighborhood; a new friend helps Brennan makes a discovery about herself.
Booth (David Boreanaz) and Brennan (Emily Deschanel) investigate and question Jimmy Walpert III (guest star Wayne Knight) and Scott Kimper (Fred Koehler) when human remains are found in their record-setting world’s lar...
The past and present collide when human remains from a 150-year-old slave ship, the Amelia Rose, surface. The team is tasked to give the deceased a proper burial but make an unforeseen discovery linked to a recent murder...
After the skull of a promising young dancer is found lodged in concrete at a construction site, the team must first figure out what happened to the victim’s skeletal structure. After learning the victim quit ballet to ...
When a skull and decomposing hands are found in a dumpster, the team searches for the rest of the victim's remains; Brennan agrees to shoot an episode of a children's show with professor Bunsen, ``The Science Dude'' Jude...
When a skull and decomposing hands are found in a dumpster, the team searches for the rest of the victim's remains; Brennan agrees to shoot an episode of a children's show with professor Bunsen, ``The Science Dude'' Jude...
The remains of a couple are found in in a cave; Brennan re-evaluates her relationship with Booth when his girlfriend makes a surprise visit.
Summary: The team helps Cam solve the case of an unidentified boy; after making personal discoveries, the members of the team realize they belong in Washington, D.C.
Summary: The remains of a hoarder are discovered; Angela's father (Billy Gibbons) visits; Booth and Brennan are each confronted with unique opportunities.
Summary: The May 13 episode of Bones will revisit the Gravedigger storyline as the culprit goes to trial. We'll also see the return of Brennan's father.
Summary: When a cabin in the woods burns down, the bodies of two witches are revealed; Angela and Hodgins are arrested.
Summary: Booth and Brennan investigate a death at a rock `n' roll fantasy camp.
When human remains are discovered in the belly of a shark, Brennan and Booth are brought in to identify the missing person. Evidence suggesting the victim had been the prey of several fish directs the team's investigatio...
Summary: Brennan returns to her former high school to investigate when unidentified human remains are discovered; Booth and Brennan pose as a married couple at her high school reunion.
When Dr. Sweets' book gets published he makes Booth and Brennan read it and they tell him about the first time they met and go back 6 years ago and found that they hated each other. Expect to see sparks fly and re-think ...
Summary: Dr. Sweets deals with post traumatic stress after his subway train is derailed by flood water; a partially skeletonized body is discovered.
Brennan and Booth investigate a set of uniquely disfigured remains allegorizing biblical text. As they acquire more information about the victim, a former patient of Dr. Adam Copeland at Havenhurst Sanitarium, they are c...
When a human skeleton is discovered in the trenches of an old Civil War battleground, Brennan and Booth are called to the case. Despite the historical location, Brennan quickly identifies the bones as belonging to Dan Pi...
The Jeffersonian team is put on lockdown by a group of government agents, who insists that they determine the cause of death of a top-secret, unidentified corpse. Booth meanwhile breaks into the lab, with the help of his...
Summary: Brennan and Booth travel to Mexico to investigate human remains with extraterrestrial attributes; Angela and intern Wendell come clean about their relationship.
Brennan and Booth investigate the motive of a failed bank robbery that ended with a man dressed as Santa Claus blowing himself up. Meanwhile, Brennan's father tries to persuade her to spend the holidays with him and a di...
Summary: Brennan and Booth investigate the death of a competitive gamer whose success and business partnerships earned him plenty of admirers---but also lots of enemies. Meanwhile, Hodgins, Sweets and intern Colin Fishe...
Summary: When a real estate agent uncovers human remains during a property showing, Booth and Brennan are called to investigate. Meanwhile, Booth's grandfather moves in with Booth and insists on tagging along during the...
Summary: Booth and Brennan look into the murder of a dwarf who was once a wrestling star. Meanwhile, Booth, still dealing with the effects of his surgery, has trouble getting re-certified with the FBI to carry a weapon....
Remains of a chicken farmer are found on the bank of a nearby river, and Booth and Brennan are called in to investigate. The farmer, who was an animal right activist, was about to inherit a chicken factory and had many e...
Brennan and Booth investigate human remains that have been charred on an electric fence. Brennan later realizes that the corpse is actually a mummified Egyptian that has been loaned to the Jeffersonian for an upcoming ex...
Summary: When human remains are found at the site of a block party, Brennan and Booth are called in to investigate. Sweets is called in for help when the politics and scandals of the neighbors link everyone with some t...
The bones of Levi Yoder, a member of an Amish community, are found near a railroad. When Booth and Brennan discover that Yoder was a brilliant pianist, they believe his talent may have lead to his death. Meanwhile, Cam h...
Summary: When a cabin in the woods burns down, the bodies of two witches are revealed; Angela and Hodgins are arrested.
Six weeks have passed since Booth and Brennan have seen each other. During this time, Booth has been recovering from brain surgery and Brennan has been busy on a dig in Guatemala. Angela's psychic, Avalon Harmonia, revea...
Summary: In the fourth season finale, a murdered body is discovered at a popular nightclub called "The Lab." In a unique storytelling twist, the Jeffersonian team takes on unusual roles, including the nightclub staff an...
Summary: A frat boy is found dead inside a college mascot uniform, Booth offers to help his brother Jared find a new job.
Booth's detective friend friend from Tokyo, Ken Nakamura, calls him when his sister, Sachi, goes missing while in Washington, D.C. With Brennan, Booth investigates her disappearance and soon find a canal in which they di...
Summary: A Jeffersonian coworker dies of heart failure. While at the coworker's wake, Brennan sees the body and is convinced the death was no accident. Brennan asks Booth to help her steal the body so she can further ex...
Brennan and Booth delve into the world of death metal music in an effort to discover who killed the bassist of an underground death metal band, whose skeleton was found being used as a stage prop by another death metal b...
A body is discovered at a recycling center, compacted into a stack of cardboard, and the Jeffersonian team is called in to investigate.
A hospital charity event at a zoo ends in tragedy when the mutilated body of a doctor is discovered in a tiger cage, and the case gets personal for Cam when she reveals that the deceased is her former fiancé. Meanwhil...
Brennan and Booth investigate the death of a 16-year-old pregnant girl who was found buried in a pile of street salt. During their investigation they uncover a high school "pregnancy pact" between the victim and some of ...
A corpse discovered at the bottom of a gorge throws the lab into a panic when its bones begin to disintegrate, and Brennan and Booth must hurry to find the killer after they learn that the victim was a shady car salesman...
The team investigates a sci-fi convention when a woman in a medieval princess dress is found murdered. With Booth's back injured, Agent Payton Perotta steps in once again to help.
Booth is kidnapped by the Grave Digger and the Jeffersonian team must find and save him before it's too late. Meanwhile, when evidence from the Grave Digger's case goes missing, Brennan and Hodgins are suspected of takin...
Booth may face a trip to a different kind of penalty box when he becomes a suspect in the murder of a rival ice-hockey player with whom he has a history of fighting, and Brennan gets a new FBI partner (Marisa Coughlan) f...
The death of female conjoined twins who worked in the circus is investigated. The investigation leads Brennan and Booth to go undercover as a Canadian knife-throwing act, and also causes Booth to come face-to-face with a...
Summary: Brennan's father Max lands a teaching position at the Jeffersonian. When he ends up helping out with the murder case at hand, Brennan is noticeably bothered by his sudden presence in her professional life.
Brennan and Booth's peaceful flight to China, where Brennan was going to identify pre-historic remains, gets interrupted when a fully cooked human body is discovered in the plane's industrial-sized microwave. Booth and B...
Summary: Booth and Brennan must investigate the murder of an artist and suspect his assistant, Roxie Lyons, is the murderer. While being questioned, Roxie reveals that she is a lesbian ... and she used to be in a romant...
Booth and Brennan go to investigate a body found in the Chesapeake Bay. After arriving, they find only the upper torso, giving the team little to work with other than remnants of the victim's breast implants. Brennan and...
The pieces of a dismembered body are found lying in a purple pool of water, except the head is missing. The team finds that the body belongs to Jared Addison, a science fiction writer who had several mental problems. Wit...
Summary: Parker, Booth's son, discovers a corpse's finger in a bird's nest, causing the team to launch an investigation to try to find the rest of the body.
Summary: The body of the host of a popular reality TV show is found partially decomposed in an outhouse, and Booth and Brennan must find out who the killer is. Meanwhile, Booth learns that Brennan is juggling two relati...
Summary: Booth and Brennan are called to London, England to solve a case. Meanwhile, Angela's husband, Grayson Barasa, is finally found, but he refuses to sign the divorce papers, much to the dismay of Hodgins and Angel...
Summary: Booth and Brennan are called to London, England to solve a case. Meanwhile, Angela's husband, Grayson Barasa, is finally found, but he refuses to sign the divorce papers, much to the dismay of Hodgins and Angel...
Summary: The Gormogon serial killer is back again, and the silver skeleton from the basement vault has gone missing. All the Jeffersonian employees become suspects, with the scary possibility that one of their own is wo...
A wannabe singer Tommy Sour was found on a grassy location. The investigation leads Brennan, Booth, and Cam to the Checker Box Restaurant where Tommy used to sing. There are several suspects who took part in the open mik...
Brennan's father Max Keenan is on trial for the alleged murder of FBI Deputy Director Kirby. Everyone on the team, except for Brennan, is called as a witness for the prosecution during the trial. Brennan on the other han...
A woman's car is run off the road and she is killed, but her baby miraculously survives the accident. Booth and Brennan go to the woman's hometown to try to find out who's responsible for running her car off the road. Bo...
All team members are working to identify the bones from a college athlete who suffered a lot of fractures. After the body is identified they talk to his sister and somebody who acted as a sort of an adviser for the decea...
A body is discovered at Homestead Natural Hot Springs in a spring filled with mud. Booth and Brennan go to investigate the scene and find that the body is that of Tripp Goddard, a sexy motorcycle racer who had been murde...
Booth and Brennan investigate a mall Santa named Kris Kringle who was found dead by two elves. A series of clues makes the murdered mall Santa seem like he's the real deal.
The body of an archbishop is found by some construction workers. The archbishop's kneecaps were surgically removed, which prompts the team to return to the Widow's Son case.
A time capsule buried by a high school class of 1987 is unearthed by a group of the school's alumni who are shocked to find the body of one of their high school classmates hidden inside. Booth and Brennan find that the v...
The team suspects their own colleagues after the burnt remains of an intern at the Jeffersonian are found in the building's incinerator. At first it's thought that she might have been killed because she was working on an...
A Halloween pumpkin patch maze becomes a lot scarier when the mummified remains of a young girl are found in it. Booth and Brennan go to investigate, and are shocked to find that the victim has been dead for over a year....
Booth and Brennan examine a severely decomposed body found by some teenagers on hospital grounds. They identify the body as a man named Franklin Curtis, who was the founder of an organic supermarket chain, and discover t...
The team investigates a decomposed body that was discovered in the woods with bound arms and missing feet. Things get kinky when Booth and Brennan are led to a lodge that's used as an S
Brennan and Booth investigate the death of a soccer mom who was blown up in her mini-van, confused as to why someone would murder a seemingly innocent soccer mom. They soon discover that the soccer mom, named June, was p...
In the third season premiere, a skull smashes through the windshield of some teenagers' car while they're driving on the freeway. While examining the skull, Brennan and Cam find marks on it made by human teeth, which imp...
The decomposed skeleton of a young woman is found in a shopping cart, but due to an aging disease she is reconstructed by Angela as an 80-year-old woman. Booth and Brennan investigate and are led to a former caretaker of...
Brennan and Booth investigate the murder of a young chef. But while looking at the bones Zack and Hougens discover the bones glow bright blue.
A mysterious dead man is found in a crater with his body flattened as if he had fallen from the sky. Brennan and Booth try to find out who the man was while Hodgins comes up with different conspiracy theories involving a...
Booth and Brennan investigate the case of a partial skeleton found in cement. Booth thinks a member of a crime family - Hugh Kennedy - is to blame, but when he hears word that Hugh was burnt to death in a car, things get...
A water main bursts in the middle of a cemetery, leaving lots of coffins to litter the grounds. Brennan is called in to identify the remains so they can be reburied. When she finds the remains that have only been there f...
The team investigates the death of an Asian woman without any bones left in her body. Sully proposes something to Brennan that she does not expect.
Booth and Brennan investigate the death of Terence Bancroft, one of the Jeffersonian's major donors, found dead at home. Hodgins compromises the case and the reputation of the lab when he removes some evidence that would...
Summary: Brennan has to work with another agent, Agent Sullivan, while Booth needs to see a therapist. They investigate the death of a college freshman, who took part in a 'Girls Gone Wild' type of video and whose body ...
Booth and Brennan are ordered to the cell of serial killer Howard Epps to identify the remains of an inmate. To their surprise the charred remains don't belong to Epps.It's soon learned that Epps has escaped and is on a ...
Booth and Brennan are called to the scene where a man's body was found gutted, burned and hung like a scarecrow on the roof of a Federal Building.Evidence left on the body re-opens a 30yr old case and links back to Brenn...
Summary: While investigating the death of a film student who was working on a documentary about the legend of a headless witch, who haunted woods in the 1700's, Brennan develops a strong bond with the victim's brother. ...
The bodies of twin teenage boys, kidnapped five years earlier, are discovered. Booth and Brennan follow the trail of a notorious serial killer, known as the Grave Digger. His M.O. is to kidnap, bury his victims and ask f...
When the skeletal remains of a federal prosecutor who disappeared five years earlier are found in the desert outside Las Vegas, the team suspects it to be tied to the mob. They then find the body of a woman a few yards a...
The team investigates the death of a 9-year-old girl beauty pageant star. The girl's competitor's parents and siblings soon become possible suspects. Brennan makes a huge mistake when she and Booth visit a tap dancing cl...
Summary: Booth and Brennan investigate a death due to an explosion in a hotel.
Summary: There are two suspects with the same motive when Booth and Brennan investigate the murder of a man found in a bathtub full of chemicals. They soon discover that he had two wives and a girlfriend. And booth gets...
After digging up the skeletal remains of a young girl, it becomes clear for Booth and Brennan that they're not dealing with a normal case. It's confirmed once at the lab, when they discover that the cause of death points...
An overturned garbage truck reveals the body of a young man who's been missing for nearly three weeks. When the investigation reveals that a young girl raised by foster parents is the chief suspect, Brennan becomes dishe...
Booth and Brennan examine the remains of a woman and fetus found in the Delaware Bay. The body is a pregnant newlywed whose mysterious disappearance one year ago had been major national news story. Her husband is the pri...
Brennan is summoned to a train derailment where she discovers that she has a new boss (played by Tamara Taylor). The train was carrying a popular Senator and was derailed by a car positioned directly on the tracks. Brenn...
Brennan receives some bones that she must identify, but is stunned when she finds that the remains are those of her mother. Brennan is hit hard by this discovery, and understandably so, since she never knew what happened...
Brennan and Booth go to investigate an apparent suicide in Arlington National Cemetery, but soon find out that it was murder and that the victim was a soldier who had served in Iraq. The investigation leads to a lot of u...
The team helps Deputy Director Sam Cullen's daughter, Amy, when she contracts a rare form of lung cancer after receiving a bone graft. Booth and Brennan learn she is not the only victim with this rare form of cancer.
Brennan takes a vacation down to New Orleans to help identify victims of Hurricane Katrina. While at her hotel, she wakes up the next morning bloody and beaten, with no memory of what happened. Booth comes down to try an...
Summary: Booth and Brennan investigate a case involving a 300-year-old finger bone and a site where there might be pirate treasure. Hodgins is excited when he's able to leave the lab and help with the case, but his life...
While on vacation, Angela finds a skull in the desert. She asks Brennan for help in identifying the skull because she is afraid it might be her boyfriend, who has gone missing with a local guide. The investigation leads ...
Summary: The death of a documentary filmmaker sends Bones and Booth into the shadow world of tunnels underneath the city.
When Brennan decides to give on-line dating a try she ends up the target of a shooting at the local restaurant where she's meeting a date. The resulting investigation reveals that the shooter could be connected to any on...
Brennan and Zack investigate a small jet crash that was carrying some Chinese diplomats and a woman. At the crash site, Brennan finds some bone fragments that do not belong to any of the passengers, but might belong to a...
Booth and Brennan are called in to investigate when a dug up corpse is found in the back of a gang member's car. While he is being questioned, a drive-by shooting allows him to escape. Booth and Brennan follow the clues,...
Summary: Brennan and Booth investigate the origins of a decomposed body that's been found in a local alley fully dressed in an unorthodox costume. They determine it's the remains of a reclusive teen that they discover h...
Summary: When a woman's burned body is found in a car with signs that her child was kidnapped, Brennan and Booth suspect the father, Carl Decker. But things get complicated when Decker turns out to be in the witness pro...
Summary: Brennan and Booth investigate the body parts of a woman found near L.A. International Airport. Their probe is slowed by extensive cosmetic surgery the victim had done.
Summary: Brennan and her team are brought in to identify the body of a man found in a fallout shelter. While cutting into the bones of the man, Zack accidentally releases a deadly fungus, that causes the team to be quar...
Summary: Brennan is about to go out for dinner with her old professor and ex-lover when Booth asks her and her team to help identify the remains of a young woman found in a refrigerator.
Summary: The attorney of a death row inmate asks for Booth's help to prove his innocence before he is executed. Booth agrees and asks Brennan and her team to help him out.
Summary: When Brennan and Angela get caught in a fight in a dance club, Brennan kicks someone into a wall, which causes the wall to break open and reveal a mummified corpse and a meth stash.
Summary: Booth asks Brennan to help locate and identify the remains of a six-year-old boy, Charlie, who went missing from a local park.
Summary: Brennan and Booth travel to Washington to investigate a human arm that was found in the stomach of a black bear.
Summary: When the decaying corpse of the Venezuelan Ambassador's son is found hanging from a tree on the campus of an exclusive private school, a simple suicide case quickly turns into a web of lies, sex and scandal, in...
Summary: When a man is killed driving an SUV registered to a Middle Eastern man, Dr. Brennan and her team find themselves tracking a terrorist.
In the series premiere, Dr. Temperance Brennan (or "Bones" as she is often referred to as), a forensic anthropologist, is met with the task of uncovering the identity of a set of bones which have been deliberately hidden...
