Summary
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
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- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Rated
- TV-14United States
Yes: it's rated TV-14 in the United States for violence and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesMild
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Viewing guide
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Emily DeschanelTemperance 'Bones' Brennan246 episodes
David BoreanazSeeley Booth246 episodes
Michaela ConlinAngela Montenegro246 episodes
T.J. ThyneJack Hodgins246 episodes
Tamara TaylorCamille Saroyan224 episodes
John Francis DaleyLance Sweets141 episodes
Eric MilleganZack Addy64 episodes
John BoydJames Aubrey56 episodes
Patricia BelcherCaroline Julian55 episodes
Michael Grant TerryWendell Bray42 episodes
Eugene ByrdClark Edison36 episodes
Carla GalloDaisy Wick33 episodes
Pej VahdatArastoo Vaziri31 episodes
Ryan O'NealMax Keenan27 episodes
Sunnie PelantChristine Booth27 episodes
Jonathan AdamsDaniel Goodman22 episodes
Joel David MooreColin Fisher16 episodes
Susanne Allan HartmanChristine Angela Booth15 episodes
Ali Louise HartmanChristine Booth14 episodes
Ty PanitzParker Booth13 episodes
Laura SpencerJessica Warren11 episodes
David GreenmanMarcus Geier11 episodes
Ryan CartwrightVincent Nigel-Murray11 episodes
Tiffany HinesMichelle Welton10 episodes
Directing · 67
- Dwight H. Little Director
- Jeannot Szwarc Director
- Chad Lowe Director
- Milan Cheylov Director
- Allan Kroeker Director
- Tim Southam Director
Writing · 28
- Keith Foglesong Story Editor, Writer, Staff Writer, Executive Story Editor, Teleplay
- Dean Lopata Executive Story Editor, Producer, Story Editor, Supervising Producer, Co-Producer, Writer
- Michael Peterson Executive Story Editor, Producer, Story Editor, Writer, Co-Producer, Supervising Producer, Teleplay, Story
- Nkechi Okoro Carroll Story Editor, Executive Story Editor, Writer, Teleplay
- Emily Silver Story Editor, Writer
- Hilary Weisman Graham Writer
Production · 53
- Hart Hanson Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
- Emily Deschanel Producer, Co-Producer, Director
- David Boreanaz Producer, Co-Producer, Director
- Ian Toynton Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Director, Consulting Producer
- Tony Wharmby Co-Executive Producer, Director
- Jonathan Pontell Executive Producer, Director
Camera · 19
- Gordon Lonsdale Director of Photography, Director
- Robert Reed Altman Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography, Director
- Gregory Paul Collier "A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography, Second Unit Director of Photography
- Michael D. O'Shea Director of Photography
- Cort Fey Director of Photography
- Dennis Hall Director of Photography
Editing · 12
- Kimberly Ettinger Editor
- Richard Currie Editor
- Andrea Folprecht Editor
- Bill Lynch Editor
- Thomas R. Moore Editor
- Casey O. Rohrs Editor
Sound · 7
- Sean Callery Original Music Composer
- Jamie Forsyth Original Music Composer
- Julia Marie Newmann Original Music Composer
- Peter Himmelman Original Music Composer
- Susan Moore-Chong Production Sound Mixer
- Mark Holding Production Sound Mixer
Art · 27
- Val Wilt Production Design, Art Direction
- Michael L. Mayer Production Design
- Philip Toolin Production Design
- Okowita Production Design
- Paul Cripps Production Design
- Victoria Paul Production Design
Tropes
Bones episodes
12 seasons · 246 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Pilot, 7.5
- S1 E2 The Man in the SUV, 7.3
- S1 E3 A Boy in a Tree, 7.5
- S1 E4 The Man in the Bear, 7.8
- S1 E5 A Boy in a Bush, 7.8
- S1 E6 The Man in the Wall, 7.3
- S1 E7 The Man on Death Row, 8.1
- S1 E8 The Girl in the Fridge, 7.8
- S1 E9 The Man in the Fallout Shelter, 8.6
- S1 E10 The Woman at the Airport, 7.5
- S1 E11 The Woman in the Car, 7.6
- S1 E12 The Superhero in the Alley, 7.7
- S1 E13 The Woman in the Garden, 7.5
- S1 E14 The Man on the Fairway, 7.4
- S1 E15 Two Bodies in the Lab, 8.4
- S1 E16 The Woman in the Tunnel, 7.6
- S1 E17 The Skull in the Desert, 7.6
- S1 E18 The Man with the Bone, 7.5
- S1 E19 The Man in the Morgue, 8.0
- S1 E20 The Graft in the Girl, 8.2
- S1 E21 The Soldier on the Grave, 7.6
- S1 E22 The Woman in Limbo, 8.7
- S2 E1 The Titan on the Track, 7.5
- S2 E2 Mother and Child in the Bay, 7.7
- S2 E3 The Boy in the Shroud, 7.7
- S2 E4 The Blonde in the Game, 8.1
- S2 E5 The Truth in the Lye, 7.6
- S2 E6 The Girl in Suite 2103, 7.5
- S2 E7 The Girl with the Curl, 7.7
- S2 E8 The Woman in the Sand, 7.8
- S2 E9 Aliens in a Spaceship, 9.3
- S2 E10 The Headless Witch in the Woods, 7.7
- S2 E11 Judas on a Pole, 8.5
- S2 E12 The Man in the Cell, 8.6
- S2 E13 The Girl in the Gator, 7.7
- S2 E14 The Man in the Mansion, 7.6
- S2 E15 The Bodies in the Book, 8.0
- S2 E16 The Boneless Bride in the River, 7.3
- S2 E17 The Priest in the Churchyard, 7.7
- S2 E18 The Killer in the Concrete, 7.9
- S2 E19 Spaceman in a Crater, 7.5
- S2 E20 The Glowing Bones in 'The Old Stone House', 7.7
- S2 E21 Stargazer in a Puddle, 8.1
- S3 E1 The Widow's Son in the Windshield, 7.9
- S3 E2 Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van, 7.5
- S3 E3 Death in the Saddle, 7.2
- S3 E4 The Secret in the Soil, 7.5
- S3 E5 Mummy in the Maze, 8.2
- S3 E6 Intern in the Incinerator, 7.7
- S3 E7 Boy in the Time Capsule, 7.7
- S3 E8 The Knight on the Grid, 8.2
- S3 E9 The Santa in the Slush, 8.4
- S3 E10 The Man in the Mud, 7.4
- S3 E11 Player Under Pressure, 7.5
- S3 E12 The Baby in the Bough, 8.0
- S3 E13 The Verdict in the Story, 8.5
- S3 E14 The Wannabe in the Weeds, 8.5
- S3 E15 The Pain in the Heart, 8.3
- S4 E1 The Yanks in the U.K.: Parts 1 and 2, 7.5
- S4 E3 The Man in the Outhouse, 7.3
- S4 E4 The Finger in the Nest, 7.6
- S4 E5 The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond, 8.1
- S4 E6 The Crank in the Shaft, 7.3
- S4 E7 The He in the She, 7.6
- S4 E8 The Skull in the Sculpture, 7.3
- S4 E9 The Con Man in the Meth Lab, 7.7
- S4 E10 The Passenger in the Oven, 8.2
- S4 E11 The Bone That Blew, 7.5
- S4 E12 Double Trouble in the Panhandle, 8.1
- S4 E13 Fire in the Ice, 7.6
- S4 E14 The Hero in the Hold, 8.7
- S4 E15 The Princess and the Pear, 7.6
- S4 E16 The Bones That Foam, 7.5
- S4 E17 The Salt in the Wounds, 7.5
- S4 E18 The Doctor in the Den, 7.7
- S4 E19 The Science in the Physicist, 7.6
- S4 E20 The Cinderella in the Cardboard, 7.5
- S4 E21 Mayhem on a Cross, 8.0
- S4 E22 The Double Death of the Dearly Departed, 8.5
- S4 E23 The Girl in the Mask, 7.6
- S4 E24 The Beaver in the Otter, 7.3
- S4 E25 The Critic in the Cabernet, 8.1
- S4 E26 The End in the Beginning, 7.7
- S5 E1 Harbingers in a Fountain, 7.9
- S5 E2 The Bond in the Boot, 7.9
- S5 E3 The Plain in the Prodigy, 7.8
- S5 E4 The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, 7.6
- S5 E5 A Night at the Bones Museum, 7.9
- S5 E6 The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken, 7.3
- S5 E7 The Dwarf in the Dirt, 7.7
- S5 E8 The Foot in the Foreclosure, 7.8
- S5 E9 The Gamer in the Grease, 7.5
- S5 E10 The Goop on the Girl, 8.1
- S5 E11 The X in the File, 7.8
- S5 E12 The Proof in the Pudding, 8.5
- S5 E13 The Dentist in the Ditch, 7.4
- S5 E14 The Devil in the Details, 7.6
- S5 E15 The Bones on the Blue Line, 7.7
- S5 E16 The Parts in the Sum of the Whole, 8.8
- S5 E17 The Death of the Queen Bee, 8.2
- S5 E18 The Predator in the Pool, 7.5
- S5 E19 The Rocker in the Rinse Cycle, 7.3
- S5 E20 The Witch in the Wardrobe, 8.0
- S5 E21 The Boy with the Answer, 8.5
- S5 E22 The Beginning in the End, 8.1
- S6 E1 The Mastodon in the Room, 8.1
- S6 E2 The Couple in the Cave, 7.4
- S6 E3 The Maggots in the Meathead, 7.4
- S6 E4 The Body and the Bounty, 7.8
- S6 E5 The Bones That Weren't, 7.5
- S6 E6 The Shallow in the Deep, 7.9
- S6 E7 The Babe in the Bar, 7.4
- S6 E8 The Twisted Bones in the Melted Truck, 7.4
- S6 E9 The Doctor in the Photo, 8.8
- S6 E10 The Body in the Bag, 7.5
- S6 E11 The Bullet in the Brain, 8.5
- S6 E12 The Sin in the Sisterhood, 7.3
- S6 E13 The Daredevil in the Mold, 7.6
- S6 E14 The Bikini in the Soup, 7.6
- S6 E15 The Killer in the Crosshairs, 7.8
- S6 E16 The Blackout in the Blizzard, 8.3
- S6 E17 The Feet on the Beach, 7.6
- S6 E18 The Truth in the Myth, 7.4
- S6 E19 The Finder, 7.4
- S6 E20 The Pinocchio in the Planter, 7.3
- S6 E21 The Signs in the Silence, 8.7
- S6 E22 The Hole in the Heart, 9.1
- S6 E23 The Change in the Game, 8.5
- S7 E1 The Memories in the Shallow Grave, 7.9
- S7 E2 The Hot Dog in the Competition, 7.7
- S7 E3 The Prince in the Plastic, 7.6
- S7 E4 The Male in the Mail, 7.7
- S7 E5 The Twist in the Twister, 7.6
- S7 E6 The Crack in the Code, 8.5
- S7 E7 The Prisoner in the Pipe, 7.7
- S7 E8 The Bump in the Road, 7.7
- S7 E9 The Don't in the Do, 7.5
- S7 E10 The Warrior in the Wuss, 7.5
- S7 E11 The Family in the Feud, 7.5
- S7 E12 The Suit on the Set, 7.9
- S7 E13 The Past in the Present, 8.6
- S8 E1 The Future in the Past, 8.5
- S8 E2 The Partners in the Divorce, 7.6
- S8 E3 The Gunk in the Garage, 7.8
- S8 E4 The Tiger in the Tale, 7.4
- S8 E5 The Method in the Madness, 7.5
- S8 E6 The Patriot in Purgatory, 8.8
- S8 E7 The Bod in the Pod, 7.6
- S8 E8 The But in the Joke, 7.5
- S8 E9 The Ghost in the Machine, 6.8
- S8 E10 The Diamond in the Rough, 7.0
- S8 E11 The Archaeologist in the Cocoon, 7.5
- S8 E12 The Corpse on the Canopy, 8.5
- S8 E13 The Twist in the Plot, 7.3
- S8 E14 The Doll in the Derby, 7.4
- S8 E15 The Shot in the Dark, 7.8
- S8 E16 The Friend in Need, 7.7
- S8 E17 The Fact in the Fiction, 7.4
- S8 E18 The Survivor in the Soap, 7.6
- S8 E19 The Doom in the Gloom, 7.4
- S8 E20 The Blood from the Stones, 7.4
- S8 E21 The Maiden in the Mushrooms, 7.2
- S8 E22 The Party in the Pants, 7.3
- S8 E23 The Pathos in the Pathogens, 8.3
- S8 E24 The Secret in the Siege, 7.7
- S9 E1 The Secrets in the Proposal, 7.7
- S9 E2 The Cheat in the Retreat, 7.5
- S9 E3 El Carnicero en el Coche, 7.5
- S9 E4 The Sense in the Sacrifice, 8.2
- S9 E5 The Lady on the List, 7.5
- S9 E6 The Woman in White, 8.5
- S9 E7 The Nazi on the Honeymoon, 7.4
- S9 E8 The Dude in the Dam, 7.3
- S9 E9 The Fury in the Jury, 7.7
- S9 E10 The Mystery in the Meat, 7.6
- S9 E11 The Spark in the Park, 7.8
- S9 E12 The Ghost in the Killer, 7.6
- S9 E13 Big in the Philippines, 8.2
- S9 E14 The Master in the Slop, 7.7
- S9 E15 The Heiress in the Hill, 7.7
- S9 E16 The Source in the Sludge, 7.6
- S9 E17 The Repo Man in the Septic Tank, 7.3
- S9 E18 The Carrot in the Kudzu, 7.0
- S9 E19 The Turn in the Urn, 7.4
- S9 E20 The High in the Low, 7.6
- S9 E21 The Cold in the Case, 7.3
- S9 E22 The Nail in the Coffin, 7.8
- S9 E23 The Drama in the Queen, 7.5
- S9 E24 The Recluse in the Recliner, 8.9
- S10 E1 The Conspiracy in the Corpse, 8.6
- S10 E2 The Lance to the Heart, 8.3
- S10 E3 The Purging of the Pundit, 7.1
- S10 E4 The Geek in the Guck, 7.4
- S10 E5 The Corpse at the Convention, 7.8
- S10 E6 The Lost Love in the Foreign Land, 7.6
- S10 E7 The Money Maker on the Merry-Go-Round, 7.2
- S10 E8 The Puzzler in the Pit, 7.5
- S10 E9 The Mutilation of the Master Manipulator, 7.3
- S10 E10 The 200th in the 10th, 7.6
- S10 E11 The Psychic in the Soup, 7.2
- S10 E12 The Teacher in the Books, 7.5
- S10 E13 The Baker in the Bits, 7.2
- S10 E14 The Putter in the Rough, 7.2
- S10 E15 The Eye in the Sky, 7.5
- S10 E16 The Big Beef at the Royal Diner, 7.2
- S10 E17 The Lost in the Found, 7.6
- S10 E18 The Verdict in the Victims, 7.7
- S10 E19 The Murder in the Middle East, 7.5
- S10 E20 The Woman in the Whirlpool, 7.3
- S10 E21 The Life in the Light, 7.4
- S10 E22 The Next in the Last, 7.8
- S11 E1 The Loyalty in the Lie, 8.1
- S11 E2 The Brother in the Basement, 8.0
- S11 E3 The Donor in the Drink, 7.4
- S11 E4 The Carpals in the Coy-Wolves, 7.7
- S11 E5 The Resurrection in the Remains, 7.3
- S11 E6 The Senator in the Street Sweeper, 7.5
- S11 E7 The Promise in the Palace, 7.2
- S11 E8 High Treason in the Holiday Season, 7.5
- S11 E9 The Cowboy in the Contest, 7.8
- S11 E10 The Doom in the Boom, 8.5
- S11 E11 The Death in the Defense, 7.5
- S11 E12 The Murder of the Meninist, 6.8
- S11 E13 The Monster in the Closet, 8.3
- S11 E14 The Last Shot at a Second Chance, 7.6
- S11 E15 The Fight in the Fixer, 7.6
- S11 E16 The Strike in the Chord, 7.1
- S11 E17 The Secret in the Service, 7.7
- S11 E18 The Movie in the Making, 7.8
- S11 E19 The Head in the Abutment, 7.5
- S11 E20 The Stiff in the Cliff, 7.8
- S11 E21 The Jewel in the Crown, 7.7
- S11 E22 The Nightmare in the Nightmare, 8.9
- S12 E1 The Hope in the Horror, 8.3
- S12 E2 The Brain in the Bot, 7.5
- S12 E3 The New Tricks in the Old Dogs, 7.5
- S12 E4 The Price for the Past, 7.8
- S12 E5 The Tutor in the Tussle, 7.4
- S12 E6 The Flaw in the Saw, 7.4
- S12 E7 The Scare in the Score, 8.0
- S12 E8 The Grief and the Girl, 7.6
- S12 E9 The Steal in the Wheels, 7.3
- S12 E10 The Radioactive Panthers in the Party, 7.1
- S12 E11 The Day in the Life, 8.5
- S12 E12 The Final Chapter: The End in the End, 8.3
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