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 in a lake. However, after identifying the bones, imprisoning the cuddleer turns out to be a politically sticky business. Bones gets help from FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, who convinces his boss to let Bones be his partner, since she's an expert in her field.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 1 of Bones resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Bones Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - The Man in the S.U.V.
• s01e03 - A Boy in the Tree
• s01e04 - The Man in the Bear
• s01e05 - A Boy in a Bush
• s01e06 - The Man in the Wall
• s01e07 - A Man on Death Row
• s01e08 - The Girl in the Fridge
• s01e09 - The Man in the Fallout Shelter
• s01e10 - The Woman at the Airport
• s01e11 - The Woman in the Car
• s01e12 - The Superhero in the Alley
• s01e13 - The Woman in the Garden
• s01e14 - The Man on the Fairway
• s01e15 - Two Bodies in the Lab
• s01e16 - The Woman in the Tunnel
• s01e17 - The Skull in the Desert
• s01e18 - The Man with the Bone
• s01e19 - The Man in the Morgue
• s01e20 - The Graft in the Girl
• s01e21 - The Soldier on the Grave
• s01e22 - The Woman in Limbo

Bones Show Summary

Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperence 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 cuddle investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned, or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.

Brennan's equally brilliant colleagues 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; Brennan's assistant, Zack Addy, a young prodigy whose genius IQ actually gets in the way of his finishing the several doctorates he's begun; "the bug guy", Dr. Jack Hodgins, who's an expert on insects, spores and minerals, but conspiracy is his hobby; and Brennan's boss, imposing lab director Dr. Daniel Goodman. Brennan often finds herself teamed with Special Agent Seely 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 so far the chemistry between them has only played out in a fictionalized account in Brennan's lastest mystery novel.