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Bones TV Show Overview
 Bones
is an American drama television series that premiered on the
Fox Television Network on September 13, 2005. The
Bones TV show is based on
forensics and police procedures.
Each season episode of Bones
focuses on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind
human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth to
the forensic anthropology team of Dr. Temperance "Bones"
Brennan. Emily Deschanel stars in the title role, opposite
David Boreanaz as Special Agent Seeley Booth. The rest of
the cast includes Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne, Tamara
Taylor and John Francis Daley.
The Bones television series, created by Hart Hanson, is loosely based on
the life of forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, who is a
producer on the Bones TV show. The Bones TV Series title character, Dr. Temperance
"Bones" Brennan, is named after the protagonist of Reichs'
crime novel series. Bones is a joint production by Josephson
Entertainment, Far Field Productions and 20th Century Fox
Television.
Bones
Television Series Season Episodes on DVD
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Bones: The Complete First
Season on DVD (2005)
Amazon.com DVD Review - A taut series filled
with drama as well as great chemistry between its
two lead stars, Bones is a strong addition to
Fox's television lineup. Debuting in 2005 to
favorable critical reviews, the series shares an
audience of fans with the CSI franchise.
Smartly written and well-acted, the first season of
Bones focuses on the collaborations between
FBI special agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz,
Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and
forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan
(Emily Deschanel), whom Booth somewhat sarcastically
nicknames "Bones." Each of the 22 episodes follows a
premise well-known to regular viewers of crime
dramas--a murder has been committed and a body
found. The team's job is to figure out who the
victim is, how he or she was killed, and how it was
done; that part doesn't differ from other shows on
television.
What sets the show apart is the humor
injected into the episodes (Boreanaz is particularly
good at delivering wry lines). There's some wicked
humor in the episode focusing on Brennan's attempts
at dating, which is nicely offset by the horrific
crimes she has to deal with. And for a show with
such attractive leads, Bones doesn't make a
huge point of dwelling on any possible attraction
between the pair. Rather, it takes advantage of
their playful bantering, which is more akin to that
of bickering siblings than repressed lovers--for
this season, anyhow. The series is inspired by
real-life forensic anthropologist and author Kathy
Reichs (who stars in one of the featurettes on the
four-disc set). In a nice play on art imitating
reality, Kathy Reichs also is the name of the
heroine in the murder mysteries that Dr. Brennan
writes on the side. By the end of the season,
viewers will learn enough about the characters to
care, but not enough to completely understand why
they are the way they are. That is an ongoing
mystery. --Jae-Ha Kim |
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Bones: The Complete Second
Season
on DVD (2005)
Amazon.com
DVD Review
- Beginning with the death of a senator and ending
with a marriage, the second season of Bones builds
on the momentum created during the Fox drama's debut
year. Bones' sophomore season (which includes all 21
episodes that originally aired during 2006-2007)
centers on the collaborations between FBI special
agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz, Angel, Buffy the
Vampire Slayer) and forensic anthropologist Dr.
Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel), whom Booth has
nicknamed "Bones." While Booth doesn't completely
believe in Bones' method, he can't argue with her
success rate at solving crimes. As for Bones, she is
meticulous at what she does and is a borderline
genius, but she has issues. Seemingly oblivious to
her own good looks, she is all but socially inept.
Booth may be blunt, but he's comfortable dealing
with the public. Bones, on the other hand, would
rather be sequestered away with the dead, trying to
figure out what happened before their uncertain
deaths. Of course, while viewers can see that Bones
and Booth would be a perfect couple, the characters
aren't quite there yet. Their friendship becomes a
little more complicated this season when it turns
out that Bones' new demanding boss, Dr. Camille
Saroyan (Tamara Taylor), is a former girlfriend of
Booth's. And the two women aren't getting along.
Still, everyone is able to work together to solve a
series of crimes, such as identifying the remains of
an all but unidentifiable teenage boy and dealing
with a serial killer who is emulating the crimes
depicted in Bones' latest mystery novel. (Yes, she's
not only a brilliant scientist but also an ace
author.) Like many television dramas where forensic
evidence is a driving force in the plots, Bones
offers up the gross-out autopsies. But it also
serves up a lot of humanity in the way the
characters interact with one another. It is giving
nothing away to reveal that Bones and Booth are not
the couple getting married in the season finale. But
the episode does reveal that beneath their tough
exteriors, marriage and all that it implies is
something they wouldn't mind, perhaps even with
each other. -- Jae-Ha Kim |
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Bones TV Series:
The Complete Third Season
on DVD
The third
season of the Bones TV series season episodes on DVD. |
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Bones:
Season 4
on DVD
The third
season of the Bones television series on DVD. |
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