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"Bones" had a truly impressive run from 2005 to 2017, delivering 12 seasons of off-kilter procedural action and developing a dedicated fanbase in the process. That said, it took a little time for "Bones" to reach its full ratings potential. In fact, it wasn't until the fourth season, after Fox moved the show to the 8pm Thursday night slot, that it really took off. The series brought in an average of 10.81 million viewers for season 4, a marked improvement on the 8.9 million from the prior season. But season 4 could have easily been the point at which fans turned on "Bones," after a twist that truly nobody saw coming and which left fans feeling let down by the show they'd come to love.

Throughout its run, "Bones" managed to bewilder fans on several occasions. The "Bones" season 1 opening credits had viewers mixing up two cast members, and later David Boreanaz's Agent Seeley Booth had...

Hart Hanson's comedic crime procedural "Bones" lasted a whopping 246 episodes over 12 seasons and is still, to this day, enjoying a robust afterlife on streaming. It has also inspired a massively passionate following and the show's two stars, Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, are now permanent fixtures in the pop culture firmament. Even if you didn't actively watch "Bones" during its run from 2005 to 2017, there's every reason to assume you will brush up with it eventually. You'll be in a hotel room, perhaps, or idly thumbing through Hulu and, like "Law & Order" or "Chopped," you'll be consuming several episodes in a row without even thinking about it.

Naturally, with a show that ran as long as it did, "Bones" had its share of stinkers. In trying to create bizarre and unique deaths to investigate, sometimes the "Bones" writers reached a little too far into outlandish territory, crafting murder mysteries that were nonsensical,...

During its impressive 12-season run on Fox, viewers fell hard in love with the "Bones" investigative team at the Jeffersonian Institute Medico-Legal Lab. The initial hook was the sparkling chemistry between Emily Deschanel's brilliant Temperance "Bones" Brennan and David Boreanaz's smart-aleck FBI Agent Seeley Booth, but, as the series progressed, fans came to care just as much for the quirky crew that helped Bones and Booth catch all kinds of creepy killers once a week. So when they found themselves up against a formidably devious foe, the show's fans legitimately feared for their safety. And creator Hart Hanson and his crack team of writers capably played on these fears, going so far as to knock off John Francis Daley's lovable FBI psychologist Lance Sweets at the outset of season 10.

Though we knew Bones and Booth would likely survive each episode, there were certain villains who threw a...

Despite creating a solid framework with its original cast in the first few seasons, Bones made a baffling decision in its third season with the character of Zack Addy (Eric Milligen). Although Zack was originally introduced as both the best friend of Jack Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) and an essential bit of comic relief within the series, the character was removed from the core cast after a strange storyline involving a serial killer known as “The Gormogon” (Laurence Todd Rosenthal). While Zack’s departure was deeply unfortunate, Bones attempted to make up for his absence through the introduction of various “squintern” characters that could potentially fill his place. Although there were many “squintern” characters introduced that complimented the main characters, Joel David Moore’s role as the unusually demented forensic intern Colin Fisher was interesting in his own right. Of all the “squinterns,” Fisher felt like he had the potential to be a recurring cast member.

A killer book (Dog Soldiers) must hide behind a Credence Clearwater tune. Karel Reisz’s killer movie about the moral residue of Vietnam scores as both drama and action, as disillusioned counterculture smugglers versus corrupt narcotics cops. Just don’t expect it to really have much to say about the Vietnam experience. But hey, the cast is tops — Nick Nolte, Richard Masur, Anthony Zerbe — and the marvelous Tuesday Weld is even better as a pill-soaked involuntary initiate into the pre- War On Drugs smuggling scene.

Who’ll Stop the Rain

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Twilight Time

1978 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 126 min. / Street Date May 16, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95

Starring: Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Richard Masur, Ray Sharkey, Gail Strickland, Charles Haid, David Opatoshu, Joaquín Martínez, James Cranna, Timothy Blake.

Cinematography: Richard H. Kiline

Supervising Film Editor: John Bloom

Original Music: Laurence Rosenthal

Written by Judith Rascoe, Robert Stone...