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When you've got 23 crime novels as source material, you might think that writing a show would be as easy as just copying the books as closely as possible. But "Bones," which is based on forensic anthropologist Dr. Kathy Reichs' Temperance Brennan book series, is a lot more than a straightforward adaptation. The novel series began in 1997 with "Deja Dead," and follows the career of forensic scientist Temperance "Bones" Brennan, whose namesake also leads the show. Temperance is, in turn, based on the life and experiences of Reichs (who had a sneaky cameo in "Bones" season 2), but the show itself deviates significantly from the books, introducing a whole new cast of characters and storylines.

"Bones" ran for a full 12 seasons from 2005 to 2017, with most episodes introducing new mysteries for Emily Deschanel's Temperance Brennan and David Boreanaz's FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth to solve — with help from the "squinterns" at the Jeffersonian Institute.

By the time "Stargate Sg-1" was cancelled by the Sci-Fi channel in 2007, "Bones" had been on the air for two years. That show's creator, Hart Hanson, had worked on "Sg-1" back when it was first getting started and it seems he took several lessons from his time on the cult classic sci-fi series.

After Roland Emmerich's "Stargate" became a box office hit in 1994, "Sg-1" was created to continue the story of the titular crew, and Hanson penned one episode for the first season back in 1997, before departing the show altogether. As the series drew to a close, Hanson was overseeing a much different show in "Bones," which began airing in 2005. The offbeat procedural paired the intellectual, socially awkward Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) with the fully grown jock that was FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz). Through an incongruous mix of humor and horror alongside an effortless chemistry between the two series leads,...

For a seasoned "Bones" fan, it may seem like a travesty to condense Hart Hanson's 246-episode series into just five examples. The undeniable charm of Emily Deschanel's Temperance Brennan, David Boreanaz's Seeley Booth, and the rest of the show's colorful characters is at its best when the viewer experiences their entire arcs, after all. Still, there's no denying that every series has casual viewers, and many people will no doubt want to find out what all the buzz around the show is about -- especially with a "Bones" revival seeming more likely than ever right now.

To this end, I've picked what, to me, are the five quintessential "Bones" episodes that even the most casual procedural drama fan will want to check out. Some of these episodes are there for the lore, others because of their particular placement in the series, and others still simply because they're damn fine hours of TV.

Network television has had no shortage of shocking TV character deaths. Some have been satisfying and earned, some have been brutal and unexpected. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg, not even exploring which characters were almost killed off but weren’t. For the show Bones, one character’s journey almost ended much sooner. On Boneheads, the Bones podcast hosted by cast members Emily Deschanel and Carla Gallo, guest star Tamara Taylor reveals her character Cam Saroyan was actually meant to be killed off. The fact, not even known to her fellow cast members.

She explains the conversation that went on behind the scenes. “'So, you're doing so well,' and I said 'thank you' 'and you're doing so well the fans are loving you' which was like 'thank you' 'we're gonna have to kill you',” says Taylor. Deschanel and Gallo both gasp. Taylor explains that she was...

We've heard the song and dance before: there's a lot of lines, a lot of canon, and a lot of history to keep stored up in the noggin when you've been on a hit television show. Gilmore Girls' Lauren Graham has talked many times about this when fans approach her with niche lines. With a show like the Fox crime drama Bones, the same can be said, at least for one of the actresses. Tamara Taylor, who played Cam Saroyan, recently joined hosts Emily Deschanel and Carla Gallo on the Boneheads Podcast, and Taylor was reminded by Deschanel of a guest star that has gone on to make sinfully good strides in Hollywood. Sinners star Michael B. Jordan briefly guest starred on the hit crime drama in Season 5.

On the podcast, Deschanel says, "Your daughter on the show dated Michael B. Jordan." Taylor, perplexed, asks, "She got to date Michael B.

Things might not have worked out all that well for "Suits LA," which was cancelled after one season despite the success of its mothership series. But make no mistake, we are still very much in the age of newstalgia, a streaming trend that's as simple as taking something popular from a bygone era and presenting it to modern audiences as if it were new.

"Bones" might not seem as though it belongs to a bygone time, as the show only wrapped up in 2017. But not only is that almost a decade ago, things have changed pretty dramatically since then. What's more, "Bones" debuted all the way back in 2005, meaning there's a whole TV-watching generation who have no recollection of a time when the show was dominating network TV. Heck, there's a whole generation that doesn't remember network TV, so "Bones" is very much prime newstalgia fodder.

Sadly, a "Bones" revival...

There’s an older John Mulaney bit that’s always resonated with me. The bit starts with Mulaney joking about what can and cannot be said on network television before pivoting to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. There, he says, you’ll hear the nastiest dialogue about “fecal matter” and “ear canals” ever spoken, all at 11 Am. Anyone who grew up in the heyday of network television, especially procedural television, knows exactly what Mulaney is talking about. The X-Files had gnarlier scares than most horror movies released during the series’ run.

Those scares often came from the least likely sources, too. Sure, I’ve written about network sitcoms’ scariest episodes, but if you want the good stuff, you’ve got to go procedural. One of the best there is featured some of the nastiest, gooiest gore you’ve likely ever seen, on network television or otherwise. Sure, viewers were...

On the hit TV series "Bones," FBI Agent Seeley Booth, played by David Boreanaz, is presented as a down-to-earth, kind of blue-collar law enforcement officer. He is the pragmatist and the realist of the show's central pair, giving the ultra-cerebral "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) someone to bounce ideas off of. She approaches a murder victim with curiosity, while Booth explains things out loud in more humane terms. Dramatically, he serves as a translator of Bones' medical jargon. Before working for the FBI, Booth was an Army Ranger, where he worked as a sniper.

The dynamic between Bones and Booth was enough to carry "Bones" through 246 episodes throughout its 12 seasons. The show was reminiscent of numerous other hit police procedurals ("NCIS" and the like), but with a whimsical horror/comedy bent, largely thanks to its extreme gore and kooky explanations for the murders at hand. The central dynamic also reminded some viewers of "The X-Files,...

Technically, "Bones" ended in 2017 after 12 seasons. In practice, however, the Fox procedural has never really gone anywhere. Much of it is thanks to the deliberately open-ended ending that explains what happens to Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) and Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) but makes clear that both are still absolutely available for crime fighting in the future. There's also the matter of the oft-reported news about the show's potential return. In fact, a "Bones" revival seems more likely than ever right now, and Boreanaz even has the perfect pitch to bring the series back.

Against this backdrop, it seems strange that "Bones" ever ended in the first place. However, this may very well be a case of "you don't know what you have until it's gone," because when they were still making the series, the "Bones" cast and crew were talking about it ending years before the show actually aired its finale.

Tiva fans, your ship is breaking the internet. NCIS: Tony & Ziva, in the week that the trailer for the upcoming Paramount+ series has been out, is breaking records for the franchise. According to Deadline, across multiple platforms, the trailer for the Cote De Pablo and Michael Weatherly series has raked in a whopping 93 million and counting views. This includes 26.5 million across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, as well as 13 million on digital, including Paramount+, and the rest through broadcast. The trailer was the first in-depth look at the highly anticipated Paramount+ series that will follow NCIS characters Tony Dinozzo and Ziva David while they're on the run with their young daughter Tali.

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In the 2000s, several "ships" seemed to dominate the will-they-won't-they dynamic on police procedurals. Tony and Ziva, played by Weathely and De Pablo respectively, were one of them,...

"Bones" might have been off the air for almost a decade, but love for the long-running Fox procedural very much endures. That's not just among fans, either. Stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz have spoken about how they enjoyed working together on "Bones," in which they played forensic scientist Temperance Brennan and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, respectively. What's more, the co-stars have remained sanguine about the possibility of a "Bones" revival and have openly stated their desire to return — though actually getting a "Bones" revival off the ground is more complicated than you might think.

Meanwhile, other former cast members have spoken fondly of their time on the show, including the "squints" or "squinterns." This affectionate name for the interns at the fictional Jeffersonian Institute where Brennan works caught on early in the show's run, and throughout 12 seasons of "Bones," the squints became one of the most integral parts of the series' success.

Emily Deschanel began her career back in 1994 and has appeared in several TV shows and movies. But by far her most memorable and best-known role was as forensic anthropologist Temperance "Bones" Brennan on Fox's offbeat procedural "Bones." Not only did she play the role for 12 straight seasons between 2005 and 2017, but Deschanel also directed one of the most important "Bones" episodes and became a producer on the series around season 4, ensuring she had an element of control over the show that came to define her career. In turn, Deschanel played a large part in defining the series itself, which, after such a long on-air run, is impossible to think about without the actress in the lead role.

There is another woman without whom neither "Bones" nor Temperance Brennan would exist, however: Kathy Reichs. A real-life forensic anthropologist, Reichs used her decades of experience to write a series of mystery novels based around the Brennan character,...

When you play a character for 12 years, there's bound to be some overlap between their fictional life and your own. That's exactly what happened with David Boreanaz and FBI Agent Seeley Booth on "Bones." The off-kilter Fox procedural ran from 2005 to 2017 and clearly Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, who played forensic scientist Temperance Brennan, felt extremely close to their characters and the show overall. In the years since the series went off the air, Boreanaz has seemed eager to return for a "Bones" revival, and has spoken enthusiastically about his positive experiences working alongside Deschanel. But he's also probably just missing Agent Booth as a character. 

Aside from Angel on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the "Angel" spinoff series, Booth is the role for which Boreanaz is most well-known. Clearly the actor himself embraced this, infusing the FBI agent with elements of his own personality as the series went on. Nowhere...

When "Bones" wrapped up in 2017, it had been on the air for a full 12 seasons. As such, there were plenty of potential keepsakes that the cast and crew might have snuck out on their last day. Considering how long the show had been going and how successful it had been, there was every reason for them to do so. Stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel have spoken about working together, remembering it as a positive experience, which it seems they'd be willing to repeat, if their comments on the potential "Bones" revival are anything to go by. In fact, pretty much everybody who worked on the Fox procedural seems to be eager to return, suggesting that the series wasn't just a big success, but a grand old time all around.

As such, you can imagine why the actors would have taken a piece of the show with them back in 2017. For Boreanaz,...

In 2009, Fox created a "Simpsons" scavenger hunt to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the series. It involved hiding Easter eggs and references to the animated sitcom in all of the network's prime-time programs, including "House," "Lie to Me," and "Glee." At the time, Fox's popular procedural "Bones" had been running for four years and was in the midst of its fifth season. As such, it too received the "Simpsons" scavenger hunt treatment, and might have been the show that most successfully paid tribute to Matt Groening's series.

Season 5, episode 7, entitled "The Dwarf in the Dirt," contained multiple nods to "The Simpsons," including a wrestler named Bumblebee Man and a scene at the Jeffersonian Institute that featured an x-ray of Homer Simpson's skull hanging in the background, revealing an alarmingly small brain. The episode also featured a cameo by Homer voice actor Dan Castellaneta, who plays police officer Navarro...

From 2007 to 2014 and across 138 episodes, writer, director, producer, and actor John Francis Daley played Dr. Lance Sweets on "Bones," Hart Hanson's beloved procedural series about forensic anthropologists solving cold cases. Did you know, though, that Daley also wrote one of those episodes?

The season 6 episode "The Truth in the Myth" — which was written by Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein, directed by Chad Lowe, and came out in 2011 — focuses on a case involving a man who worked as a "mythbuster" named Lee Coleman (Leigh McCloskey) who, it's believed, died in some sort of incident with the mythical Chupacabra. After Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and her team keep investigating, they find all sorts of different animal traces on the corpse, including bite marks, scales from reptiles, and hair from mammals, though the pragmatic Bones remains convinced that it's all some sort of hoax.

Bones is, as usual, right. The weird...

"Bones" ran for 12 seasons between 2005 and 2017, and by all accounts, star David Boreanaz mostly had a great time throughout. Heck, Boreanaz has even revealed that he has the perfect pitch for a "Bones" revival, once again speaking to his willingness to return to the show and his positive view of the previous 12 seasons.  There were a few things that the former "Angel" star wasn't a huge fan of however -- one of which involved an aesthetic change that went against what both Booth and Boreanaz were known for.

Ever since Boreanaz broke through with his role as Angel on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" back in 1997, he's been known for his clean-shaven appearance. Despite many a young heartthrob sporting designer stubble through the years, Boreanaz's vampire boyfriend was always more of a clean cut kinda guy, and that continued in his own spin-off, "Angel," which ran from 1999 until 2004. By the time...

We are firmly in the age of "newstalgia," a streaming trend that involves unearthing beloved series and films from the past and presenting them to new generations. It's happened with "Friends" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and countless movies that have been exhumed by Netflix and added to the platform's capacious servers. But this trend doesn't have to involve shows that went off the air decades ago. Take "Suits," for instance, which wrapped up its nine-season run on the USA Network in 2019 before finding renewed success on Netflix just four years later when streaming subscribers went positively "Suits" mad. The same, it seems, could soon be said for "Bones."

Fox's procedural ran for an impressive 12 seasons from 2005 to 2017, and remains popular in the streaming age. The Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz-led series is currently available on Hulu and appears to still be drawing fans, judging by all the talk of a "Bones" revival.

During its run "Bones" was beloved by fans for its off-kilter mix of humor, crime, and horror. Typically, leads Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz would engage in some witty banter immediately before the show unleashed some sort of upsettingly realistic cadaver, which made "Bones" a truly unique experience. The show's graphic corpses were the work of fake body specialists and brothers Kevin and Chris Yagher, who provided bodies, body parts, and all manner of viscera across 12 seasons of "Bones," and at times, they simply went too far.

There was the fresh body on "Bones" that grossed out producer Stephen Nathan, who removed a shot of a detached skull and spine from the season 7 episode "The Crack in the Code," for being "too horrible." Evidently, this particular body was a tad too fresh to be showcased extensively, and if you're not all that familiar with "Bones," that should tell you a lot about the show.

Fox's popular crime procedural "Bones" never hesitated to add a bit of interpersonal drama to its investigations. In fact, on many occasions, the relationships between the show's central characters far overshadowed the case at hand, no matter how bloody and dangerous things got.

The couple that quite rightfully gets the most attention on the show are, of course, forensic pathologist extraordinaire Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz). Much of the series' allure comes from their slow and occasionally turbulent progress from uneasy work partners to one of the most loving and devoted married couples in the history of the procedural drama genre. However, they're hardly the only romantic duo on "Bones," and sometimes, the show's amorous pairings came to be in surprising ways.

One particularly popular "Bones" twosome consists of entomologist-slash-conspiracy theorist Jack Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) and Brennan's best friend, the forensic artist...

Temperance "Bones" Brennan is easily Emily Deschanel's biggest and most well-known role. The Fox procedural became a popular Thursday night hit for the network, running for an impressive 12 seasons, which kept Dr. Brennan and her partner Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) in the public consciousness for more than a decade. But "Bones" provided Deschanel with more than a high-profile starring role. By the time the show wrapped up in 2017, the actor had become a producer on the show and also made her directing debut, helming a particularly important episode in the series' history.

It took a full 11 seasons before Deschanel would get her chance to direct, but when she did finally step into the role, she oversaw the return of a beloved character in the form of Eric Millegan's Zack Addy, who left "Bones" after the third season. That season ended with the Addy being sent to a...

When a series runs for 12 seasons, you'd expect there to be some sort of lingering personal drama keeping the cast and crew from fully embracing the idea of a return. Working alongside the same people for that long just seems as though it would, at some point, have resulted in some conflict that might well have precluded any future reunion. But with "Bones," everybody seems onboard for a revival.

In fact, a "Bones" revival seems more likely than ever right now, with former producers, writers, and actors expressing their desire to return to the show, which ran from 2005 to 2017 on the Fox network. Most importantly, series stars Emily Deschanel, who played forensic scientist Temperance "Bones" Brennan, and David Boreanaz, who played FBI Agent Seeley Booth, have said they'd be open to reprising their roles. Boreanaz, whose CBS/Paramount+ series "Seal Team" wrapped up in October 2024, has confirmed in interviews that...

"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...

With a full 12 seasons, "Bones" had plenty of time to amass a large and passionate fanbase, and ever since the show went off the air in 2017, that fan base has been clamoring for more. The Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz-led procedural built a following with it's off-kilter tone, mixing a lighthearted sensibility with some of the most horrific crime scenes you're ever likely to see on a network show (one fresh body on "Bones" even went too far for producer Stephen Nathan). For some fans, the loss of this offbeat crime series was too much to take, and talk of a reboot or revival has been ongoing ever since 2017.

In that time, we've had some positive and encouraging developments, suggesting that fans might just get what they want. When, how, and with which former actors involved remains unclear, but a "Bones" season 13 certainly seems likely based solely on the...

Bones was a long-running crime dramedy which succeeded because it masterfully blended elements of suspense, action, romance, and comedy. This was particularly evident in their handling of romantic relationships, most notably that between Booth and Bones. However, another fan-favorite couple was that of Jack Hodgins and Angela Montenegro, which apparently had actors T.J. Thyne and Michaela Conlin as advocates behind the scenes.

T.J. Thyne appeared in a segment of an episode of the Boneheads podcast, hosted by series stars Emily Deschanel and Carla Gallo –who played Dr. Temperance Brennan and Daisy Wick–, to discuss the development of his character's romance with Conlin’s and the role they both played in it. When asked about his favorite episode, Thyne responded, "I loved any episode where I got to kiss Michaela. It was like, oh my god, this is amazing. I get to go in and have this incredible experience with a dear friend.

The vindication of a ship getting together is made sweeter when you know it was advocated for by the actors behind it. With the series Bones, of course fans waited seven long seasons for Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) to get together but another couple that stood out for fans was the adorable Angela Montenegro (Michaela Conlin) and Jack Hodgins (T.J. Thyne). The pair would get together, marry, and even have children before the series wrapped up after 12 seasons. On an episode of Boneheadswith Emily Deschanel and Carla Gallo, Thyne joined the pair to talk about his character and also how Angela and Hodgins came to be a couple.

Gallo asked Thyne about his favorite episode, to which he replied, "I loved any episode where I got to kiss Michaela. It was like, oh my god, this is amazing. I get to go...

For a show that featured a lot of death, "Bones" sure did have a lot of heart. A series doesn't run for 12 seasons without an effective emotional core, after all, and "Bones" certainly managed to maintain a soft spot, even as Emily Deschanel's Temperance Brennan and David Boreanaz's Agent Seeley Booth inspected some of the most horrific corpses you've ever seen on TV.

One nice behind-the-scenes aspect of the series to offset the ongoing corpse inspections was the fact that the "Bones" cast often included family members of the stars and the show's creator, Hart Hanson. David Boreanaz's father, Dave Roberts, appeared in an uncredited cameo as an FBI agent, while Hanson's own father, Paul, showed up as a vending machine repairman. But it was during one Christmas episode that we got perhaps the most notable family-member appearance in the series.

Yes, even "Bones," with fake cadavers...

The hit crime drama series Bones turns 20 years old this year, and fans continue to hope that the original stars will one day reunite for a revival. While such a project has yet to officially go into development, Deschanel's latest comments on the possibility are very promising.

These days, Emily Deschanel, who played Temperance Brennan, co-hosts the Bones rewatch podcast, Boneheads, alongside Carla Gallo (Daisy Wick). Speaking about the podcast and the TV series with Brittany Frederick of Cbr, Deschanel and Gallo both made it clear they're up to return for a new series set in the Bones universe. However, as Deschanel also pointed out, it's not a decision that's up to them, otherwise the revival would have already happened.

"I keep bringing it up! We had Tj [Thyne, who played Jack Hodgins] for that premium content, and I was like, okay, Tj, would you do a reboot? And he was like yeah,...

Fox's Bones was one of the most popular TV crime dramas for 12 seasons, and no one knows that better than stars Emily Deschanel and Carla Gallo, who played Temperance Brennan and Daisy Wick respectively. They've been giving the show a second look through their Bones rewatch podcast Boneheads. In each episode, Carla and Emily share their on-set perspectives about each episode -- as well as their honest opinions.

In an interview with Cbr, the duo spoke about why they launched Boneheads with Lemonada Media, and what makes it stand out amongst the other TV rewatch podcasts. They also discussed what they've enjoyed about bringing their off-screen friendship to a podcast audience. Plus, as they look back at the success of Bones, has that piqued their interest in the idea of a Bones revival on TV?

Cbr: What interested you in doing a Bones rewatch podcast to begin with? Were you...

The action drama Tracker has been a hit for CBS since its premiere in 2024. It stars Justin Hartley in the lead role as Colter Shaw, taught to be a survivalist by his father and now making his living as a "rewardist." Traveling all over the U.S. in his airstream, Colter works with private citizens and law enforcement to locate missing people in exchange for reward money. Based on Jeffrey Deaver's 2019 bestselling novel The Never Game and developed for TV by Ben H. Winters, Tracker has all the makings of a long-lasting network series. Its first season topped CBS ratings as the most-watched scripted series with an average of over eight million viewers per episode, and the second season kept the ball rolling with the most-watched premiere of the 2024-25 broadcast season. But should it be worried by accusations of plagiarism?

Meet the Cast of 'Tracker'

While...

Time is a tricky thing. As it passes, things change, and sometimes what that means is that a piece of pop culture doesn't hold up quite as well as one might hope. According to one of the original stars of Hart Hansen's hit procedural series "Bones," some elements of the show haven't really held up over the years.

The comments came on the rewatch podcast "Boneheads," hosted by Carla Gallo (who played Jeffersonian intern Daisy Wick in "Bones") and Emily Deschanel (who played the lead role of author and forensic anthropologist Temperance "Bones" Brennan). On an episode that released back in September 2024, Deschanel said that she has some misgivings rewatching the show. "I would say it makes you reflect on how it was a different time," Deschanel mused. "There were some not-cool representations and some stereotypes, things to apologize for. But otherwise it is a total trip down memory lane.

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Castle is a police procedural mystery crime comedy-drama series created by Andrew W. Marlow. The ABC series follows Richard Castle, a popular mystery novelist who becomes a consultant and works together with NYPD homicide detective Kate Beckett to solve several complex murder cases to get inspiration for his next book. Castle stars Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Molly C. Quinn, Jon Huertas, Tamala Jones, Seamus Dever, and Penny Johnson Jerald. So, if you loved the thrilling mysteries, entertaining comedy-drama, and compelling characters in Castle, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Based on the Temperance Brennan novels by Kathy Reichs, 2005's Bones focuses on the forensics anthropologist of the same name. With expertise in solving crimes by examining the bones of victims, Brennan is surrounded by a wide cast of characters, from her best friend, Angela, to her love interest, Booth. While the show maintains a generally upbeat tone, it also has a long list of tragedies – including the death of Vincent Nigel-Murray – a fan-favorite recurring character.

Bones focuses on Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan as she, through her work as a forensic anthropologist for the Jeffersonian Institute, aids the FBI in murder investigations. Examining a victim's remains with a remarkably keen eye and brilliant recollection of facts allows...

Hart Hanson's procedural series "Bones" was never a runaway hit for Fox, but thanks to its devoted fan base it had a high Nielsen ratings floor, which made it one of the network's most reliable shows over its 12-year run. Viewers dug its out-there plotlines and, of course, the will-they-or-won't-they chemistry between forensic genius Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) -- something that spilled over to the supporting players, who struck up romantic sparks of their own (most notably between Michelle Conlin's Angela Montenegro and T.J. Thyne's Jack Hodgins).

Indeed, "Bones" had a deep bench of supporting characters who were immensely appealing, so it's kind of surprising that Hanson and Fox never managed to generate a spinoff series for one or more of them. Surely, they could've taken a chance on one of the series' squinterns? Okay, there was "Bones: Skeleton Crew...

The ending of "Bones" in 2017 wrapped up a highly successful 12-season run that balanced relationship drama, comedy, and grim procedural plot arcs in a way few other shows have managed to do. After years of investigating some of the worst crimes in fiction, the Fox show's personable cast of characters walked into the sunset with full intention to keep up the good work, which is why fans have been clamoring for Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) and Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) to return for "Bones" season 13 since the show ended. They're not the only ones, either. Both Deschanel and Boreanaz are open to a "Bones" return, and the latter even has the perfect pitch for a "Bones" revival (should the opportunity arise).

Still, these things take time. While fans are waiting for more information about the series' possible return at some point down the line, it would sure be nice to...

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Before he was the star of a hit streaming series, Jack Reacher was trekking his way around the United States in Lee Child's novels. The British author created his hero as a lone-wolf former military policeman with a penchant for a nomadic, minimalist lifestyle. While the character is known for being a loner, across what is now 29 Jack Reacher books, Child's hero has met and teamed up with all manner of cohort, acquaintance, and ally.

That's the same for the streaming series, too, with "Reacher" season 3 — based on the best Jack Reacher novel — following the titular ex-Army officer as he teams up with DEA agent Susan Duffy (the best thing to happen to "Reacher" in some time) to take down a dodgy rug import business. Previously, the show has seen Reacher join forces with a local police department,...

The independent thriller “Candlewood” has secured a video-on-demand distribution deal with Mill Creek Entertainment.

Following the film’s limited theatrical release on March 6, the film will be available to stream on platforms including Apple/iTunes, Amazon Prime Video and Google Play beginning March 11.

“We are thrilled to partner with the creative minds behind ‘Candlewood’ to bring this thrilling movie to audiences across the U.S. and Canada,” Mill Creek Entertainment’s senior VP of content acquisition Jeff Hayne said in a statement. “Its powerful storytelling and captivating performances are sure to resonate with viewers, and we are proud to offer it on digital platforms for a wider audience to experience and enjoy.”

Starring Joel Bryant, Lisann Valentin and Jeffrey Alan Solomon, “Candlewood” tells the suspenseful story of a blended family who buy a house in a backwoods hamlet. After a deadly urban legend turns out to be true, the family...

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Any fan of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels, or Prime Video's TV adaptation "Reacher," knows that Jack is a lone wolf. The itinerant former military police officer's entire Mo is wandering the United States, ostensibly because he enjoys the nomadic lifestyle. During these wanderings he is frequently drawn into all manner of precarious situations where he must rely on his pre-eminent skills to right some awful injustice or bring down some criminal organization. As the archetypal American action hero, Reacher is pretty adept at winning the day and coming out on top, but that doesn't mean he doesn't need help from time to time.

Child's hero is frequently helped by former members of the 110th Special Investigators, Reacher's former military police unit. Most notably, his close ally Frances Neagley often provides a helping hand, joining Reacher on numerous...

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For 12 seasons, "Bones" was a solid competitor for the title of the most enticing forensic procedural out there -- which is saying something, considering how many shows are vying for the title. Emily Deschanel's Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, David Boreanaz's FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, and their respective colleagues that grew into something resembling a family managed to simultaneously tug viewers' heartstrings while delivering the drama and thrills audiences expect from a crime-solving drama.

All good things come to an end, though, and even "Bones" respected this old adage with its final season. The show that thrived on crimes and anthropology ultimately -- and extremely appropriately -- ended by taking a long, hard look at its core aspects and learning from them, delivering a finale for the ages. Let's take a closer look at the show's ending, and how its main characters fared throughout it all.

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Show business is in actor Zooey Deschanel's blood—both of her parents are in the business, as is her sister, Emily Deschanel, best known for her role in the drama series, Bones. Zooey made her film debut at just 19 years old, and she's worked consistently since then and has built a reputation around playing quirky characters. She's perhaps best-known for starring in the sitcom, New Girl, and she has a number of projects currently in the works. She's also had a successful career as a musician in the indie duo She & Him.

Though it lasted an impressive 12 seasons, the offbeat Fox procedural thriller "Bones" was never one of television's highest-rated shows. Created by Hart Hanson, the hour-long premiered in the fall of 2005 and didn't find its loyal fan base until it moved to Thursday nights at 8 Pm during its fourth season. By this point, the chemistry between Emily Deschanel's forensics genius Temperance Brennan and David Boreanaz's FBI agent Seeley Booth was crackling, while much of the supporting cast could be deployed in a variety of ways to keep the show from falling into a samey rut. Hanson, the writers, and the casting department had created an embarrassment of riches for "Bones," and thus it would remain until the series concluded its run in 2017.

Getting to the point of that fourth season required a good deal of imaginative plotting that kept viewers on their toes without betraying what they liked about the series and,...

The police procedural Bones follows the socially awkward but ingenious forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and her team as they work with charismatic FBI agent Seely Booth (Davide Boreanaz) to solve crimes. Brennan and Booth initially clash, bickering about everything from procedure to philosophy. However, opposites attract, and their chemistry evolves into a romance.

While the majority of the show follows an episodic format, the program also features series and season-long arcs. These longer storylines tend to deal with Booth and Brennan's developing relationship, Brennan's complex family history, or cases involving multiple murders. Bones typically ends its season with some major milestone or emotional adventure that addresses one of these story arcs.

Season 4 Ends With An Extended Dream Sequence Episode Title: "The End in the Beginning"

The final episode of Season 4 sees Booth undergoing emergency brain surgery. Rather than reveal the results of that surgery off the bat, the...

These days, many a beloved network series is being given the streaming age reboot treatment. Kelsey Grammer pulled off a full "Frasier" revival series which was, lamentably, neither disappointing nor remarkable. Meanwhile, NBC ordered a "Suits" spin-off, "Suits: LA" which will see the show that experienced a remarkable Netflix renaissance in recent years revitalized for a new generation. All of which has only heightened anticipation for a "Bones" reboot.

The Fox procedural, led by Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, ran for 12 seasons from 2005 to 2017, and maintained a devoted following throughout. With renewed interest in resurrecting series just like this, talk of a "Bones" reboot has increased, though such a thing would be complicated given Disney's 2019 acquisition of Fox. If a "Bones" revival does come to pass, however, it would at least give series creator Hart Hanson a chance to address one of the most frustratingly nonsensical aspects of the original series.

It’s no secret that Fox’s Boneswas and is the oddball of crime-fighting procedurals. The unexpectedly funny show dominated airwaves for twelve astounding years, and it’s still earning new fans. However, like any show, it had its moments. There are only so many new ideas, after all. While other procedurals are known for their grisly realism, Bones opted for a character-driven narrative. That’s not to say it’s a bad show; it’s a unique gem in its own league of American television. Still, like anything else, it eventually grew stale. Its second season earned an astounding 9.4 million average viewers per episode, yes. But the following season saw a small but considerable dip to 8.9 million viewers.

That’s around 600,000 lost viewers per episode. It’s not a world-shattering viewership dip, but no showrunner wants to see a ratings slump. Other procedurals may have responded by shaking up...

The police procedural Bones follows the professional and romantic partnership of Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Seely Booth (David Boreanaz). Brennan, a genius forensic anthropologist, and Booth, a charismatic FBI agent, go from heated rivals to a happily married couple, catching murderers along the way. The pair is regularly aided by Brennan's team of coworkers at the Jeffersonian Institute.

Bones blends comedy and romance, filling its characters with quirks and sending its investigators on oddball cases. But that doesn't mean it can't be serious. Booth and Brennan have gone toe-to-toe with truly chilling serial killers and the show delivers them more than their fair share of traumatic moments. The series is at its best when it balances these elements to create episodes centered on interesting cases that underline the characters' core relationships and have a lasting impact on the narrative.

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Part of the reason "Bones" lasted as long as it did was because of its unique blend of humor and drama. The show ran for 12 seasons, showcasing throughout an incongruous but somehow charming mix of humorous banter between its characters with some pretty horrific crime scenes and depraved serial killers. But while the humor and the horror were two separate elements, in a way the grotesque bodies on "Bones" were sort of part of the comedy.

Some of the fake corpses made for the show were beyond things you might see in an all-out horror film. There were fresh bodies on "Bones" that even went too far for the show's producers, and one particular body had Zack Addy actor Eric Millegan extra grossed out. These are just two examples from a show filled with some of the most absurdly detailed gore yet seen on a network show. There was even...

No two procedurals are created equal, but the beloved Fox series "Bones" is especially unique, focusing on just one specialty within forensic science. Unlike Dexter Morgan's blood-splatter analysis on "Dexter" or the more traditional forensic pathology of shows like "CSI," Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and her team deal almost exclusively with, well, bones! Dr. Brennan is a forensic anthropologist at the fictional Jeffersonian Institute, based on the real-life Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., and she uses her skills at identifying information about bodies through their bones to help the FBI solve crimes. "Bones" is based on the Temperance Booth books by former real-life forensic pathologist Kathy Reichs, who infused her own personal knowledge into the books and therefore the series — but how accurate is the science, really?

While Reichs is a producer on the series, the writers took some ideas in wildly unrealistic directions and there are a...

Solving crimes for the FBI using forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, Bones is a crime drama that was very popular during its over-a-decade run. Over the course of 12 seasons, fans watched as Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) to Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) dove into case files revolving around human remains, solving the mysteries using nothing more than bones to learn what happened to the victims. While Bones is a great series to re-watch, there are others out there that include similar themes, characters, and narratives, including the exploration of their lives outside of work.

Emily Deschanel is by far most famous for her starring role as forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan on the hit police procedural, Bones, which is how she amassed most of her impressive net worth. Deschanel played the beloved and unique Dr. Bones for 12 seasons. She also has several film credits to her name including Cold Mountain and Boogeyman, and Deschanel even had a cameo in Spider-Man 2. However, most fans will agree that Bones is by far Deschanel's best role, especially thanks to her chemistry with co-lead David Boreanaz.

Despite their on-screen spark, Deschanel and Boreanaz were never romantically involved behind the scenes. But Deschanel found love with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia actor and writer David Hornsby. The couple married in 2010 and together they have two sons, born in 2011 and 2015. Deschanel is also the older sister of New Girl star Zooey Deschanel, and their parents are cinematographer Caleb and actress Mary Jo Deschanel.