Bones
Summary
Over its 12 seasons , Bonesproduced a whopping 246 episodes , but the best ones resist out from the crowd . Bonesfollows forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance " Bones " Brennan ( Emily Deschanel ) and F.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth ( David Boreanaz ) as they conflate their skills to take on a raw case each week . In some way , Bonesis a classic procedural drama , but the strange relationship between the two fundamental characters is very original . The elaborated forensic psychoanalysis is a playfulness fillip , but the show always maintains focus on the characters and how they react to being placed in dangerous position .
The show was so popular that even 246 installment was not enough for some , and there has been unrelenting speculation about aBonesrevival . If the mould and crew recurrence , they can attend back on their best episodes as a monitor of what makes the show great . Bonesis at its good when the baddie are just as compelling as the heroesand the show becomes punishing to presage . Some of the most memorable episodes throw the team into danger as they become personally involved in the cases . Even if a reboot never happen , the good instalment ofBonesare as thrilling today as when they first air .
10"The Widow’s Son In The Windshield"
Season 3, Episode 1
" The Widows Son in the Windshield " begins with the shocking image of a human skull unload from an overpass and getting lodge in a car windshield . Eventually , the investigation uncovers that the skull belonged to a violinist who appears to have been the dupe of cannibalism , and Booth finds an hugger-mugger vault fill with human remains and occult artifacts . " The Widow ’s Son in the Windshield " first introducesthe Gormogon , one of the most interesting killer inBones , and his learner is a haunt window into the ritualized cannibalistic society he make . The episode is also notable because it bring out Clark , one ofBrennan ’s interns onBones .
9"The Bullet In The Brain"
Season 6, Episode 11
The Gravedigger was one ofBones’most memorable villains , burying her victims alive and demanding a ransom money for their release . " The Bullet in the mastermind " promises to show her in court once again , as she ’s set up to have her final appealingness after being doom to death . However , she is killed by a sniper on her way of life to the courthouse , and the team have to investigate her murder . Even thoughBonesdeals with a lot of bodies,“The hummer in the Brain " stands out as particularly graphical , with a adult female being found in an advanced country of decomposition in a bathtub .
8"The Man In The Morgue”
Season 1, Episode 19
In " The Man in the Morgue , " Brennan travels to New Orleans to help identify victim of Hurricane Katrina . However , she finds herself at the center of a murder investigation when she wake up in her hotel way covered in rake with no retentiveness of the previous day . Booth comes down to assist her in the probe , and the duet journey into the mystical creation of voodoo . " The Man in the Morgue"throws the logic - driven Brennan into an environs ruled by dark sorcery and religious mysticism , and there are times when it becomes extremely difficult to sort facts from fiction . Even Brennan is forced to question her artlessness in the slip .
" The Man in the Morgue " benefits from Giancarlo Esposito ’s terrific performance as Benoit , one of theworst criminals inBones .
7"The Pain In The Heart"
Season 3, Episode 15
" The Pain in the Heart " picks up where the late instalment leave off , with Booth being shot in the chest . Booth wangle his own death , but this do a rift in his family relationship with Brennan . " The Pain in the Heart " brings the Gormogon back , but the investigation turns toward the team at the Jeffersonian , and nobody knows who can be confide . Brennan and Zack ’s relationship is always extremely unequaled , as they find a portion of common ground even when others do n’t understand them . Therefore , Zack ’s betrayal note one of the show ’s most emotional moment , and his loss send shock waves through the rest of the team .
6"The Crack In The Code"
Season 7, Episode 6
5"The Woman In Limbo"
Season 1, Episode 22
TheBonesseason 1 finale digs into Brennan ’s backstory when she get word that her mother is bushed . Booth opens up a execution investigation , and Brennan has to calculate with the verity that her parents were n’t who she think they were . She even finds out that her real name is Joy Keenan . The sequence reveals a destiny about Brennan ’s past , but italso usher how much Booth deal about her — and it hint at their future relationship together . Season 1 ofBonesends on a high , and " The Woman in Limbo " remains one of thehighest - range episode ofBones , even after 12 seasons .
4"The Man In The Fallout Shelter"
Season 1, Episode 9
" The Man in the Fallout Shelter " was anearly reading ofBones’great potential . The Christmas episode come across the squad have to quarantine together in the lab after biologic contamination sets off the detectors . The team overtake the fourth dimension by lick a case together , one about a humankind who was shot in a fallout shelter in the fifties . Spending so much time in close quarters on Christmas also take the team nigher together , as they endeavor to ease each other . " The Man in the Fallout Shelter " offers a great mixed bag of crime - solving and character development . It ’s a very strange Christmas instalment , but it still focuses on family and kindness .
3"The Doctor In The Photo"
Season 6, Episode 9
Brennan always approaches case from a logical and calculated perspective , but she ca n’t help getting emotionally invested in " The Doctor in the Photo , " as she identifies with the victim . The team investigates the character of a brilliant surgeon get hold with multiple crack in her skull , and each new contingent about her life mirrors Brennan ’s experiences , include her clinical personality . " The Doctor in the Photo " is a masterful story of quality development , asBrennan learn that sometimes it helps to let her emotion get involved . The team is only able to crack the font thanks to her agreement of the victim ’s mental state .
2"Aliens In A Spaceship"
Season 2, Episode 9
" Aliens in a Spaceship " features one of thebest cold opens in the integrality ofBones , as Brennan finds herself in a car with a badly crush Hodgins . The sequence then jumps 48 hour back in time and follows the team as they enquire the Gravedigger . " Aliens in a starship " is one of the most thrilling episodes ofBones , as Brennan and Hodgins have to adjudicate and solve their own snatch from a tomb . The span constitute an vivid bond when face with their own impending deaths , but their combined brain is enough to serve them bunk .
1"The Nightmare Within The Nightmare"
Season 11, Episode 22.
In the honorable episode ofBones , the squad is confronted by the Puppeteer , a sadistic sequent killer who lives with the bushed bodies of his victims for day before cast away of them . Brennan struggles with guilt feelings , believing she should have stopped the Puppeteer rather , and the case takes a overweight psychological toll on her . Her constant nightmares shift the tone of the installment toward revulsion . The remainder of the installment drops a thunderbolt before the final season , as Zack ’s cheek peers out from the trace , marking his first appearance since time of year 3.Bonesprobably peak earlier than season 11 , but " The Nightmare Within the Nightmare " is an unchallenged classic .
