BONES SEASON 1
This series is about two F.B.I. agents who, together,
use usual and the not-so-usual criminal sleuthing
methods to solve unusual crimes in the Washington
D.C. area!!
Starring two basically unknown actors in the main roles,
this also has several well known guest stars throughout!!
Ryan O'Neal(Love Story), Cindi Lauper(Singer), Eddie
McClintock(Warehouse 13), Andrea Thompson(Babylon 5),
Robert Picardo(Star Trek: DS9, Voyager), Rosalind Chao(Star
Trek: TNG & DS9), Ethan Philips(Star Trek: Voyager),
Denise Crosby(Star Trek: TNG), Robert Foxworth(Star Trek:
Enterprise), Patti Yasutake(Star Trek: TNG), Kirsten
Nelson(Psych), William R. Moses(Perry Mason Movies),
Richard Schiff(West Wing), Ralph Waite(The Waltons),
Adam Baldwin(Independence Day), Ernie Hudson(Ghostbuters),
Freddie Prinze Jr.(Boston Legal), Betty White(Boston Legal,
Golden Girls, Hot in Cleveland), Michael Clark Duncan
(Armageddon, The Scorpion King), Alex Hyde-White(Indiana
Jones & The Lost Crusade), Penny Marshall(Laverne &
Shirley), Robert Englund(Freddy Kruger). And the
supporting cast is very good!!
All-in-all, this is actually pretty good, and interesting!!
EPISODE # 1: PILOT(Sept. 13, 2005):
After an unusual opening that doesn't really have
anything to do with the show, except to introduce
the two major players here, it gets into the meat of
the episode!! A skeleton is found in the lake by the
Jefferson Cemetery and "Bones" is asked to help
find out what happened!!
Turns out the skeleton belonged to a former
lover of a powerful Senator!! A
EPISODE # 2: THE MAN IN THE SUV(Sept. 20, 2005):
This starts out looking like a simple case of terrorism,
but on deeper look there appears to be more to this
story!! A man in a, wait for it------SUV(!) is shown driving
away from the American-Arab Friendship League offices
and stopping in front of a busy block, then the SUV
exploding!! A-
EPISODE # 3: A BOY IN A TREE(Sept. 27, 2005):
A boy is found hanging from a tree at a very exclusive
school!! The assumption was suicide but of course that
is not necessarily the way things really are!! A
EPISODE # 4: THE MAN IN THE BEAR(Nov. 1, 2005):
Well I guess this is pretty obvious, parts of a human
are found inside a dead bear!! The case, try to find
out who, what, where and why!!! A
EPISODE # 5: A BOY IN A BUSH(Nov. 8, 2005):
Again petty obvious, the bones of a young boy are
found in some bushes behind a mall!! There is a
missing boy, and the assumption is that it is him!
Which of course means the usual questions: how,
when, why & who!! A
EPISODE # 6: THE MAN IN THE WALL(Nov. 15, 2005):
While out on the town, the girls start a row and
someone goes through a wall, uncovering a
mummy in a club!! And the crew goes into
their respective roles!! A
EPISODE # 7: THE MAN ON DEATH ROW(Nov. 22, 2005):
A defense attorney(Amy) comes to Seeley about
a case he worked seven years before to ask for
help in trying to get a reprieve on a death sentence
that's to happen in 29 hours!! Seeley of course goes
to the group for help!! A
EPISODE # 8: THE GIRL IN THE FRIDGE(Nov. 29, 2005):
I guess it goes without saying, a girl is found dead
in a refrigerator!!!! And an old professor of Dr.
Temperance shows up and sparks fly!! In more
than one way!! A
EPISODE # 9: THE MAN IN THE FALLOUT SHELTER(Dec. 13, 2005):
During Christmastime, while there are discussions about
the office party and who will and won't be attending, Booth
comes into the office and brings with him a body found
in, you guessed it, a fallout shelter!!! One thing leads to
another and the whole group gets exposed to a biological
contamination!! A very close Christmas indeed, and a very
touching episode!! A
EPISODE # 10: THE WOMAN AT THE AIRPORT(Jan. 25, 2006):
Two stories going on here: there's an ancient skeleton
found that the crew are trying to prove, or not prove
comes from the Iron Age; and there's been some body
parts found near the L.A. Airport that needs identifying!!
Dr. Goodman, Zack, Angela & Jack are investigating the
Iron Age dude, while Booth and Brennan are in L.A.!!
Penny Marshall guest stars in this episode!! A
EPISODE # 11: THE WOMAN IN THE CAR(Feb. 1, 2006):
This looks to be a kidnapping, with a burned body
in a burned out car!! A
EPISODE # 12: THE SUPERHERO IN THE ALLEY(Feb. 8, 2006):
An apparent young boy is found in an ally pretty
mangled up, along with some sort of unusual suit
and a graphic novel!! A
EPISODE # 13: THE WOMAN IN THE GARDEN(Feb. 15, 2006)
A gang banger is stopped and a decomposed body is
found in the trunk of his car!! Some usual sleuthing
digs up another skeleton!! A
EPISODE # 14: THE MAN ON THE FAIRWAY(Mar. 8, 2006):
A private plane crashes on a golf course!! The plane had
five dignitaries of various types, and it appears a sixth
person on the ground was also a victim, but not necessarily
from the plane crash!! A
EPISODE # 15: TWO BODIES IN THE LAB(Mar. 15, 2006):
This one is more about who's out to kill Brennan, who's
trying to find out who killed a woman dredged out of a
lake wearing cement boots!!! It's fairly apparent who's
the culprit, but still a good show!! A
EPISODE # 16: THE WOMAN IN THE TUNNEL(Mar. 22, 2006):
A woman who was investigating a society of people
who lived in the tunnels under the street("mole
people") is found dead in the tunnels!! A
EPISODE # 17: THE SKULL IN THE DESERT(Mar. 29, 2006):
A boyfriend of Angela's is missing in the desert, and a
skull is found in the desert!! The crew is called in to
find out the answers!! A
EPISODE # 18: THE MAN WITH THE BONE(Apr. 5, 2006):
A dead man is found with a 300 year old bone of a
finger in his hand!!! The prevailing theory is that it's
from a pirate from the era that buried some treasure
that has never been found!! A
EPISODE # 19: THE MAN IN THE MORGUE(Apr. 19, 2006):
Dr. Brennan is helping with identifying victims of
hurricane Katrina when she blacks out then wakes
up two days later!! She had sent bones to be researched
by the team the days she blacked out!!! A
EPISODE # 20: THE GRAFT IN THE GIRL(Apr. 26, 2006):
The daughter of FBI Deputy Director Sam Cullen, Amy, has
cancer that apparently stemmed from an operation that
grafted on part of someone's leg to hers!! And that person
had cancer!! This is really very sad!!! A
EPISODE # 21: THE SOLDIER ON THE GRAVE(May 10, 2006):
A burned up body is found on the grave in Arlington
National Cemetery of a friend of Booth, apparently
the sign of a protest of war!! But as usual not all is
as it seems!!! A
EPISODE # 22: THE WOMAN IN LIMBO(May 17, 2006):
While preparing for a case in court, Brennan notices
that the team is working on another case!! This turns
out to be her mother!!! A
SPECIAL FEATURES:
ALL ON DISC 4:
SIDE 1
SQUINTS:
An overview of all the characters!!
THE REAL DEFINITION:
Definitions of some of the terminology used
in the show!
SIDE 2:
BONES - INSPIRED BY THE LIFE OF
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST AND
AUTHOR KATHY REICHS:
Talking with the author, director and
actress about the series!
CHARACTER PROFILES:
A synopsis of each of the characters
in text form!!
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
I love this show so much. It's so intelligent
and unlike anything you've seen before. You've
seen cop shows, you've seen crime shows, but
you've never seen a show where the bones are
the key to solving the mystery. With an array of
crimes, pretty much all involving murder, but you
can't be surprised, how can they solve crimes with
bones if nobody's dead? There are many different
main plots, going throughout the entire season.
There's Gormagon, The Gravedigger, Pelant and
many others. With gripping stories, love, loss and
babies, Bones has everything you could ever want.
Overall, I give this show a 9 out of 10. - Taylor Kingston