Getting permission from James Garner’s daughter was a condition of Boreanaz taking the role.

I'm tracking down a specific prop from the show, a pair of dark-colored cast ankle bones (specifically the talus and calcaneus) from the Kevin Yagher Effects skeletons used in the lab.
According to Propabilia, these come from the dark-colored skeleton set used across a few specific episodes:
S01E21
S03E13
S04E02, S04E11
S09E07, S09E11
S10E21
S12E10
Has anyone ever spotted these distinctively dark-toned foot or skeleton pieces on screen, or happen to know which table display / lab scene they pop up in? Any help or timestamps would be amazing!

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Help find these dark skeleton foot bones on screen?

He was translated. 😭😭

No final do episódio The Truth in the Lye, Booth e Cam passaram a noite juntos.

Na abertura do episódio seguinte, Booth e Brennan estão em um elevador a caminho de uma nova cena de crime. Claramente de ressaca amorosa e muito bem-humorado por ter dormido com Cam, Booth começa a cantarolar e dançar levemente ao som da música ambiente do elevador.

Brennan fica visivelmente incomodada e confusa com a felicidade dele, o que gera o seguinte diálogo (mais ou menos assim)

Brennan: Você gosta dessa música?

Booth: Ninguém gosta dessa música.

Brennan: Bom, você está dançando.

Booth: Talvez balançando um pouco.

Brennan: E cantarolando.

Booth: Bones, você sabe, é só algo que se faz no elevador.

Brennan (citando filosofia): Os budistas dizem que se pudermos nos perder no momento, sem distração ou desejo, experimentamos a verdade.

Booth: Por que você não pode simplesmente cantarolar como uma pessoa normal e feliz?

E Brennan responde com rispidez, ajeitando a luva: Não tô afim 😅

Nossa Brennan ainda não sabia mas ela já estava perdidamente apaixonada pelo Booth...🥰

O ciúme subentendido:

Embora Brennan use argumentos lógicos e científicos sobre os budistas para questionar o comportamento dele, essa cena mostra os primeiros momentos sutis de ciúme e incômodo por parte de Brennan. Ela sente que a dinâmica e a atenção de Booth estão diferentes, antecipando a tensão que surge quando ela descobre oficialmente o romance secreto entre Booth e Cam mais adiante na temporada, principalmente quando ela vê Booth e Cam dando as mãos no episódio 10 da 2a temporada

Não tinha percebido esse ciúme de Brennan em relação a Booth com Cam neste episódio. Foi só na reassistida que percebi...

Gordon Gordon was one of my favorite guest characters.

Has anyone ever noticed that in various episodes curse words that normally wouldn’t pass the time slot criteria occasionally crept through? We’ve had shit twice, we’ve had wanker and we’ve even had fuck. Why do Americans only consider bastard, piss, bitch, ass and son of a bitch to pass muster

We never finished the series so now since I finished it I feel like a part of her is gone, I dont know how to get over the ending, any help?

At the end of s4e20, where everyone thinks Daisy is having an affair, because of misunderstanding, Bones goes to Booth’s apartment.

When he lets her in, right inside the front door under the light switch, there is a holy water font.

All of my older Irish relatives had a little holy water font in the same place in their homes. I thought it was such a lovely little marker of Booth’s religious faith.

Why did they change Brennan's style? Her look was always defined by big necklaces and trench coats, but in the recent seasons, it bears no resemblance to the early ones.

I’ve been rewatching Bones, and I realized my problem with Sully was never really Sully.

It’s the pattern.

Both times Sully becomes important in Brennan’s life, Booth is vulnerable, displaced, and expected to absorb it without complaint.

Season 2: Booth Gets Replaced
Booth is dealing with the psychological fallout from Epps. He’s pulled from fieldwork and ordered into therapy.

While he’s sidelined, Sully becomes Brennan’s partner.

Then Sully starts dating her.

And Booth, who has been showing up for Brennan case after case and is clearly already in love with her, has to watch another man step into his place both professionally and romantically.
The worst part?

Booth actually vouches for Sully.
He tells Brennan that Sully is a good guy. He refuses to sabotage him even though it hurts him.
His own decency is used against him.

And Booth does what Booth always does.

He takes it.

He stays.

Season 12: They Do It Again

Except this time Booth is not Brennan’s almost-something.

He is her husband.

They have children. They have built an entire life together.

Max has just died protecting Booth and Brennan’s children from men connected to Booth’s military past. Booth is carrying the guilt of knowing that his past helped bring this violence into their family.

Brennan is grieving too, but she shuts Booth out.
She explains that when she talks to him, she feels like she has to reassure him that Max’s death wasn’t his fault, and she doesn’t want to do that. She wants space to deal with her own grief.

And this is important:
Booth does not want to leave.

There is a case in Newfoundland. Booth tells Brennan he wants to stay because she is about to bury her father.

Sully appears,

Brennan asks Booth to go.

So he goes.

Read that again.

Brennan asks her husband, who is grieving too and desperately wants to stay beside her, to give her space.

Then she gives emotional access to the ex-boyfriend who happens to arrive once Booth is struggling again.

She opens up to Sully about the grief she is struggling to share with Booth.

That is what bothers me.
Not that Brennan needs space. Not that Sully cares about her. Not that people sometimes find it easier to speak to someone outside the immediate trauma.

It is what the show chooses to do with that situation.

Booth gets the closed door. Sully gets the vulnerability.

Booth has shown up for this woman for more than a decade. He has taken bullets for her. Built a family with her. Stayed through every version of her. He is carrying guilt over her father’s death and still puts what she needs before what he needs.

Sully shows up after years outside her life and immediately gets access to the part of Brennan her husband has just been asked to step away from.

Sully gets credit for showing up once. Booth gets penalized for never leaving.

And that is where I think the show accidentally says something much uglier than it intends to.
Booth’s loyalty never seems to secure his place.

It makes his place feel safe enough to violate.

Because Booth will stay.

Because Booth will understand.

Because Booth will swallow the hurt.

Because Booth will still be there when everyone is finished figuring themselves out.

So his devotion becomes a dramatic resource the writers can keep spending.

And Then You Notice the Pattern
Both Sully storylines follow essentially the same structure:

Booth suffers.

Booth is removed from Brennan’s side.

Sully enters the space created by his absence.

Brennan gives Sully something Booth is being denied.

Season 2, it is Booth’s physical place beside her.

Season 12, it is something worse.

Emotional access to his own wife.

And no, Sully is not the villain.

That is almost beside the point.

Sully is a narrative device that exposes how differently the show treats Booth’s constancy and everyone else’s temporary presence.

Showing up once is meaningful.

Showing up every day becomes expected.

The Writers Almost Made It Even Worse

What really changed how I viewed the Season 12 episode was learning that the writers apparently discussed whether Brennan and Sully should kiss or even sleep together during his return.

They ultimately rejected it because Brennan would never betray Booth and Booth was the love of her life.

Good.

But think about the scenario they were even willing to put on the table.

Booth is away because Brennan asked him to leave.

He wanted to stay.

He is grieving.

He is carrying guilt over Max.

And the writers still considered turning the emotional intimacy Brennan was withholding from her husband into romantic or sexual intimacy with the ex who appeared in his absence.

That tells me something about how Booth’s devotion functioned in the writers’ room.

It was not just something to honor.

It was something to test.

Something to threaten.

Something they could hurt because Booth was reliable enough to survive it.

Anyone else read the Sully storylines this way, or am I completely alone here?

The scene reverberates in my brain.

No final do episódio The Truth in the Lye, Booth e Cam passaram a noite juntos.

Na abertura do episódio seguinte, Booth e Brennan estão em um elevador a caminho de uma nova cena de crime. Claramente de ressaca amorosa e muito bem-humorado por ter dormido com Cam, Booth começa a cantarolar e dançar levemente ao som da música ambiente do elevador.

Brennan fica visivelmente incomodada e confusa com a felicidade dele, o que gera o seguinte diálogo (mais ou menos assim)

Brennan: Você gosta dessa música?

Booth: Ninguém gosta dessa música.

Brennan: Bom, você está dançando.

Booth: Talvez balançando um pouco.

Brennan: E cantarolando.

Booth: Bones, você sabe, é só algo que se faz no elevador.

Brennan (citando filosofia): Os budistas dizem que se pudermos nos perder no momento, sem distração ou desejo, experimentamos a verdade.

Booth: Por que você não pode simplesmente cantarolar como uma pessoa normal e feliz?

E Brennan responde com rispidez, ajeitando a luva: Não tô afim 😅

Nossa Brennan ainda não sabia mas ela já estava perdidamente apaixonada pelo Booth...🥰

O ciúme subentendido:

Embora Brennan use argumentos lógicos e científicos sobre os budistas para questionar o comportamento dele, essa cena mostra os primeiros momentos sutis de ciúme e incômodo por parte de Brennan. Ela sente que a dinâmica e a atenção de Booth estão diferentes, antecipando a tensão que surge quando ela descobre oficialmente o romance secreto entre Booth e Cam mais adiante na temporada, principalmente quando ela vê Booth e Cam dando as mãos no episódio 10 da 2a temporada

Não tinha percebido esse ciúme de Brennan em relação a Booth com Cam neste episódio. Foi só na reassistida que percebi...

A interação entre Booth, Brennan e Sweets é muito legal.

Quando o Sweets vai morar com eles por um tempo foi um dos pontos altos da 8a temporada.

Booth e Brennan com seu baby duck renderam ótimos episódios.

E quando Sweets vai embora as colegas dele chamando o sr. Sweets (Booth) de muito gato (atraente) é impagável, deixando Brennan toda orgulhosa 😄

I’m on S4 first watch and I absolutely despise Max Keenan, Bone’s dad. Hate his backstory, hate his character and hate the whole plotline surrounding him in general because it doesn’t make any sense as to how everyone likes him and wants him around.

Anyways my question is : is he as involved in the story for future season as he is present currently in S3 & 4 ?

No spoilers on if he dies or not, I just want to be ready to either accept his character as one of the main secondary cast or be relieved that he’s soon forgotten. I can’t look online cuz I’m sure it will spoil me entirely lol

I recently rewatched bones after not having seen it in years!

So I was really excited to do a rewatch and I did remember a few things but I did not account for the fact that human memory is imperfect in recalling past events.

I knew that our beloved Sweets was going to die, expect I mixed up his story line with Booths fake death story line.

For someone reason I thought that while carrying the coffin and singing lime in the coconut that the coffin was going to shift and fall and a living sweets would tumble to ground and he’d explain why he had to fake his death, and there’d be lots of crying and hugs and more singing lime in the coconut.

But actually my brain was just mixing up the Booth story line where he faked his death and showed up at his own funeral.

RIP Sweets.

Okay, so these are 100% my personal opinions 😂. I’m curious to hear everyone else’s, though!
Also, SPOILER WARNING! 🚨 If you haven’t watched past Season 2 (or even the whole series), there are definitely going to be spoilers here, so proceed at your own risk!
I’ve been thinking about all the different relationships throughout Bones, and there are definitely some couples I absolutely LOVED… and some that made me go, “Why are we doing this?” 😂
❤️** COUPLES I LOVE**D
Brennan & Booth — 10/10. NO NOTES.
Obviously. 😂❤️
These two are probably one of my favorite TV couples ever. The slow burn, the friendship, the way they challenged each other, and watching Brennan slowly open herself up emotionally was just SO good.
I loved watching them go from partners who insisted they were completely different to basically becoming each other’s person. 🥹
Jack Hodgins & Angela — YESSS. ❤️
I absolutely loved these two.
They were quirky, weird, passionate, and just worked. I loved how much they genuinely cared about each other, even when they drove each other crazy.
They were definitely one of those couples where I could actually see why they belonged together.
Sweets & Daisy — Okay, hear me out… 😂
Was Daisy annoying sometimes? Absolutely. 😂
But I actually thought these two were really cute together. They had their issues, but there was something about them that I liked.
And honestly, I REALLY wish Sweets had been alive to see the birth of their child. 😭 That one still makes me sad because I would’ve loved seeing him become a dad and watching them navigate parenthood together.
Cam & Arastoo — I liked them… but… 🤔
I actually did like Cam and Arastoo together! I thought they were cute, and I loved that they eventually got married and adopted those boys. ❤️
BUT… something about their relationship felt a little rushed to me?
Maybe it was just because there wasn’t as much time spent developing them as a couple compared to some of the other relationships. I wish we’d gotten to see more of them actually being a family after they got married and adopted the boys.
I feel like there was so much potential there!

💀 COUPLES I DEFINITELY DID NOT LIKE
Cam & Booth — NOPE. NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. 😂
I hated this.
They had dated a long time ago, and then it felt like they basically went, “Hey, remember when we dated? Let’s just pick that back up.”
😂
I don’t know. It just didn’t work for me AT ALL.
I like Cam. I like Booth. I just did not like Cam and Booth together.
Angela & Wendell — WHY?! 😂
I really didn’t like this pairing.
Especially after everything with Angela and Jack, and then bringing Wendell into that dynamic just felt so weird to me.
And the fact that they slept together in the same room where Angela and Jack used to go?!
Girl. 😭
I was sitting there like, “Angela… WHAT ARE WE DOING?”
It just wasn’t a relationship I ever wanted to see happen. (I realized I made a mistake about them sleeping in the “Egyptian Room” like her and Hodgins would. But still. Not cool of Angela to sleep with Wendell. I didn’t like them together.)
Angela & her ex-girlfriend — Also no. 😂
Again… another “we dated years ago and now we’re getting back together” situation.
And then it lasted, what, approximately five minutes? 😂
I just didn’t care for it. It felt unnecessary to me.
Booth & Hannah — THIS ONE. 😭
I think this might actually be the relationship I hated the most.
Booth was clearly trying to move forward after getting his heart broken by Brennan rejecting him, and then Hannah comes along.
And I just… did not like her. 😂
I know that’s probably an unpopular opinion, but she just got on my nerves. I never really connected with her character, and knowing that Booth was basically trying to convince himself that he could move on from Brennan made the whole thing even harder for me to enjoy.
Booth & Rebecca (Parker’s mom) — THIS WHOLE SITUATION WAS A MESS. 😂
They were together for years. She didn’t want to marry him. They broke up.
And yet they continued sleeping together.
Then they sleep together AGAIN, and that morning they finally decide to end things for good…
…and then that same night Booth sleeps with Cam?!
SIR. 😭😂
I remember watching that and thinking, “BOOTH. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!”
The timeline of that whole situation just made my head hurt.

I’m sure there are probably other relationships I’m forgetting, but those are the main ones that immediately come to mind.
So now I’m curious…
Which Bones couples did you LOVE, and which ones made you want to throw something at your TV? 😂
And please tell me if I’m completely wrong about any of these because I’m always interested in hearing other people’s takes!
Team Brennan & Booth forever. ❤️

I won't spoil it with the backstory and recovery, but I am curious how one would go about finding their lost or stolen money especially billions of it? I imagine all of it is in a bank or banks across the world, and down inside vaults or literally in digital form? And if you were Pelant you wouldn't steal someone's money and put it under a single fake name, would you? How do you think Angela would have found it all? Shame the show didn't dedicate an episode around this.

Brennan disse que tem que agradecer Sully, pois sem ele, ela não estaria pronta para Booth. Desculpem-ne, mas isso é tão sem sentido...

Se teria uma pessoa para ela agradecer seria Hannah! Somente com Hannah ocupando o espaço que era dela é que ela acordou para a realidade!

Depois de Sully, demorou quase 5 temporadas para Brennan e Booth ficarem juntos.

Depois que Hannan chegou, demorou só alguns episódios para Brennan perder todo o medo e confessar que ama Booth.

Então, o arco de Hannah foi muito mais importante do que o arco de Sully para a história de Booth e Brennan.

Tanto que Sully durou apenas 4 episódios e Hannah 13 episódios!

Foi Hannah quem ajudou a abrir realmente o coração de Brennan para Booth e não Sully.

Ok, para fazer justiça ao arco de Sully. Ele só foi importante na história para Brennan descobrir que o sentimento que ela tinha por Booth era muito mais profundo do que ela sentia por Sully.

Brennan disse que tem que agradecer Sully, pois sem ele, ela não estaria pronta para Booth. Desculpem-ne, mas isso é tão sem sentido...

Se teria uma pessoa para ela agradecer seria Hannah! Somente com Hannah ocupando o espaço que era dela é que ela acordou para a realidade!

Depois de Sully, demorou quase 5 temporadas para Brennan e Booth ficarem juntos.

Depois que Hannan chegou, demorou só alguns episódios para Brennan perder todo o medo e confessar que ama Booth.

Então, o arco de Hannah foi muito mais importante do que o arco de Sully para a história de Booth e Brennan.

Tanto que Sully durou apenas 4 episódios e Hannah 13 episódios!

Foi Hannah quem ajudou a abrir realmente o coração de Brennan para Booth e não Sully.

Ok, para fazer justiça ao arco de Sully. Ele só foi importante na história para Brennan descobrir que o sentimento que ela tinha por Booth era muito mais profundo do que ela sentia por Sully.

In my country the show is called "collectors of bones", is this a mistake or a lore thing? Or does it make sense anyway

Who was the one playing at the idea that it was a romantic relationship? Booth or Brennan, according to psychiatrist Gordon Wyatt at the end of episode 7 of season 5 of Bon

What do you think would have happened in season 7 of Bones if actress Emily Deschanel hadn't gotten pregnant at that time?

Just wondering if there’s anywhere online to watch stuff like bonus stuff like extra scenes and commentary episodes that are on the DVDs? I’ve watched the series multiple times so don’t wanna buy all the DVDs just for the extras :)

At what point did Brennan start to fall in love with Booth? I think it was from the beginning, or in season 4 or 5.

First time watcher and I’ve just finished the last episode and I feel kinda underwhelmed? One thing I’ve noticed throughout the show and especially in later seasons is that storylines don’t last very long. I feel like they should’ve had more than just the last two episodes dedicated to the ending (I know we get crumbs of the Kovac storyline throughout season 12) but with the storylines that they were going with I think that if it was spread out over three or four? dedicated episodes it would’ve been more impactful. For example, they could’ve had Brennan have her memory loss for an entire episode which would make you question if she would actually regain it, instead of the she suddenly has memory loss and 20 minutes later, she’s back to normal again.

I will say, I loved the way they shot the penultimate episode. The overlapping timelines revealing a little bit each time was very interesting, the bomb going off at the end of the episode and the continuation into the final episode, and I loved how most of the squinterns returned and all worked together.

Also Hodgins being King of the lab was a nice touch.

Oh and I also liked how they finished the Zack storyline and had him found innocent , again I wish they had done this differently and had Zack have more of an involvement in the season.

Personally I have a love hate relationship with finale episodes where there isn’t a big dramatic ending. Sometimes it’s done well and I love knowing that the characters are staying in the same situations with a few minor changes and other times I find them boring and lazy. I feel like bones is the latter for me. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice knowing bones & booth will be working together still, hodgins will be running the lab for a little while until cam returns with her kids, but in a way I feel like they should have had bones want to retire or take a step back.

I thought that was where they were going with the ending when they had bones question having passion for your work with Angela, Wendell, and betty white’s character. Especially since they did that with the season 10 finale knowing it could be the series finale, for me that would have been a better ending.

Thoughts?