Someone made a relevant statement during his user comment back in 2006 about Bones, the series, in that it definitely was a breath of fresh air when all of the other channels(not excluding Fox, though)were producing out the wahzoo, reality shows. I started really getting into this show by accident. I was watching LAW & ORDER and decided to sit through an episode. I was hooked immediately. First off, I loved the idea of a cerebral, brainy anthropologist teaming with a FBI sniper-turned-homicide detective who "works from his gut" in regards to "catching the bad guys." And the premise really attracts me..from bones(fragments)and skeletal remains, the prestigious Jeffersonian institute(which benefits from federal funding in order to do their jobs as scientists)produces the finest "squints"(incredibly smart, high IQ scientists who specialize in identifying the remains of the dead found and how they died)not only in the country, but in the world. Temperance Brennan(Emily Deschanel)is nicknamed "Bones" by Special Agent Seeley Booth(David Boreanaz, able to successfully recover from the failure of ANGEL)because of her profession, and the pilot for the series opens with her returning from Guatemala after identifying bodies from a genocide. She actually has a skull in her bag at the airport which just points out her dedication to the craft of putting a face to the dead. Booth's boss has a hard time allowing him to partner with Bones because of her inexperience in the field of investigation. This first episode's case concerns a former assistant to a Senator found dumped in a pond near Arlington Cemetery. Through the amazing work of Temperance's team, they discover that she had fought her killer and was stabbed multiple times, her skull crushed with a sledgehammer. The one responsible went out of his way to remove her identity, but a certain type of dirt could very well lead to his capture. Booth doesn't believe the Senator is responsible, instead suspecting the dead girl's stalker as the culprit. Michaela Conlin is Angela, the digital artist with amazing technology she has patented which produces a recreation of the victim's face and body to the skull and skeleton arranged by Bones. Zack Addy(Eric Millegan)is really devoid of emotion, ice water in his veins, a complete human robot, but his work in finding the murder weapons responsible for killing victims is impressive to say the least. TJ Thyne is Dr. Jack Hodgins(he later has a romantic storyline with Angela), one of those paranoid conspiracy theorists who specializes in dirt, insects, flowers, things of that nature. Jonathan Adams(later replaced by Tamara Taylor)is Dr. Goodman, the head honcho of the Jeffersonian who calls the shots, much to the chagrin of his staff. Fans of TRUE BLOOD might get a kick out of Sam Trammell's early role in this episode as the Senator's aid, a suspect in the victim's murder.
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