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Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Original Air Date—13 September 2005
FBI Agent Booth needs forensic anthropologist Dr. Brennan's help to solve the case of a decomposed body found in a pond in Arlington National Cemetery. She agrees to help if she is a full partner in the case.

Season 1, Episode 2: The Man in the SUV

Original Air Date—20 September 2005
Bones is called on to identify the body of a suspected suicide car bomber.

Season 1, Episode 3: A Boy in a Tree

Original Air Date—27 September 2005
Bones and Booth investigate the body of a teenager found hanging in a tree on the grounds of an exclusive private school.

Season 1, Episode 4: The Man in the Bear

Original Air Date—1 November 2005
Bones and Booth travel to Washington to investigate an arm found in a dead black bear.

Season 1, Episode 5: A Boy in a Bush

Original Air Date—8 November 2005
When a young boy goes missing from a mall, Bones is called in to determine if it is his body found in a nearby field.

"Bones" (2005): Season 1: Episode 6 -- When Brennan and Angela get caught in a melee in a dance club, Brennan kicks someone into a wall, which causes the wall to break open and reveal a mummified corpse and a meth stash.

Season 1, Episode 6: The Man in the Wall

Original Air Date—15 November 2005
Bones and Angela's night out goes bad when Bones kicks someone into a wall and reveals a mummified corpse and a bag of methamphetamines.

"Bones" (2005): Season 1: Episode 7 -- Condemned man Howard Epps is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in 32 hours for the murder of 17-year-old April Wright.  Epps' attorney, Amy Morton, makes a last-minute appeal to Booth, the man who arrested Epps, to re-examine the case.

Season 1, Episode 7: The Man on Death Row

Original Air Date—22 November 2005
A condemned man's lawyer makes a last minute appeal to Bones and Booth to re-examine his case. After looking over the evidence, they determine that the man may not be guilty.
Next US airings:
Tue. Dec. 227:00 PMTNT

"Bones" (2005): Season 1: Episode 8 -- Brennan's former forensic anthropology professor -- and ex-lover -- Dr. Michael Stires, surprises her with a visit to her lab at the Jeffersonian while in town to interview for a job.

Season 1, Episode 8: The Girl in the Fridge

Original Air Date—29 November 2005
Bones and Booth investigate a missing woman found in a fridge while Bones reconnects with her former professor.
Next US airings:
Tue. Dec. 228:00 PMTNT

"Bones" (2005): Season 1: Episode 9 -- Construction workers find a skeleton in an old fallout shelter from the 1950s and the Jeffersonian is brought in to help identify the remains. When Zack cuts into the bone, he accidentally releases spores of the deadly fungus Valley Fever.

Season 1, Episode 9: The Man in the Fallout Shelter

Original Air Date—13 December 2005
While the gang is quarantined in the lab for Christmas, they search for clues to solve the mystery of a skeleton found in a fallout shelter.
Next US airings:
Wed. Dec. 237:00 PMTNT
Fri. Dec. 256:00 PMTNT

"Bones" (2005): Season 1: Episode 10 -- Dr. Temperance Brennan and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth travel to Los Angeles to determine the identity of a woman whose body parts were found near Los Angeles International Airport.

Season 1, Episode 10: The Woman at the Airport

Original Air Date—25 January 2006
Bones and Booth travel to Los Angeles to investigate a body found on a beach. The case leads them to call girls and plastic surgeons. Back in Washington, Hodgins and Goodman clash over a case.
Next US airings:
Mon. Dec. 287:00 PMTNT

Season 1, Episode 11: The Woman in the Car

Original Air Date—1 February 2006
The completely burned corpse of a woman in a car is identified as the estranged wife of genius Carl Decker, the crown witness against his employer KBC Systems, a criminally deficient USArmy supplier. Further traces show she bit a man's ear off and was tortured by electrocution; there also was a child with her- probably her and Carl's eight year-old son Donovan Decker, who is missing. The Jeffersonian team is security-screened by federal Agent Pickering, except Hodges who is furious to be considered 'too inoffensive' and already screened anyhow because of a relative's promotion in the State Department, until... Booth shows his weak flank as a protective father, determined to find and save Donovan at all cost, thanks to good work by Hodges and especially Zach, and deals with Carl's desperate move as well as cynical careerist Assistant U.S. Attorney Ken Weeks who cares only for the company's trial...
Next US airings:
Mon. Dec. 288:00 PMTNT

Season 1, Episode 12: The Superhero in the Alley

Original Air Date—8 February 2006
Bones and Booth investigate a body found in an alley that is dressed in a costume. The case leads them to a missing teen involved in comic books and a role playing game.
Next US airings:
Tue. Dec. 297:00 PMTNT

Season 1, Episode 13: The Woman in the Garden

Original Air Date—15 February 2006
Bones and Booth investigate the body of a woman found in the car of a gang member. The case leads them to a dangerous Central American gang and a Senator.
Next US airings:
Sat. Dec. 266:00 PMWGNAMER
Sat. Dec. 268:00 PMMyNetwork
Tue. Dec. 298:00 PMTNT

Season 1, Episode 14: The Man on the Fairway

Original Air Date—8 March 2006
Bones is told to investigate a plane crash involving Chinese delegates but she is more interested in bone fragments found that were not on the plane. The fragments led to a man whose father has been missing for five years.
Next US airings:
Wed. Dec. 307:00 PMTNT
Sat. Jan. 26:00 PMWGNAMER
Sat. Jan. 28:00 PMMyNetwork

Season 1, Episode 15: Two Bodies in the Lab

Original Air Date—15 March 2006
Bones is shot at but manages to duck outside the restaurant where she was waiting for banker David Simmons, whom she only knew yet from a chat site. Booth personally guards her, also a chance to explore her home and private life a bit, while they try to work out which case made her so hated, even scarier as it looks someone slipped into the Smithsonian to doctor evidence, so the stress peeks, but the team's forensic excellence remains. The most recent cases are the murders of famous mob boss James Cugini, handled by Booth's FBI colleague Special Agent Jamie Kenton, and Penny Hamilton, a student, whose corps was devoured by dogs as an apparent addition to the sadistic MO of Kevin Hollings, a brilliant, slick but psychotic researcher, who wasn't even charged in a similar case which Booth failed to close years ago. Then Booth is wounded by a bomb in Bones' apartment...
Next US airings:
Wed. Dec. 308:00 PMTNT

Season 1, Episode 16: The Woman in the Tunnel

Original Air Date—22 March 2006
The death of a documentary filmmaker sends Bones and Booth into the shadow world of tunnels underneath the city.

Season 1, Episode 17: The Skull in the Desert

Original Air Date—29 March 2006
Brennan goes to help Angela when her boyfriend goes missing in the desert, and Booth gets in on the action when the sheriff won't cooperate.

Season 1, Episode 18: The Man with the Bone

Original Air Date—5 April 2006
Booth and Brennan investigate a site where there might be pirate treasure.

Season 1, Episode 19: The Man in the Morgue

Original Air Date—19 April 2006
Bones goes to New Orleans post-Katrina and becomes involved in Voodoo guided murder.

Season 1, Episode 20: The Graft in the Girl

Original Air Date—26 April 2006
While examining a young girl's cancer, Brennan and Booth uncover a bone-smuggling ring.

Season 1, Episode 21: The Soldier on the Grave

Original Air Date—10 May 2006
Booth and Brennan's investigation into the apparent suicide of a protester in Arlington National Cemetery may lead to a major military scandal.

Season 1, Episode 22: The Woman in Limbo

Original Air Date—17 May 2006
Among the many Jane Does in the Smithsonian's archives, one of them turns out to be Brennan's long lost mother.

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: The Titan on the Track

Original Air Date—30 August 2006
An investigation into a train wreck that claimed three lives, one of them a U.S. senator. In other events, Brennan clashes with the new boss, Dr. Camille Saroyan, who has a romantic history with Booth.

Season 2, Episode 2: Mother and Child in the Bay

Original Air Date—6 September 2006
Booth seeks out the husband of a missing pregnant woman after her remains wash up onshore, but the suspect disappears. Meanwhile, Bones continues to clash with Cam, and Booth gets a visit from his ex.

Season 2, Episode 3: The Boy in the Shroud

Original Air Date—13 September 2006
When a tractor-trailer collides with a garbage truck, the skeleton of a 17-year old boy is found in the trash. A facial imprint from a shroud that wrapped the body helps identify the victim as a suburban honor student.

Season 2, Episode 4: The Blonde in the Game

Original Air Date—20 September 2006
A serial killer reaches out from prison in a deadly game involving Bones and Booth.
Next US airings:
Fri. Dec. 2512:00 PMTNT

Season 2, Episode 5: The Truth in the Lye

Original Air Date—27 September 2006
A body is found in a tub filled with lye, and Booth reconnects with his past.
Next US airings:
Fri. Dec. 251:00 PMTNT

Season 2, Episode 6: The Girl in Suite 2103

Original Air Date—4 October 2006
An explosion at a hotel has the team exploring drug cartel connections and struggling with diplomatic immunity.
Next US airings:
Fri. Dec. 252:00 PMTNT

Season 2, Episode 7: The Girl with the Curl

Original Air Date—1 November 2006
When a girl's body is identified as a missing pageant queen, the investigation focuses on her parents.
Next US airings:
Fri. Dec. 253:00 PMTNT

Season 2, Episode 8: The Woman in the Sand

Original Air Date—8 November 2006
A trip to Vegas to identify a body is complicated when a more recent body is found nearby.
Next US airings:
Fri. Dec. 254:00 PMTNT

Season 2, Episode 9: Aliens in a Spaceship

Original Air Date—15 November 2006
When Hodgins and Brennan are buried alive, it's a race against time and a kidnapper who doesn't negotiate.
Next US airings:
Fri. Dec. 255:00 PMTNT

Season 2, Episode 10: The Headless Witch in the Woods

Original Air Date—29 November 2006
The headless skeleton of a young man is found in a state forest. Brennan and Booth's investigation becomes entangled in the local legend of a woman who was decapitated as a witch in the 1780s and is said to still haunt the forest.

Season 2, Episode 11: Judas on a Pole

Original Air Date—13 December 2006
An ex-FBI agent is crucified and torched on top of a hotel with a message inside his throat which re-opens a case from the 70s that sent an innocent man to prison. The case has ties that go deep inside the FBI, endangering Bones and her brother Russ, and risking Booth's career. Bones receives a visit from an old friend of their father Max Keenan, who is holding back a secret. Elsewhere Zack defends his dissertation to earn his doctorate, and worries he may not be hired at the institute as he is "cute, but a jury won't take you seriously".

Season 2, Episode 12: The Man in the Cell

Original Air Date—31 January 2007
After Howard Epps orchestrates an escape from his penitentiary, he starts picking off the Jeffersonian team one by one and taunting Brennan with clues to save them.

Season 2, Episode 13: The Girl in the Gator

Original Air Date—7 February 2007
A girl's arm found in an alligator sends the investigation to a video sleaze king and a rabid Christian. Meanwhile Booth who's been ordered to a psychiatrist after an incident with his gun, so Bones gets another FBI partner, Tim 'Sully' Sullivan.

Season 2, Episode 14: The Man in the Mansion

Original Air Date—14 February 2007
Hodgins' lapse in judgment may cause a murderer to be set free, Brennan explores the world of dating, and Booth continues his therapy.

Season 2, Episode 15: Bodies in the Book

Original Air Date—14 March 2007
Just as Temperance is preparing to publicize her latest book, bodies start showing up that are eerily similar to the victims in her mystery novel.

Season 2, Episode 16: The Boneless Bride in the River

Original Air Date—21 March 2007
Bones is called back from vacation - several times - after a boneless body is found, and Sully has a proposition.

Season 2, Episode 17: The Priest in the Churchyard

Original Air Date—28 March 2007
When Booth and Brennan keep butting heads in a case involving a Catholic church, he convinces her to see Dr. Wyatt with him, and Hodgins suggest a change in his and Angela's relationship.

Season 2, Episode 18: The Killer in the Concrete

Original Air Date—4 April 2007
Booth's investigation into a presumed dead hit man turns quite dangerous, and Brennan ends up turning to an unlikely source for help.

Season 2, Episode 19: Spaceman in a Crater

Original Air Date—2 May 2007
Bones and her team must determine how a man was flattened in a pasture when his injuries don't coincide with the theory of the crime; Hodgins tries again.

Season 2, Episode 20: The Glowing Bones in 'The Old Stone House'

Original Air Date—9 May 2007
Homeland security asks Bones to examine some remains, thinking they're radioactive, and although the site is cleared two questions remain: why was an up and coming chef murdered, and why are the bones still glowing?

Season 2, Episode 21: Stargazer in a Puddle

Original Air Date—16 May 2007
As the wedding approaches, the team investigates the life/death of a little girl. Bones's father shows up, with an heirloom and a message from her mother.

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: The Widow's Son in the Windshield

Original Air Date—25 September 2007
Bones reluctantly searches for a replacement for Zack. A skull is tossed off a highway overpass and hits a vehicle. There is evidence the victim was eaten by a cannibal.

Season 3, Episode 2: Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van

Original Air Date—2 October 2007
A soccer mom dies as her car explodes, leading the team to discover that she was a murder suspect wanted for 30 years.

Season 3, Episode 3: Death in the Saddle

Original Air Date—9 October 2007
A body with equine markings sends Booth and Bones into a world of fetishism, and Angela agrees to undergo hypnosis to get the name of her husband.

Season 3, Episode 4: The Secret in the Soil

Original Air Date—23 October 2007
A charred body leads to a philandering organic farming magnate.

Season 3, Episode 5: Mummy in the Maze

Original Air Date—30 October 2007
The discovery of two mummified girls has Booth and Bones checking a fun house, a Halloween maze and a church charity for clues that may lead them to a missing girl whose parents believe she's dead.

Season 3, Episode 6: Intern in the Incinerator

Original Air Date—6 November 2007
One of the Jeffersonian's interns is found in the incinerator, and most of the institute believes it's the work of the Gormogon serial killer.

Season 3, Episode 7: Boy in the Time Capsule

Original Air Date—13 November 2007
A 20-year-old body is found when a time capsule is opened, and focus turns towards the victim's fellow high school students.

Season 3, Episode 8: The Knight on the Grid

Original Air Date—20 November 2007
The Gormogon killer strikes again, and his next play is a little close to home. Russ returns to face a parole violation when his stepdaughter takes ill.

Season 3, Episode 9: The Santa in the Slush

Original Air Date—27 November 2007
Brennan and Booth investigate the death of a Santa as Bones tries to give her father the Christmas he's always dreamed of, and Booth comes to terms with not spending the holiday with Parker.
Next US airings:
Fri. Dec. 257:00 PMTNT

Season 3, Episode 10: The Man in the Mud

Original Air Date—14 April 2008
Booth and Brennan investigate the death of a motorcycle racer, and when another seeming accident occurs on the track attention turns to the team owners and a reporter, meanwhile Dr. Sweets manipulates them into a "social outing" with him and his girlfriend.

Season 3, Episode 11: Player Under Pressure

Original Air Date—21 April 2008
The body of a star athlete is found behind the bleachers at Atlantic State University gymnasium.

Season 3, Episode 12: The Baby in the Bough

Original Air Date—28 April 2008
Miraculously surviving a suspicious car accident that kills its mother, a baby is left with Booth and Bones who care for the infant while investigating the crime.

Season 3, Episode 13: The Verdict in the Story

Original Air Date—5 May 2008
Brennan's father Max goes on trial for the alleged murder of FBI Deputy Director Robert Kirby, requiring everyone on the Jeffersonian team but Brennan to testify for the prosecution. Brennan, the forensics advisor for the defense, desperately tries to prove her father's innocence. Meanwhile, Booth requires the assistance of therapist Dr. Lance Sweets to help with his partnership with Brennan.
Next US airings:
Sat. Dec. 267:00 PMWGNAMER
Sat. Dec. 269:00 PMMyNetwork

Season 3, Episode 14: The Wannabe in the Weeds

Original Air Date—12 May 2008
Brennan and Booth investigate the murder of aspiring singer, and Booth attracts a groupie.
Next US airings:
Sat. Jan. 27:00 PMWGNAMER
Sat. Jan. 29:00 PMMyNetwork

Season 3, Episode 15: The Pain in the Heart

Original Air Date—19 May 2008
Heartbreak hits the Squint Squad as they deal with the aftermath of the shooting and finally Gormogon and his Apprentice are revealed.

Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: Yanks in the U.K.

Original Air Date—3 September 2008
Bones gives a guest lecture at a University in England. The daughter of an American businessman is murdered. The businessman insists that the FBI handle the case. So Booth and Bones investigate.

Season 4, Episode 2: The Man in the Outhouse

Original Air Date—10 September 2008
A body is discovered in an outhouse. The victim is a host of show that exposes men's infidelities. Booth learns about Bones's dating situation.

Season 4, Episode 3: The Finger in the Nest

Original Air Date—17 September 2008
While spending some time with his son, Booth finds a human finger. They find the body of a veterinarian. Hodgins starts to realize how he's been affected by the turmoil in his life.

Season 4, Episode 4: The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond

Original Air Date—24 September 2008
A dissected body discovered by a pair of teenagers leads the team on a search for the head and the killer. The team will get help from an unexpected source.

Season 4, Episode 5: The Crank in the Shaft

Original Air Date—1 October 2008
Part of a leg drops into an elevator. The gruesome discovery finds the body had been in the shaft for a few days. The victim was an office manager who was disliked by everyone. As the team investigates, Angela and Hodgins come to terms with their break up.

Season 4, Episode 6: The He in the She

Original Air Date—8 October 2008
Half a decomposed body is discovered by a pair of beach combers. They find the deceased was leader of a local religious congregation. When the other half of the body is found, they learn the leader had a hidden past.

Season 4, Episode 7: The Skull in the Sculpture

Original Air Date—5 November 2008
A skull is found in a crushed car. The investigation leads to an artist who used crushed vehicles in his artwork, leaving the team to wonder if he made himself part of his art.

Season 4, Episode 8: The Con Man in the Meth Lab

Original Air Date—12 November 2008
A body flies out of an exploding meth lab. As the team tries to identify the body, Booth works on a big case which could boost his career, but he's distracted when his brother shows up and shows some interest in Bones.

Season 4, Episode 9: The Passenger in the Oven

Original Air Date—19 November 2008
Bones and Booth fly to China so Brennan can identify some remains. During the flight, a body is discovered inside an oven. Bones and Booth must solve the crime before the flight lands in China.

"Bones" (2005): Season 4: Episode 10 -- Whenever a show is on for four seasons, an actor will end up directing an episode. However, directors will never act.

Season 4, Episode 10: The Bone That Blew

Original Air Date—26 November 2008
Skeletal remains are found in a protected area. The investigation leads to a security advisor at a prep school. Cam hires Brennan father as a teacher which causes some conflicts for Bones.

Season 4, Episode 11: Double Trouble in the Panhandle

Original Air Date—22 January 2009
The remains of a set of conjoined twins are found on an oil field. When they find out the twins worked at a Circus, Bones and Booth go undercover to find the culprit.

Season 4, Episode 12: Fire in the Ice

Original Air Date—22 January 2009
The body of victim is found in a frozen lake. Booth identifies the body as a rival hockey player, making Booth a suspect in the crime. Now the Squints have to work with a new agent to solve the crime.

Season 4, Episode 13: The Hero in the Hold

Original Air Date—5 February 2009
The Gravedigger returns and captures Booth. He wants the evidence that someone has stolen from the case, and he believes that Bones has it. Can the Squints find their friend before Booth becomes the Gravediggers latest casualty?

Season 4, Episode 14: The Princess and the Pear

Original Air Date—19 February 2009
Booth asks Bones to fix his back again, she tries to adjust his back and ends up aggravating his condition. While Booth is sidelined, Bones works with Agent Perotta to solve the murder of a woman who was working at a Fantasy convention.

Season 4, Episode 15: The Bones That Foam

Original Air Date—12 March 2009
Remains are discovered by a newly wed couple after they literally take the plunge. The squints soon determine the identity of the victim. But discovering the cause of death presents interesting dilemmas as the Jeffersonian's alarms go off with each test they try. Bones tries to work on her interpersonal skills.

Season 4, Episode 16: The Salt in the Wounds

Original Air Date—19 March 2009
The remains of a volleyball player are found in a Salt Truck. They discover that she was pregnant, and that several of her friends are also pregnant.

Season 4, Episode 17: The Doctor in the Den

Original Air Date—2 April 2009
The murder of a doctor at a Wildlife Reserve gets a little personal for Cam, when the victim turns out to be a former paramour. Angela tries to go celibate to work on her relationship issues.

Season 4, Episode 18: The Science in the Physicist

Original Air Date—9 April 2009
The frozen shattered remains of a scientist leads the team to a highly regarded research institute. Angela's father comes to town.

Season 4, Episode 19: The Cinderella in the Cardboard

Original Air Date—15 April 2009
The flattened remains of a woman are found in a recycling plant. As the Squints work to solve the case, Bones and Booth are at odds when it appears that someone they know is cheating on a friend/colleague.

Season 4, Episode 20: Mayhem on a Cross

Original Air Date—16 April 2009
Skeletal remains used by a Norwegian Black Metal Band lead the team to explore the underground music scene. Gordon-Gordon prepares to retire from psychology, but not before meeting with Sweets and helping Bones and Booth solve their current case.

Season 4, Episode 21: The Double Death of the Dearly Departed

Original Air Date—20 April 2009
While attending the wake of a coworker who reportedly died of natural causes, Bones notices something that causes her to believe he was actually murdered. But a judge will not allow her to confirm her suspicions. Now they must covertly investigate his death.

Season 4, Episode 22: The Girl in the Mask

Original Air Date—23 April 2009
Bones asks for Booth's advice for her assistant. Booth gets a call from a friend who asks him to check on his sister. Unfortuneately they locate her head. Now the squints must locate the body.

Season 4, Episode 23: The Beaver in the Otter

Original Air Date—30 April 2009
The remains of a college student a found in mascot costume from a rival college. As the squints investigate how the body got in there, Booth finds out what his brother plans on doing with his life after his court martial.

Season 4, Episode 24: The Critic in the Cabernet

Original Air Date—7 May 2009
The remains are found in a barrel of wine. Bones realizes she wants to have a child and asks Booth for help.

Season 4, Episode 25: The End in the Beginning

Original Air Date—14 May 2009
Story of a murder in a nightclub with multiple suspects, with familiar faces in a different perspective. When the story's finished, Booth's health crisis takes an expected twist.

Season 5


Season 5, Episode 1: Harbingers in a Fountain

Original Air Date—17 September 2009
Bones returns from Guatemala, as Booth is finally cleared for duty. Booth is anxious to prove he's fully recovered, even accepting help from Angela's psychic.
Next US airings:
Thur. Dec. 248:00 PMFox

Season 5, Episode 2: The Bond in the Boot

Original Air Date—24 September 2009
A courier carrying a briefcase is killed. State Department requests discretion while investigating due to National Security concerns.
Next US airings:
Thur. Dec. 318:00 PMFox

Season 5, Episode 3: The Plain in the Prodigy

Original Air Date—1 October 2009
When human remains are found alongside the railroad, Brennan and Booth are called to the case. The bones belong to Levi Yoder, a member of the Amish community who disappeared roughly two months prior to his Rumspringa, or exploration of the outside world. Brennan and Booth discover that Levi was a piano prodigy, and their investigation leads them to believe that his extraordinary talent may have lead him to an untimely death. Meanwhile, Cam copes with the stress that comes from being a new parent, and Booth helps keep Cam’s stepdaughter Michelle in line.

Season 5, Episode 4: The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Original Air Date—8 October 2009
Brennan and Booth investigate human remains found at a neighborhood block party. Suburban politics and secret scandals give each neighbor in the cul-de-sac a motive, leaving Brennan, Booth and Sweets to sift through the drama to find their suspect. Meanwhile, Jeffersonian intern Arastoo comes clean about his background, and Booth’s son attempts to find Booth a girlfriend.

Season 5, Episode 5: A Night at the Bones Museum

Original Air Date—15 October 2009
Brennan and Booth are called to investigate what appears to be charred human remains on an electrical fence. The mysterious corpse is later determined to be a mummified Egyptian royal on loan to the Jeffersonian. The anthropological mystery has Brennan in a tizzy, and when the Jeffersonian curator prepping the mummy for exhibition is murdered, the team suspects foul play. Brennan’s investigation of the curator sheds new light on the life of the Egyptian royal, turning their case into one of historic proportions. Meanwhile, Brennan goes on a date with Booth’s supervisor and former intern, and Sweets’ girlfriend Daisy Wick returns to the Jeffersonian.

"Bones" (2005): Season 5: Episode 6 -- Brennan and Booth investigate the death of a chicken farmer.
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Season 5, Episode 6: The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken

Original Air Date—5 November 2009
When the mutilated remains of a local chicken farmer set to inherit a chicken factory farm aggressively protested for inhumane living conditions and animal cruelty are discovered on the bank of a nearby river, the Jeffersonian team is brought in on the case. The team must question the farmer’s many enemies, including extremist animal-rights activists and bitter neighbors, in order to solve the case. Meanwhile, Angela is bothered by the farm’s practices and launches her own animal-rights campaign.

"Bones" (2005): Season 5: Episode 7 -- The team investigates the death of a little person.

Season 5, Episode 7: The Dwarf in the Dirt

Original Air Date—11 November 2009
Booth, still suffering some lingering effects from his brain surgery, has to get re-certified for FBI marksmanship, but is not the accurate shot he was before going under the knife. Meanwhile, the team at the Jeffersonian investigates the remains of a little person discovered in a sinkhole. The victim, Bryce DaFonte, also known as “The Iron Leprechaun,” competed in a popular wrestling league, but the popularity of the franchise left him with many enemies, including bitter competitors and scorned lovers, any of whom could have caused his downfall.

"Bones" (2005): Season 5: Episode 8 -- Booth's grandfather tries to play matchmaker.
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Season 5, Episode 8: The Foot in the Foreclosure

Original Air Date—19 November 2009
Booth’s grandfather Hank comes to live with him and tags along as Brennan and Booth investigate ashes and charred remains found by a real estate agent while showing a property to prospective buyers. The team identifies the victims as plus-size lovers, neither of whom seemed to have many enemies. Meanwhile, Hank tries to play matchmaker for Booth and lets Brennan in on some family secrets.

"Bones" (2005): Season 5: Episode 9 -- Brennan and Booth investigate the death of a gamer.

Season 5, Episode 9: The Gamer in the Grease

Original Air Date—2 December 2009
When the remains of a competitive gamer are discovered in a grease truck, Brennan and Booth are called to investigate the case. The victim, Steve Rifton, is the only active player known in the gaming community to have received a perfect score on a famous video game. Steve turned his success into a lucrative partnership with a gaming referee and charged fans to play on the very machine that gave him the perfect score. But between sour business deals and bitter competitors, the team at the Jeffersonian must work to narrow down the many suspects with motive for ending Rifton’s reign as gaming king. Meanwhile, Hodgins, Sweets and Jeffersonian intern Colin Fischer take turns camping out for tickets to a movie premiere.

"Bones" (2005): Season 5: Episode 10 -- Brennan spends the holidays with a distant relative.
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Season 5, Episode 10: The Goop on the Girl

Original Air Date—9 December 2009
When a man dressed as Santa Claus blows himself up during a botched bank robbery, Brennan and Booth work to identify the bomber and determine his motives. Meanwhile, Brennan makes plans to spend Christmas in El Salvador, but her father convinces her to spend the holidays with him and Margaret Whitesell, a newly discovered distant relative.
Next US airings:
Mon. Dec. 289:00 PMTNT

Season 5, Episode 11: The X in the File

Original Air Date—17 December 2009

Season 5, Episode 12: The Proof in the Pudding

Original Air Date—14 January 2010

Season 5, Episode 13: The Dentist in the Ditch

Original Air Date—21 January 2010

Season 5, Episode 14: The Devil in the Details

Original Air Date—2010

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