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Bones – The Diamond in the Rough

by Alan Rapp on January 16, 2013

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“You were a gigolo for 30 bucks an hour.”

Bones - The Diamond in the RoughAnd the season of increasingly quirky plotlines continues. (Seriously, I’m waiting for an episode that involves a ventriloquist dummy at this point.) In the latest episode Bones (David Boreanaz) and Booth (David Boreanaz) go undercover on dance competition reality-TV show to investigate the murder of a professional ballroom dancer just days before her audition. Sweets (John Francis Daley) is surprised and amused to learn Booth put himself through college as a dance instructor, making him the perfect choice for the case.

Suspects in the case include a rival dancer (Sarah Scott) and her overbearing mother (Marta DuBois), the victim’s dance partner (Dmitry Chaplin) and the victim’s replacement (Leslie Augustine). Meanwhile Wendell (Michael Grant Terry) asks Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) for help with removing the minerals and gems fused to the bones of the victim during its decay in the quarry where it was found. The problem turns out to be tricky, but the King of the Lab finds the solution which allows Wendell to discover the dancer was slowly poisoned over the course of a year.

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Bones – The Ghost in the Machine

by Alan Rapp on December 5, 2012

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Bones has certainly reached a bit with some of its storylines this season which have included Sweets (John Francis Daley) temporarily moving in with Bones (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz), and Bones’ obsessions with running for President of the United States and the philosophy of Phil Jackson. “Ghost in the Machine” follows that trend as the Jeffersonian team investigates a murder victim from the perspective of a  14 year-old boy’s remains which begins to haunt the team during the investigation that hits too close to home for many members of the team.

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Bones – The But In The Joke

by Alan Rapp on November 28, 2012

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“Everyone here is this weird combo of smart and dumb.”

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Bones (David Boreanaz) and her team are faced with a unique challenge when a notorious street artist (Jay Paulson) accidentally falls and glues himself to remains of a murder victim while working on his latest billboard. While Booth and Bones start interview suspects including his girlfriend (Stephanie Lemelin) and the man’s boss (Jeff Witzke), Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) and Fisher (Joel David Moore) work on trying to separate the remains of the victim from the artist’s body using a simple jar of peanut butter.

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Bones – The Patriot in Purgatory

by Alan Rapp on November 14, 2012

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After taking a sudden interest in basketball, Bones (Emily Deschanel) assembles five of her most talented interns (Eugene Byrd, Michael Grant TerryJoel David MoorePej VahdatLuke Kleintank) to work together to try to identify as many sets of the Jeffersonian Institute’s collection of unidentifiable remains as possible. While the others try to score points on identifying as many remains as possible, Vaziri (Vahdat) becomes fixated on a homeless man who was wounded during the attacks on 9/11 and died 10 days later.

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Bones – The Method in the Madness

by Alan Rapp on November 7, 2012

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“Anthropology’s all about dancing.”

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Taking pity on Sweets (John Francis Daley) who has been living out of his office since his sudden break-up with Daisy (Carla Gallo), Booth (David Boreanaz) invites the shrink to stay with Bones (Emily Deschanel) and Booth until he finds a new apartment. Although Sweets is welcome into their home, his arrival does cause a few uncomfortable moments (including Bones’ dancing). Meanwhile, the Jeffersonian team begins looking into the remains of a 20 year-old woman whose skin was eviscerated and body was torn apart while she was still alive.

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Bones – The Tiger in the Tale

by Alan Rapp on October 10, 2012

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While investigating a murder of a minimum wage day laborer working at an animal expo the team uncovers illegal animal trafficking. And, in one of the more bizarre B-stories the series has ever proposed (and that’s saying something for this show), Bones (Emily Deschanel) spends her spare time obsessing over a possible future run for President of the United States.

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Bones – The Gunk in the Garage

by Alan Rapp on October 3, 2012

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The Jeffersonian team is called into investigate the death of man killed in a hotel parking garage bombing only to discover the man whose murder they thought they were investigating is still alive. As Bones (Emily Deschanel) and her team attempt to identity of the actual victim, Booth (David Boreanaz) finds himself unexpectedly benched by Caroline (Patricia Belcher) to work on a budgetary proposal and help her justify his department’s hefty operating budget.

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Bones – The Partners in the Divorce

by Alan Rapp on September 26, 2012

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As Bones (Emily Deschanel) struggles to reassimilate to life both at home and work with Booth (David Boreanaz) after months on the run alone with her daughter, the Jeffersonian gets a new case involving the remains of a ruthless divorce lawyer who was beaten and set on fire.

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Bones – The Future in the Past

by Alan Rapp on September 19, 2012

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The show’s Eighth Season begins with Bones (Emily Deschanel) still on the run from the FBI, with her father (Ryan O’Neal) and newborn daughter, after being framed for murder by Christopher Pelant (Andrew Leeds). However, an anonymous tip (by their former boss) leads the Jeffersonian team to uncover the body of Pelant’s high school guidance counselor whose remains may be the key to clear Bones’ name and bring her home.

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  • Title: Bones – The Past in the Present
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Just when they are needed most to make sure Christopher Pelant’s (Andrew Leeds) appeal doesn’t overturn his original conviction, Booth (David Boreanaz) is given a new murder case involving the discovery of a body in the National Hamilton Wildlife Refuge where all the evidence points to Bones (Emily Deschanel).

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