While on vacation, Angela's boyfriend goes missing . When a skull shows up, she asks Brennan for help in identification, concerned it might be her boyfriend or the female guide who went missing with him. The investigation leads the team to a violent boyfriend, the local sheriff and ultimately to a counterfeiting ring setup in the desert.
- Directed by
- Donna Deitch
- Written by
- Jeff Rake
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All episodes — Season 1
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S1 E1Pilot
Sep 13, 20057.544 min
Pilot episode. After returning to Washington, D.C., renowned forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan is called in by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth to aid an FBI investigation involving a set of bones found hidden in a lake.
S1 E2The Man in the S.U.V.
Sep 20, 20057.544 min
When a man is killed driving an SUV registered to a Middle Eastern man, Dr. Brennan and her team find themselves tracking a terrorist.
S1 E3A Boy in a Tree
Sep 27, 20057.843 min
When the decaying corpse of the Venezuelan Ambassador's son is found hanging from a tree on the campus of an exclusive private school, a simple suicide case quickly turns into a web of lies, sex and scandal involving the school's staff and
S1 E4The Man in the Bear
Nov 1, 20057.943 min
Brennan and Booth travel to Washington to investigate a human arm that was found in the stomach of a black bear.
S1 E5A Boy in a Bush
Nov 8, 20058.144 min
Booth asks Brennan to help locate and identify the remains of a six-year-old boy, Charlie, who went missing from a local park.
S1 E6The Man in the Wall
Nov 15, 20057.143 min
When Brennan and Angela get caught in a fight 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.