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From executive producers Barry Josephson and Hart Hanson comes the darkly
amusing drama Bones, inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and
novelist Kathy Reichs. Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, who
works at the Jeffersonian Institution and writes novels as a sideline, has
an uncanny ability to read clues left behind in a victim's bones.
Consequently, law enforcement calls her in to assist with murder
investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned, or
destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless. Brennan
has been teamed with Special Agent Seeley Booth, a former Army sniper who
mistrusts science and scientists when it comes to solving crimes. Brennan
and Booth clash both professionally and personally, but the chemistry
between them has grown since they first met and has made them a strong and
trusting team. Brennan's equally brilliant colleagues (or "squints" as
they're often called) at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab include
earthy and bawdy Angela Montenegro, who's created a unique way to render
an original crime scene in a three-dimensional computer image; Dr. Jack
Hodgins, who's an expert on insects, spores and minerals, but conspiracy
is his hobby; and Brennan's boss Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan, who replaced
Dr. Daniel Goodman after the first season. Zack Addy, a young prodigy
whose genius IQ sometimes distances him from reality, was Brennan's former
assistant, but at the end of season three he was found to be assisting a
serial killer and no longer works at the Jeffersonian.
To aid Booth and Brennan in their persisting struggles, psychologist Dr.
Lance Sweets signed on in season three as their therapist, and more
recently has been hired to work in the lab to provide his unique input on
cases.
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