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Bones
246 episodes · 12 seasons · FOX · 2005
Bones: 246 TV episodes in this catalogue. The Essentials keeps 44 episodes (18% of the catalogue).
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Bones
Christopher Pelant: the viewing order
Start Bones’ Pelant storyline with The Crack in the Code. Follow the main investigation, relationship fallout and later callbacks in nine ordered episodes.
9 selected episodesBonesThe Grave Digger: all four core episodes
Watch the four central Bones Grave Digger episodes in order, starting with Aliens in a Spaceship. Includes the trial, final chapter and optional follow-up.
4 selected episodesBonesBooth & Brennan: from partners to the wedding
A 22-episode Booth and Brennan rewatch through the season-nine wedding. Find the first on-screen kiss, when they get together and the key relationship turns.
22 selected episodesBy season
Every episode
In airing order. Faded episodes are the ones The Essentials skips.
Season 122 episodes · 3 in The Essentials
01×01Pilot
01×02The Man in the SUV
01×03A Boy in a Tree
01×04The Man in the Bear
01×05A Boy in a Bush
01×06The Man in the Wall
01×07The Man on Death Row
01×08The Girl in the Fridge
01×09The Man in the Fallout Shelter
01×10The Woman at the Airport
01×11The Woman in the Car
01×12The Superhero in the Alley
01×13The Woman in the Garden
01×14The Man on the Fairway
01×15Two Bodies in the Lab
01×16The Woman in the Tunnel
01×17The Skull in the Desert
01×18The Man with the Bone
01×19The Man in the Morgue
01×20The Graft in the Girl
01×21The Soldier on the Grave
01×22The Woman in Limbo
Season 221 episodes · 1 in The Essentials
02×01The Titan on the Tracks
02×02Mother and Child in the Bay
02×03The Boy in the Shroud
02×04The Blonde in the Game
02×05The Truth in the Lye
02×06The Girl in Suite 2103
02×07The Girl with the Curl
02×08The Woman in the Sand
02×09Aliens in a Spaceship
02×10The Headless Witch in the Woods
02×11Judas on a Pole
02×12The Man in the Cell
02×13The Girl in the Gator
02×14The Man in the Mansion
02×15Bodies in the Book
02×16The Boneless Bride in the River
02×17The Priest in the Churchyard
02×18The Killer in the Concrete
02×19Spaceman in a Crater
02×20The Glowing Bones in the Old Stone House
02×21Stargazer in a Puddle
Season 315 episodes · 3 in The Essentials
03×01The Widow's Son in the Windshield
03×02Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van
03×03Death in the Saddle
03×04The Secret in the Soil
03×05Mummy in the Maze
03×06Intern in the Incinerator
03×07Boy in the Time Capsule
03×08The Knight on the Grid
03×09The Santa in the Slush
03×10The Man in the Mud
03×11Player Under Pressure
03×12The Baby in the Bough
03×13The Verdict in the Story
03×14The Wannabe in the Weeds
03×15The Pain in the Heart
Season 426 episodes · 2 in The Essentials
04×01Yanks in the U.K., Part 1
04×02Yanks in the U.K., Part 2
04×03Man in the Outhouse
04×04The Finger in the Nest
04×05The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond
04×06The Crank in the Shaft
04×07The He in the She
04×08The Skull in the Sculpture
04×09The Con Man in the Meth Lab
04×10The Passenger in the Oven
04×11The Bone That Blew
04×12Double Trouble in the Panhandle
04×13Fire in the Ice
04×14The Hero in the Hold
04×15The Princess and the Pear
04×16The Bones That Foam
04×17The Salt in the Wounds
04×18The Doctor in the Den
04×19The Science in the Physicist
04×20The Cinderella in the Cardboard
04×21Mayhem on a Cross
04×22The Double Death of the Dearly Departed
04×23The Girl in the Mask
04×24The Beaver in the Otter
04×25The Critic in the Cabernet
04×26The End in the Beginning
Season 522 episodes · 3 in The Essentials
05×01Harbingers in the Fountain
05×02The Bond in the Boot
05×03The Plain in the Prodigy
05×04The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
05×05A Night at the Bones Museum
05×06The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken
05×07The Dwarf in the Dirt
05×08The Foot in the Foreclosure
05×09The Gamer in the Grease
05×10The Goop on the Girl
05×11The X in the File
05×12The Proof in the Pudding
05×13The Dentist in the Ditch
05×14The Devil in the Details
05×15The Bones on a Blue Line
05×16The Parts in the Sum of the Whole
05×17The Death of the Queen Bee
05×18The Predator in the Pool
05×19The Rocker in the Rinse Cycle
05×20The Witch in the Wardrobe
05×21The Boy with the Answer
05×22The Beginning in the End
Season 623 episodes · 7 in The Essentials
06×01The Mastodon in the Room
06×02The Couple in the Cave
06×03The Maggots in the Meathead
06×04The Body and the Bounty
06×05The Bones That Weren't
06×06The Shallow in the Deep
06×07The Babe in the Bar
06×08The Twisted Bones in the Melted Truck
06×09The Doctor in the Photo
06×10The Body in the Bag
06×11The Bullet in the Brain
06×12The Sin in the Sisterhood
06×13The Daredevil in the Mold
06×14The Bikini in the Soup
06×15The Killer in the Crosshairs
06×16The Blackout in the Blizzard
06×17The Feet on the Beach
06×18The Truth in the Myth
06×19The Finder
06×20The Pinocchio in the Planter
06×21The Signs in the Silence
06×22The Hole in the Heart
06×23The Change in the Game
Season 713 episodes · 4 in The Essentials
07×01The Memories in the Shallow Grave
07×02The Hot Dog in the Competition
07×03The Prince in the Plastic
07×04The Male in the Mail
07×05The Twist in the Twister
07×06The Crack in the Code
07×07The Prisoner in the Pipe
07×08The Bump in the Road
07×09The Don't in the Do
07×10The Warrior in the Wuss
07×11The Family in the Feud
07×12The Suit on the Set
07×13The Past in the Present
Season 824 episodes · 3 in The Essentials
08×01The Future in the Past
08×02The Partners in the Divorce
08×03The Gunk in the Garage
08×04The Tiger in the Tale
08×05The Method in the Madness
08×06The Patriot in Purgatory
08×07The Bod in the Pod
08×08The But in the Joke
08×09The Ghost in the Machine
08×10The Diamond in the Rough
08×11The Archaeologist in the Cocoon
08×12The Corpse on the Canopy
08×13The Twist in the Plot
08×14The Doll in the Derby
08×15The Shot in the Dark
08×16The Friend in Need
08×17The Fact in the Fiction
08×18The Survivor in the Soap
08×19The Doom in the Gloom
08×20The Blood from the Stones
08×21The Maiden in the Mushrooms
08×22The Party in the Pants
08×23The Pathos in the Pathogens
08×24The Secret in the Siege
Season 924 episodes · 4 in The Essentials
09×01The Secrets in the Proposal
09×02The Cheat in the Retreat
09×03El Carnicero en el Coche
09×04The Sense in the Sacrifice
09×05The Lady on the List
09×06The Woman in White
09×07The Nazi on the Honeymoon
09×08The Dude in the Dam
09×09The Fury in the Jury
09×10The Mystery in the Meat
09×11The Spark in the Park
09×12The Ghost in the Killer
09×13Big in the Philippines
09×14The Master in the Slop
09×15The Heiress in the Hill
09×16The Source in the Sludge
09×17The Repo Man in the Septic Tank
09×18The Carrot in the Kudzu
09×19The Turn in the Urn
09×20The High in the Low
09×21The Cold in the Case
09×22The Nail in the Coffin
09×23The Drama in the Queen
09×24The Recluse in the Recliner
Season 1022 episodes · 7 in The Essentials
10×01The Conspiracy in the Corpse
10×02The Lance to the Heart
10×03The Purging of the Pundit
10×04The Geek in the Guck
10×05The Corpse at the Convention
10×06The Lost Love in the Foreign Land
10×07The Money Maker on the Merry-Go-Round
10×08The Puzzler in the Pit
10×09The Mutilation of the Master Manipulator
10×10The 200th in the 10th
10×11The Psychic in the Soup
10×12The Teacher in the Books
10×13The Baker in the Bits
10×14The Putter in the Rough
10×15The Eye in the Sky
10×16The Big Beef at the Royal Diner
10×17The Lost in the Found
10×18The Verdict in the Victims
10×19The Murder in the Middle East
10×20The Woman in the Whirlpool
10×21The Life in the Light
10×22The Next in the Last
Season 1122 episodes · 6 in The Essentials
11×01The Loyalty in the Lie
11×02The Brother in the Basement
11×03The Donor in the Drink
11×04The Carpals in the Coy-Wolves
11×05The Resurrection in the Remains
11×06The Senator in the Street Sweeper
11×07The Promise in the Palace
11×08High Treason in the Holiday Season
11×09The Cowboy in the Contest
11×10The Doom in the Boom
11×11The Death in the Defense
11×12The Murder of the Meninist
11×13The Monster in the Closet
11×14The Last Shot at a Second Chance
11×15The Fight in the Fixer
11×16The Strike in the Chord
11×17The Secret in the Service
11×18The Movie in the Making
11×19The Head in the Abutment
11×20The Stiff in the Cliff
11×21The Jewel in the Crown
11×22The Nightmare in the Nightmare
Season 1212 episodes · 1 in The Essentials
12×01The Hope In The Horror
12×02The Brain In The Bot
12×03The New Tricks in the Old Dogs
12×04The Price for the Past
12×05The Tutor in the Tussle
12×06The Flaw in the Saw
12×07The Scare in the Score
12×08The Grief and the Girl
12×09The Steal in the Wheels
12×10The Radioactive Panthers in the Party
12×11The Day in the Life
12×12The End in the End
Where the story lives
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Booth and Brennan
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Christopher Pelant
8/9 kept · spine
The Grave Digger
1/4 kept
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Common questions
How many episodes of Bones are there?
Our stored catalogue lists 246 TV episodes across 12 seasons. For ongoing shows, this is not a live count of aired episodes.
Which episodes of Bones can I skip?
The Essentials keeps 44 of the 246 episodes in our catalogue. Read the path's coverage before treating omitted episodes as optional.
How long does it take to watch Bones?
At two episodes per viewing day, our 246-episode catalogue takes 123 viewing days. Episode lengths vary, and days off extend the calendar time.
Does Bones have filler?
202 episodes sit outside our selected route. That does not mean they are non-canon or poor episodes; it depends on the story you want to follow.
