Bones: Season 6
Following a period of time apart, the team reunites for the sixth season, but everything has changed since their separation. The characters face new faces, personal losses, and shifting dynamics that force everyone involved to reexamine what they want and who they can trust. Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab continue their work assisting Special Agent Seeley Booth with m
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth teams up with the Jeffersonian's top anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan, to investigate cases.
- Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist with murder investigations involving remains that are badly decomposed, burned, or destroyed.
- The series is a police procedural comedy-drama created by Hart Hanson for Fox.
- The show focuses on investigations where all that is left of the victims are their bones.
Season overview
Following a period of time apart, the team reunites for the sixth season, but everything has changed since their separation. The characters face new faces, personal losses, and shifting dynamics that force everyone involved to reexamine what they want and who they can trust. Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab continue their work assisting Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when standard identification methods are useless because the remains are badly decomposed, burned, or destroyed.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
The Mastodon in the Room
Sep 23, 2010 · 44 min
With Cam’s reputation and career on the line, the team travels from overseas to help her solve the case of an unidentified young boy. The Forensics Anthropology Unit lost much of i
The Couple in the Cave
Sep 30, 2010 · 43 min
When the remains of a couple are discovered in a cave at National Park, the team must piece together the identity of the man and the woman as well as solve the crime. After interro
The Maggots in the Meathead
Oct 7, 2010 · 43 min
When Booth and Brennan are called to investigate decomposed remains found at the Jersey Shore, the team IDs the victim as Richie “The V” Genaro, a 23-year-old who partied the night
The Body and the Bounty
Oct 14, 2010 · 43 min
After a skull and decomposing hands are found in a dumpster, the team must not only solve the crime but also search for the rest of the victim’s remains. Identified as Ray Raminsky
The Bones that Weren't
Nov 4, 2010 · 43 min
After the skull of a promising young dancer is found lodged in concrete at a construction site, the team must first figure out what happened to the victim’s skeletal structure. Aft
The Shallow in the Deep
Nov 11, 2010 · 44 min
The past and present collide when human remains from a 150-year-old slave ship, the Amelia Rose, surface. The team is tasked to give the deceased a proper burial but make an unfore
The Babe in the Bar
Nov 18, 2010 · 44 min
An event for a candymaker (Wayne Knight) turns bitter when human remains are discovered in the world's largest chocolate bar; Cam struggles with her daughter's decision to attend a
The Twisted Bones in the Melted Truck
Dec 2, 2010 · 43 min
Booth and Brennan’s next case leads them to a crime scene where a human carcass has literally melted into the dashboard of a charred truck. As the team investigates the case, they
The Doctor in the Photo
Dec 9, 2010 · 44 min
Brennan gets a glimpse into her own life when the body of a brilliant and career-driven surgeon is found in a rough neighborhood with multiple fractures in her skull and no indicat
The Body in the Bag
Jan 20, 2011 · 42 min
An unidentifiable body is discovered in the shower of an upscale home belonging to a young female socialite. With the help of nosey bones expert and Jeffersonian “squint” Clark Edi
The Bullet in the Brain
Jan 27, 2011 · 43 min
The city anxiously anticipates the arrival of Heather Taffet, more notoriously known as "The Gravedigger," for her final appeal after being sentenced to death for a kidnap-murder a
The Sin in the Sisterhood
Feb 3, 2011 · 44 min
A body disguised as a scarecrow is found with a bullet wound in a remote cornfield, and the team is forced to work against the clock to avoid a storm and potential complications th
The Daredevil in the Mold
Feb 10, 2011 · 43 min
A BMX rider’s remains are discovered on the roof of a warehouse after a failed bike stunt. While Booth and Brennan interrogate the victim’s fellow riders, Hodgins and newly mellowe
The Bikini in the Soup
Feb 17, 2011 · 43 min
The liquefied remains of a wedding planner are found in her home tanning bed on Valentine’s Day, and Cam pressures her team to solve the case in time so she can celebrate the holid
The Killer in the Crosshairs
Mar 10, 2011 · 43 min
Sniper Jacob Broadsky takes out a victim who escaped from the justice system; Booth uses his military training to try to stop Broadsky before he strikes again; Angela's father visi
The Blackout in the Blizzard
Mar 17, 2011 · 44 min
During a blizzard that causes a citywide blackout, the team must solve a murder case that could be connected to a possible viral outbreak; Sweets starts a touchy conversation about
The Feet on the Beach
Apr 7, 2011 · 43 min
Brennan teams up with a Canadian forensic podiatrist to determine the real victim after eight pairs of feet are found washed up on the U.S.-Canadian border, but seven pair belong t
The Truth in the Myth
Apr 14, 2011 · 43 min
The remains of a mythbuster television show host are found in the wilderness appearing to have been killed by the mythic Chupacabra, a reptile-mammal hybrid creature whose existenc
The Finder
Apr 21, 2011 · 44 min
The remains of a maritime museum security guard are found in the Florida Everglades after an attempt to steal an obsolete 17th century nautical chart fragment used to find treasure
The Pinocchio in the Planter
Apr 28, 2011 · 43 min
The team identifies the remains of a successful ad man found in the grounds of a newly built community center playground. Upon inspecting the victim’s home and interrogating his fo
The Signs in the Silence
May 5, 2011 · 43 min
When a 15-year-old Jane Doe is found on the streets, it is up to Brennan, Jeffersonian Intern Arastoo Vaziri and the entire Jeffersonian team to figure out her history and if she
The Hole in the Heart
May 12, 2011 · 43 min
Rogue sniper Jacob Broadsky returns once again, claiming another victim and making Booth determined to put him away once and for all.
The Change in the Game
May 19, 2011 · 42 min
In the 6th season finale, the team investigates the disturbing, unidentifiable remains of a bowler that were found jammed in one of the bowling alley's automatic pinsetters. After