Episode Guide

Episode 1 - The Mastodon in the Room

Seven months after both Bones and Booth left the country at the end of last season, Caroline calls them back to the Jeffersonian to help save Cam's job, as they work with her and the rest of the team to solve a controversial case.

Episode 2 - The Couple in the Cave

A couple's remains that are discovered in a National Park cave create a double mystery: who are they and why were they killed? Elsewhere, Booth's girlfriend drops by, unexpectedly stateside from her assignment as a correspondent in Afghanistan, which leaves Brennan unsure of her relationship with Booth.

Episode 3 - The Maggots in the Meathead

A case at the Jersey Shore reveals Brennan's hip side, as she and Booth look into the death of a young man whose decomposing body is found near a local night club. Film footage discovered appears to provide a major lead, but it may not be what it seems. Meanwhile, back at the lab, Angela does her best to keep her pregnancy secret and Hannah bonds with the squints.

Episode 4 - The Body and the Bounty

The team goes on a search for missing body parts after they find a decomposing skull and hands in a dumpster. After the victim is identified as a bounty hunter who was searching for a killer named Braverman, the team discovers that someone else is looking for Braverman as well, resulting in a chase with an unexpected suspect. Meanwhile, Brennan makes children's show star Professor Bunsen Jude "The Science Dude" her new intern.

Episode 5 - The Bones that Weren't

A ballet dancer is murdered and Booth and Brennan are led to suspect a group of street dancers in the crime. Meanwhile, Booth's girlfriend Hannah is shot, leaving Booth to worry for her health.

Episode 6 - The Shallow in the Deep

A young man's body is found in a sunken slave ship as the team attempts to put to rest the 150-year-old remains recently discovered at the site. Brennan and Booth's investigation takes them to a cruise of another kind, inhabited by cougars. Elsewhere, Cam finds a personal link to the Amelia Rose, and Sweets has difficulty with the concept of platonic and Daisy put together.

Episode 7 - The Babe in the Bar

The team is called to Walpert's Chocolate Factory, the site of the world's largest chocolate bar, when it turns out there's more than chocolate in the bar. Elsewhere, Cam is disturbed when Michelle chooses a college whose reputation is not for academic excellence.

Episode 8 - The Twisted Bones in the Melted Truck

The team investigates a burned truck where the victim has melted into the dashboard. Finding the real cause of death, however, becomes problematic when even a gunshot wound is excluded. This sends Booth and Brennan to a local high school where the answers may lie in a forbidden relationship. Elsewhere, Hannah tries to bond with Parker, and Sweets tries to stay focused while coaching Daisy for a government-mandated examination.

Episode 9 - The Doctor in the Photo

Booth and Brennan investigate the mysterious death of a surgeon whose life and death challenge Brennan's legendary objectivity. As the team sifts through the evidence, Brennan identifies more and more with the brilliant doctor and her life which makes her question some of her own choices.

Episode 10 - The Body in the Bag

The team investigates the case of a body found in a shower with ties to a counterfeit operation. Elsewhere, Hodgins and Angela have decisions to make about family and living spaces, and Booth comes clean to Hannah about Brennan's feelings for him.

Episode 11 - The Bullet in the Brain

When the "Gravedigger" is blown away in front of the courthouse as she's delivered for a final appeal before her execution, the hunt is on to find the sniper. It turns out to be a sharpshooter with a connection to Booth. Meanwhile, Sweets deals with her last mind game and Angela worries over Hodgins' glee that Taffet is dead.

Episode 12 - The Sin in the Sisterhood

The team investigates a corpse made to look like a scarecrow who had a very active married life. When Booth and Brennan interview his wives, it turns out they were sisters as well as sister wives whose jealousies caused all manner of un-sisterly feelings and behavior. There is also a relative whose beliefs about polygamy may provide a motive. Elsewhere, Cam worries about the stability of her relationship with Dr. Lidner.

Episode 13 - The Daredevil in the Mold

A botched bike stunt leaves the remains of a BMX rider on a warehouse roof. Hodgins and the team at the lab investigate the skeleton's multiple fractures, while Brennan and Booth interview the other stunt participants. Elsewhere, Sweets once again asks Booth's advice about Daisy, and Booth comes to a decision about Hannah.

Episode 14 - The Bikini in the Soup

Valentine's Day brings its own stress to the team in different ways. Cam asks for a timely conclusion to the current case—a wedding planner whose tanning bed contains her liquefied remains—so she can make her Valentine's date. Hodgins, meanwhile, tries to create a whole day of romance for Angela with mixed results. Brennan and Booth, in the meantime, try to play down its importance.

Episode 15 - The Killer in the Crosshairs

Jacob Broadsky returns with his vigilante justice and a case that will pit Booth's skills once again against Broadsky's, and this time it will come down to the wire as Booth tries to save the intended victim. Back at the lab, Angela's father descends with one of his unusual requests.

Episode 16 - The Blackout in the Blizzard

When a blizzard causes a power outage during a critical murder investigation, the team finds they must adapt to their low-tech environment in order to prevent a possible biological catastrophe. Elsewhere, Sweets gets a little too interpersonal when Brennan and Booth find themselves trapped in an elevator, while Angela and Hodgins worry over some test results.

Episode 17 - The Feet on the Beach

Brennan reluctantly teams up with a Canadian podiatrist, whom she disparaged in a scientific article, in order to gain access to her remains after seven pairs of feet are found washed up on the U.S.-Canadian border. Brennan may have to acquaint herself with the true meaning of apology—or is that contrition?—as Dr. Filmore becomes a key part of the team's effort to determine the identity of the real victim from the ones that belong to research, and the true cause of death. Elsewhere, Cam has crossed a major boundary when a fraudulent but successful college application for Michelle is delivered to the lab along with some seriously ethical issues.

Episode 18 - The Truth in the Myth

Booth and Brennan travel to West Virginia when a mythbuster program host's remains are found in an area with a Chupacabra legend. A legend that fills Booth and Hodgins with glee, and Brennan with the determination to debunk it once and for all. As suspects the victim enraged with his tactics are interviewed, Hodgins lures Angela from the lab for some well-meant exercise—a decision that may have a different lesson than he intended. Meanwhile, back at the lab, Vincent Nigel-Murray has returned and combines his duties with working his Step Nine, which results in some startling revelations.

Episode 19 - Finder

When the corpse of a security guard is found in Florida's Everglades shortly after the attempted robbery of a fragment of a 17th century nautical chart at the maritime museum where he worked, Booth calls on Walter Sherman for assistance in the case. Sherman, whose reputation as a man with an extraordinary ability to locate anything is well-deserved, provides invaluable assistance, but that doesn't help Booth warm up to him. Conversely, Brennan has no trouble working with Sherman's partner Ike as they pair their skills to solve the case.

Episode 20 - The Pinocchio in the Planter

When the skeleton of a formerly successful and liked advertising executive is found in a planter at a new community center, the mystery is not just who he is, but why his friends, family and co-workers now hate him. As the pieces of the victim's puzzle fall into place, the team becomes curious about his radically honest way of life and decides to try it out on each other with mixed results. Angela, though, takes the opportunity to force Hodgins to deal with the truth of their pregnancy.

Episode 21 - The Signs in the Silence

A mysterious young deaf girl is thought to have committed a recent murder after she's found on the streets, covered in blood and holding a knife. It's up to the Jeffersonian team to figure out who this girl is and determine if she's really the one to blame for the murder.

Episode 22 - The Hole in the Heart

Rogue sniper Jacob Broadsky returns once again, claiming another victim and making Booth determined to put him away once and for all.

Episode 23 - The Change in The Game

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 hitting a dead end in the case, Booth and Brennan decide to go undercover and join a competitive bowling team in search of answers.