FBI Agent Booth enlists the help of forensic anthropologist Dr. Brennan on a case of a decomposed body found in Arlington National Cemetery, to which she agrees only if she's a full partner on the case.
Bones is summoned to identify the corpse of a suspected suicide bomber.
Booth and Bones find the body of a teenager hanging from a tree on the grounds of a private school and look into the case.
In Washington, an arm is found in a dead black bear and Bones and Booth travel there to investigate it.
A young boy goes missing in a mall and Bones goes to determine whether it's his body that is found in a field nearby.
On a night out that goes awry with Angela, Bones kicks a man into a wall and finds a mummified body and a bag of meth in the process.
The lawyer of a man on death row pleads with Bones and Booth to look into his case, and when they do, they believe he might not be guilty.
Bones and Booth look into the case of the body of a missing woman found in a refrigerator. Meanwhile, Bones rebonds with her old professor.
The group is quarantined at the lab on Christmas and they're trying to solve the mystery of a skeleton found at a fallout shelter.
As Bones and Booth go to LA to investigate a body found at the beach, the investigation leads them to prostitutes and plastic surgeons.
Bones and Booth race against the clock to solve a murder as well as the abduction of the victim's kid.
Bones and Booth conduct an investigation into a body in a costume found in an alley, which leads them to a missing teenager involved in a role-playing game.
Bones and Booth investigate a woman's body found in a gangster's car, which leads them to a ruthless gang and a senator.
Bones looks into a plane crash that involves Chinese delegates; however, she's more intrigued by the bone fragments of a person who wasn't on the plane, which lead to a man whose dad has been missing for 5 years.
While on her way to a blind date, Bones barely avoids being shot, and the shooter seems to be linked to one of two murders she's looking into.
A documentary filmmaker dies and the case leads Booth and Bones to the world of the tunnels that lies under the city.
After Angel's boyfriend goes missing in the desert, Bones goes to help her.
A corpse appears next to a 300-year-old finger bone, and Booth and Bones conduct an investigation at the site.
Bones visits New Orleans in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, and becomes tied up in voodoo-guided murder.
Booth and Bones come upon a bone-smuggling ring while examining a young girl's cancer.
The investigation of Booth and Brennan into the alleged suicide of a protester at the Arlington National Cemetery may lead to a military scandal.
As the remains of Bones' mother are found at the Jeffersonian's storage for unidentified remains, Booth subsequently opens an FBI investigation to find her murderer.