The Jeffersonian team work on a case where the victim's body was found in a paintball field, but later discover from the victim's husband that she suffered from amnesia. Meanwhile, Brennan and Booth adjust to their new life as a couple living together, and deal with Brennan's pregnancy.
The remains of a competitive eating champion are discovered days before the next major competition where $10,000 is the prize, leaving the victim's competitors as suspects. A new intern, Finn Abernathy, joins the Jeffersonian but his troubled past is a cause for concern for Cam on deciding if he should keep his job or not. Meanwhile, Booth is upset when he learns that Brennan learned the sex of the baby without him.
The team investigates a crime in which a female toy company executive is found shrink-wrapped with one of the company's popular dolls. Meanwhile, Sweets prepares for his gun certification test, even though Booth believes he should not carry a weapon. Also, Brennan learns the importance of playing with her child from Angela, who is trying to put together a toy for her child.
The dismembered remains of a shipping and printing shop employee are found in several mailing boxes, leading Booth and Brennan to investigate the other employees, which includes a complicated love triangle with the victim. Booth's grandfather, who raised him and his brother, returns to break the news that Booth's father has died, leaving Booth to deal with his anger towards his father who was never there for him.
The story opens at a summer camp, where a prospective counselor is shown the archery range and admits that a childhood viewing of a slasher film left her terrified of camping. She explains that she applied only because college tuition is expensive, and pleads for a chance to prove that she is hardworking and good with children. The action then shifts to the investigation of a man whose remains were recovered after a tornado. At the Jeffersonian, Temperance 'Bones' Brennan and the team discover o
The team investigates when a skull and spinal column, plus a taunting message in human blood, is found at a national museum. The only clue is a coded message in the vertebrae, which begins a hunt for a new, obviously technologically-proficient foe. Booth and Brennan are still looking for a new home.
The remains of an escaped convict are found in a residential sewer, but an examination of the sewer pipes indicates that the murder occurred within prison walls. Brennan insists on solving the crime – despite Booth's pleas for her not to overexert herself – and the expectant couple experiences a very untraditional arrival of their baby daughter.
With the help of Special Agent Genny Shaw (Tina Majorino), the Jeffersonian team identifies the remains of a discount shopper and "extreme couponer" who was dragged along the road by an 18-wheeler. Brennan is adjusting to her first day back at work after giving birth, and Cam disapproves of her daughter's romance with intern Finn Abernathy (Luke Kleintank).
When a corpse is found at a landfill, dyed in a blue substance, intern Arastoo Vaziri (Pej Vahdat) discovers a method that helps eliminate postmortem damages to the corpse, which leads the team back to a hair salon where the victim worked. Brennan is feeling uncomfortable in her post-baby body, so Booth decides to do something special to boost her self-confidence.
Booth and Brennan investigate the murder of a truck company employee who is found in the middle of the woods. After the victim's son is questioned, Booth and Brennan visit his karate class in search of a motive. Back at the lab, Hodgins is going overboard purchasing lab equipment. Booth's son Parker returns from England and Brennan is apprehensive about how he'll react to his new baby sister.
When a corpse is found in the middle of the woods, the team find themselves in the middle of a modern-day Hatfield-McCoy style feud. Brennan and Booth interrogate a family member with a shocking confession that leads them to a motive for the victim's murder. Brennan has a difficult time accepting her father's (Ryan O'Neal) offer to babysit their infant daughter because of his unpredictable presence in her own childhood.
Brennan and Booth head out to Los Angeles to consult on the production of "Bone of Contention," a film based on Brennan's latest book and the work of the Jeffersonian team. While on set, Brennan intervenes after finding flaws with the actors' performances, not to mention the film's total disregard for science. Then she discovers that the prop cadaver being used is an actual murder victim, leading her and Booth to launch an investigation that has real-world consequences in the land of make-believ
Evil tech genius Christopher Pelant (Andrew Leeds), a suspect in a previous case Brennan and Booth handled (The Crack in the Code), is seen before the parole board petitioning for release. Brennan and Booth inform the parole board that he is a suspect in two murder cases. Then Brennan and Booth are called to the scene of a new murder. After determining the victim is Brennan's friend, who also is linked to Pelant, the Jeffersonian team works to prove Pelant is guilty; but when law enforcement exa
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