Bones (2005)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (193,130 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 12
Streaming (US): Hulu · Amazon Prime Video · Peacock
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 12 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2005)

7.77 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 8.7 42 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.5	2,544
2	The Man in the SUV	7.3	1,981
3	A Boy in a Tree	7.5	1,850
4	The Man in the Bear	7.8	1,852
5	A Boy in a Bush	7.8	1,810
6	The Man in the Wall	7.3	1,699
7	The Man on Death Row	8.1	1,793
8	The Girl in the Fridge	7.8	1,728
9	The Man in the Fallout Shelter	8.6	2,201
10	The Woman at the Airport	7.5	1,616
11	The Woman in the Car	7.6	1,590
12	The Superhero in the Alley	7.7	1,641
13	The Woman in the Garden	7.5	1,528
14	The Man on the Fairway	7.4	1,493
15	Two Bodies in the Lab	8.4	1,866
16	The Woman in the Tunnel	7.6	1,498
17	The Skull in the Desert	7.6	1,583
18	The Man with the Bone	7.5	1,504
19	The Man in the Morgue	8.0	1,683
20	The Graft in the Girl	8.2	1,638
21	The Soldier on the Grave	7.5	1,547
22	The Woman in Limbo	8.7	1,785

Season 2 (2006)

7.86 avg 21 episodes 7.5 → 8.1 42 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Titan on the Track	7.5	1,480
2	Mother and Child in the Bay	7.7	1,436
3	The Boy in the Shroud	7.7	1,471
4	The Blonde in the Game	8.1	1,482
5	The Truth in the Lye	7.6	1,404
6	The Girl in Suite 2103	7.5	1,351
7	The Girl with the Curl	7.6	1,469
8	The Woman in the Sand	7.8	1,513
9	Aliens in a Spaceship	9.3	2,800
10	The Headless Witch in the Woods	7.7	1,470
11	Judas on a Pole	8.5	1,699
12	The Man in the Cell	8.6	1,586
13	The Girl in the Gator	7.7	1,416
14	The Man in the Mansion	7.6	1,379
15	The Bodies in the Book	8.0	1,378
16	The Boneless Bride in the River	7.3	1,330
17	The Priest in the Churchyard	7.7	1,358
18	The Killer in the Concrete	7.9	1,374
19	Spaceman in a Crater	7.5	1,291
20	The Glowing Bones in 'The Old Stone House'	7.7	1,328
21	Stargazer in a Puddle	8.1	1,457

Season 3 (2007)

7.90 avg 15 episodes 7.9 → 8.3 42 min avg

Rebound

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Widow's Son in the Windshield	7.9	1,425
2	Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van	7.5	1,345
3	Death in the Saddle	7.2	1,326
4	The Secret in the Soil	7.5	1,290
5	Mummy in the Maze	8.2	1,517
6	Intern in the Incinerator	7.7	1,270
7	Boy in the Time Capsule	7.7	1,286
8	The Knight on the Grid	8.2	1,351
9	The Santa in the Slush	8.4	1,600
10	The Man in the Mud	7.4	1,249
11	Player Under Pressure	7.5	1,283
12	The Baby in the Bough	8.0	1,400
13	The Verdict in the Story	8.5	1,513
14	The Wannabe in the Weeds	8.5	1,581
15	The Pain in the Heart	8.3	1,823

Season 4 (2008)

7.72 avg 25 episodes 7.5 → 7.7 53 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Yanks in the U.K.: Parts 1 and 2	7.5	1,599
3	The Man in the Outhouse	7.3	1,260
4	The Finger in the Nest	7.6	1,310
5	The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond	8.1	1,352
6	The Crank in the Shaft	7.3	1,228
7	The He in the She	7.6	1,391
8	The Skull in the Sculpture	7.3	1,268
9	The Con Man in the Meth Lab	7.7	1,290
10	The Passenger in the Oven	8.2	1,424
11	The Bone That Blew	7.5	1,219
12	Double Trouble in the Panhandle	8.1	1,487
13	Fire in the Ice	7.6	1,347
14	The Hero in the Hold	8.7	1,785
15	The Princess and the Pear	7.6	1,286
16	The Bones That Foam	7.5	1,273
17	The Salt in the Wounds	7.5	1,261
18	The Doctor in the Den	7.7	1,281
19	The Science in the Physicist	7.6	1,251
20	The Cinderella in the Cardboard	7.5	1,203
21	Mayhem on a Cross	8.0	1,511
22	The Double Death of the Dearly Departed	8.5	1,634
23	The Girl in the Mask	7.6	1,342
24	The Beaver in the Otter	7.3	1,203
25	The Critic in the Cabernet	8.1	1,417
26	The End in the Beginning	7.7	1,925

Season 5 (2009)

7.86 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 8.1 57 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Harbingers in a Fountain	7.9	1,424
2	The Bond in the Boot	7.9	1,268
3	The Plain in the Prodigy	7.8	1,329
4	The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	7.6	1,237
5	A Night at the Bones Museum	7.9	1,248
6	The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken	7.3	1,164
7	The Dwarf in the Dirt	7.7	1,236
8	The Foot in the Foreclosure	7.8	1,210
9	The Gamer in the Grease	7.5	1,215
10	The Goop on the Girl	8.1	1,439
11	The X in the File	7.8	1,214
12	The Proof in the Pudding	8.5	1,464
13	The Dentist in the Ditch	7.4	1,133
14	The Devil in the Details	7.6	1,175
15	The Bones on the Blue Line	7.7	1,163
16	The Parts in the Sum of the Whole	8.8	1,850
17	The Death of the Queen Bee	8.2	1,364
18	The Predator in the Pool	7.5	1,154
19	The Rocker in the Rinse Cycle	7.3	1,181
20	The Witch in the Wardrobe	8.0	1,245
21	The Boy with the Answer	8.5	1,325
22	The Beginning in the End	8.1	1,272

Season 6 (2010)

7.83 avg 23 episodes 8.1 → 8.5 56 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Mastodon in the Room	8.1	1,326
2	The Couple in the Cave	7.4	1,144
3	The Maggots in the Meathead	7.4	1,210
4	The Body and the Bounty	7.8	1,232
5	The Bones That Weren't	7.5	1,132
6	The Shallow in the Deep	7.9	1,170
7	The Babe in the Bar	7.3	1,095
8	The Twisted Bones in the Melted Truck	7.4	1,095
9	The Doctor in the Photo	8.8	1,949
10	The Body in the Bag	7.5	1,098
11	The Bullet in the Brain	8.5	1,327
12	The Sin in the Sisterhood	7.3	1,074
13	The Daredevil in the Mold	7.6	1,165
14	The Bikini in the Soup	7.6	1,117
15	The Killer in the Crosshairs	7.8	1,179
16	The Blackout in the Blizzard	8.3	1,316
17	The Feet on the Beach	7.6	1,142
18	The Truth in the Myth	7.4	1,112
19	The Finder	7.4	1,838
20	The Pinocchio in the Planter	7.3	1,050
21	The Signs in the Silence	8.7	1,641
22	The Hole in the Heart	9.1	2,166
23	The Change in the Game	8.5	1,682

Season 7 (2011)

7.80 avg 13 episodes 7.9 → 8.6 44 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Memories in the Shallow Grave	7.9	1,415
2	The Hot Dog in the Competition	7.7	1,218
3	The Prince in the Plastic	7.6	1,112
4	The Male in the Mail	7.7	1,153
5	The Twist in the Twister	7.6	1,139
6	The Crack in the Code	8.5	1,384
7	The Prisoner in the Pipe	7.7	1,375
8	The Bump in the Road	7.7	1,095
9	The Don't in the Do	7.5	1,034
10	The Warrior in the Wuss	7.5	1,012
11	The Family in the Feud	7.5	1,040
12	The Suit on the Set	7.9	1,165
13	The Past in the Present	8.6	1,370

Season 8 (2012)

7.62 avg 24 episodes 8.5 → 7.7 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Future in the Past	8.5	1,364
2	The Partners in the Divorce	7.6	1,134
3	The Gunk in the Garage	7.8	1,132
4	The Tiger in the Tale	7.4	1,072
5	The Method in the Madness	7.5	1,029
6	The Patriot in Purgatory	8.8	2,150
7	The Bod in the Pod	7.6	1,061
8	The But in the Joke	7.5	1,042
9	The Ghost in the Machine	6.8	1,767
10	The Diamond in the Rough	7.0	1,131
11	The Archaeologist in the Cocoon	7.5	1,037
12	The Corpse on the Canopy	8.5	1,239
13	The Twist in the Plot	7.3	971
14	The Doll in the Derby	7.4	996
15	The Shot in the Dark	7.8	1,245
16	The Friend in Need	7.7	998
17	The Fact in the Fiction	7.4	968
18	The Survivor in the Soap	7.6	975
19	The Doom in the Gloom	7.4	928
20	The Blood from the Stones	7.3	960
21	The Maiden in the Mushrooms	7.2	959
22	The Party in the Pants	7.3	968
23	The Pathos in the Pathogens	8.3	1,119
24	The Secret in the Siege	7.7	1,129

Season 9 (2013)

7.68 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 8.9 43 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Secrets in the Proposal	7.7	1,168
2	The Cheat in the Retreat	7.5	1,003
3	El Carnicero en el Coche	7.5	948
4	The Sense in the Sacrifice	8.2	1,146
5	The Lady on the List	7.5	912
6	The Woman in White	8.5	1,304
7	The Nazi on the Honeymoon	7.4	1,051
8	The Dude in the Dam	7.3	908
9	The Fury in the Jury	7.7	924
10	The Mystery in the Meat	7.6	947
11	The Spark in the Park	7.8	1,080
12	The Ghost in the Killer	7.6	912
13	Big in the Philippines	8.2	1,069
14	The Master in the Slop	7.7	928
15	The Heiress in the Hill	7.7	875
16	The Source in the Sludge	7.6	871
17	The Repo Man in the Septic Tank	7.3	870
18	The Carrot in the Kudzu	7.0	848
19	The Turn in the Urn	7.4	854
20	The High in the Low	7.6	855
21	The Cold in the Case	7.3	824
22	The Nail in the Coffin	7.8	864
23	The Drama in the Queen	7.6	876
24	The Recluse in the Recliner	8.9	1,272

Season 10 (2014)

7.52 avg 22 episodes 8.6 → 7.8 43 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Conspiracy in the Corpse	8.6	1,387
2	The Lance to the Heart	8.3	1,092
3	The Purging of the Pundit	7.1	941
4	The Geek in the Guck	7.4	868
5	The Corpse at the Convention	7.8	874
6	The Lost Love in the Foreign Land	7.6	891
7	The Money Maker on the Merry-Go-Round	7.2	845
8	The Puzzler in the Pit	7.5	885
9	The Mutilation of the Master Manipulator	7.3	858
10	The 200th in the 10th	7.6	1,488
11	The Psychic in the Soup	7.2	877
12	The Teacher in the Books	7.5	825
13	The Baker in the Bits	7.2	795
14	The Putter in the Rough	7.2	783
15	The Eye in the Sky	7.5	815
16	The Big Beef at the Royal Diner	7.2	773
17	The Lost in the Found	7.6	808
18	The Verdict in the Victims	7.7	784
19	The Murder in the Middle East	7.5	814
20	The Woman in the Whirlpool	7.3	762
21	The Life in the Light	7.4	749
22	The Next in the Last	7.8	827

Season 11 (2015)

7.71 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.9 44 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Loyalty in the Lie	8.1	936
2	The Brother in the Basement	8.0	835
3	The Donor in the Drink	7.4	745
4	The Carpals in the Coy-Wolves	7.7	787
5	The Resurrection in the Remains	7.3	932
6	The Senator in the Street Sweeper	7.5	750
7	The Promise in the Palace	7.3	723
8	High Treason in the Holiday Season	7.5	768
9	The Cowboy in the Contest	7.8	802
10	The Doom in the Boom	8.5	879
11	The Death in the Defense	7.6	722
12	The Murder of the Meninist	6.8	831
13	The Monster in the Closet	8.3	800
14	The Last Shot at a Second Chance	7.7	720
15	The Fight in the Fixer	7.6	700
16	The Strike in the Chord	7.1	832
17	The Secret in the Service	7.7	711
18	The Movie in the Making	7.8	890
19	The Head in the Abutment	7.5	695
20	The Stiff in the Cliff	7.8	697
21	The Jewel in the Crown	7.7	690
22	The Nightmare in the Nightmare	8.9	1,029

Season 12 (2017)

7.72 avg 12 episodes 8.3 → 8.3 43 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Hope in the Horror	8.3	895
2	The Brain in the Bot	7.5	737
3	The New Tricks in the Old Dogs	7.5	738
4	The Price for the Past	7.8	726
5	The Tutor in the Tussle	7.4	693
6	The Flaw in the Saw	7.4	701
7	The Scare in the Score	8.0	753
8	The Grief and the Girl	7.6	720
9	The Steal in the Wheels	7.3	746
10	The Radioactive Panthers in the Party	7.1	689
11	The Day in the Life	8.5	868
12	The Final Chapter: The End in the End	8.3	1,098