Bones (2005)

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Starring: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Eric Millegan, Jonathan Adams, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne, Tamara Taylor

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance

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The He in the She - S4-E7

Character mistake: Bones tells Cam she isn't able to ascertain sex of the victim due to no pelvic bone. However numerous times in the show she is able to confirm sex with just the skull. What's different here? (00:03:00)

Ssiscool ★

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Suggested correction: Maybe this skull was more ambiguous than the others. Unless she said it in a way that suggests you generally can't determine sex from a skull, I don't see it as a mistake. (I only watched the German version where it sounded neutral.)

The point of the mistake is that Bones states she needs a pelvic bone to determine the sex of the victim. This is not true, as she does this multiple times without the pelvic bone, and if she's unsure from a skull, she says "unable to determine sex at this stage" or words to that effect.

Ssiscool ★

The Man in the Cell - S2-E12

Other mistake: Bones produces a gun and states that she got it herself. However it is explained in earlier episodes she is not legally allowed a weapon due to being arrested for shooting a suspect.

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Suggested correction: She could have gotten it illegally. It would not be out of character for her to think she knows better than anyone else whether it is right for her to have one.

Highly unlikely she would go down the route of obtaining a firearm illegally, since she is a civilian contractor to the FBI and is partnered with a special agent.

Ssiscool ★

The Gunk in the Garage - S8-E3

Plot hole: When doing the investigation they go to the construction site and speak to the foreman who is absolutely fine. However at the end, the foreman is unstable on his feet with a head injury. He should have been unstable when they first spoke to him.

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Suggested correction: Head injuries can take some time to develop. You can feel fine, and after an hour or even more, when your brain has swollen up, you suddenly are in serious trouble. This is why you have to be under observation and not sleeping for several hours after a bump to the head.

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Mistakes

The Parts in the Sum of the Whole - S5-E16

Continuity mistake: In this episode, Booth and Bones are telling Sweets about their "real first case" together - the case where they actually met for the first time. During this episode, Booth, Bones, and Angela take some evidence to Caroline, and Booth introduces them both (most importantly Brennan) to Caroline. However, in season 1, episode 19, "The Man in the Morgue", (which would have taken place after this initial first meeting) when Brennan is accused of murder in New Orleans, Booth has Caroline fly to NOLA to be Brennan's lawyer, and he introduces the two of them. If they had already been introduced during the first case Booth and Brennan worked on together, they would not have needed to be introduced here; they would have already known one another.

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Suggested correction: Caroline says she doesn't want to remember Brennan's name.

Kevin l Habershaw ★

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Quotes

Dr. Temperance Brennan: I've never gotten a B and I never will.
Seeley Booth: That's my girl.

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Trivia

Judas on a Pole - S2-E11

Trivia: Kathy Reichs, whose novels and experiences the series is based on, appears as one of the professors questioning Zack about his dissertation. (00:00:50)

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Questions

The Woman in the Car - S1-E11

Question: Pickering is interviewing the team from the Jeffersonian. When she gets to Bones, she mentions someone's name and Bones rings a phone number and Pickering is told not to move and all her notes are to be destroyed. What is Bones' relationship to the person Pickering mentioned?

Ssiscool ★

Chosen answer: Pickering states the name "Juan Guzman" and during the run of the show we are never told who he is, or why Brennan had been in Cuba and met with this Juan Guzman. We don't know if there is any kind of "relationship" between Brennan and Guzman. A bit frustrating, but I like how this short scene shuts down Agent Pickering's entire review, and it hints at Brennan's career history and her level of security clearance.

Super Grover ★

Thanks for the clarification. It's been a while since I watched the series start to finish. It also adds to show how much power Brennan actually has.

Ssiscool ★

Do you remember when Bones was telling Angela about the time she was on one of her out of the country trips, and she was thrown in a dark cell for what she later found out was 3 days? She was crying and looked terrified as she remembered this. She had that same look as someone who was remembering past trauma when Pickering said this name. I kind of always thought that "Juan Guzman" was the one who did that.