She and her male partner works alongside each other as respected equals. The team also includes a good mix of personality types and ethnicities. Along with the typical hand-to-hand combat, wrestling, and close range shooting of a network cop show, the series lingers on gruesome corpses who have met their end in very graphic, specific ways.
Parents need to know that since this show is about a forensic anthropologist, many scenes show dead bodies -- some of which are quite grisly. Light sexual discussions take place both jokingly and seriously. Scenes feature fights, guns, and deaths. The characters' interpersonal relationships can get somewhat soap opera-like, but the tone is light overall.
Add your rating See all 27 parent reviews. Add your rating See all kid reviews. The character is based on real-life anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs; the character's name comes from Reich's novels.
In each episode, the FBI turns to Bones and her team at the Jeffersonian to help analyze skeletal fragments of unidentified corpses. BONES premiered at a moment in television history when the procedural series reigned supreme.
That's the genre of television where a simple investigative format is pumped full of unique characters and situations, although they mostly turn out to be cop-style shows with varying degrees of quality. While Bones does not do much to innovate the format, it does have a unique advantage in its two lead characters, Bones Emily Deschanel and Booth David Boreanaz , who share a classic will-they-won't-they banter that never gets old.
It's where the acting and writing both shine. That same light tone is attempted throughout the series and even in some of the more absurd crimes investigated, but because the characters are less vivid, the jokes fall flat.
Families can talk about the gore associated with the many murders on the series. Does the show's lighter tone make it easier to take the scenes of dead bodies? Is the potential for romance between Bones and Booth appropriate, given that they work together? What are the potential real-life issues involved in a workplace romance? Families can talk about curiosity and perseverance. How are these character strengths demonstrated on the show?
Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners. See how we rate. Streaming options powered by JustWatch. Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization, earns a small affiliate fee from Amazon or iTunes when you use our links to make a purchase. I watched every … Read more ». Bones is my favorite show. It has both intrigue and comedy. I think the whole cast is excellent.
I just wish you could work Sweets back into the show. I think letting him go was a big mistake. Maybe he could have been away working undercover. FOX has several other shows that I faithfully watch, but Bones has been my favorite since its inception. If the writers are running out of story lines, just ask some of the fans for ideas.
Surely they can look up some of the more interesting forensic mysteries in our nations archives? Has Kathy Reichs left as a consultant? Home News Cancelled or Renewed? How are your shows doing in the ratings? Next Post ». User reviews Review. Top review. TV Entertainment of the Highest Kind. Here is a show that is refreshingly real, from characters to plots, while intellectually stimulating, and willing to tickle our funny bone. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan Emily Deschanel is a smart, focused, professional woman whose sensitivities are not so far from the surface that she is hard, or hardened by avoiding them, nor so close to the surface that she is weak, or weakened by them.
She is serious, candid and forthright. Her ability to "handle" herself stems from confidence and experience, not tragedy or pathology as is so often the case in TV-land female characters. He is not. While we are reminded regularly of his past as a military sniper, the sensitivity he brings to his duties as an FBI agent redeem his past actions, as is his hope.
Make no mistake, he is a fierce patriot and proud FBI man, yet his character's motives and motivation are clear and noble. They are never fanatically righteous or overbearingly macho. These two characters are wonderfully balanced with each other: their approach to life, to their work, to the pursuit of this week's mystery. Their relationship rings true. Through agreements, disagreements and the sense of humor it takes to weather both, Deschanel and Boreanaz always deliver the wry portrayal these two staunchly serious, but genuinely human characters deserve.
Each character's work is expertly accomplished and equally important to the solutions they unravel together. As audience, we enjoy their working together.
With these two very real 21st Century individuals, and stories that skillfully incorporate forensic anthropology, both as it is used in the discipline of anthropology to understand the most ancient of artifacts, and as it is used in the most modern criminal labs, the foundation is strong for TV entertainment of the highest kind.
But, it isn't only the charisma of the two main characters or their portrayers that keeps the show real, believable, compelling. Brennan's support team at the lab are a fine crew Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro - forensic artist and friend to Dr. Brennan, Eric Millegan as Zack Addy - genius, geeky, naively lovable forensic anthropologist in-training, T.
Thyne as Dr. Jack Hodgins - soil, bug and all-things-creepy expert, and Jonathan Adams as Dr. Each has an expertise that is technically viable and each is well portrayed by the actors cast. Had useful details 2. Read my mind 2. Report this review. Blood, decay It is about an anthropologist, so half of the setting is mostly in the lab with the corpse and they dissect the body. There are more sex jokes then sex scenes although off the top of my head there is an episode about prep school kids who make sex tapes.
So if you're uncomfortable having to talk about serious topics with your kids, don't watch this. It is very entertaining. It's funny. Had useful details 1. Read my mind. Teen, 14 years old Written by littlepig1 January 24, It was made in , which made me think it was going to be dull and boring, since they didn't have these special effects they have today. But it's actually not, really good and interesting.
So where I am at the moment we've already seen dead bodies covered in insects eating the rotten flesh graphically displayed. They don't hide anything. And I know this is just the beginning - it's going to be worse and more disturbing like cannibalism and serial killers who treats their victims on creepy and disturbing ways. Also the corpses may not be a problem for younger audiences but the storylines and the sexual jokes may be.
They won't be able to follow and understand the storyline and the background of all the victims can be unsettling. Parent Written by logicfile2 November 27, Know the maturity of your child I love the show and before showing it to son I talked about the potential for gore. He has had the sex talk and are clear on morality. We both enjoy the science.
Positive Messages. Helped me decide 1. Had useful details. Parent of a year-old Written by head shot July 12,
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