Bones: Season 1

Just finished watching the first season of BONES for the second time since I purchased it in November 2008. Originally I watched the first four seasons before I stopped. Lately I've been having a hankering to watch BONES again. I miss it especially since I won't watch any current or syndicated episodes of a series I've purchased to view on DVD until I finish watching the entire DVD collection. It's been so long since I watched this DVD set that I forgot the discs were double sided. When it didn't play well I cleaned my DVD player and had no further problems.Oh how I've missed these folks. How great it was to be reintroduced to gorgeous buff Seeley, the deep voiced handsome director at the Smithsonian, Hodgins the curly headed conspiracy theorist, the chronic PhD candidate-lab rat Zach, sexy artistic creative Angela, and then there's socially challenged Bones with her big brain and pretty expressive eyes. Hearing again Seeley's jokes and labels given to the "squints" are still laugh out loud funny. Watching Seeley's admiration grow with each solved crime. It's amazing how Brennan can tell a story with just bones. The rest of the team uses whatever else is found in and around the bones to assist in the apprehension of the bad guys & girls.Each episode is a creative story based on the books by Kathy Reichs. In the TV series it seems as though the characters have taken on a voice of their own. These episodes are often both fun & sometimes gross to watch, but there's also poignancy, anger, energy, excitement, suspense and a mystery.Brennan's insensitivity shows she has a lot to learn. The anticipation of what she'll say next or how she'll respond during a situation increased my enjoyment of the show.Since it's been so long since I first watched this DVD set (five years), each episode still has a lot of surprises. Seeley was the best person to join the Jeffersonian group. He balanced out many of their quirks. He and Temperance were perfect partners. The rational scientific mind and the intuitive gut hunches combine to be great crime solvers. I eagerly look forward to finding out more about Bones' family. Wonder what will Hodgins and Angela do? Is Zach going to be forced to leave to finally finish his PhD? What will happen with Seeley, his son and his romances? I'll be beginning Season 2 later on today. I can't wait!!

I really like this show and my goal is to watch every season!

In watching the first season, I was reminded that many of my favorite episodes are from the first and second seasons. The opening (Pilot) episode is especially good. The first five minutes are worth the price of admission, when Booth arranges to have Brennan detained by homeland security at the Washington airport, just so he can stage a rescue for her. The plan backfires when Brennan flips the officer who tries to detain her on the airport floor.There are two or three more incidents like that in later episodes. Even better is when Brennan brandishes a huge silver revolver, which I can only guess is a 357 Magnum, but without the long barrel on Harry Callahan's revolver. Another stand-out episode is when the whole gang is trapped in the lab when it is shut down by a quarantine, over Christmas. A third is a late episode starring Adam Baldwin in his classic "loose cannon" kind of role which began in "Full Metal Jacket" and "Firefly."I actually rather like the role of Dr. Daniel Goodman as "the Boss" in place of Camille Saroyan, who replaces him in season 2, because she becomes, after about half a dozen episodes, not much more that "one of the guys" as Brennan reclaims her role as alpha dog (she is even above the "king of the lab" game between Zack and Hodgins).The one thing I noticed is that within that one season, Booth and Brennan got so close that Season 2 seemed to be dedicated to putting some distance between them. I also like the character of Sam Cullen, Booth's boss, who brings a sense of reality to the fact that sometimes Booth seems like he can do anything he wants, without FBI management and direction. He and his family play an especially poignant role in this season's episode 20.

Season one is what I call the pilot season for one of the best TV programs ever to be put on the air. It is superbly produced with fine sets, excel. photography, sci-fi story lines,brilliant cast and humor galore that should keep many a folk happy. The choice of Emily Deschanel who I had never heard of before (I knew of her equally beautiful sister Zooey) as Dr Temperance(Bones) Brennan along with David B. (can't spell his name!)was a brilliant bit of casting. She is a great actress whether she is a humanitarian or a self-centered bitch. And she is sobeautiful to watch. Angela and Hogkins along with Mr Goodman are also great choices. The first two seasons I call "pristine" because they set the table for Bones & Booth to become identifiablepersonages and develop their personalities. Their interplay & bickering remind me much of Ron Weasley & Hermminie interplay in the HARRY POTTER series which of course I purchased in the entiretyfrom AMAZON. Also reminds me of Capt. Kirk & Spock relationships. Some of the sexual blather bothers me a bit for a prime time show but I guess that's the way things are today. Never-the-lessI give five stars to this season and the rest of the seasons to FOX for the superb overall production quality of the films. Nice goody gore touches also! Note to FOX: for future seasons from 9 on, bring back Zach, dump the moron Dr Sweets and give more time to Bones, Booth, Angela, Hogkins & Cammile: love them all!SEA

My partner and I really disliked this! We were looking forward to a good detective-style series but this has no depth to it and shallow characters. It's very American in style and humour - except it just isn't funny. Lightweight, frivolous and annoying lead female. We didn't get beyond the first episode.

This is one of the few series that I have watched all the way through and that's simply because of how great the first series is. Captivated me and had me hooked right until the very last episode.

This clever 22 part first season of Bones introduces the viewers to Temperance Brennan whom readers will feel they know from the novels of writer Kathy Reichs. However, "book Temperance" and "TV Temperance" have only a name and occupation in common! Whilst the science is spot on and the cases built around the forensic antropology work of Kathy Reichs, TV Temperance is younger, does not have a drink problem nor a regular lover - instead she has martial arts skills, parents who went missing when she was 15, a petty criminal brother and the social skills of a gnat.Written with wit and well thought out plots, Bones takes the viewer in the lab where Forensic Antropologist Temperance Brennan helps out the FBI when unidentified bones are located. Partnered with agent Seeley Both (David Boreanaz - Buffy, Angel) Tempe (Emily Deschanel) becomes involved in a variety of cases with the help of her scientific staff - conspiracy fan Jack, reconstruction artist Angela and lab assistant Zach.The funniest lines come from Tempe's complete lack of knowledge when it comes to popular culture. Her frequent cry of "I don't understand that reference" is heard when Seeley compares them to 'Mulder and Scully', or a sports team or TV show catch phrase is discussed by the staff. When speaking to relatives of victims, Tempe resembles a slow motion car crash - referring to "the remains" whilst wondering why Seeley is trying to catch her eye and the relatives are starting to sob. Romance is not Tempe's priority but Angela has plans to help her friend and guidance is frequently offered. In a nice twist, Tempe has just published a fictional book and her spots of chat shows to promote it are painfull to watch as she keeps to one words answers and drives her interviewer nuts.22 excellent episodes running to 40 minutes each will keep fans of CSI shows as well as cop dramas hooked. Skeletal remains turn up from a variety of sources and sometimes the team are working with little more than a handful of bones. The characters interact in a believable way and the action is gripping as well as tragic - 'The Graft in the Girl' is a particularly moving episode about illegal transplant material, and the script stays clear of a sentimentality.Worth getting hold, of Bones is a highly enjoyable series which presents science to the viewers in a wide selection of skillfull plots.

Brilliant first series. Initially Brennan seems a bit irritating but stick with it she grows on you and you begin to see the comedy side of her character. The chemistry between her and Booth, the all American tough guy, is developing nicely and the character's of the "squints"add greatly to the programme. The special effects , i.e. the bodies are very realistically gruesome, I'm glad we don't have smellyvision. I bet the actor's had great fun tripping over the technical jargon. I've now seen several series and the standard has stayed high.

but certainly not dry bones. I bought into this series having seen some episodes on French TV and finding that it was only on Sky in the UK. How glad I am that I bought the DVDs. The show is great and is regularly in the top 10 in the US. The characterisation is complex and well drawn and develops over time. Lots of back story is included for them but only bit by bit.Humour exists alongside the grimness of their job as it does in real life. Ever met a pathologist or forensic scientist, or a fireman or a soldier? They all need some humour and lightness in their lives.Quality of the DVDs is excellent. Nordic subtitles and English for the hearing impaired. Scene selection is available and there are extras. Especially interesting is the commentary to the pilot which explains a lot about the construct of the show.Only quibble, on my copy at least there was no booklet listing episodes and giving storylines, neither were they listed on the inside of the cover. however there are places to find these things on the internet.