The first season of the American television series Bones

Bones (TV series)

Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...

premiered on September 13, 2005 and concluded on May 17, 2006 on the Fox Network

Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...

. The show aired on Tuesdays at 8:00 pm ET before moving to Wednesdays at 8:00 pm ET in 2006. The season consisted of 22 episodes and averaged 8.9 million viewers.

In the UK, it premiered on January 22, 2006 on Sky1, airing at 10:00 pm on Thursdays.

Main cast

The first season features six actors who receive star billing.

• Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, a forensic anthropologist
• David Boreanaz
  David Boreanaz
  David Boreanaz is an American actor, television producer, and director, known for his role as Angel on the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and as Special Agent Seeley Booth on the television crime drama Bones....
  
   as FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth
  Seeley Booth
  FBI Special Agent "In charge" Seeley Joseph Booth is a fictional character in the US television series, Bones , portrayed by David Boreanaz. Agent Booth is a co-protagonist of the series alongside Dr...
  
  , the official FBI liaison with the Jeffersonian
• Michaela Conlin
  Michaela Conlin
  Michaela Conlin is an American stage and television actress best known for her work on the Fox TV series Bones, as Angela Montenegro.-Early life:...
  
   as Angela Montenegro
  Angela Montenegro
  Angela Pearly-Gates Montenegro Hodgins is a fictional character in the television series Bones , portrayed by Michaela Conlin...
  
  , a forensic artist
• Eric Millegan
  Eric Millegan
  Eric Millegan is an American actor, primarily known for his work on the Fox series Bones in which he played Dr. Zack Addy. Millegan is openly gay, and was out before being cast as Zack Addy in Bones.-Biography:...
  
   as Zack Addy
  Zack Addy
  Zachary Uriah 'Zack' Addy, Ph.D is a fictional character in the television series Bones. He is portrayed by Eric Millegan. The character was introduced as Dr...
  
  , Dr. Brennan's lab assistant
• T. J. Thyne
  T. J. Thyne
  Thomas Joseph "T.J." Thyne is an American film and television actor. He was born in Boston to John J. Thyne II and Catherine Thyne, and has five siblings, John, Tone, Hazel, Katie and Shelly. He is best known for his work on Bones as Dr. Jack Hodgins, an entomologist.-Background:T.J...
  
   as Dr. Jack Hodgins
  Jack Hodgins (Bones)
  Dr. Jack Stanley Hodgins IV, Ph.D., is a fictional character in the American television series, Bones. He is portrayed by T. J. Thyne. Jack is introduced to the series primarily as an entomologist/forensic entomologist, but also as a mineralogist/forensic mineralogist, a palynology/forensic...
  
  , an entomologist
• Jonathan Adams
  Jonathan Adams (American actor)
  Jonathan Adams is an American actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.-Career:He has appeared in several roles in American television, most notably in American Dreams. On this, he played series regular Henry Walker, an employee in the radio and television store owned by the patriarch of the...
  
   as Dr. Daniel Goodman, the director of the Jeffersonian Institute (18 episodes)

Recurring cast

• John M. Jackson
  John M. Jackson
  John Murice Jackson is an American actor, best known for playing Rear Admiral A. J. Chegwidden on the CBS series JAG....
  
   as FBI Deputy Director Sam Cullen (6 episodes)
• Heavy D as Sid Shapiro, owner of Wong Fu's (3 episodes)
• Chris Conner as Oliver Laurier, a fanatic of Bones's books (2 episodes)
• Patricia Belcher
  Patricia Belcher
  Patricia Belcher is an American film and television actress, best known for her role as the strict Estelle Dabney on the Disney Channel Original sitcom, Good Luck Charlie and as attorney Caroline Julian on Bones. She also appeared in the film Jeepers Creepers as a psychic.-Biography:Belcher was...
  
   as Caroline Julian, a prosecutor (1 episode)
• Loren Dean
  Loren Dean
  Loren Dean is an American actor. He has appeared onstage and in feature films.-Early life:Loren Dean Jovicic was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. His mother worked as a family and marriage counselor and his father was in the clothing business. His parents divorced when he was a small child...
  
   as Russ Brennan, Brennan's brother (1 episode)
• Heath Freeman as Howard Epps, a serial killer (1 episode)
• Billy Gibbons
  Billy Gibbons
  William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959...
  
   as Angela's father (1 episode)
• Ty Panitz
  Ty Panitz
  Ty Panitz is an American child actor. He debuted as Ethan Beardsley in the movie Yours, Mine and Ours . His other roles include Woody Forrester in How to Eat Fried Worms....
  
   as Parker Booth, Booth's son (1 episode)

Episodes

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DVD release

The first season of Bones was released on DVD in region 1 on November 28, 2006, in region 2 on October 30, 2006 and in region 4 on January 11, 2007. The set includes all 22 episodes of season one on a 4-dual side disc set in region 1 and a 6-disc set in regions 2 and 4, presented in anamorphic widescreen. Special features include two audio commentaries—"Pilot

Pilot (Bones)

"Pilot" is the first episode of the television series Bones, which premiered on the FOX network on September 13, 2005. It is written by series creator Hart Hanson and directed by Greg Yaitanes. It introduces the two main characters of the series, Dr...

" by executive producer Barry Josephson

Barry Josephson

Barry Josephson is an American film producer and former music manager.Josephson graduated from American University, Washington DC in 1978 and is an active member of the SOC Alumni program. In 1991, Josephson was the Vice President of Production for Columbia Pictures and remained at the studio...

 and series creator Hart Hanson

Hart Hanson

Hart Hanson is an American television writer and producer. Hanson's family moved to Canada when he was a child. He received a B.A. from the University of Toronto and a MFA from the University of British Columbia, where he taught briefly...

 and "Two Bodies in the Lab

Two Bodies in the Lab

"Two Bodies in the Lab" is the 15th episode of the first season of the television series, Bones. Originally aired on March 15, 2006 on Fox network, the episode is written by Stephen Nathan and directed by Allan Kroeker. The episode features FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth and Dr. Temperance...

" by actors David Boreanaz

David Boreanaz

David Boreanaz is an American actor, television producer, and director, known for his role as Angel on the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, and as Special Agent Seeley Booth on the television crime drama Bones....

 and Emily Deschanel. Featurettes include "Bones – Inspired By the Life of Forensic Anthropologist Kathy Reichs

Kathy Reichs

Kathleen Joan Toelle "Kathy" Reichs is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic . She is a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, but is currently on indefinite leave...

", "Squints", "The Real Definition", and "Character Profiles". A featurette titled "Will the Real Kathy Reichs Please Step Forward" is exclusive to the region 2 release.