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Bones Season 12 Episodes
Season 12 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
The Hope in the Horror
Tue, Jan 3, 201743 mins
Seeley panics when his wife seems kidnapped within the Jeffersonian, but it turns out to be the work of Zack. He has been leaving Dr. Mihir Roshan's 'prison' psych ward at will for years and only wants to prove his innocence to Bones. Evidence is found of new serial killer victims. Karen Delfs helps profile Zack, but left Kansas with her own dark secret. Zack's own secret, besides having given Hodgins probably false hope of mobility recovery, shocks himself most of all, but it's not quite him.
Episode 2
The Brain in the Bot
Tue, Jan 10, 201743 mins
The team must find out if a man involved with creating robots was killed by his own creation.
Episode 3
The New Tricks in the Old Dogs
Tue, Jan 17, 201744 mins
In a luxurious rest home, the most popular male resident has been murdered and dumped in acid. Booth hopes he can trust veteran resident Red Hudmore to keep an eye on the others, while his team looks into staff, including an ex con orderly, and the elderly. They find the slick charmer was a seasoned scammer arousing jealousy and dismay, while his old partner Rufus Tucker played the bad guy.
Episode 4
The Price for the Past
Tue, Jan 24, 201743 mins
Booth's former Army Rangers padre, who once saved him from mental breakdown, has been gruesomely murdered. Booth must consider his derailed fellow veterans, but the reverend also got mixed up with a bad crowd, involved in drug trade. Aubrey hides mixed feelings, posing as cop by the book, when informed his ever-absent fraudster father has returned, presumably to retrieve cash.
Episode 5
The Tutor in the Tussle
Tue, Jan 31, 201742 mins
James Aubrey is in doubt when his wanted crooked father Philip suddenly turns up, asking help for his new family. Seeley's team investigates the smashed skull death of an Ivy League student who tutored less gifted rich kids. Suspects include trumped rival Matt Bogdan, his ex-con roommate, disgruntled charges and their parents, people finding out about Internet course substitution, mothers who cheated with him on their husbands.
Episode 6
The Flaw in the Saw
Tue, Feb 7, 201741 mins
The investigation into the murder of a golfer-turned-lumberjack reveals numerous secrets that could have led to the victim's demise, including an affair with a married rival.
Episode 7
The Scare in the Score
Tue, Feb 14, 201743 mins
When a series of corpses with ties to Booth's former Army unit appear around D.C., Booth must dive into his past to find the killer before the killer finds Booth. Meanwhile, Brennan's father, Max, hides a serious medical procedure from Brennan, leaving her to grapple with her father's trust and mortality, as well as her family being in danger.
Episode 8
The Grief and the Girl
Tue, Feb 21, 201744 mins
Sara Abbott's badly damaged corpse was found in Newfoundland, apparently after a fatal fall, so the FBI must collaborate with a local Mountie, fully depending on Canadian courtesy for lack of US jurisdiction. Hodgins find a merely scientific clue that excites Clark as it points to a probable Viking settlement. Instead of mourning properly with the kids, Bones buries herself in the cause of death and takes her grief out on Booth, insisting he joins Aubrey on the Canadian mission, yet spends time with her 'ex who got away' Tim Sullivan. They find clues involving the victim's biological family and local land tycoon Adam Hitchcock.
Episode 9
The Steal in the Wheels
Tue, Mar 7, 201744 mins
Booth, Brennan and Aubrey go under cover at a rowdy demolition derby to investigate the case of a young man who died in a horrendous hay baler accident; Dr. Gordon Wyatt returns and assists Hodgins and Cam when the Gormogon case hits a dead end.
Episode 10
The Radioactive Panthers in the Party
Tue, Mar 14, 201743 mins
When the body of an aspiring writer/director falls onto a passing car, the team investigates a series of locations and characters connected to his film.
Episode 11
The Day in the Life
Tue, Mar 21, 201744 mins
In the series' penultimate episode, each leading character's final story begins to unfold. Brennan testifies for Zack in trial, Angela reveals some big news, while Aubrey and Jessica come to terms about their future together. All the while, the team discovers Kovac has escaped, leaving Booth in a race against the clock to protect himself and those closest to him from what may be Kovac's most dangerous plan yet.
Episode 12
The Final Chapter: The End in the End
Tue, Mar 28, 201744 mins
The team searches for evidence to track down Kovac.
