Here you will find all previous episodes, or rather short summaries of the episodes, from the first season.

Pilot: In the series premiere, Dr. Temperance Brennan (or "Bones" as she is often referred to as), a forensic anthropologist, is met with the task of uncovering the identity of a set of bones which have been deliberately hidden in a lake. However, after identifying the bones, imprisoning the murderer turns out to be a politically sticky business. Bones gets help from FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, who convinces his boss to let Bones be his partner, since she's an expert in her field. [First aired: 9/13/2005; Writer: Hart Hanson; Director: Greg Yaitanes]

The Man in the SUV: When a man is killed driving an SUV registered to a Middle Eastern man, Dr. Brennan and her team find themselves tracking a terrorist. [First aired: 9/20/2005; Writer: Stephen Nathan; Director: Allan Kroeker]

A Boy in the Tree: When the decaying corpse of the Venezuelan Ambassador's son is found hanging from a tree on the campus of an exclusive private school, a simple suicide case quickly turns into a web of lies, sex and scandal, involving the school's staff and students. [First aired: 9/27/2005; Writer: Hart Hanson; Director: Patrick Norris]

The Man in the Bear: Brennan and Booth travel to Washington to investigate a human arm that was found in the stomach of a black bear. [First aired: 11/1/2005; Writer: Laura Wolner; Director: Allan Kroeker]

A Boy in a Bush: Booth asks Brennan to help locate and identify the remains of a six-year-old boy, Charlie, who went missing from a local park. [First aired: 11/8/2005; Writer: Steve Blackman, Greg Ball; Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño]