Bones

Season 8 Episode 1

The Future in the Past

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The body of a high school guidance counselor may be Brennan's ticket home, but first the team must determine if Christopher Pelant is still controlling events behind-the-scenes. Meanwhile, Brennan and her father manage to elude the feds, and the FBI puts the Jeffersonian under the microscope.

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  • tyrone

    10
    the show was awsome
  • Good show!

    9.0
    I'm glad this show is back! It's a relief to have something mentally simulation on the air. Let's hope the written holds up.
  • Okay Episode

    8.0
    While I like the intelligence of the bad guy, I can't help but feel that Bones' action were completely and utterly stupid. Okay, sure she ended up getting cleared of suspicious. But she still ran away, became a fugitive and then messed with a crime scene when she wasn't legally allowed.



    I wanted to facepalm throughout the episode.



    I do hope that Hodgin's homicidal streak shows up again. That was actually interesting.moreless
  • Outstanding episode, outstanding villian

    10
    Pelant is by far my favorite villian this show has ever done. He is the great threat of the digital age. We put all this information out on the net without any real consideration into its security. It never occurs to us that that data, that information is vulnerable. Pelant is the 21st century super villain, and I love that we still don't know what he's trying to accomplish.



    As for the episode, I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. And the ending threw me for a loop...twice. I love the fact that things aren't resolved between B&B and look forward to that story throughout the season. This is Bones at its bestmoreless
  • much better than expected, outstanding episode

    10
    I was worried how the season opener could satisfy all the expectations after the cliffhanger season 7 ending and the hype throughout summer. This episode was fabulous, exciting, brilliant! I really liked the wrap up. Great acting, big emotions, brilliant brains, and a super villain. I like Pelant as villain :-) He seems so naive, but he is a hell of a genius and evil. And I reeeeaaallly liked that the B&B chemistry I missed in season 7 is back! The looks, the tenderness, yeah! Apparently the producers and writers listened to the fans. Thank you for this episode!moreless
David Boreanaz

David Boreanaz

Special Agent Seeley Booth

Emily Deschanel

Emily Deschanel

Dr. Temperance Brennan

Michaela Conlin

Michaela Conlin

Angela Montenegro

Tamara Taylor

Tamara Taylor

Dr. Camille Saroyan

T.J. Thyne

T.J. Thyne

Dr. Jack Hodgins

John Francis Daley

John Francis Daley

Dr. Lance Sweets

Andrew Leeds

Andrew Leeds

Christopher Pelant

Guest Star

Reed Diamond

Reed Diamond

FBI Special Agent Hayes Flynn

Guest Star

Stacey Turner

Stacey Turner

TV Reporter

Guest Star

Eugene Byrd

Eugene Byrd

Clark Edison

Recurring Role

Patricia Belcher

Patricia Belcher

Assistant U.S. Attorney Caroline Julian

Recurring Role

Ryan O'Neal

Ryan O'Neal

Max Keenan

Recurring Role

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

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  • TRIVIA (0)

  • QUOTES (7)

    • Brennan: "Blank" is Angela's thinking face, leave her alone.
      Booth: Well look at that, Bones is back!

    • Sweets: There are three sides to a triangle.
      Brennan: Your understanding of geometry is not very advanced.

    • Cam: I apologize.
      Clark: For what?
      Cam: For not realizing sooner that what you're working toward here, to clear Dr. Brennan and bring her home, will most likely lead to you losing your position here.
      Clark: It definitely occurred to me.
      Cam: Yet, what didn't occur to you was to do a bad job. I'll never forget that.

    • Caroline: But you can clear me.
      Angela: Totally. I'm gonna send this to the computer forensics team at the FBI.
      Caroline: Then I can get back on this case and put that rank little weasel in jail for the rest of his scrawny-ass life. Do I sound bitter?
      Angela: Oh, not nearly enough.
      Caroline: Well, I'm just warming up.

    • Agent Flynn: You hear from Booth, you call me within ten seconds.
      Sweets: Yeah, he won't call me.
      Agent Flynn: Why not, you two have a spat?
      Sweets: No, he doesn't want me to lie to you.
      Agent Flynn: Clever. Everyone around here is so damn clever.

    • Angela: Hey, why are you so mad at me?
      Booth: How are you communicating with Bones?
      Angela: I can't tell you 'cause she made me promise.
      Booth: Bones has been missing for three months. You have been communicating with her for three months. I haven't. You won't tell me how.
      Angela: I haven't even told Hodgins.
      Booth: Hodgins gets to go home every night with the woman he loves and gets to see his child. I don't.
      Angela: I'm sorry.

    • Cam: Well, why would … why would anyone go to the trouble of disguising their voice to report a crime?
      Agent Flynn: Your guess is as good as mine.
      Cam: Then how come every time we guess Pelant, you don't agree?

  • NOTES (5)

    • Featured Music:
      "Ho Hey" by The Lumineers (the team turns Pelant's clues against him)

    • Season eight marks the first substantial change to the opening titles sequence since the series began. It includes new character stills, graphics and a remixed theme along with the usual update of previous seasons' memorable scene snippets.

    • For season eight, Pat Charles has been promoted from executive story editor to co-producer. Other new additions to the opening credits include Sanford Golden (The Finder) supervising producer, Karen Wyscarver (The Finder, The Deep End) supervising producer, and Kim Clements (CSI:NY, Shark) co-executive producer. Changes to the end credits include Keith Foglesong's promotion from staff writer to story editor and the addition of Nkechi Okoro (The Finder) as a story editor.

    • Additional Crew Credits: Jan DeWitt (Produced by), Kathy Reichs (Inspired by the Life of Forensic Anthropologist and Author), Rick Millikan (Casting by), Pamella Phillips (Make-Up Department Head), Bernie Gough (Hair Department Head), Katie Barnard (Insert Coordinator), Mike Grasso (Police Technical Advisor), Mark Marcum (Video Playback).

    • Original International Air Dates:
      Canada: September 17th, 2012 on Global
      United Kingdom: January 9th, 2013 on Sky LIVING/Sky LIVING HD
      Slovakia: March 13th, 2013 on JOJ

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