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Bones:The Man with the Bone

[Scarecrow-88 · 7/10 · 14 December 2010]

A young treasure explorer is found with his larynx crushed, clasped inside his hand a bone. This bone is later authenticated to be 300 years old. At an island site said to be where pirate Blackbeard buried his treasure, the whole skeleton is found. The man responsible for paying for the treasure search wants the bones, but since the skeleton is considered evidence in a murder investigation Booth informs him that he can not yet have them. Then the skeleton is "kidnapped" from the Medico-lab, despite the heavy security. There's a nifty twist as to the identity of the bones and how the skeleton pertains to the Jeffersonian Medico-lab. Hodgens gets a chance to dive for silt and dirt particulates which encourages his enthusiasm about the possibility of finding treasure. With Robert Foxworth as Branson Rose, the very influential and wealthy money behind the treasure dive, Rodney Rowland as Dane McGinnis who prepares the descent into the deep(he bonds with Hodgens who he realizes really has the credentials to put on the gear and dive)and Fredric Lehne as Hardwicke, the murdered victim's exploration partner who could be part of a fraudulent find. Cullen Douglas has a funny role as a rather strange mortician(who works for the FBI and creeps Booth out) who Brennan scolds for using a solution which damages bone.

You have a security problem Dr. Goodman

[lovebonesthetvshownotactualbones · 8/10 · 10 February 2021]

I thought this was a fun episode! Pirates, treasure, and bobby traps oh my. I would've rated this a 9 but the amount of times they said "shaft" brought it down to an 8.

All the boys geeking out about pirates made me laugh and we actually got some good Season 1 Hodgins' moments. Boo billionaires and the morgue guy (Harry) though. Harry was so knowingly creepy, I wish Bones had throat kicked him but he probably would have liked that...

There's also something so human and tragic with the divers spending so much of their time on finding and believing in this treasure. As one of them said, "It's all about the search, man" (and that guy even murdered someone to continue searching 👹).

A line I loved: "I believe there's greed. That's the real curse"

Hi the Bones Booth :)

Far Fetched

[Hitchcoc · 6/10 · 16 January 2023]

I remember finding this one dull when I first saw it several years ago. It all takes place around a tourist trap that is based on the possibility of pirate treasure. Several bones have been found in an exploratory shaft and their authentication is at the center. The first goof up is that a finger bone that is the central evidence is made of ceramic. There are some domestic things, a mayor with a thirty something wife. Hodgins' craziness over the whole pirate thing. As well as the rest of the squints. It's just not very satisfying--and, in some ways--just a bit silly. Don't bother to spend much time with this one.

Hey Bones Booth!!!

[queen_of_drama-34586 · 8/10 · 22 January 2021]

I enjoyed this episode it had alot of funny moments. One of my favorite lines this episode was Hodgins " Pirates aren't Santa Claus Zack." I love how giddy all the guys are about looking for treasure especially Hodgins. Harry is kind of an idiot but is he doing it in part just so Bones will belittle and yell at him some more? Brennan's blow up after the bones went missing was hilarious. Yes Hodgins has 3 doctorates and yet he decided to go to diving after he had been drinking also leaving his life in the hands of an unstable stranger who is a suspect. The entire slapping scene in Booths office was gold.

This is a pretty sloppy episode...

[planktonrules · 4/10 · 21 February 2011]

I need to first point out that I am NOT a regular viewer of this series. My wife loves it and I occasionally sit in as she watches. So why am I reviewing this part episode? Well, it was very sloppy in its geography and did an incredibly poor job trying to hide it--so bad that it irritated the life out of me.

The show begins with a fresh body being discovered holding a 300 year-old finger bone. It seems that it MIGHT be the bone belonging to a finger of a man killed to hide Blackbeard's treasure. As an aside, I am a history teacher and know quite a bit about pirates--and it's commonly assumed they buried their treasure--when in reality they usually spent it on whores, booze and a jolly good time. Actual proof that they buried it is difficult to substantiate. This didn't bother me too much. But what DID bother me tremendously was placing the episode on Assateague Island--a place I have visited many times. NONE of the details about the place are right. The National Park is located on the Virginia portion of the barrier island and it is a barren place with wild horses, a huge red lighthouse and absolutely NOT A SINGLE palm tree! There is no tiny square lighthouse or buildings on the place--it is a very naturalistic place with just a few roads, dunes marshland. Why didn't they just make up the name of a place and not even mention its exact location (heck, it looks more like the west coast of California or could be Georgia or Florida)? Sloppy...very, very sloppy...and yet MANY people who live around there or vacationed there will easily see it is NOT Assateague. This is even worse than the episode of "The FBI" where you see a mountain range where it is supposed to be 'just outside of Chicago'!

Lousy geography

[beltezam · 2/10 · 12 July 2020]

I spent many a vacation camping on Assateague Island. The place shown in the episode is not remotely like Assateauge which is a barrier island with sand dunes, marshes, and wild horses!