TV Review: Bones Season Finale - "The Woman in Limbo"

Here is a show that I did not think would last the season, much less get picked up for a second season. I am not complaining in the least. I like having one of these procedural type shows that has a lighter side to it.

Bones is more than another CSI type show. I grew to really enjoy it for the primary characters, more than the cases. Sure, the cases often served to bring out other sides of our primary cast, but it was always that focus on the cast that kept bringing me back. Plus, I really enjoyed Boreanaz' work on Angel, and was interested to see how would handle another role. I am happy to report that he is not just playing Angel again, despite some similarities.

This final episode of its inaugural season focuses on Temperance 'Bones' Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and her past, more specifically, with the disappearance of her parents in 1991. This episode is a tragic one for Bones, but it also is a time of healing for her, being able to uncover some mysteries of her past and bring herself some closure.

We open with Booth rushing Bones out of the lab — they are late for a court appearance. Bones has to go back for some forgotten papers, and discovers the digital recreation of a skull that Angela had been working on. The image is that of her mother. Obviously, the court appearance is cancelled.

Booth, being the proactive pal he is, starts looking into the case. He finds the car that had been found abandoned is still at an impound lot. In addition to finding the car, he tracks down Bones' estranged brother, Russ. He is working at a carnival while on probation.

The whole team comes together to work the case, if not for the truth, then for Bones. The investigation turns up a movie stub that proves that mom was murdered two years after the time they thought. She disappeared in 1991, but lived until 1993. This changes many things that Bones has believed; why would she not come home? Meanwhile, Booth does some more checking, and turns up something even more mind-blowing.

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