Dr. Temperance Brennan, a brilliant but lonely anthropologist, gets what she least wanted - a partner. The Bureau sends her ambitious FBI agent Seeley Booth to help in investigating unsolved cases by studying and identifying the bones of long-missing people. But long-dead victims are not the only thing Bones, Booth, and their team will have to deal with as they uncover crimes they often encounter bribery, corruption, and local disarray.