Temperance Brennan is a highly skilled forensic anthropologist in Washington, DC. FBI Agent Seeley Booth calls on her to assist with investigations when the standard methods of identifying a body are useless, when the remains are badly decomposed, burned or destroyed beyond recognition.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; Closed captioned. Special features are not closed captioned. Title from disc surface. "Inspired by the life of forensic anthropologist and author Kathy Reichs"--Credits. Originally broadcast on television as individual episodes in 2008 and 2009. Special features on disc 7: deleted scenes; gag reel; Androgeny: playing Haru Tanaka featurette; Squints in training featurette.

Disc 1. Episodes 1-4.Yanks in the U.K. (Parts 1 & 2) ; -- Man in the outhouse ; -- Finger in the nest -- Disc 2. Episodes 5-8. Perfect pieces in the purple pond ; -- Perfect pieces in the purple pond (extended episode) ; -- Crank in the shaft ; -- He in the she ; -- Skull in the sculpture -- Disc 3. Episodes 9-12. Con man in the meth lab ; -- Passenger in the oven ; -- Bone that blew ; -- Double trouble in the panhandle -- Disc 4. Episodes 13-16. Fire in the ice ; -- Hero in the hold ; -- Princess and the pear ; -- Bones that foam -- Disc 5. Episodes 17-20 Salt in the wounds ; -- Doctor in the den ; -- Doctor in the den (extended episode) ; -- Science in the physicist ; -- Cinderella in the cardboard -- Disc 6. Episode 21-24. Mayhem on a cross ; -- Double death of the dearly departed ; -- Girl in the mask ; -- Girl in the mask (extended episode) ; -- Beaver in the otter -- Disc 7. Episodes 25-26. Critic in the cabernet ; -- End in the beginning.