Bones
The Head in the Abutment
TV Flash files “The Head in the Abutment” as hour 231 of 246 in the TV Flash guide — Bones (2005–2017) on Fox, season 11, episode 19, aired 2016-06-16, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S11E19: listed hour 231 of 246 in the Bones guide, hour 19 of 22 in season 11. It aired 2016-06-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Movie in the Making” (S11E18). Next is “The Stiff in the Cliff” (S11E20).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The team investigates the death of a popular professional hockey player whose headless corpse was dumped in the river. As Booth and Aubrey question the player's coach, Booth's depth of hockey knowledge is integral to solving the case, and he's reunited with a hockey rival from his past, putting him back on the ice once again to face off against him. Meanwhile, Hodgins and Oliver have a competition of their own when Hodgins builds two drones and they compete to retrieve the victim's missing head, and Booth and Brennan attempt to declutter their home
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Head in the Abutment sit in the Bones guide?
S11E19 is listed hour 231 of 246 — hour 19 of 22 in season 11, season 11 episode 19.
When did Bones S11E19 air?
The Head in the Abutment aired 2016-06-16 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need the Kathy Reichs books?
No. The Fox series is loosely inspired by them: Brennan and Booth, squint science, banter as courtship.
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Why this series still plays
A socially blunt forensic anthropologist and an FBI agent circle the murder table until banter becomes courtship. Bones ran twelve seasons on squint science and Booth-Brennan timing — procedural comfort with sitcom chemistry, Kathy Reichs-adjacent bones, and a will-they that refused to hurry.
Bones is a murder table that learned sitcom timing and then refused to hurry. Hart Hanson's Fox series (2005–2017) ran twelve seasons, 246 episodes, loosely inspired by Kathy Reichs's novels: Emily Deschanel's Temperance Brennan, socially blunt, across from David Boreanaz's Seeley Booth, his transition from Angel to network lead already a craft bet. They circle remains until banter becomes courtship. Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley. Squint science. Procedural comfort. Forensic…
Filed against
- Emily Deschanel as Temperance Brennan
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- David Boreanaz as Seeley Booth
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- Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro
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- T.J. Thyne as Jack Hodgins
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- Tamara Taylor as Camille Saroyan
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- John Francis Daley as Lance Sweets
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