Bones:
The Final Chapter - Season 12
(2016 - 2017/Fox DVD Set)
Picture:
B Sound: C+ Extras: C- Episodes: C+
It's
the final season of Bones,
as Booth (David Boreanaz), Dr. 'Bones' Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and
the team continue to work with the FBI to solve high profile murders
in the Washington D.C. area. Each case gets stranger and weirder,
hitting closer to home and into each other's personal lives. Through
the years of cases, friendship, rivalries, love and lose, the team
has become literally family, but now, their teamwork will be tested
when a former member is accused of murder and kidnapping. Booth's
own past begins to catches up to him when he becomes the target of a
target for assassination from his years as an Army Ranger assassin.
In
these final shows, the agents, doctors and forensic scientists of the
Jeffersonian Institute are seeking to move on, tie the knot, start
families and finally settling down. Through their knowledge,
experience and research of human bones they are able to pick out
clues and recreate the life story/final moments of their victims.
Working through their high tech lab, the they are able to solve
murders and catch the serial killers that commit them.
Like
all good things, things must come to an end (specially with the fact
the characters are getting older and even getting out of shape),
Bones is a murder mystery series not un-like NCIS
or CSI
with a team specialize specialists with high tech gadgets. However,
unlike real life, most forensic labs takes days if not months to
analyze evidence and data. Like most murder mystery series the
lighter comedy/relief comes from the characters relationship to one
another (not to mention that they totally violate the rules and
ethics of having office romances).
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is as good as it can be in
this format (see our Blu-ray coverage of some seasons elsewhere on
this site) but the lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is not quite as good
and makes one wish for lossless mixes. Extras include a series
retrospective of Bones and a Gag Reel.
The
concluding episodes are...
The
Hope in the Horror
- A former associate is accused of murder and kidnapping Bones, but
new evidence hints Zack many not be the true killer.
The
Brain in the Bot
- The team investigates a murder where a robot is the prime suspect
..and maybe the start of the 'robocalypse'.
The
New Tricks in the Old Dogs
- A murder occurs in an old retirement home ...with a bunch of
'kinky' old folks.
The
Price for the Past
- One of Booth's old army buddies is murdered and leads back to
Booth's past.
The
Tutor in the Tussle
- A tutor for rich and wealthy is found dead in the wrong part of
town.
The
Flaw in the Saw
- A female lumberjack is found murdered when she is literally given
the axe.
The
Scare in the Score
- Another member of Booth's former army teammates is found murdered
and tragedy strikes the Brennan's family.
The
Grief and the Girl
- Brennan deals with the death of her father as they investigate a
death of woman.
The
Steel in the Wheel
- The team investigates a murder at a demolition derby.
The
Radioactive Panthers in the Party
- The team investigates the death of a (lousy) filmmaker.
The
Day in the Life
- As Cam and Arastoo get married, bombs have been set to go off at
the Jeffersonian.
The
End in the End
- With the Jeffersonian destroyed and Brennan injured, Booth and his
remaining team members must find the bomber without her help.
-
Ricky Chiang
