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The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, March 27, 2015 18 By Jacqui Wiens TV Media B ones are the final rem- nants we leave behind after death. The struc- tures that support our bodies are hidden from sight by layers of skin and muscle, but when they are exposed, they can speak volumes about our lives and habits — if you can inter- pret the clues they reveal. That is the specialty of Dr. Temper- ance Brennan (Emily De- schanel, "My Sister's Keeper," 2009), a forensic anthropolo- gist working at the fictional Jeffersonian Institute in "Bones," which returned from its mid-season hiatus last Thursday and airs a new epi- sode Thursday, April 2, on Fox. For the better part of 10 seasons, Brennan and her FBI- partner-turned-husband, Spe- cial Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), have been investigat- ing murders involving skeletal remains. When typical forensic investigation techniques fail to turn up any leads, Brennan and her team — including An- gela Montenegro (Michaela Conlin, "Open Window," 2006), her husband Dr. Jack Hodgins (T.J. Thyne, "Angel") and Dr. Camille Saroyan (Ta- mara Taylor, "Party of Five") — use their expertise to re- construct the faces and lives of the deceased. Season 10 of "Bones" has been a roller-coaster so far, and that isn't likely to change any time soon. Beginning with an ongoing conspiracy and the death of one of the Jefferso- nian's own, the first half of the season closed on the show's milestone 200th episode. The last episode of 2014 was a 1950s Hollywood tribute to Al- fred Hitchcock, and the first episode of 2015 included a touching tribute to the de- ceased team member on what would have been his birthday. The rest of this season will also include an exciting new addition to the quickly ex- panding Booth family. Booth and his ex-girlfriend Rebecca Stinson (Jessica Capshaw, "Grey's Anatomy") had a son named Parker (Ty Panitz, "How to Eat Fried Worms," 2006) four years before the series be- gan. While Parker lives with his mother, he is featured in vari- ous episodes and was his fa- ther's best man when he mar- ried Brennan. When Deschanel became pregnant (in real life!) with her first child in 2011, Fox decided to roll with it and write the pregnancy into the show. That's where the similarities ended, however. Deschanel gave birth to a son named Henry after what we can only assume was an ordinary labor. Brennan, on the other hand, went into labor at the conclu- sion of a prison riot and, due to how far away from the hospi- tal she was, gave birth to her daughter Christine (played by twins Ali and Susanne Hart- man, "Baby Daddy") in an inn's stable. Now, Deschanel and her husband, David Hornsby ("It's Always Sunny in Philadel- phia"), are expecting their sec- ond child, and "Bones" show- runners have confirmed that this baby will also be written into the series. There's no word yet on whether Christine (por- trayed by newcomer Sunnie Pelant after infancy) will have a younger sister or a brother to play with, but Brennan and Booth will attempt to conceal the pregnancy from the rest of the Jeffersonian team for a while. As of press time, Fox hasn't officially confirmed whether "Bones" will be renewed for an 11th season. Ratings for the series peaked during sea- son 6, when new episodes drew in an average of 11.57 million viewers, and the show ranked as the 29th most popu- lar prime-time show over the whole season. While the rat- ings have declined since then, season 9 still ranked at 40 on the list with nearly 8.5 million viewers per episode, 20 spots ahead of where "Bones" ranked in its freshman season when it was drawing in rough- ly the same numbers. And while there is no official word, speculation and the quotes we do have from Fox executives give a positive out- look for loyal "Bones" fans. The uncertainty seems to re- volve around the fact that sev- eral key contracts are up for re- newal after the current season of "Bones." A renewal will likely hinge on successful ne- gotiations rather than the rat- ings. As it is, the length of the show's run to date has already exceeded many expectations. "I never thought I'd be do- ing this long enough that I'd be having a child while all of this was happening," De- schanel said in the "Holly- wood Reporter" interview, "or that they'd write that in." "Bones" fans waited nearly four months for the show to return from its mid-season hia- tus, and it doesn't look like they'll be disappointed by sea- son 10's second half. Catch a new episode of "Bones" airing Thursday, April 2, on Fox. David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel star in "Bones" Fiction mirrors fact 'Bones' star's second pregnancy expands real-life and on-screen families Featurestory