Pilot (Bones)

"**Pilot**"
"Pilot"
Bones episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 1
Directed by	Greg Yaitanes
Written by	Hart Hanson
Production code	1AKY79
Original air date	September 13, 2005
Guest appearances
	Chris Conner as Oliver Laurier; John M. Jackson as FBI Deputy Director Sam Cullen; Larry Poindexter as Senator Alan Bethlehem; Sam Trammell as Ken Thompson; Tyrees Allen as Ted Eller; Bonita Friedericy as Sharron Eller; Naja Hill as Cleo Louise Eller; Dominic Fumusa as Peter St. James; Dave Roberson as Bennett Gibson; John Sterling Carter as Agent Furst; Katherine Ann McGregor as Mrs. Bethlehem; Charles Janasz as Reverend; Damian T. Raven as Uniformed Security; Yun Choi as FBI Agent #1; Jeff Witzke as FBI Agent #2; Mary Sue Perry as Customs Agent; Billy Briggs as Airport Clerk;
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"Pilot" is the pilot episode and the first episode of the first season of the American television series Bones. Originally aired on Fox on September 13, 2005, it was written by series creator Hart Hanson and directed by Greg Yaitanes. The episode introduces the two main characters of the series, Dr. Temperance Brennan (played by Emily Deschanel) and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (played by David Boreanaz), and their partnership in solving cases involving unidentified human remains.