A young treasure explorer is found with his larynx crushed, clasped inside his hand a bone. This bone is later authenticated to be 300 years old. At an island site said to be where pirate Blackbeard buried his treasure, the whole skeleton is found. The man responsible for paying for the treasure search wants the bones, but since the skeleton is considered evidence in a murder investigation Booth informs him that he can not yet have them. Then the skeleton is "kidnapped" from the Medico-lab, despite the heavy security. There's a nifty twist as to the identity of the bones and how the skeleton pertains to the Jeffersonian Medico-lab. Hodgens gets a chance to dive for silt and dirt particulates which encourages his enthusiasm about the possibility of finding treasure. With Robert Foxworth as Branson Rose, the very influential and wealthy money behind the treasure dive, Rodney Rowland as Dane McGinnis who prepares the descent into the deep(he bonds with Hodgens who he realizes really has the credentials to put on the gear and dive)and Fredric Lehne as Hardwicke, the murdered victim's exploration partner who could be part of a fraudulent find. Cullen Douglas has a funny role as a rather strange mortician(who works for the FBI and creeps Booth out) who Brennan scolds for using a solution which damages bone.
Review of The Man with the Bone
