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The Best Episodes of Bones Season 2

Every episode of Bones Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bones Season 2!

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.

Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:FOX

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Bones" season 2 is "The Titan on the Tracks", rated 7.5/10 from 1229 user votes. It was directed by Tony Wharmby and written by Hart Hanson. "The Titan on the Tracks" aired on 8/30/2006 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Mother and Child in the Bay".

  • The Titan on the Tracks
    7.5/10 1,229 votes

    #1 - The Titan on the Tracks

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/30/2006

    A train carrying a popular Senator is derailed by a car positioned on the tracks. Brennan works out why the dead body of a rich businessman was placed in the car, and the search continues for her father. The team has a new boss.

    Director: Tony Wharmby

    Writer: Hart Hanson

  • Mother and Child in the Bay
    7.7/10 1,201 votes

    #2 - Mother and Child in the Bay

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/6/2006

    When the remains of a young pregnant woman and fetus are found in the Delaware Bay and identified as a newlywed who disappeared a year earlier, the investigation is aimed toward her husband, but takes a surprising turn. Booth is upset that his ex-girlfriend is letting their son spend time with her new boyfriend.

    Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer: Stephen Nathan

  • The Boy in the Shroud
    7.7/10 1,239 votes

    #3 - The Boy in the Shroud

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/2006

    When the body of a young man, who's been missing for nearly three weeks, is discovered, the investigation leads them to his girlfriend, who is a foster child. Bones becomes emotionally involved in the case since, she too, became a foster child after her parents disappeared.

    Director: Sanford Bookstaver

    Writer: Gary Glasberg

  • The Blonde in the Game
    8.1/10 1,260 votes

    #4 - The Blonde in the Game

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/20/2006

    After digging up the skeletal remains of a young girl, the investigation points to a convicted serial killer on death row. The team follows cryptic clues that lead to another body, an accomplice, and a victim who may still be alive.

    Director: Bryan Spicer

    Writer: Noah Hawley

  • The Truth in the Lye
    7.6/10 1,165 votes

    #5 - The Truth in the Lye

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/27/2006

    There are two suspects with the same motive when Booth and Brennan investigate the murder of a man found in a bathtub full of chemicals. They soon discover that he had two wives and a girlfriend.

    Director: Steven DePaul

    Writer: Scott Williams

  • The Girl in Suite 2103
    7.5/10 1,119 votes

    #6 - The Girl in Suite 2103

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/4/2006

    Booth and Brennan investigate a death due to an explosion in a Miami hotel. The clues lead to foreign diplomats with diplomatic immunity.

    Director: Karen Gaviola

    Writer: Christopher Ambrose

  • The Girl with the Curl
    7.6/10 1,229 votes

    #7 - The Girl with the Curl

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/2006

    The team investigates the death of a 10-year-old beauty pageant star. The other contestants, their parents, and their siblings all become possible suspects. Hodgins and Angela go on a date that actually goes well, despite what everyone else predicted.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: Karine Rosenthal

  • The Woman in the Sand
    7.8/10 1,262 votes

    #8 - The Woman in the Sand

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/2006

    When the skeletal remains of a federal prosecutor who disappeared five years earlier are found in the desert outside Las Vegas, the team suspects it to be tied to the mob. Booth and Brennan go undercover as Vegas high-rollers in an attempt to uncover the mystery, Booth risks his life.

    Director: Kate Woods

    Writer: Elizabeth Benjamin

  • Aliens in a Spaceship
    9.2/10 2,408 votes

    #9 - Aliens in a Spaceship

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/2006

    The bodies of twin boys, kidnapped five years earlier, are discovered. The investigation lead Booth and Brennan to a notorious kidnapper known as the Grave Digger. During the investigation, Brennan and Hodgins become the Grave Digger's next victims.

    Director: Craig Ross Jr.

    Writer: Janet Tamaro

  • The Headless Witch in the Woods
    7.7/10 1,232 votes

    #10 - The Headless Witch in the Woods

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/2006

    While investigating the death of a film student who was working on a documentary about the legend of a headless witch who haunted the woods in the 1700s, Brennan develops a strong bond with the victim's brother.

    Director: Tony Wharmby

    Writer: Stephen Nathan, Karine Rosenthal

  • Judas on a Pole
    8.5/10 1,456 votes

    #11 - Judas on a Pole

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2006

    Booth and Brennan are called to the scene where a man's body was found hung like a scarecrow, gutted, and burned on the roof of a building used by the FBI to hide witnesses.

    Director: David Duchovny

    Writer: Hart Hanson

  • The Man in the Cell
    8.6/10 1,359 votes

    #12 - The Man in the Cell

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/31/2007

    The notorious serial killer, Howard Epps, sets his prison cell on fire as part of a daring prison escape. Brennan is his target and her entire team is placed in danger.

    Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer: Noah Hawley

  • The Girl in the Gator
    7.7/10 1,176 votes

    #13 - The Girl in the Gator

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/2007

    Brennan has to work with another agent while Booth needs to see a therapist. The duo investigate the death of a college freshman, who took part in a 'Girls Gone Wild' type of video.

    Director: Allan Kroeker

    Writer: Scott Williams

  • The Man in the Mansion
    7.6/10 1,157 votes

    #14 - The Man in the Mansion

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/2007

    Booth and Brennan investigate the death of Terence Bancroft, one of the Jeffersonian's major donors, found dead at his home. Hodgins' relationship with the wife of the deceased years earlier, compromises the case.

    Director: Dwight H. Little

    Writer: Christopher Ambrose

  • Bodies in the Book
    8.0/10 1,150 votes

    #15 - Bodies in the Book

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/14/2007

    Brennan and Booth have to solve three murders that are identical to the murders in Brennan's new bestselling book.

    Director: Craig Ross Jr.

    Writer: Karine Rosenthal

  • The Boneless Bride in the River
    7.3/10 1,107 votes

    #16 - The Boneless Bride in the River

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/21/2007

    The team investigate the death of an Asian woman found without any bones left in her body.

    Director: Tony Wharmby

    Writer: Gary Glasberg

  • The Priest in the Churchyard
    7.7/10 1,135 votes

    #17 - The Priest in the Churchyard

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/28/2007

    A broken water main uproots multiple coffins in an old graveyard. When the team is brought in to identify the bodies for re-interment, they discover a newer skeleton that should not be in the graveyard, which has not been used for 50 years.

    Director: Scott Lautanen

    Writer: Lyla Oliver

  • The Killer in the Concrete
    7.9/10 1,149 votes

    #18 - The Killer in the Concrete

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/4/2007

    Booth and Brennan investigate the case of a partial skeleton found in cement. Booth thinks a member of a crime family is responsible.

    Director: Jeff Woolnough

    Writer: Dean Widenmann

  • Spaceman in a Crater
    7.5/10 1,079 votes

    #19 - Spaceman in a Crater

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/2/2007

    Brennan and Booth are called to the scene where a dead man has been found in a crater. The investigation leads them to the National Space Agency.

    Director: Jeannot Szwarc

    Writer: Elizabeth Benjamin

  • The Glowing Bones in the Old Stone House
    7.7/10 1,114 votes

    #20 - The Glowing Bones in the Old Stone House

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/9/2007

    The team investigate a glowing body. Hodgins proposes to Angela -- several times.

    Director: Caleb Deschanel

    Writer: Stephen Nathan

  • Stargazer in a Puddle
    8.1/10 1,221 votes

    #21 - Stargazer in a Puddle

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/16/2007

    When Angela draws the face of an old woman to go with the decomposed skeleton of someone much younger, they soon learn the victim had Progeria, an aging disease. Booth and Brennan investigate to discover who would want to kill such a fragile person. Meanwhile, Hodgins and Angela's walk down the aisle doesn't go as planned.

    Director: Tony Wharmby

    Writer: Hart Hanson