Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15132 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-11-18
• Format: NTSC

Customer Reviews

the price makes no sense
Also on sale singly for $25.49, $21.49 and $37.99, the first three seasons only total $84.79. Why is the complete set of the three seasons marked up an additional 61%? There are no additional materials listed in the package. Even if the Bones Companion were added, at under $11, it wouldn't come close to making up the additional premium. I think it would have to come in a REALLY cool case, complete with forensic anthropology tools to justify this price point.

Save your money. Buy them separately. Watch the same shows.

Funny, Stimulating, If Occasionally Grisly New Classic!
"Bones" is the most consistently entertaining forensics TV series ever produced, and "Bones: Seasons 1-3" is a wonderful way to watch a terrific show improve, and grow, over four seasons (the first four episodes of Season 4 are also included in the collection). While the decomposing corpses that open each episode aren't for the squeamish, please bear with it; once the real investigations begin, and the "squints" start putting the pieces together (sometimes LITERALLY!), you'll find yourself 'hooked'!

Created by Hart Hanson (based on the novels and career of forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs), the series offers the irresistable pairing of brilliant scientist Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan (smart, sexy Emily Deschanel) and her partner, hunky FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth ("Angel's" David Boreanaz); the chemistry between the pair is simply perfect, a mix of humor, conflicting beliefs, adolescent bickering, and thinly-veiled attraction. They could 'carry' the series by themselves, but "Bones" is also blessed with one of the best supporting casts on TV, as Brennan's team of "squints"; exotic Michaela Conlin as Bones' free-spirited artist best friend; T.J. Thyne as the millionaire 'bug guy' in love with Conlin; Tamara Taylor as the lab chief (and Booth's ex-girlfriend); wonderful Eric Millegan as Bones' geeky, if genius young assistant; and John Francis Daley as the enthusiastic, youthful psychologist Bones and Booth constantly pick on. The cast is a family in the best sense of the word, and certainly improves an already superb series.

Special praise should be given to a few recurring guest stars; the legendary Ryan O'Neal, as Bones' estranged criminal father, is as likable a rogue as has ever graced the small screen, and Loren Dean, as her older brother, is nearly as good. Ty Panitz is adorable as Booth's son, Parker, and Patricia Belcher, as a smart-talking, no-nonsense D.A., has turned a small role into a welcome highlight. Jonathan Adams, who portrayed the erudite archeologist/lab chief in Season One, also deserves recognition; while he never 'fit' as well as Taylor would, in the mix, he was wonderful.

Incredible special effects (those corpses do look real!), genuinely frightening villains (especially a serial cannibal and a murderer who buried victims alive), satisfying subplots, and a healthy dose of irreverence (watch the 'Dead Santa' episode and try NOT to laugh), make "Bones: Seasons 1-3" a constant pleasure, and the Special Features reveal that the cast and crew are every bit as likable as the characters on-screen.

This is a 'keeper', and worth the price!

Great Series
First off, some of the discs in this collection are double sided, so you will need to flip the disc to view every episode (when they aren't on Side A at least). I received the three seperate season boxes, which were shrink-wrapped together. It is true that sometimes you will be able to buy them seperately at a better price, as well as times when you will be able to buy this bulk pack at a less expensive price. It would have to go to your discretion on whether to buy them seperately or together, because the prices for this set, and the seperate seasons, fluctuate.

The first season I saw was mid season 2, and it's interesting to see how the series evolved from being based more on scientific information, to a mix of science and comedy. My only complaint to this set is that season one doesn't have a "Play-All" option, so you are required to return to the main menu and then navigate the episode menu to play each episode. This series is fun to watch, even when the episode is shifted towards the forensics instead of the comedy.