
Bones returns to FOX with all new episodes, starting with its spring premiere, on Thursday, March 26. In preparation, star Emily Deschanel, who plays Temperance “Bones” Brennan, and executive producer Stephen Nathan talked to the press about what fans can expect during the rest of the season and beyond, including Brennan’s pregnancy, Booth’s gambling problems, guest stars, and more.
The two talked to SciFi Vision about how Brennan’s pregnancy will be handled differently this season. Nathan said, “Really, the pregnancy is just going to have a little bit more impact on them this season I think, because Brennan now realizes what it is to have a child, having the family expand and grow, and now she knows the tremendous risk that she and Booth’s job have in terms of how it affects their family. So, she’s going to have to deal with that, something that I think she was a bit oblivious to before, because she didn’t have the experience, so there are emotional considerations that surprise Brennan and will affect the pregnancy for the rest of the season... Brennan’s pregnancy will have a tremendous impact on this series, certainly giving us a season finale that is deeply affected by it.”
Deschanel added, “You’ll see Brennan going through a whole thing. She doesn’t really accept her pregnancy for a period of time. I think that having a second pregnancy is different than having a first pregnancy and each one is different. Brennan is experiencing that, and like Stephen said, she realizes what it means, and when you’re working in this kind of world, crime, putting yourself in danger, what that is. So she’s out of the field a little bit more this time, and you’ll see there’s a lot of emotional things that happen for Brennan because of this pregnancy. It’s been different for me, Emily too, the second time around, let me tell you, so it’s interesting. Probably my naiveté was helpful last time, too, from Emily as well as Brennan.”