David Boreanaz says he would definitely revisit Bones, giving fans the clearest sign yet that a return is still on the table. But he also said pulling it off would be tricky, because everybody involved is busy with other projects right now.
The comments land in 2026, more than nine years after Bones ended on March 28, 2017, after 12 seasons and 246 episodes. That gap matters because the show built its audience around the chemistry between Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, and any talk of a return naturally starts with whether those two can get back in the same room.
Boreanaz played FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth opposite Deschanel’s Temperance “Bones” Brennan, and he said the relationship between them still matters to him. He said Bones holds a special place in his heart, that he adores Deschanel, and that the two of them had a great working relationship. He also said he thinks about her whenever reunions come up.
The practical problem is that Boreanaz did not sound like someone mapping out a comeback campaign. He said he does not look too far ahead and that he never goes back, even as he left the door open with a “never say never” view of Bones. That makes the status quo clear: he wants to revisit the show, but he is not promising a reunion, a sequel, or any specific format.
Bones debuted on Fox on September 13, 2005, and followed Brennan as she worked through homicide investigations at the Jeffersonian Institute Medico-Legal Lab alongside the FBI. The series leaned heavily on the slow-burn connection between Brennan and Booth, eventually pairing them up, marrying them and giving them children before the finale saw the team take down Mark Kovac and Jeannine Kovac. That ending gives any revival a built-in challenge: a new Bones story would have to decide whether to continue that family-and-casework model or start from scratch.
For now, Boreanaz has made the most important point plainly. He would go back to Bones. What remains unresolved is whether schedules, story and the rest of the cast can line up enough to turn that willingness into something concrete.
