On the hit TV series "Bones," FBI Agent Seeley Booth, played by David Boreanaz, is presented as a down-to-earth, kind of blue-collar law enforcement officer. He is the pragmatist and the realist of the show's central pair, giving the ultra-cerebral "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) someone to bounce ideas off of. She approaches a murder victim with curiosity, while Booth explains things out loud in more humane terms. Dramatically, he serves as a translator of Bones' medical jargon. Before working for the FBI, Booth was an Army Ranger, where he worked as a sniper.

The dynamic between Bones and Booth was enough to carry "Bones" through 246 episodes throughout its 12 seasons. The show was reminiscent of numerous other hit police procedurals ("NCIS" and the like), but with a whimsical horror/comedy bent, largely thanks to its extreme gore and kooky explanations for the murders at hand. The central dynamic also reminded some viewers of "The X-Files,...