Bones - The Deadbolt: Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan Interview

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BONES - THE DEADBOLT: Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan Interview

by Troy Rogers

Ahead of the Season 7 premiere of Bones on November 3 called "The Memories in the Shallow Grave", executive producers Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan recently opened up about the new dynamics to come on Bones. Now that Emily Deschanel's Brennan is with child, both she and David Boreanaz's Booth have their hands full in new ways.

In "The Memories in the Shallow Grave", the remains of a woman are found in a paintball field which forces Booth (Boreanaz) and Sweets (John Francis Daley) to interrogate the victim’s husband. When they learn that she suffered from retrograde amnesia but survived a bullet wound, inconsistencies in her medical records uncover a surprising crime linked to her murder.

Prior to the Season 7 premiere of Bones on Fox, TheDeadbolt caught up with Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan to get the scoop on the amnesia aspects of the new episode, new forensics techniques, and how religion will play a part in Booth and Brennan's baby...


... THE DEADBOLT: Will religion be an issue with Booth and Brennan having the baby together, raising it in the church, getting it baptized, everything like that?

HANSON: "Oh, I would say so. Wouldn’t you Stephen?"

NATHAN: "Oh, yes, we’re still playing that. They’re going through all of those huge issues that any couple goes through when they’re having a baby."

HANSON: "And the stakes are raised. They used to have these kind of theoretical arguments about God versus science. Well, now the stakes are raised. It has to do with the upbringing and shaping of a human being. So, it only makes it—that’s what I mean about it being such a gift to us. It’s like, 'Oh wow! This brings a whole new level to the disagreements these two radically different people have about the way the world works and where people fit in the world.'"

NATHAN: "And you will see that in the first episodes and also I can, without telling you anything at all, episode seven is that big time. Yes, they’re dealing with that issue in a pretty intense way, yes..."