Bones Season 7 – New Villain for Emily Deschanel and Booth

There’s some great news for all you Bones fans out there (myself included). TV Guide has reported that the upcoming Season 7 will introduce a new villain to go up against Dr. Brennan, Agent Booth, and the rest of the team at the Jeffersonian. Executive producer Stephan Nathan spoke a little bit about what to expect from this new big bad, saying, “This is someone who is an extremely odd and fearless foe.” This villain will be a recurring killer for Booth and Brennan to investigate, much like The Gravedigger and Gormogon were “Only he’s going to be much more of a 21st-century, tech-savvy foe.”

The show will be airing later than usual due to Emile Deschanel’s pregnancy, allowing her to go on maternity leave. The season will premier Nov. 6, and the first six episodes will deal with Brennan and Booth dealing with how they will raise a baby together, while also introducing us to the new killer. “At the end of [Episode] 6, we want to leave with a real surprise for the audience from a plot point of view,” Nathan says. “I’m not necessarily talking about Booth and Brennan… [but this] nefarious character, who we will follow for a little bit this season and perhaps next.”

Until we finally meet this bad guy on screen, we’ll just have to spend our time hypothesizing how he kills his victims and in what way he is “tech-savvy”. Will he get a clever killer moniker? So many questions and so much time to wait.