I must admit that one of my favorite television shows is “Bones”. For those that aren’t familliar with the show, it is about a forensic anthropologist and a FBI agent solving crimes.
In the show, one of the first things the forensic anthropologist does upon discovering a body is give the sex and rough age of the deceased. I always wondered, however, what would happen if they found a transsexual instead of someone that meets all the stereotypical expectations of sex and gender. Well, it looks like I might be about to find out.
While I was looking at the catelogue of shows, I noticed this: (here is the site it was taken from)
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65. Season 4, Ep 7: The He in the She
Booth and Brennan go to investigate a body found in the Chesapeake Bay. After arriving, they find only the upper torso, giving the team little to work with other than remnants of the victim’s breast implants. Brennan and Booth are led to a small church in Maryland, where they find that the victim was a pastor. When the team finds the lower half of the body, they learn that their initial assumptions may not been incorrect.
Aired: 10/8/2008
While this show hasn’t aired yet, the description indicates to me that it is going to be a show that I really want to see. If it is anything like I expect it to be, I imagine it is going to be a tough night for me when I watch it. I just hope they handle the show with the grace and understanding they handle their other shows with; if not, I fear I will be curled up in the fetal position crying for quite some time.
