Guess the Guest Star!

The Only Bones Guest Star To Appear In Every Season

BY BEN PEARSON/FEB. 11, 2024

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The beloved procedural crime show “Bones” ran for an impressive 12 seasons, continuing the upward TV star trajectory for David Boreanaz after his work on shows like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel,” and helping to launch Emily Deschanel to become a household name after a slew of small roles in a handful of TV shows and movies. (See if you can spot her as a receptionist in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2,” which came out the year before “Bones” began.)

As the co-stars of “Bones,” Deschanel and Boreanaz naturally appeared in every single episode of the series. And while viewers know guest stars didn’t pop up nearly as frequently, some casual watchers may think that some of the more familiar faces might have at least popped up one time per season. But as it turns out, out of all of the guest stars who graced the series from 2005-2017, only one performer managed to make at least one appearance across all 12 seasons: 

Patricia Belcher, who played Caroline Julian, a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney’s office.

Patricia Belcher’s filmography is wild

Belcher played the highly capable yet demanding prosecutor who helped Brennan and Booth countless times over the course of the show, and prosecuted her way into the “Bones” history books along the way. But that series is far from the only place the actor has appeared on screen.

Patricia Belcher has one of the most impressive filmographies I’ve seen in a long time. Her first credited role is as a ward nurse in Joel Schumacher’s 1990 film “Flatliners,” and her career took off like a shot straight from there. She also had roles in movies like “Clear and Present Danger,” “Species,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “The Number 23,” “500 Days of Summer,” “Bad Words,” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.”

But she really made her bones (sorry about the pun) on the small screen, popping up in practically every major TV show of the ’90s and 2000s. Get a load of this list, which doesn’t even include every show in which she appeared: “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Who’s the Boss?”, “NYPD Blue,” “Seinfeld,” “Martin,” “ER,” “Step By Step,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “The Hughleys,” “Ally McBeal,” “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Boston Legal,” “Community,” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” That may be one of the most impressive runs in sitcom history. 

Read More: https://www.slashfilm.com/1512931/bones-guest-star-appear-every-season-caroline-julian-actor-patricia-belcher/

Thoughts:

*I know we talked about Caroline recently, but I didn’t realize she was the only guest star to have the milestone of every season! I guess I don’t think of her as a guest star as much as I do the squinterns, but I guess she is not on that frequently either. She just makes more of an impact with her appearances 🙂

*Caroline, our gruff but sweet B&B shipper! It is amazing the variety of roles she held. I’m still surprised she was able to maintain frequent guest starring roles on both the Disney channel and Fox channel (before they merged).

*She has the Hollywood life I would love to have (if I had any acting skill at all lol) . Steady income and jobs, yet no paparazzi chasing her down and making up rumors about her.

*While she is slightly pigeon-holed as a gruff character, she is able to be a part of commercials, crime shows, kids shows, blockbuster movies and TV shows, lesser known film and TV roles….she truly does it all!! And she got to spend 12 years flirting with David Boreanaz and isn’t that just the best role?? 🙂