福克斯为这个带有喜剧色彩的剧集设置了一个12集的告别最终季。主演艾米丽·丹斯切尔，大卫·伯伦纳兹将仍作为主演Brennan和Booth继续出演。
一同回归的还有该剧的策划人Jonathan Collier和Michael Peterson，他们将继续策划这一季的《识骨寻踪》。
据说《识骨寻踪》的终结季是在二月的第一周被提上日程的，当时福克斯公司向两位主演发出了12集的邀约。两位主演的合约都只到十一季。几乎offer一发出，就收到了肯定的答复，这也为十二季的回归铺平了道路。经过几个周的协商，《识骨寻踪》的续订使其总集数长达246集，这也是该公司最长寿的剧集之一。
在上周的美国有线电视/电信协会上，福克斯的董事长Dana Walden强调，如果两位主演不参加演出，就不会有最新一季的《识骨寻踪》了。“
《识骨寻踪》作为公司的一部分已经有十多年了，在这十多年间，该剧吸引了众多粉丝的眼球。因此我们选择用一个“令人满意的结局”这种方式，来感激我们的粉丝，对我们、制片人、以及演员来说都是意义重大的。
Fox’s Bones will be getting a final chapter. The network has renewed the long-running comedic procedural for a 12-episode farewell 12th season.
Stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel have closed deals to return as the series' leading duo of Booth and Brennan. Also set to come back are showrunners Jonathan Collier and Michael Peterson, who took the reins of the show this season.
I hear the plan for a final season of Bones was put in motion in the first week of February when producing studio 20th Century Fox TV sent out offers to stars Boreanaz and Deschanel for a 12-episode12th season. (Both actors' current contracts are up at the end of Season 11). There was an almost immediate positive feedback from both actors, paving the way to a renewal. And after spending a couple of weeks buttoning up other aspects of the deal, the network is proceeding with the pickup, which will bring Bones' episode tally to 246 to rank as one of Fox's longest-running series ever.
At TCA last month, Fox chairman Dana Walden stressed that the network would not go forward with another season of Bones without Boreanaz and Deschanel.
"Bones has been part of the fabric of our network and studio for over a decade, and during that time it has attracted one of the most devoted fan bases we've ever seen, so it was extremely important to us and the producers and the cast that we send the show off in a way that gives those loyal fans a meaningful and satisfying conclusion."
