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Bones of Contention

  • Episode aired Dec 9, 2005
  • TV-PG
  • 41m
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7.2/10
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Rob Morrow in Numb3rs (2005)
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

The murder of a young museum researcher sends the team on a search for a killer and a missing Native American skull.The murder of a young museum researcher sends the team on a search for a killer and a missing Native American skull.The murder of a young museum researcher sends the team on a search for a killer and a missing Native American skull.

  • Director
    • Jeannot Szwarc
  • Writers
    • Nicolas Falacci
    • Cheryl Heuton
    • Christos N. Gage
  • Stars
    • Rob Morrow
    • David Krumholtz
    • Judd Hirsch
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    321
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jeannot Szwarc
    • Writers
      • Nicolas Falacci
      • Cheryl Heuton
      • Christos N. Gage
    • Stars
      • Rob Morrow
      • David Krumholtz
      • Judd Hirsch
    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Rob Morrow
    Rob Morrow
    • Don Eppes
    David Krumholtz
    David Krumholtz
    • Charlie Eppes
    Judd Hirsch
    Judd Hirsch
    • Alan Eppes
    Alimi Ballard
    Alimi Ballard
    • David Sinclair
    Navi Rawat
    Navi Rawat
    • Amita Ramanujan
    Diane Farr
    Diane Farr
    • Megan Reeves
    Peter MacNicol
    Peter MacNicol
    • Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
    Reed Diamond
    Reed Diamond
    • Dr. Kenneth Hill
    Kate Burton
    Kate Burton
    • Anthropologist
    Michael Greyeyes
    Michael Greyeyes
    • Thomas Morris
    Clyde Kusatsu
    Clyde Kusatsu
    • Antiquities Dealer
    Jane Carr
    Jane Carr
    • Museum Director
    Liz Sheridan
    Liz Sheridan
    • Landlady
    Mark D. Espinoza
    Mark D. Espinoza
    • Frank Lopez
    Lorraine Toussaint
    Lorraine Toussaint
    • Medical Examiner
    Graham Greene
    Graham Greene
    • Chief James Clearwater
    Sarah Bloom
    Sarah Bloom
    • Jennifer Abernathy
    Ryan Shively
    Ryan Shively
    • Deputy Sheriff
    • Director
      • Jeannot Szwarc
    • Writers
      • Nicolas Falacci
      • Cheryl Heuton
      • Christos N. Gage
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    8Hitchcoc

    Artifacts

    This begins to focus on the Native American issues of sacred ground and artifacts. When a young woman is killed in a museum, it opens a can of worms. One of the people involved is obsessed with finding an ancient skull. This brings in Graham Greene who is a tribal leader and another young man who is involved in tribal finances. This is a well constructed episode with few frills.
    8beauleaumail

    GOOD STORY WITH NO RESEARCH

    Both my wife and I have a doctorate in History, mine is specified in Europe, pre- renaissance, and she, U. S. colonial. Now this story is very well written, however the fact they flat out state that native Americans have been in America since the beginning of people, but yet also say that the native ancestor gene is Asian. The later is undeniably true. When one uses old maps with literature we can follow tartaria's movement east into Canada and down into the Americas. AND ESPECIALLY in California. Before the 1700's the chance of people being white or Native drops to almost 0. California was an island of ebony warrior woman who were bald and about 9 feet tall. Even Russia teaches this in elementary school. God forbid we teach anything of value. We just keep the indoctrination/drone production machine running as is. NEVER make an imaginative free thinker!

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    • Trivia
      Graham Greene (Chief Clearwater) played a character named Harry Clearwater in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) & The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009).
    • Goofs
      Between 14:30 and 14:50 there is a plane change, where three darts in dartboard changes their position.
    • Crazy credits
      [This appears on the beginning of the episode] 18 Million Native Americans, 1492 350,000 Native Americans, 1900 206 Human Bones 2 Truths
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      The Pop Song
      performed by März

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    • Release date
      • December 9, 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Scott Free Productions
      • The Barry Schindel Company
      • Paramount Network Television
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    • Runtime
      • 41m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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