Forensic anthropologists intimately examine gruesome remains, finding earnest human stories within gritty, suspenseful crime investigations.
Intimate. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video, Hulu and Peacock.
The thing to know: moderate sex and nudity, and graphic gore, more than a TV-14 usually carries. Beyond that, some strong language and strong violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the gore, and sex and nudity.
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Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
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