you can’t flip the channel without
stumbling on a show about forensic
science but how accurate are they hi I’m
Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking
with author Kathy Reichs about her show
bones and how science is represented on
TV do you think you could use a computer
to recreate the complete imprint the
bullet left I don’t know if I have
enough here to work with what are you
getting that after it’s discharged every
bullet has a distinct pattern etched
into it from the barrel of the gun right
that same pattern would be etched into
the bone as it passes through if we can
recover that pattern we can
reverse-engineer the bullet then you’ll
be able to tell which weapon was used
make model the whole shebang it is very
important for me that the science be
correct and that’s my primary role as a
producer on bones
is to they do the characterization they
do the plotting they come up with each
episode idea we’ve had 112 episodes now
so that’s a lot of story ideas but the
writers will then come to me with
questions about how to make it work what
would be the fracture patterns that
would indicate this or that or the other
and then I read each script and give
input on the signs
how many television shows would you say
accurately depict the science I’ve seen
things done I know you can’t do whereas
on our show if you see technology or you
see a methodology if it exists now some
of the things we use does any crime lab
if I’ve ever seen have them no because
it’s too expensive but they do exist
so you’d match a digital replica of the
bullet with any recovered bullets the
FBI has yes so we can cross-reference
crime suspects weapons amazing forensics
is hot right now do you find that this
helps or hinders the field it’s good
that the general public is aware of what
a powerful tool science is I think it’s
good and that kids are getting excited
about science especially to get young
girls excited science rocks see me you
can choose it as a
it’s cool I think the downside is that
the general public’s expectations are
unrealistic in that on television and in
books the bad guy always gets caught and
there’s always that one little sliver of
you know wood or some exotic bug or
whatever that they find the cracks the
case and that’s not always the case what
are you doing
diminished fluorescence that only
happens if the bones have been cleaned
and treated these bones didn’t start out
in the shaft they were placed there what
was cut 300 year old bones
stumbling on a show about forensic
science but how accurate are they hi I’m
Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking
with author Kathy Reichs about her show
bones and how science is represented on
TV do you think you could use a computer
to recreate the complete imprint the
bullet left I don’t know if I have
enough here to work with what are you
getting that after it’s discharged every
bullet has a distinct pattern etched
into it from the barrel of the gun right
that same pattern would be etched into
the bone as it passes through if we can
recover that pattern we can
reverse-engineer the bullet then you’ll
be able to tell which weapon was used
make model the whole shebang it is very
important for me that the science be
correct and that’s my primary role as a
producer on bones
is to they do the characterization they
do the plotting they come up with each
episode idea we’ve had 112 episodes now
so that’s a lot of story ideas but the
writers will then come to me with
questions about how to make it work what
would be the fracture patterns that
would indicate this or that or the other
and then I read each script and give
input on the signs
how many television shows would you say
accurately depict the science I’ve seen
things done I know you can’t do whereas
on our show if you see technology or you
see a methodology if it exists now some
of the things we use does any crime lab
if I’ve ever seen have them no because
it’s too expensive but they do exist
so you’d match a digital replica of the
bullet with any recovered bullets the
FBI has yes so we can cross-reference
crime suspects weapons amazing forensics
is hot right now do you find that this
helps or hinders the field it’s good
that the general public is aware of what
a powerful tool science is I think it’s
good and that kids are getting excited
about science especially to get young
girls excited science rocks see me you
can choose it as a
it’s cool I think the downside is that
the general public’s expectations are
unrealistic in that on television and in
books the bad guy always gets caught and
there’s always that one little sliver of
you know wood or some exotic bug or
whatever that they find the cracks the
case and that’s not always the case what
are you doing
diminished fluorescence that only
happens if the bones have been cleaned
and treated these bones didn’t start out
in the shaft they were placed there what
was cut 300 year old bones
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