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Bones Sneak Peek: Booth Will Do Whatever it Takes to Avenge Sweets' Death

Exclusive! Executive producer Stephen Nathan previews what's ahead for the Jeffersion team after their devastating loss in the season 10 premiere

By Tierney Bricker Sep 30, 2014 6:00 PMTags

We'll get through this together, Bones fans.

Still reeling from the shocking death of Sweets (John Francis Daley) in the season 10 premiere? We are, too. And so is the Jeffersonian team as Thursday's all-new episode finds them doing whatever it takes to find his killer.

In our exclusive sneak peek above, Booth (David Boreanaz) and Brennan (Emily Deschanel) have their main suspect, but are hitting some obstacles on their road to justice. Watch the emotional clip above to find out who the team thinks is Sweet's killer.

In the season 10 premiere, fans were left with their jaws on the floor as Sweets died in Brennan's arms after being beaten to death

"The entire situation for us was very, very painful and we tried to treat it with as much respect and truth as we possibly could," executive producer Stephen Nathan said of the decision to have Booth and Brennan with Sweets when he died. "Sweets and Booth and Brennan had grown so long over the past three or four years especially, that it seemed as if they were the people who should be there when he died…it really was a testament to Sweets, and to the nobility of the character, that his last words really were about Booth and Brennan, of concern for his friend, not in any way thinking of himself."

Great, now we're crying all over again.

The decision to kill off Sweets came as John Francis Daley is set to direct the upcoming remake of National Lampoons' Vacation, and Nathan admitted it was a "difficult" decision to come to. 

"We can only deal with the events that confront us and that's what we had to do in this circumstance. It's more than what is going to be good or bad for the show," Nathan explained. "Really it was the difficulty, the challenge, and, to be honest, the pain of losing a character like Sweets and an actor like John. We love John. It's always difficult and you never really know how the audience is going to respond. We can only hope by treating this in a realistic way...that respects the character that will also show how much we respect the audience. We did not do this in a cavalier or callous way, we tried to do it and integrate it into the show, and hopefully it makes the show better in a way." 

Bones airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. on Fox.