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This Bones Refresher Will Catch You Up on Hodgins' Fate and the Impending Fallout

Exclusive: Watch a featurette to catch up before Thursday's return

By Jean Bentley Apr 11, 2016 7:18 PMTags

Bones is back!

But as always, things aren't necessarily running smoothly for the Jeffersonian team. They'll all have to deal with the fallout of what happened in the fall finale, when Hodgins (TJ Thyne) was paralyzed.

Since it's been a while since the big episode, why not catch up with this exclusive featurette that revisits where we left off and what's ahead for the gang, Hodgins especially—and includes some fan reactions to the major twist. (Let us all take this moment to thank our lucky stars that Hodgins is alive, okay?)

As star Emily Deschanel tells E! News ahead of the show's return, "One big thing is we've left on a big realization—I don't know if we'd call it a cliffhanger exactly—but the big stuff for Hodgins where we discover that he's paralyzed."

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She explains, "When we come back, he is in the middle of rehabilitation. He's not a happy camper, as a lot of people would be having to deal with the fact that they very likely won't be walking again."

Those difficulties will only compound as he continues to recover, which will have a big impact not only on his relationship with wife Angela (Michaela Conlin) but with the rest of the Jeffersonian crew as well.

"He has a big road ahead of him recovering, and that's taking a toll on his relationship with Angela and then all of us," Deschanel tells us. "We're watching their relationship having some trouble and then also we are dealing with Hodgins and it becomes strained at work as well."

Bones returns—finally!—on Thursday, April 14 at 8 p.m. on Fox.