Anyone have suggestions as to which Bones episode would be best to 'recruit' someone as a fan?

I would choose 4x22 Double Death of the Dearly Departed. It is one of the funniest. Otherwise 3x12 Baby in the Bough. There the ones I showed my friend to get her to watch Bones.

I think Aliens in the Spaceship would be a great one to suck in your friends. There's not too much humour, but it's a really amazing episode, really emotional.

Well one of my vipendwa is from season 3 MUMMY IN A MAZE.You get to see Booth all freaked out, wewe finally realize he is afraid of something, clowns, and as luck would have it he ends up chasing one. It's a Halloween episode, so he does it dressed as a squint and Bones is Wonder Woman. It is so funny,in a creepy kinda way.I loved it. I hope this helps you.

Well i showed two of my Marafiki Mummy In The Maze and they are now both obsessed with the onyesha :):). Another good one for first timers i think is Two Bodies In The Lab.
Hope that helps =D

Oh, I MOST DEFINITELY agree with Two Bodies in the Lab... However, the Woman in the Sand and expecially THE MAN IN THE MORGUE are also good choices.

It's a tough decision, but may I just say that the first episode I ever watched was the Verdict in the Story (of all episodes! What are the chances?!) and I was hooked. I didn't really know what was going on, but I never missed an epi after that. Ever. :D

I agree with all of the above suggestions and some other ones that I think are pretty good include:

1. 2x12- The Man in the Cell (probably have to onyesha ur friend 1x07 first though, because it's Epps)
2. 3x14- The Wannabe in the Weeds
3. 4x10- The Passenger in the tanuri, joko (one of the funniest)
4. 4x14- The Hero in the Hold
5. 4x21- Mayhem on a Cross

well, i recently introduced a friend to Bones with maggots in the meathead. sorry if its a bit late

Pilot, Two Bodies in the Lab, Aliens in a Spaceship, Judas on a Pole, The Wannabe in the Weeds, Mayhem on a Cross, Harbingers in a kisima, chemchemi (even though that might require them seeing the season 4 finale), The Dwarf in the Dirt, The Parts in the Sum of the Whole, The Doctor in the Photo, au The Blackout in the Blizzard.

Haha, any of those :) That's where I'd go with it.

I'd say watch the "Pilot" that's what got my hocked right from the beginning.(And then they get the gist of the squints, B&B's relationship and their partnership (how it started).

But also "The woman in the sand" because I just upendo that episode!