Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector is an American crime drama TV series created by Mark Bianculli and VJ Boyd; directed and written by multiple people; starring Russell Hornsby, Arielle Kebbel, Ramses Jimenez, Michael Imperioli, Brooke Lyons, Tate Ellington, Roslyn Ruff, and Brían F. O'Byrne. It debuted in and was cancelled in 2020 running for one season with ten episodes. The series is loosely adapted from Jeffrey Deaver's 1997 novel The Bone Collector.
Victims[]
Pilot[]
- Unnamed Man - Swung into a knife by the Bone Collector which penetrated his abdomen.
- Unnamed Man - Hanged by Robert Sturm with a noose to copy the Bone Collector off-screen, body shown.
- Unknown Person - Killed by the Bone Collector prior to the series, indicated by a femur bone being shown.
- Amelia Sachs' Father - Shot by John Whitehead prior to the series, mentioned, but shown in a flashback in "Open Warfare".
- Amelia Sachs' Mother - Shot by John Whitehead prior to the series, mentioned, but shown in a flashback in "Open Warfare".
- Four Unnamed People - Shot by John Whitehead prior to the series, mentioned.
- Julie - Shot by John Whitehead prior to the series, mentioned, but shown in a flashback in "Open Warfare".
- Robert O. Sturm - Shot two times in the chest by Detective Eric Castillo.
- Total - 11
God Complex[]
- Unnamed Man - Paralyzed by the Bone Collector with Tetrodotoxin and exsanguinated off-screen, body shown.
- 12 Unnamed People - Murdered by Ethan Calder and Irene Antoni in Amsterdam, Boston, and Chicago to represent the punishments of various Greek mythological figures prior to the series, mentioned.
- Catherine Fleming - Thrown off the roof of her apartment building by either Ethan Calder or Irene Antoni to represent the death of Icarus prior to the series, mentioned.
- Delila Towne/NYC_Delila - Tied up and drowned in her bathtub by either Ethan Calder or Irene Antoni to represent the death of Narcissus, shown in a livestream.
- Gary Saunders - Knocked out or killed, doused in acetone, and set on fire by Irene Antoni to represent the death of Prometheus, shown in a livestream. Shared kill with Ethan Calder.
- Ethan Calder/The Wrath of the Gods/Nemesis - Impaled on the post of a church bench when Detective Amelia Sachs threw him over the ledge of the gallery.
- Total - 17
Russian Roulette[]
- Max Sobirov - Stabbed in the lower chest by Lena Mustafin with a chust knife off-screen, body shown.
- Lucy Arthur's Grandmother - Died of unspecified causes five years prior to the episode, mentioned.
- Jamie Bedford - Strangled by Max Sobirov ten years prior to the episode, body shown.
- Jamie Bedford's Uncle - Died of unspecified causes ten years prior to the episode, mentioned.
- Total - 4
What Lies Beneath[]
- Five Unnamed People - Died of natural causes prior to the episode, bodies seen on a decomp farm.
- Joshua A. "Josh" Marlowe - Choked on his own blood when Melissa impaled him through the back with rebar off-screen, body shown.
- Grace Marlowe - Poisoned by Melissa with arsenic eight months prior to the episode, skeleton seen on a decomp farm.
- Ben and Josh Marlowe's Father - Died of unspecified causes five years prior to the episode, mentioned.
- Jane - Throat slit by the Bone Collector with a scalpel off-screen.
- Unnamed Person - Died of natural causes off-screen, body seen under a sheet in the morgue.
- Unnamed Man - Died of natural causes off-screen, body seen on a decomp farm.
- Unnamed Person - Died of natural causes off-screen, body seen on a decomp farm.
- Unnamed Woman - Died of unspecified causes prior to the episode, mentioned.
- Total - 13
Game On[]
- Eight Unnamed People - Murdered by the Bone Collector prior to the series, mentioned at the beginning, but photos seen later in the episode.
- Unnamed Woman - Murdered by the Bone Collector prior to the series, photo seen.
- Unnamed Man - Murdered by the Bone Collector prior to the series, photo seen.
- Two Unnamed Women - Murdered by the Bone Collector prior to the series, mentioned at the beginning, but photos seen later in the episode.
- Two Unnamed Men - Murdered by the Bone Collector prior to the series, mentioned here, but later photos are shown in "Open Warfare".
- Unnamed Woman - Murdered by the Bone Collector prior to the series, mentioned here, but later a photo is shown in "Open Warfare".
- Professor Robert Banks - Drowned when the Bone Collector poured alcohol down his throat after injecting and paralyzing him with Tetrodotoxin.
- Unnamed Male Tourist - Murdered by Hans Baker prior to the series, body seen in a flashback.
- Unnamed Female Tourist - Murdered by Hans Baker prior to the series, mentioned in a flashback.
- At Least One Unnamed Tourist - Murdered by Hans Baker prior to the series, indicated by him being a serial killer.
- Unnamed Man - Suffocated by the Bone Collector with carbon dioxide gas.
- Unnamed Man - Committed suicide by jumping in front of a train prior to the series, mentioned.
- Total - 21
Til Death Do Us Part[]
- Barry Rothko - Murdered by the Bone Collector 30 years prior to the series, skeletal remains shown.
- Kamala Patel - Tazed and stabbed multiple times in the torso by Garrett Harrison with a kitchen knife off-screen, picture shown.
- Two Unnamed Wives - Tazed and stabbed multiple times in the torso by Garrett Harrison with a kitchen knife off-screen, pictures shown.
- Samantha Layton - Tazed and stabbed multiple times in the torso by Garrett Harrison with a kitchen knife off-screen, bloodstain shown.
- Garrett Harrison's Mother - Stabbed to death by her husband prior to the series, mentioned.
- Total - 6
Requiem[]
- Three Unnamed Male Investors - Killed in a bombing orchestrated by Arnold Massey and Alma/Hannah Gutierrez.
- Unnamed Female Investor - Killed in a bombing orchestrated by Arnold Massey and Alma/Hannah Gutierrez.
- 40 Unnamed Richmond Hill Apartment Residents - Killed in a fire prior to the episode, mentioned.
- Arnold Massey's Wife - Killed in an apartment fire prior to the episode, mentioned.
- Arnold Massey's Son - Killed in an apartment fire prior to the episode, mentioned.
- Matthew Gutierrez - Killed in an apartment fire prior to the episode, mentioned.
- Danielle Taylor-Crocker - Neck snapped by the Bone Collector.
- Total - 48
Original Sin[]
- Teresa Martinez's Mother - Died of unspecified causes prior to the episode, mentioned.
- Nick - Shot in the back by Detective Michael Sellitto.
- Three Unnamed Men - Killed by an unknown person or people prior to the series, photos seen.
- Unknown Person - Killed by an unknown person or people prior to the series, photo seen.
- Total - 6
Open Warfare[]
- Henry Taylor - Died of unspecified causes prior to the episode, mentioned.
- Cathleen Taylor - Died of unspecified causes prior to the episode, mentioned.
- FBI Special Agent Laura S. Cutter - Sacrificed herself by setting off the Bone Collector's motion sensors and letting herself get cooked by steam pipes to prevent Detective Amelia Sachs from getting killed.
- Total - 3
Mano a Mano[]
- Crosby Wilson - Tortured and murdered by the Bone Collector off-screen in between "Original Sin" and "Open Warfare", body shown.
- Unnamed Police Driver - Shot to death by the Bone Collector.
- Detective Eric Castillo - Bled out after being shot or stabbed by the Bone Collector.
- Officer Kirby - Garroted by the Bone Collector off-screen, body shown.
- Four Unnamed Women - Murdered by Sabin Baldridge prior to the series, mentioned.
- Unnamed Woman - Thrown off of the roof of a building or out of a building window by an unknown future serial killer.
- Total - 9
Deaths[]
- Total - 138
- 74 Victims of Unknown Gender
- 34 Male
- 32 Men
- 2 Children
- 30 Women
Kill Counts[]
Heroes[]
- Detective Amelia Grace Sachs - 1 (Alive)
- Detective Michael "Mike" Sellitto - 1 (Alive)
- Detective Eric Castillo - 1 (Deceased)
Civilians[]
- Lena Mustafin - 1 (Alive; presumably released)
Villains[]
- Peter Taylor/The Bone Collector - 28 (Imprisoned)
- Professor Irene Antoni/The Wrath of the Gods/Nemesis - 15 (Imprisoned)
- Ethan Calder/The Wrath of the Gods/Nemesis - 15 (Deceased)
- John Whitehead - 7 (Imprisoned)
- Garrett Harrison - 4 (Imprisoned)
- Arnold Massey - 4 (Imprisoned)
- Alma/Hannah Gutierrez - 4 (Imprisoned)
- Sabin Baldridge - 4 (Imprisoned)
- Hans Baker/The Tourist Killer - 3 (Imprisoned)
- Melissa - 2 (Imprisoned)
- Robert O. Sturm - 1 (Deceased)
- Max Sobirov - 1 (Deceased)
Notes[]
Game On[]
- Amelia mentions that The Bone Collector has killed 15 people so far.
- On her table are pictures: one's gender can't be determined, one is a woman, one is a man who also appears in another photo in "Til Death Do Us Part", and one is the man the Bone Collector murders at the beginning of the pilot episode.
- When Amelia rescues the Bone Collector's latest victim, she finds fifteen polaroids placed around the victim's body.
- Five of them are of: the guy who was exsanguinated in "God Complex", Jane, Professor Robert Banks, the guy who got gassed, and the rescued victim.
- Another one is a photograph of a man hanging, which also appears when Danielle discovers her husband's photo box in "Til Death Do Us Part" and on a board in "Open Warfare".
- When Kate bags the photos, two more of the victims can be identified as female.
- Hans Baker, aka The Tourist Killer likely had way more than three victims as Agent Cutter says that she was after him for years. But, since we're not given an amount, we can only count the two we hear about, plus a third to qualify him as a serial killer.
Mano a Mano[]
- When kidnapping Naia and Camden, the Bone Collector is shown wearing a police jacket with the name "Sullivan" on it. It's unknown if this is the surname of Officer Kirby or if this was another officer killed off-screen.